Chapter 185: After the Three Armors upgrade, they suffer defeat

Under the heavenly canopy.

An abandoned industrial area.

Don't spout nonsense there!

Wu Gang let out an angry roar and took the lead in attacking,

"I don't care what you are—take my punch first and then talk!"

"Golden Armor, unite!"

"Flying Shadow Armor, unite!"

"Chengtian Armor, unite!"

Three beams of light shot up into the sky.

Golden, Flying Shadow, and Chengtian—the three armors formed a pin formation, surrounding the Flame Emperor.

Without any tactical communication, the three launched their attacks simultaneously.

Wu Gang's Golden Mountain Sea Fist was heavy and powerful, aiming straight for the Flame Emperor's face.

Xu Tingfei's Flying Shadow Leg turned into a blue afterimage, slicing toward the Flame Emperor's flank.

Li Haotian's Covering Heaven Palm sealed off all escape routes, the palm wind howling.

This was their coordinated joint attack, honed through countless repetitions.

However,

The Flame Emperor didn't even move his feet.

He merely twisted his body at a strange angle that defied physics the instant the attacks reached him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three's attacks all struck empty air, heavily slamming into each other's afterimages.

"Too slow."

"You are really too slow!"

The Flame Emperor's voice, like a ghost, sounded simultaneously in the three's ears.

He instantly appeared behind Wu Gang, lightly chopping with a hand blade at the back of the Golden Armor's neck.

Crack!

Wu Gang's vision went black; the immense force almost made him kneel on the spot.

Immediately after,

The Flame Emperor flickered again, appearing above Xu Tingfei.

He stepped with one foot on the Flying Shadow Armor's shoulder, brutally stomping it down from midair to the ground.

Finally, he leisurely turned, pointing a single finger at the center of Li Haotian's incoming palm.

Boom!

Li Haotian felt an unstoppable massive force surge; he was flung backward, slamming into the roadside concrete, cracking it.

He handled it with ease.

One could even say it was like he was drinking tea.

Li Haotian climbed up from the rubble, exchanged a glance with the other two, and saw shock in each other's eyes.

They nodded in unison.

"Chengtian Armor, upgrade!"

"Flying Shadow Armor, upgrade!"

"Golden Armor, upgrade!"

Three beams of light, many times stronger than before, shot up from the ground!

Red War God Chengtian!

Blue Lightning Flying Shadow!

Yellow Explosive Golden!

This is the Earth Armor Squad's greatest strength, assembling for the first time!

Violent psychic energy swept across the entire industrial zone, the ground beginning to tremble slightly.

"Oh?"

Facing the three upgraded armors, the Flame Emperor not only didn't panic, his eyes behind the mask lit up with excitement.

"Not bad, not bad!"

"You brats are somewhat interesting!"

"Much stronger than Lu Fa's gang of trash! And they can even upgrade!"

"Looks like I need to get a bit serious."

Fairy Tale World.

Bo Bi waved his fists, with Chao Ren Qiang beside him:

"This Flame Emperor really loves to brag! Three against one and he's still so arrogant! He'll definitely get beaten badly soon, crying and calling for his mom!"

Armor Warrior Third World.

Duanmu Yan licked her lips, eyes fervent:

"I like this personality! So bold! I just don't know if he can withstand the combined attack of these three upgraded armors!"

"The battle is about to erupt!"

"War God Flaming Sword!"

"Absolute Shadow Whirlwind Blade!"

Thundersteel Explosive Axe!

He held three divine weapons at once.

Li Haotian and the two others turned into three streams of light and charged at the Flame Emperor again.

This time, the Flame Emperor finally moved.

Asura Hellforge Blade!

With his right hand loosely gripping, a huge blade appeared out of thin air, wilder in shape than the Flaming Punishment Heaven's Blazing Sword, its body covered in purple lightning patterns.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Sparks burst forth!

The three upgraded weapons collided wildly with the Asura Hellforge Blade.

Each impact erupted with a deafening roar capable of shattering eardrums and an energy storm sweeping in all directions.

However, the anticipated advantage did not appear.

The three armor squad members, on the contrary, first truly sensed the Flame Emperor's terror.

The Flame Emperor blocked all of their attacks with just one blade and one hand.

His swordplay was grand and expansive, yet at the crucial moment it was exquisitely subtle.

Too weak!

Even in the violent clash, the Flame Emperor still had the breath to mock them.

He fiercely swung his blade, knocking aside their weapons, turned his wrist, and the blade traced a strange arc.

Pfft!

A burst of sparks exploded from the blade of the Flaming Punishment Heaven's Blazing Sword; Li Haotian felt a pain in his chest, and the chest armor of the War God Heaven's Blade bore a deep gash down to the bone.

Your strength is too scattered!

The Flame Emperor lowered his stature, dodged Xu Tingfei's horizontal slash, and backhandedly struck the back of the Lightning Flying Shadow.

Xu Tingfei grunted and dropped to one knee.

Your mental energy is like ants, unable to withstand a single blow!

The Flame Emperor raised his hand, and without even using a blade, a mere sword intent swept forth, shaking the charging Blast Diamond so that it retreated several steps, and the Thundersteel Explosive Axe nearly slipped from its grasp.

Even after the upgrade, they were still crushed!

The Flame Emperor slowly lifted the Asura Hellforge Blade, its tip pointing at the three.

Armor is an extension of your body, not a mere shell!

You should not feel its presence; you are the armor, and the armor is you!

If you can't even do that, what right do you have to fight me?

Now, the gap is simply too vast!

His words fell.

The Flame Emperor's purple mental energy surged wildly, and the blade of the Asura Hellforge Blade shone with light rivaling the sun.

He gripped the blade with both hands and raised it high above his head.

Come, let's dance together!

A single blade,

He brought it down heavily!

No earth-shaking special effects, just a pure, ultimate blade aura that seemed to cleave space itself!

Boom——!!!

The violent explosion devoured everything.

The light faded.

War God Heaven's Blade, Lightning Flying Shadow, Blast Diamond—the three sets of armor disintegrated simultaneously.

Li Haotian, Xu Tingfei, and Wu Gang were covered in wounds, collapsed in a sorry heap on the ground, and lost consciousness.

Crushed.

Thoroughly crushed.

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United Star Command.

Xide Ni straightened his body and actually gave a light round of applause.

Beautiful. Clean and neat. That is the style of a warrior. Far stronger than Lu Fa's trashy stuff.

But the Flame Emperor is too strong; Earth might be in danger!

Wandering Earth Universe.

Liu Peiqiang's expression was complex:

In the face of absolute power, the weak have no right to choose. They… are still too inexperienced.

Cybertron Star.

Wei Zhen Tian let out a low, metallic grinding sound—that was his laugh:

So imposing! I like this Flame Emperor! Lu Fa, you simply can't control him!

Hong Zhizhu came over: 'Leader, brilliant! I have a feeling this Flame Emperor will become the whetstone for those three Earthlings!'

Armor Warrior First World.

ERP Research Institute.

Beimiao let out a cold laugh and slammed down his coffee cup.

That's all. Those so-called misfit upgraded armors can't even handle a single alien. If it were me, bringing Dong Shan and Zhang Jian, we three Light-Shape Armors could definitely seal him!

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Naruto world.

Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

Naruto looked at the sky, at that figure resembling a demon god, and at the three people, Li Haotian, lying on the ground, their faces full of worry.

"Damn…… he defeated Li Haotian and them……"

"Then…… what will he do next?"

"He will take the armor's data, then help Lu Fa, together seize the earth's energy crystals, and destroy the earth?"

Above the sky.

The Flame Emperor slowly sheathed his sword, lowered his head to look at the three unconscious people beneath his feet; from beneath his mask came a sound of an indistinct soft hum.

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