Heart of the Castle

Chapter 365 Void Alchemy Chess Master vs. Grandmaster (recommendation ticket for new week)

The golden light emitted from Master Youyue's palm was not very fast, and it didn't look like an aggressive thing, but this dark alchemist was definitely not a trustworthy person, Li Wei instinctively moved his feet slightly, Wanting to leave before being enveloped by the golden light, he heard Mr. Dish muttering with a sigh.

"It's really an old-fashioned thing. It's been more than 300 years. Do alchemists still use this thing in the contest between alchemists?"

This sentence also proves that the golden light emitted by Master Youyue is not dangerous. Li Wei stopped before moving. Amidst the exclamation of his companions, the young lord's face was calm, and the golden light completely shrouded him. own body.

"It seems that you have played this before." Master Youyue's voice sounded again, this time extremely approaching, as if right next to his ear. "I want to improve your evaluation. At least your teacher can let you get in touch with the Void Alchemy Chess. This is something that you can only get in touch with after you have obtained the qualifications of an alchemist."

Li Wei didn't respond to him immediately, but moved his eyes to look around.This is the Void Alchemy Chess...or something similar?Whatever it was, it was a new experience for Levi.The golden light formed a wonderful world, covering an area of ​​one square kilometer, but it didn't seem like it was directly separating a space from the outside world, because the ground under his feet was not the mud of a rotting swamp, but dry and hard ground. It is as if expanding from a very small space to form this semi-virtual, semi-real vast space.

Looking out from the inside, a golden mask isolated all the others, and Li Wei could see them scurrying outside the mask like ants on a hot pot, shouting something, but there was no way Come into the mask.

"A half-plane?" Li Wei couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

"Of course not, it's just an illusion created with alchemy equipment." Mr. Dish commented disdainfully, "The body of this thing is far underground in the Alchemist Association. Humming, panting and coughing giant alchemy equipment. Every alchemist has the right to establish a connection with this equipment after reaching the qualification of scholar or above, which allows them to call this equipment at any time, construct Out of such a phantom space."

Master Youyue's voice sounded again, this time with a hint of impatience, "Have you finished reading it? You generally know the rules of Void Alchemy Chess, right? Each person has 2000 alchemy points, and each makes his own best The alchemy warrior, and then..." Master Youyue's voice suddenly became sharp, it was as cold as an ice knife, "...to fight for life and death!"

Of course, Li Wei didn't know anything about the rules of Void Alchemy Chess, but Mr. Dish was very familiar with it.The so-called Void Alchemy Chess is actually a virtual space for alchemists to use their imagination. In this space, they can use alchemy points to create any known raw materials, and then refine them at will to create any alchemical items.

These alchemy items can be manufactured in reality, or they can only exist in imagination, as long as they conform to the rules of alchemy, and the manufacturer has a sufficient manufacturing level, they can be manufactured in this virtual space and fully owned The same characteristic properties as the real world.

Since this space was originally virtualized through alchemy equipment, the probability of accidental failure that alchemists are most likely to encounter is reduced to close to zero, so it is very popular.When someone was using this space, they discovered that this space can not only accommodate one alchemist, but can accommodate up to ten people.Soon this space changed from a purely experimental space to a platform for communication and competition of alchemy techniques. Alchemists can use this platform to create powerful alchemists to fight each other, find shortcomings or... resolve disputes.

This method of safely resolving disputes was quickly appreciated by all alchemists, so that during the period when alchemy was prevalent, the void alchemy chess once became the best means for alchemists to resolve their differences. That period also represented the level of the kingdom's strength. At that time, disputes between many kingdoms were also resolved according to the victory or defeat of the void alchemy chess.

The rules of Void Alchemy Chess are actually quite simple. Under Mr. Dish's explanation, Li Wei got started very quickly.Alchemy points quickly turned into various alchemy raw materials, and then with Li Wei's gesture, they began to refine and fuse with each other.

But in comparison, Master Youyue's speed is faster. This is because he has conducted countless 2000 alchemy point-scale contests with other alchemists. The selection of raw materials and the initial refining steps are completely without thinking.When the materials in front of him began to merge, Master You Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his gaze to the young man opposite.

The amount of materials Li Wei chose was quite large and varied. At first glance, Master Youyue was taken aback. He even thought that this young man could find the rule error of the Void Alchemy Chess, and got definitely more than 2000. Raw materials for alchemy points.But after the initial surprise, Master Youyue couldn't help showing a smug smile that he was sure of winning.

Most of the materials that the young man chose were low-grade materials, and the best one was just high-purity silver, which was in line with what he could achieve at his age.For a junior alchemist, being able to refine so many low-level materials is indeed a solid foundation and extraordinary ability, but if he wants to compete with a master with these things... the difference is too great.

Master Youyue's smile widened even more, he seemed to have heard the horn of victory sounding in his ears. "An easy victory, but it's not worth getting excited about." He said to himself, "Because what I defeated was not a master alchemist of the same status, but just a young man who barely reached the elementary... no, an intermediate alchemist. "

Li Wei didn't care about Master Youyue's gaze, because completing Mr. Dish's instructions already required him to concentrate.Mr. Dish did not use those complicated and profound alchemy terms. Every instruction was clear and clear, but it was also hurried enough. Li Wei was busy almost non-stop, making a series of gestures with his fingers flying, making many people in front of him The alchemy raw materials rolled and began to be refined.

If it is to process and refine these raw materials in the real world, both of them will need to consume a lot of time, but the real function of this virtual space in front of us is to conduct various alchemy experiments, so in the step of processing raw materials, as long as the method is correct, you can The finished product will be directly refined, which will neither consume a lot of time nor cause various unexpected factors.

Master Youyue chose fewer materials, but the grade was very high, and the refining technique was very complicated, and those complicated and meticulous steps had to be carried out step by step; while Li Wei chose a lot of materials, but the grade was quite low, and the refining technique was very complicated. It is extremely simple, the two offset each other, allowing two people to complete the steps of refining the raw materials almost at the same time.

"For your age, your speed is quite fast." Master You Yue commented in a condescending tone.

"For a master alchemist, your speed is very slow." Li Wei replied unceremoniously.

Master Youyue spat angrily, "Can't you see how skilled I am in handling these high-grade raw materials, and how graceful my movements are?"

"I just feel that your refining technique is not superior to others, and many steps are redundant." Li Wei said sincerely.

His words were not actually belittling Master Youyue deliberately, but the only alchemist he could see was Mr. Dish. It is second to none in the world, of course it cannot be compared by an ordinary alchemist.

But Master Youyue didn't know about the existence of Mr. Dish, and was almost blown away by these words. If Li Wei's words were pure sarcasm, he wouldn't be so angry, but he heard it from the young man's tone. What he received was completely sincere, which made him doubt for a moment whether he was really a waste in alchemy.

"Stop playing tricks, I'll make you look good later!"

This sentence also kicked off the next round of alchemy competition, Master Youyue quickly made a series of gestures with anger, the speed was almost one-tenth faster than usual, and the technique was so precise that he couldn't help but tsk tsk praise up.Following this series of gestures, the refined raw materials were quickly put together, the alchemy circle shone brightly, and a tall and burly alchemy doll quickly took shape in front of him.

If an alchemist with sufficient level was present, it would be seen that the puppet made by Master Youyue was a high-level alchemy warrior known as a high-level iron golem.This kind of high-level iron golem once served as the guard and bodyguard of high-level alchemists in the era when alchemy was prevalent. Its burly body is strong enough to resist the charge of the great knight, and its powerful strength cannot be resisted by the human body. The disadvantage is very high cost and long manufacturing time.

However, the manufacturing method of high-level iron golems has long been lost with the decline of alchemy. Only the Alchemy Association still has a few iron golems left over from that time, which are regarded as the most important ones by the alchemy masters of the Association. treasure.The production method of this iron golem copied by Master Youyue from many alchemy fragments actually has a certain gap with the original power, but it still allowed him to win undisputed victory in many Void Alchemy Chess duels. victory.

Seeing that the first iron golem had begun to emerge, Master Youyue glanced at Li Wei. This glance almost caused his jaw to hit the ground, and his gestures were chaotic, and the shoulders of the alchemy puppet in front of him immediately uttered a sigh of relief. There was a loud explosion, and several fragments burst like rain, landing with a clang.Master Youyue hurriedly tried his best to restrain his mind, and made a series of remedial gestures in succession, only then did the iron golem's structure stabilize again.

Li Wei was completely unaware of what happened just now, and his mind was completely immersed in the magnificent and wonderful world of alchemy. He had already achieved an almost instinctive proficiency in repeating Mr. Dish's order, and a large number of alchemy materials followed him. His gestures danced in the air, and he quickly pieced together the simple alchemy structures in front of him, forming ugly and ugly alchemy creations.

The creation that made Master Youyue nearly lose control is just one of them. This is a rough human figure that is simply kneaded out of clay. Perhaps in order to save raw materials as much as possible, the body and legs are particularly thin, while the arms are abnormal. Thick and strong, the top of the arm is not flexible fingers, but two huge triangular armor-piercing spear heads made of silver alloy.

Behind this monster, which was so ugly that it completely violated all common sense, stood something even more bizarre and beyond imagination.Some alchemy dolls have no arms, but more than a dozen arthropod claws with sharp blades protruding from the shoulders; some alchemy dolls only have a huge square head, with short and thick limbs growing directly on the With the left, right and bottom of the head removed, it looks like an ugly brick; some alchemy creations have no human shape at all, but look like a four-wheeled carriage equipped with many mechanism gears, but there are no war horses in front. It was a mass of spears and cylinders protruding from the carriage.

Looking at the things in front of him that seemed to be made by an apprentice who just learned alchemy, Master Youyue couldn't help laughing out loud, "It's my fault... for being so cautious, as if facing a big enemy to launch... a challenge." His words It was interrupted by another burst of laughter, and finally continued intermittently, "You are really just a lucky little guy, these things are the alchemy warriors you use to duel with me?"

Li Wei stopped his hands and took a few breaths before he was able to look at these masterpieces of his own.The young lord was actually [-]% satisfied with being able to create these alchemy items for the first time, including Mr. Dish, who was full of praise and repeatedly called him a natural alchemist.As for the ugly appearance of these things, it is not surprising. First of all, these things designed by Mr. Dish are not very good-looking, and secondly, Li Wei’s technique has been as stable as possible, but he has not actually carried out alchemy manufacturing. , is still very insufficient in terms of detail processing.

If it wasn't for the fact that the virtual space of Void Alchemy Chess assumes that as long as the technique is correct, items can be successfully refined, I am afraid that most of these dolls can only be a pile of melted waste products.

"That's right, this is my alchemy warrior." Li Wei replied, never taking his eyes off these alchemy dolls, "Dark alchemist, can we have a duel now?"

Master You Yue just wanted to nod his head in agreement, but he froze his neck in astonishment. He suddenly realized that he hadn't finished refining all the iron golems, so he had to shake his head in embarrassment. "Wait for a while, my iron golem's manufacturing process is complicated and delicate, and it's slower than your shoddy ones."

"But if I remember correctly, the rule of Void Alchemy Chess is that after either of the two parties has completed the refining work, they can launch an attack?" Li Wei told him with a half-smile, "Otherwise, if you plan to create If we come out of a city in the sky, aren't we going to have a duel that lasts for a hundred years?"

Master You Yue couldn't help being stunned, this rule does exist, and it is indeed aimed at those alchemists who are suspected of delaying time.However, duels between most alchemists are not purely for victory or defeat, so generally speaking, they will wait until the opponent's refining is completed before starting the confrontation between alchemists.

Seeing that Master Youyue was speechless, Li Wei flicked his fingers, and the ugly alchemy puppets in front of him made an unbearable sound of metal friction, and staggered forward.

Master Youyue's face turned red, "Wait, wait a minute, with such a victory, I..."

"You still don't admit it, right?" Li Wei shrugged, raised his hand, and the alchemy puppets returned to their original places. "Okay, then I'll wait a little longer, hopefully not too long."

"Damn, of course not!" Master Youyue growled, "I will soon show you the true strength of being a master alchemist!"

Having said that, after this emotional turmoil, it had a considerable impact on Master Youyue, and he, who was focused on speeding up, inevitably made some mistakes that should not have been made.When the first iron golem was about to be completed, there was a sudden explosion, and Master Youyue realized that he had made a fatal mistake. Before he could take remedial measures, the head of the iron golem With a creaking sound, it rolled down, and a large amount of thick smoke spewed out from its body, accompanied by sparks shooting out everywhere.

Seeing that the work fell short, Master You Yue didn't dare to look up at Li Wei's expression, and gritted his teeth to continue making the rest of the iron golems.This time, he didn't dare to distract himself from thinking about other things at all, and finally made all the other five iron golems successfully, and then he let out a long breath, and his expression regained a bit of confidence.

"Look, young man, this is my alchemy masterpiece, a high-level iron golem!"

Master Youyue's self-confidence is justified, because even in the Alchemy Association, there are no more than three alchemists who have the ability to create iron golems in the virtual space of the Void Alchemy Chess, including that The president of the unfathomable alchemy union.He believed that Li Wei had never seen this level of alchemy items, but the calm look in the eyes of the young lord made Master Youyue feel unconcealably surprised.

"This is a high-level iron golem?" Li Wei looked suspiciously at the several alchemy dolls opposite. These dolls used expensive fine gold as their skeletons, and their bodies were made of fine iron. The silver magic pattern looks mighty and majestic.Especially the two giant machetes in his hands are quite terrifying. Let the iron golem swing out with its powerful force, which is enough to cut a fully armed cavalry man and horse in half.

But there is still a big gap between this and the real high-level iron golem. Mr. Dish once showed Levi the posture of the real high-level iron golem in the heart of the castle, which Levi still remembers.It was a behemoth with four strong steel arms, about three meters tall, and each arm held a heavy fine steel weapon, which was like a steel tornado when it was swung.

Compared with the real high-level iron golem, the iron golem made by Master Youyue is quite different in terms of structure and size, which made Li Wei look suspicious.

"What kind of eyes do you have?" Master Youyue didn't feel the shock from Li Wei's eyes, which already frustrated his self-esteem, and Li Wei actually asked in a questioning tone, which made him angry from embarrassment.

"It's nothing, I always feel that the iron golem should have two more arms." Li Wei's voice was only between muttering and talking to himself, but it made Master Youyue take a deep breath and forcefully suppressed it. Containing the anger in his chest, "It turns out that you have seen a real high-level iron golem. It seems that your teacher is really amazing. Besides the Alchemy Association, are there any alchemists who have high-level iron golems?"

"Maybe." Li Wei replied a little uncomfortable.If Mr. Dish wants to create a high-level iron golem, of course there is no problem at all, but according to the alchemist, although the high-level iron golem is powerful, its value is too high, and the cost performance is actually very low , so I don't think about making that thing at all.

"In this case," Master Youyue narrowed his eyes, "Young man, let your toys come over, and see how my iron golem cleans them up!"

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