I Aggressively Stack Steel of the Heart in the Knight Order

Chapter 187: Chapter 152: The Terror of the Extraordinary Arsenal, Someone is Panicking

A terrifying Knightly Aura, like a collapsing mountain, crashed down upon him, and a dreadful shadow threatened to swallow him whole!

’Not good—!’

Manon’s pupils shrank to pinpricks. Profound golden Runes, swirling like a vortex, rapidly gathered before him to form a Shield Tower.

But his opponent’s spike-covered Knight’s Broadsword, wreathed in a gloomy power, had already pierced his defense. The blade slammed into his Power Armor’s Anti-Magic Force Field, and his Power Backpack let out a strained roar.

"Manon!"

Matthias could only watch helplessly as it all unfolded. His power and reflexes were too slow to keep up with a battle on the Earth Military Rank level.

Just as Manon was about to die by the ambusher’s Knight’s Broadsword.

An icy aura suddenly appeared within Manon’s Knight Perception at extremely close range.

BANG—!

Logan’s Knight’s Broadsword was knocked aside.

Reinhardt followed up, trying to use the momentum to grab his opponent’s neck, but Logan’s Body Techniques were clearly not weak. He let go of his sword hilt to avoid briefly losing his balance while resisting the force.

At the same time, he raised his other arm to protect his neck as a spiky, illusory tentacle shot out from a gap in his Armor with lightning speed, aiming straight for Reinhardt’s face.

But thanks to Raphael’s warning, Reinhardt, having been caught by this trick once before, was already on guard against the tentacle’s sneak attack.

’Arsenal Switch.’

’Activate Defeated Demon.’

If time had frozen at that moment, an observer would have seen the azure gauntlet that emanated an icy power retract like mechanical plates, returning to its Knight Power form and sinking into his skin and muscle.

The next moment.

A bracer that glowed with an eerie green light, materializing as if from fading flames, appeared on Reinhardt’s left wrist. A dark purple Energy Protection Force Field composed of standard hexagons deployed around Reinhardt at the speed of light.

When the illusory tentacle slammed into Defeated Demon’s Anti-Magic Force Field, the sensation of being bogged down in mud made Logan’s expression flicker. He was horrified. ’A Multi Level Armament?’

After an Extraordinary Knight advanced to the Earth Military Rank, the most common form of improvement was for their Extraordinary Armament to evolve once, transforming into a more powerful form.

But even across the entire Cosmos, owners of a Multi Level Extraordinary Armament were extremely rare.

This was because it not only meant having unpredictable combat abilities, but it also required a Physique far superior to other Extraordinary Knights. An ordinary Earth Knight’s Physique could never support the energy drain of a Multi Level Extraordinary Armament.

Only those whose Physique and Spiritual Power were monstrously strong during their time as Official Knights were qualified to awaken a Multi Level Extraordinary Armament—an absolute symbol of power!

His analysis of Reinhardt’s information and combat style was based entirely on data and recordings from the Verne campaign.

After obtaining Reinhardt’s specific whereabouts from the Infiltrator Council.

He had done all his homework and was full of confidence in carrying out his assassination plan.

Now, however, as he truly faced Reinhardt, he finally understood why that traitor Stein had failed so miserably and become a laughingstock on Baze World.

The terror of a Body Technique Knight with a Multi Level Extraordinary Armament, and the immense pressure it created in actual combat, simply couldn’t be overcome by schemes and conspiracies!

The relentless offense and defense almost left him breathless!

Logan tilted his head slightly to dodge Reinhardt’s left-handed grab. At the same time, he retreated and sank lower, raising his right arm to deflect Reinhardt’s retracting left arm. He clenched his left fist, turning it into a heavy cannon that shot straight for Reinhardt’s unprotected side!

The terrifying punch from the Four-star Earth Knight shattered the Power Armor’s Anti-Magic Force Field, but Reinhardt intercepted it mid-strike with a raised leg.

Logan sneered, as if he had everything under control. He pressed forward with the momentum, grabbed Reinhardt’s right leg, and roared, trying to flip his opponent to the ground and pin him.

But as he used a wrestling move to take Reinhardt down, he began to suspect he wasn’t holding a living person, but a cold, steel machine!

’Rooted to the ground!’

The moment his takedown attempt failed, Logan’s face fell. He screamed inwardly: ’I’m screwed—!’

Because in the instant Logan made his move, Reinhardt had already lowered his center of gravity, braced his left leg against the ground, and sent his right elbow whistling towards the back of Logan’s head!

Even without using his Second Knight’s Power, relying purely on his Physical Strength, Reinhardt’s elbow strike was still terrifyingly powerful!

Logan’s Full Coverage Helmet was instantly destroyed!

Shards of shattered steel embedded themselves in the back of his neck. The immense impact made his mind go blank, leaving only a sharp, piercing ringing in his ears!

Blood gushed from his mouth and nose. Logan’s eyes were wide and his jaw clenched, his gaze filled with incredulous horror.

’I’m the leader of the Destructors Battle Group! A Destiny Apostle serving the great Prophet! Even a Battle Group Tutor from the Emperor’s Shield died at my hands! In Body Techniques, I’m actually losing to a rookie who just recently became an Earth Knight?! I can’t accept this—!’

At the same time, Reinhardt’s cold voice, which made Logan’s veins bulge and fury rush to his head, sounded next to his ear.

"Your opponent is me, Knight."

If Imperial Knights forged their Mighty Power from lofty ideals and possessed countless noble virtues, then the traitors who had fallen to darkness and been corrupted by the Void Realm had no such words as "honor" or "ideal" in their vocabulary.

Logan had targeted Manon because he wanted to replicate the battle where he had brutally murdered the Emperor’s Shield Battle Group Tutor, Calvin. He wanted to kill Reinhardt’s Battle Brothers one by one and watch this Emperor’s Vengeful Angel descend into a powerless, hateful rage.

Then, he would reveal his entire plan and conspiracy, complete the brutal slaughter of Reinhardt, and in doing so, satisfy his twisted mentality while also pleasing the great Prophet behind him.

However, his entire plan was completely disrupted by Reinhardt’s casual response.

’Your opponent is me?’

’Bastard... How dare an ant-like One-star Earth Knight presume to be my enemy—the enemy of a powerful Destiny Apostle?!’

"Reinhardt—!"

The moment their bodies separated, blood was overflowing from Logan’s eye sockets. He screamed the name he hated to his very bones in a state of hysterical fury!

’Never, since I began serving the great Prophet, have I suffered such a humiliating defeat! Even the Emperor’s Shield Battle Group Tutor whom I once looked up to had to kneel before me! I had originally wanted to rely on the methods of a Knight, to achieve a crushing victory in a battle of Body Techniques and thus proclaim my power and terror. But this Vengeful Angel forced my hand!’

Furious from the humiliation, with blood rushing to his head, Logan had long since lost the playful contempt he’d shown when they first faced off. He now had only one thought: use every means at his disposal, and then use the cruelest method possible to kill this damn Emperor’s Angel!