Chapter 1210 - Rescue Mission 2 (1/2)

The mana reactors and battle systems he had obtained before were more than enough. There was enough of these things to study the secrets they contained. After cracking them, reverse engineering them wouldn’t be an issue, there was no need to spend more effort in collecting them.

Lin Yun had been somewhat indifferent to the ordinary puppets since he found out that this place seemed to have a connection to the puppet base found in the Raging Flame Plane. This place must be hiding some secrets, and the puppet technology might be secondary.

Laibo violently re-opened an array and was obstructed by a group of puppets.

The map showed that the area ahead of them was the end of the assembly line. Lin Yun had guessed that there might be puppets that could still move there. After all, there hadn’t many active puppets in the battle system and the energy system areas.

Every area was in charge of a sole component, while the end of the assembly line was where one could find all the parts needed to build puppets. Who knew if the puppets started crafting more puppets after so many years.

Lin Yun got his answer the moment the array was torn apart.

At least a hundred puppets of various kinds stood in front of a building. There was even two 4-meter-tall huge puppets at the entrance.

Just as the defensive array was torn open, the scarlet crystal eyes of the two puppets standing in front of that huge building shone with bright rays of light and the aura of the Heaven Rank surged from their bodies. Clear twinkles of wisdom could be seen as those eyes locked onto them. These two Heaven Puppets had developed wisdom.

Laibo was suddenly startled when he saw these puppets and then remembered that there was an alchemist next to him. Why had been shattering the puppets so violently? It was because he had fought these puppets before and knew how troublesome they were.

Now, over a hundred puppets suddenly appeared, including two Heaven Puppets. This made cold sweat drip down Laibo’s back.

“Sir Mafa, please be careful. These puppets are very strange, their strength will skyrocket as their numbers increase, and their cooperation is terrifying…”

Laibo had yet to finish his sentence that Lin Yun already rushed out. When he was thirty meters away from the puppets, he spat out a large amount of law runes and created Mana Hands emitting thick mana fluctuations. They didn’t look like Low Tier support spells, the mana fluctuations they emitted was comparable to 8th Tier Spells.

Those level 39 puppets didn’t awaken as fast as the two Heaven Puppets. After the two Heaven Puppets awakened, they started rousing these level 39 puppets.

How could Lin Yun let go of such a good opportunity. These level 39 puppets would be defenseless for three seconds, waiting to be torn apart.

Several dozen Mana Hands sweeping with powerful mana rapidly rushed towards the puppets and rapidly came in contact with some relatively special energy nodes. The Mana Hands’ large amounts of mana instantly poured in these spots as the several dozen Mana Hands turned into shadows that rapidly circled the puppets’ bodies.

At least forty level 39 puppets burst open, and every single component was intact, aside from those carrying some traces of rust. The small components repelled each other, as if they had the same magnetic poles.

The silent explosion was shocking. The components fell onto the ground with clanking sounds and formed piles.

Behind Lin Yun, Laibo was thoroughly stunned as he held his black sword. His mouth was wide open as he watched over forty puppets being torn apart, his world view distorted.

‘Hell, heavens, what did I just witness? A bunch of Mana Hands instantly tore apart those powerful puppets… What happened? Why did these puppets suddenly explode into parts?

‘Sh*t, Sir Abbot was right, even if we live in seclusion, we have to come out and gain experience from time to time or we would be left behind by the times. It’s best to confirm that we have enough strength to safeguard the monastery’s inheritance.

‘Alchemists of the outside world are already that powerful? So terrifying… I would need to burst with a lot of power to deal with forty of these. That Mafa Merlin is only an alchemist of the desolate Andlusa Kingdom, yet he was able to disable forty at once!

‘So terrifying… How much does he know about these puppets? I heard the monastery’s alchemist jokingly say that dismantle with a touch was an extremely formidable technical ability. That guy is definitely an outstanding puppeteer!

‘If he could craft over a thousand puppets like this…’

Laibo couldn’t help shivering as he thought of this. He imagined a thousand puppets swarming him and over a thousand sharp blades cutting him into pieces.

He then imagined countless glaring beams vaporizing him in a few seconds before Song of Sacrifice ultimately fell onto the ground.

‘The mages outside are really becoming even more frightening. No good, I must report to the Abbot after we return. They are already leaving us in the dust because of their planar conquests, if we don’t change, we might thoroughly disappear within a few centuries.

‘The Abbot said that a new era was about to begin and that we should get in touch with the outside word. He was right… No, it’s happening even faster than the Abbot expected…

‘I believe Sir Abbot wouldn’t believe that a 9th Rank Archmage could have the power to get rid of me. This world is really going crazy…’

Laibo’s eyes were lifeless and he looked at Lin Yun’s back with a complicated expression, his mind in chaos.

As for Lin Yun, dismantling forty puppets at once was already his limits. Dismantling the puppets in an instant required more than just technique and a detailed understanding of the puppets, it also needed a huge amount of mana. The more powerful a puppet, the more mana needed.

He consumed all his mana in one breath, but he was only able to dismantle forty puppets.

In one second, Lin Yun recovered all his mana, but the rest of the puppets already awakened and attacked alongside the two Heaven Puppets.

One of the Heaven Puppets wielded long sharp blades, but the blades weren’t embedded in its arms, the puppet was actually holding them like a swordsman would. This added even more variation to its attack patterns. The blades also had several enchantments such as Sharpness, Haste, Magic Penetration, Sturdiness…

That puppet’ scarlet eyes flickered a few times before it instantly disappeared, reappearing in front of Lin Yun the next moment, slashing its two 2-meter-long blades at Lin Yun’s body. As it slashed, Lin Yun saw the enchantments on the blades being activated, including that Magic Penetration.

Strength, Sturdiness, Friction Removal, and Haste were all activated. A law rune even shone on the puppet’s forehead.

That was the special ability that a puppet obtained after advancing to the Heaven Rank. The ability obtained by every puppet was different and it was difficult to figure it out before they used it.

Lin Yun raised his Law Runic Shield and his Four Element Shield while the mana in his surroundings surged forth. It looked like his body was pushed by mana as he flickered sideway twice, reappearing a dozen meters away.

But then, the rune on the puppet’s forehead shone brightly and Lin Yun could no longer sense it. A feeling of crisis rose in his mind.

The Four Element Shield rapidly flickered until the four elemental lights collapsed. The Four Elemental Shield was torn apart and even the Law Runic Shield was like a bubble changing shape.

As the sharp blade landed on the Law Runic Shield, seven thousand law runes rapidly crowded to a fist-sized spot and resisted the sharp impact.

There were still several thousand law runes throbbing around that fist-sized spot. The number of runes gathered together had already reached the limit. In other words, if the other side’s power was just a tiny bit stronger, it could pierce through the shield before the law runes could react!