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"Do you need me to help, senior sister? Judging from the current situation, that thing seems to be completely immune to magic attacks... If you don't help, senior sister, then I'll probably be the only one who can do it."

"...No rush, let's take another look."

After a few seconds of thought, Amelie gestured for Ji Xinyu to wait patiently, and then turned her gaze back to the projection showing the real-time battlefield at the front.

Just a few minutes ago, just as Ji Xinyu had initially predicted, the Elven race suddenly played a trump card in an attempt to turn the tide of the battle.

It was a giant tree-man over 50 meters tall, with a strange gray bark. Its steps were heavy and it possessed immense strength. Its appearance immediately put tremendous pressure on the allied forces' offensive.

The first unlucky soul to be targeted by the giant tree spirit was Judy. Judy was controlling her Thunder Beast to fight a Crimson Moon Princess when her Thunder Beast was suddenly grabbed by the giant tree spirit with one hand, just like a kitten in a strong man's hand, and exploded into countless lightning orbs scattered all over the sky.

Unwilling to give up, Judy immediately manipulated the Lightning Orb again, transforming it back into a Lightning Beast. She charged at the giant tree spirit, unleashing a flurry of rapid clawing and tearing attacks, trying to turn the tide.

However, trees have a certain insulating effect, and the giant tree-man's strangely patterned gray bark is extremely resistant to magic and can absorb magic power. It completely ignored the Thunderbeast's attack and slapped the Thunderbeast and Judy away together.

There were no fancy spells, just a powerful physical attack that shattered almost all of Judy's magical defenses with a single slap, leaving her coughing up blood and collapsing to the ground, completely powerless.

Princess Crimson Moon, who had previously fought Judy, wanted to finish her off, but Judy reacted faster. Without hesitation, she used her life-saving magic device to teleport back to the medical room on the rear warship for treatment.

After defeating Judy, the giant tree-man immediately set its sights on the other Federation brigadiers, intending to defeat or even kill them all.

But the Federation forces in the rear certainly wouldn't just stand by and watch the giant tree go on rampage. Judy was the unlucky one who got hit first and there was nothing they could do. After that, the Federation forces reacted immediately, locking onto the giant tree with more than 20 naval guns at the same time and concentrating their fire.

At this level of firepower, most third-stage powerhouses would choose to retreat, while weaker ancient dragon-level monsters would be killed directly.

However, the giant treant absorbed all the magic cannonballs, suffering almost no damage and absorbing most of the magic power. Its size increased significantly, and its strength also grew.

"It's a magic absorption property!"

The officers of the Federation Army immediately recognized the giant tree man's ability.

Life forms with magic absorption properties are rare, but they do exist.

For example, Yulia's ability is a type of magic absorption characteristic. However, she can only absorb pure magic given by her teammates and cannot absorb magic attacks from enemies. But her magic absorption characteristic has almost no upper limit, and she can become stronger indefinitely.

Abilities like those of giant treants, which can absorb even enemy magical attacks, generally have an absorption limit. Once that limit is exceeded, the treant will explode from the inside.

Without hesitation, the federal officers, realizing this, immediately ordered another artillery barrage, hoping to use the concentrated magical power of the artillery fire to burst the giant treant apart.

Their judgment was correct. During the third round of bombardment, the giant treant exhibited unstable magical energy, indicating that its magical energy absorption had reached its limit.

However, the giant tree-man did not explode on its own. It spat out a wooden ball with a very strong magical aura from its mouth. The wooden ball seemed to be its seed. After landing, it entered the soil, took root, sprouted, and began to grow rapidly. In less than half a minute, it became a second tree-man that was more than 10 meters tall.

Treeman No. 2 also has the property of absorbing magic power, and it will continuously increase its size and strength by absorbing magic power. When it grows to be about the same size as the giant treeman, it will spit out seeds to split into Treeman No. 3.

After several minutes of continuous bombardment, the giant treant not only did not fall, but also increased from one to five, each of them powerful and unafraid of magical attacks.

When the five giant tree-men attacked together, even the federal brigadiers couldn't withstand them and made the same choice as Judy: to temporarily retreat using life-saving magical devices.

All the powerful warriors on the Federation side retreated, and without the cooperation of these powerful warriors, the Heroic Spirit Legion was naturally no match for the Elf Army. They were all beaten into their Mark forms and returned to the Netherworld.

However, the elven army, which had the upper hand, did not break out of the forest. Instead, under the cover of several Crimson Moon Princesses using the Flame of Life, they gathered up the seriously wounded soldiers who were not quite dead and the elven soldiers who were unable to fight due to the effects of the Pleasure Potion, and retreated together into the depths of the forest.

Only the giant tree-people, growing stronger and more numerous, continued their relentless advance towards the beach, their momentum unstoppable.

"These tree-men are quite interesting... Some of their technologies are very similar to those of Grandpa Antonis's demon giants."

Inside the command center of the Federation flagship, Emerald was not displeased by the power of those giant tree-men; on the contrary, her eyes shone brightly.

If we can figure out the technical principles behind these tree-people, we might be able to create similar weapons that are immune to spiritual attacks, which could then be used as the main tank when attacking immortal sects in the future.

As she pondered these things, Emerald's gaze swept across the command room, and she immediately noticed that Silbis, sitting on the other side of her, had a complicated expression, as if she was struggling with something and wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's wrong? Do you know those tree people?"

Emery immediately asked the question.

"...Maybe we know each other, but I'm not sure, because the information I have about the project's progress is from more than 10 years ago..."

Sibi hesitated for a moment, then spoke:

"The story begins about a hundred years ago..."

Although the elven nobles remained arrogant after the last war, they were not entirely without remorse.

While they still proclaim that elven magic is the true orthodoxy of magical civilization, many elves have inwardly acknowledged the power of magical technology and have secretly conducted research on it.

Just as some elven magicians like Viliana completely defected to humanity, some human magic craftsmen also became completely captivated by the charm of the elves and turned into traitors to humanity.

A hundred years ago, there was a very talented magic craftsman in the Federation. He had his own technical patent at a young age and was engaged to a daughter of a collateral branch of the Melson family. It could be said that he was destined to become a great figure and reach the pinnacle of life.

However, the magician made the same mistake that most men make: despite having a beautiful and wealthy fiancée, he couldn't resist the temptation to secretly visit an elven brothel, which led him down a path of no return.

He fell deeply in love with an elven dancer in an elven brothel, but the elven dancer was actually an elven spy planted among humans, much like the Moonguard assassin who killed Marcy.

Under the sweet words of the elven spy, the young genius magic craftsman ultimately became obsessed and betrayed his fiancée and humanity, sneaking into the elven kingdom and developing magical technology for the elven race in the elven capital.

The giant treants that have already broken through the Heroic Spirit Legion are very likely the technological products left behind by that genius magic engineer, intended to fight against the demon giants that shone brightly in the last war.

Silbis had seen relevant research and development materials more than 10 years ago, but at that time the technology was still in the theoretical stage, so she couldn't be completely sure.

However, these giant tree-men are undoubtedly very powerful, and they would be difficult to deal with without the help of top-tier experts.

"So, do you need me to help, Senior Sister?"

Ji Xinyu smiled and volunteered again:

"Although that giant treant has now split into 5... oh, 6, I can clearly sense that it still only has one soul, inside its original body. As long as we destroy its soul, we should be able to kill it completely, and that's what I'm best at."

"……Need not."

Emery pondered for a few seconds quite seriously this time, then shook her head:

“I am indeed not as good as you, junior sister, in military command, but I understand the principle that I must stop the enemy from doing what they want to do... Since these giant tree soldiers are the enemy’s trump card to test you, junior sister, I must use other forces to defeat them.”

"So, Senior Sister, are you going to take action yourself?"

Ji Xinyu raised an eyebrow and glanced at Sibi next to Amelie:

"Senior Sister, you can definitely take her down easily, but what about Patriarch Sibi? I'm not 100% confident I can protect her from that assassin... If Patriarch Sibi suffers an accident just because I'm protecting my information, wouldn't that be a case of losing more than I gain?"

"There's no need for me to take action personally... Junior sister, have you forgotten? That person left me some inheritance when they left. Would you like to see it?"

Amelie smiled and shook her finger, then took out a jade ruyi from her storage space. She then reached out and pulled Sibi along, and in a flash, they arrived outside the magic warship.

When Emery appeared with Silby, a faint killing intent immediately locked onto Silby from a distance, concealing its own position well. Clearly, the leader of the Elven Moon Guard was using this method to restrain Emery, preventing her from making any rash moves.

Emerald didn't mind, and simply imitated Lian's past actions, chanting an incantation over the jade scepter under Ji Xinyu's curious gaze, and blowing a breath:

"May all my wishes come true, grant my desires quickly, FU~~~~"

In an instant, amidst a strange gust of wind that was neither magic nor spiritual power, the Drunken Red Pavilion, which should have been far away in Sphinx, suddenly appeared on the battlefield, leaving the staff and customers inside completely bewildered.

Where did this come from? Is it still within the federal territory?

Upon receiving orders, the federal officers and soldiers quickly guided the staff and guests inside the Drunken Red Pavilion to temporarily take refuge on the warship. At the same time, they were also very puzzled:

Why did the young lady suddenly summon Drunken Dream Pavilion from Sphinx? Is she trying to boost morale with delicious food?

Ignoring what others thought, after the Drunken Red Mansion was emptied, Amelie once again chanted a spell over the jade ruyi in her hand and blew on it before releasing it.

The jade ruyi, no longer held, did not fall. Instead, as if controlled by magic, it flew to the top of the Drunken Red Mansion and, like a key being inserted into a lock, entered a groove in the roof. After that, the entire Drunken Red Mansion began to deform as if a machine had been started.

In just a few seconds, Zuihonglou stood up from the ground, transforming from an oriental-style restaurant into a giant made of hardwood and metal.

Among the hundreds of cultivation methods taught by the Tianyun Empire, there is one called the Art of Mechanisms. For example, the land-based immortal ships of the Tianyun Empire's slave-catching team are creations of the Art of Mechanisms.

As the human side of the Dao Ancestor, Lian was naturally proficient in all the cultivation methods of the immortal sect, including the art of mechanisms.

When Machira caused a ruckus at the port of Sphinx, Rei and Emery were both watching the spectacle from beginning to end.

At the time, Lian thought Antonis Melson's demon giant was quite interesting, so afterwards she used mechanical arts to modify the Drunken Red Mansion and created a mechanical puppet giant with considerable combat power.

However, given Rei's strength, she had no need for mechanical puppets in battle. So, not long after the mechanical puppet giant was created, Rei forgot about it until all of Rei's wealth in the Eren Federation was inherited by Emery.

Although this was the first time Emerald had activated the mechanical giant, she had already read the relevant information through the Jade Ruyi and was very clear about the strength of this mechanical giant.

The mechanical puppet made by Daozu himself was of course incomparable to the works of the Immortal Sect's Mechanical Tower. The power source of this mechanical puppet giant alone was something that Amelie couldn't understand but was greatly shocked by.

Without needing spiritual power or magic, this mechanical puppet giant, crafted by Lian herself, is driven by the primary force in the universe at the level of rules. It is itself a materialized existence of a magical conceptual power.

Click click click click!

As the gears within the mechanical golem giant began to turn under the power of the rules, the mechanical golem giant strode towards the giant tree soldiers.

The foremost treant giant, having just absorbed the magic power from a round of artillery fire, swung its fist—larger than a small house—and slammed it, imbued with the absorbed magic power, at the mechanical puppet giant.

One side had gathered a large amount of magic power, while the other side had no energy fluctuations at all. By all accounts, the mechanical puppet giant should have been destroyed.

The reality was quite the opposite; the mechanical golem giant easily blocked the treant giant's fist with its outstretched palm and even squeezed it tightly.

click!

The treant giant's fist, which was not afraid of even a barrage of fire from Federation warships, was easily crushed by the mechanical puppet giant like a biscuit.

Although there was no power or energy reaction on those rotating gears, this force from the level of rules seemed to be infinite, and the treant giants had no way to resist it.

hum!

After crushing one of the Treant Giant's fists with its hand, the Mechanical Puppet Giant raised its other arm, and the door to the Drunken Red Mansion at the top of the arm opened, from which a power chainsaw about 20 meters long popped out.

Sizzle! Click click click click!

Regardless of the world, the purpose of a power chainsaw, originally invented by intelligent life, is to cut down and trim trees; it can be considered a tree-cutting artifact at the level of rules.

Even though the Treant Giants were war weapons modified by magic and elven magic, they were powerless against the mechanical golem giants' chainsaws. They were easily cut and dismantled in full view of everyone, turning into pieces of wood scattered on the ground.

"Quickly! Go! Use the Flames of Life to burn that thing!"

Seeing that the mechanical golem giants had an almost absolute one-sided advantage over the treant giants, the commander of the elven army hurriedly urged Princess Scarlet Moon beside him.

Upon hearing this, Princess Scarlet Moon looked at their eldest sister. Seeing her nod, two of the Scarlet Moon princesses, both at the level of great magicians, flew out of the forest and unleashed two streams of life-giving flames, like fire dragons, at the mechanical puppet giant.

The Flame of Life is highly destructive to inanimate objects, so it should theoretically be a perfect counter to the mechanical puppet giant.

But how could a toy made by the Dao Ancestor be so easily dealt with?

The mechanical puppet giant didn't move at all, but suddenly a giant eye opened in the middle of its basically headless body, the eyeball looking somewhat like a huge spherical monitor.

Faced with the incoming flames of life, the giant eye first lit up with purple spiral ripples, like a toilet flushing water, absorbing all the incoming flames of life and rendering the attacks of the two Crimson Moon Princesses completely ineffective.

Seeing this, the two Crimson Moon Princesses tried to use magic again, but the mechanical puppet giant's counterattack was even faster.

Click!

Like a camera flash, the giant eye on the mechanical puppet giant flashed twice more with a sharp white light and a crisp sound. The two Crimson Moon Princesses, caught in the flash, felt their magic power go out of control and instantly fell from the sky, their bodies stiff and unable to move.

Then the mechanical puppet giant raised its foot and stomped down on the two Crimson Moon Princesses, but it didn't crush them into mincemeat—because the mechanical puppet giant's foot also had the door to the Drunken Red Pavilion, which directly grabbed the two red-haired elves and made them prisoners.

Many people who witnessed this scene, including Emerald herself, had strange expressions, because defeating the enemy with a single eye using her gaze was clearly a cosplay of Emerald... It can only be said that people with strong skills and good technique can be willful, and Rei really loves to play around.

The elves clearly thought the same way, and not understanding the true origin of the mechanical golem giant, they immediately misunderstood.

The commander of the elven army gritted his teeth, reaching out to stop the other Crimson Moon Princesses who wanted to rush forward to rescue their sisters, and said hatefully:

"It's the legendary Witch's Eye... I never imagined that witch was so terrifying, having already weaponized the power of her eye? As expected, she is the biggest obstacle to the Queen's grand plan... That's all for today, let's withdraw!"

"What about our sisters? Are we just going to let them be captured by humans like this?"

The several Princesses of Crimson Moon immediately became anxious and looked at their eldest sister with expectant eyes.

Princess Feiyue remained calm, nodding indifferently:

"Follow the Commander's orders; she's the real professional when it comes to fighting... As for our sisters, there's no need to be sad. Once Mother's plan succeeds, our new sisters will be scattered throughout the entire world!"

"...Yes, elder sister."

Princess Crimson Moon, being the strongest, clearly had more authority. The other Crimson Moon princesses dared not disobey her orders and all began to cover the elven army's full retreat in accordance with military commands.

In order to prevent the Federation army from pursuing them, the giant tree soldiers, which had already split into several individuals, were naturally left behind to cover the retreat.

Although these tree-man giants were no match for the mechanical golem giants and would only turn into wood in front of the power chainsaw, they were still very large. Even if they did not resist and allowed themselves to be cut by the mechanical golem giants, it would buy them a lot of time, enough for the elven army to retreat.

Thus, the elven army, hoping to turn the tide, was forced to retreat hastily after Emeryte used Lian's legacy, at the cost of the giant treant soldiers and two Crimson Moon Princesses.

The beach area of ​​the Elf Kingdom was thus completely occupied by the Federation Army, which immediately set up camps and fortifications on the beach, establishing the first land base for this expedition.

The casualty statistics after the battle were quickly released. In addition to the mechanical puppet giant successfully capturing two Princesses of the Crimson Moon, hundreds of elven soldiers were killed in this battle. Most of them were unlucky ones who were hit by magic cannonballs during the initial artillery barrage and were completely destroyed, even the Flame of Life could not save them.

The battle between the Heroic Legion and the Elven Army at the edge of the forest that followed, which appeared to be a bloody and brutal massacre, actually resulted in very few deaths due to the effects of the Flame of Life. The Elven soldiers who lost their fighting ability were simply affected by the potion of pleasure.

As for the casualties of the Federation Army, they were even smaller. After all, the ones fighting at the forefront of this battle were the Heroic Spirit Legion, who were practically immortal. Even if they were blown to pieces by magic, they would only be marked and returned to the Netherworld, where they could be reborn at any time.

It could be said that the only injured member of the Federation Army was the unlucky Judy, who was slapped away by the Treant Giants like a strong man beating a kitten at the very beginning.

But Judy wasn't discouraged; on the contrary, she was quite proud... Being wounded on the battlefield is never a disgrace for a soldier, but an honor.

Judy, who had basically recovered after treatment, was raising her wine glass and showing off to the other brigadier generals with great enthusiasm—she had successfully earned more merit than the other brigadier generals because of her heroic injury.