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There had once been eight ancient warriors on the ancient battleship controlled and driven by Yun Liu. Only one was stronger and had been dismembered. Two had been sent into the sea by the tail of the dragon skeleton battleship and eaten by the magical beasts in the sea. The remaining five had been kept in the Ice Purgatory by Nelis.
"Master, I haven't controlled these ancient warriors yet. They seem to have voluntarily entered a dormant state." Nelis did not immediately take out the 12 Movements of Purgatory. Instead, she reminded Sarlin.
Sarlin hesitated for a moment before saying, "Bring me in."
He did not dare to really release the ancient warriors. If they caused trouble, a level-nine human expert would be ten times more difficult to deal with than a level-nine magical beast.
Nelis nodded and led Sarlin into the Ice Purgatory.
The 12 Movements of Purgatory absorbed more and more materials. Among them were branches of the divine tree, all kinds of shattered souls, the bones of powerful magical beasts, and other rare items. As long as it could repair the 12 Movements of Purgatory, Nelis was willing to consume it.
In the Ice Purgatory, huge ice crystals hung in the sky. At the end of the ice crystals, sharp hexagonal lights pierced downwards as if they would smash into the ground at any moment.
The ground was also transparent ice. Now that the Ice Purgatory had not been completely repaired, there was no complicated terrain. It was just flat and smooth like a mirror.
On the smooth ground, within the five huge ice blocks, the Ancient Era's warriors stood there quietly with their eyes closed.
Sarlin came to one of the huge ice blocks, opened his Elemental Eyes, and carefully observed the ancient warriors in the ice blocks. This time, after observing them at such a close distance, Sarlin finally saw some clues.
The Stained Blood Armor on the ancient warriors turned out to be magic equipment. Each piece of armor that looked like a blood clot had six elemental nodes.
Elemental nodes were things that replaced magic arrays in magic equipment. This was because magic equipment did not need to play the role of magic arrays. In fact, most of the time, they could not play the role of magic arrays. Therefore, on magic equipment, every basic component would have six elemental nodes to balance magic power when it passed through.
Elemental nodes were weaknesses, and they were basically all designed inside the equipment. The elemental nodes of the Stained Blood Armor were no exception. If Sarlin did not have the Elemental Eyes, he would not have been able to discover these elemental nodes. Under normal observation, one would only think that the Tainted Blood Armor was an ordinary set of equipment. It was just that its material was too sturdy, so its defensive power was astonishing.
In the design of the Tainted Blood Armor, the elemental nodes were connected by elemental resonance. There were no mageweaths connecting them. This was the brilliance of the Tainted Blood Armor. When each armor leaf was attacked, it was actually all the armor leaves helping to withstand the force of the attack.
The Tainted Blood Armor was a piece of equipment similar to Qin Yin's armor. Large pieces of armor were arranged on the chest and back, while the other parts of the armor were relatively small. However, there was no difference between the strength of the smaller armor leaves and the larger armor leaves. The more armor leaves there were, the stronger the Tainted Blood Armor's defense would be.
The combination of Elemental Nodes and Elemental Resonance was a design that required a lot of materials. Salin knew that the Tainted Blood Armor had other secrets besides this design. Otherwise, this armor wouldn't have been able to withstand high-level magic attacks, nor would it have given the ancient warriors an advantage in the Planar Wars.
The ancient martialist in the ice seemed to have sensed Salin's comment. Suddenly, with a crack, its eyelids opened. The ice crystal in front of him shattered, forming a long crack that extended all the way to the surface of the giant ice.
Salin cursed in his heart. Was this still physical strength? The ice in the Ice Purgatory was almost as strong as steel. This ancient martialist could crack the ice with just a movement of his eyelids!
If this punch landed on his body, even the level-seven Water Pattern Shield would be in danger. Salin had no idea whether it could withstand such a powerful physical attack.
Neris took a step forward, shielding Salin behind her.
Salin smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm wearing this." As he spoke, he showed Neris the crystal ring on his hand. He wouldn't give this crystal ring to the water puppet because sooner or later, when he reached Rafael's level, he would be able to use the crystal finger himself without suffering any physical harm.
Even now, Salin could risk the flesh and blood of his left hand to release the power of the crystal finger with all his might. At such a close distance, the ancient martialist's Tainted Blood Armor couldn't stop the attack of the crystal finger.
Rafael was definitely the most talented mage in the past thousand years. The attack power of the magic he created could no longer be distinguished by levels. The violent water elemental attack was almost invincible. As long as one could withstand the power of the backlash, the power of the crystal finger seemed to be endless.
"Alright, Master, be careful. This thing …" Neris didn't continue, but secretly put a Dragon Crystal Needle in her mouth. This was her close-range attack method. When the thin needle made of Dragon Crystal was shot out, it could even break a level-nine magic defense. She didn't have much confidence in killing a level-nine mage, but the defense of a level-nine magic formation could be easily penetrated.
Humans were alive, but the magic formation was dead. This ancient martialist no longer had any intelligence. Neris's Dragon Crystal Needle could penetrate the defense of the Tainted Blood Armor and break any bone in the ancient martialist's body.
Salin continued to observe with his Elemental Eyes. In his hand, there was still the corpse of an ancient martialist, but it had been split into six parts. The Tainted Blood Armor of the ancient martialist was also destroyed, and the key connection points between it and the user were also damaged, so it couldn't be used for research.
Most of the ancient magic equipment, as long as it was of a low level, was like this.
These ancient martialists were just a group of soldiers in the beginning. If they died in battle, their equipment was not allowed to be used by the enemy. It would be automatically damaged, and they couldn't even be used for research.
Salin's Elemental Eyes and the ancient martialist's eyes looked at each other. He now had some understanding of the soul. Not only did this ancient martialist not have any life aura in its body, but it also didn't have any soul aura.
How could an empty shell without a soul retain the combat power of when it was alive? If they were puppets, why didn't these ancient martialists have any magic formations in their eyes?
If puppets wanted to fight as flexibly as humans, vision was essential. Therefore, even metal puppets had a pair of magic eyes. The magic formations inside replaced the pupils of humans, and they could quickly capture and analyze the battle scene. The hook-shaped puppets that Salin and Rex obtained had layers of three-dimensional magic formations in their eyes, and the width of the images captured was greater than that of most magical beasts.
However, the ancient martialists in front of them could still fight and fight like humans!
Crack … Boom!
Dozens of cracks appeared on the solid ice on the surface of the ancient martialist's body. The armor of the Tainted Blood Armor trembled, and the cracks on the several meters thick ice crystals suddenly increased. The ancient martialist held the spear in his hand, bent his knees, and took a step forward.
With a loud bang, Nelis rushed toward the shattered ice. A spear suddenly appeared in her hand, and she stabbed it at the ancient martialist who broke out of the ice.
Nelis learned the spear technique from Zola. She might not be as skilled as Zola, but she was definitely much stronger than this ancient martialist. This ancient martialist's movements were not agile enough. If it wasn't for his great strength, he wouldn't be considered a level-nine powerhouse at all. This spear was like a spiritual snake. The tip of the spear trembled and moved erratically, but it firmly locked onto the ancient martialist's head. No matter what the ancient martialist did, this spear would eventually hit the ancient martialist's forehead.
The distance between them was less than ten meters. The spear was 3.6 meters long, and it was a military weapon. A level-nine powerhouse didn't even need to move his feet to reach such a length. He could just slide his feet.
The ancient martialist's spear fiercely moved up. After hitting the tip of Nelis's spear, it was the weakest part of the spear, and also the point of strength. Under normal circumstances, even if Nelis was stronger than the ancient martialist, she wouldn't be able to hold the weapon in her hand.
However, the ancient martialist's spear had long lost its magic power. It was just a magic metal, and it couldn't withstand the corrosion of tens of thousands of years. The weapons of both sides collided, and the spear in the ancient martialist's hand broke with a bang. The spearhead flew into the sky, and stabbed into the floating ice crystals in the sky.
Nelis had the advantage of the weapon. Her spearhead stabbed forward, and stabbed into the ancient martialist's forehead. There was no Tainted Blood Armor in that position.
Salin didn't even move half a step. His elemental eyes saw more things in this short moment. The moment Nelis attacked, the Tainted Blood Armor and the ancient martialist's body almost resonated at the same frequency. This resonance of power allowed the ancient martialist to provide power to the armor, forming a stronger defense.
In ancient times, level-nine soldiers weren't considered cannon fodder, but elite soldiers. Once the armor on their bodies combined with their own power, their defense was far stronger than the current so-called holy artifact level armor.
The holy artifacts made by current Mages were not even as good as the equipment of elite soldiers in ancient times.
If they could understand the relationship between magic and sword aura, they could almost create similar equipment, so that humans who cultivated sword aura could be like Mages and raise the power of magic equipment to the extreme.
The reason why Salin's Demon God Flying Armor hadn't been successfully developed was because relying on the power of the armor alone consumed a lot of energy. Warriors couldn't coordinate with the armor, and when flying in the air, it would be difficult to fight like an intermediate Mage.
Salin had already found the way to the secret of the Tainted Blood Armor.
Nelis's spear pierced through the ancient martialist's head. The spearhead spun, and the ancient martialist's head exploded, but the helmet was undamaged. Nelis suddenly let go and took a step back. She casually took out a horse-slaying sword and slashed horizontally at the ancient martialist's waist.
The ancient martialist's body swayed, and with a crack, the Tainted Blood Armor was cut off. The horse-slaying sword sank into the ancient martialist's waist. Nelis let go and once again gave up the weapon.
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