The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7175

Chapter 7175: Equipment Reliance

Ves underestimated the capabilities of the Impact Hammers.

He also underestimated the Unshakeable King’s mobility.

Although he only teleported a short distance away, he happened to do so during a moment where the surrounding space was still destabilized by his own actions!

The idea was genius now that Ves thought about it a little further.

There were two ways to inhibit spatial phenomena.

The first was to strengthen the fabric of space. The harder it was to change it to facilitate a certain ability or action, the less capable a phase lord was able to do anything useful. The effects of their manipulation would either be lessened or suppressed entirely.

Another way to stop phase lords from casting their weird space magic was to destabilize the fabric of space. Making it looser should normally facilitate spatial manipulation, but causing it to go into chaos made it almost impossible to perform any structured techniques!

Almost.

In a situation where the Unshakeable King was able to generate a highly focused, uniform and consistent destabilizing effect, it was theoretically possible for him to perform a simple spatial ability.

A short-ranged instant teleportation ability barely fell within this scope.

The initial attempts would definitely fail. The Unshakeable King likely also needed the support of an entire staff whose job was to collect readings, analyze the data and advise the Ascending Giant on how to thread the needle through all of the destabilized space.

Through persistent practice, the Unshakeable King may eventually succeed in his endeavor.

Where other human phase lords found themselves stuck, disoriented and unable to activate most of their spatial abilities, the Unshakeable King was able to power through his own disorder and resist the discomfort of ending up in the middle of an unstable area.

"You are unworthy to lead the Ascended Giants! Your overreliance on gear has made you soft!"

The Unshakeable King began to wail at the Dark Apostle’s spatial barrier with his Impact Hammer.

The bad news was that the challenger was completely out of position and unable to fend off the attacks right away.

The good news was that the mechanisms responsible for producing powerful concussive forces endured excessive strain and couldn’t be activated for the time being.

That being said, the Unshakeable King still possessed plenty of power on his own. Combined with his ability to anchor himself in space for greater leverage, he was able to strike at the spatial barrier with so much power that it was already on the verge of breaking!

Though the Dark Apostle initially tried to put distance between himself and his teleported opponent, the spatial disruptions were much greater and hindered his forward progress just enough to enable the Unshakeable King to stick to him like a barnacle.

After realizing that retreat was impossible for the moment, the Dark Apostle turned around and held his spear like a staff.

He proceeded to use his acquired fighting skills to block or redirect the hammer blows.

There was no opportunity for him to use the plasma tip to launch any counter attacks because the Unshakeable King had entered into his full offensive rhythm. His hammers struck like galloping legs. While their force was not the greatest, the repeated strikes took an awful toll on the spatial barrier.

Soon it cracked and disintegrated as the Dark Apostle was no longer able to retain his first line of protection!

"You are just as weak as your barrier! Now stay in place so that I can pulverize your entire body aside from your head!"

The Dark Apostle was not about to let that happen. Though his spatial barrier was gone, it had lasted long enough for him and his other self to prepare a so-called power move.

Blinky had been saturating the surrounding with as much fire energy as he could spill out of his Imaginary Universe. He had also been channeling as much fire energy into the Flame Lord Raiment in preparation for a fierce counterattack.

After the preparation period had passed, Ves immediately issued a command.

"Break plasma containment!"

At the same time, the Dark Apostle had drawn his spear back and held it in a very close grip by holding it right behind its rapidly heating plasma tip.

The beleaguered phase lord aimed the tip right at his adversary while doing his best to activate an improvised technique.

"Dragon’s Breath!"

The D-arm’s plasma edge suddenly lost definition. The plasma that was normally supposed to be tightly contained had now come loose!

A stream of thin but extremely deadly plasma struck the Unshakeable King’s spatial barrier without any issue!

The range was so short that it was impossible for the Dark Apostle to miss. The heat and brightness released by the stream of plasma was so bright that the enemy phase lord was unable to persist in his attack!

Blinky nodded in approval. "Be careful of another sneak attack. I do not know how often the Unshakeable King can pull off his earlier combo, but the act of generating a field of destabilized space in front of him must definitely be hard on his Impact Hammers. In fact, I am not even sure whether they can recover their original concussive enhancement effect."

"Again, you think you can save yourself with your technology. True strength comes from our bodies, not these toys of yours."

"I can say the same for you." The Dark Apostle huffed. "Those Impact Hammers of yours caught us off-guard, but that will not happen a second time. Besides, your hammers have become a lot more boring now that they don’t produce extra force anymore. What is wrong? Have they failed to withstand the violence of your own moves?"

"I DO NOT NEED ANY TECH TO FINISH YOU OFF! NOW THAT YOUR SPATIAL BARRIER IS GONE, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP MY HAMMERS FROM BLUDGEONING YOU INTO PIECES!"

"I do not need to come to you. It is you that needs to come to me." The Unshakeable King smirked. "If you do not hurry, then the clock will run out sooner or later. I shall definitely be able to win on points, thereby denying you of a victory."

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