Chapter 107: Shocking the Heavens
It is an eight-foot-tall humanoid mechanical puppet with a clear and angular body shape, mainly in black and white.
Two sturdy rectangular legs and arms make it look full of domineering and strength, with a black cylindrical weapon on its right arm.
"Host, this thing you've made is quite bizarre. It has human physical characteristics, but it's basically composed of various square components, which makes it too rigid and lacking in softness." Ling'er observed and commented.
As for her evaluation, Zhang Shan didn't mind at all, but instead looked very satisfied with his own work.
"Ling'er, I specifically gave it a name, called Weizhentian!"
Zhang Shan smiled and said to Ling Bei.
This mechanical puppet is made in the shape of Weishentian, the overbearing and powerful leader of the Blazing Tigers in his previous life's variation of the King of Fighters manga.
"No matter what it's called, I think a humanoid automaton should be less agile than a beast-shaped one, and speed should be its weakness. Why would the master create something in this shape?"
Ling'er continued to analyze further, and didn't think much of this puppet's combat strength.
Zhang Shan naturally couldn't tell her that it was just out of his own wicked humor.
"I think the speed issue isn't that hard to solve, and in the future, I plan on modifying it into a shape-shifting form, such as transforming into a beast shape according to battle needs." Zhang Shan said with a smile.
"Transform according to combat situation?"
Ling'er was taken aback at first, then thought for a moment and exclaimed in surprise: "The host's idea is really out of this world. The mechanism masters on the mainland have never thought about transformation before."
"But for now, I'm just a beginner and it's probably impossible. In short, to make it transform, there are still many problems that need to be solved." Zhang Shan said regretfully.
To make it like Transformers, the connection of parts needs to be improved, and the main problem lies in the symbol array.
It is necessary to know that the symbol array engraved inside the puppet plays a role in controlling the puppet's actions and battles. If the body deforms afterwards, the connection of the symbol array will be dislocated and broken, and it will no longer become an integral whole.
So Zhangshan still needs to find a way to solve this problem if he wants to become a Transformer.
After this problem is solved, the puppet can take different combat forms according to the situation on the battlefield.
According to Zhangshan's idea, the puppet takes on a human form when entwining and fighting, transforms into a beast shape or simply becomes a car when chasing, and transforms into a spirit boat for flight if it needs to be rushed.
"This idea is indeed thoughtful and should be feasible, but for the host to achieve its purpose, it's likely that they need to work hard on improving their symbol array skills." Ling'er continued.
"I already have a rough idea, but I need to make the symbol array very small and complex. At my current level, it's still not achievable, but there's no rush, I'll slowly ponder over it later." Zhang Shan nodded and said.
"Now let's see how this 'Shaking Heaven' performance of yours is."
Ling'er was intrigued by Zhangshan's idea and began to urge him to try out the power of this human-shaped puppet.
Zhang Shan's divine consciousness stirred, and the power slot on the puppet's abdomen opened a groove. He put in more than ten pieces of medium-grade spirit stones and began to activate the symbol array within the puppet.
The puppet's eyes began to shine with a red light and started making various movements in the room according to Zhang Shan's instructions.
At this moment, the room was filled with the rumbling sound of the mechanical puppet's feet tapping on the ground as it moved around.
"The sound is a bit loud, and later we'll have to add Whirlwind Seal and Float Seal to its legs."
Zhang Shan looked at it while considering the next step of improvement plan.
With a "ding" sound, the puppet's right arm suddenly ejected that ghost head knife from Ji Qianli, and then swung it up with one move after another.
"What's the cylinder on its right arm for?" Ling'er asked.
"That's a rune cannon, I call it the Fire God Cannon. Inside is engraved with a fireball rune array that can shoot out fireballs to harm enemies."
Zhang Shan said, his spirit stirred, the puppet put away its knife and raised its right arm, aiming at the wall.
A flash of light, a fireball flew out of the muzzle, hit the wall and blasted a hole about half a foot deep in the wall.
"It's quite powerful, this is equivalent to a full-force strike from an eighth-rank Spiritual Warrior." Ling'er exclaimed.
"The attack is quite strong, but unfortunately it only has a third-tier spirit beast's crystal core, so its intelligence is still a bit lacking. If the ice and fire spider's crystal core hadn't been sold, exchanging it for that one would have been perfect."
Zhang Shan said with a hint of regret: "If we need to exchange for higher-grade demon crystals later, we'll have to spend more effort re-refining the core part again."
However, overall he was still quite satisfied with this puppet he had made for the first time.
At this time, a light gate appeared again on one side of the wall in the room, and Zhang Shan had obviously passed this level.
After putting away the puppet and tools on the workbench, including the spiritual liquid, into the Su Mei ring, Zhang Shan walked through the light gate.
After his eyes lit up, Zhang Shan found that he had come to a very large room this time, but the room was empty.
On one wall of the room was written the condition for passing: using a mechanical puppet to defeat another opponent who had also passed and reached this place.
"So it seems that the route we took in shouldn't be the only one, there must be others who are passing through other rooms." Zhang Shan said to Ling'er.
"It should be the disciples of Tianzong Sect, I guess. Not long after we entered that underground labyrinth, they probably found the place and followed us in. However, without your jade slip, it's likely to take them some time to break through those mysterious iron doors."
"Hmm, deciphering the maze above will take quite some time. And when we arrive here again, it's certain that we'll need to create a mechanical puppet just like us."
Zhang Shan walked into the middle of the house and sat down: "Well, we can only wait here then. I wonder who will come."
He took out food and ate it. After resting for a while, he thought that he hadn't practiced in the space of the stele spirit today, so he decided to take this opportunity to practice.
It has been more than a month since he broke through the eighth level of Lingwu.
For more than a month, apart from eliminating the demon thief, he didn't waste any time in the Ling Space, so by now, he already felt that he was on the verge of breaking through to the Ninth Layer.
This time he entered the space of the stele spirit, and didn't do anything else, spending all his time cultivating the Shan Luo Wan Xiang Jue.
When he finished his cultivation time in the space, he felt that the current Spiritual Martial Eightfold Realm was already perfect and flawless. If it weren't for considering being in the maze at the moment, he would have chosen to break through.
He withdrew from the stele's spiritual space and slowly stood up, stretching his body. Feeling refreshed and invigorated, he had an urge to engage in a fierce battle at once.
At this time, a burst of light flashed in the room, and a figure appeared in front of his eyes.
"This should be the final opponent he has been waiting for." Zhang Shan thought to himself.
When the light faded away, Zhang Shan saw clearly who had come and couldn't help but burst out laughing with joy.
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