Chapter 211, Puppet Army
Looking at this creepy underground puppet army, the four of them gasped.
They are no strangers to puppets and have long-term experience in fighting trial puppets. However, it is naturally the first time for them to see so many puppets, and these puppets are obviously different from the academy's trial puppets and look much more dangerous.
"What should I do?" Chen Tianye asked.
"Kill it!" Duan Wutian waved his hand, and there was a short spear in his right hand, and a round shield with a thorn in the center and a blade on the edge appeared in his left hand.
When fighting in such a dense array of puppets, the Zhangba Sun Spear is obviously not as useful as the short spear and buckler.
"You are brave but not wise!" Chen Tianye said sarcastically, "A few hundred people per person? Aren't you afraid of being chopped into pieces?"
"Coward! What are you afraid of if there are too many?" Duan Wutian said, "I don't think these puppets have much fighting power! They might have been buried for thousands of years and would have rotted away!"
"Do you have eyes on your butt?" Chen Tianye said, "You can tell at a glance that these puppets are well-preserved, and they are definitely very powerful!"
"Impossible!" Duan Wutian said, "Okay, I admit that it is unlikely to rot, but the combat power will definitely not be very strong. If the combat power is super strong, the number will not be so large. Since it If you rely on large numbers to defend against the enemy, it means that one individual is not strong in combat power!"
"What Old Duan said makes sense," Xiang An said, "As a puppet, no matter how powerful it is, it can't be much stronger. Old Duan, come on! I'll cover you."
Qingshi knew that Xiang An was right. The most powerful combat puppets in the Tianlong Continent were only comparable to those at the high level of the Golden Core Realm.
Puppetes with high combat power are extremely rare, and each one requires a large amount of rare treasure materials to make, making it extremely expensive. It is precisely because the creation cost is high, the technical requirements are high, and the combat power cannot reach a super high level, so the weapon refiners of the Tianlong Continent do not pay much attention to the refining of combat puppets, and the puppet art has not developed very well.
Qingshi has been studying puppetry and was a former Earthling. Naturally, he values technology more than the people of Tianlong Continent. Qingshi is very interested in combat puppets similar to Iron Man or RoboCop.
Now seeing these puppets, Qingshi quickly understood that there were many differences between these puppets and the mainstream puppets in Tianlong Continent, and they seemed to be much smarter.
To Qingshi, these puppets are treasures. If he could get a few of them to study, it would definitely benefit his puppetry and even his weapon cultivation.
Just when he was thinking about how to get a few out, he heard Xiang An encouraging Duan Qi. Qingshi immediately stopped him and said, "Brother Qi, don't act rashly."
Duan Wutian smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm sensible. After all, these puppets are still dead objects. You see, I smashed the door of his house and they were so motionless. This shows that their attack range is limited. I Go test it out, and if you can’t beat it, run back, and I bet they won’t pursue you.”
Duan Wutian was right, but Qingshi still didn't trust him and went to test it alone, because he said: "It's okay to test it, but I will go with you. I suspect that these puppets may have formation coordination with each other. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to deal with!”
"Okay!" Duan Wutian smiled, "Let's go shoulder to shoulder."
Qingshi took the Qinglian Sword in his hand, and stepped into the big stone gate with Duan Wutian and entered the long passage.
Sure enough, as soon as Pu entered the stone gate, the puppets began to react. The first few rows turned slightly towards the two of them, and some of them even raised their weapons.
Duan Wutian roared and rushed forward, stabbing the nearest puppet with the short spear in his hand, Qingshi followed closely behind him.
The puppet that Duan Wutian attacked was holding two swords. It did not parry the incoming shot at all, and the two swords in its hands struck Duan Wutian straight away.
Duan Wutian was ruthless enough. Seeing that the puppet ignored his attack, he did not dodge. He raised his left hand and used a round shield to actively meet the two swords coming at him. His right pistol suddenly shot up three feet and stabbed the puppet's waist first. belly.
There was a soft pop, and Duan Wutian's spear pierced the puppet's body. Almost at the same time, the puppet's two swords also slashed hard on Duan Wutian's round shield, making a muffled sound.
Duan Wutian was very powerful, and the two swords did not make him take a step back, but his shot only penetrated about three inches into the puppet's body. Judging from the puppet's movements, it seemed that it was not affected at all.
Almost at the same time, at least seven or eight weapons came towards Duan Wutian's body. They were attacks from other puppets around him. Duan Wutian dodged and shielded to resist, but Qingshi's long sword helped him resist half of them. s attack.
At this time, some puppets began to attack Qingshi. Qingshi used his agility to move around and stay around Duan Wutian, but he only defended and did not attack.
Qingshi waved his sword to resist the attack of the puppet while observing the situation on the field. Neither he nor Duan Wutian rushed forward in a hurry, so their current position was still on the periphery of the entire puppet army formation.
Those puppets have not all been activated, and obviously there is not that much space for them to attack together. The attacking puppets are currently limited to the front row.
There were nine puppets in a row, and they swarmed forward. More than a dozen weapons kept coming at Duan Qing and the two of them, but they were not easy to deal with.
Soon, Qingshi discovered several characteristics of these puppets.
One is their attack characteristics. Sure enough, they are not attacking randomly alone. The nine of them are obviously a group. They cooperate with each other when attacking without hindering each other. When attacking with swords, they complement each other and try not to leave room for the enemy to dodge.
Second, they basically don't defend. Due to the toughness of their manufacturing materials, almost every move is focused on offense and not defense. Such an opponent is of course difficult to deal with.
Third, from the perspective of combat power, the combat power of each puppet is about the ordinary Yuan Dan realm elementary level. A puppet with such combat power is already very good. There are not a hundred such trial puppets in the entire Tianlong Academy. And there are thousands of them here. Moreover, the resistance of these puppets is very strong, obviously far exceeding that of ordinary combat puppets.
With the combat power of Qingshi or Duan Wutian, if they were nine ordinary first-level Yuan Dan realm puppets, they could wipe them all out within a quarter of an hour. However, these puppets not only cooperate with each other in battle formations, but they are also incompetent. Fearing death and having a strong ability to resist blows, for a moment, the two of them were unable to gain the upper hand.
After fighting for another quarter of an hour, Qingshi finally found an opportunity and stabbed the left shoulder joint of a puppet with his sword. The true energy invaded and twisted hard, and the left arm of the puppet was cut off by Qingshi. But at the same time, Qingshi focused on offense and neglected defense, and Duan Wutian was stabbed in the leg by a puppet.
Duan Wutian grunted in pain. Although the injury was minor, it affected his gait, and he immediately started to scramble. Qingshi saw that fighting hard like this was not the answer, and quickly shouted: "Brother Qi, get out first."
Although Duan Wutian was unwilling, he could only listen to Qingshi. After all, this time was originally a test.
The long sword in Qingshi's hand flashed, and the sword light was like a curtain wall blocking all attacks. It was the Yuanyu style of Mingyue Sword Technique.
Duan Wutian took this opportunity to jump out of the stone gate with a backward leap, and Qingshi jumped out with a flash of his body.
As the two people withdrew from the stone door, the puppets stopped attacking and slowly walked back to their original positions. Only a puppet arm holding a short knife was left in the place where they fought.
"Brother Qi, are you okay?" Qingshi asked.
"It's okay," Duan Wutian said, "It's just a minor injury."
"These puppets are really difficult to deal with!" Qingshi said.
"Yes!" Chen Tianye also said, "I have also seen some tricks. These puppets are not powerful individually. What is powerful is that they have a battle formation that cooperates with each other."
"Also," Xiang An said, "They are not afraid of death and are very troublesome to deal with. If you cut off an arm of a puppet just like you just did, Old Duan got a sword for it. This is not cost-effective. We can't afford it."
Chen and Xiang were watching the battle and could see it very clearly.
"I think we can deal with them!" Duan Wutian had a different opinion and said, "It will be more difficult for the two of us, but it will be easier for the four of us to go together. Four against nine, we are guaranteed to be able to deal with them easily, and we can also Four people can cooperate with each other, Qingshi must have such a battle formation!"
"It's not that simple," Qingshi said, "Of course we can practice a battle formation. But we only have four people at most, and there are thousands of these puppets."
"Let's fight row by row," Duan Wutian said, "Isn't this enough?"
"How can you guarantee that they will only come forward to fight in rows?" Qingshi said, "If my prediction is correct, then as long as one of the nine in the first row loses combat effectiveness, it will most likely trigger the second row. Platoon puppets join the fight.”
"Four of us versus eighteen," Duan Wutian said, "We still have a chance of winning."
"Why can't they come in another row?" Qingshi said.
"Any more will be meaningless!" Duan Wutian said, "Too many will only hinder each other. If there are eighteen puppets surrounding four people, there won't be much room."
"Yes, it's enough to have twenty people fighting directly," Qingshi said, "but they can surround us heavily, and then cooperate with each other to take turns to fight. In the end, even if we are not hacked to death, we will be exhausted. "
"Qingshi is right!" Xiang An said, "Once you are surrounded, you will be in trouble. I don't know how long your armor can withstand evil spirits? Mine can withstand up to two hours, and it can withstand even longer in combat. short."
"That's true!" Chen Tianye said, "My armor is not as good as Lao Xiang's, and Lao Duan's isn't as good either, right?"
"No!" Duan Wutian admitted. He no longer insisted on his own opinions.
"Do you think this will work?" Xiang An thought for a while and said, "I'll set up a battle formation, and the four of us will rush forward together. We don't need to destroy them. Anyway, there are only more than twenty of them that can directly attack us. , no matter how many others there are, they can only squeeze in from the outside. Let’s rush over in an hour, rush to the gate, and then break through it and get in.”
"Yeah! It seems feasible!" Duan Wutian said.
"It's doable," Chen Tianye said, "Can you guarantee that you can rush over in an hour? What if you get stuck in the middle and can't move forward or retreat?"
"It's not feasible!" Qingshi also said, "What if you rush to the door? Who can guarantee that the stone door will be broken open quickly? Even if it is broken open, what will you do if you find someone more ruthless inside? You will be caught in the middle and wait to be tortured. Die?"
"I'm overthinking it!" Xiang An smiled, rolled his eyes and said, "If I don't call the fat guy out, he might kill all these puppets in less than a meal." .”
"No!" Qingshi said, "This passage is only six feet wide and three feet high. Xiaopang's height alone must be six feet. He can't squeeze into such a small space. If he shrinks or changes into a human form, his combat power will be higher than We can’t be much stronger, and he gets tired quickly, so he’s not suitable for long battles.”
"Then what should we do?" Duan Wutian scratched his bald head and frowned, "Are we going to enter the Treasure Mountain and come back empty-handed?"
"It's better to return empty-handed than to die! Alas!" Xiang An sighed.
"Why are you so discouraged?" Chen Tianye stroked his moustache and said with a relaxed expression, "Qingshi just rejected your bad idea, he hasn't said his own idea yet! I believe he must have a way, right? bluestone?"
"Of course there is a way!" Qingshi said with a smile, "If you provoke me, I will use a cannon to blast these stupid things to pieces."
"That's right!" Xiang An said with eyes shining: "Take out all the cannons of the Xuanwei and Xuanhu and blast them. These puppets are just stuck like this and don't even know how to hide. Aren't they just targets for cannons?"
"That's right!" Duan Wutian slapped his bald head and shouted excitedly, "Qingshi still has a way. Boom! Damn it!"
