The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7182

Chapter 7182: Dark and Fast

Three hours came and went faster than Ves desired.

Discussions continued to take place even as the challenger received treatment and prepared for the next duel.

More than a handful of people initially expected that a mech designer turned human phase lord would only put up a symbolic fight.

In fact, even the Ascended Giants themselves thought that there was no way a non-combatant could possibly put the Unshakeable King on the backfoot.

Suffice to say, all of their expectations broke as they heard or witnessed the dramatic downfall of the leader of the Ur-Titan Phalanx.

Whereas they previously assumed that Ves only accepted the leadership challenge so that he could somehow persuade the Ascending Giants to appoint him as their leader despite losing all 4 duels, they now thought he had a legitimate chance of winning 3 out of 4 duels!

The Ascended Giants agreed to the terms with the assumption that the ’Dark Apostle’ was a less than competent fighter. Just possessing the right physique was not enough. He had to be able to know how to perform the right techniques and leverage the power of his muscles the right way in order to utilize his true body properly. He also had to gain enough fighting sense and fighting instincts in order to keep up with some of the best human fighters around.

While the Dark Apostle had indeed demonstrated shortcomings in these areas, the gap between him and the Unshakeable King was much smaller than anyone expected!

Combined with the obvious equipment advantage, it shouldn’t have been a surprise that the Unshakeable King ultimately succumbed against the challenger.

The Ascended Giants fell into disarray. Their assumptions of superiority changed when they witnessed a new approach to fighting.

Instead of relying on factors such as skills, teamwork and phasewater organs to win their battles, they began to place greater importance on the quality and performance of their wargear.

Their current equipment was not up to standard!

Investment in the development of raiments and weapons suitable for phase lords had stalled in the last few months. That was not necessarily bad as their equipment was still fairly modern, but the problem was that technology advanced at a rapid pace throughout the Red Ocean.

New advances in phasewater technology, superdimensional technology, hyper technology, E-technology, materials science and so on kept pushing up the ceiling of what was possible with human technology.

Ves had fully tapped into these cutting-edge developments. He had received extensive support from the Red Collective. This was not a trivial declaration, but a game-changing condition that enabled the challenger to gain access to some of the best tech and materials available to the superorganization!

It was only now that the arrogant and conceited Ascended Giants recalled why the human race was able to dominate the Milky Way Galaxy despite their mortal frailties. Humans had a strong affinity for technology and always maintained a high pace of innovation, especially when they came in touch with novel alien tech or brand-new materials!

As the Dark Apostle began to get cladded in a lighter raiment that was clearly aspected towards the darkness element, Secret Keeper Zariel-775 began to brief him on the latest intelligence.

"So what are the Ascended Giants up to this time?" Ves asked as Blinky lazily circled above the Dark Apostle’s head.

The shifty dark-robed spy actually looked quite fitting to remain in the presence of the Dark Apostle in his current loadout.

Unlike the red and fiery Flame Lord Raiment, the new Dark Wing Raiment possessed a completely different look and feel.

It lacked the mass and protection of the previous raiment. It was also devoid of anything related to the fire element.

Just as its impromptu name suggested, the Dark Wing Raiment was a light raiment that possessed a disproportionately large and powerful flight system.

When Ves examined it in detail, he noted that the collies had probably borrowed an excellent flight system from a first-class mech design and hastily scaled it up to his true body’s current proportions.

It was an excellent design. Though it did not make inventive enough use of the darkness element, it was still an excellent flight system that possessed a good balance between instant acceleration and maximum output.

What Ves appreciated the most was its short response time. It was very difficult to ensure that it was able to change direction or generate a powerful impulse in a split second when it became a lot larger than before.

Excellent engineering.

Just because the Red Collective primarily invested in cultivation science did not mean it fell behind in other areas.

In fact, it was pretty accurate to describe the Dark Wing Raiment as a flight system that happened to be attached to an armored suit.

Ves wanted to allocate as little mass as possible to the raiment. Not because he wanted to reserve mass capacity for other equipment, but because he wanted to be as fast and nimble as possible.

His next adversary was an offensive powerhouse. Ves did not dare to rely on his raiment to tank her blows.

Paired with a high-penetration spear that he called the Dark Tooth, the total package should be able to match the Fiery Axe in terms of speed and lethality.

If the new D-arm was not enough to finish off the enemy phase lord, then the Dark Apostle could always fall back to the Murder Knife.

"The Grapple King." Ves recalled. "He’s the champion who is a strong advocate to making the Ascended Giants independent. The biggest difference between him and the Unshakeable King is that the new guy is not so eager to defect to the Red Cabal."

"What is your advice?"

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify