Master of Kaidan
Chapter 130: Run

Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Run

Name: Artificial God

Elements: [Blasphemy], [Pseudo-God], [Mechanical], [Weapon]

Looking at the gigantic figure slowly coming to life, Feng Xue’s mind became surprisingly calm. Although it was called an "Artificial God", in the end, the card-resurrected entity was still a Pseudo Artifact, and such artifacts required a massive amount of "Identity" to function.

The only pity was that his Golden Finger couldn’t Refine "living beings" or unowned Pseudo Artifacts; otherwise, directly melting it would also be a good response tactic.

However, that thought merely flickered through his mind momentarily. Almost instantly after scanning the opponent’s attributes, Feng Xue activated "Now you see me, now you don’t."

Are you kidding? Even if he knew that the opponent had limited durability, there was no need to just stand there and wait for it to unleash its power!

Although not very aware of the surrounding terrain, Feng Xue knew the direction from which Vera had come earlier. As for whether dragging such a behemoth to Vera’s village might cause casualties...

That was something Feng Xue couldn’t care less about!

"Boom! Boom!"

As Feng Xue began to flee, the ground also thundered. The over twenty-meter-tall giant, even if its density was the same as a human’s, weighed over a thousand times more than an ordinary person. Just its running was enough to make the ground tremble.

Not to mention, the ground beneath was composed of a loose mountain of garbage!

Various types of garbage leaped about under the advance of the colossal Mecha. In such terrain, even Feng Xue found it hard to keep his footing, luckily the giant seemed to understand its own lack of energy and did not...

"Whoosh!"

An unprecedented pressure poured into Feng Xue’s brain—the residual "touch" from a near encounter with death.

Without any extra thoughts, solely by instinct, Feng Xue grabbed his cloak. As his figure and the shadows disappeared together, a blinding red light fiercely swept by.

What was originally a valley like the mouth of a volcano was diagonally cleaved, molten liquid metal and burning garbage flowed from the break, the intensely glaring flames continuously fell along with the garbage, setting the entire valley ablaze.

Feng Xue, reappearing from the shadows, looked at the steel giant making its slow strides toward him, his expression extremely grim. Although the creature was so slow it was almost comical, that strike just now could have obliterated even the slightest trace of him.

Seeing that his escape route was now blocked by a sea of fire, Feng Xue took a deep breath, looked up at the night sky cast from the fractured dome, and reached into his Storage Bag for the Feminization Filter.

Although it was a robot, perhaps the Feminization Filter would trigger the effect of the Holy Mother?

With the Feminization Filter tucked into his pocket, the scene before Feng Xue instantly transformed. The enormous Artificial God, originally like a fusion of futuristic machinery and medieval armor, underwent a change.

The metal armor began to smooth and refine, and the sharp, ferocious helmet was left with only two little wing-like ornaments.

Apart from the alien joints and mechanical connective patterns all over her body, she no longer possessed any mechanical features; rather, she looked more like a female giant from some video games.

Undoubtedly, the Feminization Filter’s alteration of cognition was totally based on the XP system. Yet, having had this filter for more than a day or two, Feng Xue didn’t even blink and immediately unfolded the Mist Field. Before the opponent’s next round of attacks could arrive, he swung the Holy Mother first.

"Make sure to slice off some crucial components!"

Feng Xue silently prayed in his heart, and the Holy Mother didn’t disappoint, performing effectively.

As a slash far beyond Feng Xue’s ability spanned the heavens and the earth, the Artificial God-turned-female giant immediately emitted a piercing buzz.

It suddenly split open along its chest and abdomen, spewing out circuits, wires, and an eerie-colored ooze—it was to Feng Xue’s surprise that the organs dissected weren’t mechanical components, but a person.

A beautiful girl with skin like creamy jade.

"No, no, this is all wrong!" Feng Xue almost stumbled in confusion, quickly realizing that although she didn’t know exactly what this "person" was, it definitely shouldn’t be a person!

This thing—it was the internal organs of an Artificial God!

It only looked like a person because of the Feminization Filter’s effect!

As she struggled to stand, Feng Xue felt no discomfort in herself, but could clearly sense that even the flames burning the garbage mountain seemed dimmer at that moment.

At that moment, countless thoughts raced through Feng Xue’s mind—Biological Mecha, Divine Flesh, Blasphemy Ritual...

But regardless of whether these speculations were right or wrong, Feng Xue was clear about one thing—

She mustn’t remove the filter!

Inner Strength surged from the Rushing Door acupoint to the Hidden White acupoint, and Feng Xue’s strength in her legs increased dramatically, illuminating the valley filled with fire, light as bright as day. In this state, Feng Xue couldn’t even reinitiate her use of shadows as a medium for her ghost-like appearances.

He looked at the path blocked by the flames, hearing again that grating sound modified by the Feminization Filter; not daring to look back, he gritted his teeth and charged straight into the flames.

...

Outside the valley, in a secluded village that had also burst into flames, what looked to be humans under the reflection of the fire exhibited entirely different demeanors.

Hunters laughed wildly as they stuffed their spoils from the village into bags, continuously moving the weeping prey and shackling them with powerful restraints.

"Have we found the remaining people?" A man with a Short Blade kicked over a middle-aged man bound like a piglet and casually asked his follower, who immediately replied,

"Boss, we’ve been doing this forever. These people are probably all rejects, the rest have probably run off long ago!"

"Rejects?" The boss grabbed the middle-aged man’s hair and lifted his head, laughing,

"You hear that? You’re all rejects. Where did the rest run off to?"

"I don’t know." The middle-aged man, not particularly tough, genuinely did not know the whereabouts of the others in the village.

To such an answer, the man seemed unsurprised, glanced at the harvest around, and then ordered,

"Mick, Ross, burn everything we can’t take with us. Sanger, take your men and check the surroundings for any traces. The rest of you, come with me and transport the livestock first..."

As he spoke, he stood up but suddenly heard his follower’s voice—

"Boss! Boss! The back mountain, the back mountain..."

"What happened to the back mountain?" The boss’s eyes lit up, stepped forward, and then heard his subordinate shout,

"The back mountain is on fire!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, far from alarmed, the boss was pleased. Usually, these villages, even if they fled, would never start a fire. Conversely, if a fire erupts out of nowhere, it could only mean there were traces they needed to destroy with fire!

"Mick! You stay here and watch the harvest. Everyone else, follow me!"