It wasn't just Kang Hui who was surprised, even Lan Qing was taken aback by what he saw.
Neptune looked like a giant mecha suit. The aliens they'd faced before were terrifying in size, but compared to Neptune they paled in comparison.
Poseidon was now dozens of times taller than the largest of the aliens. Even in space it was a behemoth!
The golden trident glowed with a piercing light. Six Soft Water Cannons were mounted on its ribs, and its entire body glowed with a soft blue light.
Poseidon had to have cost twice as much as Middle Heaven, but it didn't take long for it to transform.
As a high-ranking military officer, Lan Qing had long since heard of the proposal to turn Bastions into mecha suits. There were many benefits to doing so. First and foremost was the flexibility and versatility of the weapons they could employ.
At the same time, bionics could be used to strengthen a bastion's offensive and defensive capabilities.
The proposal had been thoroughly researched and analyzed.
In the end it was deemed impossible to implement.
First of all, the cost of turning a bastion into a mecha bastion was too high. Not to mention, the balance and stability of a mecha bastion would be greatly affected. It wasn't nearly as economical as a spherical bastion.
The gravitational system within a Bastion was one of the reasons it was round.
A large Bastion was built to mimic the gravity of a planet. It was the most logical method.
Humans had been researching this for so many years, and it was all in this direction.
But once a Bastion was mecha, the gravity system would be far, far more complex.
It wasn't just a matter of technology, it was also a matter of resources.
In the end the proposal was abandoned.
Even the wealthiest and most technologically advanced Northern Alliance didn't pursue this line of research. Instead they used bionics to develop different types of Bastions.
But now Neptune's transformation was like an announcement to the world. Not only were their bastions mecha suits complete, but they were also mecha suits.
Not only did Neptune have the advantages of a traditional spherical Bastion, but it could also transform into a mecha suit. What a sight to behold!
It was an epoch-making advancement in technology.
Lan Qing now understood why Huali had so much faith in Neptune.
This bastion ship was truly extraordinary.
Lan Qing understood why Huali hadn't explained it to him. This secret was too important to the Hanhai Group.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Neptune wouldn't fight in this form.
The golden trident thrust out in a single direction. The bastion was large, but it looked as agile as ever.
The golden trident was like a pillar that could hold up the heavens. As it stabbed forward, a beam of golden light shot out, piercing through a large swath of the aliens.
Neptune gripped the trident with both hands. Its main and secondary cannons glowed with a blinding light.
In the blink of an eye its combat prowess had doubled.
At the same time, Middle Heaven's transformation was complete.
Beams of orange light spat out from its mouth, turning Middle Heaven into a giant porcupine.
Each beam of orange light looked like a sharp blade, more than three kilometers long. They covered the surface of the bastion in a dense pattern.
Then Middle Heaven began to spin in place.
At first it didn't look fast, but after a few moments the bastion was spinning like a top, spinning at an alarming rate.
Then it slammed into the aliens.
Such a large bastion, sharp blades, and spinning at high speed.
It was like a meat grinder.
This time Middle Heaven didn't try to avoid the aliens' close-quarters attacks. Instead, it sought to get close enough to attack.
Be it Middle Heaven or Neptune, both relied on their sheer size to attack.
Needless to say, it took a great deal of energy for them to attack like this.
Middle Heaven had its ink core to support it, but as for Neptune's power source, only the true leaders of Neptune knew.
The Hanhai Group had been a force to be reckoned with for so many years, and now it was on full display.
The two bastions' transformation changed the tide of the battle.
The stalemate was quickly turned around. Middle Heaven spun, its speed doubled as it slammed into the alien horde. It was as if they were nothing more than dried twigs.
Neptune's situation was similar. Neptune's strongest weapon wasn't its main and secondary cannons, but its trident.
They couldn't tell what kind of metal it was made from, but when the bastion had transformed, it was obvious that it had been connected in many different ways.
But such a huge trident was extremely tough on the battlefield.
Wherever the golden light shone, the alien bodies would shatter and disintegrate.
Even the most powerful of the aliens would be sent flying in the face of such a force.
Lan Qing skimmed through the system's analysis, and could only guess that Neptune's trident was imbued with antimatter energy.
How much energy did it need to fight like this?
The tide of the battle had turned, and the changes on the main battlefield had also affected the others.
The human Paragons could only describe their situation as' struggling to hold on '.
Jueti was fighting one against three, but he was still able to defend and attack at the same time. Although he was at a disadvantage, he wasn't completely defenseless.
He also relied on the ever-changing attacks of the Golden Cudgel to keep the three avatars at bay, preventing them from reaching the other side of the battlefield.
However, the situation on the other fronts wasn't looking good.
Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin were keeping the three aliens at bay. At first they had the upper hand.
However, the power of the Boundless Starlight Domain was built on a massive drain on energy.
Although Lan Jue had Zhou Qianlin's help and could maintain the Domain for a longer period of time, defending against three Nirvana at the same time also took a lot of energy!
The Harmonious Swords were strong, but the combined power of the two aliens and the behemoth was no less than that of the avatars.
The two sides were in a deadlock. Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin, who were at a disadvantage in terms of cultivation, were gradually being overpowered by their opponents.
Great Emperor Ziwei was dressed in white. Under the illumination of the different-colored lightning bolts, he looked majestic.
The Life and Death Domain of the three aliens became a dark purple vortex that eroded away at the Boundless Starlight Domain.
The Five Thunders continued to bombard the area, causing it to collapse, shrink, and shrink.
At this level of combat, the use of techniques had been reduced to a certain extent, unless it was the Twin Sword Harmony that could produce a qualitative increase.
Pure energy and protogenia collided with each other.
As her cultivation dropped, Lan Jue found it difficult to maintain her dharma. Zhou Qianlin's Queen of Heaven Domain was excellent, but she wasn't limited to this side of the battlefield. The Queen of Heaven Domain covered the entire battlefield. It was with its help that the Paragons were able to stabilize their protogenia and speed up their recovery.
Despite their obvious inferiority, they were able to hold their own against the onslaught of the aliens.
Jueti and Roxanne were able to fight to the best of their abilities with the help of the Queen of Heaven Domain. The three Infinite-level aliens were suppressed by universal protogenia.
If it weren't for this, the battlefield would have collapsed.
But because of this, Zhou Qianlin was drained quickly. If she didn't have enough faith to support her, her Reflection of Heaven and Earth would have collapsed long ago.
The sudden change in the battlefield sent the aliens into a panic.
What Lan Qing didn't expect, however, was that the avatars didn't rush to their aid. Instead, they increased the intensity of their attacks.
From their point of view, only by getting rid of these human powerhouses would there be any real meaning in helping the other side.