Chapter 281: Cannon

Some of the white, glowing cell coins in the belt flickered with a faint silver‑blue light, their energy rapidly being drained.

Countless mechanical fragments flashed into the air, emitting various sounds, and together assembled into a cannon.

Yi Da Ming looked at the cannon on his chest and let out an excited shout.

The cannon is a man's romance; caliber determines confidence, the longer the range, the greater the power, the more excited he becomes.

Birth's chest‑mounted cannon continuously surged with powerful energy fluctuations; even before firing, its terrifying recoil had already cracked the ground.

At the same time.

Crimson light shone in the sky, dyeing it.

Flocks of birds wheeled in the air, circling Jiang Xia like birds paying homage to the phoenix.

Within a radius of several kilometers, every bird cried out, greeting him with the same rhythm and frequency.

Molten‑gold chains like lava gleamed on the ground, intertwining with the crimson light in the sky, pinning the coin monster firmly in place, unable to move.

On the field, Jiang Xia's gaze pierced the tough skin, and the exposed eyes instantly turned crimson.

This time, that special coin had stabilized, serving as the missing core coin for Meizier.

That is to say, Meizier has now become a true complete form, its data approaching normal and stable, and can begin to be reclaimed.

A huge blazing sun erupted from Jiang Xia's hand, the crimson sky surging like a tide.

Flowing flames streamed across the sky, filling it with blinding light, the rainbow‑colored wings expanded again, and points of light scattered across the heavens.

The center of the aurora was the fully coalesced attack.

Like a fiery meteorite falling from the sky, bearing a meteor streaked with countless glows, it slammed down upon the monster below!

At this moment, the countless barnacles clinging to the skin opened their wide mouths, emitting a fine, dense grinding sound toward the meteor in the sky.

Tiny but sharp teeth instantly tore toward the sky.

As parasites, they sensed the danger before their host did.

Do not underestimate their parasitic instincts; the smaller the creature, the more ways it has to survive, and none understand the principle of 'when the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold' better than they.

If Desire Coins become excessive, it is indeed very possible for them to develop self‑awareness.

Although they appear as parasites, they are essentially a collective consciousness formed from cell coins, and to prevent the main body from dying, they exert all their strength.

The beast's serpent‑like head let out a great roar, and the air suddenly grew humid.

Countless underground waters surged forth, wrapping directly around its body.

The raging waves gathered into a water dragon, turning into a downward‑upward torrential rain that rushed toward the falling lava meteor.

Jiang Xia, hovering in the air, directly ignored the attacking shell‑covered barnacles aimed at him.

Even though they were numerous, before him they were nothing but clay dogs and tiles.

Those ugly parasites turned into a surge, suddenly accelerating in the air.

Extreme heat swept over their outer shells, completely evaporating the moisture from their bodies.

A vast legion of parasites, under the threat of death, collided violently with the fire meteor!

Upon touching the flames they instantly ignited, their crimson bodies bursting with continual explosions in the air; the parasites endured only seconds in the inferno before being annihilated by the devastating attack, turning into falling snow‑white coins that filled the sky.

"Energy filled to one hundred percent."

"Drink!"

Yi Da Ming looked at the data on the screen, shouted, aimed the fully charged cannon at the monster's head, and then slammed the firing switch.

The BreastCannonShoot attack burst through the blue, tough skin in one go, piercing straight through its body.

The immense impact instantly exploded inside its body.

Two radiant core coins were blasted out of the breach. Anku, quick‑eyed and swift, used his small size to dart in and catch the two shining core coins.

"Yingsi! Use this."

Truly the perfect partner for Oz, the snatched coin was instantly thrown away.

"This is Union!"

What burst out were exactly the Iron Ash Worm and the mantis.

Huo Ye Yingsi nodded at Anku: "I understand."

"Kuwagata! Kamakiri! Batta! Ga~taGataGataKiriBa! GataKiriBa!"

Countless clones instantly split from Oz's body and began attacking the rampaging monster.

Then the water dragon and the meteor, which had barely lost any energy, violently collided, instantly spreading high‑temperature white steam.

That wave‑like attack was completely vaporized in an instant.

The monster bellowed in pain, continuously squeezing the power of its inner cell coins to summon the waves, but those were instantly evaporated by the incessant spray of fire.

The monster, once huge, now struggled to hold up under Jiang Xia's attacks.

Its internal cell coins were rapidly depleted; after only a brief resistance, its size had shrunk by several rounds.

Even if most core coins were collected and the monster possessed ten thousand cell coins within,

it could gain no advantage against Jiang Xia's attacks.

This is not due to energy storage, but an output‑power issue.

Even a mindless monster, no matter how strong, cannot perfectly unleash its bodily power; it merely relies on instinctive attacks.

Then, watching the white mist spreading outward, Jiang Xia lightly flicked his crimson wings behind him, the storm bursting with strong suction that drew away the scorching steam, revealing the alien monster's current form.

Not only did its size shrink dramatically, but its strength also began to wane.

At least, Oz would not be simply knocked away or bitten now.

The attacking Insect Union clones simultaneously leapt high, sweeping in unison across Oz's waist‑mounted driver.

In the air they gathered into a wall of Knight Kicks; the Union's power let Oz drill straight into the monster's body.

Huo Ye Yingsi slaughtered at will inside it, his emerald blade light and blades continually rending huge gaps, his roar already drowning out the beast's agony.

He himself turned into a myriad of soldiers and horses.

Finally, the exploding flame burst open in the high sky.

His massive body turned into coins filling the sky, scattering everywhere.

Before the crowd could start snatching, the blue coin representing the ocean within the bundled Core Coin suddenly emitted a glimmer of water light.

Nine aquatic Core Coins in the air began continuously drawing energy from the cell Core Coins, eventually taking on a human shape.

As for the other attribute Core Coins, they were divided up by the Greed hiding around.

Just like hunting dogs fighting over food, they gave no ground.

Now, aside from the aquatic Core Coin still missing one that hasn't been recovered, the three parties present each have their own Core Coin.

As for the bird-type Core Coin, only one burst out, and Anku himself hasn't managed to snag it yet.

Now Anku can assemble three sets of combinations: gravity and insects, plus the most basic eagle-tiger-locust.

Kazhali got the vulture, rhinoceros, orangutan, and shrimp-crab he had originally intended as payment.

Wu Fan retrieved his three Core Coins, plus the orangutan Core Coin containing Kamel's consciousness, and also an artificial scorpion.

(End of chapter)