The host was momentarily stunned, then shouted excitedly, "What did I just see? Giant beast martial techniques! How many years has it been since we've seen giant beast martial techniques?"
"According to our records, Mr. 'Justice Iron Fist' once used giant beast martial techniques in the Confederation's competitions, but afterward, he realized he didn't need such skills. He could easily win just by overpowering his opponents with sheer strength."
"Who would have thought that in today's final showdown, as soon as he appeared, he would present us with such a rare giant beast combat technique!"
"Damn it!"
Amid the host's excited shouts and the audience's ecstatic cheers, "Houjou Kouji" couldn't help but curse under his breath. When he received this task, he was quite happy. Upon being promoted to the Eighth Energy Level 'Brain Domain Hacker', he had awakened a unique skill called 'Brain Worm', allowing him to separate some worms from his spiritual power to invade others' bodies and control them.
This was like having multiple "avatars."
However, he was already at the Eighth Energy Level, having achieved fame and success. Few people were worth him parasitizing as avatars. This skill itched him; after trying it once or twice, it was discovered by the ninth energy level of the Star State.
Thus, he was now under close watch—what if he fancied a stint as the Great Commander of the Star State?
This time, a ninth energy level individual found him to carry out this task, which he initially thought would be a leisurely vacation, only to find the opponent unexpectedly difficult.
When Chen Gu easily exposed his avatar, he realized his 'Brain Domain Hacker' ability was insufficiently reliable, and the opponent might be very familiar with this profession.
Yet, the giant beast Mantolo quickly lost its ground to the opponent's imposing introduction. He wasn't quite familiar with giant beast combat, especially how to make a beast, whose size and body structure are completely different from humans, perform martial techniques similar to those of humans.
The Combat Rooster moved fluidly; in fact, it had recently grown again, and its body was gradually evolving into a super life form.
Some bodily details were also changing to resemble the ancient legends of the Confederation's "Phoenix."
However, these changes were either very subtle or, like Mantolo's insect limbs, were hidden, so the fans didn't notice but just thought the Combat Rooster was becoming more beautiful.
The Combat Rooster gave the opponent no chance to breathe, its wings slashing through the air, while Mantolo was flustered and suddenly pecked at Mantolo's neck.
This area of Mantolo had thick scales, now completely metallic plates. With the advanced technology of the Star State, the defense strength of these plates rivaled that of a Close Range Attack Ship's armor!
Yet, with one peck from the Combat Rooster, Mantolo screamed miserably, its scales shattered and flying off, leaving a deep wound with blood flowing out.
"Houjou Kouji" couldn't care much anymore and immediately used the giant beast's body to launch a 'Mind Storm', a violent spiritual force sweeping toward the Combat Rooster, attempting to regain the initiative.
But as the 'Mind Storm' swept over, the Combat Rooster seemed completely unaffected by this skill, continuing its relentless pursuit and attack.
The bone armor on Mantolo's back suddenly opened, and six slender worm limbs shot out, stabbing towards the Combat Rooster from six directions.
The massive body of the Combat Rooster showed an impressive maneuver, flapping its wings as its body twisted in the air, dodging all six worm limbs with an incredible posture!
After breaking through the blockade of worm limbs, the Combat Rooster was already on Mantolo's back, both wings striking down simultaneously.
Crunch!
The six worm limbs were simultaneously severed by the sharp wings!
Plop, plop, plop...
Thick blood sprayed from the wounds like six high-pressure fountains! Mantolo let out another day-long scream of agony. Through the linker, this pain transmitted directly to Houjou Kouji, making him feel like his entire back had been peeled off with a knife.
A thought of retreat arose in his mind: is this what giant beast combat is like, completely different from our human battles, I'm not used to it.
The Combat Rooster's attack wasn't over; its body descended, claws gripping Mantolo's wound, then its wings flapped, generating a massive downward airflow, actually carrying Mantolo off the arena floor!
Mantolo's wound hurt excruciatingly with giant claws gripping into it, and its body convolled in the air, causing the Combat Rooster's flight to be unsteady, wobbling in the air but uncontrollably ascending.
This scenario has never appeared in the history of giant beast combats, the audience excitedly flushed, their shouting voices hoarse.
Houjou Kouji's face twitched: this is about to throw my giant beast directly down to its death! Yet he was helpless.
The Combat Rooster soared to several thousand meters high—the stadium wasn't enclosed, without a roof in the ring-shaped building's middle.
The arena was located at the stadium's center, and as the Combat Rooster flew higher, the live event coordinator for the Alliance immediately instructed staff to increase the output power of the energy generators around the arena, continually expanding the energy shield upwards.
Then, the Combat Rooster loosened its claws, and the Mandodragon fell from the sky, but Houjou Kouji still guessed wrong; the Combat Rooster had no intention of killing its opponent by dropping it because that wasn't stylish enough.
The Combat Rooster tucked its wings and accelerated in a dive, astonishingly faster than the falling Mandodragon, continuously attacking the Mandodragon mid-air, leaving it unable to retaliate against the Combat Rooster, nearly forced to passively endure the assault; Mandodragon's blood continuously rained down from the sky.
From the sidelines, a strong Star State Eighth Energy Level expert gently shook his head: It's over.
Within the Star State, several Ninth Power Level individuals were also watching the live broadcast. They chose to "replace" Houjou Kouji out of helplessness because the on-site personnel reported that Houjou Kouji was already scared to death and would certainly lose this match.
However, this match concerned a certain treaty between the two Star Nations, and losing it would be a significant loss, so they invited that particular individual.
Unexpectedly, that individual was so vulnerable in the giant beast battle match.
"If it were Houjou Kouji, he would have lost even more miserably. It's not that that individual lacks strength; it's that Chen Gu is too powerful," remarked a Ninth Power Level individual. "I must suggest to the Great Commander that before Chen Gu retires, this method of resolving Star Nation disputes is unreasonable and very disadvantageous to our Star State."
This is the thought process of the Star State people: Anything unfavorable to the Star State must be unreasonable, incorrect, and should not exist; we will find a way to eliminate it.
On Tai Star, the Mandodragon landed heavily in the ring, struggled briefly, and surprisingly got up again.
Throughout the battle, Mandodragon persisted for eighteen minutes, and the giant beast was completely killed before "Houjou Kouji" had to concede. Although the match didn't last long, the Combat Rooster displayed various powerful combat techniques and invented new methods for giant beast battles, thrilling the audience. In the following year, these new battle techniques are certain to be learned and emulated by contestants from all sides, also becoming a subject of constant discussion and study by professional commentators.
...
Six Close Range Attack Ships hung in the sky above the city, continuously scanning the city below, which had already become ruins.
"How can there still be such a powerful life reaction?" The technician operating the instruments exclaimed in surprise. The captain rushed to the instruments, where life reactions are displayed in red, and at this moment, the red glow representing the life reaction on the ground was enormous and blinding, covering almost the entire city!
"Something's wrong…" The captain murmured, and the adjutant beside the porthole pointed in terror at the city below and shouted: "Captain, look!"
The city ruins suddenly rolled like the surface of the water, and then a giant insect organ emerged from below, pitch-black and shiny, resembling a forked antenna, hundreds of meters long.
The advanced instruments on the Close Range Attack Ship automatically scanned this organ and then searched the database, yielding the result: Unknown organ!
No such insect has ever appeared in previous battles.
Then, a gigantic insect body emerged from the ruins, and on that antenna, a massive current condensed, taking less than a second to shoot out an enormous plasma beam!
Boom!
The plasma beam accurately hit one of the Close Range Attack Ships, easily piercing through the ship! The massive Close Range Attack Ship gradually fell toward the ground amidst explosions and flames…
Hundreds and thousands of these giant insects emerged from underground, rushing towards the human defensive line set up in the mountains.
Local officials of the Freedom Alliance were dumbfounded, wondering how it had come to this. Tai Star, it's over.
...
Twenty minutes later, Chen Gu saw the video of the new breed giant insects destroying the city and the Close Range Attack Ships.
"These insects… have evolved towards professionals!" Chen Gu said through gritted teeth.
The plasma beam emitted from the insect antenna is the ability of [Charge Dominator], and the giant insect is composed of countless small insects—the integration of these insects into a whole is the power of [Brain Domain Hacker], condensing all the small insects into a collective consciousness.
The small insects were born initially to combine into a larger life form. Clearly, this was a long-planned action by the insects.
The main cannon bombardment from the Close Range Attack Ships failed to kill these insects, instead providing them with a massive energy to gather.
This is the ability of a very niche profession [Energy Absorption Doctor].
Qing Ruyan, with a solemn expression, said from the side: "The local politicians of the Freedom Alliance concealed this event, leading to this catastrophe."
"The Star State and Freedom Alliance colluded with each other and conspired, trying to morally bind us because you're an agent of the Bureau of Mystic Security; they want you to help deal with this catastrophe."
"But the director said, board the spaceship immediately and return to the Confederation. Your task has already been completed."
