Chapter 23: Self-Awareness
At this time, the torrential rain was pouring down, and countless cyan thunderbolts fell from the clouds, Joshua stood on the ground, the thunder fell on his side, but he couldn't get close to his body, the warrior didn't give the soul puppets half time to react, but stretched out his right hand, clenched his fist into the void - on the immortal metal ring behind him, the white gem suddenly shone brightly.
The so-called superpower, in fact, is the power of miniature steel, which is combined with human life, can show infinite mysteries, Joshua once collected a large number of steel particles in the void, then he was aware of it, and thought that these particles themselves can be fused, as long as many of the same type of steel particles are collected and fused, then they can artificially create something similar to steel fragments.
The six-colored gem, the product of his fusion of steel particles collected in the medical area, is so rough that it can only be used once, and then needs to be recharged again, but even so, the power of this authority is still unimaginable to ordinary people.
Silver gemstones, is the power of pure steel, means the control of matter, can be created, can also be dissociated, cyan gemstones, is a natural phenomenon, can create clouds and thunder out of thin air, rain and thunder, rain torrential.
Now, the white gemstones he uses represent pure shock.
Between the flickering white light, the invisible fluctuations spread, only to hear a high-pitched long roar in the air, as if dozens of hundreds of giant dragons roared, and the swampy earth within nearly a thousand meters around began to tremble rapidly, in this earthquake-like vibration, the mud trembled, surging into a tide, the whole land seemed to turn into a dark brown ocean, hundreds of soul puppets caught in it struggled to escape, but were directly shattered by the high-frequency fluctuations contained in the mud, turning into oil parts all over the ground.
"Superpowers...... I see. ”
Joshua stood still, motionless, as he watched the superpowers he had inspired wreak havoc between heaven and earth, as if he had realized something, but his expression did not change in the slightest.
But the Hunter army didn't collapse, they were still advancing, even if more than three hundred golems and lightning strikes were blown up by the mud, but there were more three hundred behind them, and with the hum of the air being torn apart, these pure killing machines finally made it over the blockade and came to their target.
A giant golem that is over five meters tall and grows and grows.
It was a mechanical structure that had never been seen before in the world of Siberia, its entire body was rugged and hideous, its arms and joints were covered with sharp blades and horns, and on both sides of the helmet, two steel horns like dragon horns protruded, and thunder swirled above it, flashing with cyan lightning, and on the chest of this giant golem, a golden swirling core was rapidly forming, and the hot breath blew out of it, causing the surrounding rain to evaporate into mist.
It is still getting bigger, it keeps getting bigger, and you can see that the soles of the puppet's feet that are standing motionless in place, the dirt is sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the surrounding mud and sand seem to be attracted by a force, merging into the puppet's body, and you can see that the fragments of the puppet that have been destroyed in the soil are also being absorbed, becoming the nourishment of the giant puppet.
A heavily armed puppet was the first to break through the blockade of rainstorms, thunder, and mud tides, and when it raised its head to observe the equipment, it saw a behemoth twice as tall as them, and a fist that the opponent clenched his five fingers and threw in a dignified manner!
Rumble! Like a volcanic eruption, the atmosphere exploded directly, accompanied by a loud sound that was more shocking than the thunder in the sky, and the incomparable force suddenly spread with a gale - just a pure fist wind, it pierced a cylindrical cavity that ran through thousands of meters in the torrential rain, and the violent force even blew up the surrounding mud swamp, revealing the sandstone deep underground!
The heavily armed puppet led by this blow was solid, and the armor was shattered and burned on the spot, the body was torn apart, and its parts were splashed, as if it were countless rapidly exploding cannonball shrapnel, just these shrapnel knocked down more than a dozen puppets, and more puppets were extinguished by the penetrating power contained in this punch The soul core, stunned in place, and there was no reaction.
In the distance, the chariot and the others looked sluggish, watching the lightning and thunder around them, the earth shaking in the downpour, watching the familiar puppet grow bigger and bigger, and then throwing a punch that made everyone shudder.
Powerful...... to the point of being frightening.
This kind of power is too terrifying, and a heavy golem equipped with inert metal armor will take a lot of effort to solve even a combat vehicle, and this is still a one-on-one situation, but that giant mech can directly paralyze dozens of puppets with just one blow.
And it's getting bigger.
"No, be careful!"
The chariot came back to its senses at this time, but at this moment, a series of completely different powerful energy fluctuations suddenly erupted around the huge puppet!
"Request a Superunit Load—"
"Emergency protocol passed, overload state turned on—"
"The target's strength is beyond the scope of measurement, apply for the full armament to lift the ban-"
In the army of hunters, one after another specially constructed soul puppets paused slightly, and bursts of energy fluctuations broke out in their bodies, and at that time, various abilities unfolded in the torrential rain, and the army of hunters was enough to chase the biggest hole card of the world's escape chased by the Siboya Super Resistance Army, and finally opened it completely at this time!
That's more than 100 super golems with special abilities!
Bang, the air waves surged, and a soul puppet shaped like a birdman shook all over, and its entire body turned into an arrow from the string and galloped towards Joshua, its speed had already exceeded the speed of sound several times, and the sharp blade of air that was rapidly concussing extended at the front of its body, capable of cutting through solid metal.
On the other side, a snow-white soul puppet was covered in flowing shimmers, and an invisible telekinesis directly lifted the ground, pinched into a stone ball weighing dozens of tons, and then smashed it towards the giant puppet like a meteor hammer.
In addition to this, there are many bizarre abilities that emit at the same time, fire, frost, thunder, acid, rays, dissociation, explosions, ...... With the intricate cooperation of the soul golems, all the attacks not only did not clash with each other, but instead achieved the effect of one plus one is greater than two, and the aftermath of their eruption spread across the land, rolling up a wild hot wind - dozens or hundreds of swift steel golems shuttled through the rain and mist, leaping in thunder and lightning, they exceeded the speed of sound, making the air hiss terribly, and the machinery with superpowers exploded in overload at this time, and then—
All rushed to the giant golem!
Seeing this scene, the invisibility and explosion on the side of the battlecar shuddered on the spot, because under such an attack, no matter how hidden they were, they would definitely not be spared, even if it was the aftermath of superpowers, they could easily kill them.
But in the next moment, just when everyone thought that the huge puppet was more than auspicious, as the powerful explosion flashed and dimmed, there was a loud roar, and when the superpowers in the distance opened their eyes again, they could only be shocked to see that the soul puppets that rushed to the front had been twisted into a lump of rotten iron by a huge force, and the huge puppet's hand was holding another super puppet that was burning with raging fire all over his body, and he tore it into two pieces with a calm movement.
The birdman puppet, its head and upper body completely disappeared, and it was pointed at the place where its superpowers were strongest and most vulnerable, and the violent power mixed with energy backlash, completely blowing up half of its body.
The snow-white telekinetic puppet was slapped into a ball like a paper version, and two giant hands that it couldn't shake at all pressed from the left and right, crushing it into thin slices like a water press.
The so-called simultaneous is just relative, for Joshua, the simultaneous attack of the soul puppet is almost all flawed, in the moment when it is urgent for ordinary superpowers, it is enough to make several actions with him, just now, more than seven super puppets attack from the front and back, left and right at the same time, they feel that no one can deal with these attacks at the same time, but Joshua can, he can not only do it, but he can also make counterattacks one by one according to the order of priority.
There's not even a need to use superpowers.
A powerful army of puppets that have met the wrong opponent.
At this time, the chariot in the distance could be seen, all kinds of superpowers were blasting in the direction of Joshua's location, countless strange shock waves, energy beams mixed with strange spirits, and soul fluctuations came together, but the giant puppet didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to use any special abilities, in the face of the overwhelming super energy frenzy, Joshua simply clenched his five fingers, and in the next moment, countless fist shadows burst out with extremely strong wind pressure, and every fist shadow exploded the air, smashing all the incoming attacks!
The huge puppet finally took a step, he moved, so the earth shook, every time he took a step, he flashed hundreds of meters away, Joshua every shot, he was able to directly destroy a super puppet, he fought hard with all kinds of superpowers with pure impact, and then crushed the other party without any fancy tricks.
Control the earth and rocks, smash, manipulate the particles, blow them apart, create a temperature difference, crush them, and under the huge size and strength gap, the giant golem that has grown to nearly ten meters tall can directly destroy a super golem as long as you stretch out your hand.
The entire army of hunters was defenseless, and no attack was against the giant golems, even if there were occasional special superpowers that could damage Joshua, and the damaged area would repair itself in a matter of seconds. And as almost all the super puppets were completely defeated, the other ordinary puppets were naturally reduced to simple targets and were easily swept away.
"This ...... Is it a superpower? ”
Watching Joshua bury an entire army of hunters almost as if he were cleaning up garbage, the chariot stared blankly ahead, and couldn't help but mutter.
"Nope."
As if hearing the other party's question, the burly—or rather, the huge steel golem didn't look back—he raised his right hand, crushed the penultimate puppet in his hand, and replied in a deep voice, "This is, the power of steel." ”
After speaking, he let go of his hand, and the soul puppet had become a fragment of the wreckage heavy giant hand fell, and only the light blue soul core fragment turned into smoke and drifted in the air.
Because of the torrential rain, swamps, thunder, earthquakes, and Joshua's personal efforts, the huge army of hunters, numbering nearly 10,000, was now almost completely wiped out.
When Joshua used his steel power to activate those gem powers, through the familiar and unfamiliar fluctuation sense, he completely understood that his steel power was actually very similar to these powers, and the difference between the two was that the power of power was single, while his steel power had multiple powerful abilities.
Yes, manipulation of matter, embodiment of creation, incomparable divine power, assimilation of matter, evolution and transformation, self-evolution...... Joshua's power of steel itself represented dozens of powerful superpower aggregates, so in the end, he simply didn't use those one-time superpower gems, but used the method he was most familiar with to solve the problem.
It seems to be the use of brute force, but in fact, it is the simultaneous effect of abilities such as 'self-evolution' and 'material assimilation', if it were not for the rapid transformation brought by the power of steel, how could an ordinary steel golem block the raid of thousands of heavy golems?
In the end, all but the last one that looked different, all the other puppets were dismantled into pieces by Joshua, and none of the puppets in the entire army of hunters could stop Joshua who used pure steel power - the warrior even had the illusion that if his steel power could extract the elements in it, then it might be able to extract seven or eight steel fragments, allowing the owner to master all kinds of special and powerful powers, even immortality is not impossible.
Thinking about it further, the steel python, which is born with the power of steel, how much authority does this great existence control and how many abilities can it split?
But just think about it, no one but Joshua himself can tear apart his steel power, let alone the world.
With that in mind, Joshua came to the last remaining puppet of the Hunter's army.
This is a very ordinary-looking golem, and at a glance, it is impossible to distinguish it from other ordinary golems...... But for Joshua, who can see electromagnetic waves and directly monitor electromagnetic signals, this puppet releases and receives too many signals, to the point of abnormality, it seems to be responsible for the communication of the entire army of hunters, and all the external signals of the soul puppet need to pass through its relay, and all external orders must also pass through its relay before they can be issued to other puppets.
In other words, this puppet is the communication center, and even the control center, of the entire army of hunters.
Lifting the behemoth strong enough to hold the puppet firmly, Joshua grabbed the last remaining puppet, the core puppet, its limbs had long been severed by the warriors, leaving only its bare body, silver light flickered between Joshua's palms, and the pure power of steel soaked into the puppet's body.
Joshua planned to use the power of steel to directly read the information stored by this puppet, and he even planned to trace the existence behind the communication through the unique communication channel of this puppet.
However, just a few seconds after the force of steel eroded the opponent's body, the warrior couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Wait."
Raising the soul puppet in his hand slightly, he seemed to want to take a good look at the structure of the other party, Joshua frowned, and whispered in a rather surprised tone: "This is ...... Self-awareness? ”
"Soul puppets can actually produce self-awareness?"