In the arena, the evil wind was raging, and everyone dragged their heavy feet towards the same goal.
The wind was so strong that the journey that usually took only one hour now took more than two hours, and that was when no star beasts appeared.
This open space had no shelter, unlike the strange willow forest. Although there were willow branches that attacked indiscriminately, the willow trees blocked most of the wind, so in order not to be blown away by the wind, the cadets basically walked forward hand in hand.
The team was particularly silent, and no one spoke unless necessary, because once a mouth was opened, it would inevitably be filled with dust by the wind.
It was too quiet.
Jin Ke looked at the map. They were still more than halfway to the finish line. Except for the strange willow forest, they had been walking in this environment all the time. They could not speak. After two days of walking, the team became more and more depressed.
The other military academies were probably in a similar situation. Except for the light screen and broadcast on the first and second days, on the third day, it seemed that everything was still. Only the wind and dust could prove that time was still passing.
The environment of the Xuanfeng stadium was complex and not complex. Although there were many environments, the situation was fixed.
If you look at the real-time bird's-eye view of the stadium from a high altitude, you will find that there is an unobstructed flat land like this across the entire stadium. All military academies have to walk a section of this road to get to the finish line.
"How long will it take to get out?" Young Master Liao couldn't help asking, and he drank a mouthful of wind. He was a talkative person, and he was tired of talking these days.
Jin Ke didn't reply immediately, and waited for the wind to stop for a while before saying, "We will be in the pumice forest soon."
At this time, the people in Damocles Military Academy didn't have a thorough understanding of the pumice forest. They only heard the word "forest" and thought that the wind would be blocked a lot after entering.
Half an hour later, everyone looked up at the scene in front of them: "..."
"This will cost lives." Liao Runing was shocked.
"To reach the finish line, you must pass through the pumice forest." Jin Ke said.
The finish line of each competition is not fixed. The organizer will determine the location of the finish line based on the comprehensive strength of each military academy at that time. This year's cadets are almost the strongest of all the previous years, so the difficulty is naturally increased accordingly.
This pumice forest is just as its name implies, with countless huge stones floating in the air, forming a stone forest.
These pumice stones do not have special gravity, but are blown up by the strong wind. You can imagine how strong the wind is ahead. If the wind is always there, it would be fine, but the key is that these winds stop from time to time.
Once the wind stops, all the blown stones will immediately hit the ground, and if you don't dodge quickly, you will be injured.
"The gap is large, the mecha should be able to get in." Huo Xuanshan observed the pumice forest for a while and said.
Jin Ke nodded: "Mechas can go in, but heavy mecha soldiers should be careful. Your mechas are the largest and lack flexibility. If the wind stops and rocks fall, you need to be careful standing on the ground. At this time, the light soldiers of each team should observe the heavy soldiers of the same team."
After all the communication was completed, Damocles Military Academy began to enter the pumice forest, and everyone was in the mecha.
The stones in the pumice forest are not always suspended and fixed. The smaller stones are always moving with the wind, and the larger stones are also rolling. It's just that because of the large number, all the stones are moving, which makes it look like a stone forest.
Looking at this pumice forest, it seems that all the stones in the entire stadium have been moved here.
The main team took the lead and took the lead in controlling the mecha to enter the pumice forest. After entering, they found that the gaps around them were slightly larger than what they saw from a distance.
Everyone was moving slowly, as they were not used to this kind of environment.
Wei San dodged a piece of gravel blown up by the wind by turning her head, and continued walking in front without stopping, with Ying Chenghe standing beside her. There were a lot of gravels in the pumice forest, and she raised her knife to block a few small stones, and said to Ying Chenghe and Jin Ke: "Raise the tortoise shield." Ying
Chenghe and Jin Ke did as they were told, and the front and rear ends of the mecha suddenly raised shields similar to tortoise shells, and then retracted its head, leaving only a pair of feet outside. From a distance, it looked like a giant tortoise that had stood up, with only two feet supporting it, and was walking slowly.
This was the first time that the live audience saw the Immortal Turtle raise its tortoise shield, and they were stunned by the shape.
It turns out that the Immortal Turtle is really in the shape of a tortoise. Previously, the audience thought that this was just a metaphor.
After the Immortal Turtle enters the tortoise state, once it encounters danger, it only needs to lie on the ground and curl up its feet, and its defense will be enhanced to 100%. In this state, being hit by a few stones will not cause too much damage.
Wei San looked at the road ahead carefully. These stones are not only of different shapes, but also of different materials. Some low-density and light-weight stones are all at the top, and some are so high that only a black dot can be seen.
Less than 20 minutes into the journey, Jin Ke called a halt: "There are star beasts ahead."
Liao Runing looked around and saw nothing but a bunch of flying rocks. He couldn't help but ask: "Where?" "
On the rocks." Jin Ke sensed the surroundings, "It's a mutant stone frog. Pay attention to the large floating stones. They are good at blending into the stones."
Everyone immediately became alert, but no one could tell which stone had the mutant stone frog. Although the stones here had different material densities inside and outside, they were all the same color due to years of grinding. There were too many floating stones, and they were constantly moving with the wind, so they couldn't be seen clearly.
Wei San held the fan-shaped knife in both hands, raised it suddenly, and threw it out at a very fast speed, chopping it on a gray stone. Unlike what everyone thought, the knife would produce sparks when it hit the stone, the fan-shaped knife was soft when it chopped, and dark green mucus instantly burst out and spread.
After the fan-shaped knife cut the mutant stone frog, it flew back into Wei San's hand. She looked down at the mucus on the fan-shaped knife, which had just chopped its tongue.
At this time, everyone had a real understanding of the mutant stone frog.
"Be careful of the tongue of the mutant stone frog. They are usually only two to three meters in size, but their tongue can be up to ten meters long. The mucus on the tip of the tongue is poisonous and can corrode the surface of the mecha. If you are hit by the mucus, be sure to avoid being hit again in the same part, otherwise it will damage the inner layer of the mecha." Jin Ke said quickly.
After hearing his words, everyone's vigilance reached the highest point.
This kind of small mutant star beast is much more troublesome than the large star beast.
The attack by Wei San just now was like a signal. Some mutant stone frogs couldn't stand it and began to attack the team below.
The long tongues were swung from all directions, carrying dark green and obviously poisonous mucus. The soldiers each dealt with the attacking tongues, and accidentally got stained with the mucus thrown at them, and the surface of the mecha began to corrode.
Wei San and Huo Xuanshan jumped directly onto the stones, but these stones could not bear the weight of their mechas, so the two could not stay on them for more than five seconds and had to change to the next stone.
Jumping high makes it easy to find the mutant stone frogs hiding on the pumice. Wei San used a fan-shaped knife to deal with these star beasts, and did not use the knife in close combat.
These mucus could not destroy the knife made of Sumijin. Wei San quickly changed the stones and cleared the way for the people below.
The mutant stone frogs did not make a sound, clinging to the stones. The earth-gray skin almost merged with the stones, and even the tongues that stretched out were earth-gray.
Wei San had just cut off the tongue of a mutant stone frog, and before she could retract the fan-shaped knife, the stone frog spit out a large ball of dark green mucus from its mouth towards her.
Although this thing can't cause damage to the shell of Wuchang, Wei San hates this smelly mucus that seems to be mixed with sulfuric acid. She fell backwards and avoided the dark green mucus. In the process of falling backwards, she suddenly turned over, raised her hand to grab the pumice stone, and stood on another pumice stone again with this little resistance.
Live broadcast.
"The flexibility and strength of Wuchang's mecha seem to be stronger than other 3s-level mechas." Xi Haotian turned his head and asked Yu Tianhe, "I remember that purple liquid mushrooms are only most effective for mecha shell materials."
"Maybe Wuchang's internal structure has been changed. In addition, the mecha shell mixed with purple liquid mushrooms can reduce the weight by about 20% at the same level of mobility. In comparison, Wuchang's overall weight is also lighter than that of normal medium-sized mechas, and it must be more flexible." Yu Tianhe explained.
"I see." Xi Haotian nodded, and he had answered the question for the audience.
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In the floating stone forest, many light soldiers were jumping on the stones, and some medium-sized soldiers with strong flexibility were also fighting with the mutant stone frogs on them.
Of course, they were not as fast as the two in front. Huo Xuanshan and Wei San were responsible for dealing with high-level mutant stone frogs, and the low-level stone frogs were left to the school team members behind.
"3S-level mutant stone frog." Huo Xuanshan stood on a floating stone, staring at the mutant stone frog in front of them.
After all, it was a 3S light soldier. Even without spreading his wings, he could stay on the stone half as long as Wei San.
"Two, one for each of us." Wei San said, holding the fan-shaped knife covered with dark green mucus in both hands.
"Three." Huo Xuanshan lowered his head and motioned her to look down. There was a 3S-level mutant stone frog on the ground, and it had already started to fight with Liao Runing.
Needless to say, the two had already chosen the mutant stone frogs they were going to deal with.
From the surface, the 3S-level mutant stone frogs were no different from ordinary mutant stone frogs, except for the difference in mental power, but when they extended their tongues, they could find that they were completely different.
Their tongues were deeply forked, almost like two tongues, and they could spray dark green mucus at any time and anywhere without swallowing their tongues.
When Wei San threw his fan-shaped knife at the 3S-level mutant stone frog, it immediately spit out a large ball of extremely sticky mucus, which hit the fan-shaped knife and made it fall.
"..."
Wei San jumped up and could only reach out to pull the fan-shaped knife out of the mucus. At this time, the 3S-level mutant stone frog blocked her way with its two tongues, trying to pull Wu Chang closer.
Star beasts can feed on mecha materials. The mecha shell is the material of the star beasts. With energy, it is a great supplement for them.
This 3S-level mutant stone frog wants to corrode the mecha with mucus and then slowly swallow it.
Wei San couldn't do what it wanted. He pulled out his fan-shaped knife, put his hands together, and transformed it into a Sumi sword. The wide blade directly blocked the gushing mucus. Some of the mucus was thrown back onto the stone, corroding the entire stone in an instant.
The mutated stone frog realized something was wrong and reluctantly retracted its tongue.
Wei San was about to seize the opportunity to pursue and cut off the tongue of the mutated stone frog, but at this moment the wind stopped!
Once the wind stopped, there were no more pumice stones in the pumice forest. They all fell directly and turned into falling rocks, crashing to the ground.