[Beep, beep, beep... Warning! Warning!] [Intense energy fluctuations detected. Energy threat level: Class A. Extreme danger. Leave the area immediately!]
The Black Tortoise Shield mechanical armor's smart assistant sounded an alert.
"Class A? Silver Tier? How is that possible?"
Mengluoqi checked the alert again, struggling to believe it.
But there was no mistake.
The energy threat level really was Class A.
There was no time to think.
"Damn it! Isn't this a Bronze Tier advancement trial? Why is there a Silver Tier creature here, in this godforsaken place?"
Mengluoqi wanted to curse up a storm.
But more and more Ice Crystal Spiders were gathering around him, and the high-energy warning kept sounding.
He knew he had to act immediately, or he would die here.
"Damn it!"
"Black Tortoise Shield, activate the Beta Program."
"Confirmed! Beta Program activated!"
The Black Tortoise Shield mechanical armor began to change.
Two rocket thrusters emerged from its back.
The robots around him sprang into motion too.
They collided and quickly assembled into a mechanical wolf ten meters tall.
The thrusters on Mengluoqi's back erupted in brilliant flames, carrying him onto the wolf's head.
The instant the wolf finished assembling, it opened its jaws and fired a scorching energy beam at the Ice Crystal Spiders ahead.
Hiss—
Heat was clearly the Ice Crystal Spiders' weakness.
A dozen or so spiders caught in the blazing beam melted into liquid.
The mechanical wolf seized the chance to run.
When the robots had been separate, they were roughly the same size as the Ice Crystal Spiders.
The spiders could attack them with sheer numbers.
Not anymore.
At only a meter across, the Ice Crystal Spiders had no advantage against a ten-meter-tall mechanical wolf.
Each leap crushed several beneath its feet.
The others quickly swarmed after