# 763
Chapter 764: What Has Not Been Seen Does Not Mean It Does Not Exist
The漫天雷霆光球 slammed into the高达, the latter swinging its black shield, the shield's surface emanating a chilling glow, forcibly batting the touching thunder orbs into the distance.
Successive rumbling explosions rang out as the bat aside thunder orbs landed on the ground, instantly transforming into thunderous flames that blazed outward, annihilating everything within a two-kilometer radius. Surging flames lit up most of Tokyo's night sky.
After batting away nearly a dozen thunder orbs consecutively, the高达 was completely submerged within the thunder domain, with countless bolts of lightning brutally striking its body. Thanks to those astonishing elemental resistance buffs, the damage was drastically reduced.
The高达's frame shuddered violently under the thunder bombardment as Yuzuri Takishiro sat calmly in the cockpit, holding the controller like a seasoned veteran, precisely controlling every movement of the高达.
Whoosh—!!
Within a matter of seconds, the red-and-white高达 burst through the thunder domain, raising its black shield high and slamming it heavily toward the Thunder Beast's head.
With a tremor that shook the earth, the Thunder Beast was smashed so hard by this strike that its limbs sank into the ground. Surging thunder was blocked by the pitch-black shield face, continuously scattering onto the ruins below. It strained to support its body,僵持ing with the高达's black shield in a stalemate.
"Roar—!!!"
After being suppressed for so long, the Thunder Beast finally couldn't hold back any longer and erupted into a furious roar. Those pitch-black eyes gained a layer of blood-red hue.
Within the thunder clouds of the night sky, a mass of lightning swirled at the vortex's center, rapidly gathering and transforming into a crimson thunder spear that seemed capable of piercing through heaven and earth, locking onto its position.
At the same time, warning lights blazed crimson red on Yuzuri Takishiro's operation interface.
"Alert! Lethal-class skill detected in path! Alert! Lethal-class skill detected in path!"
Yuzuri Takishiro's pupils constricted sharply!
Sizzle!
A hair-raising thunderclap rang out as the crimson thunder spear suspended in the thunder clouds traced a red line across heaven and earth in an instant. Then, a deafening crimson explosion frantically spread outward from where the高达 and Thunder Beast stood!
"Damn it, pull back!"
Baili Pangpang and the others stood several kilometers away, their expressions shifting. He quickly grabbed the Mad Demon Cao Yuan beside him and vanished within the black-and-white qi.
Half a second later, this crimson thunder explosion completely submerged their original position.
Jiang Er herself existed in a ghost state and wouldn't be harmed by these physical attacks. However, even standing at the edge of the thunder explosion, her form couldn't help but ripple and distort, as if about to dissipate.
"Jiang Er, are you alright?" An Qingyu asked with concern.
"I'm fine." Jiang Er's voice came through the earpiece intermittently. "The explosion from their battle is disturbing the surrounding magnetic field. My movements are being hindered a bit, but I'll automatically adjust my own magnetic field and recover soon."
An Qingyu was silent for a moment. "Once we get back, I'll think of a way to stabilize your magnetic field completely."
Jiang Er, her signal somewhat unstable, blinked and turned to look at An Qingyu, nodding obediently. "Mm."
...
"So you're calling me a country bumpkin?" Seeing that massive explosion in the distance, Disaster Prison sneered. "Do you really think Yuzuri Takishiro can defeat the Thunder Beast?
I admit, we Oracle Envoys have indeed created a monster beyond expectations. Yuzuri Takishiro represents the limit of what science can achieve for humanity, but even this half-finished man-made god cannot slay the Thunder Beast head-on...
I told you, humans are destined to be no match for the gods."
Lin Qiye glanced at him nonchalantly. "You're mistaken. What I said... wasn't about Yuzuri Takishiro."
Disaster Prison was slightly stunned.
"Not him?" Disaster Prison shook his head. "Yuzuri Takishiro is the pinnacle of humanity. There cannot be a human stronger than him."
"You've stayed in this tiny 'Human Enclosure' for too long... Some things, some people—you haven't seen them, but that doesn't mean they don't exist."
Lin Qiye reached into his collar, fingertips touching something.
His eyes flickered with determination.
"Today, I'll show you... what is the true pinnacle of humanity!"
Lin Qiye's black windbreaker merged with the night sky. He lowered his head and, under Disaster Prison's stunned gaze, solemnly pulled out... a wooden chopstick.
"Are you joking?" Disaster Prison raised an eyebrow.
Lin Qiye glanced back at him without a word.
Gripping this wooden chopstick, he transformed into a streak of night and darted rapidly toward the Thunder Beast!
...
The crimson thunder explosion gradually faded.
At the epicenter of the explosion, the Thunder Beast rose from a massive crater hundreds of meters deep, crimson lightning crackling around its body. Its fur bristled outward, and blood-red eyes gleamed with disdain.
Directly in front of it, a shattered black shield was deeply embedded in the mud. Behind that shield, the red-and-white高达's surface was scorched black, with multiple damages across its body. Faint crimson lightning flickered within its steel frame, looking utterly disheveled.
The cockpit lights flickered intermittently as Yuzuri Takishiro sat amidst the wreckage. Through a dust-covered display screen, he gazed solemnly at the Thunder Beast in the distance.
A panel appeared before him:
"S-grade item 【Earth's Dirge】判定 successful. All damage received within half a second reduced by 80%, all negative states purified, and 20% health continuously restored over two seconds."
Yuzuri Takishiro's health bar, which had been reduced to half, rapidly recovered and stabilized at approximately 70%. Simultaneously, negative states like 【Paralysis】, 【Stun】, and 【Lethal判定】 below the health bar all disappeared.
He gripped the controller and exhaled deeply.
If he hadn't activated 【Earth's Dirge】 just now, that crimson thunder spear would have wiped out his health bar entirely, plunging him into a near-death state.
He'd almost been oneshot by this world boss's skill.
Yuzuri Takishiro glanced at the panel. The高达 was severely damaged and probably couldn't be used anymore. With a light wave of his hand, the massive machine dissolved into a cloud of data.
In the vast crater filled with dust, Yuzuri Takishiro landed steadily on the ground, clutching a controller in his right hand. Raising his head, those cross-shaped star eyes stared at the massive Thunder Beast standing proudly before him.
He lifted his fingertip, about to summon the game interface again, when a streak of night arrived at his side, coalescing into a figure in a black windbreaker.
Lin Qiye held a wooden chopstick in his right hand. He turned his head, those furnace-like brilliant golden eyes locking with Yuzuri Takishiro's cross-shaped pupils. The royal blood flowing within them seemed to sense something, as if boiling over.