"I... I'm not too sure either!"
Xiao Xiao was also quite perplexed by the silver metallic man's reaction.
"Big Brother, be careful!"
Just then, the silver metallic man attacked Ye Feng again. Xiao Xiao frowned slightly and chose to stand in front of Ye Feng.
As before, the silver metallic man retracted the silver blade in its hand...
It stared at Xiao Xiao with its blue eyes for a long moment, then shifted its attack to Ye Feng from another direction. Xiao Xiao once again stepped in front of Ye Feng...
After this repeated several times, the silver metallic man drew a distance from Ye Feng and the two girls. Its blue eyes flashed, scanning Ye Feng and the two girls, as if judging something...
"Horus Guardian Unit 1... Zzzzzzt~ Zzzzzzt~..."
After a while, the silver metallic man made a sound, then knelt on one knee, saluted Xiao Xiao, and quickly left.
This scene astonished Ye Feng and the two girls!
"Xiao Xiao... or perhaps the Angel's Blade in her hand?"
Ye Feng connected the dots and came up with a guess.
"Let's go, we'll leave here first and find a higher place to observe the surroundings."
Ye Feng glanced at a pile of dismembered corpses not far away, frowned, and quickly led the two girls away.
...
After a short while,
Ye Feng and the two girls arrived at a relatively high place, a damaged airship.
"This place seems to be an Arcane Energy Civilization as well, but its level far exceeds that of Mech City!"
Shen Yun Yao examined a groove on a broken robot in her hand and murmured.
As she walked with Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, she had discovered many robots powered by Arcane Energy, as well as large engineering equipment, especially the abandoned airship before them...
Ye Feng, inside the airship, was very surprised!
Because the control panel of this airship was not made of ordinary electronic components, but of devices etched with arcane runes. And he actually recognized most of the runes on it, which were recorded in the basic section of the "Spark Record"...
"Ye Feng, you don't happen to recognize the runes on the control panel, do you?"
Shen Yun Yao saw Ye Feng staring at the airship's control panel, looking a bit dazed, and asked curiously.
"Mm... I suppose so..."
Ye Feng nodded slightly.
"No way..."
Shen Yun Yao was astonished.
Although she had extensive research on arcane runes, it was mostly on a macro level, such as knowing how an arcane formation composed of certain arcane runes functioned and its power.
If the runes within an arcane formation were taken apart one by one, she wouldn't know what they meant...
"Bang~ Clack!~"
At this moment, Ye Feng had climbed to the very top of the airship. He observed the surroundings with binoculars, occasionally jumping up once or twice.
"Xiao Xiao, is that spring-loaded springboard you were playing with earlier still around?"
Ye Feng put away his binoculars, looked at Xiao Xiao beside him, and asked.
"Oh, yes!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded and quickly retrieved the spring-loaded springboard.
Because their supplies were quite abundant, Xiao Xiao often bought interesting items from the [Trading Channel]. This spring-loaded springboard was something she had bought to play with before...
Under Xiao Xiao's puzzled gaze, Ye Feng stood on the springboard and began to jump with all his might...
"Bang!~ Creak~"
"Bang!~ Creak~"
Watching Ye Feng repeatedly fall and bounce back up on the springboard, Shen Yun Yao and Xiao Xiao were both bewildered.
Based on Ye Feng's actions, he seemed to be observing the surroundings and might have discovered something. Xiao Xiao and Shen Yun Yao also wanted to jump to a higher vantage point.
However, using Arcane Energy now would result in it being directly drained. The two girls, with their less extraordinary physiques than Ye Feng's, could only wait patiently...
"Bang!~"
A dull sound echoed. This time, Ye Feng did not land on the springboard but on the metal hull of the airship.
"It's just as I thought~"
Ye Feng said as he took out a rather thick notebook and began to read it.
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao and Shen Yun Yao leaned closer.
"This... this is an Arcane Formation?"
Upon seeing the diagrams on the paper, Shen Yun Yao immediately understood.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "I saw this formation before in the Spark Record, and I even discussed it with Shen Qing, Shen Bai, Cang Shi, and the others for a while in Mech City..."
"This formation has the effect of gathering Arcane Energy, and the layout of this floating island we are on should be this formation!"
"Look there..."
As he spoke, Ye Feng pointed out his discovery after jumping higher to the two girls.
"Ye Feng, are you saying that this floating island is actually designed to constantly gather Arcane Energy towards that direction?"
After Ye Feng's explanation, Shen Yun Yao immediately understood. She pointed in a direction, "Should we go explore there?!"
"Mm!"
Ye Feng nodded.
Immediately, the three of them quickly headed towards the direction where Arcane Energy was being gathered on the floating island.
...
After walking for a short while, Ye Feng and the two girls encountered other explorers, who were also weaving through the tall grass. They were from the Explorer's Guild.
"Attack! Those three are Arcane Users. It's disadvantageous for them here on the floating island. Kill them!"
The burly man with a red nose at the forefront saw Ye Feng and the two girls and, without a word, ordered five or six of his subordinates to take down Ye Feng and his group.
The red-nosed man's subordinates wasted no time and transformed into ferocious monsters with bared teeth and claws, lunging directly at Ye Feng and his group.
"Injected with a strength serum?"
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and met them head-on without evading.
"Idiots!"
Seeing this, the red-nosed man let out a cold laugh.
After all, using Arcane Energy on the floating island would result in it being directly drained, rendering them unable to fight, which was fatal for Arcane Users.
His subordinates, who had been injected with strength serum, were all tough as iron and strong as steel even without using Arcane Energy...
"Bang! Ah~"
"Crack! Pfft~"
"Ah!~"
To the red-nosed man's surprise, his tough subordinates were like paper in Ye Feng's hands. Within a few breaths, they were all subdued and lying on the ground...
"You... you... Ah!~"
The red-nosed man's jaw, which was so shocked it was about to fall off, was directly hit by a slap, breaking and deforming.
"Bang!~"
Immediately after, Ye Feng kicked the red-nosed man flying. Mid-air, a bullet-like red flame shot out, instantly blowing his head off.
"Whoa!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Shen Yun Yao's expressions all changed, and they quickly sought cover.
"Big Brother, it's the silver metallic man from before, Horus Guardian Unit 1!"
Xiao Xiao, who had been observing their surroundings, was the first to point towards the entrance of the forest and exclaimed.
Ye Feng followed Xiao Xiao's gaze and saw that it was indeed Horus Guardian Unit 1. Its silver metallic right arm was currently in the form of an Arcane Energy gun...
After killing the red-nosed man, Horus Guardian Unit 1 did not attack Ye Feng and his group but turned and quickly moved deeper into the forest...
After a brief observation, Ye Feng and the two girls continued towards the direction where Arcane Energy was being gathered.
...