Boom!
Boom!
Lan Qingyou flew through the air, dropping explosion potions every so often.
They were ten-milliliter vials, not large bombs.
These potions had been mass-produced over the past day.
Knowing that even fire attacks were largely ineffective, she couldn't possibly turn all her resources into large bombs.
Of course, that wasn't to say large bombs were useless.
After all, the effectiveness of the Explosive Flame Potion made with Flame Spirits as a base was undeniable.
Out of the three batches produced over the last twenty-some hours, two had been made into large bombs, while the third was made into small vials—over twenty thousand of them in total.
It was more than enough for her purposes.
The reason she used the ten-milliliter vials was for harassment—or more accurately, to pull aggro.
The slope was not a suitable battlefield for the fight between Steel-grath and the ancients.
Thud! Boom!
She dropped a fist-sized bottle of kerosene and hundreds of bundles of wood, causing the fires on the slope to flare up even higher.
In fact, Lan Qingyou hadn't let the fires on the slope go out once during the entire day.
It was already a consensus that the four ancients could not be allowed to group up.
Back when she had lost her Magic Broom, Lan Qingyou had tasked Steel Wool with this duty.
Like the mythical bird Jingwei filling the sea, it had tossed bundles of wood into the fire one by one.
After dropping the wood, Lan Qingyou quickly flew toward the spot where the War Treant had been burned previously.
Currently, the Ancient of War was engaged in a fierce battle with Steel-grath.
The scene was every bit as spectacular as a battle from a monster movie.
The Ancient of War used its branches like whips, lashing out at Steel-grath incessantly. Steel-grath, however, lunged directly into melee range, cutting the effectiveness of the ancient’s primary means of attack by more than half.
Clawing, tail-swiping, and biting—Steel-grath only used these three physical attack methods in close quarters.
But it didn't matter; at least for now, it was enough to handle the Ancient of War.
Most importantly, because Steel-grath's surface was plated with Thorium, its defense was rock-solid. The Ancient of War's attacks were practically ineffective.
Naturally, since liquid Thorium would deform upon contact with air, a layer of slime gel had been applied over it.
In some spots, the rune stones, magic stones, and the underlying slime gel had already been smashed, causing the liquid Thorium to solidify into Thorium ore upon contact with the air.
However, this didn't hinder Steel-grath's combat effectiveness; if anything, it bolstered its defense.
To get these things ready, Lan Qingyou had even shared her discovered method for using Thorium—the 'Stomach Melting Method'—in the group chat.
At the time, everyone who saw the method was struck with awe.
None of them had expected Lan Qingyou to find a method that was both disgusting to perform and disgusting to witness.
In short, during the production process, almost every participant had cursed a blue streak.
Lan Qingyou, for her part, had just watched them with a chuckle.
The steel monster and the Ancient of War were currently fighting tooth and nail.
Lan Qingyou's job in the air was to transmit images and data from the battle to the group at any moment.
Indeed.
Rather than Lan Qingyou fighting alone, this was more like a live stream watched by every member of Tarot Villa.
This was a requirement from Justice, Chu Yuan.
The others had agreed as well.
To put it bluntly, they had nothing better to do and wanted to see the combat prowess of the monster they had built with the collective strength of the villa.
Chariot looked at the photos and frowned slightly, finding it a bit tedious to follow this way.
Chariot: "@Magician, it would be great if you could research a video recording function."
Magician wiped away sweat.
Magician: "Don't rush me. I'm working on it, I'm working on it."
High Priestess took a sip of fruit juice.
High Priestess: "It wasn't that obvious before, but now that we have Steel-grath for comparison, I realize just how massive these ancient monsters really are."
The Star: "True. And it looks like even Chariot's specialized claws for Steel-grath are only having mediocre success at breaking through its defense?"
Watching the images of the Ancient of War's body being torn by Steel-grath, Jiang Lan sent a message while snacking on melon seeds.
Chariot: "Given our current capabilities, being able to break its defense at all is already impressive, isn't it? After all, that's at least an S-grade existence. What level are we? Just a bunch of pipsqueaks who haven't even hit Level 10."
Chariot didn't mind the criticism at all.
As he said, breaking the defense was already no small feat.
Death: "Saying it like that is a bit harsh."
Li Huai, or Death, replied with a bitter smile.
He had been grinding monsters day and night, yet he was stuck at Level 9 and couldn't budge.
If only he could encounter an S-grade monster like this; defeating one might just make his level skyrocket.
The Star: "The Tower, quick, try the floating cannons! I want to see the floating cannons in action!"
The Star's eyes gleamed as she looked at the photos.
Lan Qingyou didn't say much after seeing the message. She flew directly behind Steel-grath and used Lighten on the iron spikes along its spine, which had previously looked like mere decorations.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Instantly, three flat fire-type floating cannons flew out under Lan Qingyou’s Psychokinesis.
Pew! Pew! Pew!
The three floating cannons fired simultaneously, aiming directly for the wounds torn by Steel-grath's claws.
Bang! Bang!
Though she hadn't tested them before, Lan Qingyou could clearly see the fiery red lasers from the floating cannons burning charred holes into the nearly white trunk of the tree.
While they couldn't achieve full penetration, it was obvious that every hit was dealing damage to the Ancient of War.
The most direct evidence was that the Ancient of War's branches were swinging faster and faster.
Clearly, it was getting angry.
These floating cannons were vastly different from the triangular ones on the previous beast-type golems.
Those earlier ones had just been a concept, a trial run by Lan Qingyou.
In terms of power, output, design, and internal magic circuits, they couldn't compare to these new floating cannons, which combined the wisdom of every researcher in the villa.
After all, Lan Qingyou's research and knowledge had its own focus.
She excelled in alchemy and magic circuits, but a floating cannon was a product that integrated design, material sourcing, runes, enchanting, and assembly.
With the combined efforts of everyone in the villa, this thing had naturally become quite powerful.
The Star: "How is it? How is it?"
The Tower: "Not great. No penetration. [Image]"
Chariot: "You've got high expectations. Being able to burn a hole is already good enough; don't ask for too much."
Olf was a bit frustrated.
To him, creating the current masterpiece was a huge achievement, yet the Witch still acted unsatisfied.
Was she humblebragging?
Hierophant: "I'd say that hole is at least a meter deep."
Justice: "The entry point is a bit wide. It seems the beam convergence needs improvement."
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