What rises from the forest is actually a clockwork goblin - with the most classic appearance, the copper shell shimmers in the moonlight, and the elytra are spread out like a golden beetle. Yin
Extending from below are thin chain-like wings that vibrate rapidly to provide basic lift - alchemists have the ability to create things quickly in this world, but they still cannot violate the basic laws of physics.
Fang Plover considered using a wooden shell and structure, but that was too heavy.
The copper shell and cold iron structure provide the right weight and etheric affinity. It is the most perfect design after countless generations of improvements by craftsmen, at least in the field of detecting goblins.
But these clockwork goblins are actually quite different inside.
All unnecessary designs under the shell have been eliminated. Because there is no need to land, there is no precise sensor crystal, no need for heat dissipation, and a balancer. It is designed to rush to the most important level in the shortest life. moment.
The clockwork fairy screamed and flew forward, on the podium, on the playing field, in the picture, under the gaze of the audience.
There is only a simple gray crystal being fixed at its core. That kind of crystal does not exist in nature, but as long as magic is used to destroy the ether balance in it, an unstable elemental crystal will be born. Yin
It connects a simple visual system to a continuously running gear mechanism through the main core crystal - this is the unsimplified version.
The latter takes up most of the space that other parts of this clockwork goblin should have occupied.
Through the goblin doll 'Vina', Luo Wei could still see through the clockwork goblin's rudimentary vision that the spire in front of her was zooming closer and closer in her field of vision, but she still looked a little worried.
"Cut off the contact," Fang Plover said softly. Many people have seen him use the efreet, but few people know what is the difference between his efreet and others.
He turned back to look at his senior sister, "If it's too late, the magic power shock from the feedback will damage the goblin doll."
"But the fairy doll itself doesn't have any skills."
Luo Wei believes that if the connection is cut off, the clockwork goblins will just fall like rain, and the gray crystal will not be detonated at the precise time and will only be smashed. Yin
"Don't worry," Fang Plover looked at the meteors flying in the sky, "they will fly very high."
"Is it because of that device?" Luo Wei turned around and asked.
Fang Plover nodded.
The closed-circulation device was taught to him by Gu Bai Zhi Ye, but it has changed beyond recognition. He adopted an earlier version, which is enough to meet the needs of the efreeti.
"Do you want to learn?" Fang Pliong asked the senior sister, "I can teach you."
Luo Wei shook her head, she was just a fairy user, there was no use learning this.
The clockwork goblins have already flown over the guard area of the tower in a swarm. The mechanical creatures scattered there raised their heads. The tower is obviously still analyzing the origin of these intruders. Yin
But when the flying clockwork goblin entered its dive, the tower finally seemed to sense the danger.
Fire djinn fell like rain.
The mechanical creatures tried to evacuate, but the clockwork goblins turned towards them as if they were manipulated by humans, swooped down to the closest position to them, and then raised a spark from within.
The sparks turned into a dazzling sun in an instant, and the flickering fire extended from back to front like a blanketing bombardment, and the forest turned into a sea of fire in an instant.
Not every clockwork goblin can accurately hit the enemy, but one of the three or four clockwork goblins can always predict it successfully. They fall to the ground like a rain of light and then explode.
"this--!"
Jellos almost jumped from his seat. Yin
He is an alchemist himself and has participated in the mainland league in the past. Of course, he understands the limitations of the fairy dolls.
The efreet is not unique to Fang Plover among the battle craftsmen. It appeared in the Lotao War, and the method of manipulation is not complicated - just cut off the etheric connection with the gray crystal at the last moment, and then let the clockwork fairy Just hit it in the given direction - it will work.
But that is actually the basic use of the remaining skills group, because no matter how powerful the fairy doll is, it cannot do this.
The goblin doll cannot detonate the gray crystal unless it risks being destroyed by the magic feedback. But there is another possibility, that is, Fang Plover's clockwork goblin is a special category...
Many thoughts flashed through Jerry's mind in an instant. He knew a lot about most of the players present, and there was a whole team behind Super Sports to provide him with technical support——
The outside world knows that the Dragon Alchemist and his Efreet, rather than loving to use the Clockwork Fairy to attack, are very good at residual techniques, but not many people know that his Clockwork Fairy itself is also special.
He has a type of fighting goblin, which the outside world calls Thorin's Star, but it is not related to the efreet. According to the available information, he has never regarded Thorin's Star and similar fighting goblins as efreets. Used.Yin
The efreet itself is a variant of the clockwork fairy.
But his efreet is also a strange creature.
How could anyone be so fond of clockwork fairies?
Jellos felt as if he had been punched in the face, and his mind was a little dizzy for a moment. He explained all the experiences he had experienced in his career, but the person in front of him seemed to come specifically to pick a fight with him - you said you have seen everything?
Have you seen this?
He had never seen this before.
But even in such a short period of time, he still analyzed everything and forced himself to calm down, "It's incredible. Player Ed seems to have done the impossible. His clockwork fairy must be very special -" Yin
Every year, many new technologies emerge in the mainland league.
This is actually one of the meanings of the competition among craftsmen.
But in fact, most of the audience, including those with a certain knowledge, could not quite understand this scene. Fire djinn were rarely seen because most combat craftsmen regarded them as an inefficient attack method.
It looks lively, but the damage level is very low, and the damage to targets above a certain level is not obvious. It is also inefficient and costly. Quantity is used to make up for quality, but ordinary people cannot use margin techniques on a large scale.
It can indeed be used by multiple people, but it requires extremely high tacit understanding. As long as one Clockwork Goblin detonates first, other delicate and fragile gray crystals will be turned into powder in the magic shock.
The final result is that not many people like to use it, but it is more common in low-level battles, and someone like Fang Plover who uses it from level 5 or 6 to almost level 30 is unique.
However, the audience can at least intuitively see the killing effect of this round of attacks. Fire rain falls from the sky, and every three clockwork goblins search for a living target in tacit understanding. Yin
They are as pleasing to the eye as art. They seem to be full of intelligence, but in fact they are efficient and ruthless behind them——
There was even a clockwork goblin looking for help at high altitude, responsible for the pursuit, with almost no blind spots in all directions. After the sea of fire, all the mechanical creatures in the forest were gone.
In comparison, the arduous and arduous battles of the Imperials now seem somewhat comical.
In just a quarter of an hour, Fang Plover directed the second round of clockwork goblins to move forward. The battle line was already close to the surroundings of the tower, or it could no longer be called a 'battle line'.
It's just the extended range of the bombing.
Mechanical towers of this level lack intelligence and can only passively make mechanical creatures retreat. As a result, they are massacred together.
This is not surprising to Fang Plover. The level of the mechanical creatures in the outer spire is not very high, but in the first round of the competition, the craftsmen's means and resources were also lacking. Yin
The efreet is a perfect fit here.
Jerros finally realized that something was wrong. The efreets were not endless, but the clockwork elves were the smallest and cheapest constructs that craftsmen could make.
Gray crystal is even worthless, especially after mastering the crystal veins. Fang Plover is recycling the mechanical remains on the battlefield. With the speed at which he makes constructs, there are not fewer efreets on the battlefield in the end— —
But it has become more.
The troubles that the Imperial people encountered before were now reversed.
Mechanical Tower 76A is in trouble.
The mechanical tower also seemed confused. It was originally running according to the program set by the occultists in advance, but the opponent on the opposite side seemed to be playing cards a little unconventionally. Yin
Its actual tactics are to copy, proliferate, use the mechanical numerical advantage to overwhelm its opponents, and continue to expand until the invaders are driven out of its guarded area.
Fang Plover didn't know where this kind of mechanical tower came from. There was no similar product in Aitaria, but it did follow a certain logic and should not be a product created out of thin air by the bachelors of the Silver Tower.
However, Mechanical Tower 76A now encountered an opponent whose tactics were exactly the same as his own, and who seemed to be better than him. In the end, he was at a loss and could only make the constructs retreat.
The reason for the retreat was that it judged that the existing forces could not break through the fire blockade.
The result was a complete collapse.
This was a scene that Jerros had never seen before.
In the tree customs card, he used force to defeat skill, used quantity to fight quantity, and then completely disabled the mechanical tower. Yin
Although it is only the most basic mechanical tower on the periphery, he has never heard that the subsequent battles will gradually degrade. They will only gradually escalate as the craftsmen gain more resources and means.
But it was hard for him to imagine that scene.
The constructed creatures still tried to attack the targets in the air, but Fang Plover finally defeated their defense line. The clockwork goblin penetrated the outer defense line of the mechanical creatures and flew directly into the mechanical tower.
Things became lively after that. What the people of the Empire could do with all their lives was something that the Clockwork Goblin, a master of suicide attacks, was good at.
Finally, one clockwork fairy hit the center of the mechanical tower, and another clockwork fairy flew into the mechanical furnace.
The interior of the low-level mechanical tower lacked efficient protection, and finally everything fell silent amid two bursts of fire and loud noises.
The battlefield was filled with smoke, and fragments of mechanical creatures were scattered in the charred forest. The scene looked like it had experienced a shocking battle, but in fact, it was only two people who took action. Yin
At this moment, there are hundreds of millions of viewing streams in the two worlds. Even if most people cannot understand the technical details, they can at least understand the entire battle process.
"Is this a craftsman competition?"
Some people are even asking.
"I didn't know this game was so beautiful before."
"It turns out that craftsmen's competitions are so exciting."
Jerros was sweating profusely and didn't know what expression he should make. On the one hand, it was good for the Continental League to attract more attention, but that might not be the case in the next edition.
He thought. Yin
Fang Plover was slowly walking through a scorched battlefield, and Luo Wei was following him.
In fact, Luo Wei didn't actually take any action until the end. She just maintained her fairy doll and watched Fang Plover's performance from the sidelines.
She looked at Fang Plover's back and was slightly confused. Could he dominate the scene like this anywhere?
"The Kaolin people entered the spire," Jerros described dryly, and the next scene made him slightly relieved, "But they were not very lucky, and no goblins were found in this mechanical tower. Soul——"
He seems to be a little lucky about this. As a professional commentator, he has no preference for any team, and from a tactical perspective, the Empire has a big plan.
But for some reason, he always felt that the Empire's plan was not so sound. Especially in front of that young and thin figure, could anything really trap him?
He couldn't help but think of another face, the girl named Loofah.
But that person is far from outrageous.
Inside the tower.
Fang Plover was boarding the central platform, looking at the things placed in the box there - there was the trophy of their trip - a device with a very sophisticated appearance, with countless pipes connected to the crystals in it, and the surface shone with a metallic luster. .
A secondary mechanical artifact.
In this level, all the real mechanical artifacts are stored in the three main towers. The secondary mechanical artifacts can be regarded as high-level magic tools. No one knows who invented them.
In fact, no one has ever seen such things in the outside world. Their functions are all kinds of strange, just like the one in front of you, the constant magic furnace.
Its function is to provide eternal and endless magic power for a large or smaller construct. In a sense, this can be regarded as an artifact, but it is a product of imagination. Yin
It's hard for Fang Plover to imagine that such alchemical items exist in the real world. If there are, they must be the creations of gods rather than mortals.
He quickly figured out the purpose of this thing, and then asked Senior Luo Wei to put it away - this is still the periphery of the Sea of Trees area, and the closer to the core area, the more powerful the mechanical artifacts there are.
Competing for mechanical artifacts is also the top priority of this level.
But to his disappointment, there was no fairy soul in this spire, and their journey was in vain.
"It took one hour and twenty minutes to capture this mechanical tower." Luo Wei checked the time.
Fang Plover raised his head and looked out through the skylight of the tower. There was the night sky over the sea of trees. He could imagine that the Imperial people must also be taking action.
This was not analyzed by himself, but by Ms. Ming, their soul fingerprints, and the others. The Imperials were certainly not counting on their superiority in numbers to win over the team outside the sea. Yin
That's a bit too low-level. The Empire also has old opponents with Ming and Soul fingerprints, and the opponent's tactical analysts are not just for nothing. They will definitely maximize their own advantages.
But as long as we talk about maximization, the logic of its behavior can be traced. In the final analysis, there are just a few types. Minghe's soul fingerprints can also be screened out one by one by enumeration.
As for which one the Imperial people will use, he needs to make a judgment based on the information, but it seems that radical tactics are more likely to surprise people, so based on the principle of leniency based on knowing the enemy——
He judged that the progress of the Imperial people might exceed his expectations.
"But we have to stop and rest." Fang Yu was a little regretful that he didn't get the second fairy soul, which interrupted his expected plan.
"It's easy to replenish the clockwork goblins, but we have to wait for Xiaoyao and the others to send the second batch of gray crystals," Fang Yu turned around and said, "Senior, let's take a rest. After that, we will go to the next mechanical tower."
"What about you?" Yin
"We obtained a lot of magic ironwood in the tower, which can be used to make inscriptions on higher-level flexible construction core crystals. I plan to process this batch of materials."
Luo Wei nodded slightly.
"The Corinthians have stopped," Jerros silently glanced at the time. Fourteen hours had passed in the world of the tree sea, and four hours had passed in the real world.
But for the Spire Trial, it's just the beginning.
He took a short rest to regroup. There was still a long time to come. The players did not need to rest in that special space, but the commentators did.
The event organizer has prepared three groups of people for the competition. He and his assistant are only on the first shift, but there is still a long time before the handover.
The tense atmosphere of the game seemed to slow down temporarily after entering the second half of the night.
The Imperials successfully launched their plan, and although the Kaolin people were less lucky, they made rapid progress.
The other teams didn't have much trouble. Some teams lost their manpower, and even the Taxin Singers, the team with the slowest progress, managed to gain a foothold.
However, Jellos also believes that the calm will not last long.
Because the Imperial people were about to arrive at the second mechanical tower, and he also saw at the same time that the second batch of gray crystals from the Kaolin people was leaving the mining area and being transported to the front line.
Beneath the calm surface seems to be pregnant with the coming of a more violent storm, and Jerros has clearly noticed that the pace of this steeple trial is much faster than before.
Only the people in Giant Tree Hill were a little quiet, which surprised him a little. He originally thought that the team that the genius Forin was on would become another hot spot.
But they just established the forward base smoothly, just as he had guessed. Yin
The first day of the game became a battleground between the Imperials and the Kaolin people.
He expected that the teams would not have much contact the next day. Each team was distributed over a fairly wide area. Players from each participating delegation would usually test other teams after preparing everything. touch.
After all, this is only the second level of the spire, and no one wants their rash advancement to be an opportunity for others to reap profits.
Generally speaking, the formal temptation will appear on the second day in reality, that is, three to four days later in the sea of trees space.
The reality was pretty much what he expected.
The competition went on in an orderly manner. The Empire Workshop and the Ayinbrok Craftsmen Association quickly arrived at their destination and successfully captured the second mechanical tower.
It was also the third mechanical tower captured in this game. Yin
This attack by the Imperials was much smoother than the first.
Because of the raw materials harvested from the first mechanical tower - especially some rare metals and magical materials, the Imperials can easily create higher-level constructs.
Their newly obtained fairy souls are enough to support their use of second-level alien structures in combat.
It was a gray construct with an energy light blade.
"Archangel," Jerros simply commented, "The walker structure of the Archangel series, one of the signature variants of the Gray Territory Guild, and the Silver Veslan Angel Angel are the work of the same workshop."
"As expected of the Gemini, the production precision is very high," he couldn't help but praise, "The Angel supported by this precision is much better than the ones on the market. I almost thought it was a third-level structure."
As he spoke, he looked at his watch again. The Imperials were already almost six hours ahead of the other teams. Yin
He looked at the other side and saw that the progress of the Kaolin people was second only to the Imperial people.
"The Empire is preparing to divide its troops." At this time, the assistant suddenly said.
Jellos looked back.
This time the Imperial people did not continue their usual good luck, and only found a secondary mechanical artifact in the second mechanical tower.
Then the imperial troops divided into two groups, and the two participating groups separated again and headed towards two different mechanical towers on the map - 74A and 46B.
The Imperials are further expanding their advantage, Jerros thought, and the Imperial Workshop has even selected a B-class mechanical tower as its target.
But do they have this ability? Jellos suddenly felt a little confused when he thought of the second secondary mechanical artifact obtained by the imperial people.
The progress of the game was speeding up again under the guidance of the Imperial people, and Jerros suddenly discovered the existence of a crystal vein near the 74A mechanical tower.
He couldn't help but squint his eyes, luck seemed to be favoring the Imperial people once again, and now there was something good to see.
The Imperials got the start they dreamed of.
Likewise, the battle between the Imperials also ended the illusion that Fang Plover had established in previous games, making people feel that they were inferior.
The swarm attack of the efreets was certainly shocking, but the concise and efficient collaboration of the Imperials was equally impressive. And after taking down two mechanical towers, the audience seemed to realize the advantage of numbers.
There was a lot of discussion in the live broadcast room about the cooperation between Waihai and the Imperial people.
Many people seem to be questioning whether this is fair - Yin
"But cooperation is a double-edged sword," Jerros shook his head. The rules require that all teams must benefit from this cooperation, which is tantamount to dispersing the dividends that the Imperials gain from rapid advancement.
They gain from it initially, but gradually it becomes a liability because the benefits in this area are limited -
The Imperial people had to rush to expand their results, which was also driven by the same psychology. When the advantages of early cooperation were obvious enough, they tried their best to convert them into definite advantages.
Jellos accurately grasped the mentality of the Oshu people at this moment: "If the snowball cannot be rolled up, the alliance will fall apart due to internal competition for interests. This is a common thing in the past."
But the Imperials seem to have their own plans.
Jerros had already noticed the changes in the light spots on the map, and the Golden Blade was moving closer to the Imperial Workshop. He raised his eyebrows, thinking that this was indeed the case.
"If the Empire unites all overseas and selection teams, then they must eliminate all other competitors in order to maintain the stability of the alliance itself." Yin
"The people of the Empire must gain enough victory points in this sea of trees. Their ambition is so great that it is a bit surprising. This is something that has never happened before."
"In other words," Jerros said as he looked at the changes in the situation on the map, "if the traditional strong teams of the Giant Tree Hill, Lotao and Corin-Ithulian are really eliminated in the Spire Trial.
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"...This is unprecedented in the history of the league. Do the Imperials really think they can fight one against three?"