CSMCDB - Chapter 134
Chapter 134
The price has gone up.
That was Wen Yuncheng's first thought.
Her second was: As expected, villains shouldn't tempt fate. Once they do… it's a tragedy. The Protector, he really came.
Wen Yuncheng didn't know how Protector Chu Han would react to hearing what these Star Kings said, but she herself was quite amused. She almost couldn't maintain her feigned expression of terror.
"Don't get entangled with the others! Grab Wen Yuncheng and retreat!" one of the Star Kings shouted, flying straight toward Wen Yuncheng. However, the Star Spirits who had emerged a step too late from the back of the stronghold heard him. "Wen Yuncheng? Where's Wen Yuncheng? …It really is Wen Yuncheng!"
Four Star Kings, seven Star Spirits. The aura of a Star Lord peeked out, then quickly retracted.
"Are we… still running?" another Star Lord asked hesitantly.
"Of course, we run! They've started fighting, so this stronghold is definitely exposed. If we don't run now, are we going to wait for the Empire to come and wipe us out?!" His companion smacked him on the head. Not daring to leave from this side, they immediately ran toward another exit.
Wen Yuncheng placed a tracker on the Star King who seemed the most cowardly. Even after hearing her name, the guy still showed little will to fight. If things went south, he would surely be the first to flee. As for the Star King rushing toward her?
Xiao Shi'er let out a low growl and pounced, revealing her true form in mid-air and swiping a claw at the charging Star King.
Wen Yuncheng took two steps back, activated her Mechanical Wings, and began deploying Star Cannons in the vicinity. As she rose into the air, she put distance between herself and Fu, carefully clutching the communication stone. "Protector… depending on the situation, let the Star King with the least fighting spirit escape."
The one with the least fighting spirit? Chu Han silently assessed the group. "Alright."
Seventy-eight Star Cannons descended one by one. Wen Yuncheng summoned Number One, Number Two, and Number Three, ordering them to engage the Star Spirit experts. Now that she had broken through to the Star Spirit level at Level 50, her Mechanical Apostles had been upgraded accordingly. With the three of them working together, she didn't have to worry about them being easily destroyed while tying down the Star Spirits.
With a sharp clang, a phantom longsword materialized and hovered above Lin Jinyu's head. Wielding a Profound-rank Spirit Treasure, she executed a movement technique and closed in on a third-layer Star Spirit opponent.
Wen Yuncheng summoned Predators, directing the small mechs to interfere with Lin Jinyu's opponent. Then, she brought out the Viper Cannons and an Aerial Combat Mech: Gale. The Viper Cannons randomly bombarded the Star Kings in the air, while she directed Gale to bombard and annihilate the Fu members trying to escape.
Cheng Jiangliu and the others also made their moves. Cheng Jiangliu and Zhao Qiuyu tied down one Star King, while Qi Nian and Yue Qi engaged another. Yao Mu was locked in combat with a second-layer Star Spirit, and Zhao Ruanyue engaged the final Star King—the one with the least fighting spirit.
"Xiao Shi'er, go fight the Star Spirits! This one's mine!" Wen Yuncheng shouted, intending to lure this Star King away. "You want my contribution points, don't you? Let's see if you can catch me!" Wen Yuncheng controlled the Star Cannons and began bombarding the mountain rock. This time, she had deliberately used her Mechanical Wings to spread the cannons out to prevent the tragedy of them all being blown up in one go.
"Insolent brat!" The Star King was indeed enraged. He raised his hand and summoned a long spear, thrusting it toward Wen Yuncheng. With a flick of his wrist, the spear struck out several times, unleashing bursts of starlight Star Power. He then executed a movement technique, rapidly closing the distance in the air, the spear aimed straight for Wen Yuncheng's throat.
The pressure of a Star King!
Wen Yuncheng threw out three Mechanical Barrier bases, and in an instant, three blue barriers erected themselves. The Star Power blasts from the spear shattered the barriers directly. The three barriers were instantly destroyed, and as the energy surged, new barriers began to slowly form. By this time, however, the Star King had already closed in—he even shifted his spear slightly, as he still wanted to capture Wen Yuncheng alive. Bringing back a corpse… would drastically reduce the contribution points.
However, Wen Yuncheng suddenly smiled at him, and in the next instant, the person at the tip of his spear vanished. Alarm bells screamed in his mind as an unprecedented sense of crisis washed over him. He instinctively tried to activate a defensive Spirit Treasure, but just as he summoned it, a violent explosion of energy completely engulfed him!
The self-destruction of three Star Cannons and three Mechanical Barriers. All the Star Cannons and a Air Wing bombarded the Star King's position with energy.
It might not be enough to kill him. Wen Yuncheng swapped places with Number One to dodge the attack directly. She glanced at the Star Spirit currently fighting Number Two and Number Three and brought the Mountain River Seal crashing down. She temporarily recalled Number One, planning to release him again later, but for now, she would claim this Star Spirit's life.
A magnetic pulse burst out. Wen Yuncheng used Launching Slide to close the distance rapidly. As a grenade exploded, she launched into a clean topspin kick, followed by a piercing kick before a steel spike shot out from her mechanical armguard, cleanly finishing the fight.
530/50 experience points gained. Wen Yuncheng used her Mechanical Wings to quickly fly back. The spot where she had been was now a deep crater. Wen Yuncheng ordered the Air Wing to continue working with Gale to intercept the low-level Fu members trying to break the containment array and escape. She herself tossed a stun grenade into the ruins. With the Flying Sky Shuttle and Blue Flower Shield protecting her, Wen Yuncheng looked down and, as expected, saw the Star King, mangled and bloody but still trying to struggle. The stun grenade had disoriented him, however. Not wasting any time, Wen Yuncheng used the Flying Sky Shuttle to shatter the man's consciousness and once again ended his life with her steel spike.
Gained 680/50 experience.
A surge of sword intent suddenly erupted. The chilling killing intent made Wen Yuncheng shiver. She looked up just in time to see Lin Jinyu behead a third-layer Star Spirit with a single strike. Blood splattered, but not a single drop touched Lin Jinyu's white robes.
After felling her enemy, Lin Jinyu's figure dissolved into an afterimage of Star Power. Wen Yuncheng blinked, and she saw Lin Jinyu unleash several streams of sword qi at the third-layer Star Spirit entangled with Xiao Shi'er. The Star Spirit scrambled to dodge, and Xiao Shi'er seized the opportunity to bite off the man's halberd-wielding arm, then coiled her tails around his body! A sickening crunch of breaking bones echoed out. Lin Jinyu didn't linger; with a turn, she had already appeared behind the Star Spirit fighting fiercely with Yao Mu…
Damn, the Flowing Cloud Sect's movement technique is insane.
Wen Yuncheng couldn't help but swallow. How is that a swordmaster? She's more of an assassin than an assassin. How is the Flowing Cloud Sect's specialty sword intent or sword techniques? Why doesn't anyone praise this incredible movement technique?! No wonder she couldn't beat Sect Master Lin. Such a terrifying movement technique paired with cheat-like sword intent and sword skills… Wen Yuncheng shook her head to clear her thoughts, recalled a few Star Cannons, and flew toward Gale. Those low-level Fu members were her source of experience.
How much EXP could a few Star Spirits and Star Kings give in total? Could it compare to a dozen Star Lords and several dozen Star Masters? Of course not!
After rendezvousing with Gale, Wen Yuncheng set up several Star Cannons, deployed the Viper Cannons, and released all her Enemy-Annihilators from her storage ring! Annihilation, bombardment! As a Star Spirit, a single one of her flame exploders could take half the life of a Star Master, and these people couldn't fly. With the passive effects of two mechanical modifications, Wen Yuncheng could produce RX-78 Pursuers in almost no time. Whichever unlucky soul a Predator latched onto was as good as dead. Once Number One's cooldown was over, Wen Yuncheng summoned him again, causing the low-level Fu members to cry out in terror.
Experience, experience…
The "Exterminate Fu" missions were completed one after another. Accompanied by the crisp, pleasant notification sounds, Wen Yuncheng fought with increasing vigor. In her excitement, she chugged seven or eight intermediate-grade potions to replenish the energy of several Star Cannons and the Air Wing to optimal levels. With no restrictions… all her mechanical firepower was unleashed!
What does it mean to be a Mechanical Master? This is it! Wen Yuncheng barely had to lift a finger, only needing to monitor the energy levels of her machines. Of all the Fu members trapped within the containment array, not a single one could survive her terrifying bombardment!
Host: Wen Yuncheng
Race: Human
Age: 20
Class: Mechanical Overlord
Level: 50
Experience: 42515/47000
Points: 8516
The hope of leveling up was right before her eyes!
Wen Yuncheng excitedly downed another intermediate-grade potion. At a moment like this, what were 60 points? She had already self-destructed Star Cannons and Mechanical Barriers; what did 60 points matter?
1947 couldn't help but laugh. This kid was a real penny-pincher when she was being frugal, but at times like this, she spent money without a second thought. It chuckled, but just as it was about to say more, it suddenly detected a fluctuation of Star Power. [Someone's coming! Star Venerate level!—]
Ten Mechanical Barriers were thrown out all at once, and Wen Yuncheng summoned her Blue Flower Shield. The moment the Star Venerate arrived, he forcefully shattered the containment array and reached for Wen Yuncheng with a claw-like hand.
"Bang bang bang bang bang—"
All the barriers were shattered. Wen Yuncheng immediately detonated the Mechanical Barriers, but the Star Venerate's large hand crushed the Blue Flower Shield into dust. Another one of Wen Yuncheng's Spirit Treasures was destroyed. Just as the Star Venerate was about to press his attack, Seniors Tan Xingyu and Lu Manfeng charged out together. Unleashing their full power, they forced the Star Venerate to retreat several steps into the air, coughing up a mouthful of stagnant blood.
The big fish has arrived. Once the containment array was broken, the commotion here attracted the attention of many. However, under the pressure of a Star Venerate, not many onlookers could get close.
"A few mere juniors dare to come and destroy my Fu stronghold…" The Star Venerate wiped the blood from his mouth. In the distance, another burst of Star Power erupted as another person arrived. This person looked somewhat familiar to Wen Yuncheng; it was the old man who had abducted her to the Demonic Beast Great Forest last time!
"It's you?!" The old man also recognized Wen Yuncheng, and even Xiao Shi'er, who was in the distance helping the others kill a Star King. The battle over there was nearing its end. Almost no one was left alive at the Fu stronghold; the low-level members had instinctively tried to flee, but most of them had been… by Wen Yuncheng. "Brat, you have a heavy killing intent. We're late."
"Not too late. We'll just take this brat back. It's only the loss of one stronghold and a few Star Kings…" The other Star Venerate looked at Lu Manfeng and Tan Xingyu standing in the air and smiled. "And we can even slaughter two Star Kings."
"That's true." The old man nodded but noticed that Wen Yuncheng's expression was off. "What, last time you tricked me into letting you go. This time, you won't escape even if you sprout wings." He assumed Wen Yuncheng was plotting a way to escape. "Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you. It'll be bad if the Empire reacts." He spoke dismissively and raised his hand to grab Wen Yuncheng.
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