Chapter 1 The Attacks of the Heavy Ballista

The attack of a large heavy ballista is at least Tier 3. Even a Grand Lord-ranked monster would be shaken back and its defense forcibly broken.

However, the attacks of the large heavy ballista were not only easily blocked in front of these four huge figures, but the way they blocked the attacks wasn't a head-on collision. Instead, they grabbed them, as if picking up a small branch from the side of the road.

This was simply challenging everyone's psychological bottom line.

"Attack!"

"All heavy ballistas attack at the same time!"

Faced with these monster-like mechanical puppets, the people of Star Ring deeply understood that if these mechanical puppets rushed into the crowd and in front of the heavy ballistas, it would be a disaster. They had to destroy all these mechanical puppets before they got close.

Instantly, all the heavy ballistas turned their targets at the same time, giving up the Xiyue Town defensive magic array that was about to be broken, and directly aimed at the four Guardian Puppets to launch a frantic attack.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The sound of tearing through the air resounded continuously, and the flying arrows descended from the sky like a meteor shower, accurately falling towards the location of the four Guardian Puppets. The coordination of the heavy ballistas' attacks was so exquisite that even the attacks of remote experts were no more than this.

This attack wasn't like before, with only one arrow at a time. This time, each Guardian Puppet had to face more than a dozen arrows at the same time. The number of attacks was not only very large, but each attack was explosive. Even if it didn't hit directly, as long as it landed nearby, it could cause damage to the surrounding area. For machines with slow reactions, there was no way to block it.

Faced with the oncoming arrows, Qi Guang and the other three controlling the Guardian Puppets knew they couldn't resist, so they controlled the Guardian Puppets to move.

Boom, boom, boom...

A series of explosions rang out, echoing across the entire battlefield, but the atmosphere on the entire battlefield was indescribably cold and silent.

Because the Guardian Puppets controlled by Qi Guang and the others actually dodged all the arrows, just like an agile assassin, allowing all the arrows to brush past the Guardian Puppets' bodies.

"How is this possible? Why are the mechanical puppets reacting so flexibly?"

The players controlling the heavy ballistas stared at the charging Guardian Puppets, their eyes almost popping out.

Mechanical puppets were known for their defense and strength, and their common weakness was slow reaction speed. They were only amazed at the strength of the mechanical puppets for being able to catch arrows with their bare hands, but now, the mechanical puppets were as agile as monkeys, completely refreshing their understanding of mechanical puppets.

At this time, not to mention the many expert players present, even the high-level members of the major guilds who were well-informed couldn't understand it.

Only Shi Feng was not surprised by this.

Because the training of Qi Guang and the other three in the Tower of Transcendence had improved them a lot. Although they hadn't entered the Realm of Truth, they had reached a considerable level. Their control of the Guardian Puppets could reach above the level of ordinary experts, and dodging the simultaneous attacks of more than a dozen arrows was not a problem at all.

"Defend! We must not let them get close!"

As the heavy ballistas launched wave after wave of attacks on the battlefield, they were of no use to the moving Guardian Puppets. Instead, the heavy ballistas began to retreat continuously, trying to maintain their distance from the Guardian Puppets.

However, the Guardian Puppets controlled by Qi Guang and the others were Bronze-ranked war puppets, and their movement speed was much faster than that of the heavy ballistas, so the distance between the two sides was constantly shrinking.

800 yards...

500 yards...

200 yards...

Seeing that they were less than a hundred yards apart, the players of Star Ring also became nervous, but the Guardian Puppets controlled by Qi Guang and the others suddenly stopped, blocked by an invisible barrier.

"A defensive magic array?"

Qi Guang looked at the semi-transparent barrier in front of him and attacked several times, but other than a few rumbles, the magic barrier was undamaged.

"It's a pity. Although it's just a basic defensive magic array, my basic defensive magic array is composed of forty-nine magic scrolls. It's the most top-notch among basic defensive magic arrays. With Tier 3 attacks, you can't even touch the limit of this defensive magic array." Lu Xingluo looked at Qi Guang and the others not far away and revealed a sneer. "Now that the distance has been shortened, all the heavy ballistas will concentrate their firepower on one attack. I don't believe they can dodge them all!"

The attack range of the heavy ballista was 1300 yards, but the attack speed and accuracy decreased as the distance increased.

In other words, the closer the distance, the faster the attack speed and the higher the accuracy of the heavy ballista.

The Guardian Puppets could dodge the attacks of the heavy ballistas when they were hundreds of yards away, but now that they were less than a hundred yards away, that was not certain.

Moreover, before, sixty heavy ballistas were attacking four Guardian Puppets separately. Now, they were concentrating their attacks on one puppet, and the attack density was four times that of before. Even if they were as agile as monkeys, they would become hedgehogs.

Instantly, sixty arrows shot towards Qi Guang. The speed was so fast and the attack density was so high that it was like a mountain falling from the sky, making it impossible to avoid.

Boom, boom, boom...

Sixty arrows fell, and even though Qi Guang tried his best to resist and dodge, he was still hit by most of the arrows, and flames soared all over his body.

As a round of attacks ended, the location where Qi Guang was located was completely turned into a crater. Even the Xiyue Town, thousands of yards away, could clearly see the rising smoke.

"It's over!"

The players of Baihua Palace, who had originally had some hope on the city wall, now had pale faces.

They once again realized the power of the heavy ballista.

Even such a powerful Guardian Puppet would be blasted into slag if it faced sixty heavy ballistas at once...

"Prepare for the next wave of attacks!" Lu Xingluo nodded, very satisfied with the simultaneous attack of sixty heavy ballistas.

Just as Lu Xingluo finished giving the order and the sixty heavy ballistas were about to turn their targets, a mechanical roar suddenly came from the crater in front of the defensive magic array.

A figure eight or nine meters tall walked out of the thick smoke. It was the Guardian Puppet controlled by Qi Guang.

Although the entire Guardian Puppet was stained with dust at this time, making it look a little old, the entire exterior was not damaged at all.

"Undamaged? How is this possible?!" Lu Xingluo's smile froze as he looked at the Guardian Puppet.

He couldn't believe that the attacks of sixty heavy ballistas had no effect on the Guardian Puppet at all.

However, Lu Xingluo and the others didn't know that even with the defense of the Guardian Puppet, it still suffered some damage when facing the attacks of the heavy ballistas, losing a full thirty-six points of durability. That is to say, each arrow could cause one point of durability loss, but for the Guardian Puppet with a durability of one thousand points, this damage was really nothing.

"Your attacks are over. Now it's my turn!"

Qi Guang walked out of the crater, then turned into a black shadow and rushed towards the defensive magic array. The huge mechanical arm suddenly turned into a giant steel sword, and crimson magic patterns emerged on the entire giant sword, attracting the surrounding magic torrent. He thrust the sword at the magic barrier.

Tier 3 Skill: Flame Thrust.

Boom!

Soaring flames rose, sweeping everything around. The originally indestructible magic barrier was also blasted out of a big hole, and it began to slowly disintegrate. The power obviously exceeded the limit value that the defensive magic array could withstand...