Chapter 681 - 46: Half Celestial Pillar, Mechanical Demon God

Chapter 681: Chapter 46: Half Celestial Pillar, Mechanical Demon God

"You were just trying to trick me."

Silently staring at Lu Huaijin for a long time, the member of the Xingtian Clan finally spoke again with a laugh.

What he just said was not a question, but an affirmation.

"Taking advantage of my mind’s turmoil to extract the whereabouts of the ’Ascension Stairs...’"

"Just as Wu Zhen said, you really are one who stops at nothing to achieve your goals."

"But there is one thing you got wrong; it wasn’t the first generation Witch King who subdued the Xingtian Clan, but rather the twenty-seventh Xingtian who led the first generation Witch King to the ’Ascension Stairs.’

As the member of the Xingtian Clan recounted, that three-thousand-year-old memory resurfaced in his mind.

It was as if he himself were that Xingtian of three thousand years ago, and this near-touching memory even made him feel a sense of disorientation.

Although every Xingtian dies, they live eternally in the hearts of their successors.

Especially when immersed in past memories, the member of the Xingtian Clan can’t distinguish who he really is.

"The first generation Witch King truly deserved to be the figure who ushered in a new era... "

"When ’I’ led him to the remains of the ’Ascension Stairs,’ he forcibly refined it into a Floating Tower using inexplicable means."

"If not for the first generation Witch King willingly choosing death afterward, he might have become a force that overshadows the era like the Celestial Emperor or Tao Ancestor."

Watching the Xingtian Clan member closely, Lu Huaijin easily recognized the chaotic state of the other party.

This was the precursor to a personality split.

For Lu Huaijin, cultivated in the "Six Desires Demon-Separating Chapter," this was incredibly familiar.

However, before Lu Huaijin could decide whether to intervene, the current member of the Xingtian Clan already freed himself from the memories of the twenty-seventh Xingtian.

"Indeed, the first generation Witch King turned the ’Ascension Stairs’ into the ’Jianmu Tripod,’ but half of the remnants still remain on the site."

"That rooted half remains on the earth, crafted from the power of the earth into a Supreme Divine Artifact."

"If the mastermind truly acquired the remaining half of the ruins, it could explain everything that’s happening now."

Upon hearing this, Lu Huaijin was suddenly enlightened.

Yet an immediate new question arose in his mind.

"If that’s the case, why did you not seize that half of the ruins yourselves, instead of watching it be taken by others?"

"Don’t tell me the Xingtian Clan never thought of this; that would just make me despise you."

In Lu Huaijin’s view, over these thousands of years, the Xingtian Clan entirely had the chance to intercept that half of the ruins, and the situation wouldn’t have turned so passive.

"What do you think the ’Ascension Stairs’ is?"

The Xingtian Clan member looked deeply at Lu Huaijin without betraying any amusement.

"The ’Ascension Stairs’ is the Celestial Pillar connecting heaven and earth, the shortcut to the Celestial Emperor’s Capital."

"Everything you now see—the black fog, gods and demons, mountains and rivers—are all considered parts of the ’Ascension Stairs.’"

This left Lu Huaijin opening his mouth wide in shock, as he gazed again towards those distant mountains, feeling his heart and soul trembling.

"You mean... the Kunlun Mountain is that half section of the Celestial Pillar?"

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Rumbling...

The pitch-black dense fog churns wildly, thunder tearing the sky.

At the boundary between Kunlun Mountain and Changyang Mountain, roars and lamentations mingled together.

The cities established by the Xingtian Clan stand firm like nails, deeply entrenched at each major node of the earth veins of Changyang Mountain.

No matter how the black fog surged and eroded, it could never truly emerge from Kunlun’s bounds.

Especially as the incarnations were uncovered, the mastermind’s plans to destroy the cities and thus break this array barrier became an impossibility.

Then, at the fiercest moment when the black fog intertwined with thunder, the earth began to tremble once more.

Rumbling...

Black lotus springs from the earth, demonic sound descends from above.

Under everyone’s horrified eyes, the depths of Kunlun Mountain suddenly split open.

Next, a ferocious Buddha head emerged from the crack.

The Buddha head was entirely black, with no compassion mirrored between the brows, replaced instead by ferocity and anger.

Whoosh!

In a flash, Wu Zhen commanded the ten great demon gods to charge forward.

During this process, her primordial spirit also left her body, transforming into the eleventh demon god to tear through the black fog.

As Wu Zhen was about to touch the Buddha head, a black lotus bloomed out of thin air, standing between them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The ten great demon gods charged forward one by one, but were all blocked by the black lotus.

No matter the physical attack, energy impact, or illusion technique, none could break through the defenses of the black lotus.

In terms of versatility, this black lotus only slightly lags behind Li Boyang’s [Body-Protecting Sword Qi].

"Ha!"

In response, Wu Zhen, still maintaining anger but retaining reason, waved her hand again.

A giant mechanical arm appeared out of nowhere, then forcefully smashed into the black lotus.

This mechanical arm was a perfect blend of mechanics, steam, and divine power, created by Wu Zhen to respond to this crisis as a mechanical demon god.

Although this mechanical demon god wasn’t fully formed, it could already initially house the power of the ten great demon gods.

To refine the design of this mechanical demon god, Wu Zhen even set aside her pride and biases, seeking guidance from the mountain people she looked down on.

Crack!

At last, the black lotus issued a crisp cracking sound.

When a visible crack appeared on the surface of the black lotus, everyone realized that Wu Zhen’s attack had been effective.

Even the Buddha head revealing itself on the ground showed a slight, human-like surprise.

After all, this black lotus was a treasure integrating Evil Qi, Earth Qi, and Demon Qi, linked intimately with Kunlun’s earth veins.

Wu Zhen’s punch just now was equivalent to shattering Kunlun Mountain’s earth veins with a single hit, a terror not simply described as raw "brute force."

However, it wasn’t over yet.

As the mechanical arm swung, another mechanical arm appeared in mid-air.

Then the third, fourth...

Once the mechanical demon god fully revealed its true form, standing before everyone was an enormous faceless, hundred-armed being.

Its form combined the advantages of humanoid and beast-like features.

Hundreds of arms opened simultaneously, seemingly bearing inexhaustible strength, capable of moving mountains and overturning peaks.

On the faceless beast head faintly emerged mechanical patterns, emitting an energy nearly terrifying as it surged throughout the body, evidently mimicking the meridians and acupuncture points of a living being.

"The battle... has only just begun!"

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