Chapter 340: Shattered Star Orbital Weapon

As Jierte swung his sword downward, the blinding light, intense to the extreme, illuminated everything, like a nuclear bomb exploding in midair.

A fierce wind howled past, forcing everyone to shut their eyes; afterward, there was a huge pit and a trench stretching a kilometer long.

!!!

Everyone present was shocked by the power of this strike, but what shocked them even more was the black monster before them that was still alive.

Although it took that blow, its body did not completely collapse; instead, under the lingering might of the Holy Light, it continually rolled and reassembled, and the residual Holy Light became its best breeding ground.

It... actually developed resistance to the Holy Light!

"How can it still be alive?"

The Imperial Princess was so shocked that she unconsciously dropped her sword, and Jierte's face grew grave; if even this didn't kill it, what could?

At this moment, Jierte's heart felt heavy to the extreme; the ultimate heavenly disaster was indeed not so easy to kill.

But in fact, after taking Jierte's blow, this entropy disaster, although it didn't die, also wasn't unscathed—most of its body was shattered and obliterated, leaving only a small part struggling in its death throes.

Entropy Disaster, as the ultimate form of heavenly disaster in the universe, its abilities are the same as what its name suggests.

Any attack containing 'energy' is absorbed by them, becoming a breeding ground for the birth of new heavenly disasters.

"And as long as the energy you expend exceeds the entropy within its body, it will be neutralized—that is, the death you imagine."

Boss watched the entropy disaster constantly recovering, the shock in his eyes not yet faded.

"Normally, dealing with such a thing requires relying on antimatter weapons capable of releasing vast amounts of energy."

"I never expected that the energy Jierte released would actually almost neutralize it."

"So do we count as having won?"

"We've only just begun."

Boss waved his hand, looking toward the sky with a smile.

"Something even bigger hasn't arrived yet!"

"Huh?"

Just as Jierte was preparing to launch an even more powerful attack, a sudden humming sound erupted in the sky, drawing everyone's gaze upward.

There, an enormous device suddenly appeared in the sky; as a native born and raised on this land, no one had ever seen such an extravagant sight.

The device, fully one-quarter the size of the planet, floated in outer space, its four gigantic steel claws clamping down hard onto the planet's surface.

A massive vibration transmitted, nearly knocking everyone off their feet, yet Jierte felt from the device above his head a threat greater than the entropy disaster.

"What is that thing!"

Before anyone could react, countless black figures leapt down from the sky; seeing them, Jierte's eyes widened.

He knew this thing all too well! It was the mysterious machinery that had pursued him for half a year!

Of course, the Imperial Princess also recognized it; she exclaimed in surprise, looked around, and saw they were already surrounded by swarms of machinery.

The next moment, a huge humming sound came from the sky, and red light burst from the center of the device in the sky, as powerful spiritual energy continually gathered at its core.

At that moment, the entropy disaster that kept gathering let out a roar; those strange machines were using a device to try to imprison it—a newly born entropy disaster that had no ability to resist, only able to continually strike the imprisoning device, attempting to break free.

Just as everyone was somewhat at a loss, Boss's voice sounded timely.

"Destroy it quickly!"

"They want to take the heavenly disaster away!"

Jierte reacted instantly, launching from zero frames; a powerful Holy Light slash burst forth, instantly cleaving the just-formed prison.

His action also successfully drew the machines' attention; their original target, the heavenly disaster, shifted to Jierte.

"Target detected...."

"Threat level: extremely high!"

"Individual strength: extremely high!"

"Prioritize execution protocol!"

"?"

Jierte was dumbfounded for a moment, watching the swarming machines rush at him like mad; he could only be forced to counterattack.

Before, just three of these could single-handedly kill Jierte; now, with so many more, he instantly felt immense pressure.

"What is that in the heavens!"

The Imperial Princess helped Jierte resist the machines, shouting the message to Boss, who quickly replied.

"It's a Shattered Star Orbital Weapon! Try to destroy it! Or interrupt its charging!"

"Don't think it's impossible! Their technology hasn't reached a point where we can't resist!"

That's what was said, but who among those present has the capability to destroy it?

Jierte seriously suspected that Boss's words were meant just for him, but he couldn't refute them, so he could only mentally note a grudge against Boss.

Yet faced with this situation, he could only be entangled by those strange machines, unable to break free.

"Aside from Jierte, who has the ability to go up there and knock that thing down!"

"......."

"Boss! You ** you *****!"

"You already knew about this! Why didn't you tell us!"

The Imperial Princess seemed to understand Boss's intent, she directly lashed out, but there was no way—this matter truly only Jierte could possibly accomplish.

"Shattered Star Orbital Weapon....."

"Sigh."

Jierte gazed at the increasingly oppressive red light, knowing that if he couldn't bring that thing down, everything would be over.

This time, he could rely only on himself, and only himself.

He glanced downward at the device; it was exactly above the Empire, neither biased nor off. He had thought that merely destroying the ultimate heavenly disaster would suffice, but he had forgotten there was also the notion of 'gods'.

And now, even if Jierte were stupid, he understood: this land is merely a testing ground for some advanced civilization; whether natural disaster or humans, they are nothing but NPCs in a simulated civilization fighting against natural disaster.

Its essential purpose is probably to bring about the entropy disaster before our eyes.

"Could it be that they also want to seek the power of the natural disaster?"

Jierte didn't know what that advanced civilization was thinking, but he knew that attempting to touch the power of the natural disaster was a dead end.

"..... I'll do my best."

"We'll help you block these things; this is all we can do."

A companion spoke, gripping their weapon tightly.

"We've lost enough already; I won't accept this ending."

"Jierte... please."