Beast Hack: Customizing Beasts and Capturing Beauties-Chapter 426: Liora Just Broke the System

Theron watched from above, his face dark with frustration.

His eyes flicked between the live data of Vaultusk.

And the glowing waves of Leon's domain spread across the battlefield.

"Something's wrong…" he muttered.

Vaultusk's core energy was dropping.

Slowly, but definitely.

And Liora?

She looked like she hadn't taken a single hit since the domain activated.

"She's becoming stronger."

He clenched his fists.

"Vaultusk, stop wasting time. Kill her."

Vaultusk roared, not with sound, but with force.

The air vibrated as its body shifted again.

"Coreline Mutation Surge, Max Layer."

The massive beast's arms reshaped into huge clawed blades, extra limbs forming from its back.

Its chest split slightly, revealing the vault jaw pulsing with red light.

"Fracture Phase Recoil."

Vaultusk's body suddenly broke apart.

Its pieces spun mid-air to dodge Liora's next cannon blast.

It then snapped back together as it reformed right beside her.

Liora's eyes widened. "Fast."

Vaultusk struck with its full body weight.

"Seismic Vaultstep!"

Boom!

The shockwave flung Liora back through a stone wall.

Debris rained down as dust filled the area.

Theron smirked. "That's more like it."

Vaultusk surged forward, ready to slam both claw arms down. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

"Ossimetal Maw Rend!"

Its rotating jaws opened wide, ready to crush Liora while she was down.

But—

The light in the air suddenly flared.

Silver threads rippled across the entire battlefield.

Liora stood up, calm, glowing again.

"Still not enough."

Her voice was clear, steady. Her boots slid through the dust.

Vaultusk's claws came down—

She caught them.

With both hands.

Energy surged around her. Her arms trembled for a moment.

Then—Vaultusk's claws began to bend.

Theron stood up from his floating platform, eyes wide.

"What?!"

Liora looked up, smiling. "You didn't notice, did you?"

She glanced around.

"This whole time, your beast's been inside my Domain."

"Silver Sun Domain isn't just defense."

She pulled harder.

"It's drain."

Vaultusk's claws glowed red—then cracked.

The light in its limbs flickered.

Liora shoved it backward, then spun and pointed toward its chest.

"Leon—Solar Latch Protocol."

Leon's form shifted.

Chains of pure light shot out and wrapped around Vaultusk's core.

"Let me return the favor," Liora whispered. "I'll take your strength."

Theron frowned and shouted.

"Vaultusk—disconnect! Override her link!"

But Vaultusk didn't move.

Its limbs jerked.

Its body glitched.

Theron's control pulse flashed red:

[Warning: Signal Drain Detected]

Liora took a slow breath as Leon pulsed brighter behind her.

Her aura swelled.

Her cannons got larger.

Her armor gleamed with new layers.

Vaultusk finally pulled away, staggering back for the first time.

Its knees buckled.

Its arms drooped.

The glow from its body dimmed.

Theron stared.

"No..."

Liora smirked.

She stepped forward again.

"And now…"

She activated her boosters, blasting forward.

Vaultusk barely raised its arm before she slammed into it.

She punched directly into its chest armor, denting it with one hit.

She followed with a sweep kick, spinning behind the beast.

Then she fired both cannons—point-blank into its back.

Boom!

Vaultusk crashed to the ground, groaning.

For the first time, it looked... slow.

Liora hovered just above it, eyes calm.

"Now we're even."

Theron's voice was sharp.

"Vaultusk—get up!"

But the beast only growled, pushing itself slowly.

Liora grinned, pointing her blade forward.

"Let's finish this."

Silver light crackled across her armor, her eyes shining brighter than before.

Her breath was calm, but her heart thundered.

She could feel it.

Her power wasn't just rising.

It was breaking through.

Her stats, already near the top, finally snapped past the barrier.

"…I feel it," she whispered.

"SSS-Rank. I've broken through."

Leon roared behind her, a soundless surge of power shaking the sky itself.

Theron's face twisted into a scowl.

"Impossible…"

"No one but Vaultusk has SSS stats."

"You were just a dog."

Liora didn't answer him.

She rose higher.

Above the battlefield.

Above Vaultusk's broken body.

And then the light came.

A beam of pure silver fire erupted from Leon's core.

It formed a massive blade in the air.

It extended far, glowing so bright it cast shadows across the ruins.

Liora grabbed it with one hand—calmly.

The blade was three times her size, but it moved like it was part of her.

She raised it overhead.

"Vaultusk," she said quietly, looking down.

"You fought well."

She turned to Theron.

"But this ends with you watching."

"Leon, Silver Sun Final Sword."

Theron's eyes widened. He shouted—

"Vaultusk! Full defense! Use everything!"

Vaultusk's chest armor sealed tight, extra limbs deployed, and ground spikes formed to lock it in place.

Steel walls. Bone shields. Mutation plating.

Everything.

But it didn't matter.

Liora's sword lit up the entire sky.

And then—she dropped.

"Goodbye."

She fell like a meteor, silver energy streaming behind her, blade pulsing with power.

The moment the sword touched Vaultusk—

BOOM.

A blinding white flash swallowed the whole battlefield.

A windstorm exploded outward, lifting debris, trees, and even broken stone towers.

And when the light faded—

There was nothing left.

Vaultusk was gone.

Not crushed. Not broken.

Incinerated.

Turned to ash, its core shattered, its frame melted into the earth.

Theron stared in silence.

His beast was gone.

His command signal flatlined.

And Liora floated above it all.

Silver armor cracked slightly, eyes still glowing.

She lowered her sword. It vanished into light particles.

Leon's form reformed behind her, whole and calm.

Liora let out a slow breath.

Then she smiled.

"...One down."

She looked up at Theron one last time.

"You're next."

Theron clenched his jaw.

"Damn it…" he muttered.

He looked at the remains of Vaultusk.

It was nothing but burned ground.

His beast was destroyed.

And worst of all.

Liora looked like she was still fine.

But before he could speak again, the sky rippled.

Liora's eyes narrowed. "What now—?"

A loud boom echoed as something fell from above.

A shadow cut through the clouds.

It hit the ground hard, sending dust and cracked stone everywhere.

Then it stood up.

Theron grinned for the first time.

"You're in trouble now."

Liora's brow lifted.

"That's…"

And the new enemy slowly raised its head.