RQ: ESPGaluda II Stage 3 Extend

[evil_ash_xero]

How do I go about getting this? I know I have to blow up the mid boss' parts, but i'm not sure what to aim for. Also, I know I need to do something right before I get to the boss of that stage.

What do I do here?

[incognoscente]

This question was answered in an older thread:

1-UP item: This is a multi-step process:
-Destroy all the parts on the Stage 3 mid-boss (3 on the left, 3 on the right)
-Don't use your barrier (including auto) from the mid-boss until the life item
-At the very end of the stage, as you get the energy replenishing item, there's a spot on the left with two brownshaped cones. One is slightly to the left and up from the other. Shoot this area in Zesshikai mode for a 1-up item.

GaijinPunch provided this information in his Shmups Treatise, but somehow that thread was never listed in the section index. It is now.

[evil_ash_xero]

Thanks. That was really confusing me.