Devil Transformation

A Mechanical Swordsman reached the Wizard Tower, pressed a hand against it, and a tiny suction cup shot out from its finger, fastening firmly to the tower. Then, alternating its hands, it nimbly climbed up the smooth wall of the Wizard Tower.

The two Steel Golems held back quite a few Mechanical Swordsmen. Yet huge numbers of Mechanical Swordsmen climbed directly toward the top of the Wizard Tower from other directions.

Dense swarms of Mechanical Swordsmen crawled upward like ants, a terrifying sight to behold.

Inside the Wizard Tower, many Wizard Apprentices turned pale at the sight, fear flashing through their eyes.

Those Wizard Apprentices had also gone out on expeditions and defeated many enemies. But they had never seen such an enormous horde of monsters as the Mechanical Swordsmen. No matter how many Mechanical Swordsmen they knocked down with spells, even more would swarm in to fill the gaps. That feeling of enemies that could never be slain was enough to drive anyone into utter despair.

"Arcane Missile!"

"Acid Splash!"

"Dark Ray!"

"..."

On the second floor of the Wizard Tower were four windows. Unable to withstand the immense pressure, the Wizard Apprentices at those windows began casting spells at the Mechanical Swordsmen, knocking them down one after another.

After the Mechanical Swordsmen fell to the ground, as long as their Core Chips had not been destroyed, they would climb back up and swiftly crawl toward the windows of the Wizard Tower once more.

Without the Wizard Apprentices' cantrip support, the two Steel Golems were immediately besieged in a frenzy by hundreds of Mechanical Swordsmen, who traded their lives for injuries.

After holding out for barely a dozen exchanges, the two Steel Golems were directly torn apart by the hundreds of Mechanical Swordsmen and collapsed to the ground. Before falling, however, they had destroyed more than a hundred and fifty Mechanical Swordsmen.

The moment the two Steel Golems fell, dense swarms of Mechanical Swordsmen surged before the Wizard Tower. Some sheathed their Alloy Battle Blades, extended two drills from their hands, and stabbed them viciously into the tower gates, drilling madly into them. Others swung their Alloy Battle Blades and slashed fiercely at the gates, leaving one shallow gash after another.

Watching from afar as the Mechanical Swordsmen besieged the Wizard Tower, Yang Feng felt a trace of doubt rise in his heart.

Boni, a formal Level-1 Warlock, had yet to make a move. Who knew what he was thinking? If he acted, perhaps he could destroy several hundred more Mechanical Swordsmen.

To Yang Feng, even if several thousand Mechanical Swordsmen were destroyed, it was no price at all as long as he could secure victory. They only needed to be remelted in the arsenal, and the Mechanical Swordsmen could be reborn. Unless the enemy was clever enough to take away the wreckage of the Mechanical Swordsmen as well, a Mechanical Swordsman had not truly been killed.

"Fireball Spell!"

All of a sudden, light flared atop the Wizard Tower. Ten enormous fireballs, almost linked in a single line, blasted directly toward Yang Feng.

The Mechanical Swordsmen around Yang Feng sprang up one after another and crashed into the fireballs.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thunderous explosions rang out without pause as Mechanical Swordsmen were blown directly to pieces by the gigantic fireballs.

Yang Feng gave a cold smile. "A decapitation operation? It really is a good idea! Unfortunately, killing me won't be so easy!"

"Is that so? Steel Lord Yang Ye, go die!"

Amid the massive explosions, an icy, violent voice rang out. A huge mass of black fog abruptly poured forth, instantly engulfing Yang Feng together with the eight hundred Mechanical Swordsmen around him.

In an instant, boundless darkness swallowed Yang Feng, leaving him unable to see anything.

Yang Feng said calmly, "Activate the Infrared Scanning System, Sonic Detection—"

"Die!!" Along with a voice brimming with rage, a claw tore directly through Yang Feng's chest.

Almost at the same time, Yang Feng activated the Infrared Scanning System and the Sonic Detection System. Using the information gathered by the two scanning systems and reconstructed into an image through the intelligent brain's analysis, he "saw" the figure of the person who had torn open his chest.

Boni had transformed into a black demon three meters tall, his entire body covered in black skin, with a pair of demon horns and a pair of demon wings growing from his back.

No. 3796 retrieved the data and transmitted it into Yang Feng's mind. "Devil Transformation! A secret technique of Bloodline Warlocks! By transplanting demon bloodlines, Warlocks gain the powerful strength of demons."

Demons were incomparably powerful monsters. Even the lowest-ranking demons possessed combat power comparable to a Level-1 Warlock. Not only were their bodies tyrannically strong, they also possessed formidable talent for spellcasting. Some Warlocks liked to transplant demon bloodlines, allowing them to rapidly become immensely powerful and making the road of cultivation far smoother.

Bloodline Warlocks were a type of Warlock who transplanted all kinds of bloodlines into human bodies to gain the powers of various mighty monsters. Once such Warlocks successfully transplanted a powerful bloodline, they would possess a powerful strength. Among all kinds of Warlocks, they were the ones most likely to obtain great power. Their only flaw was that if the original body proved incompatible with the transplanted bloodline, there was a danger of exploding to death, going mad, or suffering all manner of other consequences.

Boni had originally already stood at the peak of Level-1 Warlocks. After undergoing Devil Transformation, his combat power was comparable to the weakest of Level-2 Warlocks. Only then had he been able to succeed in a single strike and pierce Yang Feng's heart.

"You... have no heart! No, that's not right. You're a puppet? No!! What is going on? What exactly are you?" After Boni thrust a claw into Yang Feng's heart, the savage smile on his face abruptly changed. His face filled with horror as he tore forcefully and pulled a Liquid Metal Heart from Yang Feng's chest.

The Liquid Metal Heart flowed out from Boni's hand and flew back into Yang Feng's body.

"The master of the Black Hut truly is powerful! Let me give you a gift!"

Yang Feng gave Boni a faint smile, and his body instantly erupted in a massive explosion.

"Distortion Field!" Boni's expression changed drastically as he immediately cast this Level-1 defensive spell.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The eight hundred Mechanical Swordsmen around Yang Feng self-destructed at the same time. The terrifying explosions instantly swallowed Boni and everything around him whole.

The earth shook as violent shockwaves spread in all directions, kicking up billows of terrifying smoke and dust.

Before the smoke and dust from the explosions had fully dispersed, two hundred Mechanical Swordsmen darted out from the side and rushed into the haze.

Not long afterward, the two hundred Mechanical Swordsmen emerged from the explosion carrying Boni, whose entire body was incomparably battered and broken.