"Humble and insignificant mortals... you are not fit to live!"
"Mechanical ascension is the trend and mainstream of the future..."
"If you surrender now under the crushing weight of the steel torrent, there is still a possibility of survival..."
"Otherwise, I can only send you to witness... the miracle of creation!"
In this form, Adam Hammer's voice even became more excited as he launched a preemptive verbal provocation and mockery at Lin Ran.
Lin Ran chuckled, glancing at the weapon structure of Adam Hammer's giant mecha form, and having some understanding in his heart, he sighed:
"Actually, to be honest, what you're saying might not be entirely without reason."
"But it's a great pity that your path has already gone a bit astray..."
"Intelligence, machinery, and even AI are all meant to serve humanity. Otherwise, they are meaningless."
"Guys like you who establish your own faction, possess independent consciousness, and don't consider yourselves human are pure human traitors! You must be eradicated!"
"Watch as I first rectify this self-righteous techno-crisis of yours, and then turn you back into a servant!"
Adam Hammer burst into laughter:
"You truly underestimate my ultimate form a bit too much..."
"Do you really think you can contend with me relying on this broken energy body? How naive!"
"Although our sizes are similar, our strength is far beyond this!"
Saying so, Adam Hammer strode forward and threw a punch directly at the forehead of Susanoo.
Lin Ran naturally couldn't let this punch land squarely on his head. He raised his hand and summoned a divine artifact from Susanoo's form—the Yata no Kagami!
Clang!
In this brief exchange, Lin Ran finally realized where Adam Hammer's overflowing confidence came from...
To be honest, Adam Hammer in this giant mecha form was incredibly strong!
With just a simple swing of his fist, without using any weapon skills or enhancements, he made Lin Ran's Susanoo tremble.
And that was when Lin Ran was using the Yata no Kagami to block.
If it had hit him directly, he would have been even more severely damaged...
Unfortunately, in this kind of head-on power struggle, perhaps no one could contend with Adam Hammer, who possessed the Eternal Crystal.
This guy could continuously overload and utilize the ubiquitous jet and power systems on his body for localized bursts of speed, which was not something normal humans could achieve.
Moreover, he didn't need to care about energy coordination or his own damage, as the endless supply of Eternal Crystals would handle everything for him...
It was truly heaven-defying.
Therefore, to lure this guy into going all out 100%, one had to rely on brains and finesse...
Lin Ran, blocking Adam Hammer's punch with his left hand, didn't let his right hand idle. He directly waved and summoned the Totsuka Blade, launching a diagonal thrust towards Adam Hammer's groin.
Confident in his endless supply, Adam Hammer directly ignored Lin Ran's seemingly weak attack and resolutely swung his other fist, aiming for Lin Ran's Susanoo's jaw.
However, before his fist could even fully enter the power-generating phase, Adam Hammer felt his leg lurch violently, and the mecha's entire center of gravity began to tilt diagonally!
What the hell was going on?!
Missing his punch, Adam Hammer angrily looked down, and his eyes almost bulged out.
Because he was horrified to discover that a large chunk of his mecha's groin was inexplicably missing, revealing its internal energy conduits and lines.
And this void was not moving towards self-repair; instead, it was showing signs of increasingly large-scale collapse...
Even up to this point, the metal fragments that formed him at the point of contact with Lin Ran's sword were still in a state of disintegration.
What was most infuriating was that these metal fragments were not simply disintegrating; after breaking down, they swirled and condensed onto Lin Ran's Totsuka Blade, becoming sustenance for Lin Ran.
"You shameless thief! Can you only resort to petty thievery?!"
Furious, Adam Hammer watched Lin Ran continue to use this tactic of attacking and absorbing, and couldn't help but curse loudly.
Lin Ran was amused and laughed heartily:
"Already broken down?"
"What can you do? It's like this when you lack strength..."
"What, you're allowed to maintain infinite energy with the help of the Eternal Crystal, but I'm not allowed to get a share of the Eternal Crystal?"
"There's no such thing as being unreasonable to this extent."
"If you can't even protect your own energy, what can you protect?"
"Getting beaten so miserably and still having the nerve to bark here, I'm embarrassed for you!"
"However, I must admit... the energy of this Eternal Crystal is uniquely delicious, making one crave more!"
"Thanks to you, my energy has been increasing with every fight!"
Saying so, Lin Ran pushed his Totsuka Blade deeper by dozens of centimeters, even starting to churn and absorb within, feasting like it was a buffet.
Seeing this, Adam Hammer became even more enraged:
"You're asking for a beating!!!"
Adam Hammer roared, transforming his left hand into a laser cannon barrel, and with a swish, aimed it at the forehead of Lin Ran's Susanoo.
"Die!"
Boom!
An intensely blinding magnetic blast pulse erupted as if it were free, hitting Lin Ran's Susanoo precisely.
However, since these things didn't happen in an instant too fast to react, Lin Ran had already taken many countermeasures.
For example, the magnetic blast pulse at this moment did not directly hit the forehead of Lin Ran's Susanoo, but rather his left hand, which was protected by the Yata no Kagami.
The Yata no Kagami, imbued with Susanoo's power, didn't play around with any silliness and directly blocked all the pulse energy without leaving a drop, absorbing all the intense light.
Clearly, it was gathering deeper power.
Meanwhile, after shooting for a full half-minute, Adam Hammer, noticing the increasingly obvious color change of the Yata no Kagami, finally began to sense a chilling unease, but it was clearly too late.
"Right, I've come up with a special name for this move just now..."
"Let's call it, Lin Ran's Reflection!"
Lin Ran held up the Yata no Kagami in Susanoo's hand, revealing a fierce and eerie smile.