Feeling the Divine Origin Realm spiritual power that Leng Yulai released, Xia Yi was also a little dumbfounded.
"When the hell did she break through to the Divine Origin Realm in spiritual power?"
"I underestimated her before," Xia Yi said helplessly, shaking his head. Thinking back to that enchanting smile of Leng Yulai's earlier, he now understood where her confidence had come from.
Meanwhile, in the Abyss, an endless stream of abyssal creatures continued pouring out. Zhang Huanyun, leading the senior members of the Blood God Legion, quickly charged toward the five Abyss Guardian Beetles.
"Moo! Moo! Moo!" The Abyss Beetles let out thunderous roars. This was the moment they had been waiting for. Their bodies spread out and lunged at Zhang Huanyun and his group. At once, countless dense abyssal creatures surged around them and charged toward the third line of defense.
"Corrosive bombs, ready!" The frontline commander standing at the front had a face like icy water. He had never seen so many abyssal creatures in his entire life.
"Won't this harm the legion commander and the others?" a soldier reminded him. Zhang Huanyun and the Blood God Legion elites were entangled with the guardian beetles and couldn't break free. Corrosive bombs, being large-scale weapons, could easily cause friendly fire and hurt the ordinary Title Douluo-level warriors under Zhang Huanyun.
"Mechas, move up! Provide long-range fire suppression!" The frontline commander helplessly gave new orders. The close-combat mecha units stepped forward in unison, raising their massive shields.
Each mecha held a giant shield nearly fifteen meters high—enough to cover them completely from behind.
Their job was to withstand the initial wave of assault. The real damage would be dealt by the rear long-range units.
"Fire!" A command echoed from the back. Immediately, thousands of glowing energy orbs shot out, arcing through the air in perfect trajectories and crashing into the swarm of abyssal beasts. Deafening explosions followed, blasting countless abyssal creatures into pieces.
For a moment, powerful waves of energy flooded the battlefield.
The long-range attacks from the rear never ceased, clashing ferociously with the charging abyssal forces.
The battle had entered a white-hot phase.
Thanks to the firepower suppression, the first wave of abyssal creatures was finally held off. But the next wave was already surging forward.
A dozen enormous abyssal beasts suddenly appeared mid-air, flung by some unknown force. These creatures clearly aimed to bypass the front lines and strike directly at the long-range units in the back.
But a row of intense spotlights was already waiting. As soon as they appeared, blinding beams lit up in front of them. The long-range troops had been prepared.
Rays of blinding light blazed through the sky, and the airborne abyssal creatures howled in agony. Under the bombardment of unknown soul tool weaponry, they were riddled with holes and exploded into streams of vapor.
After thousands of years of conflict with the Abyssal Plane, the Blood God Legion had thoroughly mastered their combat strategies.
But even so, many abyssal creatures still managed to break through the mecha defense line.
There were simply too many this time. If Leng Yaozhu hadn't led the Nine Blood Gods to desperately seal off the higher-tier abyssal portals, preventing the entire abyssal army from swarming through, the situation would've been far worse.
"Battle Armor Masters, move up in front of the Mecha Warriors. Don't go too deep—avoid friendly fire from the rear. Just make sure the abyssal beasts don't break the mecha line." The frontline commander issued another order.
Immediately, a squad of One-Word and Two-Word Battle Armor Masters charged forward in an orderly formation.
Xia Yi also stepped out. Ever since he emerged from the abyssal tunnel, he had remained on the front lines and temporarily joined the close-combat troops.
Xia Yi summoned the Cauldron of Earth, which floated above his head. With a powerful leap, he instantly vaulted over the mechas and landed in front of them.
Landing beside him was his mecha companion, Xiao Bing.
They landed right in the midst of the abyssal beasts.
After a round of bombardment, the density of the abyssal creatures wasn't as thick as before.
Still, Xia Yi didn't hesitate—Absolute Zero!
A surge of powerful ice energy instantly froze hundreds of abyssal creatures around him.
There were too many to control. Even Absolute Zero couldn't freeze them completely. You could see the frozen creatures writhing in the ice, seemingly ready to break free at any moment.
"Xiao Bing!" Xia Yi shouted toward the pilot of Xiao Bing—Ice God's Heart.
"No need to remind me. I know what to do!" Ice God's Heart replied. She drove her long sword into the ground. In an instant, hundreds of ice spikes burst from the ground, piercing the frozen abyssal creatures with pinpoint accuracy.
Hundreds of abyssal beasts were instantly reduced to gray energy streams and pulled back toward the depths of the abyss.
"Hmph!" Xia Yi snorted coldly. The Cauldron of Earth instantly absorbed all those gray streams.
"Nice!" The frontline commander couldn't help but praise when he saw Xia Yi working in perfect sync with the mecha to dominate the battlefield. He asked curiously, "Anyone know who that white mecha fighting alongside Xia Yi is? A white mecha with such powerful abilities—it's nothing like a standard model."
Xiao Bing, having undergone countless upgrades from Ice God's Heart and Xia Yi, was already comparable to a top-tier black mecha.
But it wasn't black. Even after the initial purple version, Ice God's Heart couldn't stand the black look of the upgraded mecha. She simply designed it to be entirely white.
She couldn't understand why all black mechas had to be black.
Xia Yi didn't care much. It was just a color. Even if Xiao Bing were upgraded to a red-grade mecha, if Ice God's Heart wanted to keep it white, he'd let her do as she pleased.
From the outside, Xiao Bing had already been remodeled by Ice God's Heart into a female form. She had completely ignored Xia Yi's protests and, every time she upgraded the mecha, kept modifying it to resemble her appearance in life. She even pestered Xia Yi for biomimicry data to assist her.
Now, that proud, cold metal face of Xiao Bing looked exactly like how Xia Yi had imagined Ice God's Heart.
Xia Yi figured that once Xiao Bing was upgraded to a red mecha, she'd probably turn into a stunning beauty.
"No idea. She only showed up when Xia Yi entered the battle. Judging by the mecha's appearance, her pilot must be a woman. Probably someone Blood One arranged to protect Xia Yi." A soldier answered.
"Most likely." The frontline commander nodded and stopped asking. In this situation, anyone who could help hold back the abyssal beasts was welcome—background didn't matter.
With the combination of Xia Yi and Ice God's Heart, not a single abyssal creature could break through their defense. The mecha warriors behind them even had time to enter brief meditation to recover their energy.