The F-grade lightning mechanical puppet, though possessing a strong defense due to its metallic body, had inherently weak offensive capabilities. Fortunately, countless E-grade mechanical puppets absorbed massive amounts of lightning energy from the “Thunder Prison” and transmitted it to the core F-grade mechanical puppet, thereby amplifying its offensive power.
Even so, a single F-grade lightning mechanical puppet was only comparable to a Domain Lord warrior in terms of combat strength.
“Damn it, these things are really annoying!” Taiwo roared in fury.
3000 F-grade mechanical puppets surrounded Taiwo from all directions, encircling him completely.
They continuously absorbed energy transmitted from the countless E-grade mechanical puppets around them, using it to launch repeated bombardments against Taiwo. Perhaps a single F-grade puppet’s attack meant little to him, but 3000 of them… if even a third of them landed their attacks on him simultaneously, it would be a nightmare!
Fortunately, he was fast enough to dodge.
“Boom!”
“Crash!”
Taiwo repeatedly smashed F-grade mechanical puppets away, reducing their numbers around him. However, within moments, the puppets he had knocked away returned, completely unscathed.
No matter how swiftly Taiwo attacked, at any given moment, no fewer than 2500 F-grade mechanical puppets continued to swarm him.
Thus—
Taiwo was completely pinned down by the 3000 F-grade mechanical puppets, unable to break free from the encirclement.
“Everyone, be careful! These F-grade mechanical puppets, after absorbing massive amounts of lightning energy, are each comparable to a Domain Lord warrior,” Taiwo urgently transmitted mentally. “Poison, it’s up to you now. The enemy doesn’t know your strength. Take a chance. Withdraw ‘Mistress,’ ‘Wei,’ and the others into your World Ring.”
“And Crazy too,” Taiwo observed the battlefield and noticed Luo Feng’s ferocity. “You can unleash the ninth layer of the Yanshen Weapon. Help out the other team members.”
…
“Understood!”
“Understood.”
Poison and Luo Feng both responded.
Poison extended numerous dark green vines from the armor on his body, sweeping through the surrounding common mechanical puppets, creating chaos within the mechanical puppet army. The 100 F-grade mechanical puppets that were trying to surround Poison were thus unable to absorb sufficient lightning energy.
In truth, everyone present could see that those F-grade mechanical puppets were essentially just large chunks of metal.
A lifeless metal object had no offensive capability.
The reason these F-grade mechanical puppets were so powerful was because countless ordinary mechanical puppets absorbed energy from the “Thunder Prison” and transmitted it to them. Without the “Thunder Prison,” these F-grade mechanical puppets would pose no threat at all. Without the large numbers of ordinary mechanical puppets, the F-grade puppets’ energy absorption efficiency might drop by a thousand or even ten thousand times.
“Poison, watch out!” Luo Feng transmitted mentally.
Suddenly, out of the original 800 F-grade mechanical puppets, a full 400 turned their assault toward Poison.
Another 400 attacked Luo Feng and the other eight team members.
“My little friends,” Luo Feng said, standing atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, controlling the Yanshen Golden Sword.
Hiss!
The Yanshen Golden Sword moved like a ghost, flickering in and out of sight, instantly vanishing from view and reappearing hundreds of meters away. At that very moment—”Boom!”—the Yanshen Golden Sword directly struck an F-grade mechanical puppet. The ninth layer of the Yanshen Weapon could even harm ordinary Immortal beings, so its destructive power was unimaginable.
“Boom!” That F-grade mechanical puppet was instantly blasted far away, tumbling uncontrollably.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Yanshen Golden Sword moved like a phantom, sometimes vanishing into the void, striking one F-grade mechanical puppet after another. Remember—its ability to traverse the void made its movement speed terrifyingly fast. It far surpassed even the physical speed of the Immortal being Taiwo. Any divine being without teleportation abilities would be unable to match the Yanshen Golden Sword in terms of sheer speed.
If Taiwo could temporarily knock away nearly 500 F-grade mechanical puppets in a short time,
Then the 50 mechanical puppets attacking Luo Feng were reduced to being blasted away in the blink of an eye.
“Whoosh!”
Luo Feng, standing atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, flashed his figure and quickly moved toward the heavily pressured ‘Mistress.’
“Mistress,” Luo Feng arrived like lightning, and the Yanshen Golden Sword flickered continuously, sending all fifty F-grade mechanical puppets flying.
“Freak, Freak, I love you so much!” The battered Mistress exclaimed joyfully. “Quick, pull me into your World Ring.”
Swoosh!
Mistress was drawn into Luo Feng’s World Ring.
“Damn it,” Poison gritted his teeth. He had already taken out a vial of faintly colorful potion, but upon witnessing Luo Feng’s display, he laughed and put the potion away.
On the battlefield,
Luo Feng moved like lightning, darting through the ranks of mechanical puppets, while the Yanshen Golden Sword flickered in and out of the void, its attack speed terrifyingly fast.
“Hahaha… This new recruit the captain invited is truly amazing! Freak, I really admire you now!” The illusionist ‘Wei,’ who was also struggling against attacks from fifty F-grade mechanical puppets, laughed heartily and even blew Luo Feng a kiss, clearly thrilled to have escaped death.
Swoosh.
The illusionist ‘Wei’ was also drawn into Luo Feng’s World Ring. Remember, in the ‘Wulong Star Region,’ Luo Feng had casually obtained 100 World Rings. He had plenty of them.
“Come to me quickly!” Hammer shouted desperately. “I can’t hold on much longer!”
Hammer was an incredibly formidable warrior, strong in both attack and defense, but his agility was significantly lacking. He was frequently struck by some F-grade mechanical puppets. If not for his innate abilities, he would have died long ago.
Swoosh!
As the fifty F-grade mechanical puppets were blasted away, ‘Hammer’ was also drawn into Luo Feng’s World Ring.
…
“Freak, impressive!” The rookie Rock also praised admiringly.
“Wow, the first time I saw Freak, I knew he was a master. Haha, look at him now, how powerful, how sharp! Fifty F-grade mechanical puppets… against his Yanshen Golden Sword are like toys. Indeed, the Nine Divine Weapons, when reaching their final layer, are truly mighty!” The white-armored Domain Lord ‘Divine Being’ laughed joyfully.
“Hehe, we’re going to have it good from now on. Haha…” the warrior ‘Whirlwind’ also laughed.
…
One by one, they were all drawn into Luo Feng’s World Ring.
Now, only four remained under the mechanical puppet army’s siege—Taiwo, Poison, Luo Feng, and Kuangwu.
Kuangwu was a Mentalist, wielding the divine weapon ‘Crack Divine Weapon,’ which combined ‘Wind’ and ‘Void’ elements. Currently, Kuangwu’s use of the Crack Divine Weapon was comparable to the eighth layer of the Yanshen Weapon—’Golden Sword Severing the Void.’ With its astonishing speed, he easily repelled the fifty F-grade mechanical puppets attacking him.
“Haha, Freak, come help me!” Taiwo excitedly transmitted mentally.
“Coming.”
Luo Feng dashed forward swiftly atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, controlling the Yanshen Golden Sword.
“Buzz~~~” The Yanshen Golden Sword transformed into countless sword-light illusions. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of F-grade mechanical puppets were blasted tens of thousands of kilometers away. This was still due to the obstruction of the numerous common mechanical puppets; otherwise, being blown away for hundreds of thousands of kilometers would be entirely normal.
Flash! Flash! Flash!
The Yanshen Golden Sword moved like lightning, appearing and vanishing unpredictably. The common mechanical puppets couldn’t hinder its speed at all.
Being able to traverse the void was simply too overpowered, making its speed terrifyingly fast.
In an instant, five hundred mechanical puppets were sent flying…
By the time the first mechanical puppet that had been blasted away returned, Luo Feng had already sent 2000 F-grade mechanical puppets flying, and Taiwo had taken the opportunity to escape the encirclement.
“Haha, Freak, you did great!” Taiwo exclaimed joyfully.
Rumble~~~
Suddenly, the entire ‘Thunder Mechanical Army’ that had been attacking Luo Feng’s squad began to retreat rapidly, splitting into nine directions. At the same time, the previously activated ‘Thunder Prison’ shut down instantly.
“They’re gone.”
“They’ve retreated.”
Kuangwu, Poison, Taiwo, and Luo Feng watched from afar as the massive thunder mechanical puppet army dispersed in nine directions.
“Shall we pursue?” Luo Feng asked.
“No,” Taiwo shook his head. “Whoever controls such a massive mechanical force must possess a ‘Core Crystal’ comparable to the self-destruction of an ordinary Immortal being. Even the cheapest Fire God Core Crystal would be extremely valuable. Using it against us would be a loss for them. But if we continue to chase and provoke them into desperation… a single Fire God Core Crystal explosion could easily wipe us all out.”
Luo Feng was shocked.
Fire God Core Crystal… he had mentioned it before when fabricating a story to deceive the Nightmare Candle King.
A low-grade Fire God Core Crystal (equivalent to the self-destruction of an ordinary Flame Immortal) could be exchanged for 600,000 points at a discount, with his current clearance.
And the ‘Mechanical Race,’ known for their manufacturing abilities, might have even lower internal costs!
It was normal for a Mechanical Race member capable of deploying a ‘Thunder Prison’ to possess a Fire God Core Crystal or similar item for self-defense.
“I suspect that before attacking us, this Thunder Mechanical Puppet Army had already suffered significant losses,” Poison smiled. “We’ve experienced similar battles before. Judging by the layout’s combat control ability and resources… they could have done much better.”
…
In the distant, damaged spacecraft cabin,
Parati, sitting on a metal chair, growled lowly: “A human with a Domain Lord ninth-stage auxiliary plant life, and another who has mastered the ninth layer of the Yanshen Weapon… how unlucky could I be to encounter such a rare human Domain Lord team… If only I hadn’t suffered such heavy losses from killing a Marquis-level Immortal earlier, and if my Thunder Prison attack system hadn’t been incomplete, how could you possibly escape? Consider yourselves lucky. I hope I never see you again.”
…
In the void,
Taiwo retrieved another E9-class spaceship.
“Captain, this spaceship is identical to the last one. The only difference is that the ‘lounge’ area is empty,” Luo Feng remarked with a smile.
“It won’t be empty anymore,” Taiwo stood in the ship’s corridor, pointing ahead.
Swoosh.
The lounge cabin materialized out of nowhere, then locked into place with various grooves, forming a perfect whole.
The four of them immediately entered the lounge cabin.
“Haha, I originally customized 600 of these E9-class spaceships at once,” Taiwo laughed. “All identical in design. The spaceship’s maximum speed in the dark universe is only 1.2 times the speed of light, and the surface-hardening runes are very simple. In other words, it’s the cheapest E9-class spaceship available. However, over the years, out of the 600 I originally customized, 182 have already been destroyed. Oh, by the way, you can release the others now.”
“Alright,” Luo Feng nodded, his mind stirring.
Instantly, Whirlwind, Wei, Divine Being, Rock, Mistress, and Hammer all appeared.
Nine team members and the captain were reunited.
“Freak,” Mistress chirped. “I love you to death.”
“Haha, our team has gained another expert.”
The lounge was filled with cheers.
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