Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

Chapter 428: Plant Mimicry Technique: Green Dragon

Locke said to those iron golems, "Begin testing."Immediately, the eye sockets of the ten iron golems projected red vision toward him. Red light spots appeared one by one on Locke's body, representing that they had locked onto Locke as their target.

Alicia stood in the test room's safe zone. This green circle position represented absolute safety, and no golem would attack this green circle position.

Alicia said, "Locke, be careful. The logic of fighting these mechanical alchemical bionics is completely different from the logic of fighting human wizards!"

At the same time, beyond Locke's expectations, those ten iron golems forged entirely from refined steel didn't move slowly and ponderously like apprentice-level golems, like sluggish giants. On the contrary, the gears on their backs rotated, emitting a heart-stopping cold meshing sound, and then six metal exhaust pipes appeared on each of their backs.

Those six metal exhaust pipes instantly expelled massive hot steam outward, scorching the ground until its form changed.

At the same time, those ten iron golems pounced forward like ten cars speeding across the ground. Rotating wheels even appeared at the bottoms of their feet to assist their high-speed movement as they charged toward Locke.

'This is what alchemists have created for the First Circle stage golems?' Before Locke could react, he was surrounded by the ten golems. Those iron golems raised their steel battle axes and chopped down at Locke. At the same time, there was also an exhaust pipe behind each steel battle axe that instantly expelled astonishing hot steam to increase the kinetic energy of the steel battle axe's downward swing.

'Bang~'

With a massive explosion sound, a pair of banana wings like green dragon wings appeared behind Locke, the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow!

With a roar like a dragon's cry, Locke flew into the sky, easily avoiding the attacks of the ten iron golems.

The plant magic flight spell he was currently using was no longer the common Banana Wings, but rather the Plant Mimicry Technique: Green Dragon, co-researched with the plant magic wizards of the Land of Six Towers.

Thanks to the excellence of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow itself, although this spell was designed fairly ordinarily, it still gave Locke nearly the fastest mobility in the First Circle stage.

Locke flew in midair like a real green dragon. Dragon might spread in all directions, but those ten iron golems completely ignored this First Circle spell of the Necromancy School, dragon might.

'Mekanical constructs can ignore Illusion School and Necromancy School magic?' Locke quickly reacted. 'The Mekani people are construct lifeforms even more advanced than these iron golems. Fighting these iron golems will definitely benefit me greatly.'

At the same time, those iron golems on the ground had all their steam exhaust pipes pointing downward. Both arms popped out steel glider wing brackets, and they actually flew up from the ground. The red light from their eyes continued to aim at Locke's body, pursuing their target.

Locke wasn't particularly concerned. Although these iron golems could fly and transform into flying iron golems, their own speed was too slow.

Locke flew in the sky with them for a while, testing the Plant Mimicry Technique: Green Dragon combined with the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow's flight limit capabilities, while observing these iron golems' combat methods.

He saw these iron golems had cannon ports exposed in their chests, continuously firing at him in the air with a material researched by alchemists called [Fire God Crystal]. This material would turn into fierce flames upon contact with air, triggering explosions, so it was used by alchemists as a weapon to equip golems for attacks.

Locke looked at the golems behind him, "Indeed, the logic of fighting these constructs is completely different. These constructs are essentially not lifeforms, nor are they wizards."

"Their defense relies on multiple layers of different magical materials on their body surface, using magical alloy plus magical ceramic steel to simulate a wizard's permanent defensive field."

"Their mobility comes from the mechanical transmission devices and magical energy steam transmission devices that alchemists set up inside them. They should have a small solar refinement array inside, driving these golems ceaselessly by burning fuel."

"Their attack power comes from the power provided by that magical energy steam transmission device, as well as the weapons mounted on them."

"In other words, these iron golems have the characteristics of ultra-long stamina, stable output, and stable defense. Fighting wizards emphasizes seizing combat opportunities and quickly achieving victory."

"But these flying iron golems are all frontal assault types, steady and methodical. Fighting them is a war of attrition."

Locke took out some toxin-type potions from his astral ring and threw them backward, but the golems completely ignored them.

"Immune to toxins, immune to flames, immune to mental damage, high armor, high resistance. Their mobility goes straight forward, flexibility is slightly insufficient, but more advanced Mekani people may not have failed to solve this flexibility problem."

Locke thought quickly. This way, if it was a competition targeting Mekani people, then a large portion of toxin-type magic in plant magic could be eliminated from consideration without even thinking about it.

And magic that affects the mind even more didn't need consideration.

Locke thought for a moment and threw a bottle of rusting potion behind him, but the potion also had no effect on the iron golems.

Locke thought briefly and understood, "Its surface armor is some model of magical ceramic steel."

"How troublesome. Truly worthy of being the ultimate war weapon researched by alchemists, a specialized magic category researched throughout a Third Circle wizard's life, golem studies. It really is very profound."

Essentially, golem studies were the magical version of robotics.

The number of articles and achievements newly published each year in this discipline was increasing. The discipline was becoming larger and larger.

"Alicia, have the All-Metal Demon Incubation Workshop in the sky release more golems. From level 2 to level 6, choose all iron golems, and choose specifically the flying types."

"Only this way can I better understand the combat characteristics of iron golem studies within alchemists' golem studies."

Alicia in the safe zone was stunned. "Release more? Won't this be too dangerous?"

"No, I must trust Locke. Then I'll bring out the complete flying iron golem formation."

She hesitated, but still followed Locke's idea and released two hundred flying iron golems from the All-Metal Demon Incubation Workshop all at once.

Immediately, the metal egg shell in the sky opened up passages one by one. Flying iron golems were released one after another. The moment they fell toward the ground, the mechanical gears inside rotated, the solar refinement array furnace continuously output hot steam, and those terrifying war golems forged from various magical metals and standing four or five stories tall flew in the sky.

Moreover, what caught Locke's attention was that this time the two hundred golems were a complete golem legion formation with strict division of labor and cooperation.

Eighty iron golems of different levels were ground golems, eighty iron golems of different levels were gargoyle-shaped dedicated aerial golems, and twenty golems had some kind of magical energy cannon researched by alchemists mounted on their bodies.

Another twenty golems drew even more of Locke's attention. They seemed to be support golems, with ten humanoid hands holding various repair tools, seemingly able to provide reinforcement, assistance, and repairs during battle.

Locke looked at the complete golem legion before him and felt the impact brought by systematized warfare.

"The flying iron golem legion not only has strong endurance and is suitable for frontal combat, but also has strict systematic division of labor, complete tactics, and standard parts. Any damage suffered in battle can be replaced with standard parts, further increasing endurance." Locke pondered, "This causes wizards to become even more disadvantaged in terms of stamina when fighting iron golems."

"So when designing combat magical plants for dealing with these mechanical construct lifeforms, these characteristics need to be considered."

"However..."

Facing the flying golems attempting to surround him, Locke's magical pressure continuously boiled and rose. Every banana leaf of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow trembled, seemingly expressing joyful emotions. At the same time, a spiritual phantom of a green dragon appeared behind Locke.

Plant Mimicry Technique, when simulated to the end, would simulate the original green dragon's spirituality. Moreover, Locke truly had true dragon bloodline in his body. The spirituality from his bloodline overflowed and strengthened this Plant Mimicry Technique.

The Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow was nourished and became even more vigorous.

Facing the pincer attack of the flying iron golems, Locke freely shuttled among these flying iron golems, letting them continuously adjust their exhaust pipes, attempting to pursue him.

"Too slow. These large golems also have a weakness, which is their huge size and low flexibility." Locke looked at the twenty golems setting up magical energy cannons below. Right now, because he was mixed in with the iron gargoyles, those golems were completely unable to launch attacks on him.

Those ground golems' Fire God Crystals also didn't dare fire at him.

"This flying golem legion would be very powerless when facing highly mobile, miniaturized enemy forces." Locke keenly saw this point. "But the reason they're built so large isn't because the design wanted them this large, but because the magical energy steam and solar refinement array furnace inside them cannot be miniaturized, otherwise the power output wouldn't be sufficient."

"That's right, to approach the energy level of a First Circle wizard, they must be built larger and larger, otherwise they cannot provide energy equivalent to the First Circle stage." Locke looked at two of the level 6 golems. These two level 6 golems were nearly a dozen stories tall, like giants. Every movement could drive the air to beat outward in all directions like a tide.

If an ordinary wizard used common flight methods, they would very likely be interfered with by the air currents brought by the opposition, but the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow could subdue all winds, so it had no effect on him.

"To increase energy output, these golems can only increase in volume. The energy core of level 6 golems still seems to be the solar refinement array furnace, but the transmission system is no longer hot steam but some kind of high-temperature flame. This transmission system innovation slightly reduced the tendency for level 6 golems to become even more gigantic, but there are still limitations."

Locke quickly understood.

These golems essentially wanted to use golem study methods to simulate wizards, but limited by energy sources and energy transmission, as well as energy loss along the way, and most importantly the reason for simulating permanent defensive fields, these golems' body sizes could only become larger and larger.

This was also normal.

First Circle wizards were species transcenders, and golem manufacturing technology also had to overcome such powerful forces gathering together, using engineering technology to simulate species-level transcenders. The result was building them larger and larger.

"That's right, miniaturization technology is almost impossible for golems at this stage. Even a Third Circle wizard's work from their youthful First Circle crystallization stage couldn't solve this problem."

Locke pondered, "Then although the Mekani people are intelligent construct lifeform races that escaped from Second Circle wizards' laboratories, presumably their body sizes are still very large."

"In terms of energy utilization efficiency, golems have never been able to match First Circle wizards. So it's impossible to achieve human forms as slender as wizards."

"So they can only use the method of increasing volume to compensate for low energy utilization rate, high loss, and low transmission efficiency."

Locke noticed that he hadn't even begun fighting these golems yet, but in battle, those support golems were rapidly replacing joint components for these golems.

"That's right, because the volume is too large, the joint load is too great. The joints are experiencing rapid wear. Because joint technology isn't good enough, it also causes these golems' flexibility to be insufficient."

Locke swung his dragon tail, using the plant magic [Plant Mimicry Technique: Dragon Tail] developed by his research group. Immediately the dragon tail composed of false wood automatically extended and lashed like an iron whip on the body of a flying iron gargoyle.

That gargoyle was violently knocked down toward the ground.

At the same time, Locke threw out some Wiregrass Bull Sinew seeds. These grass seeds scattered in the wind at the joints of this group of golems. As Locke recited the incantation, all the Wiregrass Bull Sinew grew wildly at the joints of these giant steel construct lifeforms, causing these golems' mobility flexibility to further decrease, and those repair golems' workload instantly exploded.

"Information about Mekani people also frequently mentions huge body sizes requiring replacement of mechanical joints. From this perspective, Mekani people also possess these iron golems' weaknesses."

After all, the Mekani people's original technology came from iron golem manufacturing technology.

At the same time, Locke flew toward the sky. The ten Diamond Succulents circling behind him like a disk also automatically descended and began rotating around in a circle.

"The testing is about done. The limit data of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow has been perfectly tested under the pressure of these level 6 flying golems. I should try the defensive magic [Photosynthesis] I developed for Golden Eye Grass, as well as the Mayfly Flower Cannons and Connected Branches I developed for Diamond Succulent."

The ten Diamond Succulents frantically absorbed surrounding light elements, backflowing into themselves. Because Locke's incantation connected them together, the original scale of elemental backflow was multiplied tenfold.

The ten Diamond Succulents became one plant, and because of the special nature of light element backflow, it was actually also multiplied tenfold rather than just slightly enhanced. If it were other elemental backflows, the effect definitely wouldn't be this good.

In an instant, a massive light explosion formed into a mushroom cloud.

The intense light explosion became the only light in this room. Large numbers of golems were directly blown away.

A shockwave rushed toward the ground and walls. The safe zone automatically raised a defensive barrier protecting Alicia, who used both hands to shield her eyes, feeling the ground as if experiencing an earthquake.

"Locke... the power of your spell is really too exaggerated. Wait, Locke, you're still around the spell explosion range. Are you alright? Locke?"

At that moment, Locke flying in midair had a Golden Eye Grass in front of him that transformed into a golden magic mirror, blocking in front of him. Around the Golden Eye Grass coiled the spell model of Photosynthesis, which actually blocked all that intense light explosion and absorbed the light within it.

As Locke recited the incantation, that beam of light immediately fell toward the ground, striking those damaged golems that could still move.

Immediately, golems exploded one after another.

The entire golem legion was completely annihilated.

Locke lightly exhaled a breath of stale air, a trace of fatigue flashing in his eyes.

This test, aside from not revealing several trump cards, he still used his full strength.

Fortunately, whether it was the Diamond Succulent, Plant Mimicry Technique: Green Dragon, or the Photosynthesis magic, the effects were all very good.

Moreover, he had gained a much deeper understanding of the advantages and weaknesses of mechanical construct lifeforms.

As a weapon designer, this point was very important.

Locke reached out to recall those Diamond Succulents. These Diamond Succulents were already half-disabled due to the excessively powerful force. If not treated, they would soon wither and die.

The All-Metal Demon Incubation Workshop in the sky rapidly dispatched large numbers of non-combat type small golems to begin recovering parts and quickly repairing them in the incubation workshop.

Because of this, no matter how many golems Locke and Alicia destroyed here, it didn't matter and they didn't need to pay compensation.

Locke used the universal enhancement frequency of the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method to slightly enhance these ten Diamond Succulents, then quickly transplanted them into his Druid's Ring, commanding his Forest Sanctuary to share nutrients with these ten Diamond Succulents to prevent the ten Diamond Succulents from withering and dying.

"Alicia, I'm about done testing. You were right, fighting these iron golems is indeed very meaningful. It let me understand quite a bit of knowledge about construct lifeforms." Locke said to Alicia, "It's your turn to test."

Alicia looked at the mess on the ground and immediately smiled wryly. "Locke, you just used up all the All-Metal Demon Incubation Workshop's iron golems. Temporarily we can't choose iron golems anymore. I'll practice with flesh golems instead."

Locke nodded and said, "Alicia, then I'll leave first. I still have projects to do. Related to your grandfather."

"I'm afraid today's time won't be enough."

Alicia nodded understandingly, "Alright."

At the same time, the dwarf alchemist in Joseph's Golem Shop felt the ground trembling. He immediately looked toward the room upstairs, "That exaggerated?"

"The vibrations even transmitted to the first floor shop entrance."

"That wizard Miss Alicia brought this time... indeed I didn't feel wrong at first. He's very dangerous."

"Aren't plant magic wizards supposed to be gentle and mild? But he's an exception. He looks even harder than me, an alchemist."