Chapter 906: Chapter 67 The Prophet Fulfilled His Prophecy (5400)_2
Its lower half is a base connected with either two, four, or even six mechanical legs, each Constructed Knight being distinctly unique. Similarly, each âpair of armsâ is a different weaponâsome are Spirit Energy Shield generators, others are Multi-barrel Alchemy Cannons, and still others wield Electrothermal Axesâbut no matter the type of weapon, the firepower is sufficient to suppress an entire city.
These weapons can normally be retracted into the base, which conceals an enormous arsenal of weaponry within its body, including automatic ammunition factories and intelligent fire control cores, enabling adaptation to any kind of environment.
They are the Titan Giants of this era. Accompanying the charge of these mechanical behemoths, streams of visible Origin Mist surge across their bodies. Lines of light, resembling circuits, begin at the crystal cores on their heads, spread throughout, and emit intermittent bursts of lightning.
This is a highly advanced Spirit Energy Shield capable of even negating the wear and tear of components.
"These are the Constructed Knights..."
Ianâs eyes shimmer with a silvery cyan light, and he murmurs to himself: "These are hardly knights... I canât even see a pilot... Wait?!"
Ian steadies his gaze, baffled: "Thereâs no body inside the construct, but there is a soul responseâdo all these knights consist solely of âsoulsâ?!"
"They house their souls in these massive constructs, controlling these war machines?!"
Ian nearly gasps in astonishment.
Heâs now fully grasped the full meaning behind the title âPerpetual Combat Mobile Fortressâ attributed to Constructed Knights!
Indeed, only beings of soul, those without the need for a Body, can fight endlessly. And arenât such massive mechanical constructs practically mobile fortresses?
"Most Constructed Knights were once Fiery Ascenders who, due to accidents, suffered bodily harm and faced issues in cultivating their Bloodline True Form. Yet with a steadfast will and intact soul, they willingly abandoned the body to merge with the âSpirit Machineâ and thus achieved this state."
Gazing at the distant Constructed Knights, Elder Mantle spoke atop the Summit of the Holy Mountain, his tone deep and reminiscing a distant past: "They forsake most human instincts and intelligence, transforming themselves into bona fide soul-machines of slaughter, the most terrifying executioners, becoming âKnightsâ of the âGiant War Construct Unitâ, this most fearsome steed!"
"Just a single Constructed Knight is capable of capturing a city!"
âMore than that, it is more than enough to conquer a primitive world from the atomic age.
Admiring from his heart, Ian found the design of the Constructed Knights oddly familiar... The Constructed Knights are clearly related to some pre-era technology, intended to confront future extraterrestrial colonization and to suppress the primitive Natives of life-bearing planets.
After the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, this technologyâs prototype was acquired by Fiery Flame Land and transformed into todayâs dreadful war machines.
And these most dreadful war machines were now advancing towards Qiang Steel Sacred Mountain.
At this moment, Ian pondered a question.
âStrip away all prejudice and discrimination, as well as the viewpoint of hostility, what exactly is Fiery Flame Land?
He already had an answer.
Fiery Flame Land is about persistence, about combat, about repaying kindness and avenging wrongs, about the bold and careless sense of justice and the violent ruthlessnessâit is the result of the Nemasis Bloodline from the tumultuous ocean waves and the Abassalom Bloodline from the mountainous hills tempering through countless wars, absorbing and assimilating each other, finally forming the well-known Fiery Flame Land under the suppression of the Setar Empire.
âDestroy what canât be obtained, annihilate what isnât ours.
âWe are the hammer, we are the punishment, acting under the law of Fiery Flame, wielding the sword of execution.
âThose who do not follow should be completely eradicated!
Mere observation could sense such an almost fanatical determination.
"Such unwavering souls... itâs no wonder they can control these colossi with their minds and exhibit unimaginable combat strength."
The young Lord sighed, yet without a trace of fear: "Luckily, weâre not lacking either."
"Even better, in fact."
Behind the young White Folks, a dark tower stood firmly amidst the thunderclouds atop the Summit of the Holy Mountain.
Visible lightning slowly encircled the prismatic tower. The Sacrificial Flame of the Dragon God, no longer presenting as flames, was tweaked by Ianâs hand and now manifested as a straight column of white light, serving as the central energy source for the Ultra Giant Magnetic Storm Coil.
Its brilliance was obscured by the clouds, hidden in that pitch-black night.
Waiting for Ianâs command.
The Constructed Knights had reached the area where the Avod Tribe once resided. The residents had long since evacuated, their valuables relocated, but as these iron giants rampaged by, the trembling ground split open, crushing stone houses and buildings into rubble and stirring up vast clouds of dust.
Elder Mantle watched emotionlessly until the giants reached the attack radius of the Giant Magnetic Storm Coil, then he clenched his fists: "Now?"
"Wait a moment longer."
Ianâs eyes widened slightly, and just seconds later, as every Constructed Knight entered the attack radius of the Giant Magnetic Storm Coil, he raised his hand decisively and swung it down: "Now!"