Since only the cervical vertebra was broken, the meerkat lying on the ground could still be considered alive. It was probably equivalent to the so-called high paraplegia. It lay there looking at the people around it but could not move at all. Ye Zan and his group gathered around the mongoose. Except for the little Loli who looked like she was drooling, everyone else looked at this so-called wild beast with a bit of curiosity in their eyes.
"I heard that this wild beast is extremely resistant to spells. It doesn't seem to be anything special!" Lin Mumu reached out and touched the scimitar-like horns, and flicked it twice with his fingers. , obviously looking like picking watermelons, but he came to such a conclusion.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Lin, don't underestimate them. This meerkat's strength is only average among wild beasts, but even Nascent Soul-level spells can't leave any scars on it. If you want to use Yuanshen Realm with To kill it with magic, you have to use 10% of your mana, otherwise you will only be injured but not killed." Daoyuan Supreme said with a smile, not to argue with Lin Mumu, but to remind the other party not to be careless.
"Is it so powerful?" Lin Mumu became more and more curious. He looked at the mongoose carefully and asked Supreme Dao Yuan: "Senior, it seems that this mongoose is not dead yet. Can I try it with it?" try?"
Supreme Daoyuan nodded, pointed at the mongoose and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, just give it a try. The reason why I captured it alive is to let you know more about this wild beast."
Not to mention Lin Mumu, everyone on Ye Zan's side was actually very curious about the "magic resistance" characteristics of wild beasts. Ye Zan got some information from Daoyuan Supreme, but after all, those information were just words and were far less intuitive than doing experiments in person.
So, after Lin Mumu decided to give it a try, everyone spontaneously retreated a distance away from the surroundings. Only Lin Mumu stayed in front of the mongoose.
"Hehe, you're welcome then!" Lin Mumu was also someone who had seen large battles before, but now he was very excited when facing a meerkat lying there.
Seeing that everyone had retreated to the side, Lin Mumu did not waste any time. He raised his hand to make a magic spell and pointed at the mongoose, and suddenly a finger-thick thunder shot out from the void. Even though this thunderbolt is "not amazing in appearance", its power is up to the Yuanying level, which means that ordinary Jindan masters can't bear it at all, and the Yuanying ancestor will be seriously injured even if he hits it.
However, just such a bolt of thunder, after hitting the black satin-like body of the mongoose, only caused a ripple on the fur. The power of the thunder turned into electric sparks, spreading out layer by layer along the mongoose's fur, and soon disappeared without a trace. As for the mongoose's body, where it was hit by the thunder, not to mention any obvious wounds, not even the slightest trace of burns could be seen.
Lin Mumu knew best what power his thunder had, so when he saw this result, he couldn't help but show surprise and exclaimed: "Hey, it's really interesting!"
Thinking about it, Lin Mumu thought that even if the wild beast had extremely high "magic resistance", he should be able to make a hole out of it if he struck it with a thunderbolt like this. Even if the hole is not a fatal injury, even if it is just a flesh wound for the mongoose, there still needs to be some damage. After all, the mongoose itself is not very strong.
"Come out!" Lin Mumu did not give up. Instead, he changed the magic formula into a sword formula and sacrificed one of his flying swords. The flying sword did not show any frightening momentum, but was also reduced to the size of a chopstick, and then it stabbed the meerkat.
A powerful Yuan Shen, even if he is not a "professional" swordsman, his flying sword is by no means easy. It is no exaggeration to say that he can split mountains and break mountains. Although Lin Mumu did not use all his strength, and the flying sword was just like a chopstick, it was not something that a Nascent Soul-level ant could stop.
The flying sword was like a bolt of lightning, hitting the belly of the mongoose with a "swish" sound, and then there was a "pop" sound of the sharp blade entering the meat. There is no doubt that the sword still penetrated, and was not blocked by the black satin-like fur like the magic thunder.
However, when everyone looked carefully, they found that the flying sword only penetrated halfway, and then it was nailed there without any movement.
In this world, the flying swords used by monks are not purely so-called "physical attacks". Mana still plays a very important role in it. If the magic in a flying sword is completely stripped away, the quality of the flying sword in some aspects may not be as good as a "magic weapon" for mortals.
For example, the ice crystal flying sword that comes standard with the Arctic Sword Sect, regardless of whether it is thousands of years of ice or ten thousand years of ice, is just a piece of ice in the final analysis. Without the blessing of mana, just hit the sword spine with a hammer, and the ice crystal flying sword can be directly smashed into ice slag. The reason why a normal ice crystal flying sword can cut through gold and jade is because it contains magic power.
Some swordsmen even use some wood to make flying swords, such as peach wood swords, ebony swords, bamboo swords, etc. These wooden flying swords, with the blessing of mana, can compete with metal flying swords. In fact, the comparison is the mana in the flying swords.
The same is true for Lin Mumu's flying sword. Whether he controls the flying sword with sword control or explodes the power contained in the flying sword, it all relies on his and the flying sword's magic power. Therefore, the flying sword only penetrated half of the mongoose's belly. It was obviously because there was something wrong with the magic power on the sword, which prevented the flying sword from exerting greater power.
"Mumu, what's going on? Is it possible that the magic power in the flying sword has dissipated?" Ye Zan quickly asked Lin Mumu from the side.
Lin Mumu shook his head, the sword technique in his hand changed twice, and then he said helplessly: "The magic power of the flying sword has not been dispersed, but it seems to be imprisoned, or it is like being trapped in a quagmire. I can’t even withdraw even if I want to.”
After hearing this, Ye Zan stepped forward and took a look at the mongoose. He found that there was indeed a force on the mongoose, which was squeezing to block the penetration of the flying sword. Just as Lin Mumu described, the "magic resistance" power of the mongoose was like an extremely sticky quagmire, imprisoning the flying sword there.
"This wild beast is indeed extremely resistant to magic. It seems that any method related to magic is difficult to exert its full power on them." Ye Zan sighed as he walked closer and stretched out his hand. He pulled out the flying sword stuck in the belly of the mongoose.
After the flying sword left contact with the mongoose's body, Ye Zan immediately felt the flying sword in his hand regain its vitality, and flew back to Lin Mumu after he let go.
Lin Mumu took the flying sword back, looked at it from side to side, raised his head and said, "This flying sword is not affected at all!"
"These are just desolate beasts with ordinary strength. If they were replaced by those top desolate beasts, I really don't know if the spell would have any effect on them." Ye Zan said and came to the front of the mongoose. He turned his palms and took out the Qiankun Ring. He took out a silver revolver and pointed the muzzle at the mongoose's head.
"Brother Ye, my flying sword is not good, what use can you take out this thing!" Lin Mumu had already put away the flying sword, and was convinced of the "magic resistance" of the wild beast, so when he saw Ye Zan His actions couldn't help but be a little funny. He also knew a little bit about firearms, and knew that although those things were interesting, their power was not flattering, and they were firearms that used magic bullets.
At the beginning, when fighting against the Dragon Clan, Ye Zan once distributed firearms to the disciples of the Yuqing Sect and asked them to borrow the firearms to fight against the demon soldiers and generals of the Sea Clan in the formation. Strictly speaking, the power of those firearms is pretty good, at least they can cause pretty good damage to those Yuanshen-level demon kings. However, those firearms are no longer pure gunpowder firearms, and the bullets used are magic bullets.
From the perspective of people at Lin Mumu's level, perhaps the only advantage of firearms is that they can make people ignore the gap in realm. For example, a disciple who is refining Qi and building a foundation can use firearms to harm the Great Demon King who is several realms behind him. He is also a certain threat to ordinary Yuanshen realm monks.
However, Lin Mumu was not in the ordinary Yuanshen realm, but in the Yuanshen realm who had mastered the power of the Tao realm. He really didn't take the power of firearms seriously. For him, if he were placed in the position of the Great Demon King of the Sea Clan and faced with the volleys of so many firearms, all problems would be solved by unfolding the Tao Realm.
Facing Lin Mumu's teasing, Ye Zan smiled nonchalantly and said, "If you don't give it a try, how will you know it's useless?"
After Ye Zan finished speaking, his finger pressed the gun plate, and with a bang, the bullet came out of the chamber. Due to the close distance, the sound of gunshots and the sound of hitting the cow's head were superimposed. Everyone only heard a single explosion, and then saw a bloody flower blooming on the head of the meerkat. The bullet entered the cow's head and exited from the mane on the back of the neck, carrying blood, broken bones and brains.
Everyone on Ye Zan's side was naturally not very surprised, but Daoyuan Supreme, who had never seen a firearm before, took a breath of cold air when he saw this, and asked in shock: "Hiss! What kind of magic weapon is this, fellow Taoist Wuji, and it can actually do it?" Such power!”
Ye Zan shot the mongoose's head off with one shot, which proved a guess in his mind, and then explained to the Supreme Daoyuan: "Senior, don't be surprised. This weapon is not a magical weapon, but uses a principle similar to that of a crossbow. , It’s just a hidden weapon made.”
This explanation is not perfunctory. Strictly speaking, the principle of firearms is indeed very similar to that of crossbows. They both shoot arrows or bullets with some kind of power. However, one relies on mechanical elasticity, and the other relies on the instant propulsion generated by the explosion, but both can be regarded as "physical attacks."
"Crossbow arrows?" Daoyuan Supreme nodded. He also saw the scene of bullets being fired just now, so there was no need for Ye Zan to explain more.
In fact, in the wilderness realm, because wild beasts have extremely high "magic resistance", people also use a large number of crossbows when fighting against wild beasts.
Of course, the crossbows used by the Dahuang people are not as small as Ye Zan's pistol.
The high "magic resistance" of the wild beast does not mean that the body is made of paper. It also has a strong defense against physical attacks. Therefore, in order to ensure the power of the crossbow arrows, the bigger the crossbow, the better. For example, bed crossbows, crossbow carts, etc. are "sharp weapons" for fighting wild beasts. However, even large weapons such as bed crossbows will still be unable to cope with those top powerful wild beasts.
"Actually, using the principle of my weapon, you can also make more powerful weapons." Ye Zan thought of another idea to earn merit from this pistol, so he took the initiative to remind Daoyuan Supreme. The more powerful weapon he was talking about was not a rifle or even a sniper rifle, but the cannon that was once known as the King of War.
Speaking of Lord of War, in the development process of human technology in the scientific and technological world, the old and the new have always been replaced. Anyway, in people's minds, whoever plays a greater role in war is the so-called king of war.
In the early days, when human technology was still relatively backward, artillery once became the dominant player on the battlefield, and was the king of war in that period. Later, with the advent of "mobile artillery" like tanks, tanks became the king of war. After tanks, the sky became a battleground for military strategists, so airplanes became the king of war.
However, as the first-generation King of War, the cannon has not actually been eliminated, it has just been constantly changing its form. Tanks, battleships, bombers, and even interstellar battleships are all just cannons replaced with carriers. Some people may say, how to count bombers? You can think of it this way, bombers dropping bombs are just another form of firing artillery shells.
All in all, true military fans should not care. Anyway, Ye Zan, a person who doesn’t know much about military history, just thinks that cannon is the king of war.
Ye Zan felt that if the people in the wilderness had cannons, they would probably have a greater advantage when fighting against those wild beasts. And in this way, if people in the Great Wilderness Realm can communicate with each other with the help of thousands of miles of teleportation, and use cannons to fight against wild beasts, will their living conditions be greatly improved
Of course, Ye Zan does not have an accurate judgment on merit. After all, people say that "God's will is unpredictable." Merit is given by the will of heaven, and Ye Zan is not the spokesperson of heaven's will. He can only guess based on the way he obtained it. From his current point of view, the human race is probably still the "protagonist of heaven and earth", so anyone who is beneficial to the human race should be able to gain merit.
For example, Thousand Miles of God, spiritual rice, rail transit, and high-yielding crops, these things have changed the living environment of the human race, and Ye Zan has also received the merits bestowed by heaven. So, although the cannon is a murderous weapon, it can be used to change the living conditions of the human race in the wilderness. In theory, it should meet the conditions for obtaining merit.
"What Taoist Fellow Wuji said... I wonder what a more powerful weapon looks like?" After hearing Ye Zan's words, Dao Yuan Supreme couldn't help but ask curiously.