239: Chapter 231 Survival Race in the Secret Realm 3

Not giving those people too many opportunities, after neutralizing three consecutive rounds of concentrated fire, the Mechanical Fortress above the firmament successfully completed its initial deployment. Various mechanical weapons and defensive devices were loaded onto different positions of the Mechanical Fortress one by one.

Facing the subsequent attacks that struck again, this time it was no longer up to the two miniature sun and moon to wait until they entered a certain range before erasing them. Instead, based on the data collected from the previous rounds of concentrated fire, it made countered attacks.

This kind of countered attack was not as simple as a basic elemental counter; rather, it was a neutralization measure specifically adjusted and targeted by Wuxiang after analyzing the previous rounds of attacks, specifically targeting their weak points.

These attacks, which combined strength and precision, easily crushed the incoming strikes. Moreover, it wasn't a mutual cancellation; after crushing them, the attacks continued to fall toward the locations of the attackers.

Facing this sudden aerial bombardment, the contestants and spirit beasts in various parts of the mystic realm either resolved it easily or successfully survived after paying varying costs. No eliminations occurred.

Of course, this was the result of Xu Yan intentionally having Wuxiang hold back.

However, even though no significant losses were caused, the scene of everyone across the mystic realm concentrating fire on the sky never reappeared. Only a few stubborn ones continued to launch attacks toward the sky.

Facing these people or spirit beasts who clearly had no sense of the situation, Xu Yan, who had already given them a pass once before, naturally would not hold back again. The Mechanical Fortress above the firmament dropped its attacks once more.

Subsequently, those stubborn people or spirit beasts, along with their nearby teammates, allies, or subordinates, dissipated together in the baptism of intense artillery fire.

At the same time, some who were paying attention to the changes in points clearly saw that with the fall of those few attacks in the sky, the first-ranked Third Academy—which already had a massive lead over the rest—saw its points jump once again.

After learning the origin of that Mechanical Fortress above the firmament, the contestants from various major universities actually breathed a sigh of relief.

On one hand, if the opponent was the Third Academy, then the result of so many of them working together only to be suppressed by the other party's individual strength became less unacceptable. Consequently, being crushed by them also became less embarrassing.

On the other hand, compared to the members of the Third Academy, the contestants from other universities were more aware of the 'unspoken rules' of the Eight Great Academies in the Mystic Realm Survival Match. At least during the first few days of the survival match, that Mechanical Fortress in the sky would not take large-scale action against them, so there was no need to worry too much about the threat it posed.

After figuring this out, the contestants from the various universities withdrew their gazes from the sky. After a brief rest, they began to explore the mystic realm once again.

Returning to the scene at the crater, after the Mechanical Fortress successfully deployed, a map of the entire mystic realm and a virtual sandbox constructed from it appeared before everyone. Information such as the contestants, spirit beasts, resources, and energy concentrations throughout the mystic realm were all marked on the map and sandbox.

Looking at the map and sandbox before him, Xu Yan spoke up: "According to Wuxiang's analysis, including this volcano we are currently on, there are three locations in the mystic realm with the highest energy concentration, and nine locations of the secondary level.

Next, shall we continue to team up or separate to explore individually?"

Regarding Xu Yan's inquiry, Cheng Ye, who was nearby, was the first to speak: "Personally, I prefer exploring separately. On one hand, with our strength, we are fully capable of protecting ourselves. In that case, the efficiency of team exploration is a bit low;

On the other hand, everyone needs different resource attributes. For example, rather than the three highest energy concentration locations, that secondary-level iceberg is actually more suitable for me."

Cheng Ye's proposal was quickly approved by the team members. When one has sufficient ability to protect themselves, rather than everyone splitting resources—especially resources with mismatched attributes—it was naturally better to choose an area with the required attribute resources to explore alone, where the full benefit of the resources would belong to oneself.

The final result was that seven of them, including Xu Yan, chose to explore individually, while Lin Jin and the other two, due to their strength, ultimately chose to be more conservative. They did not go alone but chose to team up as a trio to explore a secondary resource area that met all three of their needs.

After making their choices, everyone began to select the areas they wanted to head toward.

Somewhat unexpectedly, as one of the three areas with the highest energy concentration in the mystic realm, not a single person chose to explore the volcano beneath their feet.

Within the team, there really wasn't anyone who specialized in the Fire element. The only ones with Fire-type spirit beasts were Xu Yan, Chen Ling, and Zhao Zhen.

However, compared to the volcano beneath their feet which belonged to the Earth Fire element, among the three top areas, there was a mountain range dominated by Lightning and Thunder-fire. As for Zhao Zhen, in the secondary areas, there was likewise a Five Elements Mountain Range; although the energy level was one grade lower, the compatibility between the two was actually higher.

In the end, after the team members finished choosing the areas they wanted to explore, the volcano beneath their feet was left to Xu Yan, who lacked resources the least and possessed extremely powerful resource utilization and exchange capabilities.

After the choice was made, Xu Yan waved his hand casually. The map and sandbox in front of him disappeared, replaced by nine Mechanical Bracelets created by Wuxiang.

"One for each person. This bracelet allows you to connect to the temporary network built by Wuxiang. The map and sandbox are inside, and you can also use it for long-range communication, energy analysis, and data retrieval.

Furthermore, Wuxiang's Mechanical Fortress has a medium-to-long-range Spatial Shuttle device. Whether it's remote recovery or fire support, as long as the space in your area isn't as restricted as the kind Lin Heng sets up, it can arrive within five seconds."

Naturally, no one would refuse such a convenient and 'life-saving' good thing. After thanking Xu Yan, they took the Mechanical Bracelets in front of them and wore them on their wrists.

Then, they summoned their respective spirit beasts, which turned into streaks of light and flew toward the various areas marked by Wuxiang.

After seeing off all the team members, looking at the smoking crater before him, the figures of Chi Ming and Qing Lan appeared behind Xu Yan.

Allowing the cyan flame trench coat transformed from Qing Lan to wrap around him, he stepped onto Chi Ming, who had taken the size of an ordinary warhorse. One person, one spirit beast, plus a flame trench coat, leaped directly down into the crater.