The stiff faces of the eight puppets gradually changed. Under the influence of the power of the stars, the eight puppets each turned into the image of Salin and the others. This was not enough. The internal structure of these puppets also began to change, becoming full of flesh and blood.
A level-ten astrologer could maintain this form for a few hours. In fact, the moment they entered the Giant's Graveyard, the star puppets were enough. The curse would fall on these puppets.
After tens of thousands of years, the power of the curse would inevitably decrease. Salin even made a puppet himself to prevent accidents.
Substitute puppets were a very common skill among astrologers. Astrologers did not have as many defensive methods as mages, but the defense of substitute puppets was very strong.
All skills could be resisted by the substitute puppets, including soul attacks. Powerful astrologers even had hundreds of substitute puppets ready to use at any time.
This was quite extravagant, but also quite difficult to deal with.
Ordinary astrologers would also spend energy to prepare a dozen substitute puppets.
However, star patterned cloth was an expensive material, and an astrologer's luxury was limited to this. Having a large number of substitute puppets was probably every astrologer's dream, but those who could achieve it were as rare as mages like Salin.
Salin's level-ten astrology could not maintain many substitute puppets. Making ten was almost the limit. This time, he only used the substitute puppets to resist the curse. He did not need to use them to fight, because the substitute puppets he made would lack combat power.
The eight puppets merged into each person's body. Salin urged everyone to leave the Elemental Magic Tower and said, "Hurry up and enter. This substitute can only be maintained for six hours. After six hours, it will replace the original body's ability to resist attacks. In these six hours, you can attack as much as you want. No matter what kind of attack this puppet uses, it will be able to withstand it. If it is a fatal attack, it can only resist once. "
Salin had already explained the attributes of the puppet, so he reminded them again.
Salin left the Elemental Magic Tower. After all, there were three thousand and six hundred familiars, and there was also the water puppet Lawson. If Dinicio wanted to leave, it would probably take a lot of time and energy. If Salin wanted to leave, he could enter the Elemental Magic Tower at any time. This was the reason why Salin allowed Baudelaire to enter the giant's graveyard.
Once they entered, they would have to deal with him and the 3,600 Manipulators in the Elemental Magic Tower at the same time if they wanted to leave.
Nowadays, Salin was no longer fond of scheming and crafty plots. Dinicio also understood this kind of calculation, but the situation forced him to enter the giant's graveyard.
This was because the mages of Great Liang City and Sacred Rock City had already entered the Giant's Graveyard. If he did not go in now, he was afraid that there would be nothing left for him. Salin blocking the entrance from the back could only be discussed in the future.
If all else failed, he would completely activate the power of the three divine artifacts and forcefully leave. At worst, he would just hide in Sacred City for a year and no one would be able to do anything to him.
This was the Pope's plan, and Salin had also calculated this, so everyone was well aware that if they could not come to an agreement, they would fight. If they could not win, they would brace themselves and fight. The Giant's Graveyard was too tempting. No one would be satisfied if they did not enter.
A covert scheme is not as good as an open one, and an open scheme is not as good as a king's way.
Salin's plan was no longer an open scheme, but the way of the king.
Do the inevitable, and leave the enemy no choice.
For example, if Salin led troops to attack Sacred City, Dinicio could not abandon the city and escape. Even if he could not win, he had to persevere. This was the way of the king, using troops like this, there was no need for schemes.
The eight of them entered the graveyard, and Salin shared his perception with Neris so that there would be more people watching. He observed with the Elemental Eyes and found that it was indeed as Carrie said, a barren land without light.
If not for the Elemental Eyes skill, everyone's vision would be a few hundred meters away.
However, the people around Salin, those above level ten were Zola, Neris, and Nicholas. Of the remaining few, Daniel was a necromancer, so he was not affected in the dark. Eleanor was an elf, so her vision was more than ten times that of a human. Isabella was a little weaker, but her close combat ability was also quite strong, so she was not afraid of being bullied by the enemy.
The most depressed was Sue. He could not advance to level ten, and in such an environment, he was probably the most dangerous one. Fortunately, the Golden Sword Saint was not too weak. At least his survival ability was stronger than that of a level nine mage.
Salin raised his Puppet Star and released the puppets. The Puppet Star was almost unaffected in the giant graveyard, and the range it could cover had also expanded to a radius of sixty miles with the advancement of Salin's astrology.
This was a pleasant surprise, but Salin did not want to waste too much mental power, so he would not fight like this.
Under Salin's command, the puppets began to collect all materials and equipment, even the tattered ones. In any case, anything that could be preserved to this day was worth less than silver. Many of the scraps were good alchemy materials.
For example, the value of ten-thousand-year-old copper rust was almost the same as gold. However, it could not be natural copper, but an alloy with a certain proportion, with copper as the main body and many rare metals added to it. After more than ten thousand years of rust, it would become a qualified alchemy material.
In this graveyard, there were almost all such things.
The Ancient Battlefield had not been cleaned up. Moreover, there were many Ancient Battlefields outside the energy shield. There were many abandoned cities, one after another. What Jia Lin saw was just the tip of the iceberg. This was like a different plane.
Salin no longer needed these alchemy materials, but Metatlin City did. For a mage to grow, they needed to do many magic experiments. Alchemy was also a good way to improve one's magic rank.
Salin had so many mages under him, almost reaching ten thousand. He did not have the savings of Alchemy City, so everywhere he went, he had to plunder without restraint. Otherwise, what would happen to the mages following him?
If Salin wanted to make equipment, he could have more than nine thousand mages working in the alchemy factory. This kind of efficiency, Salin had to pay a price. That was, he had to provide for these mages for a long time, so that they could live more comfortably in Metatlin City than in other places.
Eight people merged with the substitute puppets, but they could not touch the enemy. Salin could not do anything. He was not a level thirteen astrologer, so he could not make substitute puppets that could be stored for a long time. All the puppets had to be used immediately after they were made.
In the city ahead, the walls were broken, but there were still some towers. Salin had the puppets start to dismantle the city. Five hundred thousand puppets worked together at an astonishing speed. Many puppets were like mechanical undead. They were complicated machines, not battle weapons.
The alchemy machines made by humans were used to replace human work.
These large puppets had average combat power, but they were much faster and more efficient than the golden sword saints when it came to dismantling houses. After all, Salin wanted materials that were as complete as possible, not a pile of powder that could destroy a house.
Salin was very satisfied with himself, but in the eyes of others, he was like a locust. Everywhere he passed, not even a blade of grass was left.
Salin really wanted the things inside the energy shield, but he didn't want to deal with those powerful Stone God Tribe members right now. And after this, he would probably have to put the Elemental Magic Tower here. Anyone who wanted to enter the giant's graveyard would have to go through the Elemental Magic Tower.
Salin was eager to gain power. The Elemental Magic Tower was a large piece of equipment. It was inconvenient and incomplete. The ultimate use of the Elemental Magic Tower was to put on the fragments of the Sky City and create a floating city.
When the city was completed, Salin would not be afraid of any army.
In Salin's heart, his imperial city was definitely not Metatlin City, but the Sky City. In the future, all of his trusted aides would live in the Sky City. The Sky City would pass through thunder and lightning, and no expert would dare to invade it.
When the humans created the Sky City, they did not leave it on the Myers Continent. Most of it was taken away. This entire city could travel through planes. How powerful was it?
If it was before, Salin did not dare to think about it. But Jason's behavior told him that if a mage could not create illusions, he might as well be a warrior.
Every piece of equipment he had was full of the power of illusions.
A large number of materials were collected, and there was no need to worry about not having enough space to store them. The 12 Movements of Purgatory was now Salin's largest spatial equipment. Except for a few special spaces that had attributes and could not store materials, the rest of the space could completely accommodate endless items.
With a diameter and height of 1,200 miles, there was nothing that could not be stored.
Nelis still cautiously summoned some demons and scattered them into dozens of small teams. Each team had 20 demons, and they were distributed near Salin according to the rules of the army's battle formation.
This worry was also unnecessary. There were no plants in the barren giant's graveyard, and it was difficult for any creature to survive.
"Master, there are people from the Vatican." Nelis suddenly pointed ahead. She shared her perception with Salin, and she was one of the two people in the team who could see the farthest.
Salin looked up and saw a knight in crimson armor lying dead on the ground.
The knight's armor was intact, and there were no signs of even his weapon being used. Salin was shocked. He carefully examined the substitute puppet and found that it only had an hour left to live.
If the curse was so powerful, why was Garin fine back then?
"It's a curse. Be careful, all of you." Salin reminded everyone and then walked toward the knight's corpse. The distance was only 20 miles, and with Salin's speed, he arrived in the blink of an eye. Under the cover of the Star Puppet, Salin's movement speed with earth magic was no different from Garin's.
Walking up to the knight, Salin carefully observed the corpse of the knight in dark red armor.
The knight's mask, which was originally dark red, was now dark black. It was a sign of being burned by flames.
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