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Tie Fu'er patted the twisted metal wreckage that had been carried over, his voice low and solid, carrying an artisan's steadiness. "Young Master, this 'Flower-Like' puppet used our Chen Clan's secret Mechanism Art and specially made Soul Power Alloy for its frame and core. It can hold up somewhat."
"But the other parts were made from common materials, so a single unit isn't that powerful. In a head-on clash, it's only a shade stronger than the puppets cobbled together by ordinary Mechanism Masters."
His gaze swept over the mess below, sorting through it clearly as he pointed out the key point. "What makes them formidable isn't individual perfection, but—numbers, and coordination."
"We built eight types, each with clear roles: long-range, mid-range, close combat, aerial... just like different kinds of soul masters, each doing their own job. Put together, they can cover every direction. Only with numbers and coordination does their power truly show."
Chen Zhouzhao nudged half a scorched "arm" with the tip of his foot and curled his lip. "Fat second brother, sure, you can say that, but aren't these iron ladies of yours way too fragile? One light poke and they fell apart."
"You fu..." Tie Fu'er's eyes widened. Catching sight of the elders from the corner of his eye, he swallowed the rest of the words down by force and only glared at him fiercely. "Those last two 'Flower-Like' units with the magnets on their backs were specially meant to deal with soul masters like you with Tool Martial Souls."
"But you just had to smash them with that completely unreasonable Thunder Sword Intent, and in one hit you scrambled the Gravity Field they created into a total mess."
"Then Jie Qi and Du Ling followed up with another sword strike, wrecking the