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Chapter 662 - 37: Floating Sword Box (4/3, ask for double monthly pass!)

Chapter 662: Chapter 37: Floating Sword Box (4/3, ask for double monthly pass!)

Locked on by the combat puppet, a sense of impending death rose from his spine and pierced his forehead.

His muscles trembled slightly, as if a faint electric current was flowing through them.

An Jing took a deep breath.

This combat puppet was far more powerful than an average Foundation Establishment; its armor was made of high-strength Spirit Steel alloy, its weapon a state-of-the-art Floating Armament, and its power core consisted of five Spirit Qi Furnaces, each one of the high-level Foundation Establishment grade.

It wasn’t just any ordinary wartime puppetry—it was an experimental custom body, and it could even be said to be the battle body of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator who had undergone Feather Transformation. Now that it was controlled by AI, its strength was actually reduced.

But even so, for An Jing’s current team, it was an incredibly difficult opponent to overcome.

—Martial Arts measures must be taken, and we cannot afford to hold back if we want to defeat it in a short time.

This was An Jing’s judgment.

A Feather Transformation cultivator’s strength lies precisely here: their bodies are entirely Magic and Spiritual Artifacts, even their Divine Skills and magic are fused with their bodies. They have physical strength comparable to Body Refinement, skilled magic on par with Divine Skills, and abundant Spiritual Power far exceeding their peers, all dependent on how much money and how many Spirit Stones they have.

This path can be dominated by resources; collective power can quickly craft methods that would normally take decades to cultivate.

By oneself, one can eliminate or block an entire team of cultivators. Aside from the cost, combat puppets have no drawbacks.

An Jing could sense that everyone behind him, even the mercenaries, began to breathe rapidly. Steel Skeleton gripped their long blade tightly, and Mrs. Guang clutched her round bead magical tool.

Fear was in everyone—fear of death, crisis, the enemy’s might, and the unknown future.

—But he never feared.

An Jing discarded the sword box in his hand; with his right hand, the Life-taking Sword materialized out of thin air, its blood-red blade drawing a crimson trajectory.

The next instant, exerting force from his feet, An Jing leaned forward, stepping onto the earth which erupted in sparks and scattered dust. Amid the howling wind and dust, he became the sharpest blade, charging straight at the enemy’s strongest point—directly ahead!

At this moment, everyone on the field received their orders.

"Non-Foundation Establishment combat teams, use Thunder and Fire Series magic talismans, or hack into its control network to restrict the puppet’s Floating Gun and movements."

"Steel Skeleton, advance with me on the left, restrain its firepower."

"Mrs. Guang, disrupt the ground, make it lose its footing."

In an instant, tactics were decided and orders were given simultaneously. An Jing didn’t even leave time for the enemy to question ’what about you?’ He had already met the combat puppet’s spearhead head-on.

As An Jing charged, the combat puppet’s three observation lenses locked onto the odd Qi Refinement cultivator. Its limbs, two wielding long guns, one clutching a shield, and another a heavy Spirit Light Machine Gun, prepared for action.

Buzz! A strong current tore through the air, the puppet stabbed out with its gun aimed directly at An Jing’s forehead, then LMG aimed and fired at An Jing’s every possible dodge, showering him with high-temperature metal bullets.

Meanwhile, twelve Floating Guns charged towards Steel Skeleton and Mrs. Guang following An Jing’s charge.

But something strange happened.

The gun pointed at An Jing’s forehead may have hit its target, but there was no feedback of piercing anything soft. Instead...

The spearhead shattered.

Boom! Before it could react further, the combat puppet felt an impact against its chest and abdomen as potent as heavy artillery.

According to its programming, it should retreat and unload the force, but the earth beneath turned soft like mud, trapping its movements.

At this moment, Mrs. Guang exerted her full magic. This gentle lady, not having extensive experience in such deadly combat, should have been panicking and retreating in fear.

But as long as she followed An Jing, obeyed his instructions, she found the strength to perform.

Crackle—

Intense Thunder Light burst from around the combat puppet, which then overloaded one of its cores, activating Protective Five Thunders, forcing An Jing to retreat—taking a shot could be attributed to a strong Body Refining Technique, but enduring such a blast of Foundation-Establishment-peak Thunder Light, even when his own Martial Meridian was almost at Foundation Establishment level, was asking for trouble.

But no matter, stepping back, An Jing charged again, Life-taking Sword colliding with the long gun, the sword blade and gun blade resonating visibly with tremors.

Though his strength was less than his opponent’s, being knocked back after a stalemate, An Jing was quick to entangle once more.

Meanwhile, as An Jing and the combat puppet were locked in a standoff, Steel Skeleton evaded two Floating Guns aiming for his neck and chest, and with a flash of his blade, the third Floating Gun, hastily shot out due to the puppet’s stumble, was diagonally cut in half by him.

And the rest of the Floating Guns were slowed immensely by the mercenaries’ fired Thunder Talismans.

"Use fire as well as thunder, fire! Thunder and fire conquer metal!" yelled Zhang Zhuo, whose academic background endowed him with abundant theoretical knowledge. His long gun, coincidentally of the Fire Attribute, worked well with the Thunder Talisman, managing to actually stop a Floating Gun.

[Well done!]

In the eyes of Steel Skeleton shone brightness; his experience in life-and-death battles informed him that opportunities last but a moment—if he could seize it, he could create the miracle of the weak overpowering the strong, defeating a mighty enemy!

And the moment to strike is now!

The chip and the Feathered Body function concurrently. In an instant, the long knife manifests six effects—’Sharpness,’ ’Acceleration,’ ’Sturdiness,’ ’Breaking,’ ’Break Magic,’ and ’Taibai Blade.’ The blade, radiating keen golden light, is swung by the Steel Skeleton, carving the air and forming a vacuum fissure, intending to cleave the unsteady War Puppet in two.

But just then, the War Puppet’s chest compartment suddenly flips open, and a barrage of missiles is rapidly launched, forcing An Jing to retreat and dodge.

Steel Skeleton is shocked. He doesn’t dodge but uses the force of the blade’s wind to detonate the missiles mid-air, continuing his slash towards the Puppet.

Boom, boom, boom—amidst the continuous explosions, the strength of the Sword Light wanes, and the War Puppet reacts, raising a shield to block.

The slash directly bisects the shield at an angle but fails to harm the opponent.

And Steel Skeleton is also forced to retreat—his right arm, affected by the rocket explosion, is malfunctioning, and the War Puppet’s heavy machine gun starts zeroing in on An Jing and Steel Skeleton, making them retreat.

Silver-white light surges around it, and with its shield-less hand pointing to the ground, ’Pointing to the ground as steel’ is activated. The once surging ground instantly hardens again, and with three eyes locked on Mrs. Guang, who is still vying for control over the terrain, a ’Taibai Thunder Light’ is about to burst forth from within.

But at this juncture, the Mercenary Corps’ firepower erupts. The War Puppet is engulfed by a tide-like barrage of rockets from the weapons An Jing has outfitted, momentarily causing it system errors: Is the enemy a squad or an entire heavy artillery corps? Why is there such a level of firepower? This is illogical.

But it can’t afford to ponder much longer, for An Jing charges forward once again, his blood-red Sword Light dashing swiftly like lightning, aiming straight for the Puppet’s lower spinal central control area.

Clang! Sword and spear collide, emitting a bone-chilling tremor. The War Puppet’s reaction is still swift, utilizing its universal joint arms to block An Jing’s rapid sequence of sword strikes from unimaginably agile angles.

In a matter of seconds, they exchange blows dozens of times, each faster than the last. Outweighed by the Puppet, An Jing is sent flying mid-strike exchange, but with extreme agility, as if boosted by acceleration, he lands back on the ground at lightning speed to regain his balance and launch another attack.

But the War Puppet, with its four limbs and arms, takes aim with its heavy machine gun and fires again—until the machine gun loses control.

No, this is no accident. Within the ranks of Steel Skeleton’s Mercenary Corps, several Array Masters have sharp red light flickering in their eyes, one of whom suddenly has his eyes flash and dim, then falls dead, blood seeping from his mouth and nose.

"Sheng is gone, it was a military-grade offensive firewall!" "The system is incompatible, there’s a loophole, it can be hacked!" "We can at least paralyze some of its armaments!" They exchange urgent messages in their local network, and their hacking efforts are causing disruptions in the War Puppet’s operations.

"Be careful, An Xuan!"

Just then, An Jing hears someone’s warning: "Behind you!"

The Floating Guns break free from the Thunder Talisman’s seal, and under the War Puppet’s control, these terrifying airborne guns, like artillery shells, thrust towards An Jing’s back!

Steel Skeleton also sees this, leaping into the air, he cuts down two of the guns, but the remaining seven barrels, like the Big Dipper, thrust at the vital points around An Jing’s body!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, the resounding booms of seven Sword Boxes firing off occur at the same time.

From some unknown moment, seven Sword Boxes floated in mid-air. Each aimed at one Floating Gun, locking on and firing at the critical moment, sending all seven Floating Guns off course!

"This is the power of high-quality chips, it’s so thrilling, the technology of the Tianyuan Realm is truly formidable!"

A crimson glow flickers in An Jing’s eyes, which reflects not only the True Spirit Eye but also the full operation of the ’Seventh-Generation Chip’!

Since the moment he deployed the Sword Boxes, An Jing himself has been fighting the War Puppet, with the Seventh-Generation Chip assisting in controlling the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban and those unmanned Sword Boxes, then locking onto the enemy targets!

Floating Guns? Great stuff, mastered already!

Learning just by watching and turning it into a unique skill, An Jing sees through the Floating Guns’ mechanism in a glance. Its essence is a gun-version of the sword control technique, ’Sky Sword.’ If the War Puppet can use Floating Guns, then he can use Floating Sword Boxes too! And he’ll definitely outperform the War Puppet—better, stronger, more agile!

Comparing with Taibai Luminous Godly Ban’s ability to control ’metal’ and ’five weapons’? Ha!

The War Puppet exerts power, knocking An Jing away again, but this time, An Jing doesn’t engage using ’Grasping Heavenly Moment.’

Seven Sword Boxes float behind him, all aimed at the Puppet’s torso. In the next instant, a raging gale rises, and seven swords aimed at the same spot are launched, howling piercingly!

"Incredible"

At this moment, a flicker of awareness seems to arise in the three observational eyes of the War Puppet, as if a will descends from afar—and at that instant, the previously uncontrolled seven Floating Guns regain command. They rapidly converge in front of the War Puppet’s chest, forming a rudimentary Defensive Array, and staunchly block the combined onslaught of the seven Sword Boxes.

But it’s a desperate struggle.

For Steel Skeleton, also at the peak of Foundation Establishment, accelerates again, slashing at the War Puppet’s side.

And this time, it no longer has its chest missiles nor shield.

Clang!

A grating metallic sound resounds as the silver metal Puppet is cleaved in half at the waist!

With the War Puppet losing power, the ground once again falls under Mrs. Guang’s control. Half of its body is swallowed by the earth, and its glowing self-destruct core is suppressed, immobilized.

An Jing, at his fastest speed, reaches the remaining half of the War Puppet’s body, swings his sword to slice open the armor, and then reaches out, seizing the central control core of the Puppet in his hand!