Chapter 17: Tang Tiaotiao’s Shock
“Oh, then how’s Pang Dahai’s Scroll Painting Talent?”
Tang Tiaotiao hummed and pouted, “Although I’m very unwilling to admit it, but from the teachers’ attitudes toward him, he seems to have quite a bit of talent.”
“What about you?”
“This miss is naturally the center of attention,” Tang Tiaotiao raised her chin, “but the teachers seem to care more about my little Jade Rabbit.”
Wu Xian understood and said no more.
They chatted idly along the way and arrived at the fortress exit.
“After we go out, stick close to me, don’t run around,” Tang Tiaotiao instructed from the front, “This is your first time entering an instance, you don’t know how dangerous the dimension instances are.”
Little did she know, Wu Xian was no longer a newbie.
Walking out of the fortress, the world in front of them instantly opened up, a desolate expanse, with some vast building complexes faintly visible stretching like mountain ranges.
Not far away, there was also a giant mining pit that had been abandoned after exploitation.
“Go there first!”
Tang Tiaotiao pulled out an electronic map resembling a phone and confirmed the target direction.
“You have a map too?”
Wu Xian curiously looked at the electronic map screen in Tang Tiaotiao’s hand.
Good grief, all sorts of terrains and location markers were clearly labeled.
Tang Tiaotiao didn’t think twice, “This kind of low-level instance map can be downloaded for free from the art studio, convenient for everyone on sketching trips to find inspiration.”
With that, she tossed out an axis scroll painting, which transformed into a stylish small mountain bike.
Wu Xian, sitting in the passenger seat, couldn’t help but be curious, “This bike is from your family’s product line, right?”
“Of course,” Tang Tiaotiao casually introduced: “Lynx Generation 4, 【instance】 edition, no matter how many people want to buy it, they can’t get one.”
Wu Xian clicked his tongue in amazement.
Not long after, they successfully arrived at the target location, which looked like an abandoned super-large mining base.
As soon as the two arrived, they were locked onto by two drone-shaped mechanical monsters in the sky, emitting bursts of alarm sounds, with targeting lasers locking on, followed closely by energy light projectiles.
Biubiu……!
Tang Tiaotiao smiled calmly, silver scroll painting 【Moon Envoy – Jade Rabbit】 made a dazzling appearance, the painted spirit level already improved to two stars.
Moonlight shone, and a humanoid rabbit full of two-dimensional style emerged, wearing a bright yellow palace dress with fluttering ribbons, exactly like a cute fairy rabbit.
The energy projectiles fired by the monsters were easily blocked by the moonlight defense around the Jade Rabbit.
“How about it, isn’t my Jade Rabbit awesome?” Tang Tiaotiao asked proudly.
Then, the little fairy rabbit Jade Rabbit waved her small hand, shooting out two crescent-shaped moonlight attacks, instantly blasting those two drone monsters.
“Awesome!”
Wu Xian nodded in approval, and by the way released the Guardian Tiger.
Unlike the cute and beautiful Jade Rabbit, the Guardian Tiger was clearly much more majestic and domineering.
At the same time, mechanical monsters attracted by the alarm sounds were rapidly approaching, in various forms.
There were human-type, half-humanoid, half-human half-beast types, mostly first order monsters, fewer second order monsters.
Among them, two mechanical monsters clearly had a different art style from the other monsters, quickly catching the attention of the two.
“Huh, those two mechanical monsters have been mutated by the plant element?” Tang Tiaotiao was both surprised and delighted.
Only to see those two mechanical monsters covered in strange vines, with parts all over their bodies replaced by vine plants, tendrils growing from within their bodies, and rapidly wrapping toward the two.
The Jade Rabbit and Guardian Tiger quickly countered, repelling the vine attacks.
“Strange, how come there are plant mutations here?”
Tang Tiaotiao was full of enthusiasm, leading Wu Xian to charge in, and they encountered more and more mechanical creatures mutated by the plant element.
The Jade Rabbit displayed extraordinary combat power, somehow holding a medicine pestle in her hand, smashing one silently with each swing.
The Guardian Tiger refused to fall behind, tearing apart several mechanical monsters with pounces, bites, and rips.
But those plant element mutated monsters were extremely tough; after being smashed apart, they could surprisingly be pulled back together by the vines, leaving the two stunned.
“No way, we can’t fight our way in just with the two of us!”
Tang Tiaotiao had a 【instance】 ice spray in her hand, spewing out clumps of frost energy, forcing back and slowing the charging monsters.
Just as Wu Xian hesitated whether to release the God of Wealth, a series of cannonballs came from behind, landing among the mechanical monsters.
Boom boom boom……
Immediately after, the sketching team led by Pang Dahai appeared behind them.
Pang Dahai lounged on the shoulder of a humanoid mechanical painted spirit, his eyes flashing with excitement, “Plant element mutated mechanicals, good stuff!”
The teammates beside him also had stars in their eyes.
“Scram, we found this place first!” Tang Tiaotiao inexplicably got angry.
To her, anyone could come except Pang Dahai’s team.
“Tch~” Pang Dahai clearly didn’t take the two seriously, “Instance monsters are always fair competition, so what if you got here first? Come on, everyone, kill in with me!”
With that, the group unleashed full firepower and charged toward the depths of the mechanical base.
Tang Tiaotiao was so anxious she could only glare, but there was nothing she could do.
Fortunately, Pang Dahai’s group was also thoroughly disgusted by the plant mutated monsters.
“What the hell? Can’t kill them?”
“They’re shattered to pieces, and they can still reassemble?”
“Exhausted, those plant vines aren’t even afraid of my flamethrower?”
“Not just unafraid of fire, their toughness and hardness are astonishingly strong,” another teammate holding a handsome long sword said gravely, “My Xuan Tian Sword can’t even cut them!”
“Hiss~ This isn’t some plant, it’s practically high-strength cables!”
At this moment, both sides finally realized the power of these plant element mutated monsters.
The fusion of plant element and mechanical system naturally couldn’t be viewed with a “plant” perspective anymore.
In comparison, Tang Tiaotiao’s Jade Rabbit could still deal some damage, at least able to smash those “plant” vines.
“No, look over there quick?”
Pang Dahai and the others looked over in doubt, all widening their eyes.
They saw that Tang Tiaotiao and the other one, whom they had left behind earlier, were rapidly advancing toward the base depths under the protection of a layer of golden treasure light.
Attacks from numerous mechanical monsters and mutated monsters were completely blocked by that golden treasure light.
Boom!
A bolt of thunder struck down, and several mechanical monsters shut down on the spot, going offline right there.
The mutated monsters directly hit exploded instantly, vines shattering all over the ground, completely losing the chance to reassemble and revive.
“It’s that kid, that kid’s scroll painting!”
“You two know that guy?” Pang Dahai asked suspiciously, looking at the two.
But they averted their gazes and hemmed and hawed, “We met him in the Abyssal Realm before, he’s pretty awesome.”
“What scroll painting is so powerful?” Everyone was curious.
“And that layer of golden energy shield, could it be some advanced skill scroll painting?”
……
Under the protection of the aura of wealth light curtain, Wu Xian was full of curiosity about the situation inside the base.
But Tang Tiaotiao beside him was no longer calm; just when Wu Xian said he would take her in, she thought he was joking.
Until the God of Wealth appeared, propping up this seemingly “invincible” energy shield.
“Little Xianzi, you… you… have a second scroll painting?!”
Tang Tiaotiao took a good while to recover, looking at Wu Xian, then at the majestic and martial God of Wealth beside him, her eyes full of shock.
“Good luck~ good luck~.” Wu Xian chuckled sheepishly to brush it off.
“……”
Tang Tiaotiao secretly doubted her life; she originally thought Wu Xian just had some scroll painting talent, a talent buried due to family background.
She never expected Wu Xian to be so outrageous.
In comparison, those so-called scroll painting geniuses in the art studio were simply weak.
“Little Xianzi, do you still want to enter the art studio?” Tang Tiaotiao couldn’t hide her excitement, “I’ll talk to the teachers for you; with your talent, the art studio will definitely be willing to give you another chance at the makeup exam.”
“Eh, maybe.”
Wu Xian smiled indifferently.
Back then, he wanted to go to the art studio to figure out the basic principles and process of scroll painting production, but now he didn’t need it anymore.
Moreover, attending the art studio required tuition, and the annual fees weren’t low; no need to waste that money.
Also, what was that about “willing to give you another chance at the makeup exam”?
