Mecha Battle: Why Do You Use Body to Destroy Stars?

[Although temporarily repelled, legions from the void still covet this place, awaiting their chance to engulf everything…]

[You have completed the quest: Eliminate the Legendary Overlord: Void Wraith.]

[Time taken: 3 hours.]

[Rating: SSS.]

[Based on your trial rating, we are calculating your rewards…]

[You have obtained a Mythical Material: Void Origin Crystal]

[You have obtained a Mythical Module: Phase Shift (Supercharged)]

[You have obtained a Mythical Item: Latent Ability Upgrade]

[You have obtained a Mythological Item: Mecha Talent Catalytic Instrument]

[Your access level has been promoted to 3rd Rank, unlocking a new trait slot and mecha slot.]

[Settlement complete, you may leave the abyss in ten days.]

“Making a Soul Contract with a Legendary Overlord doesn’t seem as difficult as I thought…”

Jiang Chen’s mind flashed with the experiences of the Void Wraith, and then he shook his head.

One can’t generalize.

The Void Wraith was quite special, being a pure spirit body born from the void.

It had no past, no kin, and even its knowledge and worldview were imparted by other void beings.

In its world, only two core elements mattered: survival and growth.

As for dignity, enslavement, submission…

These concepts, belonging to humans, clans, or civilizations, were irrelevant to it.

After Jiang Chen activated his burst mode, he was tanking its high resistance to damage and spatial blinking, and beat it to the brink of death.

In such a state, even a forceful demand for it to make a contract wouldn’t be refused.

Even its so-called “sleeping” wasn’t a special preference but the most efficient way for a being like it to grow.

And this method of growth happened to match Jiang Chen well—

“Sleep is good; Zero, Yun, and Yuu are sleeping right now.”

“You handle sleeping, I’ll handle leveling up. Each to their own, perfect!”

Not only that, but the attributes of the Void Wraith also greatly pleased Jiang Chen.

Even though it was currently sealed into a Nascent Form, it was still top-notch!

Its peak attributes were 1.5 billion, the threshold strength for the 8th Rank, but it was classified as a 6th Rank mecha, snagging quite a few extra attributes!

Moreover, just like the 4th Rank, the 6th Rank went through a second Sublimation.

Yet its quality had reached the Mythical level!

You see, Jiang Chen currently possessed three mechas, all of one-time Sublimation, flawless quality.

Even if he were to undergo a second Sublimation, which would increase the quality by two levels, it would at most reach Epic, the same tier as the Sea Abyss Ancient God Mecha.

The Void Wraith Mecha’s quality was a whole grade higher than theirs.

Most importantly…

Second Sublimation required one to become a 4th Rank mecha pilot.

Jiang Chen, even after completing the upgrade quest, was only at the 3rd Rank.

Yet the Void Wraith Mecha Armor could prematurely possess the Sublimated Mythical Quality!

After triggering the [Undying Barehand] Talent, the mecha’s absorption rate could reach a high of sevenfold!!

One mecha could almost equal the growth attributes of two mechas!

“Good, good, good, truly worthy of a Legendary Overlord, a top-notch mecha!”

Jiang Chen couldn’t stop grinning.

Besides, he noticed something else—

The Void Wraith had already bounded with him.

Yet, after obtaining the new mecha slot, the Void Wraith Mecha Armor was still not unsealed and remained in Nascent Form.

The fourth mecha slot for him as a 3rd Rank mecha pilot was still in [Idle] status.

It merely indicated [A bound mech is present, the new Nascent Form cannot be used].

“If I were to make Soul Contracts with multiple Legendary Overlords…”

“After the rank upgrade, I could, and only could, choose to unseal one of them.”

“So that means…”

“As long as I forsake using the Nascent Form Mecha, I can madly contract Legendary Overlords and treat them as my spare mecha library.”

“Wait until after the rank upgrade to decide who to unlock?”

“This is pretty good!”

Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up.

He was in no shortage of special items, anyway. In the future, if he saw an interesting Legendary Overlord, he would just go straight up with a Soul Contract and bring it home for collection.

Although he couldn’t trade them, this was akin to filling up an encyclopedia.

It’s just that Legendary Overlords were not numerous and not easy to encounter.

Better to make the best use of what he already had in hand.

Besides, ranking up trials required defeating Legendary Overlords.

Jiang Chen had simply captured one alive, and naturally, it also counted as completing the quest.

A three-hour speedrun of the Despair-level Trial, with the highest rating, and surely a remarkably generous reward was supplied!

It’s just that Jiang Chen hadn’t had the time to browse through it.

His figure shifted slightly, dodging a dark purple surge of void energy.

“Aaah!! Damn you, how dare you enslave His Majesty, I’ll kill you!”

Intense emotional turmoil filled the entire starry sky.

The Void Commander charged forward in rage.

Even though it knew it was no match, and even its spatial abilities were sealed by equipment, it still burst forth its body’s energy, continually launching attacks.

Jiang Chen’s figure flickered, easily dodging its attacks while frowning slightly.

Having already captured a legion overlord like the Void Wraith, the Void Commander was a small fry in comparison.

The little vial he had specifically left behind had not fled, but instead fell into a frenzy…

Even after His Majesty had descended, you still choose to fight to the death?

And, wasn’t He once a mecha pilot? Why does He seem even more void-like than void creatures?

Jiang Chen had browsed through the experiences of Void Wraiths, but they were only fragments of endless years.

There wasn’t much relevant knowledge or information.

It was the Void Wraith, through the bond of the contract, that told him the answer.

[“This is the brand of the Void.”]

[“Part of the spiritual essence engulfed by the Void will be transformed and reshaped into void life after a process.”]

[“The legion modified this process to ensure that the void life, reformed from spiritual essence, absolutely obeys the legion’s command, even to the extent of suicide without any hesitation.”]

Jiang Chen suddenly realized this, looking at the frenzied appearance of the Void commander and shaking his head slightly.

He had indeed seen scenes from the experiences of Void Wraiths where they devoured planets and transformed spiritual essence.

Countless souls were crushed by the void, melding into one.

Having gone through such events…

The Void commander, who claimed to be the once beacon of hope, might have only absorbed a sliver of memory remnants.

It’s just that the soul of the beacon of hope was tenacious and strong, thus it occupied the main consciousness.

“That mecha pilot has long been completely dead.”

“Even if memories and consciousness have remained, they’ve been completely twisted; it’s just an unrelated monster now.”

Jiang Chen’s spear of light swung, thrusting, sweeping, cleaving, and jabbing.

In an instant, he turned the Void commander into dust of spiritual essence.

[Kill…]

[Upon killing the Void commander, you’ve acquired a Mythical Item: Supercharge Upgrade!]

It must be said that the drop rate at the Despair difficulty level is indeed high.

Just an Abyss overlord of 7th Rank power is enough to reliably produce Supercharge Upgrades.

An Abyss overlord of 7th Rank power, even infused with Legendary Traits, does nothing but increase the drop rate; Jiang Chen could easily slaughter them indiscriminately, like mowing grass.

Isn’t this far more rewarding than endless difficulty where you can exhaust yourself only to get nothing?

Moreover, an overlord of that strength…

Within the Void Dimension, they are practically everywhere!

Not to mention anything else, just speaking of the Void Wraith Legion ruled by Void Wraiths, aside from their commander and those seven Void overlords.

In fact, there are nine other 7th Rank Void overlords.

However, they did not accompany the expedition but stayed in the Void Dimension to guard the Amethyst ore veins or to take turns resting.

If Jiang Chen were to go to the Void Dimension, he wouldn’t need to stray far from the Void Rift.

He could easily reap nine Mythical Items.

In addition, the Void Wraith Legion itself was just a small legion of the Void Legion and wasn’t considered too powerful.

Inside the Void Dimension, there were many larger legions like the Demons Legion and the Alien Insects Legion, with a wealth of powerful entities.

Jiang Chen couldn’t even imagine how many great things he could farm with the enhanced drop rate on the Despair difficulty level if he could sweep through the Void Legion!

Of course, the Void Legion itself has an extremely high threshold and harbors fatal risks.

Moreover, the rank-up trial can last a maximum of ten days.

Therefore, Jiang Chen planned to first upgrade all his mechas to 3rd Rank and have all the modules installed…

Once everything was set, he would head to the Void Dimension and completely eliminate the Wraith Legion across the rift.

After that, he would decide whether or not to use the Void Wraith as cover to roam around the neighboring legions and steal a march.

Of course, before strengthening the mechas,

Jiang Chen needed to first organize his storage.

The rank-up trial provided quite a lot of good stuff, among which many are top-notch items needed to enhance mechas.

For example, Attribute Enhancement and Latent Ability Upgrade.

The effects of these two items need no further mention.

Jiang Chen planned to continue using Attribute Enhancement on the steam mecha.

After all, the property of time was rare and precious, and just the power of time it provided had enabled Jiang Chen to develop the ability of [8-fold Velocity].

Continuing to enhance the time attribute was definitely the right choice.

Mythical Material: Void Origin Crystal, a precious spatial resource; without saying much, this is self-produced and sold by the Void Wraiths.

Mythical Module: Phase Shift, a top-notch spatial module that allows hiding in an alternate space, evading all attacks for a certain period.

The effect is quite powerful, but unfortunately, it can only be used on mechas following their second evolution.

Plus, Jiang Chen already had a Void Wraith.

It inherently possesses this ability, so there’s no need for an additional loading of the module.

However, the last item completely captured Jiang Chen’s attention.

He had originally thought that the Despair-level trial would push further and reward a mecha of exceptional quality in its nascent form.

Unexpectedly, there was no Nascent Form Mecha at all in the rewards of this rank-up trial.

Instead, there was one item that surpassed the quality of Mythical Items, the [Mythological Item]!

[Mecha Talent Catalytic Instrument]

[Quality: Mythological]

[Type: Item]

[Effect: Limited to one use per mecha.

Significantly increases the growth speed of the mecha soul, enhancing the chance of awakening the Mecha Talent.

Mechas that have awakened a talent or already possess an awakened talent can also benefit, improving the chance of talent development.]]

[Description: Catalyzation rather than creation, potential stems from within.]]

It turns out that for a mecha to awaken its talent, it must have a powerful enough mecha soul!

This Mythological Item can enhance the growth speed of the mecha soul, allowing the mecha to awaken its talent faster or even improve the talent further.

Even an ordinary mecha might be elevated to legendary status.

And a legendary mecha might ascend even further!

This item is truly worthy of its Mythological quality.

The problem is…

With only one item and four mechas, who should use it first?