Chapter 690: Chapter 603: He Will Never Yield!

Thick smoke billowed, flames licked the air, and the smell of burning permeated the collapsed tunnel.

Bai Youyou struggled to open her eyes, and Gernika leaped in front of her, the lance slowly rising to stay at her face.

"Who are you?" she asked, looking up.

Gernika did not respond directly to her question. Heavy panting seeped through the helmet’s visor, morphing into a steam-like hiss.

She couldn’t understand why this guy was targeting her, who was this Opina he mentioned, and why was he attacking her?

In the next moment, a shell blasted onto Gernika’s upright figure, pushing him to the side.

Bai Youyou turned her head, seeing Demon Slayer pushing aside the boulders, the cannon in his hand emitting white smoke, the light dots lit up circle after circle.

She shook her head, decisively raised the heavy hammer, and sprinted forward, gripping the hammer handle with both hands, gathering power to strike Gernika with full force.

The hit Gernika fell into rage anew, roaring as the gravity field around him expanded, causing the carriage beneath to collapse segment by segment, stones flying everywhere.

Bai Youyou seized the opportunity to withdraw, leaping onto the roof with a few steps, keeping her distance from Gernika.

She became more curious about the true identity of the pilot within the opponent’s machine.

One hour remained.

Since she couldn’t shake off this guy, she needed to deal with him quickly.

Bai Youyou took a deep breath, the "Severing Holy Armor" radiated brilliance again, renewing its shine, her cape fluttering.

The effect of the "Severing Holy Armor" could impose discipline on a designated enemy, weakening them if they violate the ’law’, while Bai Youyou would gain power, from mere attribute boosts to obtaining sealing authority and beyond. In reality, the granted power manifested as the ability to alter physical laws temporarily.

The law’s provisions were not explicitly stated, meaning that if Bai Youyou deemed someone guilty, then they were guilty.

Randomly attacking her, since she couldn’t think of a reason for her opponent’s actions, she could reasonably assume "Gernika" was a product of a program error, committing the crime of obstructing the Order Court from reclaiming the Key and maintaining order.

This was simply unforgivable, no pardon, judgment must be executed immediately!

"Player Bai Youyou, ’Harmonizer’ temporary authority granted."

The girl’s previously weak aura exploded several times over, colliding head-on with the approaching war-crazed aura, the two forces clashing within the tunnel, cut stones mixed with air bursting apart.

Gernika was slightly taken aback, seemingly puzzled by the girl’s sudden burst of intense aura from her earlier defeated state; it was in this moment of confusion that Bai Youyou vanished, her steps soared, and in an instant she spun up the heavy hammer appearing before him, eyes like rubies ready to engrave his image.

Boom!

In the violent sonic boom, Gernika’s chest took a heavy hit, flying backward like a shell, smashing through numerous carriage sections, even causing a large section of the tunnel to cave in several meters deep. With just one hammer, he was deeply buried in the wall, currents coursing violently over his body, trembling incessantly.

"You damned criminal."

Raising her long boot, Bai Youyou stomped viciously on Gernika’s face, a frenzied smile on her lips, raising the heavy hammer again.

"I, in the name of the Order Court, declare you guilty, attacking law enforcement doubles your crime, centuries of consciousness imprisonment wouldn’t be enough for your sentence."

"Once I drag you out of this iron cage, I swear you’ll be thankful, because the rules do protect you on some level."

As she spoke, the hammer’s end from Osiris stirred a storm, Bai Youyou lifted it high above her head.

Now, with a belly full of fury, nowhere to vent, she wouldn’t feel any guilt for overstepping rules, one might say at this moment Gernika’s very breathing was guilty in her eyes.

The heavy empowerment pushed her attributes to terrifying values, as long as she imagined Gernika as her most hated foe, she could righteously unleash this pent-up anger.

Oddly, why did golden hair drift from below the helmet visor? Bai Youyou couldn’t care anymore, unleashing the force of thunder with the heavy hammer smashing down on Gernika’s gravity field, energy expanded outward, mirrored crack marks appearing on its surface.

One strike, two strikes, three strikes, one hammer followed another, hammering the gravity field leaving cracks, the momentum of the previous hammer barely contained before the next hammer followed, Bai Youyou’s hammering speed gradually increased, from once per second, to several times a second, to dozens of hammer shadows falling every second until even afterimages became indistinct!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bai Youyou frantically swung her hammer, layer after layer of the gravity field shattered under her blows; she was determined to brute-force rip through Gernika’s gravity field!

The suddenly increased weight pressed Gernika’s entire face deep into the stone, unable to comprehend the source of the girl’s power, yet a primal sense of danger surged him to unleash unprecedented strength, roaring to break free from the heavy pressure, fists launching machinegun-like strikes once more.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The heavy hammer clashed with the fists, airwaves bursting.

The launching fists could momentarily hold against the heavy hammer, but in a flash were crushed under the hammer’s relentless bombardment, fists smashing deeply into the wall, Gernika’s entire form sinking deeper into the mountain, twisting. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Under Bai Youyou’s hammering, the entire mountain shook violently, rocks falling continuously, with each passing moment the tunnel’s structure changed, beginning to collapse, clearly aiming to dismantle this tunnel by force, Demon Slayer, Evil Slayer, and Chu E looked on in horror.

Finally, under Bai Youyou’s near-mad hammering, Gernika’s machine was severely damaged, ceasing to struggle, centaur-like body deeply embedded into the wall, trembling spasmodically, arcs of electricity dancing.

"Weren’t you wild just now?" Bai Youyou wiped the dust off her face,

"Refusing judgment, unafraid of death?"

"Let me see your damned criminal face beneath the mask."

As she spoke, Bai Youyou reached for Gernika.

When she removed the knight helmet’s visor, the sight left Bai Youyou’s mind a blank slate, the "Severing Holy Armor" dissipating in an instant, all prior enhancements vanishing.

Beneath the visor was a mass of twitching, convulsing flesh.

This mass of flesh, its nerves connected to every control terminal in the machine, sent biological electricity at fixed frequencies to control the machine.

"How is this possible?" Bai Youyou exclaimed.

"Gernika will never yield!"

The mechanical arms deeply embedded in the wall suddenly grabbed, clasping Bai Youyou’s face, smashing fiercely toward the side wall.

With a thunderous bang, Bai Youyou’s back slammed hard into the mountain, cracks spreading across the entire tunnel. Dust stormed, violent red currents flashed, Gernika’s injuries visibly healing, aura soaring, turning even more violent than before.