Chapter 189: Battle is Just a Tool

"The three families are going to unite to crusade against Yuan Dasheng..." Ning Zhuo attached great importance to this.

The enemy's strength is unknown, and Yuan Dasheng cannot exert his full strength.

Because of the rescue of Sun Lingtong, many of Yuan Dasheng's methods were exposed. For example, the Shattering Yang Hand, the Looking Back Grab, and the Righteous Bone Gold Firmness.

Of course, the Immortal Talent part should still be in the category of confidentiality. What normal people would associate it with is the excellent materials used, allowing Yuan Dasheng to resist the burning of ghost fire.

This point can also be deduced from the post-battle reactions of Meng Kui and others.

If they had discovered the spirituality and the Immortal Talent, they would inevitably have launched a crazy city-wide search, rather than the current state of calm observation.

Even so, it is best not to reveal the Immortal Talent 'Righteous Bone Gold Firmness' on the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Dasheng, again.

Ning Zhuo also considered that the body of the Golden Blood Battle Ape was made of low-level materials, so there was no way to have higher expectations for the body's performance.

"How can I increase Yuan Dasheng's strength as much as possible?"

When thinking about this question, Ning Zhuo couldn't help but feel fortunate—fortunately, for the past ten days or so, he had been focusing on the 'Fire Burial Prajna Spirit-Resolving Sutra'.

"Through the Fire Burial Sutra, forge spiritual mechanism parts to enhance Yuan Dasheng's combat power!"

"This should be the way to break the situation."

"However, why do the three families have the confidence to challenge Yuan Dasheng?"

"The Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, has also appeared, so in the assumptions of the three families, they will also consider Qi Bai at the same time."

"The source of confidence, I'm afraid, is the preparation room, right?"

In the Lava Immortal Palace, after the third room, there is a preparation room.

The preparation room contains a large number of mechanism pedestals and mechanism tools; as long as you pay some spirit stones, you can repair the puppet body.

In the later two preparation rooms, spirit stones can also be used to purchase many low-level materials to carry out a certain degree of modification on the puppet body.

The strength of the human race is wisdom, and the field where wisdom can be best exerted is tools.

A fulcrum, a lever, can allow people to pry heavy objects far exceeding their own strength limit. This is the simplest mechanism, yet it has shocking power.

The hundred arts of cultivation are about how to use various resources more reasonably and in a more cultivation-oriented way. Among the hundred arts of cultivation, mechanism technique can be said to be the ultimate of tools.

Ning Zhuo's eyes were deep.

"The renovation teams of the three families exploring the Immortal Palace are now all at the peak of the Qi Refining realm."

"These days, they have been actively practicing mechanism techniques and have practiced a lot on puppet bodies and hanging rings, becoming extremely familiar with them."

"Now, they intend to make good use of the preparation room, fully exert their whimsical ideas, and thus burst out with powerful combat power to overthrow Yuan Dasheng's suppression in one fell swoop."

Ning Zhuo's thinking was agile, and he saw the situation clearly. After a little thought, he guessed the key point of the three families' joint action.

It is the preparation room!

"The problem now is, should I let Yuan Dasheng appear in the first three levels in advance to block them?"

The joint action of the three families actually has a fatal weakness.

As long as Yuan Dasheng intercepts them in advance, this group of people won't even be able to enter the first preparation room.

However, this simplest and most violent answer is not the optimal solution to this problem!

"If I do this, once is fine. After two or three times, the three-family alliance will have huge doubts because of Yuan Dasheng's precise interception."

"If they still can't break through, the three-family alliance might even cooperate with the City Lord's Mansion!"

This is entirely possible.

On the route of soul-entering the Immortal Palace, the one with the most advantage is the City Lord's Mansion.

The three families united to compete with Meng Chong and others, but were always at a disadvantage.

Meng Chong and others monopolized the major rankings (in their view), while the three-family alliance could not exert its true numerical advantage because of Yuan Dasheng.

Once Ning Zhuo suppresses them too much, causing the three-family alliance to fall into despair, then poverty will lead to change, and they will definitely seek the help of the City Lord's Mansion.

Will the City Lord's Mansion agree?

It's really hard to say.

If there is only one route of soul-entering the Immortal Palace, Ning Zhuo feels that the possibility of the City Lord's Mansion agreeing to cooperate is very small.

But now, body-entering the Immortal Palace is also a route. And on this route, the City Lord's Mansion's competitiveness is very small, almost unable to be brought to the table.

The ones occupying the advantage are the Zhou family and the Zheng family.

And the one in the first place is Zhu Xuanji. He previously contributed three quasi-Golden Core level mechanism creations in one go, such a big move allowed him to catch up from behind and become the current number one person.

"For the City Lord's Mansion, they need to make Meng Chong's progress faster, the faster the better, to surpass Zhu Xuanji's progress!"

"Yuan Dasheng has repeatedly repelled Meng Chong, which is a major obstacle. Therefore, joining forces to crusade against Yuan Dasheng, dispersing him, and peeking into his internal mechanism structure is very motivating for the City Lord's Mansion."

"Even if Yuan Dasheng is repaired by the Immortal Palace in the future and put back into the trial levels, they have obtained key intelligence and can have defenses and countermeasures."

"Therefore, the key point for the City Lord's Mansion to make a decision is—after eradicating the monkey mechanism, will the advantage of the three-family alliance exceed Meng Chong?"

If it exceeds, they won't agree to cooperate.

If it doesn't exceed, they will likely cooperate!

The current Yuan Dasheng, facing Meng Chong alone, is already quite strenuous.

Once the four major forces unite, what Yuan Dasheng will face will be a huge team led by Meng Chong, supplemented by other geniuses, with a total number of renovation team members exceeding one hundred.

Even if the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, is pulled in, not hesitating to consume his last bit of spirituality to participate in the war, I am afraid it will be a result of more defeats than victories.

"So, letting them enter the preparation room, letting them make full pre-war preparations, and then letting Yuan Dasheng appear, is the correct solution?"

"More accurately, this battle cannot let the three-family alliance suffer a crushing defeat. Yuan Dasheng, although victorious, must leave them with some false hope—the illusion that if they work hard one more time next time, they will be able to defeat Yuan Dasheng."

If Yuan Dasheng performs too strongly, the three-family alliance will fall into despair and will still contact the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion will look and think, what's going on, it turns out Yuan Dasheng is so strong!

Feeling the pressure, they will also urge Meng Kui and Meng Chong to make a decision to cooperate.

Only by making the three-family alliance feel that they were only a little bit away from success this time will they not go to the City Lord's Mansion for cooperation.

They will long to crack Yuan Dasheng themselves and let the repaired Yuan Dasheng continue to cause obstacles for Meng Chong.

"Only this situation is most beneficial to me."

Ning Zhuo felt the pressure.

The complex situation determined that he needed to pursue a complex battle result.

Yuan Dasheng losing, no.

Yuan Dasheng winning big, no.

It must be a small victory, and it must give the three-family alliance some false hope. Only by doing this can Ning Zhuo be considered the true winner of this contest.

"Battle is just an act."

"It is a tool."

"Just like not long ago, Zhou Zeshen took the initiative to propose a spar and fight with me. He used the tool of battle to accumulate friendship and improve the relationship with me."

"And the battle between Yuan Dasheng and the three-family alliance is my tool to continue maintaining control over the Lava Immortal Palace!"

Ning Zhuo communicated this news and his own analysis of the situation to Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong praised him and also felt emotional: "Xiao Zhuo, your understanding of the various forces and your speculation of human hearts are more proficient than mine. In this aspect, I am becoming more and more at ease."

Ning Zhuo said modestly: "Where, where. I still have many shortcomings."

Sun Lingtong said: "Since this is the case, I will also work harder recently to try to unlock Qi Bai's storage bag!"

After Sun Lingtong was wanted, he stayed in one of the few underground bases, moving once every period of time.

His injuries had long since healed.

On weekdays, besides practicing and exploring the Immortal Palace, he studied Qi Bai's storage bag.

It was only when Ning Zhuo intervened in the black market that he risked appearing in the city to give orders to the leader of the Turtle Breath Gang. This was his only time going out.

With the development of cultivation to this day, cultivators' storage items are all equipped with verification, defense, self-destruction, and other measures.

Back then, when Ning Zhuo killed the three ghosts of the Huang family, he also pondered for a long time before opening the three storage bags. At that time, a little ghost head flew out of the bag, attempting to attack Ning Zhuo. Ning Zhuo was not careless, and having been prepared, he directly killed the little ghost.

Qi Bai, as a disciple of a major demonic sect, had a very high defense specification for his storage bag.

Sun Lingtong was only in the Qi Refining stage and had been trying hard to crack Qi Bai's storage bag. Although there was progress, it was very slow.

According to Ning Zhuo's speculation, since the storage bag was guarded so strictly, it should be quite important to Qi Bai.

There might be many of Qi Bai's personal items inside.

Under the Fire Burial Prajna Spirit-Resolving Sutra, these items would all add spirituality to the mechanism puppet Qi Bai.

Ning Zhuo nodded: "If the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, can also participate in this battle, then I will be more confident."

"But don't take too many risks, Boss Sun."

"After Qi Bai died, the Soul-Devouring Sect had no movement, which is quite abnormal."

"It is very likely that their people have already arrived."

Sun Lingtong knew the severity and nodded: "I understand!"

He showed a solemn look: "The hook-nosed man and the triangular-eyed man of the Soul-Devouring Sect are both imprisoned in the City Lord's Mansion's jail. I don't worry about them—they are bait specially set by the City Lord's Mansion."

"I am more worried about Han Ming."

"After that battle, Han Ming never appeared. If she secretly contacted the people of the Soul-Devouring Sect, the threat to us would be even greater."

"Sigh... I can only take one step at a time." Ning Zhuo sighed. After he took charge of the black market, he paid great attention to collecting intelligence in this regard, but so far there has been no result.

A few days later, Ning Zhuo was indeed notified to go to the Zhou family.

In an underground hall, the renovation teams of the three families were all gathered.

The heads of the three families appeared together and officially announced the launch of a new joint action!

"I've long been unhappy with that mechanical monkey."

"Our three families are united, and we have five geniuses leading us; we will definitely be able to wash away our shame."

"These days, my mechanism technique has improved a lot; I am no longer what I used to be!"

"Hahaha, then let's have a big fight."

Everyone communicated enthusiastically, and the morale was quite high.

The heads of the three families made the following arrangements: seal the underground hall and conduct special training for several days. During this period, all renovation team members will eat and live here, and are forbidden to go out at will.

After the meeting, Zhou Zeshen smiled and took the initiative to find Ning Zhuo: "Brother Ning, come with me, we need to concentrate on discussing the specific combat plan."

Ning Zhuo smiled slightly and took the initiative to chat: "Brother Zhou, I have to thank you for the Rivet Power Crossbow, it's very easy to use."

Zhou Zeshen laughed: "In the next spar, I will definitely win your mechanical monkey blueprints, Brother Ning."

"Please this way." Zhou Zeshen gestured with his arm.

Ning Zhuo: "Please."