Chen Tian's body was clad in golden and silver armor. The pauldrons of his armor featured mechanical claws, while the vambraces were adorned with silver thread patterns and bordered by four to five curved blades. The breastplate bore a lotus-shaped mechanical insignia at its center. His greaves were covered in golden patterned armor, with small, vortex-shaped machines rotating at the back, continuously expelling airflow.
Behind Chen Tian, golden, mechanical wings of metallic luster slowly unfurled, then re-opened to reveal silver wings at their tips. The entire wingspan expanded outwards, resembling a roc in flight, stretching tens of meters.
Chen Tian's eyes were also golden and silver, with numbers constantly flickering within them. A golden shield was strapped to his back, its center inlaid with four sword hilts.
Chen Tian looked at Xie Qing with a smile and said confidently, "This time, I will definitely kill you."
"Heh, boy, you're just at my level. Do you think I'm afraid of you? It's just that I need to get serious now. I originally just wanted to play with you, but since you're courting death, don't blame me. Hah!"
Xie Qing's expression grew solemn, and terrifying black energy continuously spewed from his body, causing him to transform. A black liquid armor materialized on Xie Qing's form. With a grip, the Xie Ling Spear instantly appeared in his hand, but it felt completely different from before, Chen Tian could sense it.
Black liquid wings unfurled behind Xie Qing, and a massive black water curtain descended from the heavens, engulfing Chen Tian. Seeing this, Chen Tian flapped his golden and silver wings, unleashing gusts of golden wind that clashed with the black water curtain.
The wind and water curtain struggled against each other, erupting in an explosion. The wind howled, the water curtain raged, and the two were evenly matched. However, Xie Qing stepped forward, instantly appearing before Chen Tian and thrusting his spear upwards, aiming directly for Chen Tian's head. Trails of light appeared in Chen Tian's eyes, and he subtly dodged the attack.
Xie Qing swept his spear horizontally, and the trails of light reappeared in Chen Tian's vision. He threw his head back and leaned backward, narrowly evading the spearhead. Chen Tian then decisively clenched his fists. The curved blades on his arms fully extended, forming a longsword. The longsword slowly emerged from his arms and swept outwards, unleashing a silver sword light towards Xie Qing. However, Xie Qing flicked his spear and blocked Chen Tian's attack.
He then retreated with a flourish. Chen Tian stepped forward, his arm-mounted longsword acting like a wrist blade, the tip carrying formidable power as it swung out. Seeing this, Xie Qing swung his spear widely, deflecting Chen Tian's attack with a slanted movement. He then moved with incredible speed towards Chen Tian's head.
Chen Tian saw this and his arm-mounted longsword exploded into mechanical fragments, reassembling and rotating into a shield. A round shield appeared in Chen Tian's hand. He extended his left hand, blocking Xie Qing's attack.
But Xie Qing had a follow-up. A minuscule black point appeared on the tip of the Xie Ling Spear, but Chen Tian noticed it. He decisively kicked out with his left leg, deflecting the spearhead upwards. A black energy sphere shot out from the Xie Ling Spear, detonating above them.
The shield then exploded into fragments, transforming into a long spear in Chen Tian's hand. "An inch longer, an inch stronger." Since the opponent used a spear, he would counter with a spear!
The silver spear thrust out from Chen Tian's hand. Xie Qing flicked the butt of his spear to resist. He then tossed both arms to the right, sending Chen Tian's spearhead flying. He held his spear with one hand and thrust its tip towards Chen Tian.
Chen Tian, seeing this, gripped the spear with both hands, parrying and thrusting back and forth. Facing the rapid spearhead attack, Chen Tian's spearhead, shaft, and tail alternated in defense. The clanging sounds echoed through the void, the sparks of collision appearing like fireworks.
Numbers continuously flickered in Chen Tian's eyes. He then smiled, swept his spear horizontally, and with a slanted spear body, Xie Qing was sent flying. Chen Tian flickered, appearing behind Xie Qing. He extended his palm, from the center of which a cannon-like aperture glowed, unleashing a beam of light that shot Xie Qing upwards.
The spear in Chen Tian's hand made a mechanical reassembly sound. Additional mechanical loops appeared on its shaft, and the spearhead was encased in a mechanical drill. Chen Tian's palm then swallowed the entire spear. With an open palm, a massive silver drill spear shot out with a whoosh, carrying immense weight as it hurtled towards the Xie Qing above.
Xie Qing, stabilizing himself in the air, was shocked. This guy had seen through all his modes. However, seeing the silver drill spear shooting up from below, terrifying black energy swirled in Xie Qing's hand, coiling around the Xie Ling Spear and transforming it into a rotating drill.
Xie Qing then hurled his Xie Ling Spear. Weapon combat was now meaningless; his opponent had seen through all his modes. It was time for him to get serious.
Otherwise, it would be his end.
The colossal drill spear and the swirling drill collided, instantly causing the void to explode. Both were forcibly teleported to another void.
Chen Tian and Xie Qing then met each other's gaze. Xie Qing gripped his hand, and the Xie Ling Spear reappeared. He praised, "Not bad. You can see through all my modes. Your analysis is quite thorough!"
Chen Tian remained silent. He had been using the Red Demon's abilities: data analysis and mechanical assembly. Chen Tian had fused the abilities and bodies of three individuals, so he could naturally master them, even combining their abilities. He had merely wanted to test the Red Demon's abilities, as he needed to become familiar with them to fully master them.
Curved blades slowly grew from the vambraces on Chen Tian's arms, forming dual blades. On his forearms, the dual blades were split, like wrist blades. His entire arms seemed to be inlaid with long blades.
With the dual blades in hand, Chen Tian willed it, and divine fire appeared, ice-blue flames igniting the blades. He stepped forward, transforming into countless afterimages as he charged at Xie Qing.
He had analyzed all of his opponent's weapon modes. Now it was Chen Tian's turn to attack.
The Red Demon's ability was mechanical analysis, capable of deciphering an opponent's attack routes, attack patterns, defense patterns, skill trajectories, and so on. However, it required time to organize and produce perfect analytical data.
But in Chen Tian's eyes, this ability was formidable. In a game, if you could see through someone's attack and defense patterns, you would know their next move, where to attack, what their defense would be, and when their defense was active, thus gaining the initiative.
Chen Tian was currently in such a state. His dual blades lunged towards Xie Qing. Seeing this, Xie Qing chose to retreat. Laughable, his attack patterns had been seen through; he still dared to attack.
As he retreated, the Xie Ling Spear was pulled back in Xie Qing's hand. The end of the spear then exploded, revealing a long blade connected to it. The spearhead slowly opened like a blooming lotus, then attached to the spear body. At the spearhead, a long sword slowly opened. A black long blade, a black long sword. Xie Qing then wielded them, unleashing waves of black sword and blade energy outwards.
Chen Tian crossed his arms, and the long blades on his arms slashed out, projecting intersecting divine fire blades. Explosions erupted. Amidst the explosions, Xie Qing charged forward, using the smoke generated by the blasts to conceal his movements and appearing directly before Chen Tian.
Chen Tian reacted, throwing his dual blades. The blades flew towards Xie Qing's cheek.
Simultaneously, Chen Tian retreated. His golden and silver wings unfurled, and he leaped upwards. Chen Tian dared not take this blow head-on, as the analysis indicated that a direct confrontation would result in severe injury.
As Xie Qing thrust his long sword, he saw the dual blades flying towards him. He swiped his black long sword and long blade left and right, instantly deflecting them.