Chapter 789 [0777] The Cheating Malphite
Qil Aza obviously didn't know what Malzahar was planning.
He couldn't have guessed that while he was collecting void creature specimens along the way, these void creatures that looked very "alive" were actually leading him into a dangerous trap.
He also didn't know that Malzahar was hiding behind the void creatures at this time, quietly watching him, waiting for him to fall into the trap he had carefully prepared.
In Qi'er Aza's view, his activities were very careful - he was just collecting specimens and recording the habits of void creatures in the outer area of the rift, and now he shouldn't have attracted any special attention.
In this way, without realizing his situation, Qi'er Aza quickly came to the edge of the trap.
On the morning of the third day when he began to explore the situation of void creatures, he saw a very special void creature. Its state was not like a common insect, but more like a plant!
This was a situation that Qi'er Aza had never seen before. Not only had he never seen it, but there had never been a similar record. Void creatures had never had a precedent in plant form!
Qi'erza's original axiom research direction was originally in the field of plants, so when he found this "plant with chitinous tissue", he immediately became interested.
Of course, this was a trap carefully prepared by Malzahar for him.
When Qi'erza dispersed the surrounding void creatures and carefully wanted to collect this specimen, he bent down and found that this plant looked a little "wilted" and the shape of the plant did not seem to be very good.
The plant shape is not suitable for the void?
Or is it that the environment here is not completely suitable for it?
Instinctively, Qi'erza began to study the surrounding environment, and then he found that this plant-like void exposed outside seemed to be a plant that was lost outside - not far from it, there was a cave that did not look very deep, and there were many plant-like void creatures with similar shapes. There was no sunlight there, but their bodies were shining with a faint light, which looked very similar to the mushrooms growing in many underground caves.
This is an amazing discovery!
Along the way, Zir Aza had already seen the diversity of void creatures, but even so, the forms of the plants in front of him still surprised him, so he simply called other great elementalists and planned to go to the cave to take a look.
Malphite, who was accompanying him, was too big to enter, but the other great elementalists chose to follow Zir Aza's footsteps, so the group of people didn't think much and stepped into the trap carefully prepared by Malzahar for them.
As soon as they entered the cave, the next moment behind them, the ground began to rise rapidly and the entire cave was instantly sealed.
At the same time, water began to seep inside the cave, and as a group of void burrowing beasts began to dig under Malzahar's command, seawater began to flow back.
What's worse is that inside the cave, those void creatures that looked harmless and like plants suddenly came to life. They were not "plant forms" at all. The above-ground parts that looked like plants were just carefully designed disguises, and they were actually their tentacles!
After receiving the order from Malzahar, these Void Mimics, which were as big as camels, finally broke out of the ground while shaking their bodies and attacked the Great Elementalists such as Qier Aza.
Seeing this scene, Qier Aza didn't know that he was ambushed. He really didn't expect that the void was different from all the animals and plants he had seen in the past. They were more cunning and more treacherous, and even took such despicable means to lure him.
Not to mention ordinary beasts.
When the cave was closed and began to seep water, Qier Aza even felt that the Vastaya people in the north of the jungle were not as cunning as these Void creatures!
Of course, scolding is scolding, the most important thing now is to find a way to escape.
Several Great Elementalists who are good at the original axiom of the earth have begun to try to dig, but what makes them feel very bad is that the land here seems to have been specially treated, and the efficiency of digging using the original axiom is terribly low.
Of course it is low.
Just as the void worms that invaded the restricted area before would target the elementalists' Primordial Axiom, the environment here was also added with a similar "debuff" by Malzahar. The modular casting of the Primordial Axiom is indeed convenient, but it is still too easy to counter!
The land infected by the void is not the high-quality soil with uniform elemental concentration and convenient for the application of the Primordial Axiom.
Even if it is a great elementalist, in this environment, it can only use one or two percent of its tenth power. Even if they can dig through the land, the sea water will inevitably flow back in first!
Once the sea water flows back, the void fish that have been ambushed in the sea will fight the great elementals. At that time, without the water elementalist, even if you are all powerful people... I am afraid you will not be able to escape death!
Malzahar's plan went very smoothly.
But just when the great elementals were trapped, Kalya, who had been connected to the Malphite network, also received the news at the same time.
My goodness! Although he was very dissatisfied with Zilazha's attitude and had anticipated that they might fall, Karya really didn't expect to walk into the trap so directly and be caught in one fell swoop.
Although Malphite and the others were left outside and had no idea what was happening in the underground cave, Kalya could easily guess that there must be a very targeted trap inside, and those great elementalists would most likely be in danger if they relied on themselves.
Considering that he just wanted these bastards to suffer a little, rather than die directly, Kalya immediately activated Malphite and started external rescue.
The effect was outstanding.
The original axiom was difficult to drive the land eroded by the void, and it was also ineffective for the void creatures with original axiom resistance.
But Malphite's fist was not.
Although it was a bit embarrassing for a great elementalist to not even understand how to dig the soil, it didn't matter, at least Malphite could dig the soil.
With just a little deformation, Malphite's hands could become two shovels and realize rapid and automated excavation work - Monolith had excellent adaptability in deformation, and this problem was just a piece of cake for Malphite and others.
Malzahar, who had been watching the trap remotely, saw this scene through the eyes of the voidworm.
Wait, these big puppets are not only responsible for logistics?
Can it also transform and dig?
Obviously no one is controlling it!
Malzahar's actions were completely beyond Malzahar's expectations. If he let it continue digging, I'm afraid that the trap Malzahar carefully arranged will soon be dug through - then won't those great elementalists be able to escape easily?
No, absolutely not!
The great elementalists led by Zir Aza must be buried here!
Although it is not convenient for the main body to appear for the time being, Malzahar quickly mobilized a large number of void creatures, began to surround the scene, and attacked Malzahar.
At the same time, the number of void fish underwater also increased rapidly, and the surrounding ground hernias began to vibrate violently, in order to quickly kill the trapped great elementalists and interfere with Malzahar's digging and rescue.
However, although Malzahar's idea was good, in a hurry, the Void Worms that were specialized for the Primal Axiom could not actually form any effective interference in front of the two Malphites.
Even though these Void Worms have their own "Erosion Field" that can silence the surrounding elements and directly reduce the effect of the Primal Axiom, their chitinous shells can't resist Malphite's fists at all.
Malphite didn't even need to turn the shovels on his arms back into fists. He just needed to swing the shovels and smash them. These Void Worms, which were at most the size of wild dogs, were hit accurately, and they turned from Void Worms into Void Worm Sauce.
This sudden appearance of Cheng Yaojin made Malzahar, who thought everything was under his control, feel troubled.
Before this, he had not specially prepared to deal with this kind of large puppet Void Worms - as far as he knew, Ixtal didn't have this thing.
Now suddenly facing Malphite, he was naturally caught off guard.
But after counting the cards in his hand, it seems that there are almost no void worms that can target such large puppets.
This is troublesome.
After thinking about it, Malzahar decided that since there are no void worms that can target these big guys, he might as well start with environmental transformation!
Although Malphites are hard on the surface and have infinite strength, crushing ordinary void worms like stepping on insects, they are still a bit clumsy in action.
Within the radiation range of the void rift, as long as the ground hernia around them is torn, they will easily fall into it and cannot get out.
Although Malzahar has never seen the puppets of Ixtal, he has seen the ancient puppets of Shurima - those large puppets driven by magic circuits and connected to the energy of the sun disk in the past, although they are indestructible, their movements are not flexible, and using terrain restrictions is simply the best!
So, under Malzahar's control, the void energy under the earth began to surge and erupt, turning into irregular ground hernias, leaving the ground under the feet of Malphites devastated.
In this case, let alone the huge Malphites, even if a person came, he would still sprain his ankle if he was not careful.
Malzahar reacted quickly.
But on the other side, Kalya, who remotely controlled Malphites through the Golden Wheel Stone, reacted even faster.
Changing the terrain to delay one's own actions, this trick was used by the Observer as early as the Battle of Icathia!
This method was named ground surge at the time, which means the earth surges. The huge void energy did not turn into a physical entity, but erupted from the void cracks underground in the form of the purest energy, directly reaching the surface of the earth. In this process, the soil and gravel that came into contact with the void energy would be organic and become the brilliant void chitin, and the outlet of these energy gushing was the ground hernia.
If the hernias created by the massive ground surges during the Icathian War were scars from the earth being ripped open, then the holes created by the ground surges caused by Malzahar now can hardly be considered hernias, but are at most pores.
Even if Malphite's movements would be delayed, relying solely on hernias of this scale would not be enough to affect their work efficiency.
After a simple transformation, Malphite's legs turned into five pairs of wheels and tracks, completely ignoring the potholes on the ground and continuing to dig.
The Malzahars who saw this scene through the vision of the Void Fly flying in the sky were stunned.
What kind of puppet is this? How can it transform at will?
Before, the fist was transformed into a shovel, which was a very common transformation. Many ancient Shurima puppets also had similar configurations.
But now the legs have been transformed into five pairs of wheels and tracks... Are you serious?
Could it be that this puppet is made of mud and can be transformed at will!
However, in the vision of the void flies, Malzahar clearly saw many void insects biting these puppets with their claws and fangs, but there was no trace left!
The battle situation was completely beyond Malzahar's expectations.
Even though the void creatures continued to pour in like a tidal wave, the two huge puppets still completed the excavation work calmly. Before the seawater backflowed, they dug open the lid of the trap and rescued the great elementalists who were trapped in it and thought they had little hope.
Then, without any hesitation, they charged all the way and quickly broke out of the siege - with Malphite's protection, the battle suddenly became a simple mode. The great elementalists only needed to stand on Malphite's back and increase the killing range of their spells as much as possible.
Malzahar, who was unwilling to give up, dispatched a large number of void worms targeting the original axiom to besiege.
But their resistance to the original axiom was not enough to withstand the damage of the great elementalists.
Moreover, after getting rid of the panic, the great elementalists gradually came to their senses.
After realizing that the direct original axiom spell had limited effects, they quickly began to use indirect original axiom spells, just like the guards bypassing the defense of the forbidden magic stone. The direct attack magic will be greatly discounted, but you can be more tactful!
The original axiom effect of directly detonating the void worm is almost the same as farting.
But if you detonate a stone or something on the top of the void worms, the fragment damage will not be discounted!
The same is true for fire and frost. The direct bombing effect with spells is average, but the environment created by spells can still affect the void worms.
Although the number of void worms seemed to be a bit too much, the great elementalists still focused on escaping, but after gradually figuring out the trick, their escape gradually became a bit leisurely.
Malzahar, who was always paying attention to the battle situation, saw everything.
Although the great elementalists seemed to have discovered something, it didn't matter. In terms of the original axiom, he prepared a bigger surprise for these people - more importantly, Malzahar must find a way to target Malphite.
Want to deal with large-sized deformed puppets...
Perhaps, I have to try to summon the incarnation of fear and devouring.
Kalya's small class · The lethality of the ground surge:
The direct gushing of void energy is very dangerous. It can not only create void ground hernia terrain that is beneficial to void creatures, but also directly sprayed by the ground surge, even the ascender will die on the spot - but the ground surge is completely uncontrollable even for the observer, and the "occupancy rate" of the void rift is very high, so it is generally not used as a direct killing method.