After No. 03 threatened, her tone slightly lowered: "Mr. Ferro, I said we could negotiate; we hold no grudges."
"Looks like you know me?" Ferro said, squinting.
"We’ve heard of the Fire-stepper name, of course," No. 03 said, "We have never had conflicts with you, Mr. Ferro, or the Barbarian Cave behind you."
Pause: "No grudges? Then as soon as I arrived, this iron lump frantically attacked me. As long as it attacks me, I see it as an enemy."
Number 03 couldn’t hold back her anger: "It was you who first trespassed into our Snook Base."
Snook Base? Is this the name of the laboratory? Ferro silently pondered this without much thought: "I’ve never heard of any ghostly base in the Mist Belt. You are the ones sneakily setting up this base, so you are the ones causing trouble!"
"We are only conducting some minor experiments here. We have never interfered with the Southern Domain Wizards’ Realm."
"You keep mentioning the Southern Domain Wizards’ Realm, seems like you have no identity recognition? So, this base of yours, is it from the Outer Domain?" Ferro narrowed his eyes: "Hmph, that’s even better. Once I burn this iron lump, I’ll report your ghostly base to the Extreme Sect and see if they believe you don’t interfere with the Wizards’ Realm and are innocent!"
Perhaps the fearsome reputation of the Extreme Sect intimidated Number 03, she remained silent for a long time.
Ferro didn’t bother to pay attention and continued to burn the mechanical entity.
When the exterior shell of the mechanized entity was completely burnt and about to reach its core, Number 03 finally spoke softly: "You will soon realize just how wrong the choice you made was."
As her voice fell, Ferro immediately sensed something was wrong.
A surge of Water Elemental Energy suddenly appeared behind him.
Moreover, the Water Elemental Energy transformed into a rolling torrent rushing toward his direction.
The best choice for Ferro was to dodge, but if he dodged, the burning mechanical entity would be washed away by the torrent. He didn’t want to waste his previous efforts.
Without hesitation, Ferro crushed a freshly charged fireball cluster, creating a defensive flame barrier behind him.
The rolling torrent was blocked outside by the barrier.
Having this buffer time, Ferro finally turned around to assess the situation behind.
In the direction from whence the torrent came, he saw a familiar water ripple. Behind the ripple was a blurry figure, with the torrent coming from the hand of the figure.
Seeing this scene, how could Ferro not understand the truth inside? That water ripple was surely the woman’s ability, allowing her to hide safely inside.
"Pretending to be innocent, saying it’s a misunderstanding while hiding behind the water ripple all the time helping the mechanized entity recover." Ferro sneered inwardly, the woman had been here from the start and never intended to negotiate with Ferro, otherwise she wouldn’t have spoken until the mechanized entity was burning.
Without hesitation, Ferro launched a fire bolt in the direction of the water ripple.
The figure within the water ripple moved again, and another water column like a torrent rushed out. While controlling the fire barrier replenishment, Ferro also maneuvered the fire bolt, aligning with the water column, continuing to charge toward the water ripple.
His target was clear: to destroy the water ripple.
Sure enough, when the fire bolt was about to collide with the water ripple, the water ripple voluntarily shut down.
The water ripple not only restricted the opponent’s ability, but the ripple itself was fragile, unable to withstand even a single fire bolt. This was evident from the previous battles.
Without the water ripple, the torrent naturally disappeared.
However, the opponent was clearly not someone who would easily give up; soon, in another direction, another water ripple appeared.
Ferro wasn’t surprised by this. According to previous countermeasures, he continued to target the destruction of the water ripple.
This forced Number 03 to continuously close the water ripple and then relocate to a new position to continue.
After several times, Ferro also discerned another defect of the water ripple: it cannot be activated where energy accumulates.
Every time Number 03 activated the water ripple, it was always in relatively stable energy places. She absolutely dared not activate the water ripple near the flame barrier.
The defects of the water ripple provided Ferro with greater operational space.
He directly ignited the air, turning a hundred-meter radius into a sea of flames.
This meant that if the water ripple were to be activated, it could only be done beyond a hundred meters. But being activated that far, the water ripple loses its potential for "ambush," allowing Ferro to respond more calmly.
"Trying to hide in a fragile turtle shell to defeat me is simply impossible." With a cold laugh, Nis suddenly ignited the energy within the flame barrier, accelerating the melting of the mechanical doll.
Seeing this, Number 03 clearly panicked. She attempted several times to activate the water ripple, but it had no effect against Ferro who had already seen through the weaknesses.
"Actually, you can seek help. I believe your so-called ghost base isn’t just staffed by you." Ferro’s apparent taunt was actually an attempt to gather more information from Number 03.
However, Number 03 was resolute this time, completely ignoring Ferro’s taunts.
"Not speaking won’t work; your companions haven’t come to help you because they’re likely not here at the moment, right? Otherwise, having played here for two days, only you have shown up."
"Let me guess, where have they gone?"
Ferro squinted: "Did they go... to The Nest?"
After Ferro’s words fell, Number 03, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke: "Looks like I misunderstood you; you’re not unprepared... In that case, you definitely cannot stay!"
After finishing, another water ripple appeared.
Yet this water ripple differed from the previous ones; it didn’t release any water columns or torrents.
After hovering for a few seconds, the figure behind the water ripple suddenly stepped forward.
A dazzling blue-colored crystal high-heel shoe first appeared.
Following were the shimmering blue-scaled patterned dress and faintly visible fair legs.
As the ripples reached their peak intensity, the woman hidden behind finally walked out.
Silver-white curly long hair, half-bare shoulders, and a cheek marked with a 0 and 3 tattoo.
Undoubtedly, this was one of the Official Wizards from the laboratory, Number 03!