Pillar of Yita

Fang Hong looked at that place, then released the Clockwork Fairy to scout below the rift.

Strands of silver light wove into the valley.

Even though Walnut and the others from the underground weren’t seeing Fang Hong control the Clockwork Fairy for the first time, watching the Fairies being thrown out one by one, with silver spots flying all over below the rift, numbering at least twenty or thirty, still amazed them.

They took their eyes off all that and glanced at Fang Hong’s clicking Control Gloves, with the Magic Power cursor shifting directions above, and couldn’t help but marvel.

If any construct could represent the Multi-Control skill level of a Combat Artisan, then Clockwork Fairy must be the most intuitive one.

That’s why many artisans love to use them to show off their skills.

Although Multi-Control doesn’t entirely represent the total skill of a Combat Artisan, people often instinctively judge a newcomer’s potential by the Multi-Control level they display during their novice phase.

The exceptional Combat Artisans always show astonishing potential even during their apprenticeship, like how Loofah’s five-control Clockwork Fairy in a match was praised as the ultimate performance in the present age.

And her later performances lived up to people’s expectations.

Of course, few people know that Fang Hong himself also reached the level of five-control during his apprenticeship.

At least, the underground Walnut and others looked at the dozens of silver lights dancing below the rift now, and though they knew Fang Hong’s level wasn’t low, they were still tongue-tied.

Wow, how much Multi-Control is this?

They weren’t unaware of Fang Hong’s background. After all, the transaction between the Seven Seas Travel Group and the Art of Conflict Guild was widely known within the guild.

The nickname ”Dragon’s Alchemist” had some fame in the Third District.

However, the battle at Dolifen indeed had no video released, leaving many questioning it.

As for the battle at Elfendo, in the eyes of keyboard warriors, with the calculative support of fourteen Grand Artificers, who couldn’t control a Dragon Knight?

Especially after experiencing the situation with Rolin, many suspected Fang Hong was a hyped-up newcomer.

Contrarily, he gained quite a few fans after breaking with the Super Competitive League, because this showed he truly didn’t have back-end capital manipulation.

Of course, some still thought this was a new form of hype, believing the Seven Seas Travel Group would eventually reconcile with the Super Competitive League.

Titanium Pea and others didn’t believe in such absurd things, but their initial cooperation with Fang Hong was mostly due to being cornered.

Not because they had high hopes for the Seven Seas Travel Group from the start.

Still, Walnut could barely be considered a semi-fan of Fang Hong.

So their surprise this time was reasonable.

However, not even Walnut knew — Fang Hong had a little secret he hadn’t revealed to them.

That silver Bee Swarm was not actually Clockwork Fairies.

They were much harder to control than Clockwork Fairies.

They were even unaware that Fang Hong’s current technique was much more refined than when he was at Fenris Isle:

It was actually the Fairy Wall.

But it wasn’t just the Fairy Wall; or rather, it was a modified version of the Fairy Wall.

Fang Hong incorporated concepts from Nether’s Swift Tactics into it; of course, this wasn’t entirely his own creation. As the inventor of Swift Tactics, Lady Nether might not be unfamiliar with this trick.

But at least one thing Fang Hong could be sure of: Lady Nether’s command of a single Clockwork Fairy and her use of wide-angle vision couldn’t match his.

He now knew his use of wide-angle vision was completely contrary to others’, so he wouldn’t make the joke he previously did at Traveler’s Rest.

Therefore, this was his own Fairy Wall, and that was undeniable.

Fang Hong gathered his hand, and the Clockwork Fairies spread throughout the rift buzzed upwards, as if countless strands of silver light were simultaneously absorbed into his hand.

And each vanished in the glow of the Information Crystal.

The mastery of these multi-wing simultaneous reverse techniques was phenomenal.

Big Cat People smiled, shaking his head, thinking youth’s temperament.

Gita was somewhat surprised and said, ”Brother Ade, has your calculative power improved again?”

Fang Hong lifted the Wind Goggles, shook his head, commenting that since studying the Stars Array, his calculative power had somewhat improved, but the key factor was his mastery of operating skills.

At least over the past month, he gained a lot.

The Seven Seas Travel Group members understood it, while Walnut and others underground could only marvel.

Beiji couldn’t even manage to marvel but felt that the previous scene was impressive, thus asking Walnut beside her:

”Is he a very powerful Alchemist?”

”He’s a Combat Artisan,” Walnut himself didn’t know how to describe: ”I guess one of those extremely powerful types...”

Beiji was somewhat surprised and glanced at Fang Hong, thinking in her heart that she believed her brother was the world’s top Alchemist.

Unexpectedly, Walnut had such high praise for the man before them, despite his level, why would he become a pirate?

She always had a strong distaste for pirates.

Fang Hong hadn’t understood why this young woman had such a strong aversion to everyone aboard the Seven Seas Traveler.

He was concerned about other matters, like how the existence of the Fairy Wall indeed greatly reduced scouting time.

Proven that his modifications to the Fairy Wall were effective.

He almost wanted to send a message to Lady Nether to praise himself, realizing he hadn’t contacted her in quite a while.

Recently, though, Elite, that strange woman, started messaging him frequently, not tired of it.

He blocked her once, only for her to persistently find a new account to send him more, asking if he wanted to join Elite, which was quite bothersome.

He led the group down to the bottom of the rift, reaching the crevice.

From above the cliff, the crevice didn’t seem large, but standing before it made one aware of its width and depth.

Climbing among the rocks and standing below the crevice, Fang Hong looked up, finding he couldn’t see the top of the crevice.

It was about ten meters wide, enough for several carriages to pass side-by-side. Rather than a mere crevice, it seemed more like the entrance to a narrow cave.

At this place, he once again saw the corpses of those Crystalysis Beasts.

Like the giant crab seen at the camp, motionless and crouching on the ground. Next to its corpse were other fragmented bodies.

Though not Invokers, as it was well known that humans and other sentient beings could revive after death by consuming Starlight, leaving corpses only in cases of Starlight exhaustion.

Yet what Fang Hong saw were tree trunks lying horizontally, with grayish white bark and lifelike features, eyes tightly shut in pain.

Behind him, Little Fatty Zaozi exclaimed gently, unable to help but ask: ”Aren’t these Grey Treants?”

”They are Grey Treants,” Big Cat People answered.

”It seems we misunderstood something.” He looked at the corpses and continued.

”What thing?” Parker asked.

”The Grey Treants migrating in the valley below probably didn’t come from the lower swamp, but from here. The reason for their migration wasn’t the flood, it was because of the Crystalysis Beast.”

”But the problem is,” Tang Xin holding the Healing Wand, frowned at the scene, ”Why would they reside here?”

Fang Hong also frowned, stepped forward to try to turn over the Grey Treant corpses.

But as soon as his hand touched the gray bark, suddenly a voice resonated from his Mind World:

”Young man, I need your help.”

It was an old voice, repeated twice.

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