Armor-piercing bullets whizzed through the air, and Nesta and the rest of the witch doctors followed behind the thick-skinned ancient war tree, little by little, approaching the center of the battlefield.

As they approached, they saw a bloodstained purple arm, carefully protruding from the wound on the neck of the higher salamander;

As if trying something, it waved in mid-air, seeing that there was no extra movement, before slowly exposing its elbows and upper arms, and finally its head and neck.

Apparently, the owner of this arm was not a bystander, but Azhara who had been punched into the body of the higher salamander earlier, and she did survive without much damage.

Although Nesta never said anything, he was still worried in his heart, after all, the power of natural thunder and lightning was too majestic, and if Eshara was affected a little, he was likely to die directly on the spot;

And now, seeing that she is okay except for the fact that she looks a little out of strength, Nesta is finally relieved and no longer worried.

"Azara!"

Unlike Nesta's reservedness, Freya grabbed Azhara's arm and pulled her out before she shouted and ran happily to the big mouth with only the upper jaw left, trying to help her get out quickly.

"No, no, I can do it myself...."

Esara, who had some image scruples, immediately stopped the little girl's reckless behavior, saying that she was unwilling to be pulled out like pulling a turnip, and she was not weak to that point.

At this time, Nesta did not bear any patience, and in the name of protecting Freya and Azhara, he quickened his pace slightly, and walked in front of the salamander first;

"Why are you so reckless, what if this thing is just pretending? Don't do that next time. ”

Reprimanded by Fanfreya for her reckless departure, he stepped forward and grabbed Azhara by the arm, helped her to her feet, and wiped the blood from her face with his sleeve robe.

"Are you okay? What happened? ”

"Ahem.... It doesn't matter, it's just that I was almost killed by lightning, I use metal... Balabala.. So, what the hell is going on here? When did we have such a powerful thunderbolt spell? ”

Azhara briefly explained her fate and how to deal with it, then looked suspiciously at her partner and the rest of the witch doctors who had already walked closer.

"I don't know, I just used some tricks in air pressure control, and who knew it would suddenly become a big thunderstorm?"

Although Nesta is directly involved in what happened before, the principle is not very clear, and it can only be attributed to natural changes based on the combined effects of topography, climate, cold and hot conditions.

"Maybe that's the only way to explain, and then we'll study it in detail... But let's go back to this, we have to take advantage of this opportunity to capture this big guy first. ”

"Understood. I'm a little out of strength, so I'll rest for a while, and you'll do it yourself. ”

"Okay, then you can rest first."

After a brief exchange between the two elves, Eshara refused to be supported by the others and slowly moved to the side to sit down and began to rest, while Nesta observed the big guy on the ground.....

This higher salamander was naturally very miserable, and its entire neck, as well as the part of its head that connected its neck, was now scorched black;

Most of the body is also covered with scorched marks, and it looks like it has been affected by a circle......

But even if it is injured so far, even if it no longer seems to have any conditioned reflex reaction, there is still a heartbeat in the deepest part of its body, and it even retains a certain amount of functional peristalsis of the viscera, which is far from 'dead'.

Of course, this is the best-case scenario for the headquarters....

Dead high-level demonic beasts can only be regarded as tyrannical creatures, and they will lose the most important part of their current value, and only this kind of 'alive, but not fully alive' is the most beneficial situation for the race.

As far as I can mention, the 'parts' of Seventy Cage Tree 3 have come closer, forming two circles inside and out, and beginning to release vines towards the target's many wounds;

They are apparently intended, as they did with a higher salamander, by digging a portion of their body deep into it, thus becoming a means of clamping in the future, as well as a carrier of many functions in the area of direct contact at the end.

In conjunction with this part of the Ancient War Tree, the rest of the witch doctors present except for Nesta and Azhara took out the tree seeds that had been pre-made according to their needs at this time, adding a functional structure to the cage tree that was about to be born.

And on the outskirts, 600 self-propelled combat vehicles and 80 ancient war trees have placed their alert targets in other areas....

After all, with both leaders captured, no one could guess how the rest of the secondary salamanders in the crater would react to the status quo;

Although it is extremely lacking in combat adaptability in a non-magmatic fluid environment due to its physical structure and other reasons, if the previous Black Ridge Gold Projectile is repeated regardless of the repeated attacks, plus the fact that it does not have the ability to enter the crater for large-scale encirclement and suppression in the short term, it is still very troublesome to deal with in general.

For the same reason, at this time, there were already a large number of troll recruits who had lost their 'vine tree rides', armed with individual weapons such as 'totem armored giant shields' and 'rapid-fire guns', and began to deploy against the two volcanoes in the east and west, as well as the rest of the nearby volcanoes, preparing to prevent the possible counterattack of the salamanders.

On the other hand, some of the eastern horn-hoofed mercenaries who lost their 'cars' and survived were assigned to take control of the remaining vine trees in place of the troll levies, and continue to maintain the barrier at the bottom of the volcano on the east and west sides;

The other part of the volcanic base began to evacuate like a pathfinder, moving towards the edge of the volcanic base.

As for the troll conscripts who had just been replaced from the 'car', at this time, at the signal of the witch doctors, they also entered the area where hundreds of salamanders had been killed by heavy artillery bombardment, and began to fish for the broken corpses and recover the magic crystals;

Either way, they are extremely valuable trophies.....

The former, which includes blood, flesh, bones, and scales, which seem to amount to tens of thousands of tons in total, will be packed into a special hollow plant that resembles a large oil tank, and then be pulled to the headquarters on a track;

After they are shipped back to the headquarters, they will be sent to the manufacturing plant of the 'nutrient concentrate' to be broken down into the raw materials of the 'low-energy concentrate', and the concentrated nutrients synthesized by them will become an important strategic reserve;

In addition, the headquarters plans to use the two newly captured higher salamanders as the core, the cage tree as the original prototype, and after the removal of the war ancient tree body and part of the external core, two new mother trees will be set up near the left of the new urban area of the headquarters;

At that time, this batch of concentrate will immediately come into use, and the amount will be enough to produce a new mother tree as quickly as possible without oversqueezing the land.

In addition, the magic crystal of the latter is also a research material worthy of attention;

First of all, the headquarters does not know the composition and causes of the magic crystal, and in order to prevent the possibility of 'large-scale demand' in the future, no matter how much it is in reserve, it is not too little.

In addition, among the hundreds of salamanders that were shattered, many of them were 60-meter and 80-meter level big guys, and their magic crystals were not in the existing reserves of the headquarters;

Therefore, the original template of the inner spell is a very valuable thing to study, and maybe you can also find the gains from it to continue to optimize and improve the attack power and rate of fire of existing ranged weapons.

So, with these considerations in mind, a group of troll recruits took the collection tools issued by the witch doctors and began to 'scrap recovery' in the lava-like flesh pits.

It stands to reason that this task is most appropriate to be entrusted to the witch doctors, but at the moment, the witch doctors on the scene have all concentrated on the side of the War Ancient Tree, preparing to assist the formation of the Cage Tree 3 and have the corresponding functions;

The rest of the witch doctors, either preparing at the shelling observation point, or waiting for orders at the divisional headquarters, could not mobilize manpower to take care of this side in a short time.

Besides, even if six thousand died in an instant, the total number of hornhoofed mercenaries is still more than that of the troll levies, so it seems that it would be quicker to get them involved as well?

However, the salamander carcass has the property of high temperature, and the horn-hoofed species basically cannot withstand that temperature, so they can only do other tasks such as displacement and pathfinding.

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On the side of the High Salamander, Nesta was not involved in the various tasks of the parties for the time being, and he was now thinking about observing the charred area on the large skull of the salamander, and slowly reached out to cover the back of its skull;

Acoustic detection spells emanated from the palm of his hand, probing the damage to the various layers of his brain and focusing on the hard skull.

The sonic feedback was concentrated in the meditation space, and the wounds to the head of the higher salamander became more and more obvious compared to the rest of the area, and the traumatic state of the target area made Nesta's eyes shine, but the speed of recovery made it difficult for him.

After a few moments, Nesta retracted his hand, and after turning his head to look around at the preparations and the current state of the salamanders on the periphery, he made a decision - a 'live craniotomy'.

The braincase, the cortex attached to it, and the muscles of this higher salamander are at a very special critical point at this time;

Now, if he exerts his strength and outperforms his recovery speed, he can cut open his skull;

And if this guy breathes a sigh of relief, there is a great possibility that he will gradually eliminate the impact of the lightning strike, and return to the state of being as hard as ever and unable to start;

This is an excellent opportunity not to be missed for the headquarters that has so far lacked opportunities for high-level Warcraft Brain Domain observation and Demon Crystal observation;

And if this window is missed, Nesta is not sure that he will be able to replicate the great thunderstorm of the past and inflict the same trauma on it as it does today.....

Therefore, even if the surrounding situation is still unstable, even if there are countless secondary salamanders in the outer volcanoes, and even if this is not a good time to start the operation, Nesta does not intend to let go of this opportunity.....

"I'll leave it to you to merge the cage, but don't wrap this guy's head in it yet, I want to open a skull ..... now"

"Can it be done in terms of intensity?" Fangs asked, confused.

"It seems to be fine, it was weakened too much by that thunderstorm."

"Well, then you are busy, don't worry about this, let's complete the mobility first, and then add concentrated nutrients to make it move, and the rest will be carried out while walking."

"Well, that's fine.... Azara, when you're rested, come over and help? ”

"No problem, here it is."

"Then let's start, I'll try it anyway first, if you can do the best, if you can't, speed up the capture and retreat with all your might."

"Understood!"

After making up her mind in this way, Nesta, with the assistance of her partner, began a rather difficult journey of craniotomy....

The early work was quite smooth, and the high-frequency frequency frequency blade used by Nesta can be said to be the most high-end non-explosive cutting technology available in the headquarters;

He flexibly manipulated the blade body to exert power, sometimes a razor, sometimes a saw, and then a drill, and easily completed the initial cleaning work in the area that had been ruined by lightning.

However, when it came to the deeper bony areas, the implementation began to be difficult, greatly slowing down the progress of the project;

Of course, this is still within the range of Nesta's previous judgment of 'hard work', so it will not be like when facing the body of a cave wolf before, there is no way to deal with it....

The unpleasant sound of 'crunch' spread through almost the entire battlefield area, and a small area in the back of the skull was continuously weakened by Nesta and Azhara with extremely low efficiency;

The rest of the witch doctors only glanced at this side in surprise after hearing this, but the movements of their hands did not stop, and they were still assisting the ancient trees to merge.

After some time, Cage Tree 3 encased most of the higher salamander's body, leaving only its head bound in layers and placed on a platform, revealing only the part of the area where it was undergoing craniotomy;

After a while, the witch doctors gave the cage tree the ability to move, and used some of the salamander residue to create concentrated nutrients to fill it on the spot, and then manipulated it to move.

By this time, most of the work of the Cage Tree Three had been completed, and several witch doctors left to help the levies collect the debris of the battlefield, while the other remained in the cage to continue the remaining functions.

In the process, the salamanders in the pedestal and in the crater cooperated abnormally, they stopped the impact on the east and west barriers, and even most of them had already burrowed back into the magma channel at the bottom of the pedestal, leaving only the little ones with insufficient body strength and more security forces than usual remaining in the upper part.....

Whatever they did, this was good news for the Ministry, which meant that the preservation of the loot was no longer burdensome;

As a result, a few witch doctors were able to be drawn from the shelling observation point, and they became a vital force to clean up the battlefield and improve the cages, speeding up the progress of many tasks on the site.

Similarly, Nesta has received more help from his side, which has improved his hand speed efficiency.

Time passed, and the volcano group became calm for a while, except for the noise detected by the workers of the headquarters.....

The large forces have begun to move, and many forces are on alert as they move from the cracks of volcanoes to the edge of the base;

The witch doctors at the Shelling Observatory also retreated step by step, always maintaining the accuracy of their heavy artillery group within a certain limit, and gradually recovering and transferring the metal communication wires that had been laid before.

The rest of the witch doctors have all moved to the two cage trees, some are on guard, some are on Nesta's side, and the movement of the cage trees has not interfered with their work, and nearly ten witch doctors are fighting against the self-healing of the affected area while hurrying up the time to perform craniotomy.

The Cage Tree walked very slowly, and only when the corpse collection team in the rear, with the assistance of the witch doctors who joined later, had recovered the remains of the salamander species and returned to the main army with some of the guards left around them, they would have passed through the valley where the battlefield was located.

For the rest, Cage Tree 1 left the volcano early after completing its mission to lure the enemy;

Some of the hornhoofed mercenaries had reached the edge and were leaving the pedestal by the elevator, while the other part was following closely in the middle of the large army, trembling and slowly withdrawing with the army.

The pace of the march was unusually slow due to the drag of the two cage trees, the slag tank, etc., and it took a long time to reach the edge of the pedestal;

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After that, it took a longer time to smoothly lower the drag of more than 1,000 meters.

This process took several days in total, but there was still no case of the salamanders desperately trying to recapture the leader, and a team of tens of thousands of various 'people' unexpectedly left the pedestal and successfully reached the southern desert area below.

Once here, everything has become much easier....

The rail transit has already been prepared, and the three cage trees, one large and one small, were arranged to take the moose car and embark on the road back to the headquarters;

Naturally, the rest of the troops did the same, and they began to return one after another by taking the 'shuttle buses' of the next batch and the next batch.

At this point, the capture of the higher salamanders can finally be called 'over'......

When he was still on the way, the harvest of this trip was counted out one by one;

In addition to the high-level salamanders that are the primary target, a total of more than 20 80-meter-level salamander magic crystals, more than 60-meter-level salamander magic crystals, and hundreds of 40-meter-level 'little guys' have been purchased, and there are countless pieces of broken flesh and armor they have contributed....

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In the process of returning to the headquarters, the number of witch doctors who had increased to 20 finally completed the craniotomy of the higher salamanders, exposing the brain and the corner of the giant magic crystal to the air, allowing the witch doctors to observe the brains and magic crystals of higher creatures with the naked eye for the first time.

However, this is also the beginning of another kind of 'suffering', because if you want to continue your research, you need to constantly fight against the self-healing ability of the skull, muscles and cortex, which have been steadily increasing.

It turns out that unlike the unknown injuries on the body of the 'High Salamander No. 1', the natural power, at least the natural power of lightning, does not have the same damage effect as the appendage of the bones, and the receptor carries it is carried over;

So by this time, with the help of its own health strength, and the witch doctors' unintentional, but indeed clean-up methods, the extracorporeal trauma suffered by the high salamander in the lightning effect was being erased little by little.

As a result, the rate of regeneration increases, and even if the witch doctors have completed a craniotomy of a small area of the back of the brain, they will have to spend a lot of time resisting this regeneration.

For the sake of the lives of the higher salamanders, although such scruples may be a bit unfounded....

But in order to avoid accidents, the witch doctors did not choose to completely separate the magic crystal from their brains, but instead began to think about how to make this area, and indeed their entire brain, an external structure without bone wrapping forever.

The progress of the research was not encouraging, but the target's excellent vitality and the existing gap in the skull gave the witch doctors the best experimental conditions to try more radical means to achieve their goals.

For example, the strong acid method....

In the process of researching chemical compounds, the department has mastered several categories, and in terms of corrosiveness, it is even more effective than acidic liquids similar to similar spells, and has transformed them from chemical to new spells;

Now, witch doctors have used these acidic liquids to impregnate the gaps in their skulls in an attempt to limit the self-healing properties of the higher salamanders;

Some results have been obtained, but they are not enough to counter its faster and faster regeneration once and for all.

Subsequently, in a multi-faceted comparison with natural acidic techniques, the witch doctors harvested the 'strongest acid' at this stage, and achieved better results than their predecessors in magic and chemistry, but it was still not enough to do the job 'on their own'.

However, the spread of this spell and its finished products was strictly restricted by the witch doctors;

Because, like other strong acids, it can not only prevent the injured parts of trolls and elves from regenerating, but it can even 'burn' the uninjured troll body, and also cause a certain degree of damage to the elf's body, bringing them severe pain.

This is an ancillary product of the process, and while making a certain contribution to the follow-up research, the department has a clearer understanding of the current situation that its own ethnic group is not 'invincible'.

Turning their gaze, the 'deboning' attempt at the head of the higher salamander continued, and the witch doctors performed a variety of methods, all of which were truly successful after they had returned to their headquarters for a while.....

It is an integrated approach that works through a combination of different means;

The witch doctors will repeatedly 'ultrasound shocks' on the notches to further weaken their newly regenerated skull, which is not as hard as the 'old bones';

It is supplemented by an extremely fast, intra-regional 'hot and cold conversion' to continue to increase its brittleness, and then the newly researched 'strongest acid' is used for uninterrupted application;

Finally, a 'high-frequency frequency blade' is used around the perimeter of the notch to maintain a precise and rapid circumcision that does not affect the relatively soft brain tissue.

With such a multi-pronged approach, not only are the existing gaps preserved, but there is a tendency to make them even wider.