My Apocalypse Territory

The golden gauze on his body and the spinning blue shield were all enhancements attached to him, one-time Defense Scrolls.

There were many, all of which had been manufactured through the Spell Factory.

There, in addition to researching large-scale spells, they developed and produced small, portable Spell Scrolls that were not difficult to make as long as there was a sufficient basis of runes and spell templates.

Although they consumed a considerable amount of Source Crystals, what he, Lord Tang, lacked the least was Source Crystals!

Including the Halo hovering above his head.

Strength Halo, Speed Halo, and Courage Halo!

In an instant, the combat power of the Awakeners in the entire hall, who had been struggling to hold on, rose sharply, although they could only continue to struggle against the onslaught of the Heavy Armor Puppets.

Tang Yu entered the Black Stone Hall, and several Puppets that charged at him were torn asunder by a Fireball Scroll he ripped open, blasting them to smithereens.

This feeling of crushing opponents with money was utterly satisfying.

Of course, he wouldn't naively think that these scrolls alone could deal with Zuofo. If it were a large spell launched by the Spell Factory, that would directly blast Zuofo into rubble.

Including those two Puppets, which were mistaken by others as super powerful entities.

Facing these three, Tang Yu remained self-aware that if it came to a real fight, he would have to call GG after one exchange, even if he was covered in myriad Consuming Crystal items. It was like a level one newbie who, no matter how much they topped up, could not compete with someone at level twenty or thirty.

Using cheats might be somewhat closer to the mark.

More and more Heavy Armor Puppets charged at him, and even a Super Puppet, under Zuofo's command, came to kill Tang Yu.

For a moment, the pressure on his followers was greatly reduced, but Tang Yu himself seemed to be in peril.

Many Awakeners looked tense, especially the Mercenaries from Lindong – their entire hope rested on the Boss!

Faced with the surging tide of Puppets, Tang Yu, however, stopped in his tracks.

He grabbed the backpack behind him, gave it a shake, and as if laying eggs, one round sphere after another the size of chicken eggs rolled out of the bag.

The spheres rolled several turns on the floor, and when they reached some distance away, they immediately unfolded into human-shaped Puppets over two meters tall.

The Fighter Puppets standing at the forefront held large shields two meters tall and lined up to form a shield wall, while behind the Shield Fighters there were countless Fighter Puppets armed with pole weapons and firearms.

In a flash, around Tang Yu, a Puppet formation was formed with three layers inside and three layers outside.

"What's this?"

"It seems to be Puppets too, but they look much more impressive than those Heavy Armor Puppets!"

A Lindong Mercenary suddenly said, "Do you remember? Earlier the Boss released some round Puppets. Could the Boss have the ability to summon Puppets?"

In their view, Tang Yu's Puppets were different from the tomb's Puppets.

The tomb's Puppets had always been there, merely activated by their arrival, while Boss Tang's Puppets were different – a small sphere could unfold in an instant into a two-meter tall human-shaped Puppet. Would you believe it if it were told?

Before the apocalypse, people believed in science, but after the apocalypse, they put more faith in abilities.

Rather than believing these were Puppets made via black technology, they were more inclined to believe it was some sort of ability to summon Puppets.

Anyway, when something couldn't be explained, they just chalked it up to a Special Ability.

"But, those round Puppets we saw before were easily dismantled by the Heavy Armor Puppets in the Bear's Mouth Tunnel; can these ones make a difference?" Some didn't dare to hope too much, fearing another disappointment.

At that moment, the Puppets holding firearms fired the first shots.

These firearms, over a meter in length and of an indistinguishable make, fit just right in the hands of the towering Fighter Puppets.

Pop, pop, pop—

Flames burst from the barrels of the guns.

"Bullets will probably have a hard time piercing through those Heavy Armor Pupp..."

Many people observed Tang Yu's situation while they fought.

Some recalled how their firearms had failed against the Heavy Armor Puppets; the bullets lacked the penetration power to pierce through the Puppets' armor. Even sniper rifles, which could put a small hole in a Heavy Armor Puppet, were of no use.

For the Puppets, unless their energy cores were destroyed, such minor wounds couldn't even affect their mobility; the Puppets' energy cores weren't in fixed locations. Using firearms was utterly futile; they were better off using melee weapons to dismantle the Puppets' limbs and disable their combat capacity first.

Then,

The first bullet, spinning, struck the nearest Heavy Armor Puppet.

In a flash, the mysterious runes on the bullet flashed by, and the solid armor of the Puppet, as if it were made of paper, was instantly penetrated.

But the next moment, the bullet did not emerge from the back of the Heavy Armor Puppet. Instead, a loud bang erupted from within the Heavy Armor Puppet, and a red flame exploded outwards, shredding the Puppet's body to pieces, the fragments flying around like deadly blades.

"This..."

The person who had just spoken watched the scene in dumbfounded silence, his mouth agape without realizing it. If not for a companion pulling him away, he might have been the first unfortunate Awakener to die at the hands of a Heavy Armor Puppet due to his distraction.