CHAPTER 156 - Holding the Fort!

It's no wonder Nasus was amazed by Taliyah's control of stone magic.

In just three minutes, a towering stone wall rose from beneath the yellow sand, enclosing the settlement where they were, standing four to five meters high and over three meters thick.

And from Taliyah's expression, Li Lin could tell she was only slightly sweaty on her forehead, showing a bit of fatigue.

This level of magic was quite easy for her.

"Is this... enough?" Taliyah stepped on the rock, quickly descending to Li Lin's side, and asked cautiously.

"More than enough, it's simply beyond my expectations!" Li Lin couldn't help but exclaim.

Being praised like this, Taliyah's cheeks couldn't help but blush slightly, "It's, it's not that exaggerated, is it?"

Before she could finish speaking, a startled voice came from the settlement gate, "What's... happening?!"

Li Lin and Taliyah turned to see Kassadin, Sivir, and a group of dark-skinned young adults wielding various crude weapons emerging from the gate.

Before them stood a middle-aged man with graying temples and a face marked by the passage of time.

He was the chief of the Yeluni tribe, Rasquin Yeluni.

"Are bandits attacking?" His expression was somewhat nervous, "But we've already paid the protection fee to the Sararso people for this quarter!"

"It's not the Sararso, it's Xerath's people."

Rasquin and the others behind him looked puzzled, "Xerath... who is that?"

With time running short, the furious shouts and hoofbeats of the ancient mage's fanatic followers were drawing near.

Li Lin didn't exchange many words with Rasquin, instead turning to Kassadin and Sivir, "Explain it to him, then settle the others."

"But the people outside..."

Kassadin furrowed his brow, then noticed the three floating robots, and his expression relaxed.

With these terrifying machines, Xerath's followers were nothing to fear.

"All right, Chief Yeluni, you can trust Li Lin with this."

Kassadin had rested in this settlement many times before, so he had some acquaintance with Rasquin.

"But judging from the noise outside, there must be at least a hundred people. With just this young man..." Rasquin's voice faltered, "Are you a wizard?"

Li Lin chuckled softly, "I'm just a mechanic."

Then, he had Taliyah manipulate the rocks to drag himself to the top of the stone wall and look down.

Several sand tiger riders with three heads each had already stopped under the wall, looking up at Li Lin standing at the top.

Their faces were filled with fanaticism and ferocity, their eyes shining with a deep blue light, but these people were clearly not mages.

Li Lin raised an eyebrow, activating his Data Mind to check their status.

[Individual Status: Fanatical followers of the Mage, Fearless, Physical enhancement, Soul puppet...]

Seeing the descriptions of these statuses on the panel, Li Lin couldn't help but curse, "Damn Xerath, he's utterly ruthless!"

These people had completely lost their own free will and had been turned into puppets by Xerath.

Under the influence of this evil dark magic, a considerable number of people were forced to worship Xerath and would go to any lengths for him, fearless of death.

But everything had its price, especially irreversible ancient forbidden magic like this.

These people had only a few months left to live...

As Li Lin briefly pondered, more and more warriors had gathered under the stone wall.

These people, although their minds are completely controlled by Xerath, they have not lost the ability to think.

They hold weapons of different styles, with many already drawing bows and arrows, shooting accurately at him, only to be bounced away by powered armor bullets with a "clang."

Some warriors wielding heavy weapons like giant hammers and axes have begun to destroy the stone wall, while others skilled in using locks have already swung their iron chain locks.

Li Lin sighed inwardly, anger rising, as he manipulated the storm robots into combat mode, locking onto the dozens of people gathered below.

"Enter Overcharge mode, prepare the Electric Shock Cannon barrage!"

In a brief three seconds, as blue light flashed on the storm's body, the three floating robots entered a 20-second burst of extreme speed.

Their back armor quickly unfolded, several miniaturized gun barrels shimmering with blue and white light.

The warriors below were completely unaware of the impending danger, or perhaps, they had completely lost this part of their emotions.

Accompanied by the buzzing sound of energy projectiles, dozens of scorching mini-energy balls were ejected from the back of the three robots, tracing a semicircular arc in the air, then hitting the ground beneath their feet at almost imperceptible speed.

Dozens of bandits, including their three-headed sand tiger mounts, were instantly annihilated by this devastating energy, not even uttering a cry.

As the energy dissipated, Li Lin leaped forward, landing on the ground with the storm robots, his feet sinking into the yellow sand.

At this moment, a large force of over a hundred people arrived from the distance.

They danced with blue and white flames, their eyes devoid of any emotion fixed firmly on Li Lin, a hint of confusion flashing across their faces.

Li Lin didn't give them any chance, immediately switching the remaining ten seconds of Overcharge on the storm to semi-automatic full firepower mode.

The three floating robots spread out quickly, their semi-intelligent auxiliary chips instantly locking onto most of the people in front of them.

Then, in perfect synchronization, they raised their left arm gun barrels and simultaneously deployed shoulder cannon armor.

In less than a heartbeat, their gun barrels erupted in orange-yellow sparks, countless kinetic bullets shooting towards the crowd in an instant, while continuously firing energy shells forward.

With each scream, Xerath's controlled followers charging towards Li Lin either fell from being shot or were blown away by the shockwaves of the energy cannon shells.

Occasionally, lucky ones who passed through the storm robot's firepower coverage would be harvested by Li Lin's handgun with a single shot.

In less than 20 seconds, nearly 200 Xerath warriors who had come to pursue Sivir were almost entirely wiped out.

All that remained were wounded men lying on the ground, howling in pain, completely devoid of combat effectiveness.

Li Lin stared expressionlessly at the bodies littering the ground, waving to switch the storm's mode again, letting them harvest the remaining lives.

[You have killed 167 fanatical followers of Xerath, leveled up by 1, gaining 1 skill point.

You have killed 26 elite fanatical warriors of Xerath, leveled up by 1, gaining 1 skill point and 130 blue essences.

Congratulations! Your level has increased to 23, gaining 2 skill points.

Due to cooperation with the 'Storm' aerial machine, your mechanical affinity has slightly increased.]

(End of Chapter)

=========================================================

DROP THEM POWER STONES AND KINDLY LEAVE REVIEWS AS WELL!

SUPPORT ME ON P@TREON IF YOU'D LIKE ACCESS ON ADVANCED CHAPTERS

PAT REON.COM/TurdTranslations (Just remove the space).