novelMetal Men's Sacrificial Ritual!
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Roar!
With black smoke rising out of its body, the two-meter Soul Alpha Wolf with blood-red eyes pounced onto a falling bronze-colored Metal Man that resembled an eagle.
The black smoke poured into its body before rushing back out seconds later, leaving behind a soulless Extraordinary Rank-2 metal shell.
Thanks to the Soul Alpha Wolf's prowess and the help of the soldiers on the two flanks, Ji Ye and the others had successfully reached the Metal Men's colorful building complex at the cost of three casualties among the settlement soldiers.
They could already see that at the center of the scattering metal buildings that were about one or two meters tall, there was a very sci-fi looking round metal pool, which was filled with the silver liquid that was emanating an ample amount of power of providence.
The Metal Men's settlement core!
"Long-range attack first!"
However, when they were a few steps away from the Metal Men's settlement core, Ji Ye looked back at the Metal Men, who were still harassing their two flanks and weren't in any hurry to rush over here for the rescue.
The look on Ji Ye's face changed, and he ordered the others to launch long-range attacks first!
Roar!
He himself activated the green barrier of the Soul Jade and controlled the Soul Alpha Wolf, who stepped over the low metal buildings before it leaped up and pounced at the round silver metal pool.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
When Qin Yueyu's arrows, the bullets of Li Qing's revolver, and Wu Qiao's sharp-edged round plates charged into the metal pool, they were all blocked by a streak of silver light transformed by the golden power of providence.
However, when the Soul Alpha Wolf arrived—
Sizzle!
Suddenly, several golden tentacles that resembled those of an octopus surged out of the calm surface of the silver metal pool and stopped the Soul Alpha Wolf while it was still in the air.
From those tentacles, a savaging electric current erupted, and it was several times more powerful than that of the blue bomb flying daggers earlier!
Hum!
With the impact of the electric current, the black smoke that formed the body of the Extraordinary Rank-5 Soul Alpha Wolf instantly dissipated.
Sizzle! Sizzle...
After that, a Metal Man that seemed to be built from gold rose out of the silver liquid in the pool. Covered in a blue light, it had six tentacles in total and was about 5 meters in diameter.
"Its comprehensive combat strength has reached Extraordinary Rank-5... Its body is formed by more than one Metal Man, including an Extraordinary Rank-3 Commander, a..."
Li Qing reacted quickly. The red light flickered on the Combat Ability Detector as he obtained the Golden Octopus' information.
However, the light dimmed when he was only halfway through.
"Oh no, we've reached the maximum time!"
Because this "Metal Man" contained more than one target in its body, the power of Li Qing's Combat Ability Detector glasses was drained earlier than expected.
Luckily, they have obtained the most important information!
"An Extraordinary Rank-5? They can actually form a high-rank one by putting a bunch of low-rank ones together? They can actually do that?"
The Summoning Talisman drawn on Mister Bug by Ninth Uncle himself was activated, and from his crossbow, Mister Bug shot one bone arrow after another, which were dropped by the Soul race and wrapped in the soul power, at the "golden octopus" that had rushed out of the metal pool. He was as accurate as Qin Yueyu behind him, who was also shooting at a frantic speed!
Sizzle! Sizzle...
However, the golden octopus formed by several Metal Men was indeed very powerful. It didn't even have to wave its tentacles. With the blue electromagnetic force alone, it burned the bone arrows containing the soul power to ashes before they even hit the target.
"Of course it's doable! Actually, this should be how most of the settlements in the Land of Inheritance gain their high-rank combat abilities!"
Throwing out the sharp-edged round plates, Wu Qiao spoke in amazement.
To be able to compile the strength of ordinary creatures and transform it into a level that could stand against Extraordinary- and Commander-level creatures were in itself a demonstration of the development of a civilization.
For instance, the Extraordinary Rank-2 zombie tiger mecha driven by the Soul race back then had done so by having some low-ranking Soul race members control it simultaneously. Strictly speaking, the Summoning Talisman Mister Bug used was also a combination of his power with Ninth Uncle's. In the settlement advancement test before, he, an Ordinary person, was able to withstand an Extraordinary Topaz Scorpion!
Wu Qiao's settlement before had used such a method to fight against high-level alien fighters...
Only the Twin Dragon Mount had slightly overlooked that.
Ji Ye, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Gongsun Sheng... These heroes of the Perfect and Superior levels had enough strength themselves to fight against the combined strength of the alien races.
Roar!
The Alpha Wolf's Mark on Ji Ye's forehead glowed, and the dissipated black soul power quickly flew back to him, forming the Soul Alpha Wolf again. It then pounced at the golden octopus again.
Pop! Crackle!
However, the golden octopus that had combined the strength of several Metal Men was doubtlessly very powerful. What was more, because it seemed to be able to draw endless power from the silver metal pool, the blue electric current coming off it didn't seem to weaken, and it defeated the Soul Alpha Wolf's attack again.
Although it was also of an Extraordinary Rank-5 energy level, this electric current could indeed suppress the soul power.
"Master, I can't affect it!"
Nie Xiaoqian's face was a little pale when she spoke to Ji Ye.
Her mental attack had contributed a lot in the battle today, but performing such attacks would consume a lot of mental power!
As someone who hadn't really advanced into the Commander level, Nie Xiaoqian couldn't hold on much longer. Her attacks were much weaker, and because her mental attack could only aim at one target at a time, when there was more than one Metal Man in this metal octopus, she simply couldn't get rid of the blue light over it!
Apparently, because of the existence of this combined metal octopus, the rest of the Metal Men weren't in a rush to come back to stop the human army that had already charged into their settlement.
Because of the Totem Wolf Skin, the Alpha Wolf wouldn't actually "die". Once more, it regained its shape.
However, such constant recovery came at a price. The Soul Alpha Wolf had almost reached Rank-5 before, but after the two setbacks in a row, it had almost dropped to a medium Rank-4!
"Blood sacrifice!"
Seeing this, Ji Ye reacted decisively. The silver Alpha Wolf's Mark appeared on his forehead, and he forced about 10% of his Extraordinary blood out, fusing it with the Soul Alpha Wolf.
Roar!
With the injection of the blood, the Alpha Wolf suddenly enlarged, and its entire body was covered in a blood-red mist. The energy it gave off also reached Extraordinary Rank-6.
Immediately after that, it pounced at the golden octopus again.
Boom!
The soul power collided with the electric current, only that things turned around this time.
After the Alpha Wolf obtained a physical form, the blue electric current of the metal octopus was greatly weakened, and it only made the blood-red Alpha Wolf go a little dimmer.
Instead, the golden octopus, which was supposed to be very heavy, was shoved to the ground by the blood-red Alpha Wolf, and the soul power poured into its body in rolling blood-red mist!
The blue light on the golden octopus flickered, as if the power wasn't connected well. Its six tentacles grew slower all at once.
However, when the Alpha Wolf tried to devour the soul of the golden octopus like it did with the Metal Men before, it didn't work.
Because the golden octopus was partially submerged in the silver metal liquid, the soul power was blocked by the silver power of providence of its settlement core!
Roar!
Having no other choice, the Soul Alpha Wolf wrapped in the blood-red mist had to attack the settlement itself and kept smashing its huge body against the building.
Boom, boom, boom...
As it dashed against the settlement, the silver power of providence of the Metal race trembled continuously, and the light quickly dimmed.
The reason being that although they could be protected by the power of providence by hiding inside the settlement core, they couldn't provide the power of providence to the settlement.
The power of providence used for defense all depended on the members outside!
On the battlefield, Wu Song, Yang Zhi, Gongsun Sheng, and the rest were killing one Metal Man after another at an unstoppable speed.
Although the Superior and Perfect heroes of the Twin Dragon Mount couldn't annihilate an alien race settlement single-handedly, just like Wu Qiao said, their capabilities were way above that of any ordinary settlement heroes.
These Metal Men were all Extraordinary level, but most of them had ordinary ranks. Only a handful of them were elites. Even if they could use the favorable position to stall, they still couldn't withstand the attack of the humans.
By then, less than ten Metal Men were left on the battlefield.
Rumble...
With the Alpha Wolf's ramming and the constant attack of the others, the power of providence around the silver metal pool grew less and less.
By then, it was in imminent danger!
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
Seeing this, the golden octopus that had restored part of its strength and was constantly blocking the attack of humans with its tentacles seemed to have made up its mind.
All of a sudden, it stopped its attempt to block the humans.
Instead, it chose to stand by the metal pool and snapped all its tentacles. Silver blood that was characteristic to the Metal race poured into the silver liquid in the metal pool, as if there was a special sacrificial ritual.
"Stop it! Now!"
The humans smelled the danger in the golden octopus' action. They quickened their attacks and even used the last cards in their hands that they had been saving.
But after all that, a quarter of the Metal Men still remained. Although the silver power of providence was at its dimmest, they still managed to withstand the fierce attack of the humans.
Hum!
With the injection of the silver blood, a blue light shone brightly from the metal liquid in the pool. Immediately after that, the surface started spinning, forming a silver swirl.
As the swirl turned, the blue light expanded, rushing into all corners of the battlefield along the underground tunnels that the Metal Men had set up.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
Wherever the blue light went, all the metal shards left behind in the battle, as well as humans' metal weapons, were drawn toward the center of the swirl by an invisible power.
And they picked up their speed as they moved!
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