Chapter 6155 The Need for Withering

Chapter 6155 The Need for Withering

The exaggerated performance of the Elegant Rage during the last bout made Ves appreciate the conditional power of Woodsap mechs.

However, he reminded himself that not all Woodsap mechs could fight as exaggerated as the Elegant Rage.

The living mech had already existed for a few years and experienced a lot of growth. The machine also absorbed a lot of breakthrough energies while undergoing a strange mutation that fundamentally altered her character.

Ves was doubtful that he could design a mass production model that possessed the same properties and advantages as the Elegant Rage.

The thorn-covered machine was a product of growth and evolution. Unless Ves mastered the same concepts and mechanisms that made the Elegant Rage so unique, he did not have the confidence to design a mass production version of this machine.

This meant that Ves needed to be more careful about making assumptions about Woodsap mechs. He could not blindly consider the Elegant Rage to be an accurate representation of this specific classification of Carmine mechs.

Ves estimated that more general Woodsap mechs probably wouldn't be able to harness so much power at once.

They may also be unable to tolerate the accumulation of negative energies as well as a mech that had already experienced the deepest despair of her mech pilot.

Ves needed to conduct more tests on Woodsap mechs in order to verify all of these guesses and assumptions.

"Still, even if other Woodsap mechs aren't as strong as this one, they should still be a lot harder to defeat due to their amazing tenacity and endurance."

Woodsap mechs seemed tailor-made for attrition warfare. Ves already figured that they were the perfect machines to use for planetary defense and assault missions. So long as they fought in any environment that was rich with life, they would undoubtedly be able to bully other opponents by their ability to draw upon the power of earth!

However, Ves became a little worried when he thought about how to defeat these annoying mechs.

If every Woodsap mech became nearly as unkillable as the Emperor Tree, each of them would become a nightmare to fight against!

There was nothing more frustrating than to put so much effort into attacking a Woodsap mech, only for the organic or partially organic machine to heal the damage in an instant. Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m

This made Ves more concerned about how to defeat in the most effective way possible.

Even he couldn't guarantee whether Woodsap mechs would be arrayed against him and his clan one day.

The most obvious way to remove the advantage of Woodsap mechs was to confront them well outside any life-bearing planet. They should possess no advantage in deep space, so that was the best environment to ambush these resilient machines.

If a confrontation on a life-bearing planet could not be avoided, then the difficulty became much greater. Woodsap mechs could always enjoy a bonus from the environment to display greater combat effectiveness than typical hyper mechs.

This should be the case even if they did not resort to extreme measures such as forcibly draining the energies of nearby plants!

How should Woodsap mechs be countered?

"Wait. Maybe this is why the withering curse exists."

The Introduction to the Withering Curse did not explain the underlying reasons why such methods were needed, but Ves was able to connect the dots easily enough.

Wood-based cultivators possessed an abundant amount of life and wood energies. They were so filled with vitality that it was much more difficult to harvest their lives than usual.

The best way to counter such unreasonably healthy opponents was to target the source of their strength!

"Perhaps... the withering curse is the most targeted method a wood cultivator can employ against another wood cultivator."

Whether the withering curse was applied to an enemy wood cultivator or the flora that served as his basis of power, the effectiveness of this method should be quite high!

"Woodsap mechs should also be vulnerable to this kind of attack." Ves surmised.

The alien finally lifted one of his arms and conjured up a staff that possessed an intricate design.

The krelion proceeded to point the tip of the staff towards the Elegant Rage before unleashing a powerful light beam that instantly struck the Elegant Rage!

Crack!

"AHHH! IT BURNS!"

The opening strike shouldn't have dealt so much damage to the Elegant Rage. The enemy light beam was powerful, but Ves estimated that the Woodsap mech should have been able to take it without suffering too much harm.

He was partially correct. The mech's physical defenses were able to withstand the attack. Only a moderate hole that was rapidly regenerating was proof that the light beam had struck the Elegant Rage.

However, the light beam did more than that. It also attacked the Elegant Rage on a different level.

Her incomplete descent towards darkness just happened to make the Woodsap mech a lot more vulnerable to light-based attacks!

That was not all. Ves sensed something weird and profound from the light beam attack. It felt rather familiar to him, but the krelion already launched his second strike!

This time, the glowing staff released a lot more energy! An entire cage of light energy spat out and sought to envelop the Elegant Rage!

There was no way for the Woodsap mech to evade the strange light cage. It closed the distance and enveloped the Elegant Rage in the blink of an eye!

"So fast!"

Once the cage fell into place, the bars made out of light began to contract and press against the cybernetic mech's physical form!

No matter whether the cage pressed against solid surfaces or one of the many thorns covering the machine, the harsh exposure to this merciless light was inflicting significant harm to the machine!

"Shake off this cage!"

Even as the Elegant Rage started to get burned by the cage, she did not delay too long in launching as many thorns as possible.

Numerous thorns failed to launch as they were captured by the cage, but many more managed to pass through the gaps before landing across the surrounding forest.

A huge amount of wood energy steadily arrived and infused the Elegant Rage with a potent injection of power!

The Elegant Rage not only regenerated the damage inflicted by the cage of light, but also managed to shatter it by channeling an overwhelming amount of wood energy!

"We're free again!"

Yet just as Major Jankowski intended to retaliate by firing the Sprout Rifle at the krelion warrior, the alien had briefly turned into a streak of light before quickly arriving in front of the Elegant Rage!

The mech barely had enough time to lift her ebony wood tonfas before they got struck by powerful staff strikes!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Each collision caused the staff to generate explosions of light, which not inflicted greater damage onto the tonfas, but also began to make the Elegant Rage feel pained!

"This light... is burning the Elegant Rage! It is as if this alien is passing judgment on us and declaring us guilty!"

The judgmental qualities of this light were too strong. It seemed specifically made to fight against anyone tainted by darkness!

"This is not a mere warrior. This is a judge." Ves whispered. "The lightning tribulation specifically sent out this manifestation to target all of the Elegant Rage's weaknesses. The fight is only going to get much tougher!"