Chapter 92
What?
It was as if the defensive instinct in my bones was forcibly awakened, and my subconscious was clamoring that there was a crisis.
Jiang Yunu looked around and saw that the surrounding environment was normal, without any signs of abnormality.
But the more normal it is, the more evil it is.
The tiny hairs on the back of the neck were still standing guard in a vigorous group. The feeling of these subtle nerve endings being mobilized would be silent and easily overlooked at ordinary times, but at this moment, it was as obvious as someone strumming a string instrument wildly next to my ear.
Clear and noisy.
Jiang Yunu's nerves were screaming danger, but her expression remained calmer. She had already stopped when she realized something was wrong, standing still, her feet not fully planted on the ground. One heel was slightly raised, her knees slightly bent, her joints relaxed, her muscles tense. She was in a position that allowed her to attack or defend, her body in a state of high mobility.
Jiang Yunu stood in the woods without moving.
The cool morning breeze that had been blowing on her skin died silently, and she was still waiting patiently.
There was something, whose appearance was still unknown, lurking around her, staring at her and observing her in a manner that created a strong sense of crisis.
The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. It is better to stay still than to move.
Jiang Yunu was very patient. Based on the principle of "I don't know how to find you, but I know you will definitely come to find me", she was waiting for the other party to show up on their own initiative.
She did wait.
About five minutes later, Jiang Yunu heard a slight sound from a clump of grass behind him.
She thought to herself: Oh, it seems that he is used to moving on the ground.
But Jiang Yunu did not turn back to the right where he heard the noise.
On the contrary, the next second, she suddenly turned to her left, and at the same time, her right hand swiftly pulled out the branch hanging from her left waist. When the branch was pulled to the side of her body, she grasped it and thrust it forward! Green supernatural power erupted from her hand holding the branch, quickly covering the entire branch as Jiang Yunu pulled it out, making her feel like she had drawn a green longsword from her waist.
With a "bang", the "tree sword" flashing green light suddenly hit a solid object!
Jiang Yunu didn't even see who was coming. She first saw through the movement in the grass and realized it was just a smokescreen. While she heard the grass shaking, she also felt the slight change in wind speed on the other side.
The branch itself was brittle and could not withstand such a fierce blow. What really faced the opponent's momentum head-on was Jiang Yunu's special ability. The branch once again served as a medium, and in her hands, it was enhanced by the special ability of the earth element and became a hard weapon.
"What a cunning greeting gift." Jiang Yunu sighed while wrestling with his opponent.
Behind the green supernatural light stood a huge monster. Compared with the mechanical earth elemental beast that Jiang Yunu and Xie Shi had fought before, it was about 1.5 times larger than the metal monster.
Jiang Yunu was a little dazzled by the green color of her own special ability. Even with the help of the "green light filter" at close range, she could not see the details of this metal monster, nor could she immediately determine what element it belonged to.
But Jiang Yunu could be sure that this was most likely the "mechanical elemental beast" that Zhou Jinxue had encountered twice.
"It's you." Jiang Yunu said.
The metallic beast realized that it couldn't even compete with Jiang Yunu in a duel of strength. It kept trying to move forward, but the white-haired female target in front of it was holding a branch tightly blocking it. After trying twice, it finally gave up, suddenly lowered its center of gravity, and pressed its huge body against the ground, as if trying to bypass the branch and continue to collide with Jiang Yunu from below. But after a small downward movement, it suddenly pushed upwards -
Its real target was Jiang Yunu's right arm holding the branch!
"……Ouch."
Jiang Yunu murmured softly in mid-air.
She did retreat when the metal monster seemed to be about to hit her waist and abdomen.
The foot that had been planted loosely on the ground slid back, pulling her body rapidly backward. At the same time, her right arm, still holding the branch, held it diagonally to the side, continuing to defend against potential attacks. The metal beast suddenly changed its tactics, but Jiang Yunu remained unfazed. She kept her center of gravity on the foot that had slid back, and pushed hard against the ground for leverage. Her front leg, which hadn't been fully planted, lifted its knee, and using the power of her back leg and waist and abdomen, she leaped up on the spot.
Xie Shidu had already witnessed Jiang Yunu's ability to jump on the spot. His judgment at that time was completely correct. Jiang Yunu did have amazing jumping ability. She jumped on the spot and narrowly avoided the upward charge of the metal monster.
The sound Jiang Yunu muttered was not a cry of pain after being hit, but she finally confirmed that the "mechanical elemental beast" in front of her was different.
After just two encounters, she quickly understood why Zhou Jinxue felt that something was wrong with this elemental beast at first sight.
The biggest difference between this "mechanical elemental beast" and the metal beasts encountered before is that the other party seems to have the ability to think.
This beast was in no way on the same level as the other metal monsters it had encountered. It was intelligent and thoughtful, unlike a student memorizing pre-set combat procedures and following a rigid routine. It was flexible and adaptable, attempting to use smoke bombs to confuse its target and flexibly changing its tactics in battle.
If the mechanical elemental beasts they had encountered before were like the old-fashioned little robots that automatically executed a small set of programs at the flick of a switch, then the "mechanical elemental beast" before them was an "advanced robot" equipped with a more advanced intelligent module that could collect target information in real time and adjust its response plan.
"Is it in compliance with regulations to deploy a 'mechanical elemental beast' of your level in the practice competition?" Jiang Yunu jumped into the air, turned in the air, and landed on a tree at the back with a somersault.
She stepped on the branches and looked at the strange metal beast that came to her.
"Or are you the hidden boss of the game, and defeating you can get extra points?" she said.
Jiang Yunu's guess sounded casual, but her attitude was not casual at all, and she did not take a casual attitude to deal with this elemental beast.
She cleverly found an opportunity to briefly get to a higher place, which allowed her to see the entire appearance of this metallic beast more clearly.
——This is indeed a big one.
The opponent's size was not as big as the stone giant, a fire elemental beast that Jiang Yunu had fought in the holographic game. However, in this inter-school competition, the opponent's size was already very prominent.
Its entire body is covered in solid armor, it has four legs, no tail, and a pair of curved horns, and its appearance seems to be modeled after some kind of cattle.
The speed of its movement was surprisingly fast, and its four legs, which looked very strong and sturdy, were suspected to have some kind of silent shock-absorbing device, so that the noise it made when it moved quickly was not very loud.
If the opponent's movements were really consistent with its size, it would not have been able to approach Jiang Yunu quietly at the beginning.
After Jiang Yunu took in the other person's entire appearance, it was hard not to ask, "This is a joint competition between elementary schools of supernatural powers. Isn't it considered beyond the scope of the competition to include you?"
The armored beast did not answer.
While Jiang Yunu was perched on the tree, observing it closely, it seemed to be observing Jiang Yunu as well.
It was only after Jiang Yunu jumped onto the tree and observed carefully that he discovered that the armor coverage of this "mechanical elemental beast" even included the opponent's eyes - there were two thin white eye pieces where the eyes should be.
It's like there are two layers of silver-white coating on the eyes.
But what kind of mechanical elemental beast couldn't even have its eyes visible? Was it necessary to be so heavily armed?
The huge metal beast moved again!
Jiang Yunu stayed in the tree for over two minutes. These two minutes seemed to have convinced the metal beast that she was incapable of fighting on land. So, it stomped its foot on the ground and charged straight towards the tree where Jiang Yunu was, as if it was going to break the tree in half!
Jiang Yunu dodged before the momentum forced her under the tree, and she jumped down from the tree. The metal monster unexpectedly stopped in front of the tree and suddenly turned its head in the direction of her fall. The sharp horns shining with cold light were like a pair of sharp spikes sticking below, waiting to "pierce" the falling Jiang Yunu.
Green power blossomed in Jiang Yunu's hands. She still used the branch that she still held in her hand as a medium, and the earth element power instantly transformed the branch into a sturdy long stick.
Both ends of the long stick were blunt and had no edge. Jiang Yu Crossbow swung it towards the head area between the two horns of the metal monster.
She moved so quickly that an afterimage was left behind. She swung and smashed, and just when the metal beast faltered, she struck again!
The first strike interrupted the smoothness of the "Mechanical Elemental Beast"'s movements, and the second strike used the special tree stick as a support, and Jiang Yunu directly used the stick to jump over the head of the metal beast.
By the time the metal beast recovered from the blow from mid-air, Jiang Yunu was already some distance away from it.
"Where did they hide your elemental crystal core?" Jiang Yunu held the stick in both hands and narrowed his eyes slightly.
She was now certain that she had basically circled the "Mechanical Elemental Beast" completely, both in the tree and on the ground, but she did not find any signs of crystal core embedded anywhere on the other's body.
Jiang Yunu's gaze moved downwards to the hard-to-see lower body of the "Mechanical Elemental Beast".
If the opponent's crystal core is embedded there, it would be a bit difficult to deal with.
This huge metal monster obviously would not be turned over easily. It lay on its back, allowing Jiang Yunu to check carefully whether the crystal core of the other party was embedded under its body.
And maybe there is armor covering underneath.
Jiang Yunu's mind raced. There was a lot she needed to consider, but it seemed like there wasn't that much she needed to do.
It all comes down to two words: Come and fight!
Find the methods and tricks to explore the opponent's crystal core. Who knows, you might suddenly get an inspiration while fighting?
Jiang Yunu has always been fighting in an almost instinctive way. She has learned some knowledge of supernatural combat, but her actual combat operations and fighting style nine times out of ten rely on her on-the-spot performance and capturing the instantaneous intuition to break the deadlock in battle.
The metallic beast can bring a sense of urgency to Jiang Yunu. Its combat power is completely not on the same level as the mechanical elemental beasts he encountered before. It can be regarded as the first tough opponent Jiang Yunu has encountered in reality.
Jiang Yunu and the opponent fought for a while, with you attacking and me defending, you resting and I testing. Suddenly, she made a new discovery.
She discovered that the other party seemed to be secretly guiding her to abandon wrapping her superpowers in a medium, wanting her to directly attack the other party with her superpowers.
Why?
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