"Finish."
When the sun crossed three-quarters of the sky, Christie finally calmly raised his hand to signal completion.
At the same time as she spoke, on the other side of the arena, Xiang also obediently raised his small palms and his voice sounded clear.
"I'm done too."
Lin Xi sat at the top and nodded calmly, then said, "Then each of you can bring up your works."
Ge Sheng looked intently and saw that the finished products in front of the two of them had been packed in wooden boxes. It was impossible to see what was inside with the naked eye. The two of them were unambiguous after hearing this, even if they only talked about their skills in weapon refining regardless of their status. He is the top existence in the world, but Lin Xi can shock the legends of the entire continent with just one name, so they obediently handed the wooden box in front of them to the referee's table, and then separated the two sides obediently.
When Lin Xi saw the well-made wooden boxes in front of him, he didn't raise his hand to open them. Instead, he pushed them gently with his fingers and moved the two boxes to his right: "We old guys have seen a lot of good things, so sometimes you little brats On the contrary, it is more suitable to do these jobs.”
Of course, on Lin Xi's right side are his most proud disciples, the third princess Ye Luan, and the traitorous senior Carotes.
"Princess, you choose first?" Carrotes's attire at this time was much more formal than before. He even shaved for the first time, and his long burgundy hair was finally thoroughly washed and no longer shiny. But when he looks at you, the lazy and decadent look in his eyes is still unforgettable.
Ever since her engagement with Emperor Tianqi was terminated, Ye Luan had not had much important events in Lanye. She only attended the Imperial Parliament as usual every day and served as a bridge between the Imperial Cabinet and the Parliament. It was not until Christie's invitation was sent to her that she Knowing that my sister had done something like this again in Ye Ye City, and having nothing to do, I was happy to take a break from my busy schedule and come here to clean up for two days.
So when Carrots spoke, she didn't refuse, reached out and selected Christie's smaller box, then looked at Carrots and smiled and said, "Open them together?"
Carotes shook his head and reached out to open Xiang's box. After opening the box, he saw that there was only a dark cylinder inside, but it was slightly thinner than his wrist. There was a metal strap at the end of the cylinder. Apparently for fixed purposes.
Carrots stared blankly at the ugly cylinder for a moment, his face slowly showing a look of dumbfounding, and then he looked at Xiang: "Weapon?"
Xiang looked at the man who was actually several rounds younger than him but already looked like a down-and-out middle-aged uncle. He nodded calmly and said, "According to convention, it is up to you to speculate on its function."
Carotes smiled when he heard this. He reached out and grabbed the cylinder and took it out: "Of course, this spiritual weapon cannot be called a spiritual weapon now. It can only be regarded as a embryonic weapon at best."
"The embryo is one foot and four inches long, two inches and one minute wide in diameter, and weighs seven kilograms and six taels."
Saying this, he stretched out his hand and cracked open the cylinder with his bare hands, dividing it into four whole parts, and then further disassembled the four whole parts one by one into smaller parts: "The embryo of this device is made of It is composed of four modules, with a total of thirty-seven parts. The concept comes from a certain magic cannon made 1,400 years ago. This is a mini-simplified version of that magic cannon."
Xiang showed a faint smile, looked at the man with sharp hands and sharp eyes, and couldn't help but said: "I've heard of you a long time ago, but I didn't expect you to be so powerful."
"No prizes, no prizes." Carrots replied with a faint smile: "For some reason, I am just very familiar with it, but I think this thing will probably never be used in actual combat. Maybe it will be collected in Ye Ye College. Maybe."
"If you are willing." Xiang nodded, then with a slightly provocative look in his eyes: "What about the specific parameters? Can you see them?"
Carrots showed a kind of wretched uncle's smile, which was extremely inconsistent with his previous appearance, but inexplicably fit with his temperament.
"Well." Carrots stretched out his hand and reassembled the parts with rapid movements: "Although the original prototype and theory came from that magic cannon, due to various reasons, your ambition is far from the master. Not limited to this, this mini magic cannon uses a wide range of power sources. In addition to conventional magic crystals and energy crystal cores, it can also use stably processed burst crystals. A conventional magic crystal can fire seventy rounds. The magic bullets on the left and right have a range of more than 150 feet, and their power can melt through a one-inch-thick standard shield. However, since no aiming facilities have been installed, the temporary accuracy is worrying."
"In particular, the trajectory of the magic bullet is not stable, so it will also cause the target to deteriorate."
"Although it has various limitations and shortcomings, this is indeed an epoch-making work. If it can be mass-produced, it can even change the shape of war."
"Of course, the most valuable thing is that it is entirely made of iron alloy, without adding any magic metal to increase its strength. However, due to production accuracy issues, only you, the master, can produce it so far. This is a pity."
Xiang clapped softly: "Awesome, awesome, you can see it just from the design and structure. Could it be said that you are also a master in this field?"
"It's just a fallacy." Carrots shook his head and smiled: "What I said is that for some reason, I am particularly familiar with it."
Then Carotes stretched out his hand and fixed the cylinder on his arm with a click, and looked at Xiang: "If you don't mind, master, I want to test the actual effect here. Master, can you give me a favor?"
Xiang smiled, his smile calm and confident: "But it doesn't hurt to try."
Carotes nodded, then took out a piece of magic crystal cut into strips from his arms, and put it into the container at the end with ease. Then he straightened his arm and pointed the mouth of the tube at Xiang: "No offense, Master."
Xiang didn't speak, just stared calmly at the dark muzzle of the cylinder.
Carrotes didn't see any movement, but he only felt signs of magic converging and transforming. Ge Sheng watched from a distance as the small muzzle suddenly burst out with extremely hot and dazzling light, and then there was one that looked no more than the size of an egg. A nearly liquid ball of blue light burst out from the muzzle.
It seemed like an instant or an eternity. The speed of the ball of light seemed to be extremely fast, and it was like the fluttering of feathers. When Ge Sheng came back to his senses, Xiang gently stretched out a finger and pulled the ball out. The ball of light was crushed between his fingers.
Aoxuehua, who was beside Ge Sheng, stared there intently, as if this novel toy had never been displayed in front of her before.
The Crown Princess of Os looked at it for a long time, and finally let out a slight sigh: "You probably don't know what kind of devil you have unleashed."
When that dazzling star-like ball of light burst out from the muzzle, everyone present could not help but squint their eyes silently.
Even excluding the five absolute big shots sitting on the referee's bench, there are also powerful people above the heavenly realm among the people sitting in the audience with Ye Qinggesheng, not to mention the VIPs hidden in various boxes. , and the power of the so-called simplified magic cannon that Xiang took out was a bit insignificant.
Not to mention that the ball of light was extinguished by Xiang between his fingers like a spark. Even according to the full power introduced by Carotes, it was only 150 feet long enough to penetrate an inch of steel plate. There are many more lethal weapons and magic of the same level and at the same distance in this world.
But there is no such efficient and simple killing tool in this world.
A standard magic crystal can fire seventy such attacks, and the energy conversion and guidance is completely completed by the fixed magic pattern circuit. It does not require the user to have a high level or sophisticated training, that is, it can be used It takes one-third or even one-fifth of the time to train an ordinary army to obtain a unit equipped with such weapons, which has mid-range strike capabilities, is cheap and efficient.
Of course, another problem before everyone is the cost of the weapon itself. After all, its predecessor, the Magic Cannon, was gradually shelved due to its excess power and extremely high cost, so that it has now completely disappeared from people's sight.
But Xiang also proved this to everyone on this point - the materials she used were almost entirely the cheapest steel. Even though relatively complex alloys may be used in some places, there is definitely no magic metal. Participation can ensure the strength and functionality. In other words, the material cost of this weapon may be a piece of steel of equal weight, which is a bit crazy.
Of course, even the most stupid person knows that so far, this weapon can only be made by this master himself. Even if the master can so generously disclose the design and magic pattern structure of this weapon, the world can process it. There are still only a handful of people.
However, just a handful does not mean there are none.
As long as there is a need, through simplified design and large-scale processing with amplified precision, many forces will obtain a new batch of troops equipped with such new weapons, which are cheap, efficient and powerful.
At that moment, many of the big shots who were watching made up their minds to visit the master as soon as possible after the imperial oath was over. Xiang suddenly turned around and calmly raised his skirt towards the audience and lowered his feet gracefully. She saluted, her face was that of a beautiful and young girl, but her expression was calm and serious.
Ge Sheng looked down at Xiang who was saluting everyone, and suddenly felt that he had never known this master who was just a child-like genius most of the time.
"This work is just something I think is very appropriate to compete with Christie on this occasion, because it represents the highest level I can achieve in this framework, and your eyes can see that the research on magic cannon is indeed The focus of my work lately.”
"But it is a pity that this is a war weapon, just like many similar weapons made by the saint more than a hundred years ago on this earth. When the world does not need it, the existence of such a weapon itself It’s an original sin that makes killing easier and less guilt-inducing.”
"So just because I'm showing it here doesn't mean I want to make it at scale."
"Including not only you, individuals or organizations from outside or within Os, but also the Os Empire itself. I promise that I will never make a second similar weapon in my laboratory. In the laboratory, I will only try to further improve and optimize it, and it will only exist for my personal interest and will not be used for the military purposes of the empire itself."
"Although many times the promises of great powers are only on paper, I will still confirm to you that if one day in the future, there will be one, ten, one hundred, or even one thousand or ten thousand soldiers holding such Weapons participating in the battlefield of great powers must mean that the pattern of the world has changed. Only when the security of the Os Empire is threatened, and I think that the armaments of the Austro Empire at that time are not enough to bring us an advantage on the battlefield, I Only then will I choose to help my motherland in my own way."
"But at that time, I believe that what you see will definitely not be such a crude prototype, but a brand new weapon that is smaller, lighter, longer range, and more precise, and I will equip it with a new set of A power system that can be used for a long time.”
"The above." Xiang ended with a smile that was cold and calm: "That's what I want to say to you here."
Then she turned around, looked at the three judges and said with a giggle: "Okay, it's time to judge Christie's work. I hope you won't let me down."
Christie, who was standing aside, turned his head and smiled softly: "Uncle Kong Xuan is really worried. He actually asked you to bring something like this over. So how can I win this round?"
Xiang looked back at Christie, who was dressed in white, and made a face: "Actually, for me, before you surpass me, bullying you is the happiest thing."
Christie smiled and said nothing.
At the same time, Ye Luan also opened the wooden box presented by Christie, but when she opened it, she was slightly surprised.
What was in Christie's wooden box turned out to be a pair of rings.
A pair of black rings with a strange and complicated shape.
Ye Luan couldn't help but become curious. She reached out and picked up one of them, and found that the weight was lighter than she expected.
"This is it." Ye Luan couldn't help but ask Christie while holding the ring.
"Ring." Christie said concisely.
"But don't you feel that this will be a disadvantage?" Ye Luan said sincerely. She made a conclusion directly without exploring the inside of the ring to study its possible functions and values.
After all, such a conclusion does not even require any professional knowledge.
Because this is a ring made of pure iron. It is not precious at all. It does not have any jewelry inlays. It can perform only a handful of functions, and its value is inherently affected. No matter how superb Christie's skills are, the choice of iron To create such a jewelry-like spiritual weapon, there are inherent limitations.
It's simply a choice to lose at the starting line.
"Because I feel it is very suitable. What I am good at now, the most suitable thing to create is such a ring." Christie replied calmly without emotion or anger.
