Novel Full Chapter 304: The Weapon That Survived Impact
Chapter 304: Chapter 304: The Weapon That Survived Impact
The Falling Star Iron Colossus entered its final state.
Its chest wound burned blue-gold where Qin Yuheng had torn free the Heart Metal. Star-iron plates shifted across its body, trying to cover the gap, but the Command Weapon Embryo’s strike had left a command-path scar that resisted regeneration.
The ravine shook.
The Colossus raised both arms.
Every loose meteor fragment in the basin lifted into the air.
Qin Mo’s face changed.
"It is going to throw the ravine at us."
Qin Yuheng’s body hurt in too many places. His ribs throbbed. His shoulder still carried the earlier Sentinel impact. His side was bleeding lightly despite his attempt to suppress it. The Command Weapon Embryo’s stability had dropped dangerously.
[Command Weapon Embryo Stability:
69%]
[Warning:
Further high-impact resonance may cause foundation cracks.]
He could not use it recklessly again.
The Colossus hurled the first wave of meteor fragments.
Qin Yuheng activated Gate Thunder Command Field with the team’s willing consent.
"Layered defense. Move through gaps. Do not block unless necessary."
Qin Yuchen took the front, deflecting smaller fragments with angled strikes. Qin Lian identified safe shadow gaps. Qin Mo activated emergency impact sink anchors while complaining without words because he no longer had breath to complain properly.
Qin Yuheng moved through the storm of metal.
He did not attack.
Not yet.
The Colossus expected repeated assault on the chest wound. Its plates around the wound thickened. Impact Memory Body prepared for another embryo strike.
So Qin Yuheng changed target.
"Left knee. Then right shoulder. Then chest."
Qin Yuchen understood immediately.
A giant with a chest weakness would overprotect its core. Break mobility first.
Qin Lian reached the left knee seam and placed a severing mark. Qin Yuchen struck the mark with full force. The Colossus’s knee buckled slightly.
It adapted.
Too late.
Qin Yuheng struck the right shoulder with compressed thunder, not to damage heavily, but to force balance shift.
The Colossus raised its arm to counter.
Chest wound exposed for one breath.
Qin Mo used that moment.
He launched the Beast Command Node Severing Array Blueprint’s improvised resonance seal—not against beast command, but against the Colossus’s ravine force command.
The seal hit the chest wound.
The Colossus’s connection to the ravine flickered.
"Now!" Qin Mo shouted.
Qin Yuheng did not use the Command Weapon Embryo again.
He used his sword.
But before striking, he wrapped the blade in the War Without Crown Command Crystal resonance. This was not a personal domination strike. It carried the coordinated force of the team’s actions.
Qin Yuchen’s knee break.
Qin Lian’s seam cut.
Qin Mo’s command severing.
Qin Yuheng’s final thrust.
The sword entered the chest wound.
The Colossus tried to adapt.
But the attack was not one repeated method.
It was layered cooperation.
The core cracked.
The Colossus staggered backward.
Then it attempted one final Falling Star Impact—not from sky, but from itself.
Its body compressed inward, preparing to explode all stored impact through the ravine.
Qin Mo’s eyes widened.
"If it releases, the collected ore essence will shatter!"
Sub-mission failure.
Possibly team injury.
Qin Yuheng had one option.
Use the Command Weapon Embryo as an impact anchor.
Dangerous.
But this floor was about whether the weapon could survive impact before meaning.
If it could not withstand this, it was not ready to carry his future command.
Qin Yuheng drew the embryo and planted it into the ground before the Colossus.
Not into the giant.
Into the ravine.
He placed the Star-Iron Giant Heart Metal against the embryo’s core and activated a controlled resonance.
The embryo became a temporary anchor between Colossus impact and ravine veins.
[Command Weapon Embryo undergoing impact tempering.]
[Stability:
69% → 61%]
[Warning:
Critical threshold approaching.]
Qin Mo shouted, "Stop before fifty!"
Qin Yuheng held the resonance.
The Colossus released its final impact.
The world turned white.
Force slammed into the embryo.
Qin Yuheng gripped it with both hands, blood running from his palms. Qin Yuchen braced his back. Qin Lian cut unstable side resonance threads. Qin Mo activated every remaining sink anchor.
The embryo screamed.
Not with sound.
With vibration.
[Stability:
61% → 55%]
The Star-Iron Giant Heart Metal melted into the embryo’s outer layer.
[Impact tempering successful.]
[Command Weapon Embryo acquired trait:
Star-Iron Impact Bearing]
The Colossus’s final impact dispersed.
Its core shattered.
The massive giant froze, then collapsed piece by piece into metallic light.
[Falling Star Iron Colossus defeated.]
[Heart Metal obtained.]
[Command Weapon Embryo survived impact tempering.]
[Final Evaluation greatly increased.]
Qin Yuheng released the embryo and nearly fell.
Qin Yuchen caught him again.
Qin Mo collapsed outright.
Qin Lian sat down silently, which was her version of dramatic exhaustion.
The ravine quieted.
No more falling stars.
Only blue-gold dust drifting through the air.
The settlement panel appeared.
[Floor 132: Star-Iron Giant Ravine]
[Main Mission: Cross ravine and obtain Heart Metal from Falling Star Iron Colossus — Completed.]
[Sub-Mission: Defeat 3 Star-Iron Sentinels — Completed.]
[Sub-Mission: Collect 30 units of Star-Iron Vein Ore — Completed.]
[Final Collection: 46 units]
[Sub-Mission: Prevent Command Weapon Embryo damage — Completed.]
[Final Embryo Stability: 55%]
[Status: Damaged? No. Tempered under critical pressure.]
[Sub-Mission: Survive Falling Star Impact Zones — Completed.]
[Sub-Mission: Defeat Falling Star Iron Colossus — Completed.]
[Sub-Mission: Preserve at least 70% rare metal essence — Completed.]
[Final Preservation: 81%]
[Calculating final evaluation...]
Qin Mo weakly raised one hand.
"If this is not SSS, I resign from reality."
The result appeared.
[Final Evaluation: SSS]
Rewards descended.
[SSS Evaluation Rewards]
EXP +78,000
Tower Coins x1,120,000
SS Grade Star-Iron Giant Ravine Chest x1
SS Grade Falling Star Iron Colossus Heart Core x1
SS Grade Impact Law Tempering Crystal x1
SS Grade Meteor Thunder Marrow x3
SS Grade Star-Iron Giant Heart Metal x1
SS Grade Giant Impact Law Fragment x1
S Grade Star-Iron Vein Ore Bundle x1
Special Mark: Star-Iron Impact Bearer]
Additional hidden reward:
[Command Weapon Embryo survived critical impact tempering.]
SSS Grade Weapon Foundation Survival Mark x1
The Command Weapon Embryo’s new state appeared.
[Command Weapon Embryo]
[Current Grade:
SS+ unstable / path-stable / impact-tempered]
[New Trait:
Star-Iron Impact Bearing]
[Stability:
55% — requires forging restoration before next major tempering.]
[Warning:
Do not expose to bloodline resonance.]
Qin Yuheng smiled faintly despite exhaustion.
Good.
The weapon had survived impact.
But it was not ready.
And neither was he.