I Received Messages From Future Self!
Chapter 608 - 604: Battle in the Yanluo Palace

Chapter 608: Chapter 604: Battle in the Yanluo Palace

"I’ll take on four. You and Unhappy each handle two. Any issues?"

Looking at the eight Bionic Robots encircling them, Mantis swung the Alloy Longsword in her hand and said to Tom.

"Two is fine for me. Not sure if Unhappy can manage it though."

Tom said hesitantly.

Tom felt a bit ashamed to be protected by a woman, but facing these Bionic Robots, he honestly couldn’t bring himself to boast, "I’ll take on all eight."

Tom knew his own limitations.

After a few grueling battles, his physical exhaustion was at an extreme level,

and now taking on three Bionic Robots was already his limit.

Even with just three, if he couldn’t finish the fight quickly,

once the Bionic Robots copied and adapted to his attack patterns, he might still end up needing Mantis to save him.

Hearing this, Mantis glanced at Tom. "Then take one off Unhappy’s plate for him."

Tom swallowed nervously. "Alright, no problem, but wrap up your side quickly. I’m afraid I won’t hold out long."

Tom had thought about being tough and taking on three Bionic Robots solo.

But in the end, he conceded to the need for backup.

Mantis rolled her eyes at Tom. "Got it. Hurry up and get moving."

If it weren’t for Unhappy being severely injured by the Half-step Super Bionic Robot back in King Qinguang’s palace, drastically reducing his combat capacity,

these eight Top-tier Bionic Robots wouldn’t even require Tom to step in.

Tom and Mantis brandished their swords and charged toward the Bionic Robots, while Unhappy, despite his injuries, staggered toward the battlefield.

The battle was about to erupt.

In this fight, Mantis was unquestionably the main force.

Coming from a Martial Arts Family, Mantis’s solid foundation in Martial Arts and extensive combat experience made her seem like a natural nemesis of Bionic Robots.

Mantis had studied so much and such a wide array of techniques that the robots’ ability to copy, predict, and adapt attack trajectories was utterly ineffective against her.

As soon as the robots copied a set of moves, before even applying them, Mantis had already switched to another attack style.

The robots’ copying speed simply couldn’t keep up with Mantis’s rapid changes.

It perfectly embodied the phrase, "Knowledge is power."

Wielding her elegant swordsmanship, Mantis effortlessly neutralized the attacks of two Bionic Robots with her opening moves.

An agile sidestep allowed her to evade the attack of a third robot,

and she simultaneously maneuvered into the arms of a fourth robot, lifting her sword and taking it down instantly.

Her first kill—completed with a single strike. Mantis, unrelenting, moved seamlessly onward.

Turning around behind the fallen robot, she used its mechanical corpse as a shield to block the incoming attacks of three other robots pursuing her.

With a quick move reminiscent of a Qin King maneuver around a pillar, she landed a decisive double-kill strike.

Against the remaining two robots, Mantis chose not to evade anymore,

instead opting to stand her ground and fight head-on.

Two Bionic Robots? They weren’t even worth the effort for her to evade.

Mantis flicked her sword upward, deflecting the incoming attack, and followed through by driving her weapon straight into the brain of one robot.

Another clean kill, her third of the fight.

Through experience, Mantis had developed skillful means of dealing with these robots.

While Tom grew increasingly worn out as the fight dragged on, Mantis became ever more effective the longer the battle lasted.

Such was the advantage of her Martial Arts Family heritage.

Glancing at the last remaining Bionic Robot, Mantis smiled faintly.

She even had the spare time to observe the fight on Tom’s side.

At this point, Tom had also scored his first kill,

but now found himself surrounded by the remaining two robots.

Though he appeared somewhat flustered, he wasn’t in any immediate danger.

However, if things continued as they were, he was likely to end up in a drawn-out battle.

Over time, his attack patterns would inevitably be fully copied and tracked, putting him at a disadvantage.

Meanwhile, heavily injured Unhappy had yet to secure a kill, but had critically damaged the robot he was up against.

Victory was within sight.

Seeing this, Mantis felt reassured.

With a nimble dodge, she evaded the robot’s incoming strike.

Mantis spun her sword backward, landing the finishing blow and claiming her fourth kill.

She wasted no time and bolted toward Unhappy to assist him.

Tom seemed temporarily safe, so Mantis didn’t rush to aid him.

Instead, she chose to support Unhappy first.

Even though Bu Gaoxing could win on his own, his injuries had left him drained.

Mantis planned to help him preserve some energy,

because there were still plenty of battles ahead,

and they needed Unhappy to share the burden.

If Unhappy were to collapse here, Tom would have no choice but to fight four robots alone in the subsequent five palaces.

Mantis reached Unhappy’s side, swiftly swinging her sword to finish off the robot blocking him.

Acting like a firefighter, she urgently dashed toward Tom’s position.

——

While Mantis scrambled to extinguish fires across the battlefield, Taotie’s intense fight with King Yanluo and the Half-step Super Bionic Robot had reached a boiling point.

Taotie hadn’t expected that this old fox King Yanluo would train with the Half-step Super Bionic Robot.

Taotie could clearly sense that this robot was much more troublesome than the ones in the previous palaces.

With King Yanluo, the crafty Old Six, in tow, Taotie was facing a slight challenge.

But only ever so slightly.

Even with their teamwork, the duo couldn’t truly threaten Taotie.

Having had his fun, Taotie stopped holding back,

launching a ferocious counterattack against King Yanluo and the Half-step Super Bionic Robot.

"You old codger, die already!"

Taotie roared, locking his gaze firmly on King Yanluo.

As for the Bionic Robot, without King Yanluo’s interference, it couldn’t even approach Taotie.

Having fought against several Bionic Robots, Mantis could rely on her mastery of Martial Arts to swiftly defeat robots of equal strength.

Taotie naturally had long since mastered his own methods for dispatching robots.

Although he couldn’t eliminate robots as effortlessly as Mantis,

killing one weaker Half-step Super was still within his reach.

Facing Taotie’s furious charge, King Yanluo panicked.

He didn’t dare to confront Taotie head-on and instead turned tail to flee in utter embarrassment,

while simultaneously commanding the robot to block Taotie’s advance.

Taotie smirked coldly, abandoning pursuit of the fleeing King Yanluo, turning to attack the Bionic Robot instead.

To Taotie, whether he killed King Yanluo or the robot first made little difference.

With King Yanluo out of the way, he’d just eliminate the robot for now.

Let’s see how King Yanluo runs without his mechanical meat shield next time.

What could he do? Cut off his tail like a gecko to escape?

With a savage charge, Taotie sent the robot flying.

He pounced on it, pinning it down under his foot,

and drove his Longsword straight down through the robot’s skull.

The robot’s eyes flickered briefly before fading into complete darkness—lifeless.

Taotie withdrew his sword and turned to King Yanluo. "Old man, looks like you’re next."