CSMCDB - Chapter 194
Chapter 194
Unfortunately, the Star Cannon fired by the mech wasn't very powerful. Its damage was roughly equivalent to that of a single self-destructing mechanical dog.
It was more than enough to crush weaker foes, but not enough to challenge those of a higher rank.
Wen Yuncheng directly threw out the small white jade cauldron, making it expand to envelop her. Then, she raised her hand and tossed out fifteen mechanical self-destruct dogs while controlling her mech to retreat rapidly. The white jade cauldron shielded her front, and the Heaven-rank small lamp protected her personally. This way, even if something had to break, it would be the Profound-rank Spirit Treasure.
A Profound-rank? If it breaks, it breaks.
133955…
"Boom!"
The violent blast wave from the explosion sent a horde of demonic beasts flying, once again blocking the assault of the four Emperor-ranks. Ge Huan and the others were exceptionally furious. Four Emperor-ranks were ganging up on Wen Yuncheng, yet they still hadn't forced her to swap positions. What was she trying to imply? Was she looking down on them?
Moreover, judging by the way Wen Yuncheng was throwing explosives… it was obvious she wouldn't leave until she had slaughtered an Emperor-rank.
Either they had to threaten her life and force her to retreat, or they had to sacrifice an Emperor-rank and let her run away after getting her kill, just like before. As the dust from the explosion gradually settled, Ge Huan stared at the blue and white machine. "I refuse to believe she has many more explosives! Spread out and surround her from all four sides! Look for an opening to attack!"
The moment Ge Huan and the others dispersed, Wen Yuncheng was busy learning new skills and blueprints.
Host: Wen Yuncheng
Race: Human
Age: 23
Class: Mechanical Overlord
Level: 80
Experience: 855/137000
Points: 34468
Her experience points were still rising with every passing second. However, Wen Yuncheng clearly didn't care about that; she was quickly learning the newly unlocked skills and blueprints. She didn't examine the blueprints in detail, instead quickly scanning the new skills.
HS-12 Plasma Generator: Summons a robot that condenses plasma-the HS-12 Plasma Generator-to inflict explosive damage on enemies. Cooldown: 40 minutes
Thunder Walker: Utilizing cutting-edge technology, its entire body is covered in gears. It can spin at high speed on the ground to attack surrounding enemies! The Thunder Walker's position can be controlled! When its duration ends, it will trigger an explosion, attacking nearby enemies.
Duration: 1 minute. Cooldown: 40 minutes.
Stealth Assassin: A machine that conceals itself with cutting-edge camouflage technology-the Assassin. It can stealthily approach a target enemy and attack three times. The first attack applies an "Intimidation" effect, the second attack applies a "Weaken" effect, and the third attack deals true damage. After three attacks, it self-destructs, causing explosive damage. If it does not attack three times, it will self-destruct when its duration expires, causing explosive damage. Duration: 10 minutes. Cooldown: 60 minutes.
【Intimidation: Causes the target to enter a state of panic and fear.】
【Weaken: Reduces the target's movement speed by 30%, attack power by 30%, and defense power by 10%.】
Passive - Mechanical Modification (III): Reduces the cooldown of all mechanical skills below Level 80 by thirty percent, increases their damage by ten percent, and adds an extra one percent true damage.
The four skills cost 2000 points, and the blueprints another 2500. Wen Yuncheng didn't have time to look at the blueprints. After learning the skills, she immediately deployed the Stealth Assassin and locked onto Ge Huan.
The instant the dust from the explosion dissipated, the Assassin had already cloaked itself and was silently closing in on Ge Huan.
Ge Huan was still approaching Wen Yuncheng when a sudden, deadly threat erupted. His expression changed drastically, and he was about to retreat the very next second. He didn't understand where this sudden sense of crisis came from, but as an expert of the Huanling Emperor rank, he trusted his instincts completely!
But even as he reacted-the Assassin's first strike landed! Its mechanical arm transformed into a sharp blade in an instant and stabbed directly at Ge Huan. He had no idea why this strange robot had suddenly appeared in front of him; if its attack hadn't revealed its form, Ge Huan wouldn't have even noticed it! This realization filled him with immense panic. For some reason, the moment he saw the Assassin, a sliver of fear was magnified endlessly. Ge Huan was plunged into boundless terror and dread, and his instinctive reaction was to turn and flee! -And with that turn, he exposed his back to the Assassin.
The second strike, carrying the "Weaken" effect, was unleashed.
The second strike was also a slash. After it landed, Ge Huan immediately found his escape speed slowing. He didn't know why. Was he so scared his legs had gone weak? He felt it shouldn't be like this, it couldn't be. But-but the Assassin's third attack, a forward thrust, had arrived!
The sharp blade of its right arm stabbed straight toward Ge Huan's back. Ge Huan erupted with his Huanling power, trying to block it, but the moment the thrust made contact with his defense, the Assassin directly self-destructed!-
Ge Huan, dead.
Wen Yuncheng sneered. This Huanling Emperor wasn't even Level 89; she wouldn't even get a reward for the assassination.
Crack.
Under the combined assault of the three Emperor-rank demonic beasts, the small white jade cauldron shattered and collapsed. Wen Yuncheng fired a magnetic pulse at the Lynx King, the fastest one charging toward her, and threw out the HS-12 Plasma Generator in the next second.
The generator paused in mid-air for a brief moment, then immediately exploded!
A fierce gale swept forth as three massive, gear-like machines, crackling with blue electrical currents, spun relentlessly toward the Lynx King, tearing it apart. The second after the plasma generator exploded, the Lynx King was grievously wounded, coughing up blood and reverting to its beast form. Its fur was shredded, even revealing the bone beneath. However, it didn't even have a chance to flee before it was repeatedly crushed by the giant, geared machines-
The Lynx King, fallen.
The Thunder Walker, with only a minute of duration left, rapidly closed in on the nearest target, the Green Flood Dragon King.
Wen Yuncheng tossed Monitors onto the Green Flood Dragon King and the Dragon Ape King. The next second, she recalled Number One, ordering it to sprint madly toward the city, while she herself piloted her mech to rapidly approach the Green Flood Dragon King. The Dragon Ape King wanted to run? Fine, she'd let it live for a couple more days. As for the Green Flood Dragon King, it had to die.
Wen Yuncheng threw out the Profound-rank Spirit Treasure, the Xingyi Bracelet, to hinder the Green Flood Dragon King's escape.
"Don't kill me, I surrender! I-"
The Thunder Walker's gears mercilessly slammed into the Green Flood Dragon King, who had transformed into a green-scaled dragon. He had clearly undergone a complete transformation among the Dragon Race, attaining a dragon's body and using it to break through to the Emperor rank. However-
The Xingyi Bracelet briefly restrained it, the Thunder Walker attacked to kill, and Wen Yuncheng piloted her mech to fire ten mechanical self-destruct dog spheres, smashing them onto the Green Flood Dragon King's body. The next instant, Wen Yuncheng recalled her mech, swapped places with Number One who had fled back into the city, and then recalled Number One.
Another explosion…
Hiding among the demonic beast warriors at the rear, an Emperor-rank demonic beast warrior's face was ashen as he trembled uncontrollably. "Em-Emperor rank..."
That devil, while being besieged by four Emperor-ranks, had managed to kill three of them in return and had broken through to the first layer of the Star Emperor rank herself.
Too terrifying.
Even in Huanling, such a genius would be inconceivable. Even the Illusion God, before he achieved godhood… was never this invincible.
Was the Starry Sky Continent really a land of untapped resources, a continent that could be conquered by Huanling? Were they sent here just to die? Emperor-ranks were falling one after another, yet the Phantom Saint couldn't cross over… Even with a sea of demonic beasts, they couldn't crush this world's budding god-Wen Yuncheng.
This person, this person was completely…
"Sh-should we still attack the city?"
"...Retreat. Hide deep within the Demonic Beast Great Forest for now. We'll... we'll decide what to do after... after that devil leaves."
In any case, they were no longer willing to face Wen Yuncheng head-on.
The demonic Beast Tide retreated. They didn't even dare to take the bodies of the three fallen Emperor-ranks with them as they fled.
Inside the city, Wen Yuncheng bought a newly available Grandmaster-level MP potion for 300 points. A single vial could keep her mana bar full for five minutes even under rapid consumption. The C-03 Air Wings and Star Cannons were still bombarding the fleeing demonic beasts. After returning to the city, Wen Yuncheng went up to the city wall. Watching the "experience points" frantically scrambling into the Demonic Beast Great Forest, she couldn't help but sigh. They're running already? You guys can't just bully the weak and fear the strong. Do you not know how to write the words 'rise to the challenge'?
Oh, well. Since they had all run into the forest to hide, Wen Yuncheng couldn't very well hunt them down to the last one. She gradually recharged her machines, recalling them once they were full. After she had collected all her machines one by one, there was still no movement from the demonic beasts in the forest.
The battle ended even faster than expected. It wasn't until Wen Yuncheng had finished taking stock of her machines and was about to see what goodies the three Emperor-ranks had on them that the reinforcements from the sects finally arrived, fashionably late.
Three Star Emperors had come.
They had rushed over in a hurry, afraid they would arrive to find a city overrun by demonic beasts and the corpses of countless soldiers, and especially terrified that something had happened to Wen Yuncheng. However, as they approached the city from a distance, they realized the situation was completely different from what they had feared.
There were no demonic beasts, no attacking Emperor-ranks.
There was only Wen Yuncheng outside the city, looting corpses. And… Wen Yuncheng's cultivation level was actually… already at the Emperor rank.
Wen Yuncheng, a first-layer Star Emperor.
This has to be a dream, right?
"...Um, the en-enemy attack and the Beast Tide..."
Wen Yuncheng stood up, placing Ge Huan's storage ring into her own. "Ah, the Beast Tide seems to have been scared off. Four Star Emperors came: the Green Flood Dragon King, the Dragon Ape King, the Lynx King, and a Huanling Emperor. That Huanling Emperor was probably the one from the Fu organization. The Dragon Ape King got away."
The reinforcing Star Emperors stared at each other, then at the corpses of the Green Flood Dragon King, the Lynx King, and the Huanling Emperor on the ground, unable to process the scene for a long time. "You..."
"I was lucky enough to break through to Star Emperor. At the critical moment, I just broke through." Wen Yuncheng gave a shy smile, trying to be modest.
The three Star Emperors were rendered completely speechless. They were about to head back in a daze when Wen Yuncheng called out to them. "Seniors, there's still another Emperor-rank among the demonic beast horde, but they've all fled into the Demonic Beast Great Forest. I won't be staying here forever, so I hope you can dispatch some people to guard the city."
"Ah, o-okay." The three seniors all looked completely out of it. Wen Yuncheng figured they would probably need some time to recover. She didn't say anything more, turning to quickly finish looting what she could from the other two Emperor-rank bodies. "Seniors, please trouble yourselves to deliver the bodies of the Lynx King and the Green Flood Dragon King to the Empire's First Princess. They should be quite useful."
"Seniors, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be taking my leave!" Wen Yuncheng cupped her hands, bowed, and then promptly slipped away.
After all, staying here was indeed a bit too much for them, and she herself felt awkward. Now that she had collected most of the spoils, it was time for her to follow the Monitor's mark and go have a 'talk' with the Dragon Ape King.
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