yasinovel Chapter 4132 The Changes in Gray Porcelain
Chapter 4132 The Changes in Gray Porcelain
Chapter 4132 The Changes in Gray Porcelain
In the pitch-black cave, a battle is about to break out.
The dragon ahead was shrouded in mist, its exact form obscured, yet its massive silhouette still exuded an awe-inspiring presence. Just approaching it felt like Gray Porcelain had summoned a lifetime's worth of courage.
"Looked up!"
"If you don't even dare to look up, how can you use the magic energy array?"
"All its abilities are on full display, and the strategy guide is so detailed it's practically nonexistent. If we still fail, do you think Dream Mirror can still survive in the outside world?"
Angell's voice came from behind, and Gray Porcelain jumped up and stood at attention.
Upon hearing Angell's words, Gray Porcelain's expression became somewhat conflicted.
He had come in thinking he wouldn't die anyway, but when he actually faced Nereid, he felt afraid.
The enormous difference in size, and the natural sense of oppression brought by the dragon race, were things that Gray Porcelain had never considered before.
However, Angell's words gradually changed Gray Porcelain's initial timidity.
He joined Dream Mirror initially for protection; but as he spent more time there, he also enjoyed the superior treatment afforded to Dream Mirror members.
This treatment wasn't just given to him by the dream world, but also by the respect shown to him by various ethnic groups.
Even his ancestral family, the royal family of Trul, sent Princess Teapot to extend an olive branch to him.
You should know that in the past, he lived in the city of Tluga and was almost nobody.
All of this was brought to him by his identity as a member of Dream Mirror.
Therefore, deep down, Gray Porcelain increasingly recognized the Dream Mirror organization, and even felt a greater sense of belonging to Dream Mirror than Angel, the founder who hastily created it.
Therefore, when Angor said, "If we can't conquer Nereid, how will the Dream Mirror stand outside?" Gray Porcelain's dormant courage finally began to awaken.
He raised his head and faced the evil dragon behind the mist!
Only by observing the dragon closely can you know what skill it is using and interrupt it immediately!
A glint of electricity flashed in Nereid's eyes.
"It's Thunderous Punishment! Interrupt it with the wood-type turret! The power core is in the left eye!"
Gray porcelain, the rabbit girl, and Angel each have different responsibilities.
With its danger sense, Gray Porcelain can immediately determine the source of danger and the location of Nereid's core abilities through its vision and perception.
The rabbit girl possesses unparalleled physical combat prowess, which also means that her reaction speed is the fastest among the three.
Therefore, the rabbit girl is responsible for choosing the turrets of the corresponding category.
For example, when Gray Porcelain conveyed through the Mind Bond that Nereid was about to unleash "Thunderous Punishment," the Rabbit Girl had already pressed the button on the Wood-type turret.
Angor was responsible for "rapid aiming," using the turret to position and fire elemental shells at Nereid's "left eye."
Although it was the first time the three of them had worked together, their coordination was remarkably smooth and skillful.
Almost the instant Gray Porcelain spoke through the mind-binding ligature, the cannonball was already fired, directly striking Nereid's left eye, which was flashing with lightning.
With the sound of exploding shells, Nereid's screams echoed throughout the space.
The casting time for Thunderous Punishment was successfully interrupted!
As the interruption was successfully completed, the elemental backlash struck instantly, crackling and popping within Nereid's body.
A large portion of its "health bar" was also deducted!
"Well done!"
"Well done, gray porcelain! Let's continue!"
Seeing his health bar deducted, and with his teammates' praise, Gray Porcelain's expression became elated, and he nodded emphatically!
Next, Nereid unleashed several more skills, including "Hurricane Throw," "Ice Hell," and "Heavenly Fire Drop"... Each of these abilities was terrifying in its initial power.
The low growl generated air pressure that continuously stirred up the surrounding dust and mist.
But having learned from past experience, gray porcelain is no longer afraid.
"It used Hurricane Throw! With Earth Cannonballs! The target is its mouth, where its power core is!"
"Heavy water cannonball! Target its brightest feather on the left flank!"
"Fiery cannonball! Its dragon horn!"
Gray Porcelain's language became increasingly simplified, but the teamwork remained flawless.
Repeated elemental backlash.
Finally, Nereid's health bar dropped to 10%!
But at that moment, the entire Nereid dragon vanished, along with the surrounding weapons and dust, including the elemental buttons on their hands and the materialized turrets, all dissipating in an instant.
Seeing this, Gray Porcelain's expression was still somewhat stunned.
Angell walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Well done."
Only then did Gray Porcelain slowly come to her senses.
Everything that just happened...
It's all an illusion.
Elemental attacks, elemental turrets, and all sorts of dazzling special effects are fake.
It was a simulated battle that Angor deliberately created using illusion magic to help him and the rabbit girl get used to the elemental turret magic array and the rhythm of battle.
It is precisely because this is a simulated battle that Nereid has a "health bar" above his head, allowing challengers to more intuitively understand the current situation.
“Although the simulated battle is not real combat, our teamwork is top-notch.” Angell looked at Gray Porcelain and the rabbit girl: “With this teamwork, we will be more at ease when facing Nereid later.”
“However, that’s not enough,” Angell said. “The simulation battle just now went too smoothly. We need to simulate some unfavorable situations.”
"For example, what should we do if Nereid's abilities suddenly change?"
A new battle simulation has begun!
This time, Angor used illusion magic to simulate new changes, causing Nereid to shorten the "casting bar" time from time to time, and even causing Nereid to cast skills instantly a few times.
There was absolutely no opportunity for gray porcelain to anticipate.
Once the skill has been used, there's no point in using the elemental turret.
Instead, we must choose the [Elemental Field] to deal with it.
Although they were a bit flustered at first, and the rabbit girl was even "scraped" to death by the power, their teamwork became smoother and smoother afterward.
Even if Nereid shortened his chanting throughout, Gray Porcelain was able to use his high-speed danger sense to make the rabbit girl interrupt the spell.
On several occasions, Gray Porcelain even "predicted" Nereid's instantaneous abilities half a second in advance.
Even without successfully predicting the attack, they managed to resist Nereid's attack by manipulating the changes in the "elemental field".
"Very good. In this simulation, everyone has achieved a reaction speed of 0.01 seconds. Next, I will add some surprise attack events to increase the variables in this simulation battle."
Without explaining what a "surprise attack" meant, Angor directly used illusion magic to start a new round of simulated warfare.
After more than ten rounds of simulated battles, both the rabbit girl and the gray porcelain had adapted to the high-intensity simulation.
We'll find out what a "surprise attack" is after the battle.
This round of simulated battle started the same way as before, with various time-reduction casting and instant-cast skills; these were all in their rehearsals, and they could easily deal with them.
However, after fighting for a while, Nereid suddenly moved!
Its massive body rushed into the crowd with lightning speed.
The three people who were originally assigned to stand in positions were instantly pushed apart.
The buttons on the magic array's turrets also began to disperse.
At this moment, Nereid unleashed "Hurricane Throw" once again.
Although Gray Porcelain was trying to avoid the situation, she still subconsciously used her mental connection to tell everyone what had happened.
"Oh no, the button for the Earth Cannon isn't on my side! It's blocked by Nereid's body!" The rabbit girl quickly communicated via telepathy.
Gray Porcelain looked up and realized that because of Nereid's intrusion, they had been forced to separate, which also meant that the virtual button set up by the magic array was now on the other side.
The rabbit girl was far from the button, but he was very close to it.
Gray Porcelain instinctively lunged forward, wanting to touch the button.
They made contact, but because their reaction was too slow, the Hurricane Throw had already been released. Released at close range, it instantly took all three of them down.
"Will Nereid and the others really launch a surprise attack?" Gray Porcelain felt that a surprise attack was too difficult.
"When Shi Zhen and Nereid were fighting, Nereid basically didn't move..." the rabbit girl said quietly.
Angel: "Nereid is fighting the Time Poison, and it's normal that it can't keep up with the Time Poison's speed. But the rest of us aren't faster than Nereid, so it's still possible for it to launch a surprise attack under these circumstances."
"Of course, it's only a possibility."
Even if there's only the slightest possibility, Angell felt it was necessary to keep the variables within their control.
That's why he launched this surprise attack.
"The reason we gathered together before was to cover the elemental field. But if we are attacked by surprise, being gathered together could easily lead to a wipeout."
"Therefore, I will add a few more virtual buttons to the elemental turrets. To maximize responsiveness, the button positions will remain fixed."
"In the event of a surprise attack, we cannot stick to the original button. Instead, whoever is closest to the button must react."
In other words, this time it's no longer a matter of each of the three people being responsible for a project; rather, each person may be able to change projects.
Among them, gray porcelain remains the most important core element.
Because his "danger sense" allows him to predict Nereid's spellcasting at the fastest speed.
Therefore, others may just rotate projects slightly, but Gray Porcelain must anticipate at the same time. There is also the possibility that due to a surprise attack, he must both anticipate and press the button, and may even need to gather a group of people to release an elemental field.
It's fair to say that Gray Porcelain has become the busiest person now.
But Gray Porcelain doesn't actually reject the sudden increase in responsibilities. He even prefers the feeling of being entrusted with important tasks—just like when he was always treated as invisible in the city of Tluga, but now someone pats him on the shoulder and tells him, "Only you can do this." That sense of being needed gives him a clear understanding that he is "living a wonderful life."
It is precisely because of this sense of being "needed" that even as Hui Ci becomes increasingly busy, his execution ability also becomes stronger.
On one occasion, Angor secretly instructed Nereid to perform a "melee attack"—something Nereid, a worthless dragon who considered himself noble in the elements, would never do—yet Gray Porcelain handled it quite well.
This gave Angel a sense of pride, like that of a father whose eldest son has just begun to grow up.
Indeed, pressure is the source of motivation.
Next, Angor continued to use simulated battles to simulate various abnormal situations. In order to test Gray Porcelain's resistance to pressure, he would occasionally increase the size of Nereid to deliberately scare Gray Porcelain.
At first, Gray Porcelain was held back by her courage, but thinking that she wouldn't die anyway, she gritted her teeth and endured it.
On one occasion, Angel even caused the mine shaft to collapse.
While Gray Porcelain was still in the mine with only cracks, he activated an earth elemental field to defend against the falling debris, while continuing to target Nereid...
While gray porcelain may not be the best solution, it is certainly the most appropriate.
They perfectly applied "danger sensing" in actual combat.
This test shows that Gray Porcelain has basically "graduated." At least in dealing with the Nereid environment, he is completely at ease.
However, to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
They conducted several more simulations, but these simulations were no longer targeted; instead, various abnormal situations occurred randomly.
And it was no longer just Gray Porcelain putting in the effort alone; Angell and the Rabbit Girl also began to cooperate seriously.
The final results were extremely remarkable.
Even if Nereid attacks with his physical body, they can rely on the increased wind speed from the elemental field to directly contend with Nereid, and can be said to be able to hold their own in a head-on confrontation.
The only area where things might go wrong right now is... the dark element.
Because when Shizhen and Nereid fought, Nereid did not unleash any dark element attacks, but instead used dark elements to empower himself.
But Shi Zhen wasn't really sure what the effect of this blessing was.
The main problem was that Shi Zhen was too strong and Nereid was too weak; the buffs Nereid gave itself were simply no match for Shi Zhen's swift kill.
However, Angor also used the "dark element" to create some variables in the simulated battle, such as the conventional enhancements of dark abilities: dark shield, shadow transformation...
Dark Shield is a dark-elemental shield spell applied to oneself. It can be interrupted by a "Lightning Turret," causing it to backfire. If it's not interrupted, it's fine, since it only buffs oneself and doesn't attack externally.
Shadowification is a direct entry into a phantom state where energy is nullified. Interrupt it if you can, otherwise you'll just have to endure it.
Because the phantom state is immune to energy attacks, it is very difficult to interrupt its casting at this time, and the only way to deal with it is to use elemental fields.
Generally speaking, this ghosting won't last too long; you just have to get through it.
Of course, if Nereid remains in a phantom form the entire time, that's basically cheating, and the game becomes unplayable.
However, since you're using cheat codes, Angor has no choice but to use magic-inlaid leather scrolls to resolve the battle...
In conclusion, while the dark element may introduce some unknown variables, the level of danger should not be too great.
Since the Wonderland Authority has already positioned Nereid as a "mechanical monster," there must be a countermeasure in place. We can just adapt to the situation as it arises.
Moreover, with the "danger sense" of gray porcelain, many so-called unknown variables will be smoothed out by the established perception until they are no longer a threat.
The simulated combat training has now concluded.
Before the simulated battle, Gray Porcelain's eyes were always filled with uncertain worry; but after the simulated battle, that fear of the unknown was gradually replaced by confidence.
With unwavering confidence, the group embarked on their final hunting expedition.