Chapter 171: More Exciting Than a Monster Movie

Boom!

Boom!

Lan Qingyou flew through the air, occasionally tossing down an Explosion Potion.

These were the ten-milliliter vials, not the massive bombs.

These potions had been crafted continuously over the past day.

Knowing that even fire attacks were ineffective, she obviously could not afford to make them all into large bombs.

Of course, that was not to say the large bombs were completely useless.

After all, the effects of the Explosive Flame Potion, crafted using Flame Strong Liquor as a base, were plain to see.

Therefore, out of the three batches produced over the twenty-odd hours, two had been made into large bombs, while the remaining batch consisted of small potion vials, totaling over twenty thousand in number.

The reason she used the ten-milliliter vials was purely for harassment, or to be more precise, to lure out the monsters.

After all, the slope was not a suitable battlefield for the clash between Steel Grass and the ancient trees.

Bang! Boom!

A fist-sized bottle of Kerosene and several hundred bundles of Wood were tossed down, causing the flames on the slope to blaze even higher.

In fact, over the course of the day, Lan Qingyou had never once allowed the fire on the slope to die out.

After all, preventing the four ancient trees from gathering together had already become a consensus.

However, having lost her Magic Broom at the time, Lan Qingyou had delegated this task to Steel Wool to complete.

It was like a bird trying to fill the ocean with pebbles, tossing in a single bundle of wood at a time.

After dumping these hundreds of bundles of Wood, Lan Qingyou quickly flew to the spot where she had previously burned the Ancient Tree of War.

At this moment, the Ancient Tree of War was engaged in a fierce battle with Steel Grass right there.

The spectacle was entirely on par with any epic battle from a monster movie.

The Ancient Tree of War whipped its branches endlessly against Steel Grass like lashes, while Steel Grass charged straight in for close-quarters combat, reducing the power of the tree's greatest attack method by more than half.

It scratched with its claws, lashed with its tail, and snapped with its jaws.

These were the only three physical attack methods Steel Grass could utilize in melee combat.

But it did not matter; at least for now, it was more than sufficient to deal with the Ancient Tree of War.

Most importantly, because Steel Grass was coated in a layer of Thorium Ore, its defense was incredibly robust, rendering the attacks of the Ancient Tree of War essentially useless.

Of course, since liquid Thorium would deform upon contact with air, an outer layer of slime gel had also been applied over it.

Now, the Rune Stones, magic stones, and the underlying slime gel in certain areas had been blasted apart. With the liquid Thorium exposed to the air, it had hardened into solid clumps of Thorium Ore.

However, this did not hinder the combat prowess of Steel Grass; instead, it actually bolstered its defense.

In order to sort all this out, Lan Qingyou had even shared her newly discovered "Stomach Melting Method" for utilizing Thorium to the group chat.

At the time, everyone who saw this method was absolutely astounded.

Because none of them could have ever imagined that Lan Qingyou would discover such an incredibly disgusting and revolting technique.

In short, during the crafting process, practically everyone involved had been swearing up a storm.

Watching them, Lan Qingyou merely chuckled in amusement.

A giant steel monster and an Ancient Tree of War were now locked in a heated frenzy of combat.

And Lan Qingyou, hovering nearby in the air, simply had to continuously broadcast the visuals and data of this battle to the chat group.

That was right.

Rather than calling it Lan Qingyou fighting alone, it was more like a live broadcast being watched by the entirety of Tarot Manor.

This was requested by Judgment Chu Yuan.

It had also received the approval of the others.

To put it bluntly, they had nothing better to do and all wanted to witness the battle of the monster they had pooled the entire manor's resources to create.

Chariot frowned slightly as he looked at the pictures, finding it a bit straining to watch this way.

"@Magician, it would be great if you could develop a video recording function."

Magician wiped his sweat.

"Stop rushing me, I am working on it, I am working on it."

High Priestess took a sip of juice.

"It was not that obvious before, but now that we have Steel Grass for comparison, we can finally see just how massive this ancient tree monster truly is."

"Indeed, and it looks like even the specialized claws Chariot made for Steel Grass are barely satisfactory at breaking through its defenses?"

Looking at the photo of the ancient tree's body being torn apart by Steel Grass, Jiang Lan sent a message while cracking melon seeds.

"With our current capabilities, just being able to break its defenses is already pretty good, right? After all, that is at least an S-rank existence, and what level are we? Just a bunch of low-level nobodies who haven't even reached level ten."

Chariot, however, did not mind this at all.

After all, just like he had said, managing to breach its defenses was already an impressive feat.

"Saying it like that is a bit harsh."

Death Li Huai replied with a bitter smile.

He had been grinding monsters day and night, yet he was stuck at level 9 and couldn't advance any further.

If only he could encounter an S-rank monster like this, defeating such a creature might cause his level to skyrocket instantly.

"Tower, hurry up and try the Funnels, I want to see the Funnels in action!"

After reading the message, Lan Qingyou did not waste any words. She flew directly behind Steel Grass and cast her Light Object Spell on the iron thorns along its spine, which had previously looked like mere decorations.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Instantly, three flat, fire-attribute Funnels flew out under Lan Qingyou's Mental Control.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

The three Funnels opened fire simultaneously, aiming directly at the claw marks and wounds on the Ancient Tree of War.

Bang! Bang!

Although she had never tested them before, Lan Qingyou could clearly see the fiery red lasers from the Funnels scorching small, blackened holes into the nearly white trunk of the tree.

While they could not yet achieve a full penetration effect, she could distinctly tell that every single strike was dealing damage to the Ancient Tree of War.

The most intuitive proof of this was that the Ancient Tree of War was thrashing its branches with increasing speed.

Clearly, it was furious.

These Funnels were vastly different from the triangular-cone Funnels previously equipped on the Beast-Shaped Magic Puppets.

The ones on the puppets before were merely Lan Qingyou's initial concept, a simple experimental attempt.

Whether in terms of power, output, design, or the internal Runes and Magic Circuits, they were nowhere near as strong as these new Funnels, which consolidated the collective wisdom of all the researchers in the manor.

After all, Lan Qingyou's research and knowledge had their own specific focuses.

She specialized in Alchemy and Magic Circuits, but the Funnels were a culmination of design, material processing, Runes, enchanting, and assembly.

Therefore, with the combined efforts of everyone in the manor, these things naturally packed a much heavier punch.

The Star: "How is it? How is it?"

Tower: "Not great, it didn't pierce through [Picture]"

Chariot: "You sure have high expectations. Making a hole is already impressive enough, don't demand too much."

Orff felt somewhat depressed.

For him, crafting his current ultimate masterpiece was an incredibly proud achievement, yet the Witch still looked utterly dissatisfied.

Was she just humblebragging?

The Pope: "From the looks of it, that hole must be at least a meter deep."

Judgment: "The opening of the hole is a bit wide. It seems the beam convergence still needs some improvement."