The Mech Touch

Chapter 6629 I Am Not A Loser

He had witnessed instances of mechs and mech pilots resisting lightning tribulations in the past.

Just because the current one was only a single-modal lightning tribulation did not mean he should approach this challenge in such a stupid manner.

If he wanted his latest work to resist the punishment raining down from above, then he needed to fight!

The D-arm needed to fight as well! Passively resisting the attacks was not enough. Even if the Bitter Swordsman managed to cling onto his new life, his arrogance and aggression would have all but melted away.

This was not what Ves sought in this D-arm!

Its demon needed to be strong, powerful, active and rebellious!

When Ves reflected on his current actions and realized how he was approaching this in the completely wrong way, he quickly changed his stance and demeanor.

He stared up at the storm clouds with challenging eyes and felt a surge of courage welling up inside his heart.

This was the proper way to meet a lightning tribulation!

Now that he had shaken off the mindset of a civilian and adopted the perspective of a warrior, Ves began to take control over the surrounding E energy radiation.

The charged environment generated by the tribulation storm made it a little more difficult than normal, but Ves still managed to attract a respectable amount of life energy, metal energy and to a lesser extent darkness energy.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Blinky meanwhile continued to disgorge the same energies from the Blinkyverse at the highest possible rate.

The aperture that connected the Blinkyverse from the main universe was still on the smaller end, but the Star Cat still helped by raising the concentration of E energy around Ves.

This was enough!

Ves did not just gather a lot of energy just to mash them into the Bitter Scimitar without direction.

That would only recreate the same results as before.

If he wanted to utilize the greater potential of all of these energies, then he needed to shape them into more effective forms.

Just like a qi cultivator!

The problem was that Ves was not strictly a qi cultivator.

Sure, he absorbed a bunch of enlightenment fruits and learned a lot of basic and miscellaneous spells and techniques, but that did not change the fact that he had little clue on how exactly he should defend himself against the lightning tribulation!

This was a major oversight. If he was able to anticipate this possibility in advance, he could have taken the time to form a detailed contingency plan and be ready to take action in an instant.

"Let\'s see, is it okay to use other equipment?"

He was thinking about pulling out the Flower Parasol and using its extraordinary defensive characteristics to reduce the incoming damage.

He could also temper the artifact by subjecting it to a lightning baptism. However, he ultimately decided not to take the risk. This tribulation was test for a special kind of artifact. Trying to resist the heavenly punishment by relying on the protection of another artifact defeated the purpose. This should also apply for other pieces of gear as long as they were powerful enough. The lighting tribulation would definitely grow more severe as a response!

Since that was the case, Ves could only make use of his inherent powers.

He decided to save up his spatial barrier and avoid using any spatial abilities. Perhaps they might help to lower the damage, but only for a short amount of time. He needed to save his spatial barrier for a critical moment.

This meant that he had little choice but to rely on qi manipulation to cope with the damage.

Ves did not stop with channeling E energy into the Bitter Scimitar, but he leveraged much of the metal energy into a silvery translucent energy shield above his gigantic head.

It formed just in time to meet the next strike!

CRACK!

"OUCH!"

Ves instantly suffered a headache as his basic metal energy shield shattered like glass after getting struck by the golden lightning bolt.

This was not the right way to defend against tribulation lightning!

Ves really wished that he had learned how to fight and defend himself as a qi cultivator. Compared to a ruthless and ambitious schemer and murderer like his infamous mother, his ability to wield E energy in combat was too basic and rudimentary!

He shouldn\'t be blamed for this. How could he expect to be put in a situation where he

had to resist a tribulation event in order to defend one of his precious creations? The inability to rely on allies, subordinates, technological equipment, high-level artifacts and more directly stripped many of his accumulated advantages.

The lack of more solid tribulation manifestations that took on the form of alien swordsmen or scary beats meant that much of his offensive power as a phase lord became useless as well.

The only way out for Ves was to manipulate E energy well enough to pass this challenge, but his lack of skill and experience in these sorts of situations made it difficult to

maintain his confidence.

What if he screwed up? What if he was unable to control so much E energy and apply it onto an ambitious technique?

Fortunately, he was not alone in this. As a bystander, Ketis was able to track what happened and adopt a sober perspective towards the current incident.

"It is impossible for you to learn swordsmanship and learn how to resist the lightning tribulation more effectively." Ketis hastily said. "Learning and mastering techniques is the way to go, but you shouldn\'t cast them in isolation. The Bitter Scimitar is a D-arm based on a masterwork artifact. You should be able to use it as a wand or a casting aid. Try and actively channel energy into it and see if you can reinforce its structure or perform a technique, similar to all of the sword techniques that you have witnessed in the past." That was a good idea. He even came up with a suggestion of his own now that he had corrected his mindset.

"I designed this D-arm with the intention of forming a cooperative relationship with it. Joshua and his Everchanger can only utilize it to its full potential if the Bitter Scimitar agreed to combine forces with each other. At the very least, this weapon should have gained powers derived from its demon!"

He urgently tried to communicate with the weapon.

"What are you doing? Don\'t you want to prove you are more than a loser who is destined to get beaten up and killed like a bedraggled dog? Where is your fighting spirit?! Are you truly about to let yourself get exorcised or banished by tribulation lightning? Wake up and work with me! I may not be your intended wielder, but I am the only person available here who is willing to fight for your right to survive! If you want to survive the remaining tribulation lightning strikes, then you better open yourself up to me and

reveal your capabilities!"

Though the Middle Demon\'s nature compelled him to resist and attack his creator and current wielder, his rationality remained intact enough for him to understand that this was a bad time to attack those who were willing to render him assistance. The Bitter Scimitar rested more comfortably in his oversized hands. The D-arm did not. turn over a new leaf, but the demon that governed its function merely made the

pragmatic decision to join forces with his current wielder.

The Bitter Scimitar seemed to come alive. The blue metallic surface shone brighter and more resplendent as the weapon sucked in a lot of life, darkness and metal-attributed E

energy!

Ves and Blinky worked together to shape all of the E energy so that they reinforced the structure of the entire weapon.

It was as if they suited up the Bitter Scimitar with armor made out of E energy.

CRACK!

This time, the D-arm endured the tribulation a lot better than last time!

While the weapon and demon still incurred severe damage, Ves grew happy when he observed they did not suffer as much damage as he feared.

While the damage reduction effect from the previous technique was not that strong, it

still managed to make a difference!

"That\'s it! You can do more than that! Come, show me your true power! I shall grant you

as much energy you can harness, so do not hold back!"

The Bitter Swordsman was doing its best to recover from the damage that had

previously occurred.

Not all was bad. The greater the damage, the stronger he became after absorbing the

creation energy passed on by the golden lightning bolts.

Even demons could benefit from lightning baptisms!

They just had to be able to withstand the power that was intensively hostile towards

their kind!

"C\'mon! Hurry up! The next strike will come soon!

As the Bitter Scimitar continued to absorb more energy, it finally began to display one of

its intrinsic powers as a D-arm.

A second arm holding a sword came into existence!

The arm looked incredibly weird. It did not look like the arm of a mech or a human at all.

The arm instead took on a distinctly demonic appearance!

The demonized sword also did not give off a good impression. Ves did not recognize the weapon, but surmised it may have been based on one of the mech swords wielded by the Middle Demon during his first lifetime.

Of course, the sword had also mutated to the point where it had too many unnecessary

spikes and sharp angles!

"What a strange ability."

The newly emerged limb and sword matched the proportions of the Bitter Scimitar. The

new additions therefore looked a little too small and weak compared to Ves\' full-sized

form.

After a bit of thought, he decided to shrink his size until he became as large as the Everchanger.

The additional sword arm looked a lot more harmonious as it took up a position directly

behind his shoulder!

Though Ves remained skeptical on whether the manifestations of a demonic arm and a

demonic sword could resist the onslaught, he allowed the ghost arm to wield its semi-tangible limb as if it was a part of his body.

CRACK!

When the next strike arrived, Ves clearly felt the effects of the D-arm\'s more active

intervention.

The ghostly arm rapidly swung upwards and actually managed to intercept the lightning bolt as it soared down at speeds far exceeding the reaction speed of a human! That was not all. Moments before the storm clouds were about to erupt, Ves found to his

surprise that the D-arm wanted to take control of his own arm and raise the Bitter

Scimitar in a specific guard position!

Ves quickly dropped his resistance just in time for his arm to move under the weapon\'s

direction and meet the incoming tribulation lighting!

"Ahh!"

The Middle Demon screamed in agony as pieces of himself literally got scoured away by

the latest strike!

Yet for all of the pain and damage, the Bitter Swordsman successfully managed to

mitigate a significantly greater proportion of damage.

This encouraged Ves even further. He lowered his guard and gave the Bitter Swordsman

greater access to his body. He completely disregarded the associated risks, knowing that

the demon would not try to harm him during this crucial juncture.

The Bitter Swordsman wanted to live!

It wanted to enjoy its second life to the fullest!

Meeting a premature end when it was just about to embark on a new life was not

acceptable to the Middle Demon!

"I AM NOT A LOSER!"

Ves could feel the demon take control of his body as if mimicking his old fighting style as

a dual wielding specialist!

Ketis grew incredibly impressed at this sight. She had a feeling that her attempt to

imbue the Bitter Scimitar with a specific sword style had caused it to develop in this strange direction after getting Demoncasting.

The sight was incredibly absurd! It was as if the Bitter Swordsman was piloting Ves\' body

as if it was a biomech! The fact that this was even possible defied common sense!

"No wonder the heavens are so jealous. This D-arm is too absurd!"