Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 868 - 510: Life of the Inner State

The colossal workshop reared up in front of Li Banfeng, with dozens of iron pipes crisscrossing before his eyes.

In terms of sheer size, this massive workshop was somewhat similar to the intruder, Ge Junma, that attacked the Ink Shop.

However, the two were drastically different in details; Ge Junma and a toad were very close, it could even be said to be a mutated toad.

But the "centipede" before him was a bit abstract; to be precise, it looked more like a steam-powered machine.

The reason it was called steam-powered was because the roof of the "centipede" workshop occasionally emitted white mist.

Qiu Luoye once said that Inner State People could be chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, all kinds of creatures, but never machines.

"Are you really an Inner State Person?" Li Banfeng asked once more.

The workshop doors opened, and a spherical object with a diameter of about two meters flew out from inside, circling Li Banfeng twice.

When he first saw the spherical object, Li Banfeng thought the centipede had coughed up another meatball.

Upon closer inspection, he found that this spherical object was quite different from the previous meatball.

The meatball was solid, a large chunk of meat.

This spherical object was a collection, a gathering of tens of thousands of eyes.

Each eye had an eyeball, each with different colored pupils.

Tens of thousands of eyes turned in different directions, carefully observing Li Banfeng.

Out of courtesy, Li Banfeng nodded at this large group of eyes.

Then Li Banfeng’s figure vanished.

In surprise, all the eyes focused on one point and quickly dispersed again, searching for traces of Li Banfeng.

Bam!

The massive spherical object exploded by a third, the entire workshop rolled on the ground, kicking up a lot of dirt, then swiftly rose again.

This was clearly due to pain.

This spherical object should be the eyes of the "centipede workshop," an eye composed of tens of thousands of smaller eyes. This unique construction reminded Li Banfeng of insect compound eyes.

Although this eye was not physically connected to the centipede workshop, it was obviously part of it. When it was damaged, the centipede workshop would sense pain.

Li Banfeng deliberately only blew up a third of this huge eye, leaving two-thirds intact.

The "centipede workshop" seemed to sense Li Banfeng’s ulterior motives; the enormous eye quickly disintegrated into thousands of thumb-sized eyeballs, suspended in mid-air all around.

With the eyes scattered, each eyeball began to move independently without interference. Thousands of angles of vision stacked haphazardly, considerably affecting the centipede’s sight, slowing its actions quite a bit.

The advantage of doing so was that the eyeballs could monitor Li Banfeng’s movements from all angles, making it difficult for him to use the Passing Glance Technique.

Even if the Passing Glance Technique was successfully activated, Li Banfeng’s focused gaze could at most explode one or two eyeballs; such losses and damage were within the centipede workshop’s tolerable range.

Sure enough, Li Banfeng launched the Passing Glance Technique again.

Bam! Bam!

Two muffled booms, two eyeballs burst; the "centipede workshop" made no response, this level of damage was trivial to it.

Using the Passing Glance Technique once more, Li Banfeng focused his gaze on the factory wall.

The factory wall remained undamaged; although it was the body of this "Inner State Person," it was distinct from flesh and blood in the conventional sense.

Li Banfeng inwardly praised; this "centipede workshop" was quite wise, its current countermeasures were very intelligent.

The "centipede workshop" coiled around, encircling Li Banfeng, seemingly about to launch a counterattack.

Even though its reaction had become sluggish, the scattered eyeballs also created more opportunities for the centipede workshop to attack.

After a moment of confrontation, a steel rod extended from the top of the "workshop centipede," thrusting at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng did not hurriedly evade; he heard the sound of steam venting.

High-temperature steam, when it shot out, emitted a shrill screech, surrounded by invisible lines of high-temperature steam around Li Banfeng.

These steam lines were exhaled from the body of the "centipede workshop" through gaps, similar in principle to steam machine guns; the exact locations could be deduced from the sound.

But knowing the location of the steam did not mean Li Banfeng could dodge it; it was neither an arrow nor a bullet; it was a stream of steam that persisted once released.

The scattered eyeballs allowed the centipede workshop to create nearly impenetrable steam nets; Li Banfeng would crash into the steam nets if he rashly avoided the steel rod thrusting at his head.

If he didn’t dodge, the steam lines and steel rod would attack together, and Li Banfeng wouldn’t last long.

According to Li Banfeng’s calculations, he would hit at least one steam line if he moved from his spot.

Then let it hit!

Li Banfeng moved to the left, dodging the steel rod at the cost of a high-temperature steam line puncturing his chest.

At the moment of dodge, his instinct to Seek Fortune and Avoid Disaster continuously cautioned Li Banfeng not to move to the left.

After the dodge, the steam did not harm Li Banfeng; using the Carefree Technique, he transferred part of his chest to the back of his head.

Slinging his chest onto the back of his head, it was a peculiar feeling; he could clearly hear the sound of his heartbeat, and feel the chest’s rise and fall with his breaths.

Li Banfeng used the Carefree Technique, which seemed to be within the "centipede workshop’s" expectations.