Chapter 76: Gods And Mortals
“I want to see exactly which business rival has a problem!”
Li Zhanying’s expression turned stern, as if she was determined to investigate to the bottom.
Tang Tiaotiao had already learned of the existence of the Evil God Scroll Painter and, upon hearing that her family’s mine might have been targeted by the Evil God’s Claws, immediately flew into a rage: “No matter what Evil God or not, if they dare bully my family, Great-Grandmother will kill him!”
“Don’t act on impulse,” Li Zhanying solemnly reminded: “You’re still young and not yet a match for those Evil God’s Claws.”
“Hmph, wait until I complete the conception of the Twelve Heavenly Riders, then let them have a taste with one hand!” Tang Tiaotiao said ambitiously.
Wu Xian tentatively inquired, “Aunt, have you ever fought against an Evil God Follower?”
“When I was young, I had the fortune to participate in an encirclement and suppression targeting an Evil Scroll Painter,” Li Zhanying nodded: “Their scrolls are strange and powerful; ordinary Spirit Tamers find it hard to deal with them. Only some powerful dojo Gold Scrolls can contend with them.”
“Dojo Gold Scroll?” Wu Xian was secretly shocked.
It must be known that the Golden Axis is a huge watershed. A set of Scroll Painting Concept that can be constructed to the Golden Axis is already a quite powerful existence.
Ordinary Scroll Painting Concepts don’t even have the qualification to promote to the Golden Axis.
Any Scroll Painting that can promote to the Golden Axis must have a certain Law Network in its underlying Divine Diagram.
Conversely, only Scroll Paintings with a certain Law construction potential have the possibility of elevating to the Golden Axis tier.
Therefore, to measure whether a Scroll Painting is top-tier is to see if it has the Law potential to construct to Gold Scroll.
The Autobots are a typical example.
The Law Network in their underlying Divine Diagram is pitifully scarce, with almost no power at the Law level, and almost no possibility of upgrading to Gold Scroll in the future.
However, good Brother Tang Beng’s research seems to have brought some turning point.
In contrast, the Ten Great Yin Marshals belong to the kind with Gold Scroll Potential; the Law Networks within their Divine Diagrams are rich and clear.
In Wu Xian’s view, 【Golden Axis】 is like the watershed between gods and mortals.
Being able to reach the Golden Axis means it is a “God-level” Scroll Painting Concept.
Failing to reach the Golden Axis means it is just a “mortal-level” Scroll Painting Concept.
Of course, it is not excluded that some excellent “mortal-level” Scroll Paintings, under the efforts of the Scroll Painter, undergo conception transformation, accumulate and release, and promote to 【Golden Axis】—this situation is similar to cultivators ascending to immortality, transforming from mortal to god.
The fact that Evil Scroll Paintings require dojo Gold Scrolls to contend with is enough to illustrate their power.
Wu Xian’s ability to counter-kill that Evil God Follower before was largely because the Scroll Painting in his hand was innately a “God-level” Scroll Painting Concept.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Li Zhanying advanced unstoppable, one cannon per Plunderer, successfully rendezvousing with the Ore Prospecting team members.
“Where is the Commander-level Plunderer?” Li Zhanying asked first thing.
“It’s drilling for rare 【Mechanical Crystal】 in the Plunderer Mine Vein.” The Ore Prospector team Captain hurriedly reported and quickly pointed out the general location: “Over there, the drilling commotion is very obvious.”
“What a bunch of annoying locusts!”
Li Zhanying inexplicably got angry; it was hard to discover such a Rare Mine Vein, yet it ended up benefiting these Mechanical Marauders.
She immediately threw out a Silver Scroll Six Stars Mechanical Scroll Painting, which clacked clacked clacked into a large Laser Device.
Li Zhanying jumped onto the control position, madly injecting Spiritual Power, and after some sensation and aiming.
Boom——!
The cave trembled, and the terrifying airwave shockwave surged out through the interconnected mine tunnels.
The giant Laser beam surged out like a dam releasing floodwaters.
The mine vein and cave rock walls ahead were forcibly broken open into a straight mine tunnel; the Laser Cannon accurately hit that Tier 4 Commander-level Plunderer, smashing it onto the mine vein rock wall hundreds of meters away. Its Machine Body parts all over convulsed and malfunctioned, half-dead.
In its sharp and complex mechanical mouthparts, a small piece of glowing Mechanical Crystal still remained.
At this sight, Wu Xian only felt his scalp go numb.
Good grief, if hit by one such cannon, probably not even bone fragments would remain.
With the Tier 4 Commander and several Elite Plunderers dead, the other Plunderers naturally posed no threat and were quickly cleaned up by everyone.
Wu Xian also arrived at the Tier 4 Commander-level Monster under Li Zhanying’s lead.
“Little Xianzi, come take a look.” Li Zhanying said seriously.
Wu Xian released Mental Power to probe deeply, while beside him, Tang Tiaotiao mimicked him earnestly.
“The Spiritual Structure is different from ordinary Plunderers,” Tang Tiaotiao said in surprise, suddenly speaking up: “But why do I feel like this is just the unique Spiritual Structure of Commander-level Monsters?”
Elite Monsters are elite because their internal Spiritual Structures have undergone qualitative change, distinguishing them from other peers and making them stronger individuals; Commander-level ones are the same.
But the key point is that the Spiritual Structures in this batch of Plunderers are not very “natural.”
“Take another look at those ordinary Plunderers.” Wu Xian reminded.
Tang Tiaotiao hesitantly turned to an ordinary Plunderer, and after probing, exclaimed in surprise: “Ah~ Ordinary Plunderers also show a trend of forming Elite Monster Spiritual Structures inside, and there’s even some Rare Spirituality components.”
Continuing the probe, she found similar situations in these ordinary Plunderers.
It couldn’t be that all these Plunderers could evolve into Elite individuals, right?
This was obviously unreasonable.
“Aunt, can I take it back for a good study?” Wu Xian tentatively asked; after all, the materials from this Tier 4 Commander-level Monster were still quite valuable.
“Why be polite with Aunt? Just take it.” Li Zhanying nodded straightforwardly.
Compared to one day’s output from the mine, this Commander-level Monster wasn’t even a hair; moreover, Wu Xian was her family’s little lucky star.
“Such a good Rare Mine Vein, ruined by these locusts—who knows how much is left.”
Wu Xian smiled slightly: “There should still be quite a bit.”
He had just used Aura of Wealth to sense it and could clearly sense the wealth aura emitted by quite a lot of Rare Minerals.
“Hope so.”
Li Zhanying shook her head with a wry smile, thinking Wu Xian was just comforting her.
“To be honest, this junior recently learned a trick from an Ore Prospector; even he praised me for having great Ore Prospecting talent.” Wu Xian said confidently: “Based on my preliminary observation, there should still be quite a bit of Rare Ore remaining.”
At these words, everyone was stunned.
The Ore Prospecting team members even laughed: “Young man, don’t joke; how long have you been here, and you can tell how much Rare Ore is left in this Mine Vein?”
“If the seniors don’t believe it, just take it as a fun story.”
Wu Xian was too lazy to argue, silently collecting the Plunderer corpses.
Li Zhanying and the Ore Prospecting team members didn’t take it to heart either.
However, while following Li Zhanying to leave, he suddenly stopped in front of a rock wall: “Feels like there will be Rare Ore here.”
“Real or fake? How did you see that?”
Tang Tiaotiao curiously examined the rock wall, full of doubt.
Several Ore Prospecting team members teased: “Don’t mess around~ How could it be seen at a glance.”
But one old master stared at the rock wall for a long time: “Don’t say, it really might be.”
With that, he summoned Brother Pillar to excavate on site.
Soon, a Mechanical Crystal emerged before everyone’s eyes, and in an instant, all gazes focused sharply on Wu Xian’s face.
“There really is! How did you see it? Teach me; I want to learn too.” Tang Tiaotiao’s eyes lit up.
“Observe the rock strata and Mine Vein direction changes, then judge by feel.”
Tang Tiaotiao listened in a fog.
“Young man, not bad; interested in developing with our Ore Prospecting team?” The old master was eager for talent.
“Alright, Old Liu; Little Xianzi isn’t suited for this.”
Li Zhanying lightly laughed and interrupted; though she was also surprised, pulling Wu Xian into the Ore Prospecting team would be a waste of talent.
