Chapter 1664 - 533: The "Arms" Race Triggered by Fan Mao
Chapter 1664: Chapter 533: The "Arms" Race Triggered by Fan Mao
"..."
"Say something, I’m scared..."
Inside the silent room of the church’s flagship, a high-ranking believer finally couldn’t help but speak with a heavy heart.
"Whether it’s punishment or something else, we can accept it, whether we live or die, please deliver your judgement as soon as possible, esteemed Favored ones!"
Since they were just repelled by Fan Mao’s plant legion, they immediately came to this room to report the situation truthfully to the rear.
They all knew they had embarrassed themselves greatly this time, and the mission to stop Fan Mao had essentially failed, nearly costing them their lives.
As high-ranking believers, who were specially groomed and held high hopes, they were already lacking in authority.
Now that they had failed the task and lost face entirely, they couldn’t find any excuse for themselves.
Upon returning, they were already prepared to be judged and to sacrifice their lives.
Yet when they recounted the events in detail, waiting for their judgement, they were met with prolonged silence, which tortured their hearts even more.
Interrupted by this believer, the silent, contemplative projections in the room finally stirred.
"There’s no need to think about life and death; this time you already made the best response. Under those circumstances, no one could have yielded a better result.
In the face of such a threat, retreat was the best choice; this is not your fault.
However, since you did fail, your punishment is to complete the next three strike missions."
The tone of the Creator’s Favored shifted, symbolically giving a punishment, effectively closing this Chapter.
But after handling a few believers, he sighed quietly.
This incident with a few believers was just a minor issue; no matter how much one wants to avoid it, the real focus still has to be addressed.
After a few more seconds of silence, the Creator’s Favored gave a wry smile.
"This Fan Mao really does surprise us every now and then... What should we do?"
No further explanation was needed; the other Favored, present as projections, understood what he meant.
They had heard the high-ranking believers’ descriptions earlier and learned the tactics Fan Mao used to defeat them.
In fact, if not for Fan Mao’s intervention this time, a mere mission failure would not have warranted this meeting.
Fan Mao’s achievements this time indeed startled them.
Relying solely on the plant legion, they managed to repel a mixed brigade composed of ten high-ranking believers.
Throughout the engagement, they didn’t even catch a glimpse of Fan Mao, and the encountered plant legion wasn’t at full strength.
Yet they failed to kill even a single extraordinary plant and nearly lost their lives there.
Even though these ten believers had been promoted to high-rank using special means and couldn’t yet employ high-power divine arts.
Simply relying on extraordinary plants to unscathedly repel ten high-ranking believers, this achievement seems truly absurd.
"According to the battlefield observation data, Fan Mao’s extraordinary plants have indeed not reached the genuine Seventh Rank level.
While Fan Mao’s plant legion differs from normal Mechanical Masters, belonging to extraordinary creatures capable of growth, essentially relying on amplifications to acquire Seventh Rank traits, their strength remains at middle and low-tier levels.
Logically, they should at most nullify a compulsory ability gap in combat against high-tier, with the inherent disparity in hard power still persisting, making a direct confrontation impossible.
How exactly did Fan Mao’s plants manage to do it?"
The Traveler’s Favored asked in confusion, resonating with the doubts in the hearts of the other Favored present.
If the advantage of high-tier over low-tier is level suppression, causing damage reduction when low-tier attacks high-tier, then the methods of Mechanical Masters merely eliminate this damage reduction.
But the absence of damage reduction does not mean that low-tier can defeat high-tier, as a vast numerical gap remains akin to a chasm between them.
After all, even in games, without level-suppression damage reduction, low-level players can’t eliminate a boss with hundreds of thousands of health points using mere tens or hundreds of damage, when the boss can deal tens of thousands of damage easily.
The projected beings exchanged silent glances, redirecting their gaze collectively toward the newly appointed Longevity Favored.
Although recently, the position of Longevity Favored had changed hands quite frequently, often due to Fan Mao-related reasons, which seemed somewhat darkly humorous.
However, speaking of understanding Fan Mao’s plants, he indeed possessed more expertise.
"According to the current surveillance footage and information, it’s confirmed that these plant enhancements are not due to some ability of Fan Mao, but likely enhancements of the plant legion itself.
As for the direction of enhancement, based on the performance, it’s highly likely focused on physical strength enhancement.
It seems Fan Mao acquired some new technology allowing these plants to possess physical prowess equivalent to Seventh Rank Martial Artists.
It’s precisely because these plants’ physical bodies became suddenly harder to kill, alongside their inherent strong self-healing, that they appear unkillable and alarmingly powerful.
However, as they mentioned earlier, this enhancement is purely physical, lacking complementary abilities, with other aspects remaining at their original level.
Hence, those extraordinary plants are more inclined towards melee, exhibiting a combat style similar to that of Martial Artists.
Aside from pure physical melee strength, they essentially lack additional attack methods.