Frederick had already seen through his opponent's true nature.
This was exploiting the mechanics down to the very marrow.
If there had originally been any difference between the two before entering, then after entering his own simulated world, those inexplicable movements and delays had probably been nothing more than camouflage...
That Artisan's true purpose had been to offer his own simulated reflection to his weapon as a sacrifice!
He did not even spare his own reflection!
At this very moment, the two had completely fused into one.
Through preparations made from the very beginning of its creation and the Spirit Essence Circuit, Ji Jue's blood, life, and soul had completely merged with the vicious weapon in his hand.
The current intruder would be better described as merely an accessory of the blade, a tool that wielded it.
Only because of this could he so closely share the Spiritual Substance and life plundered by that weapon, restoring himself.
Otherwise, even the initial gravitational acceleration would have been enough to shake Ji Jue's brains into tofu pudding, let alone the later punctures through vital points and the Heaven's Punishment Thunder from the workshop!
The armor had already been heated red. Even with a buffer layer, the temperature inside would have been enough to roast its pilot into crispy duck. How could he still be bouncing about, slashing wildly like this?!
As an alternative sacrifice and an accessory to the blade, as long as the Blood Qi and Spiritual Substance supplied by the blade remained, he could never die so easily.
Unless he was completely vaporized in an instant!
Or... just leave him alone.
There was no need to deal with him.
They only needed to send out a large number of inorganic puppets to wear him down, strengthen the workshop's defenses, and