Chapter 291 Goblin Technology: Boss-grade Mecha! (6000)

Chapter 291 Goblin Technology: Boss-grade Mecha! (600)

"Oh? This guy still has a bounty on his back?"

"This is quite nice. I just happen to need to take the mask in my hand to Eternal Frost Main City later to redeem rewards, and I can complete this guy's bounty mission along the way."

Cao Xing thought cheerfully.

Besides, as a Tier 5 boss-grade creature, this guy's stats were quite formidable.

Coupled with the two Tier 5 elites nearby, it is no wonder this faction could set themselves up as kings here.

However, for strength-type bosses like this, Sarah was their ultimate nemesis.

Facing Sarah's attacks, these guys were almost suppressed to the point of having no ability to fight back.

At this moment, the raider boss watched as his health bar dropped section by section, and his injuries became increasingly severe.

His subordinates were also dying in droves.

Including the other two elites, they completely played no role at all.

He became a bit impatient and suddenly roared, "Damn it, Savage, where the hell did you die off to?"

"Where is that thing? Hurry up and bring it out for me."

At this time, a tremor came from deep within the cave.

The voice of that raider elite came from inside.

"Lord Boss, I am coming!"

The next moment.

A violent tremor erupted throughout the entire cave!

"Boom! Rumble!"

It was as if some behemoth had awakened!

"Thud! Thud-thud!"

Heavy footsteps approached.

In the shadows, a pair of red lights appeared.

Then, Cao Xing saw a machine nearly four meters tall, crafted entirely from dark gray high-strength metal.

Its left hand was a huge chainsaw, and its right hand was a large robot with a cannon-like muzzle.

In its chest area, a head-sized energy core was glowing brightly.

The appearance of this robot was full of deterrent force.

Cao Xing even felt an aura of threat from it.

"Good grief, is this a mecha?"

His gaze instantly swept over.

[Goblin Technology: Earth Dragon Mecha]

[Level: 48]

[Durability: 80,000 / 800,000]

[Attack Power: 680 ~ 6,800]

[Armor: 150 ~ 1,500]

[Remaining Energy: 720 Units]

[Skills: Low-altitude Flight (Enters a low-altitude flight state, capable of flying up to 5 meters in the air. During this time, energy consumption speed is increased by 100%)

Chainsaw Slash (Wields the left-hand chainsaw, dealing continuous slashing damage to the enemy, consumes 10 mana points, cooldown: 60 seconds)

Mana Cannon Impact (Raises the right hand, gathers energy to fire a mana cannonball, dealing 188% explosive damage to all enemies within a 2-meter area in front, consumes 300 mana points, cooldown: 60 seconds)

Thrust Slash (Instantly rushes forward 3 meters to 10 meters, attacks the enemy with the left-hand chainsaw, dealing 177% heavy strike damage to them, consumes 200 mana points, cooldown: 60 seconds)]

[Ultimate Skill: Destructive Light Pillar (Consumes 200 energy points, fires a beam of destructive light, dealing 256% explosive damage to all enemies hit, cooldown: 5 minutes)]

[Talent: None]

(Description: One of the goblins' mid-to-high-end mechas. As a mecha with flight capabilities, the Earth Dragon Mecha is more favored by goblins. Similarly, its manufacturing cost is extremely expensive, and its consumption is also terrifying…)

…

Cao Xing narrowed his eyes.

"A Tier 5 mecha? These stats are truly formidable."

"Based on attribute comparison, it is at least boss level!"

"And by comparison, this mecha's destructive power is even more terrifying than a Tier 5 boss, after all, it even has an ultimate skill!"

At this moment, from the mecha's cockpit, the excited voice of that elite came over.

"Lord Boss, the mecha manufactured by those goblins is so strong!"

"I feel like I can even level this mountain!"

Hearing this, the raider boss who was being suppressed by Sarah immediately said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense and come help me quickly!"

"Alright, Lord Boss, I am coming right over to blow these guys into ashes!"

As the words fell, that mecha directly took steel-like strides and charged toward the battlefield on Sarah's side.

"Thud! Thud-thud!"

However, how could Cao Xing let this guy get his wish?

He quickly gave the order: "Andrew, Braum, Victoria, go take down this mecha!"

After receiving the order, Braum rushed out directly and blocked in front of this mecha.

At this moment, a taunting voice came from the cockpit.

"You muscle-headed big guy, you want to stop me too?"

As the words fell, the energy core on the mecha's chest emitted a strong glow, and strong winds appeared under its feet.

"Hum!"

It actually flew directly over Braum's head.

Seeing this scene, Braum touched his head: "Bad! This big guy can actually fly!"

However, before the guy in the cockpit could feel smug for long.

A terrifying shockwave suddenly arrived in front of him!

"Bang!"

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This mecha was directly blown away by the huge shockwave and crashed to the ground.

"Damn it!"

It was just preparing to fly up.

Right at this moment.

A large number of roots suddenly appeared under its feet.

"Rustle!"

These roots grew rapidly, climbing directly to the knee area, holding this mecha tightly in place.

It was precisely the skill released by Andrew, who had transformed into [Treant Form]—Entangling Roots.

The guy in the cockpit continuously controlled the mecha to struggle desperately, wanting to fly up again.

However, Andrew's Entangling Roots could control even commander-grade creatures for a second or two.

Even though this mecha possessed boundless strength, it was still firmly anchored to the ground.

"What the hell kind of thing is this again!"

At this moment, Braum had already arrived behind it and laughed loudly: "Hahaha! You idiot without even muscles, you dare to ridicule me?"

"Today I will let you open your eyes!"

As the words fell, he directly activated the [Eye-Opening] special effect on his shield.

Inside the cockpit, when that guy saw the scene outside, he was instantly frozen in place as if he had suffered a stroke.

Including the mecha itself, because it lacked an operator, it also stopped in place.

Then, it ushered in everyone's attacks.

Victoria condensed [Nen Energy Bullets] and [Nen Energy Waves], causing terrifying impact damage to the mecha's shell.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

Those Nen attacks landed on the mecha, spreading like ripples.

Then, a Nen energy petal exploded on the surface of the mecha!

This was precisely the effect of Victoria's commander skill—Flurry: Thousand Leaf Blossom.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

Explosions sounded continuously.

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Terrifying damage numbers appeared one after another.

Meanwhile, Andrew next to him switched back to [Owlbeast Form].

Anyway, with the blessing of Eternal Power, he could switch between various states at any time.

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…

Because of the skill [Flurry: Thousand Leaf Blossom], coupled with Victoria's commander-grade strength.

It allowed her to almost catch up to Andrew's output even at Tier 4.

Under the alternate output of the two major combat forces, this Earth Dragon Mecha's durability dropped wildly like flowing water.

When the guy inside regained consciousness, the mecha's durability had already dropped by 140,000.

Seeing this scene, the operator inside suddenly let out an angry roar!

"Get lost!"

The next moment, this mecha swung its left-hand chainsaw, fiercely hacking onto Braum's shield!

And instantly, it entered the cutting state.

"Hum! Hum hum!"

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…

Looking at his slowly decreasing health bar, Braum raised his shield and laughed: "Haha! Are you tickling me?"

Being taunted like this, this guy increasingly felt his face burning.

In the distance, that Snow Mountain Raider boss was also urging.

"Savage, what on earth are you doing?"

"Lord Boss, I am being held up by these people and cannot get over at all!"

Hearing this, this boss also knew that mecha could no longer help.

He instantly made a decision in his heart.

"Savage, use our ultimate move together with me!"

As the words fell, this guy picked up his large hammer and began to spin frantically.

The strong wind from his swinging even extinguished the torches in the cave.

This was precisely this guy's skill—Hammer Spin-Spin-Spin!

"Whoosh! Whoosh—"

The terrifying momentum whipped up a tornado on the spot, making it even impossible for Sarah to approach.

On the other side.

The energy core on the chest of that mecha also emitted a scorching light, as if accumulating some terrifying attack!

Then, the mecha opened its mouth.

A terrifying pillar of light suddenly burst forth from its mouth!

"Boom!"

The areas hit by the light pillar all triggered violent explosions!

"Rumble!"

Braum and Andrew were blown away on the spot!

The entire cave seemed as if it was about to be shaken to collapse by these two frantic guys.

However, Cao Xing did not panic in the slightest.

Because the enemies in the cave had been mostly killed, everyone had freed up their hands.

Cao Xing directly raised his staff, and a huge hexagram magic array appeared.

The rotation speed of that Snow Mountain Raider boss decreased significantly.

Then, Elisa nearby continuously fired multiple frost arrows that hit that boss, and the cold air began to spread across his entire body.

This guy was still maintaining the motion of swinging his hammer at this moment, and was frozen in place on the spot.

Seeing this, Sarah immediately used [Death Continuous Dance], launching a storm-like attack on this boss.

Including that robot, it was also forcibly controlled in place by Isabelle's Holy Shackles and Hilda's trapping net.

The next moment, Assam, Bjorn, and the others swarmed forward.

The subsequent battle had no suspense!

Following a [Shadow Bloom] by Sarah.

"Bang!"

A terrifying damage burst out from above the Snow Mountain Raider boss's head.

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…

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed Snow Mountain Raider Lv46, Tier 5 boss-grade creature, gained EXP: 2,300]

[Combat personnel gained EXP: 1,150]

…

Meanwhile.

That mecha was also blasted apart, and the operator inside was directly dragged out by Braum, then slain with a single sword strike by Assam!

[Your territory member: Assam killed Snow Mountain Raider Lv47, Tier 5 elite-grade creature, gained EXP: 1,410]

[Combat personnel gained EXP: 750]

…

At this moment, the battle ended.

The entire Snow Mountain Raider camp, hundreds of ordinary raiders, plus three Tier 5 elites, and one Tier 5 boss, were all slaughtered by Cao Xing and the others!

The massive amount of EXP directly leveled Bjorn up to Level 23.

As for Cao Xing, looking at the spoils of war covering the ground, a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

"Good, good, good, as expected, the returns from leveling a camp are truly huge!"

Just as he was preparing to have people start cleaning up the battlefield.

A system prompt suddenly appeared.

[Ding! You cleared out a Snow Mountain Raider camp, eradicating this faction that plagued the region, Reputation +50…]

…

Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing was instantly amused.

"It actually added 50 reputation points, this is quite nice."

He said cheerfully.

"Alright, everyone start cleaning up the battlefield."

Hearing Cao Xing's command, everyone scattered in all directions and began collecting the spoils of war on the ground.

As well as stripping the clothes off those Snow Mountain Raiders.

As for Cao Xing himself, he walked straight up to that scarred mecha that was still emitting black smoke, examining it carefully.

Liu Muxue walked over as well, "Cao Xing, this mecha looks like it has incredible destructive power. Can it still be repaired?"

Just moments ago, everyone had witnessed the terrifying scene of this [Earth Dragon Mecha] erupting in power.

On some large-scale battlefields, this guy could play an extraordinary role.

Cao Xing shook his head. "I don't know. Let me take a look first."

As he cast his gaze over it, the relevant attributes instantly appeared.

[Goblin Technology: Earth Dragon Mecha (Damaged)]

[Can be disassembled into: Expert-level Energy Core * 1, Fine Iron * 17232, Copper * 8673, Mithril * 4537, Eternal Gold * 472, Expert-level Magic Energy Crystal * 5]

[Or use Fine Iron * 1000, Copper * 5000, Mithril * 2000, Eternal Gold Ingot * 200 to repair it…]

(Note: Because the newbie protection period has passed, it can no longer be automatically repaired through system functions. The presence of maintenance-related skills is required to carry out repairs.)

…

"Good grief, repairing this thing actually requires so many materials? That's way too exaggerated…"

The other materials were fine.

Including Mithril, given his material reserves, it was barely enough.

The main issue was that high-end materials like [Eternal Gold Ingot] were not easy to get.

Cao Xing frowned slightly. "What a pain. It actually requires 20 Eternal Gold Ingots. I have less than 50 of these things left in total in my backpack…"

"And we're currently out in the wild, with no way to trade with other Survivors through the market."

"What's even more troublesome is that someone with professional repair skills is required to repair this mecha."

Cao Xing first called Tong Chuchu over.

"Chu Chu, what level has your [Junior Mechanical Repair] skill reached?"

Every Mechanic had a basic [Junior Mechanical Repair] skill.

During the newbie protection period, this skill was pretty useless.

But after the system update, everything became much more realistic, and this skill of the Mechanic began to show its value.

Furthermore, once it reached the late stage,

many territories would enter a mass-production troop mode.

Among them, the easiest to produce were naturally various machines manufactured through Mechanic blueprints.

However, once a battle broke out, these machines would suffer damage.

Although they could also be treated,

if the treatment wasn't timely and they fell into a scrapped state, healing skills would become useless at that point.

They could only be repaired by a Mechanic to get them running again.

Or directly disassembled into materials.

Therefore, having a powerful Mechanic in a territory was very important.

Hearing this, Tong Chuchu glanced at her skill bar and then replied, "Big Brother, it has already been upgraded to intermediate."

Cao Xing nodded. "Can you repair this mecha?"

The little girl stepped forward, seemingly having also seen the system prompt.

She turned her head and said, "Yes, Big Brother, but I only have a 4% success rate, and it will take at least over three hours of repair time…"

After finishing, she glanced at Cao Xing timidly.

Cao Xing also frowned slightly.

After this system update, it was indeed very inconvenient.

Repairing a mecha actually took so long, and there was even a chance of failure.

You must know that if the repair failed, these materials would not be refunded to him.

Fortunately, Tong Chuchu's [Intermediate Repair Mastery] still offered a glimmer of hope.

Liu Muxue softly said, "Cao Xing, I can stay and guard here, and then wait for you to go back and bring the materials over."

"Then we can have Little Chuchu repair it. How about that?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing shook his head.

This cave was too far from his territory; a round trip would take six or seven hours.

By the time he rushed back, it would be pitch dark.

And if they forcibly dragged it away, this mecha was already battered and scarred; it would probably fall apart on the road.

"Let's drop it for now and think of other ways later."

Liu Muxue gently nodded.

Meanwhile,

Assam walked over respectfully and said, "Lord, all the loot has been collected. Please review it."

Hearing this, Cao Xing cast his gaze over.

And when he saw the various piles of loot stacked up like a small mountain not far away by Assam and the others, his eyes instantly lit up.

He strode over and picked up everything on the ground.

[Acquired: Snow Mountain Marauder Leader's Soul * 1]

[Acquired: Expert-level Heart of Strength * 1]

[Acquired: Kylondra's Warhammer (Gold)]

[Acquired: Ribero's Guard Captain's Seal (Gold) * 1]

[Acquired: Tier 3 Boss-grade Earth Mage Recruitment Scroll * 1]

[Acquired: Tier 3 Elite-grade Earth Mage Recruitment Scroll * 2]

[Acquired: Tier 3 Earth Mage Apprentice Recruitment Scroll * 18]

[Acquired: Snow Mountain Marauder Chieftain's Soul * 2]

[Acquired: Advanced Heart of Power * 3]

[Acquired: Intermediate Heart of Power * 38]

[Acquired: Goblin Shrapnel Bomb * 63]

[Acquired: Goblin Freezing Bomb * 6]

[Acquired…]

…

Besides these, there were hundreds of standard weapons and cotton clothes,

as well as various attribute-boosting books.

Looking at the huge pile of materials that had suddenly surged in his backpack, Cao Xing was filled with joy.

"This is so satisfying."

"Not only is there a boss soul, but also an Expert-level Heart of Strength and three Advanced Hearts of Power."

"These are all things I urgently need."

Just digesting these few items alone would allow his subordinates to gain a significant boost.

And most crucially, this time it actually dropped a boss-grade Earth Mage recruitment scroll for him!

Coupled with the 6 dropped previously, after going back this time, Cao Xing could directly summon a 2-person Earth Mage squad.

"Not bad, not bad."

Now was the stage to distribute the loot.

Pondering for a moment, Cao Xing first gave the Expert-level Heart of Strength in his hand to Renice.

Then he gave the boss soul to Elisa.

Right now, she was the only chieftain-grade creature present.

As for the other three Advanced Hearts of Power, he could give one each to Jonard and Josent, and then one to Little Wally.

That's right, Wally was still only a Tier 3 chieftain-grade creature up to now.

Renice and Elisa each accepted the items bestowed by Cao Xing.

Looks of excitement appeared in both women's eyes.

Especially Elisa.

Not long ago, this little girl had obtained an Advanced Heart of Power and successfully broke through to Tier 4, and then Cao Xing gave her a golden weapon.

Now, he had given her a boss-grade soul as well.

It could be said that all kinds of resources were being poured onto her.

Of course, this was also related to the contributions she had made.

Elisa naturally knew of Cao Xing's care for her, and she said happily with a full face of joy, "Woo wah! Thank you, Lord! You are so good to me!"

[Due to your generous gift, territory member Elisa's loyalty has further increased, triggering the hidden effect: Die-hard Loyalty]

…

Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing smiled, patted her head, and said, "Alright, use all these things to improve yourselves."

With those words, Renice used the Expert-level Heart of Strength, while Elisa used the boss soul.

The two women began the breakthrough process together.

At this moment, everyone was still searching inside the cavern.

Meanwhile, a massive solid hammer with a pale golden sheen on its exterior appeared in Cao Xing's hand!

Picking it up felt just like lifting a boulder; it weighed at least two to three hundred catties.

It was precisely the weapon used by that Tier 5 boss—Kylondra's Warhammer!

Golden quality.

Cao Xing glanced at it. "The attributes of this thing are pretty good, and it's even a Level 4 weapon, but none of my subordinates can use it."

Thus, he directly stored it into his backpack.

Then, another seal appeared in Cao Xing's hand.

[Ribero's Guard Captain's Seal (Gold)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Slot: Accessory]

[Equipment Attribute: Strength +3, Critical Strike Rate +5%]

(Note: The seal of Ribero when he served as Guard Captain. Bring it back to Eternal Frost Main City and hand it to Duke Olegovich to complete the bounty quest.)

…

"Is this thing his seal from when he served as captain?"

"The attributes are quite strong, but if I want to complete the bounty quest, I need to hand this thing over."

Cao Xing pondered, "I'll see how the bounty reward is when the time comes. If it's too poor, I'll swallow this seal for myself."

Just at this moment, Hilda moved her eight slender legs over and said, "I found a strange altar in the corner. Do you want to go take a look?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes instantly lit up.

"An altar? Of course we're going!"

On Hilda's peerless face, which rivaled Francesca's, an enchanting smile curved.

"Follow this Queen~"

After speaking, she turned around and walked forward.

Soon, Cao Xing followed her to a corner.

Just as Hilda said, a strange altar nearly five meters tall was erected right there.

It looked like it was built from a large red stone, with mysterious and primitive patterns on its surface, as if recording countless ancient war stories. These patterns flickered faintly in the dim light, exuding a mysterious aura.

Right in the center of the altar stood a tall humanoid statue. This figure was tall and majestic, dressed in gorgeous battle armor and holding a greatsword. The tip of the sword pointed diagonally downward, as if ready to plunge into battle at any moment.

Although it was only a statue, it gave people an extremely strong sense of oppression, even making one want to bow down subconsciously!

However, Cao Xing quickly suppressed this impulse in his heart and then glanced at the attributes.

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