Vital Energy Shielding Alloy

2024-07-25

Chapter 384 (4200) Vital Energy Shielding Alloy

A direct attack on the immune system?

Everyone looked on in astonishment. "How is this possible?!"

Ma Lei raised her already red, swollen, and twisted right hand. "When we attacked it, we used force enhanced with Yuan Qi, but after it hit, both the Qi and the elements crumbled upon contact. Without the protection of Qi, this force is beyond what flesh and blood can withstand."

Wang Shuwen, who was standing to the side, nodded. Just now, when he kicked the statue away, his right leg was also broken.

"What should we do then?" The group looked at each other in bewilderment. Their main fighting strength came from their Yuan Qi, and they were truly at a loss when faced with a monster that was immune to Yuan Qi.

"The Manipulation School will definitely work," Xu Li analyzed. "Using energy to control physical attacks, even if the Vital Energy Dissipation upon contact, the kinetic energy won't disappear..." As she spoke, she glanced at Liu Yufeng, who was broken in two on the ground, "It's a pity that one of the two Manipulation School in the team is already dead."

"Using a magic weapon will also work." Zheng Yunshan pulled out a shotgun and pointed it at the direction of the collapsed Ancient Temple: "Physical attacks are best; energy attacks may not be effective."

Upon hearing this, everyone took out their equipment. At this moment, the huge statue had already crawled out of the rubble. Everyone immediately opened fire on it. However, ordinary bullets and arrows struck the monster, but they didn't even leave a scratch.

"Get out of the way!" Zhang Lao San roared, suddenly hoisting a rocket launcher and firing it at the statue!

Just then, the statue suddenly moved, brandishing a large sword and rushing forward, cleaving the rocket in two with a whoosh. Due to inertia, the two halves of the warhead flew to either side of the statue and exploded with a bang!

However, as the smoke and dust cleared, the central statue remained completely unharmed.

So hard? Is this really a bronze statue?

"Vital Energy Shielding Alloy," said Li Xiuzhen, the oldest among them. "This thing's casting materials contain Element-Shielding Alloy!"

"I've heard of it!" Zheng Yunshan exclaimed in surprise. "A special material with extremely high resistance to elemental energy, its main component is inert ore from the [Abyss], and its production is extremely rare. How could such a large statue appear?"

The introduction of the two people changed the way everyone looked at the statue.

At first, the group didn't take the statue too seriously, thinking it was just a lump of iron that had gotten away with the sneak attack. But now that they learned it was made of Vital Energy Shielding Alloy, everyone felt threatened.

This is practically a killing monster tailor-made to deal with Cultivators!

"Everyone doesn't need to worry too much..." Li Xiuzhen analyzed, "High-purity Vital Energy Shielding Alloy has extremely high resistance to elemental energy and high strength. The only way to destroy it is with a physical attack of sufficient strength!"

The strength is high enough... Everyone thought to themselves that it was not that easy. The Vital Energy Shielding Alloy itself was already very hard, and it was not an easy thing to destroy. With the addition of the Yuanqi shielding property, it would be even more difficult!

Just as the monster charged forward with its greatsword, a cold glint flashed and struck the statue squarely in the chest, piercing through it. The immense momentum sent the several-ton metal monster flying, crashing to the ground with a clang.

Upon closer inspection, everyone recognized it as a massive Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.

This is...

Before anyone could react, a pale blue warm mist rose up, and the two injured people immediately felt a refreshing sensation, their fractured limbs tingling and itching. Then, a layer of earthy yellow transparent barrier appeared, enveloping everyone.

"This is..." Everyone looked at Luo Jun at the same time, only to see that he was holding a small rectangular box in his hands.

"I can feel the surging elemental power..." Xu Li, a member of the Elemental School, exclaimed in admiration as she looked at the surrounding barrier, "A very Gao Qiang protective shield!"

"But elemental protection probably won't be able to stop that thing..." Zhao Xiaoyu looked at the statue outside with some apprehension. As an Illusion Faction, she was most troubled by monsters that were immune to Mental Shock.

"It can't stop the idol, but it's enough to stop the Attacker ' sneak attacks," Zheng Yunshan laughed. He had put away his shotgun and replaced it with a large harpoon gun, which looked as if it had been taken off a whaling ship. It stood up to be more than a person tall and looked very fierce.

Luo Jun glanced at the people around him. From their subtle expressions, he could tell that some people were genuinely afraid and at a loss in the face of this statue, such as Zhao Xiaoyu and the injured Wang Shuwen. But others were clearly confident and did not take the statue seriously at all, such as Zheng Yunshan, Li Xiuzhen Grandma Li, and even the injured Ma Lei.

The previous injuries were due to a lack of understanding of the opponent's characteristics. Now that she knows what happened, this woman must already have a way to deal with the idol.

Although they are all top-tier contestants, there are still differences in their abilities; a small statue was enough to reveal their true strengths and weaknesses.

At that moment, with a clang, the enormous monster reached out and pulled out the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade that had pierced its chest. After comparing it, it simply abandoned its original single-edged sword and brandished the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade, making it look even more ferocious.

"It's like adding wings to a tiger..." Wang Yifan pushed up his glasses. "Ye, if I'm not mistaken, that knife of yours is at least Epic-level weapon."

Hearing him say that, everyone gasped, especially those who were already wary.

"You all stay here, I'll go get the knife." Leaving these words behind, Luo Jun strolled out of the Earth Barrier. At this moment, the statue also came closer, wielding the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon. With unnatural agility, it twisted its heavy body and unleashed a Mountain Splitting Chop, smashing the blade down towards Luo Jun's crown!

Faced with the knife, Luo Jun calmly extended his left hand and seemingly effortlessly grasped the blade. At the same time, with a loud thud, his feet sank into the ground, shattering the floor tiles and kicking up a cloud of dust!

Looking at the statue again, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't take the broadsword from Luo Jun's hand.

Then, Luo Jun lifted his foot off the ground, took a step forward, and at the same time easily flicked his right hand, so fast that even the Cultivators inside the barrier couldn't see it clearly.

With a whoosh, as Luo Jun swept his right hand across, the statue's hands, which were gripping the sword handle, snapped off!

"That's impossible!" Wang Yifan blurted out. "The monster's two hands holding the knife were at least a meter apart. Given the angle and arm length of Ye's attack, it's impossible for him to sweep across both wrists in one go, unless..."

"Unless, it used its internal energy to expand its attack range," Grandma Li laughed. "The statue's wrist was severed by internal energy!"

"Gang Qi... cut off the vitality and shield the alloy?"

"The Vital Energy Shielding Alloy does indeed possess extremely strong elemental inertia, making it a veritable Vital Energy Bane. However, correspondingly, items made from this alloy cannot be imbued with any elemental energy abilities," Grandma Li explained. "The fact that this statue can move on its own and even launch stealth assassination attacks indicates that the content of the Shielding Alloy is not high. Besides physical attacks, if the intensity of an elemental attack is high enough, it can also be destroyed!" She spoke casually, but looking at the injuries that Ma Lei and Wang Shuwen were still healing, one could tell how difficult it was to reach a sufficiently Gao Qiang of elemental energy!

With his wrist severed, the statue lost control of the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade. Luo Jun caught it easily, swung his arm, and the blade swept across the statue's neck, causing the massive head to roll off. Then, Luo Jun swung his broadsword and delivered a vertical slash, splitting the statue in two and revealing its empty interior.

No, it's not empty!

As the statue was split open, a dark blue light emerged, eventually coalescing into a semi-transparent human figure in front of Luo Jun. The figure bowed deeply to him before disappearing, turning into specks of starlight that floated on Luo Jun's body.

"That is..."

Upon seeing this scene, everyone thought of the Side Mission in the Mission Description.

It turns out that the so-called survivors in this town exist as spirits.

After dealing with the statue, Luo Jun returned to the Earth Barrier. Everyone curiously gathered around to ask what the Side Mission was about.

"The casting of the idol requires a blood sacrifice; that soul is the offering thrown into the molten bronze during the casting process. Destroying the idol is the release for that soul."

Of course, logically speaking, such a statue would initially have been cast as a simple bronze statue, not using the extremely rare elemental Vital Energy Shielding Alloy. At least, the townspeople of Stone Bridge Town couldn't possibly have obtained such Different World material. This thing was likely added later in the Chaos Mission to increase the Mission Difficulty.

Luo Jun completed his first Side Mission, which also provided considerable inspiration to everyone. After all, completing a Side Mission is like obtaining a get-out-of-jail-free card, which is crucial in this Chaos Mission.

Next, everyone stayed inside Luo Jun's Earth Construct, which was fully protected, so there was basically no need to worry about enemy sneak attacks.

The projection seemed to realize this as well, so it hesitated to make a move, and time passed by second by second.

"Are these guys just planning to stay hidden in the shadows forever?" Zhang Lao San was getting a little bored. "The deadline is almost here, aren't they going to make a move?"

"They may have already made their move..." Wang Yifan pushed up his glasses. "That statue was able to bypass my perception and silently ambush and kill Liu Yufeng, which seems to be due to the assassination ability described in the Mission Description ... This is very likely related to the opponent's projection."

"The ability to transfer one's own abilities to others..." Xu Li nodded. "I've never heard of such an ability before. Could it be from the Mystic Faction?"

"Very likely..." Grandma Li nodded, "And it might not be their own ability, but rather the ability to freely transfer other people's abilities... If that's true, I think I roughly know this person's identity."

"You know?" Everyone looked at Grandma Li in surprise, only to see her sigh, "The Ability Weaver, Feng Tianci."

"It's him?" Zheng Yunshan looked surprised, clearly having heard of this person's name before.

"Who is that?" Zhu Xixi asked innocently.

"Feng Tianci was an explorer from the Southwest Branch of the Yuan Cultivation Society. He was exceptionally active in the [Paranormal] world and completed many critical missions... However, he went missing during a mission more than twenty years ago. After months of searching without success, he was later confirmed the following year to have become Polluter!"

Zheng Yunshan, also from the Southwest Branch, explained Feng Tianci's background, then frowned. "But according to the information I have, Feng Tianci's ability should be 'borrowing.' He can temporarily borrow an ability from someone else to use. The person whose ability is borrowed cannot use that ability temporarily. In return, he needs to expend double his vital energy when using the ability, half of which is used to use the ability, and the other half is paid to the borrower to temporarily increase their maximum energy capacity. It is said that this Feng Tianci has extremely high Innate Spirituality and a higher energy capacity than others, which is why he can use this ability."

Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed in admiration at such a domineering ability. Grandma Li nodded in agreement. "You're right... but what the authorities don't know is that Feng Tianci's borrowed abilities aren't necessarily exclusive to him; he can also share them with others."

"How could this be?" Zheng Yunshan exclaimed in surprise, "How come such important information wasn't recorded in the official records?"

"Because this move only exists in theory..." Grandma Li shook her head. "Back then, we were old acquaintances. He once said that his abilities were not yet perfect, and that the ideal power should not only allow him to use borrowed abilities himself, but also to lend them to others. I laughed at him for being fanciful at the time, but now it seems that even after Feng Tianci became Polluter, he did not stop exploring his abilities, and may have achieved his former wish."

"If it really is him, then this is troublesome..." Zheng Yunshan frowned. "Although this Feng Tianci is not at his Peak, he is still a first-rate expert. The Southwest Branch has failed in its several attempts to encircle and suppress him. If his abilities have evolved further, he will indeed be difficult to guard against."

"So what if he's strong!" Zhang Lao San said dismissively, "Time's almost up. If we just hold out for one round inside this barrier, he won't be the Attacker next time."

"We can't let our guard down; this is the most dangerous time," Xu Li warned. "The projections aren't True Person, so they probably won't refrain from attacking just because they're afraid of failure. The fact that they haven't made a move yet means they're probably looking for a weakness in this barrier... Now that time is almost up, they will launch their attack at the last minute, no matter what!"

As soon as the words were spoken, obvious ripples suddenly appeared on the previously calm Earth Barrier!

"We're under attack!"

Everyone immediately became alert, but upon closer inspection, they could only see that the barrier had been attacked, but they couldn't see the attacker at all.

"Even if it's an assassination, the attacker should reveal themselves after Breakthrough Strike. The fact that we can't see the attacker means..." Wang Yifan took off his glasses and looked in the direction of the most intense ripples. "It's a ranged attack!"

In his field of vision, a few hundred meters away on the roof of a three-story building, a man with a cold expression was aiming an oversized sniper rifle at them.

"Sniper at three o'clock!" Wang Yifan shouted, and everyone raised their weapons and aimed at the attacker.

"Don't act rashly!" Luo Jun warned, "The barrier is two-way; attacks from the outside can't get in, and attacks from the inside can't get out. My barrier isn't badly damaged; it can hold."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but as soon as Luo Jun finished speaking, the Earth Barrier suddenly trembled violently, the ripples became more and more obvious, and it even began to flicker on and off!

This scene made Luo Jun frown as well. He had no way of knowing how much "Health Points" the barrier still had left, and could only judge the situation based on his previous experience. His previous words were meant to reassure everyone and prevent panic.

But now it seems the barrier is in very bad shape. What methods did the opponent use to destroy the Earth Barrier so silently?

(End of this chapter)