Chapter 212: Caught alive
Qingshi didn't really set up a cannon to blast them. To him, these puppets were treasures, and he couldn't bear to blow them into pieces.
Qingshi's plan is to capture a puppet and study it first, find their weaknesses, and then solve them.
How to catch one, that is the question.
Duan Wutian said: "How difficult is this? Can't you just aim at a sap and knock it down, and then drag it out?"
"If it's damaged, it won't be of much research value," Qingshi said, "It's best to capture it alive."
"Alive?" Duan Wutian's eyes widened.
"What I mean is to catch the intact ones." Qingshi said.
"That's right! You guys reminded me," Xiang An said with his eyes shining, "This puppet looks powerful, but it is still a living thing after all. I have an idea. Get a high-level storage device and take a look during the melee. Put one in when you get the chance."
"Impossible!" Chen Tianye said firmly, "It can't be installed."
"How do you know it's impossible?" Xiang An said unconvinced, "You haven't tried it before. The bluestone storage device is of a high level, so maybe it will work!"
"Who said I haven't tried it?" Chen Tianye said, "If it were so easy, wouldn't those trial puppets in the academy have been installed cleanly long ago?"
"Oh~" Xiang An laughed, "You kid actually had the idea of stealing the academy's puppet!"
"It's not just an idea," Chen Tianye said seriously, "I tried it but it didn't work."
"Yes!" Duan Wutian said, "I tried it too, but it didn't work."
"Wow!" Xiang An shouted, "You two are too courageous! How dare a guy as big as a trial puppet steal it? Even if you steal it, it will be easily discovered. You are really brainless... ..I only tried to borrow the secret books from the Sutra Pavilion without spending credits, but it didn’t work either.”
"Hahaha..." Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian laughed together, "You kid turned out to be trying to steal the book!"
"No, no, the so-called stealing of books is not stealing..."
"That's enough!" Qingshi said, dumbfounded, "I asked you to find a way to make a puppet, but why don't you exchange your experiences of stealing things from the academy?"
"Aren't you going to steal the puppet?" Xiang An said, "We are conducting a feasibility study right now! Do you think my idea is feasible?"
"It's not feasible!" Qingshi said, "Puppets are not ordinary dead objects. Whether they can be put into a storage device has nothing to do with the level of the storage device. Unless..." Qingshi said while touching his chin. Think about it.
"Why isn't it possible?" Xiang An asked, "I remember you have a puppet horse. Can't it be put into the storage container at any time?"
"What I mean is that unless we can make this puppet look like that horse." Qingshi said, "But I'm afraid it won't be easy..."
"Tell us what you want to do specifically," Xiang An said. "Although we are not weapon refiners, we can still come up with ideas. You still have to believe in the wisdom of the crowd!"
Xiang An, Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian also have experience in using special storage devices to store large spiritual weapons such as spaceships, but they all use ready-made things and do not understand their principles.
"Okay," Qingshi said, "Special spiritual weapons such as puppets and spaceships cannot be installed in storage devices at will. First, you need a storage device with a high enough level, and then get a storage device that can sense being installed. Put the array magic weapon of the object into the storage container, and finally carve the induction array pattern on the object to be installed, so that it can be installed. Of course, the mental power is not enough to drive the magic weapon. No way."
"I understand," Chen Tianye nodded, "You have to get an array disk or something with the induction array pattern engraved on it and put it into a storage container, and then engrave the corresponding array pattern on the thing being stored. That's it, right? Bar?"
"Absolutely like this!" Qingshi said, "Generally, the storage device needs special processing, such as using mental power to carve special patterns inside it. In addition, some large items, such as my Xuanhu spacecraft, Then you need to install the corresponding array magic weapon on the spacecraft, and there will be more than one."
"Just tell me what you need to do to steal a puppet!" Duan Wutian said.
"Okay, let me make it simple," Qingshi said, "Everything else is easy to handle. The only problem is how to carve the formation pattern on the puppet."
"This is a bit troublesome!" Chen Tianye thought while stroking his mustache.
"It doesn't seem to be much trouble!" Duan Wutian said, "The four of us will go in together. Lao Xiang, you are responsible for the defense. Lao Chen and I knocked down a puppet and held down its hands and feet so that it could not move. Qingshi was riding on the puppet. Just do whatever you want.”
Qingshi was heartbroken when he heard this, and couldn't help but give Duan Wutian a blank look.
"Can I withstand the defense on my own?" Xiang An said angrily, "Besides, to carve such a set of formation patterns, you need to be completely still for at least a quarter of an hour. Can you hold it? You have a bad idea!"
"Then you have a good idea!" Duan Wutian said.
"It was my idea to use storage containers!" Xiang An said.
"Okay, don't argue!" Qingshi had no choice but to smooth things over again, "I'll figure it out myself."
Qingshi did come up with an idea quickly, and then handed the egg house to Chen Tianye for safekeeping. He entered the egg house and started to prepare. He wanted to create a spiritual weapon that could capture puppets alive.
Duan Wutian and the others exited the tomb passage and returned to the ground. Xiang An used a set of formation sticks to set up a shielding array, and several people stayed inside to avoid the evil spirit.
At noon on the second day, Chen Tianye and the other three were bragging and bickering in boredom when Qingshi suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Are you ready?" Chen Tianye asked in surprise. Duan Xiang and the two are also full of expectations.
"Ready!" Qingshi smiled, "Let's go catch the baby!"
The four people excitedly rushed down to the tomb passage, quickly passed through the cracked stone door and corridor, and came to the big stone door. I saw those purple evil spirits still filling the passage like thick clouds and mist, and the huge puppet army formation stood quietly in the mist, killing them as mighty as heavenly soldiers and generals.
"Where's Qingshi's magic weapon for catching puppets?" Duan Wutian said, "Take it out and have a look."
"Brother Qi, don't worry, take it out when you need it." Qingshi said with a smile, "Let's go in. Don't attack, just defend. Pay attention to my instructions."
Duan Wutian and the other three naturally agreed to listen to Qingshi's command.
rush!
Qingshi gave the order and led the three people into the stone gate. When the puppets discovered that someone was intruding, they immediately surrounded them with swords and guns. Sure enough, as Qingshi expected, this time there were two rows of eighteen puppets launching an offensive.
These puppets cooperated very well. Hula immediately surrounded the four people. For a while, he kept greeting several people with swords and spears. Qingshi directed the four people to form a fan shape with their backs to Shimen to resist the puppet's offensive, preventing the puppet from completing the encirclement and cutting off Shimen's retreat.
Qingshi fought while looking for flaws in the puppet army formation.
Although there are many of these puppets, their individual combat power is not too high after all. Qingshi and the others are not in a hurry to defeat them, they just defend with all their strength. No matter how well they cooperate, they cannot threaten a few people for the time being.
However, these puppets do not know fatigue and pain, and Qingshi and the others are flesh and blood, so naturally they have no chance of winning if they continue to fight like this.
Seeing that the puppets were cooperating closely, Qingshi thought that it would be difficult to find opportunities if this continued, so he immediately shouted: "You guys, don't let them cut off their retreat. I'll disrupt them."
After saying that, Qingshi dwarfed, activated the Three Winds at his feet and squeezed between the two puppets. When the two puppets saw him rushing towards him, they both slashed at Qingshi with their swords. Qingshi swung his sword away, His figure swayed like a ghost and rushed out from between the two puppets.
Eighteen puppets formed a two-layer encirclement. Qingshi rushed through the first layer but encountered the second layer. The puppets on the second layer all used long blades to attack through the first layer of puppets. Qingshi rushed through the second layer. After the puppet on the first floor, he directly bumped his shoulder into the arms of a puppet on the second floor. The puppet had no time to retract its weapon and was hit in the chest by Qingshi's shoulder. It couldn't help but took a few steps back. Qingshi took the opportunity to rush out of the encirclement. .
After Qingshi broke out of the encirclement, he no longer attacked deep into the passage, but turned back to attack the puppets in the second layer of encirclement from the outside.
If the bluestone does not go deep along the passage, the puppets in the third row and even further inside will not activate.
As Qingshi rushed out of the semi-encirclement composed of eighteen puppets, six of the puppets in the second layer of encirclement turned around and attacked. They still cooperated neatly and did not attack alone to leave any one alone.
Qingshi's purpose was to disrupt their battle formation and find someone to deal with him alone, but these puppets seemed to know his thoughts and just wouldn't be fooled.
Seeing that breaking out of the encirclement still failed to achieve his goal, Qingshi had no choice but to think of another way.
Six puppets formed a formation to besiege Qingshi. Qingshi's defense was not very difficult. In fact, it was not impossible for him to deal with these puppets one by one, but he did not dare to take the risk.
Because Qingshi estimated that as long as the first two rows of puppets did not reduce their numbers, other puppets would not be inspired to join the battle. It's the same reason he doesn't follow the passage to avoid activating more puppets.
Once one puppet is eliminated, more puppets will definitely be inspired to participate in the war. The more puppets are eliminated, the more people will be inspired to participate in the war. Once surrounded by a large number of puppets, it will be dangerous.
Fighting in such a place with strong evil spirits, Qingshi and the others consume a lot of energy. Not only the spiritual energy of the armor that shields the evil spirits and protects the body is consumed a lot, but also their own true energy is consumed a lot.
Qingshi fought patiently, trying to find out the weaknesses of the six puppets. Soon, he locked on a puppet wielding a broadsword, because this puppet had the greatest power but the slowest movement.
Qingshi was thinking about how to let this sword puppet go alone, but he heard Xiang An shout: "Qingshi, have you done it? My armor can't withstand it anymore."
"If the armor can't hold you back, use your true energy!" Qingshi replied angrily, "Can't we fight without the armor?"
"No!" Xiang An continued to shout, "Lao Duan and Lao Chen's armors have exhausted their spiritual power a long time ago, and now they may even lose their true energy."
"Xiang Bailianer, shut up!" Duan Wutian scolded, "Who said our anger is gone?"
"That's it!" Chen Tianye shouted, "Qingshi, please continue, don't listen to Lao Xiang's nonsense, we can withstand it!"
Qingshi knew that with the skills of the three of them, it was more than enough to deal with a dozen puppets, but Xiang An was right. If there was no good way, if they continued to consume like this, they would soon be unable to withstand it.
Among the three, Xiang An is the highest in terms of Qi cultivation and Xiang An is the best in terms of armor level, but he is the worst in terms of combat power. If anyone wants to say who can't withstand it first, it must be Xiang An.
Qingshi began to feel anxious, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately shouted: "Isn't it just a puppet? I have one too! Look at me using puppets to deal with you puppets!"
After Qingshi finished speaking, he put away his sword, then waved his hands and released seven or eight puppets.
These puppets were bought by Qingshi from the Chao Ge Chamber of Commerce. Their debating power could not even reach the Qi Condensation realm, and they were originally used for housework. After Qingshi bought it, he modified it and used it to assist him in driving the Black Tiger.
Now, Qingshi had his own plan to release them. According to his speculation, these puppets are not living creatures and should not trigger more puppets to attack.
After these puppets appeared out of thin air, Qingshi did not order them to attack the enemy, but just stood there and waited for instructions. Sure enough, the six puppets besieging Qingshi did not take the initiative to attack Qingshi's puppets, but continued to besiege Qingshi.
Qingshi couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that his guess was correct, and he quickly controlled his puppet to move while fighting. His idea was to have his puppets separate these enemy puppets according to instructions.
But Qingshi's idea did not succeed. These enemy puppets did not take the initiative to attack his puppets, but Qingshi just ordered one of his own puppets to move over and block the path of an enemy puppet to attack him. The enemy puppet did not hesitate. It was a sweeping sweep of the sword, sending the puppets in the way flying away.
Qingshi cursed secretly, thinking that these puppets were not unable to distinguish between dead and living things. On the contrary, they had very strong identification skills and knew the priority of their enemies. Bluestone is obviously their priority target, but in the process of attacking bluestone, if they encounter obstruction by secondary targets, they will also change targets to clear the obstacles.
Seeing that Qingshi's plan was about to fail again, he simply thought to himself: I will risk my life today!
Qingshi also ordered other puppets to entangle the enemy's five puppets one-on-one, but deliberately let one of them attack him, the stupid big puppet wielding a big sword.
After receiving the order, Qingshi's puppets rushed towards their targets and hugged them without letting go. These puppets were very resolute in executing the orders. Whether they hugged the target enemy's body or hands and feet, they would hold on tightly and never let go. . The enemy puppets were entangled and unable to be torn off for a while, so they all raised their weapons and slashed wildly. In just a few breaths, the hands and feet of Qingshi's puppets were chopped off.
What Qingshi wanted to sacrifice these puppets was these few breaths. He ignored his heartache and rushed to kill several times, finally successfully forcing the stupid big puppet to leave alone.
The stupid big puppet was kicked by Qingshi and took several steps back. Unexpectedly, another Qingshi puppet suddenly appeared from behind and hugged it tightly. The stupid big puppet changed its target and slashed the puppet's back with a backhand knife. , but this puppet did not immediately lose its fighting power. It just hugged the silly big man tightly so that he could not escape.
Qingshi finally found this opportunity, waved his hand and took out a large net made of woven metal wires. Without saying a word, he hooded the two entangled puppets and immediately covered them tightly from head to toe. The metal mesh immediately tightened after surrounding the target, wrapping the two puppets so that they could not move.
Qingshi did not hesitate, and with a wave of his hand, the two puppets tightly covered by the net disappeared out of thin air together with the net. They were obviously taken into the storage spiritual device by Qingshi.
Seeing that he successfully collected a puppet, Qingshi was overjoyed. Chen Tianye and the other three people had been paying attention to Qingshi's battle situation and couldn't help but cheer when they saw this scene.
Qingshi turned around and was about to charge back, when he heard the sound of a piece of metal colliding and rubbing. A large group of puppets came over with swords, guns, swords and halberds. Apparently Qingshi took one puppet and caused more puppets to join the battle.
Qingshi's footwork was agile, and he dodged the weapons of several puppets and rushed towards the stone door. When he was busy, he took a glance and saw dozens of puppets coming together to attack them, which actually caused as many as five platoons.
It would be okay if we were surrounded!
Qingshi didn't dare to neglect, and activated the three rapid winds at his feet, avoiding a puppet's spear, and then used the wings of wind and thunder. Before the puppets could complete the encirclement, he leaped over the heads of the puppets and flew several feet away in an instant. Falling behind Duan Wutian and the other three.
Qingshi relied on his magical skills to escape safely, and immediately took out the Moon Soul Sword and performed the Mingyue Sword Technique Yuan Yu Style. A burst of sword light spilled out, and Duan Wutian, Chen Tianye, and Xiang An all felt the pressure disappear.
Qingshi shouted: "Brothers, retreat! I will cut off the queen!"
Xiang An was the first to turn around and slip out of the stone door, then Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian withdrew one after another, Qingshi also retreated, and within a few breaths, the four of them escaped safely.
Qingshi exited the stone door and breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's done! Let's go!" He kept running outwards, passing through the corridor and the cracked stone door, and leaped directly up the tomb shaft. He had wings of wind and thunder, and in a few breaths Soon he flew to the ground.
Duan Wutian and others' armor energy had long been exhausted, so they all climbed up the shaft wall with their hands and feet, and soon they all jumped up.
