Fixed point blasting
Clone?
--so much? !
Although it was not the first time she had seen this move, it was the first time Morina had seen such a large number of them, so it was hard not to be surprised.
She opened her mouth wide, staring at the different Xi Mu jumping up and down, fighting on their own, luring or throwing the miners scattered throughout the mine together, and was stunned for a moment.
No... isn't this a bit too strong?!
Although clones are not a very rare magic, if there are a large number of them, they are often just phantoms used to confuse the enemy, with at most one or two physical clones hidden among them to cooperate with the main body.
Generally speaking, the highest-level physical clone can only retain 80% of the original body's strength at most. If the number of clones increases, the power of each clone will decrease gradually.
Therefore, in actual combat, if the clone tactics are used, the configuration of one or two clones would be more reasonable and common, and Ximu has always used it this way before.
Because of this——
The dozens of clones in front of me are all real entities, and each one seems to be strong enough to fight monsters alone. When I think about it carefully, it is really terrifying!
"...Morina? Almost there."
A short reminder suddenly came from the side, and Morina came back to her senses instantly and found that Sorens had set up the barrier again.
The ground where Ximu had struck a cross was now filled with densely packed miner monsters. They were pinned there by black magic spears, stacked layer upon layer like a disgusting hill.
Alas, instead of working here endlessly, it would be better to return to the arms of the gods early and have a good rest.
The girl, silently lamenting in her heart, mobilized her magic power and cast all the explosive scrolls in a row.
Three pieces of parchment unfolded and burned, and the overlapping magic circle connected in a ring at the designated location, gathering all monsters within the casting range. Exploding magic power gathered like thunder, ready to blast everything within the area into ash.
At this moment, Ximu fell from the sky for some unknown reason and suddenly landed on the top of the monster hill!
"Varied……!"
Morina was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat. With her current strength, it was impossible for her to withstand the backlash of the three explosive scrolls and stop them by force!
- What are you doing, are you crazy?!
Before they could organize their fear into complete sentences, the silver-haired girl leaped forward at lightning speed and headed straight towards them.
At the same moment, just as she dodged away, a monster much larger than the other miners chased here, raised its head and roared, like a hybrid of some kind of Squamata and human.
"Add six more Fireballs!"
Before Xi Muren landed, Demand had already fallen from mid-air.
"Are you planning to blow this place down?!"
Despite the scolding, Morina took out the scroll of the enhanced version of Explosive Fireball without hesitation, and fired six scrolls at once, with great momentum and heroism, not at all like a priestess.
The blasting scroll that was used first exploded first, with sound waves and flames shooting into the sky. If they were not standing in the defensive barrier at this moment, they would have been blown away on the spot.
Actually, this was their original blasting plan... choose a good location, protect their own people, and then carry out the blasting work under the premise of ensuring safety and stability.
Of course, it's not very stable now...
I don’t know if it was thanks to the impact of the explosion, but Ximu returned to the barrier at the moment the thick smoke hit. Dozens of clones merged into one, with some dust on their bodies, but they didn’t look injured.
"There's a time lag between the two explosions, so there might be quite a few fish that slipped through the net."
Because Ximu accidentally attracted a monster that looked very powerful. Although the six fireballs added later were not separated by a long time from the previous explosions, they happened before and after, so it was not surprising that Morina felt this way.
"No... maybe, but not too much."
Ximu walked forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with them, raised his chin slightly in the direction of Sorens, signaling Molina to pay attention to Sorens.
The short-haired girl turned her head suspiciously and found that the other party was sweating profusely and was staring at the direction of the explosion with bated breath. Suddenly she realized something and immediately cast an auxiliary magic to quickly replenish his magic power. Then she looked in the direction of his gaze with surprise.
The two explosions occurred in a very short time interval and were extremely powerful, but the earth-shaking phenomenon was not alarming. Apart from some gravel and ore that were shaken down after the mountain wall shook slightly, the serious landslide that was expected to be caused did not occur.
It was not until the thick smoke caused by the explosion slowly dissipated that Molina was surprised to find that a tight defensive magic circle had been set up at the location of the explosion without her knowing when!
The barrier they were in was to protect against invasions from the outside world;
However, the one at the explosion point was trapped by the impact from within!
Although he knew that this must be Sorens' arrangement, but being able to maintain two defensive magics with completely opposite effects at the same time under such a huge impact, this kid's talent in this area is really amazing!
She quickly gave the exhausted brown-haired boy a blessing of calming the mind and another spell that could continuously restore both magic power and physical strength. Before Morina could ask a question, Xi Mu left the barrier again. As he walked forward, he tilted his head and asked, "That guy over there, can we get in from the outside?"
Knowing that Ximu was going to deal with those who hadn't died yet, Sorens immediately responded: "Sure! I designed it so that people can enter but not exit. The rest should be inside. No one has escaped..."
After a long speech, Sorens was so tired that he was out of breath. Ximu said that he understood and gave him a rare word of comfort before leaving.
"Thanks for your hard work—just hold on a little longer, it will be over soon."
The accelerating silver-haired girl rushed into the messy explosion site like a ghost, killing the monsters that were not yet dead one by one. The combined monster, which looked very difficult to deal with at first glance, dragged its wounded body and stuck out its long tongue to attack Ximu, but was nailed to the ground by Ximu with a dagger!
——A strange black mist came from nowhere and spread over the blade, stretching and taking shape. In a moment, it wrapped the dagger inside and turned it into a huge sickle!
Ximu held a long sickle in his hand and swung it from bottom to top with a crescent-shaped strike, splitting the scaly monster, which was already at the end of its strength, directly into two halves from the front!
The mine, which was once filled with smoke, finally became truly quiet at this moment.
Following Xi Mu's nod, Sorens, who had been meticulously maintaining the defensive barrier throughout the entire process, finally breathed a sigh of relief. After removing the barrier, he instantly lost all his strength and sat down on the ground.
We agreed to just lead the way...but this whole journey involved escaping and explosions, which was a bit too exciting.
He inadvertently smiled bitterly twice, looking at Molina who was chattering and concerned about his situation, and noticing Ximu's slightly approving look, somehow, he felt a little happy in his heart.
He contributed.
He helped them too.
Especially when Morina patted his shoulder and generously praised his defensive magic and ability to seize opportunities with the word "hidden talents", the joy of being recognized was as hard to suppress as boiling water.
So, when Morina suggested that she go get some ore so that they could have a good rest first, he, who was able to get up, volunteered to go with her, saying that he couldn't leave the priest alone.
Xi Mu didn't care. She chose a place with a good view to sit down and rest. As long as her teammates were always within her sight, she would let them do whatever they wanted.
Their main mission this time was to come to the mine to confirm the situation, verify the accuracy of the map and ore distribution map, and then take some of each type of ore back. After Ruixia confirmed which ones were more useful, they would definitely come again.
After all... with the limited manpower they currently have, if they don't try to use tools and rely solely on manual transportation, the amount of mineral materials they can bring back each time is really very limited.
Speaking of which, these miners have been working non-stop for all these years. Earlier, Morina and Sorens mentioned that when they were preparing to blast open the mine entrance, they came face to face with a miner monster carrying a basket on its back...
If that’s the case, the inventory of mineral materials in the workshop should be quite large.
Because they alarmed the centipede monster that was obsessed with forging, they just ran all the way. No one had time to carefully observe the situation in the gem processing area at that time, nor did they pay attention to whether there was an ore collection point near the entrance... Wouldn't it be more convenient if they could take some back directly from the workshop?
Taking advantage of the recovery time, Ximu was not idle at all.
While thinking about something in his mind, his body was regulating its breathing evenly, and his eyes were scanning everywhere carefully, for fear that some monster would appear in his teammates' blind spot so that he could remind and rescue them in time.
At this moment, a small metal-like object, most of which was covered by the blown-up soil, suddenly caught her attention.
After jumping down from the protruding stone wall and landing steadily, she squatted down, brushed away the dust, and found that this metal object was something she was very familiar with.
—— Ruixia’s mechanic bug.
Was it affected by the explosion just now?
It's also possible that if Sorens's barrier happens to trap it within the explosion point, it will definitely be destroyed at such a close distance...
Um?
As if she noticed something, she slowly stood up and the expression on her face gradually became solemn.
Apart from the external injuries caused by impact and high temperature, the most direct damage that caused the mechanical insect to be damaged seemed to be a slashing wound.
Did she accidentally hurt him when she was collecting the fish that had escaped the net?
No, it's impossible.
With her keen sense of touch, even if she accidentally hurt someone, she wouldn't be unaware of it...
Although no new enemies appeared within his sight, Ximu still traced the source of the falling mecha bug, and finally slowly looked towards the dark depths above his head.
At that moment, she felt as if she had vaguely caught a fleeting "sight".
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