Qin Shi Ambitious

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Therefore, dealing with such a powerful Eastern Emperor consciousness, even with the Azure Dragon Bronze Box prepared to elevate its power, is not difficult.

The terrifying sword energy stopped abruptly just an inch away from Lu Wei, then shattered into fragments like glass and fell into the stream.

Under Donghuang's astonished gaze, Lu Wei smiled slightly...

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"Young lady, don't be nervous. I'm just an old man who's been laid off. I'm not very good at fighting."

Faced with Xiaomeng's murderous intent, Chu Nan Gong smiled and politely stepped back: "Besides, I have some connection with that boy Lu, so naturally I won't be his enemy."

Xiaomeng's gray eyes did not lower her guard because of Chu Nan Gong's show of weakness: her seniority was the same as Xunzi's, but being called a "little girl" in front of this sage from Chu was not a sign of being looked down upon.

As for what Chu Nan Gong said about not being good at fighting... even if he didn't have the famous name of a sage from Chu that had been passed down for decades, the person who could approach him silently, even if his internal energy was weak, was definitely not simple!

Seeing that Xiaomeng did not reply and that her sword aura was still aimed at him, Chu Nan Gong did not care and continued to chat casually: "Speaking of which, when I first met Lu boy, he was just an ordinary two-star pearl grass disciple of the Farmer Clan. Back then..."

Nan Gong was lost in his memories and maintained a safe distance from Xiao Meng, talking about topics that interested her, so the battle did not break out.

Inside the Cloud Pavilion, after several unsuccessful attempts to break down the door, Shao Siming suddenly pointed to a deeper part of the hall with leaves formed from her inner energy.

As the Grand Master of Fate looked around, he saw that although most of the Cloud Pavilion was dilapidated, one wall remained completely undamaged, and the murals on it were even intact.

The Nine-Headed Jade was ordered not to attack that place? Is that the secret chamber where Yun Zhongjun is hiding?

The Great Master of Fate immediately nodded to the Lesser Master of Fate, and the two of them had some tacit understanding: the Lesser Master of Fate would first shoot out a leaf as an aerial relay point, and then the Great Master of Fate would decisively use the skull blood hand seal, which only had force but no curse mark, in her direction. With the help of this impact, the Lesser Master of Fate successfully dodged the attack of the Nine-Headed Jade and rushed towards the location of the mural with her superb lightness skill.

After using the first leaf for leverage, Shao Siming pondered for a moment before choosing to flick a leaf vine to Da Siming, binding her around the waist and pulling her along as they crashed into what appeared to be Yun Zhongjun's secret chamber...

In the Moon Palace, Lu Wei's consciousness returned to his body after defeating the Eastern Emperor.

When the eyes reopened, the Moon Palace remained in its post-war state, and the Eastern Emperor standing there wore a tattered cloak, his hand pierced and bleeding profusely...

The icy touch of the Devouring Sea Sword in his hand brought him back to his senses with lightning speed. Once his consciousness and body were once again in harmony, he decisively leaped forward and slashed at the Yin-Yang School leader's neck...

Chapter 373 The Mad Nine-Headed Magatama

Piloted by Amu, the mechanical water snake successfully caught up with the moored mirage. It wasn't far from Sanghai City, but they were no longer visible to each other.

As they quietly approached the edge of the mirage, a circular opening appeared in the core egg chamber of the water serpent. Four figures darted out one after another and climbed up the ship's side. Using the Fusang Divine Tree as a landmark, they reached their destination and then slid down the trunk of the divine tree to enter the interior of the mirage.

"This is the front courtyard. If we follow this direction through the Five Elements Maze and leave here, we will be able to see the Toad Palace once we reach the deck."

Ji Yan raised her hand and pointed in a direction. Although her reputation in the martial arts world was much smaller than that of the Three Heroes of Qilu, she was the only one who knew about the Mirage Tower's layout in tonight's operation, and therefore she was the overall commander of this support team.

"Lead the way, Master Ji. Tonight is a grand show between the Farmer School and the Yin-Yang School. The Confucian School, as an assistant, will naturally follow the arrangements."

Fu Nian nodded and calmly reiterated the position of Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

"You're too kind, Sect Leader. Then we..." Ji Yan smiled and was about to announce the start of the operation when a muffled thud and vibration suddenly came from under her feet, followed by a series of slightly chaotic crackling noises that lasted for quite a while before ending.

Judging from the sound, the source of the disturbance was several levels away from where they were...

"What is this?" The commotion made all four of them solemn. Zhang Liang looked at Ji Yan, guessing that she knew the reason why such a tremor could be caused on the mirage.

Given the sheer size of the mirage, which is no smaller than a city in Sanghai, the scale of the sensation it caused was far beyond what ordinary human power could create.

"It must be the Gongshu family's Nine-Headed Jade that's been activated. It's a giant mechanical beast, no smaller than the Mo family's Azure Dragon, and its location is roughly in the Cloud Pavilion beneath the Mirage Alchemy Room!" Ji Yan had no reason to hide anything from the three of them; the more important question now was who the Nine-Headed Jade was attacking...

As agreed, Brother Lu once said that he would try his best to choose the battlefield in the Moon Palace, but this choice actually depends more on the actions of the Eastern Emperor.

Noticing that everyone's eyes were on her, Ji Yan knew she had to make a decision: whether to continue to the agreed-upon Moon Palace or change her plans and go to the Cloud Pavilion instead.

"The plan may change. Regardless of whether Cloud Pavilion has become the decisive battleground, the target of the Nine-Headed Jade's attack will be one of our people, even if it is not the Heroic Leader!"

This decision wasn't difficult to make. What they feared most right now was indecisiveness and hesitation, but this flaw didn't exist in Ji Yan: "Let's go to Yunxiao Pavilion. I'll lead the way!"

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In the Cloud Pavilion, the young master of destiny made the correct judgment and successfully broke into the dark Yun Zhongjun's pill experiment factory, finally finding a safe place to stay.

The smell and atmosphere here were terrible, but the two of them couldn't care less about that. They looked at the Nine-Headed Magatama outside with anticipation, hoping that the mechanical beast would stop attacking because it had lost its target.

The domineering art of mechanical manipulation emphasizes leaving no way out: leaving neither the enemy nor oneself!

The Nine-Headed Magatama received instructions to kill all enemies and protect the Dark Chamber.

Whether the task of destroying the enemy has been accomplished is unknown, but the failure of the darkroom protection is a certainty.

After failing, Gongshu Chou didn't install the program at all. The mechanical beast simply followed the most basic plan: since it couldn't protect, it would destroy it completely without leaving any evidence!

Under the watchful gaze of the Great Master of Fate, the eighteen crimson eyes of the Nine-Headed Jade Snake shone even brighter, and its tongue flicked in and out more rapidly.

Without any hesitation, it unleashed its full power, slamming its whip tail into the mural, which had only a small crack. The result was not only the destruction of the mural, but the aftershocks also irresistibly spread into the secret chamber...

The young master had to leap up again to dodge, but her lightness skill was no match for the young master's. She was almost cleaved in two by the sharp blades on the snake's body. Fortunately, the leaves and vines wrapped around her waist had not yet been untied, so she was saved once again.

The Nine-Headed Jade's final, powerful strike was astonishing. Aside from the two Siming beings who dodged it, everything in the secret chamber—Yun Zhongjun's experimental subjects and the potion jars—was shattered into...mud...

The entire enclosed room was not only filthy and dusty, but also disgusting and creepy.

But compared to all that, what Da Shao Siming was more concerned about was how much longer she could hold on.

Because after this attack, the Nine-Headed Magatama also extended its nine snake heads inside.

In the confined space, the Nine-Headed Magatama were indeed less agile, but correspondingly, they couldn't afford to make any mistakes...

Outside Yunxiao Pavilion, Ji Yan and the three heroes of Qilu arrived at their destination without encountering any obstacles.

The Yin-Yang School disciples and Qin soldiers had all disappeared. Only some young boys and girls remained guarding the alchemy room. They were subdued by the acupoint strikes and then thrown aside.

Standing in this position, they could hear the terrifying commotion of the Nine-Headed Magatama wreaking havoc in the Cloud Pavilion in its entirety: even through a huge bronze door, the four of them could imagine what kind of behemoth the Nine-Headed Magatama must be.

"Ordinary methods won't work, but if it were Brother Lu, he would definitely not allow himself to be in such a situation with no way out."

Zhang Liang stepped forward, suppressing the trembling of the Cloud Pavilion, and knocked on the sealed bronze door, speaking with certainty.

“But we still can’t ignore this place.” Fu Nian said with a serious face, having his own assessment of the situation in Yunxiao Pavilion: “The commotion inside is too great. The walls of Yunxiao Pavilion are inlaid with metal to ensure absolute security, but they can’t hold out for long if this continues.”

Seeing the cracks continuously appearing in the walls of the Cloud Pavilion, Fu Nian said firmly, "Once the Nine-Headed Jade breaks through, this ship will be completely destroyed. With the Emperor's eastern tour approaching, we cannot let this happen!"

“That’s right, Xia Kui’s plan will be thwarted…” Ji Yan agreed with this view.

"Are we going to go in and subdue the Nine-Headed Jade?" Yan Lu asked with some concern. "I'm afraid it won't be easy to do."

"At least make it quiet." With that, Fu Nian drew his Tai'a sword.

Since the sect leader had already made his move, Yan Lu and Zhang Liang said no more and silently took out their Han Guang and Ling Xu weapons.

The Tai'a sword ranks third in Feng Hu Zi's sword manual, Han Guang is one of the three swords of Kong Zhou and ranks sixteenth, and Ling Xu is tenth. The three heroes of Qi Lu, all wielding famous swords, combine their swords in a single strike, which can open even a sturdy metal door, allowing people to pass through.

"Since we suspect Brother Lu isn't here, Hall Master Ji, why don't you continue to provide support at that Toad Palace? We, your fellow disciples, can leave this place to you!"

During the power-building phase, Fu Nian solemnly addressed Ji Yan.

Ji Yan did not refuse. She nodded silently and turned back the way she came: her Jingni Sword was not very capable of dealing with the situation at Yunxiao Pavilion, so it would be better to do something more important.

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Blood gushed out.

Even the supreme Donghuang of the Yin-Yang School will die if he is killed.

After confirming that Donghuang Taiyi was completely dead, Lu Wei, as usual, finished him off with a fatal blow. Instead of being curious about his true form, he picked up the Illusionary Sound Box and the six Azure Dragon Bronze Boxes.

Lu Wei had no doubt that the Illusionary Sound Box was obtained from the forbidden area of ​​the Mo family. As for why there were six Azure Dragon Bronze Boxes, he could imagine the reason.

The Yin-Yang School could originally only obtain a maximum of four boxes. The one from Wei was in Daze Mountain, while the ones from Qin and Qi should have been in Ying Zheng's hands. Donghuang probably used the pretext of seeking immortality to demand them.

With the six bronze boxes gathered together and the aid of the Illusionary Sound Box, Donghuang forcibly unlocked some secrets of the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon and applied the results to the recently concluded Consciousness War.

Based on this, Donghuang would not lose to anyone in that situation... That's how it should be. Once everyone reaches a certain level, their perspectives won't differ much, and with the Azure Dragon's blessing, Donghuang would be invincible.

But his enemy happens to be Lu Wei.

The vastness of the scenes that Lu Wei could imagine from the knowledge of another world was something that would take Donghuang another two thousand years to catch up with... Therefore, he would lose and be killed in reality.

With Donghuang dead, all his other backup plans failed. Lu Wei acted decisively, ending everything before Donghuang could even regain consciousness.

The Yin-Yang School is now his.

The fact that Donghuang carried the Illusionary Sound Box alone on his person gave him a bit of a shock; he would have to keep it safe himself from now on.

As for the bronze boxes of the Azure Dragon's Seven Mansions, they might be a hidden danger for the farmers who are preparing for an uprising. They might as well throw them all into the sea at intervals when the mirage returns!

Now I need to go to Cherry Prison to release Moon Goddess, Dongjun, and Xinghun. The cleanup work on Mirage Tower still needs one of them to impersonate Donghuang.

Leaving the Moon Palace with ease, Lord Xia Kui immediately spotted Xiao Meng and Chu Nan Gong below the Moon Palace. The two were indeed in that spot, but they hadn't started fighting.

It seems that the scene in his consciousness was a simulation of what happened after Donghuang sensed the aura on the mirage.

Lu Wei had just landed while pondering this when Ji Yan arrived from afar...

Chapter 374 Beheading

The Sitting Meditation Technique ensures neither victory nor defeat; the Lingxu Sword is exquisite and elegant.

Although Yan Lu and Zhang Liang are not weak, they are actually about the same as Ji Yan. When dealing with the Nine-Headed Jade, they can only play a supporting role: the original intention of forging the sword did not take into account the possibility of fighting mechanical beasts.

As a sword of might, the Tai'a Sword possesses immense power, and only Fu Nian had the strength to briefly confront the Nine-Headed Magatama head-on.

The young master had unexpected help, but the two couldn't worry about that now. The key was to deal with the metal behemoth. Although they were weak, they could each entangle one of the smaller snake heads.

The solution to this mechanical beast is clearly beyond human capability. However, by utilizing the terrain of the Cloud Pavilion, if they can push the Nine-Headed Jade out of the secret chamber and let it fall into the bottomless abyss exposed after the outer platform is destroyed, they can surely paralyze it by using the height.

This requires some clever tricks.

Fu Nian, Yan Lu, and Zhang Liang exchanged glances as they shifted positions, gradually luring the Nine-Headed Jade towards the edge of the fall. As for the other side, the two women, having had their main attacks drawn away by someone's intrusion, had less pressure and more time to think. They also understood the intentions of the Three Heroes of Qi and Lu and were willing to cooperate.

With the combined efforts of many, the weaknesses of the Nine-Headed Magatama gradually became apparent: this colossal mechanical beast had nine heads but only one body. Once multiple snake heads had targets to attack, a struggle would ensue, causing the massive body to move even more slowly.

Even though the largest snake head in the middle has the highest control, after each stalemate, the snake body will still follow the final command of the middle snake head. However, the stalemate caused by the struggle gives Fu Nian and others a crucial opportunity to make adjustments.

As the battle continued, Zhang Liang eventually observed and even discovered a pattern in how to use the struggle between different snake heads for the body to achieve his own goals. He then loudly gave instructions to his senior brother and the young master Siming.

After some effort, they finally managed to push themselves back to the edge of the fall, while the Nine-Headed Magatama coiled up, gathering strength to launch itself.

The eyes of this giant mechanical beast were so red that they were gradually turning black.

"Be ready for the right moment," Fu Nian said solemnly, standing in the center.

No more than three breaths after he finished speaking, the Nine-Headed Magatama, which had been huddled together in the 'small' space, burst forth with lightning speed, like a taut arrow being shot, making it difficult for anyone to react.

Just before the Nine-Headed Jade was about to erupt, Fu Nian stepped forward precisely, unleashing the "Delicate Grace" move from the Holy King Sword Technique. His sword strike was unleashed at full power, buying his junior brother and the newly-met Young Master Siming a crucial opportunity to use their lightness skills to dodge. He himself, however, coughed up a mouthful of blood from the terrifying recoil of the Nine-Headed Jade the moment it struck, and was then blasted out of the secret chamber by the mechanical beast, slamming heavily against the iron wall in the opposite direction...