Vibrant, boiling, restrained, surging, dedicated, explosive... all kinds of opposing and parallel concepts or rules were diffusing around as the meridian waves fluctuated around Ferro.
"Is this the Fire Meridian?" Angel was secretly amazed in his heart, the Fire Meridian and Gravity Meridian gave completely different feelings, yet that unique rule power could easily be distinguished at first glance.
Even if its fluctuation was not large, its presence was extremely strong.
Due to its overly conspicuous presence, it even surpassed the concealment of the illusion itself. In his musings, Angel had to once again mobilize the Illusion Nodes, trying to cover the surrounding meridian fluctuations to avoid being perceived by that mechanical head.
However, relying solely on the concealment of the illusion was not very effective.
After thinking for a moment, Angel made up his mind, overlaying the surrounding pervasive flame power on the Illusion Nodes. These flames, rebellious at first, showed great restraint upon sensing the Fire Meridian. It was as if they had transformed from a naughty child into a well-behaved one.
The amplitude of the flame also began to adjust, attempting to merge with the surrounding Fire Meridian.
Overall, the flame power started to surge wildly, and its presence seemed even higher.
But the meridian fluctuation was covered by the outward flames.
Nearby space, in cooperation with Dangross and Earl Mi, turned into a burning flame atmosphere, successfully concealing the hidden meridian fluctuations for a short time.
Of course, this method couldn’t conceal the meridian fluctuations for long. When the flame energy in an area reached its apex, the Fire Meridian would inevitably spread again.
However, this wasn’t important anymore because Ferro needed just a minute to create a Firefield.
And stalling for a minute was enough.
Time passed.
The battle in the distance grew more intense; the combination of Dangross and the restrained Earl Mi was nothing short of powerful. In a short span, they even managed to suppress the scattering water bullets, but it also caused the nearby flames to surge even more violently, turning the entire underwater space into a blaze-filled field.
Under the cover of flames and illusions, Ferro finally finished gathering seven Fireball Clusters.
He directly inserted the newly created seven Fireball Clusters into his body along the Fire Meridian.
With the eighteen Fireball Clusters he had merged in advance, a total of twenty-five Fireball Clusters started amassing an unparalleled amount of flame power.
However, Ferro did not immediately unleash them but instead became a flame, rushing to Dangross’s side.
Amidst the pervasive flames, Ferro and the faux "Ferro" played by Dangross successfully exchanged roles.
Dangross, who was replaced, was then embraced by Earl Mi and sank underground, stealthily retreating to Angel’s side.
Having successfully exchanged, Ferro did not show off but instead emulated Dangross’s combat style, fighting while unobtrusively approaching the mechanical head.
And the mechanical head apparently had not yet realized the danger approaching.
When reaching a certain critical distance, Ferro finally shed his "acting" facade, a slight smile playing at the corner of his mouth.
"I said I would burn you to ash, and I will make it happen!"
Ferro shouted, releasing the Firefield he had been tempering for so long!
The flame surged beside the mechanical head, and before it could react, it wove into an invisible net with the ripple of rules, tightly trapping it inside a prison of flames.
With the release of the Firefield, the mechanical head’s perpetual motion-like rapid water bullets instantly ceased.
Because within the realm of the Firefield, only the flame could be the absolute ruler!
It was only then that the mechanical head realized something was wrong.
"Is this... a Domain? Rule Meridian!" The mechanical head spoke, but unlike the previously inorganic cold mechanical sound, this time it carried obvious emotion.
Moreover, the voice’s texture was different. From the sound frequency, it was a woman’s voice.
With the appearance of this female voice, Angel and Nis exchanged glances. Nis had previously speculated that there was probably a manipulator behind the mechanical head, and now it seemed his speculation was correct.
The owner of this female voice was likely the observer hiding behind the mechanical head all along.
Angel turned to glance at Reynaud and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell who she is?"
Reynaud hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be... No. 03."
No. 03 was previously introduced by Reynaud as the only female among the Official Wizards in the laboratory, which matched the characteristic of the female voice.
Unfortunately, Reynaud did not know much about No. 03.
On the other side, the woman suspected to be No. 03, after her initial shock, immediately tried to manipulate the mechanical head to escape the Firefield’s range. However, Ferro had been waiting a long time for this moment and wouldn’t easily let the mechanical head escape.
The glaring flames exploded, engulfing the mechanical head.
In just a moment, the bubble shielding the mechanical head popped and evaporated with a "bang."
As the bubble dissipated, the water ripples around the mechanical head were finally exposed, and the indiscriminate flames pierced in, burning the ripples into vapor mist.
At this point, the mechanical head was essentially locked into defeat. Without the water ripple’s "forced disengage," its fate was sealed to be incinerated into ash!
"Wait!" No. 03’s voice reappeared, with a hint of urgency: "Don’t be hasty in burning this Mechanical Creation. We can talk."
"Talk? How should we talk?" Though Ferro picked up the conversation, he didn’t stop the burning as No. 03 suggested, instead accelerating the explosive flames.
"Stop! Stop!" No. 03 called urgently: "We don’t have any grudges with you. Why have you come here to attack us?"
"Don’t ask such pointless questions. What do you mean ’no grudges’? That’s just what you think." As Ferro spoke, the image of the Night Butterfly Witch flitted through his mind, and the somewhat restrained flames surged up again: "If you want to talk, get to the point. State your origin and what you’re doing here?"
No. 03 fell silent.
Ferro sneered and intensified the burning of the mechanical head.
"Once you destroy it, you’re not just offending us but also its true owner."