Chapter 452: Elite-Type Liquid Gold Guard? Sent Flying with a Single Punch!

"I never expected this civilization relic to yield such a huge harvest!"

A look of delight crossed Leng Yuexi's pretty face.

These three elemental essences could rightly be called priceless treasures!

"Let's go—let's get our hands on the elemental essences first." Her legs moved, and she took the lead toward the instrument platform.

However, the moment Leng Yuexi stepped into the side hall's range—

Bright crimson lights suddenly began flashing throughout the entire side hall, and at the same time, a voice speaking an ancient civilization language sounded out.

"Warning! Warning! Intruder detected. Initiating purge protocol!"

"Warning! Warning! Intruder detected. Initiating..."

At that moment, the metal sphere overhead translated the piercing alert.

"What a pain—over two thousand years and the base can still detect intruders? What the hell!"

Leng Yuexi's expression shifted slightly, and she couldn't help cursing under her breath.

Meanwhile, Xu Jingming's spatial ring flashed, and the Flowing Cloud Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang was already gripped in his hand.

"Hiss—"

The alloy wall at the back of the side hall suddenly opened.

Immediately after, two massive figures over three meters tall walked out from within.

They were golden all over, looking almost like liquid metal.

With every step, their metal feet hitting the ground made the floor tremble faintly.

They were unmistakably the Liquid Gold Guards Xu Jingming had once seen in Ruin Space No. 9.

But unlike the ones there, their eyes were a piercing scarlet!

"These are... Chi Mang Liquid Gold Guards?" At the sight of the two machines, Leng Yuexi's face changed abruptly.

This couldn't help but surprise Xu Jingming: "Sister Xi, you're a seventh-rank Grandmaster.

It's only two Liquid Gold Guards—surely that's not enough to be afraid of, right?"

A single standard Liquid Gold Guard has strength equivalent to a lower seventh-rank Grandmaster with a Class B enhancement-type ability.

Yet Leng Yuexi is a seventh-rank Grandmaster with a Class A ability—by all accounts she should be able to crush them.

"What you're describing is the mass-produced standard Liquid Gold Guard. These are elite-type Chi Mang Liquid Gold Guards.

Their strength is equivalent to a lower seventh-rank Grandmaster with a Class A enhancement-type ability—terrifyingly powerful.

What's more, they feel no pain, and their forms can change at will.

Even more fearsome than an ordinary Class A seventh-rank Grandmaster! This is trouble..."

Leng Yuexi said with a bitter smile, shaking her head.

Another point she didn't mention: this kind of metal robot has extremely high resistance to elemental abilities.

It just happens to counter both their elemental abilities, leaving close-quarters combat as the only way to win.

"But no matter what, I won't be satisfied without trying."

Leng Yuexi's gaze hardened, and she had already entered the reinforced form of her Body Tempering Art, flames wreathing her entire body:

"Jingming, fall back and wait for me. I'll see if I can snatch these three elemental essences in the shortest time possible.

If it doesn't work, we'll immediately retreat and come back once we've gathered enough people."

Xu Jingming is an Elementalist, and his performance in such a confined space would be extremely limited.

If he forced his way in, he'd only become a burden to her—better to just let him wait on the side.

Saying so, Leng Yuexi's graceful figure moved, charging toward the glass cover!

At that very moment, the two Chi Mang Liquid Gold Guards also moved!

One attacked Leng Yuexi, the other lunged at Xu Jingming!

"What?" Leng Yuexi's pretty face instantly changed—shouldn't both have attacked her?

What frightened her even more was that Xu Jingming hadn't followed her instructions to retreat from the side hall, and was instead standing perfectly still in place!

What's going on? Why isn't Xu Jingming moving?!

Though anxious, at this moment Leng Yuexi dared not let her attention wander in the slightest.

After a quick glance, she immediately pulled her gaze back.

After all, in a battle between seventh-rank Grandmasters, even a momentary lapse in focus could mean death!

Whoosh—

The Chi Mang Liquid Gold Guard before her transformed its entire liquid-metal right hand into a sharp battle blade.

It hacked down with the terrifying force of several times the speed of sound!

Clang!

The Crimson Practice Sword held horizontally before her, surging with flame ability—the originally flexible blade instantly went taut.

It collided with the battle blade, producing a tremendous clash of Jin Ge.

Under the immense impact, Leng Yuexi was forced back two or three steps before she could stop!

"Such tremendous strength!" Leng Yuexi's expression turned ugly.

The Chi Mang Liquid Gold Guard's combat power was even greater than she had imagined.

Boom!!

Just then, a tremendous explosion erupted from the rear flank.

Immediately after, a massive golden figure was sent flying backward, slamming into the alloy wall with a crash.

It caved in a huge dent, and only after that did it slowly slide down.

"This is... a Chi Mang Liquid Gold Guard?"

Staring at the metal guard on the ground, Leng Yuexi froze for a moment, then hurriedly turned her head back.

She saw Xu Jingming had already entered his three-meter-tall enhanced form, golden Lei Ting swirling all over his body.

His black hair whipped wildly behind him as he slowly drew back his tightly clenched right fist.

A pair of dragon-like vertical pupils seemed to radiate endless negative emotion as they looked over.

The corners of his mouth split apart, revealing two rows of sharp fangs:

"Sister Xi, this Chi Mang Liu Jin guard doesn't seem all that strong, does it."

"Not strong...?"

Leng Yuexi's eyes went wide, a string of question marks rising in her heart.

She knew Xu Jingming's body-tempering art had broken through, but she had only assumed it had barely touched the level of a peak sixth-tier ability user.

She hadn't expected,

that with just a single punch, he would blast the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard flying!

This showed that, relative to the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard, Xu Jingming's power was an absolute crushing dominance!

"Be careful, the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard has no sense of pain, won't get injured, and isn't that easy to deal with."

She only had time to call out a warning before the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard attacked; Leng Yuexi had no choice but to throw herself back into the fight.

"Not that easy to deal with? Why do I feel like it isn't all that hard either?"

His sword brows lifting slightly, he drew the Flowing Cloud Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang from his spatial ring.

The two-point-one-meter spear, now held in Xu Jingming's hand, looked just like a toy.

"It's usable enough in normal form and Lei Ji state, but in Lei Bao state it's a bit on the short side.

Looks like I'll have to specially equip a new spear for Lei Bao state in the future."

Gripping the spear as if it were a battle blade, Xu Jingming walked toward the fallen Chi Mang Liu Jin guard.

To get those three elemental essences, he only needed to use the spatial beast bone, and he could obtain them with ease.

But he had never fought a seventh-tier Grandmaster before—how could he possibly pass up such a fine chance for real combat?

"I hope this so-called Chi Mang Liu Jin guard of yours can test out the limits of my strength."

Licking the corner of his lip, Xu Jingming radiated scorching battle intent all over his body, and fought the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard that was climbing back to its feet.

PS: Third update done, still owe 9 chapters, begging for some love-powered tips, thanks to all you big-shot readers for the support~~