Chapter 295: Gun-Punch Explosion Fist!!

Xiang is a girl who gained power from fragments of a certain weapon entering her body, and before arriving here, she had been pondering what she could do with this power.

I promised to protect people, yet I couldn’t even protect those around me… What on earth have I been doing?

If only I had been firmer back then… If only I had warned them sooner… Would things have changed?

The mechanical fist armor roared and recoiled.

The silent girl raised her fist; her eyes held nothing else but her target, and a surge of qi erupted skyward, altering the environment within a thousand meters—endless blue skies churned into a storm.

Unlike Jia Qi’s teachings, Xiang did not see herself as a strong one, nor as a warrior, nor did she hold the mindset of a “strong one” who strikes with one punch to obliterate everything before her, nor did she believe in winning at any cost.

Yet now, at this moment, she truly wished her fist could have an effect—could shatter completely that “thing” untouched even by missile strikes.

Punch.

After that day, she pondered deeply for a long time, and finally reached a conclusion—the only target worthy of her punch was her Master!

She had once doubted whether she had misunderstood or misjudged… but upon arriving here, her conviction hardened.

And once decided, she no longer hesitated.

Let emotion and the Symphogear armor fuse as one, becoming a single strike… unleash her will with all her heart!

From the moment she met Jia Qi until now, she knew none of the Symphogear techniques, only swinging her fists in basic attacks; unlike Feng Ming Yi, who mastered elegant moves like “Reverse Rakshasa,” “Blue Flash,” and “Thousand Falling Tears,” nor like Tian Yu Zou, who wielded the formidable “Stardust ∞ Photon” or “Ultimate ∞ Meteorite.”

She had struggled for a long time, tried every method she could think of, yet never could the seed within her soul bloom… but today, at this moment, an indescribable confidence surged from her soul.

Even if she had never used it before, today she would succeed!

Because she heard it—everyone heard it—the voice of the one who should have turned to stone, deep and resonant—

“Go, Xiang. Don’t think. Don’t hesitate. Today, you will surely land this strike!”

Wild energy transformed into a tangible shockwave, scouring the ground, kicking up dust, roaring with earth-shattering force; guards trying to stop her were blown away, screaming “Guh!” and “Eeek!” in terror, unable to delay her even a single second.

Step!

The instant her combat boots struck the ground, a hemispherical depression over five meters wide formed beneath her; in less than a second, her body shot forward like a streak of light.

The terrifying force capable of shattering mountains and seas was compressed into her fist, layers of crushing aura coiled around it, tearing through air, the Eternal Spear pushed to its limit—her entire being poured into this strike: immense energy, purest intent, forged into a simple, perfect ultimate blow.

“Mountains! Galaxy! Hear my song!”

“Hikake! Mune no Kodō! Mirai no Saki e…”

Resonate! The heartbeat in your chest! Toward the future!

“The Four Seas, the Eight Deserts—no punch is useless!”

“This mere barrier? Worthless!”

As muscle fibers tightened and blood boiled within, terrifying explosive power surged forth, and the torrent of force swept through her body like a tsunami.

As she punched, she thought nothing, considered nothing—her small fist, carrying the punch intent to obliterate all, slammed directly into the wrathful golden statue.

In the instant of the punch, Xiang felt something vague welling up; though still immature, her heart had already named this technique for her—it was…

“GUN-PUNCH—EXPLOSION—FIST—!!!!”

Ears filled with detonations; all sound vanished for an instant, then the girl’s roar erupted:

“Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break! Break!”

The extreme punch intent, shattering all, blocking nothing, poured entirely into the target according to Xiang’s will.

“Shatter it for me!!!”

The mechanical device housing the miracle—this is the meaning of these arms’ existence!

“Boom!”

Heaven and earth shattered abruptly.

The world turned gray in an instant.

“————!”

The violent collision generated gales of Category 15 hurricane-force winds, centered on her; the sea of clouds and the earth trembled with the strike, space shuddered slightly, time and space warped unnaturally—mere residual shockwaves were enough to annihilate everything nearby.

This is the Gun-Punch Explosion Fist—the technique that can explode and annihilate all matter and energy!

So, could this, her strongest punch ever, awaken the one sealed within “Gold”?

“Hss—”

Light like stars ignited from the fist Xiang raised, spreading instantly across her body; a thin mist rose—heat escaping from her body during high-speed motion.

Standing in the center of utter ruin, maintaining the explosion-fist stance, she was bathed in both light and flame.

“Crack… crack…”

The armor clinging to the girl began peeling and cracking; even Symphogear, capable of withstanding artillery, shattered under this exceeding force.

Her fist trembled slightly, finger bones fractured and pulverized, every clenched finger severely deformed, hot blood dripping steadily onto the ground.

Her entire arm twisted; her internal organs were damaged by the recoil; had the “Warrior’s Immortal Body” not activated, she would already be lying broken on the ground, utterly drained and plunged into hibernation.

A trickle of blood seeped from her lips; her youthful face flushed unnaturally red, her breaths came in ragged gasps, her lungs felt as if exploded—she could not possibly throw another punch in this state.

Yet on the girl’s face bloomed a bright, radiant smile, like a spring flower in full bloom, her glistening eyes brimming with joy.

“Master, welcome back!”

The sunset’s glow fell precisely upon the face of the man whose body had just begun to emerge from the gold.

(End of Chapter)