The World Beast’s green blood geysered into the sky. Blood gushed from its several-thousand-meter-tall body, forming a massive fountain. Green droplets scattered through the air, raining down upon Cordillera Main Island as a rain of blood.
Then, before the astonished eyes of the crowd, two more arms shot out from under the Golden Mad King’s armpits. With all four arms, it seized the five-thousand-meter World Beast, violently hoisted it from the sea, and hurled it away!
While the World Beast’s enormous body was still airborne, the turrets on the Golden Mad King’s head fired in unison once more, converting a massive volume of seawater into Energy Beams that bombarded the creature.
Struck by this ferocious power, the World Beast flew more than ten kilometers before crashing down, completely submerged by the sea. The violent impact kicked up another tidal wave that surged toward Cordillera Main Island.
The Golden Mad King raised its four arms, conjuring a wave of its own to meet the oncoming tsunami. The two colossal waves crashed into each other, instantly dissipating, leaving only ripples to spread across the surface.
From the shores of Cordillera Main Island, the sea now appeared calm. Only patches of green blood stained the surrounding water, turning the area into what seemed like a green ocean.
Although the Super Giant War Armor, the Golden Mad King, and the World Beast were both thousands of meters tall, like two towering mountains, their battle was over in a flash. Thanks to the Golden Mad King’s protection, not even a strong gust of wind had reached Cordillera Main Island.
All of this left the crowd stunned and speechless.
Just then, the Golden Mad King took a few steps back and turned, extending its left hand and lowering it onto the aircraft carrier’s deck, right in front of Shen Feng.
Expressionless, Shen Feng stepped onto the Golden Mad King’s fingertip. He then had the Super Giant War Armor move its arm, placing him inside the control cabin located in its head.
Upon entering the control cabin, Shen Feng saw a corpse submerged inside a biological pod unit, pierced with all sorts of tubes.
He was a tall, thin, dark-skinned man with thick lips and short hair. It was impossible to tell how long he’d been dead, but his eyes were still staring forward, a clear sign that he had not died in peace.
A warrior who had not yielded, even in death.
From the very first moment he saw the Golden Mad King, Shen Feng had used the Thought Field of his Silicon-Based Brain to envelop the Super Giant War Armor, intending to control it.
Possessing the highest-Level clearance, he already knew this Super Giant War Armor like the back of his hand. Through its internal systems, he discovered that the pilot hadn’t died in battle but from a sudden respiratory illness—a truly regrettable end.
This was also why the Golden Mad King, the last Super Giant War Armor, had been preserved in perfect condition.
After all, once the pilot died, no one could access the Golden Mad King’s interior to operate it—or even inspect it—without a higher Level of clearance, like Shen Feng’s.
As Shen Feng entered the cockpit, the various internal automated systems instantly activated. The biological incubation pod containing the former pilot retracted and sealed itself away, while a semi-enclosed gimbal control pod was deployed.
This was originally a backup piloting system, but for Shen Feng, it was perfectly suitable.
After all, he didn’t use a brain-computer interface to control the Super Giant War Armor; he transmitted commands directly from his own Silicon-Based Brain.
Once enclosed within the gimbal control pod, Shen Feng flexed his wrist. The four fists of the Super Giant War Armor, the Golden Mad King, slammed together, creating a thunderous BOOM!
Jarred by the tremendous sound, the crowd on the island finally snapped back to reality, erupting into a tsunami of cheers:
"It lives! The Golden Mad King lives again!"
"All hail the Savior! Hahaha, we finally have a Holy Armor again!"
"Praise the Savior, *sob*... Praise the Savior... Only the Savior could bring the Golden Mad King back to life..."
"What Holy Armor? This is a Super Giant War Armor! Hahaha, the Savior has restored the glory of human civilization! We have hope! We have hope!"
"That World Beast is nothing but a piece of junk in front of the Holy Armor! Hahaha! The Holy Armor! We are protected by the Holy Armor now!"
"All hail the Savior! All hail! Kill them! Kill those World Beasts! We would die for you!"
"..."
Waves of frenzied cheers erupted across Cordillera Main Island. The more than one hundred thousand people there were on the verge of succumbing to a dizzying, delirious bliss.
What they had believed to be a situation of certain death had been effortlessly resolved by the Savior!
’It all made sense, really. The Savior had returned; of course the Golden Mad King wasn’t just for show!’
From now on, they had the protection of the Holy Armor. They no longer had to hide like cockroaches.
No, even if a World Beast were to kill them now, it wouldn’t matter. To have witnessed the legendary Holy Corpse revive as the Holy Armor and utterly crush the World Beast—even dying now would be worth it!
Witch Tower, leading the other Minstrels, watched with tears welling in his eyes, his face full of pride and glory as he gazed at the Golden Mad King standing tall in the sea.
As a member of the Salvation Army, to be able to witness this moment meant he could die without any regrets.
Dormammu, Eddy, and the other surviving Purifiers, however, had grim expressions, finding it impossible to accept what was happening before their eyes.
"The World Beast died just like that? How could an emissary of the Whispering God die so easily... That’s impossible..." Dormammu muttered.
Just then, the Super Giant War Armor—a veritable Divine Spirit in the eyes of the crowd—suddenly charged forward, arriving at the spot where the World Beast had fallen.
The next instant, hundreds of massive tentacles erupted from the sea, lashing out to entangle the Golden Mad King.
Shen Feng snorted. He knew the World Beast couldn’t have died that easily. He had already detected the lurking creature with the Golden Mad King’s sensor systems; he had charged over simply to deliver the fatal blow.
After all, the sensor system of the Super Giant War Armor, the Golden Mad King, was the most advanced of all War Armors, reputed to be omniscient—to "know everything."
Just as the tentacles swung down, the tiered turrets on the Golden Mad King’s head swiveled, instantly firing hundreds of Energy Beams that blasted the appendages, knocking them aside.
At the same time, its massive body plunged into the sea. Sharp Vibrating Blades extended from its four arms, stabbing deep into the World Beast on the seafloor. It then seized the edges of the massive wound that had been blasted open moments before and began to tear it wider.
Amid the World Beast’s roars, the Golden Mad King plunged headfirst through the wound and into the creature’s body!
Shen Feng then casually inserted a small piece of Beast Gold into the Golden Mad King’s internal transport conduit, feeding it into the weapon systems.
A furious barrage of Energy Beams immediately erupted from the Golden Mad King’s tiered head turrets, blasting out from within the World Beast’s body!
In the distance, on Cordillera Main Island, Chris watched the strange scene unfolding in the sea. She patted Witch Tower’s shoulder and asked, dumbfounded:
"Witch Tower, is the Golden Mad King doing a handstand?"
Witch Tower looked at the Super Giant War Armor’s two legs flailing wildly above the surface of the sea and replied, equally bewildered:
"I... I think so..."
The next instant, the patch of sea where the Golden Mad King was suddenly turned golden, as if a Solar was rising from the seabed!