Chapter 216 - 181: Comprehending a Combat Technique, Imperial Knight? Emperor Great Demon

However, when Reinhardt’s Flame of Blood Fury ignited, the dark purple Anti-Magic Force Field of his Extraordinary Armament, Defeated Demon, mercilessly devoured the Elemental Flame.

The cruel smile on this Pure-blood Dragon Blood Warrior’s face instantly vanished!

As the flames dissipated, the creature’s reptilian pupils locked with Reinhardt’s terrifying eyes, which blazed with Blood Flame.

The War Axe and Curved Saber clashed, locked in a tense standoff.

Even across the chasm of race and faith, as a fellow warrior, it sensed Reinhardt’s boundless hunger for battle and slaughter, his taunting cruelty toward other alien races.

A soaring battlelust surged through its Dragon Race bloodline like an unrelenting heatwave.

ROAR—!

The Dragon Blood Warrior roared and kicked at Reinhardt, attempting to force the Imperial Knight back, create some distance, and then resume the fight.

But this was no glorious arena for a contest of strength.

On this battlefield—a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood—only the strong earned the right to remain standing!

’Earth Ring. Thousand-Change Mimicry. Overload Drive.’

In an instant, a dark purple, living substance covered Reinhardt’s entire body. Micro-Aikacia Nozzles extended from his elbows, the backs of his knees, and his ankles.

Extending along with them were larger Aikacia Nozzles, resembling Angel’s Wings.

He learned through combat, and grew through combat.

His battle against Warlord Nico had yielded more than just a second Earth Ring. After his promotion to the Two-star Earth Military Rank, his control over the Aikacia Nozzles had grown increasingly precise.

He had also drawn inspiration from his speed-type mimicry Domain and his Special Ability, Overload Drive. While leaving the catacombs, Reinhardt had devised a Combat Technique to pair with Overload Drive, one that would drastically improve the flexibility of his Body Techniques.

And this Pure-blood Dragonfolk warrior would be the perfect whetstone!

The chains of the Black Cutter rattled.

Propelled by a pulsed flow of high-temperature energy, Reinhardt abandoned his War Axe. His massive body, weighing over half a ton in its Power Armor, suddenly soared into the air.

Terrifying bursts of Pulsed High-Temperature Energy Flow bombarded the ground at high frequency, kicking up a howling gale!

Propelled by the micro-nozzles behind his knees, Reinhardt displayed terrifying agility that completely betrayed his massive frame!

The Pure-blood Dragonfolk’s right leg, thrown out in a kick, hadn’t even begun to fall.

Reinhardt’s body traced a deadly arc through the air, vaulting over the Dragon Blood Warrior’s head. For a moment, they were like inverted mirror images.

Time seemed to stand still.

Before the Black War Axe could even hit the ground, the chain connecting it to Reinhardt’s wrist rattled taut.

The Alien looked up, its shocked gaze locking onto Reinhardt. It tried to pull back its right leg, raise its Curved Saber, and twist its body to defend itself.

But all it could see in Reinhardt’s eyes was the chilling indifference of imminent death.

He clenched his left hand into a fist.

The Aikacia Nozzles on his elbow and back simultaneously fired, blasting out streams of high-temperature energy.

The next moment.

As if subjected to ten times the force of gravity, Reinhardt’s massive body slammed down onto the Dragon Blood Warrior. Propelled by the jets of energy, his Iron Fist shattered the warrior’s Curved Saber and arm before completely obliterating the Alien’s head!

As Reinhardt’s shoulder crashed into the shoulder of the Space Dragon warrior like a charging quarterback, its vaunted Bloodline Power and resilient flesh were instantly torn asunder!

The sickening CRACK of splintering bone followed!

BOOM—!

From Reinhardt’s perspective, the tactics he had just used to kill the Pure-blood Dragon Blood Warrior—every thought, every action—were perfectly clear.

But to any onlookers,

they had only seen Reinhardt leap over the Dragon Blood Warrior’s head, then slam down like a Power Hammer at a terrifying speed, almost too fast for the naked eye to follow!

The intensely compressed flesh and gore erupted in a crimson firework of an explosion!

A shower of blood rained down on the approaching Elemental Master Battle Group!

As Reinhardt’s massive form, like a blood-soaked Angel, slowly rose from the Pure-blood’s remains, every single Space Dragon Race Elemental Master spattered with its blood was shaken to the core.

They screamed in an alien tongue that Reinhardt couldn’t understand.

But the terror on their faces was almost palpable.

To put it another way, in that moment, to these members of the Space Dragon Race, Reinhardt’s combat prowess was so terrifyingly suffocating that it was no different from what Reinhardt himself had witnessed twenty years ago on Grillers World: the arrival of an Abyssal Great Demon on the battlefield.

It was a terrifying, visceral scene, like something from a nightmare!

’That was a Pure-blood Level Dragon Blood Warrior!’

’Furthermore, any warrior qualified to wield Soul Spirit Dual Blades is, without exception, a Centurion in the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion!’

Even a Battle Group Commander from a standard Imperial Knight Battle Group, someone with a Four-star Earth Military Rank, would find it difficult to slay a Centurion-Level Dragon Blood Warrior single-handedly.

And yet, in a single exchange, that Centurion had been crushed to a pulp!

Given the power Reinhardt had displayed in their very first clash, how could the nearby members of the Space Dragon Race not be utterly terrified?

’An Imperial Knight?’

’An Emperor Great Demon!’

「At the same time.」

Faint blue system text flashed across Reinhardt’s vision.

[You have mastered the Combat Technique: Pulsed High-Temperature Energy Flow.]

[The Aikacia Nozzles are evolving to adapt to pulse mode...]

[On large-scale battlefields, the Aikacia Nozzles provide extremely high mobility. However, in confined spaces and close-quarters combat, this mobility translates into difficult-to-control physical inertia.]

[High-frequency pulsed, segmented propulsion can greatly reduce physical inertia and improve maneuverability, but directional acceleration exceeding ten times the force of gravity will place a huge burden on your body.]

The battle was so brief that by the time the Space Dragon died, the stacks for Steel of the Heart hadn’t even been maxed out.

A one-punch kill—!

However, just as the system’s description of the Combat Technique noted, when Reinhardt executed that sharp mid-air turn, his body had endured the terrifying tearing force of at least ten Gs for a split second.

If he were only at the Level of an Official Knight, that single mid-air maneuver would have ripped his muscles clean from his bones, tearing him apart.

But with the Physique enhancements from his Two-star Earth Military Rank and Steel of the Heart, his body could handle the tearing forces of the acceleration. Aside from putting immense strain on his heart, it was well within the tolerance of his flesh and bone.

Now, the Dragon Blood Warrior Centurion’s blood dripped slowly down Reinhardt’s Power Armor.

He raised his head.

In the distance, the vast battlefield was swallowed by an endless deluge of artillery fire and smoke.

Millions of common Space Dragon Race soldiers swarmed over the landscape, a tide of bodies stretching as far as the eye could see.

From time to time, a Demon Legion’s landing beacon would smash into the ground, and countless Convicted Demons and Slaughter Demons would pour out of Void Teleportation Gates to engage the Space Dragon Race’s army.

On this vast, planet-scale battlefield, the six-person Vengeance Angel Squad was utterly insignificant—lost in a war between legions numbering in the millions, or even tens of millions.

Even so.

Reinhardt had annihilated a Centurion-Level Pure-blood in his first move. It was like a pre-battle duel between champions, and such a victory was an incredible boost to morale!