Lieutenant Slack transformed with a roar.
He is the second-level "Imperial Fist" and has mastered a more powerful controllable mutation ability.
His body expanded rapidly, rising several meters in height.
Countless steel bones grew under the skin all over his body.
These iron-gray bones are harder than ordinary steel, and are all secreted by the biochemical glands in Slack's body.
In just 10 seconds, Slack, who had previously looked like a human lieutenant, turned into a steel giant wrapped in a tempered exoskeleton!
Bright crimson fire light scattered from the swirling furnace in his abdomen.
The air temperature around him rose several minutes.
The hot air spread outwards, and Li Nuo felt his face getting hot, as if there was a steel furnace standing in front of him.
"Lieutenant Slack turns out to be the "Steel Furnace Giant"! No wonder he is the captain of the elite team. The Steel Furnace Titan's steel shell is perfect for escorting people, and the torrent of lava within his body is also extremely lethal. "
Sergeant Mars' eyes were trembling, full of longing.
He grabbed Li Nuo and ran towards Lieutenant Slack.
Lieutenant Slack bent down and stretched out his broad steel palm for the two of them to stand on.
The steel exoskeleton on his chest opened in half, revealing a mezzanine space just big enough for two people.
After putting Li Nuo and Mars into the mezzanine, Lieutenant Slack heard a dull and loud sound of heat waves rushing through his body, like the roar of a powerful internal combustion engine.
"Woo~"
Two streams of white steam shot out from Lieutenant Slack's back, and his body accelerated suddenly.
Li Nuo hid in the interlayer of the steel exoskeleton, firmly holding the steel skeleton at hand, and then stood firm under the strong push on his back.
Looking through the gaps in the steel exoskeleton, Li Nuo saw the rapidly growing Necron Outpost.
The distance between Lieutenant Slack and the Necron Outpost was rapidly shortened, and the powerful high-pressure steam pushed the steel furnace giant forward.
The fighting spirit standing on the rooftop of the sentry tower became clear in Li Nuo's eyes.
It was an undead skeleton wearing black armor and a cloak, with mysterious undead runes densely covered on the surface of the bones.
He is tall, with broad shoulders and a thick body, and the armor on his body is exquisite and simple.
A diamond-shaped black gem was set between his eyebrows, and the white bone sword in his hand was surrounded by green light, full of evil intentions.
That bone sword shouldn't be a melee weapon.
It is most likely a spell-casting medium similar to the "Bone Wand", which is a wand in the shape of a sword.
Li Nuo frowned slightly and thought to himself.
He has actually mastered several undead summoning circles now.
This is what he harmlessly deconstructed from the "Ten Commandments of Martyrdom: General Outline".
However, due to the lack of ritual materials and venues, as well as the opportunity to be alone, he has been unable to summon his undead subordinates.
If he could summon the undead at will like the war spirit, he would undoubtedly save a lot of trouble and would not have to worry about secretly setting up the summoning circle.
He now has some energy points in his hand and is very eager to obtain the spell to temporarily summon undead creatures.
So does the war spirit itself have the ability to summon the undead on the spot, or does the bone sword in his hand give him this ability?
If you go through the stud and fail to get the spell to temporarily summon undead creatures, wouldn't it be a big loss...
Before Li Nuo could reach a conclusion, there were new changes in the outpost.
The war spirit at the top of the sentry tower held the bone-white sword with both hands, smashed it down hard, and inserted the sword into the sentry tower at his feet.
The bright green light spurted out from the bone sword like running water, and soon covered the sentry tower from top to bottom.
For a moment, the sentry tower seemed to come alive.
There were several holes on its surface, and between opening and closing, the green light was sucked into the mouth.
Several thick bone barrels protruded from the cracks. A pale green light overflowed from the mouth of the tube, quickly accumulating the energy needed to launch the cannonball.
Lieutenant Slack immediately noticed something strange on the guard tower and quickly shouted:
"Team 1, intercept the Necron turret! Cover me!"
The shield giant put his hands on the top of the wall, stood up on the wall, raised his shield high, and blocked the undead turret.
A sharp noise like the cry of a baby sounded, the green light shone on the sentry tower, and the undead turret fired a dark green energy beam, bombarding the bone shield in the shield giant's hand.
The green energy beam collided with the shield and shot out a large green "splash".
Everything contaminated by these green "splashes" will quickly melt in the black smoke with a strong rotting smell.
The shield giant roared in pain, his body swayed, and he stepped on the wall with both feet, barely keeping his center of gravity on the wall of the outpost.
The bone shields in their hands were cut in half by the green energy beam, and were almost pierced by the green energy beam!
"Mars, Jarvis, hold on! I'm going to climb over the wall! You have to move fast! The power of the Necron Turret is not meant to scare people! Even I can only withstand five rounds of volleys!"
Lieutenant Slack flew forward, jumped over the wall, and landed firmly on the street inside the outpost.
At this time, the Skeleton Colossus had been dragged outside the city by the Ranger Giant. The two sides were fighting together and had no time to take care of Lieutenant Slack in the city.
The Necron Turret is blocked by a shield giant. The war spirit standing at the top of the guard tower was also suppressed by the cannon of the heavy artillery giant.
The war spirit couldn't summon new skeleton colossi and undead turrets, so it could only desperately mobilize the power of the magic protective shield to resist the empire's artillery bombardment.
Now is the best opportunity to modify the undead runes. It is the window period created by the elite team with all their strength. It is fleeting!
Li Nuo knew all this very well.
He stared at the scene outside the armor, his eyes sweeping back and forth on the magic protective shield.
Mars nervously held up the teachings and translations of the Necronomicon Sect in front of Li Nuo for the other party's reference.
These translations were also translated by Captain Murphya, and the corresponding original texts are the teachings of other factions of the Necronomicon.
Li Nuo had already stored all the manuscripts in Mars' hands in his mind, and at this time he was just pretending to glance at them.
He raised his arm and pointed to a corner on the protective cover:
"There, sir, you are at three o'clock, about 4 meters above the ground. I have seen the undead runes in that area on the translation carried by Sergeant Mars!"
Lieutenant Slack moved in the direction pointed by Li Nuo while avoiding the energy beam fired by the Necron Turret.
After Lieutenant Slack arrived at the target location, he opened the steel exoskeleton on his chest.
Li Nuo emerged from the mezzanine, stood on the platform built by the exoskeleton, and stretched out his right hand holding the rune stick.
Sergeant Mars acted as a stand and held the manuscript beside Li Nuo.
Li Nuo glanced at the translation symbolically for a few times, and then began to modify the undead runes.
The contact points of the rune rod swam quickly in the magic protective shield, and Li Nuo broke out at the fastest modification speed in history.
This operation was interrupted from time to time by energy beams fired from the Necron turret. Li Nuo was not impatient and always modified the Necromantic runes with a 100% success rate.
About two minutes later.
A large cloud of black mist sprayed out from the magic protective cover.
The energy flow speed of the protective cover is significantly reduced, and the black surface flashes a few times, conveying a signal that the energy delivery is unstable.
Obviously, the magic protective cover of this sentry tower is not as advanced as the protective cover of the Lingshu.
A slight modification to the undead rune is enough to cause energy disorder.
The war spirit standing on the top of the tower immediately noticed the abnormality in the protective cover and cast his gaze at the steel giant below.
Two cannonballs exploded in front of it, but the war spirit ignored it and allowed the fragments and flames from the cannonballs to fall on it.
It roared, raised the white bone sword high, danced a sword flower, stabbed diagonally downwards, and pointed the sharp sword tip at the steel giant below.
A pale green beam of light shot out from the bone sword and hit Captain Slack's face.
Captain Slack raised his arms, activating the steel exoskeleton on his arms to construct an oval-shaped steel bone shield.
Green light splashed, the bone shield melted, and the rotten smell raged.
Lieutenant Slack barely blocked the energy blast full of decay and decay.
Seeing that his attack had little effect, the war spirit became furious, let out a high-pitched roar again, and swung the bone sword downwards, bound to drive the troublesome steel furnace giant away from the sentry tower.
but!
It's too late!
Li Nuo took advantage of the fight between the two, and destroyed more than a dozen undead runes in one breath amidst the explosions and shaking!
On the magic protective cover, there was another big crack spewing black mist!
The crack is bigger than before! And it hasn’t closed yet!
"Haha! Well done, Jarvis!"
Lieutenant Slack laughed, took a step forward, and pressed the fiery red furnace in his belly against the crack.
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
A series of electrophoretic vibrations came from his body, and the air temperature suddenly rose, almost boiling.
Li Nuo's feet were shaking, as if a flaming beast was about to come out of Slack's belly.
"Go to hell! Dirty war spirit! Destroy! Sinful sentry tower!"
Lieutenant Slack roared:
"Melting! Steel! Shoot! Line! Shoot!!"
A red scorching beam shot out from Slack's abdomen and penetrated into the crack in the magic protective shield.
After the scorching beam entangled with the protective shield for a third of a second, it forcibly penetrated the protective shield and penetrated into the wall at the bottom of the sentry tower.
Lieutenant Slack leaned back, facing upward.
The blazing beam of light moved as his angle changed, sweeping from the bottom of the tower to the rooftop, splitting the entire tower in two from the middle!
Walls cracked, boulders rolled down, the earth trembled, and thick smoke billowed.
Lieutenant Slack closed the steel exoskeleton on his chest and evacuated the outpost with Li Nuo and Mars before the tower collapsed.
The Necron turret misfired, and the thick bone barrel shattered into pieces, disappearing as the watchtower collapsed.
The body of the skeletal giant swelled and exploded like an inflated balloon, spreading rancid river water and debris to the entire place.
The magic protective shield flickered for a few times, but in the end it was unable to withstand the impact of the destruction of the sentry tower. With a click, it turned into tiny bits of light like broken glass and dissipated in the air.
The elite team transformed into imperial giants gathered outside the outpost to witness the development of the outpost.
By the time the smoke settled and the view became clear, the outpost was in ruins.
There was only a skeleton wearing armor and a cloak, standing alone in the dust, holding a bone sword in his hand.
This is a battle that has no suspense.
The empire dispatched one second-order extraordinary, three first-order extraordinary, and nine elite combatants who were comparable to first-order extraordinary.
As for the Necromancer Sect, only the War Spirit was an Extraordinary who was stronger than the first-level "Imperial Fist" and slightly weaker than the second-level "Fist of the Empire".
If it weren't for the difficult magic protective shield and the undead turret, the war spirits wouldn't be able to fight at all.
Now that the magic protective shield has been cracked by Li Nuo, then the empire will crush the enemy like a torrent.
Looking at the lingering fighting spirit, a heavy artillery giant crawled on the ground, and the sound of reloading came from his body.
He was about to use one shot to understand the fighting spirit in front of him, but was stopped by Lieutenant Slack.
"Don't worry about that bastard. The Necromancer Cult stipulates that the war spirits guarding the outpost must regard the outpost as a "phylactery" and fight to the death. When we destroy the magical protective shield and tower, we destroy its phylactery. This bastard is going to die immediately and isn't worth our ammunition. "
"Click, click, click..."
As soon as Lieutenant Slack finished speaking, a series of crisp sounds came from the war spirit standing on the bone sword.
His bones are cracking, and there are many cracks on the white bone sword.
The crisp sound became more and more intensive, like the sound of firecrackers exploding.
Countless bone fragments and dust were scattered on the body of the war spirit. Finally, when the sound of bone cracking suddenly stopped, it collapsed and turned into bone fragments on the ground.
The black gem embedded on his forehead also shattered into powder in an instant and sank into the ruins.
The same is true for the bone sword in the hands of the war spirit.
A gust of dark wind blew through, rolling up the gray smoke in the ruins. The warrior's soul flew away and he died on the spot.
What did Lieutenant Slack just say?
That sentry tower is the phylactery of the war spirit!
Li Nuo's pupils shook, and a trace of ecstasy flashed in his eyes.
He tried hard to suppress the joy in his heart, controlled his facial changes and breathing rate, and showed complete calmness, but his mind was already filled with thoughts.
What is a phylactery?
hey-hey.
Li Nuo couldn't help but laugh secretly when he thought of this.
A phylactery is a death-like magic item used by undead creatures with a mind to protect their souls.
Undead creatures will not die completely as long as their souls are immortal.
The soul is the root of undead creatures.
In order to prevent their souls from being destroyed by the enemy, the powerful undead will build a phylactery to properly place their souls.
To put it in a gamified way, the phylactery is the resurrection point for undead creatures.
No matter where the undead creature dies, it can be resurrected with the help of the soul in the phylactery.
Destroying the phylactery is equivalent to destroying the soul of the undead, that is, completely killing the undead.
Li Nuo also didn't expect that the Necromancer Sect would require the war spirits to use the sentry tower as a phylactery.
What a surprise!
[System message: You and the elite team of the Tatis Empire teamed up to destroy the "Phylactery of the Necronomicon Outpost Commander". 】
[Your combat contribution is: destroying the integrity of the magic protective shield. 】
[According to the system's assessment, you have caused containment action-level weakness damage to the "phylactery". 】
[Passive deconstruction activates! 】
[Your deconstruction completion rate of "War Spirit" increases from 0% to 24%. 】
[Your deconstruction completion rate of "Phylactery" increases from 0% to 12%. 】
[Your degree of completion of deconstruction of the "Magic Protective Cover" has increased from 11.8% to 21.8%]
[You have obtained the following deconstruction results...]
Before Li Nuo could carefully check the system messages, Lieutenant Slack's voice came from outside the mezzanine:
"Jarvis, Mars, come out, don't go far, stay around here. Others act according to the established plan. Team 1 is responsible for reconnaissance of the southern river, Team 2 is responsible for reconnaissance of the northern river. Team 3 cleans up The outpost is in ruins, and the ground is leveled to open up space to intercept the undead cargo ship.”
Lieutenant Slack arranged for two people to go to the ground to report the news and notify the army to come quickly.
Li Nuo stepped on Slack's palm, walked out of the exoskeleton, and landed on the ground.
He and Mars walked aside and watched the biochemical giants clean up the battlefield.
No one is more suitable for this kind of heavy physical work than the biochemical giant.
For a time, Li Nuo and Mars became the most relaxed people at the scene.
Only then did Li Nuo have time to check his harvest.
[System message: Your degree of completion of deconstruction of "War Spirit" has increased from 0% to 24%. 】
[You have obtained the following deconstruction results:]
[1. You have mastered more necromantic runes. Necromantic Rune Literature has been increased from level 1 to level 2. 】
[2 Due to the improvement of Necromantic Rune skills, the difficulty of harmlessly deconstructing "The Ten Commandments of Martyrdom: General Outline" has been reduced, and the energy consumption has dropped from 9800 to 9700 points. 】
【3. You have obtained a small part of the panel information of "War Spirit". The key content is: "War Spirit" is a first-order extraordinary person of the Necromantic Sect and Madness Faction. 】
[4. You have obtained the complete "Spell Blueprint: Death Art". The spell panel is as follows:]
[Name] Death Technique
[Type] Death magic
[Level] Level 1
【Effect】
A spell that forcibly enslaves the dead, that is, the spell of enslavement.
Consume 1 point of energy and 0.1 point of soul strength to force a dead person to fight for you.
During the duration of this spell, 1 energy point is consumed every 10 minutes.
【illustrate】
1. The level of this skill is level 1, and you can only forcibly enslave one deceased person.
2. The higher the life level of the deceased, the greater the probability of failure of this skill. Currently, you can achieve a 100% success rate when forcibly enslaving the dead at ordinary life levels.
3. When the enslaved target dies, the soul strength you invested will not be returned.
…
Li Nuo sat in the corner to rest, scanning the system messages with his mind, and clenched his fists excitedly.
"Death Technique"!
The spell to summon undead creatures on the spot is finally available!
Li Nuo tried his best to calm down and compared the "death summoning spell" with the undead summoning circle, and soon discovered the difference between the two spells.
"Death Technique" is more suitable for use in encounters. It consumes a lot of energy and soul strength, but it can be made from local materials. There is no need to prepare casting materials such as dominoes, bones, and bone meal.
Also because of the local materials, the summoner cannot determine the strength of the deceased. He can only use what remains are available. He cannot use good bones, bone meal and dominoes to customize his summons.
In comparison, the Undead Summoning Array appears "cumbersome".
To use the summoning circle to summon the undead, three conditions need to be met:
1. Ceremony materials.
Summoning an undead construct requires dominoes, bones, and bone meal. Summoning Stitched Undead requires Rotten Flesh and Tainted Blood.
2. Array energy.
The magic circle requires the caster to continuously input energy, and energy can also be delivered by placing magic ores.
3. Array pattern.
The operational logic of the magic circle and the route of energy are all included in the patterns of the magic circle.
Only when the above three conditions are met can the summoning circle take effect.
From this perspective, the summoning circle is more like a magic facility.
You only need to pay a certain energy value when the magic circle is activated, and there is no additional energy cost. It is very suitable for summoning undead in large quantities.
Since the summoning circle cannot be easily moved, the undead summoned by it are more suitable for stationing in a fixed location, rather than following the master to fight everywhere.
If the "Death Spell" is a combat spell, then the Undead Summoning Circle is a spell specifically designed for siege and defense.
No matter what, Li Nuo finally got both of the undead summoning spells!
Continue to the next system message.
[Your deconstruction completion rate of "Phylactery" increases from 0% to 12%. 】
[The deconstruction results are as follows:]
[1. Necromancer literature skill experience increases, from level 2 to level 3. 】
[2. The energy consumption of harmlessly deconstructing the "Ten Commandments of Martyrdom: General Outline" has been reduced from 9700 to 9600 points. 】
[3. You have obtained the incomplete "Magic Item Blueprint: Necronomicon Outpost Commander's Phylactery". 】
Li Nuo clicked on the drawing of the magic prop he had just received, glanced at it quickly, and was deeply satisfied.
Although this drawing is incomplete and its content is incomplete, its value cannot be ignored.
All because the name of the drawing has a prefix:
"The Necron Outpost Commander's" Phylactery.
The key lies in the words "Commander of the Necronomicon Outpost".
The drawings not only contain the manufacturing methods of ordinary phylacteries, but also record the construction methods of outpost towers and necromancer turrets.
If the construction is carried out according to the content on the drawings, Li Nuo will not only be able to build an ordinary phylactery like a stone man, but also have a sentry tower that can emit death energy beams.
The gold content of this drawing is absolutely outstanding and deserves praise.
Li Nuo put it aside for the time being and will study it in depth when he has the opportunity later.
Next is the third paragraph of deconstruction results.
[Your degree of completion of deconstruction of the "Magic Protective Cover" has increased from 11.8% to 21.8%]
[You have obtained the following deconstruction results:]
[1. The energy consumption of harmlessly deconstructing the "Ten Commandments of Martyrdom" has been reduced from 9600 points to 8600 points. 】
[2. Your progress in deconstructing the "Magic Protective Cover" has exceeded the 20% mark! 】
[You have obtained a complete "Spell Blueprint: Magic Shield"! 】
Magic shield! I actually deconstructed the magic shield! ...Li Nuo's heart trembled, and joy burst into his eyes.
As a veteran gamer, he knows exactly what this skill means.
What is causing so much trouble for the Imperial Army?
Magic shield.
What can block physical attacks in the form of energy and is not afraid of fire, flooding, or electric shock?
Magic protective shield!
What is Master's standard equipment, the nemesis of physics-based combatants, that allows Master to resist the enemy's burst output without dying?
Or a magic protective shield!
Magic shields are used to protect buildings.
"Magic Shield" is a simple version of the magic protective cover, specially used to protect the caster himself.
"Magic Shield" is a lower level spell of magic protective shield, but it is definitely enough for an individual.
Li Nuo took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and clicked to view the spell panel.
…
【Name】Magic Shield
[Type] General magic
The specific type of this spell depends on which energy you use to cast the shield.
[Level] Level 1
【Effect】
Consume any kind of magic energy to condense a magic shield that blocks damage.
You currently only have one type of energy at your disposal - soul energy.
Therefore, you can only summon the "Protective Spirit Shield".
"Body Shield" has excellent adaptability and can withstand all types of damage, but it consumes a lot of soul strength.
It consumes 0.1 soul strength point and 1 energy point to summon a shield with a shield strength of 10 points, which can offset any type of damage.
【illustrate】
1 point of shield strength can resist damage of less than 2000 joules once. There is no limit to the type of damage, including kinetic energy, thermal energy, electromagnetic energy, explosion, disintegration, cracking, penetration, etc.
…
Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief when facing the detailed spell panel.
From now on, he doesn't have to be particularly afraid of bullets.
The system doesn't lie.
The data presented on the spell panel is absolutely true and reliable.
"Magic Shield" can definitely block bullets and "Death Pulse".
This undoubtedly greatly protected his personal life safety, and also added a solid insurance to his plan to escape suffering.
This wave of passive deconstruction makes a lot of money!
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that fighting in a group or grabbing a tail knife is the correct way to start passive deconstruction. Li Nuo's eyes flickered in his thoughts, as if he had discovered a new world.
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