Chapter 197

Lava Xian Gong.

Second transit hall, second Dao Gate.

"Wahahaha!" Meng Chong laughed, hands on his hips and head held high, looking extremely joyful.

There were seven or eight wooden puppets left standing behind him, each with some damage.

They looked disheveled and broken, but everyone was exceptionally excited, cheering one after another.

"We passed the level, we passed the level again!"

"A new record, this is a brand new record."

"We are maintaining first place; the closest to us is Unlike Ning Zhuo's team from the Ning family. But they have only just reached the first Dao Gate; our advantage is too great."

"Truly worthy of Immortal Talent!"

The members of the City Lord's Mansion modification team looked at Meng Chong, filled with emotion.

They were very clear: Meng Chong's massive contribution to this result was truly of decisive importance.

Although Meng Chong was childish in temperament and so simple and straightforward that many cultivators looked down on him, everyone had to admire him—admire his Immortal Talent.

Galloping Thunder—its application was truly broad, its power was strong, and it could do what others could not!

Lava Xian Gong main hall.

The Flood Dragon Fire Spirit lay on the throne, its gaze piercing through layers of walls and floor tiles, witnessing this scene of everyone celebrating.

It hummed in anger.

The people from the City Lord's Mansion had already entered the second transit hall, but until now, not a single person had discovered the peculiarity—if there was only one door, why set up such a transit hall?

However, this peculiarity had not been noticed by anyone else.

The Flood Dragon Fire Spirit knew the reason very well.

Because Yuan Yuan Dasheng often appeared in the transit hall, it led everyone to make incorrect guesses.

"That mechanical ape didn't appear."

"That's great!"

"I heard that the joint team of the three families, because there were too many people, suffered a double interception from the mechanical ape and the slave-soul puppets and were defeated miserably."

"How did I hear that they almost won? It was just because Ning Ning Xiaohui wanted to settle a private grudge, and at the most critical moment, she not only failed to seize the opportunity but also delayed the battle."

"Damn it." Meng Chong clenched his fists, his face full of regret.

In his understanding, this kind of transit hall was often guarded by a mechanical ape or slave-ghost puppets.

Meng Chong was very much looking forward to continuing a great battle with Yuan Yuan Dasheng.

But the number of times he had encountered the mechanical ape recently was far too few, making Meng Chong yearn for it.

Without Yuan Yuan Dasheng guarding it, the transit hall seemed empty.

Meng Chong walked forward, intending to push open the second Dao Gate.

The cultivators of the modification team hurriedly stopped him.

"Young Master Meng Chong, don't always rush to the front."

"Let us push the door, we will."

"That's right, what if there's a trap behind this door that leaves you seriously injured? Our exploration this time would definitely stop here."

"After passing the first transit hall, we haven't found any maintenance rooms. Young Master Meng Chong, take it easy!"

It had to be said that Unlike Ning Zhuo's various mechanical traps had left an extremely deep impression on everyone.

"You worry too much!"

Meng Chong pushed the others aside and walked to the door again: "If there really is a trap, I am the one most capable of breaking it."

"You all stay behind and watch me break through this level!"

"Hahaha."

Meng Chong's laughter was hearty, and he was full of drive.

But when he pushed the door, he immediately let out a sound of surprise: "Hmm?"

"What's wrong?" The other cultivators were very nervous.

The next moment, Meng Chong laughed out loud, his laughter even higher-pitched and more joyful than before: "Found it, I found the follow-up cultivation technique!"

"As long as we make contact with this door, we can obtain key information—it's the follow-up for the fourth to sixth layers of the Five Elements Qi Law."

Meng Chong's words brought great surprise to everyone.

They had been at the peak of the third layer for some time now and were very uncomfortable.

Now that they had finally obtained the follow-up technique, the cultivation that had been stagnant for everyone was finally back on track.

"The door won't open; we must cultivate to the peak of the sixth layer to open it." Meng Chong felt very regretful.

Everyone else, however, was full of joy and encouragement.

Watching the performance of this group of people, the Flood Dragon Fire Spirit was so anxious that it kept scratching the back of the throne in the main hall with its claws.

It really wanted to tell the celebrating crowd that besides the Dao Gate, there were also the Demon Gate and the Fomen.

Unfortunately, the Flood Dragon Fire Spirit's permissions were limited, and it could not get involved in this aspect.

While it was fuming with anger at their lack of success, the culprit who caused all this, Unlike Ning Zhuo, was summoning the trial disciple mark.

"It's here."

"I see it!"

In Unlike Ning Zhuo's field of vision, he saw a Thread of Human Life descend from the sky, falling onto the top of his head.

Divine Ability—Threads of Human Life!

The next moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo cast the complete divine ability.

The Threads of Human Life from the Lava Xian Gong suffered a violent impact, swaying left and right like a willow branch in a gale, unable to land on Unlike Ning Zhuo's head.

"Hmm?!!" Sensing the abnormality, the Flood Dragon Fire Spirit immediately cast its gaze over.

When it saw this scene, it couldn't help but blink repeatedly, feeling as if it were dreaming!

Is this real?

Unlike Ning Zhuo toyed with the Lava Xian Gong's Threads of Human Life for a while, unable to help but smile.

He stopped interfering and let the Threads of Human Life hang from the back of his head.

The next moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo influenced the Threads of Human Life again, letting it extract his soul and accelerate his entry into the Xian Gong.

This strange feeling, again?!

The Flood Dragon Fire Spirit couldn't help but be surprised, subconsciously standing up, its pair of dragon eyes widening to an unprecedented, exaggerated degree!

Room Number One.

Unlike Ning Zhuo quickly assembled his wooden puppet body and, with a few leaps, came down from the mountain of mechanical parts.

He was already quite familiar with the wooden puppet body, and his movements were very light, no longer as stiff as before.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was not the only one in Room Number One.

"Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo?" The Zhou family's modification team saw a big-headed wooden puppet coming over and recognized Unlike Ning Zhuo's identity one after another.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo." Leading this small modification team was one of the Zhou family's geniuses, Zhou Zhu.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had a relatively close relationship with Zhou Zeshen, but he had less contact and interaction with Zhou Zhu.

Moreover, Zhou Zhu himself was a man of few words, and few people were close to him.

Zhou Zhu knew Unlike Ning Zhuo's strength well, so even though he was a man of few words, he took the initiative to propose cooperation at this moment.

He didn't know yet that his own situation was even more dangerous than Unlike Ning Zhuo's—he had already been targeted by two Golden Core disciples: Luo Shang of the Soul-Devouring Sect and Yang Chanyu of the Non-Empty Gate.

A wooden puppet beside Zhou Zhu immediately spoke up: "Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo, we all know that you were forced by the Ning family's main branch to admit that Ning Ning Xiaohui's attack on you was just a mistake."

"But all of us, everyone who participated in that action, knows that this was not a mistake at all."

"It was intentional, deliberate. Fortunately, this is a trial level, and we are all in wooden puppet bodies."

"If this were outside the Xian Gong, she would be the murderer who plotted against you!"

The Zhou family members were fighting for justice for Unlike Ning Zhuo, not knowing that Unlike Ning Zhuo was the one who had orchestrated it all.

Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed deeply, didn't respond, but cupped his hands in thanks to everyone, and then pushed open the door to enter Room Number Two.

He was hiding in the modification team, and given his current status and reputation, coming to explore the Xian Gong alone would not arouse the slightest suspicion.

Relying on spells, Unlike Ning Zhuo skillfully avoided all the mechanisms in Room Number Two and soon stood before the second door.

The Zhou family cultivators followed Unlike Ning Zhuo's footsteps into Room Number Two.

They witnessed the entire process of Unlike Ning Zhuo clearing the level alone.

"Amazing."

"I didn't expect Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo to be so skilled at casting spells; it's simply effortless."

"No wonder he holds an exchange meeting every few days. He takes the initiative to lecture on his insights into spellcasting, and every time, the Ning family's modification team benefits greatly!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo turned his head to the side and saw that the wooden puppets of the Zhou family all had Threads of Human Life on their heads. These were all ones he had planted beforehand.

Basically, the cultivators in the joint team of the three families had all been visited by Unlike Ning Zhuo, each with a Thread of Human Life!

At this moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo clearly noticed: the Threads of Human Life on everyone in the Zhou family were thickening rapidly.

"Everyone is recognizing me more deeply..."

After waving to the Zhou family members, Unlike Ning Zhuo pushed the door and entered Room Number Three.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had become famous.

He was the master of the black market, had brought down his own young clan leader, and was at odds with the Ning family's main branch. Everything that happened to him was highly topical.

And in the joint battle not long ago, although everyone failed in the end, Unlike Ning Zhuo performed the best, leaving a deep impression.

Although after reviewing the battle, everyone discovered that Unlike Ning Zhuo had kept a tight grip on the smoke cart and had flaws in his battle command.

But the flaws did not obscure the virtues!

Nowadays, even in the large joint team of the three families, Unlike Ning Zhuo was a heavyweight who could not be ignored or neglected.

Unlike Ning Zhuo acted alone, passed several levels in a row, and arrived at Room Number Eight.

Here, he reunited with the Golden Blood War Ape, Yuan Dasheng.

Afterward, he relied on Yuan Yuan Dasheng to advance like a hot knife through butter.

To prevent any accidents behind him, he even borrowed Qi Bai to use, hiding it in Room Number Eight.

Whenever any latecomers wanted to catch up, Qi Bai would be dispatched to eliminate them.

Every time, Unlike Ning Zhuo let Yuan Yuan Dasheng open the door first, firmly grasping these details so as not to make mistakes.

Not long after, he and Yuan Yuan Dasheng arrived at the second transit hall.

Meng Chong and the others had already disappeared.

They had finally obtained the follow-up cultivation technique and were busy advancing their cultivation.

And just because they couldn't push open the Dao Gate didn't mean Unlike Ning Zhuo couldn't.

What Unlike Ning Zhuo pushed open was the second Fomen.

Seeing his extremely relaxed appearance, the Flood Dragon Fire Spirit was even more enraged, gnashing its teeth.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was already quite familiar with the first level behind the second Fomen.

Here, he first had to choose materials nine times, then use limited tools to arm Yuan Yuan Dasheng as much as possible within a limited time.

Afterward, he had to use Yuan Yuan Dasheng to pass various tests.

During this period, Unlike Ning Zhuo was unable to control Yuan Yuan Dasheng and could only let it act according to its own spirituality.

"However, now, I have a divine ability."

"Threads of Human Life, let me see your power!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo unleashed the divine ability.

Flood Dragon Fire Spirit:!!!

It was extremely shocked.

At this moment, it finally confirmed that Unlike Ning Zhuo had mastered the complete Threads of Human Life divine ability!

The Xian Gong rioted once again.

Blinding firelight and sky-high magma complemented each other.

The roar of the Flood Dragon Fire Spirit reached Meng Kui's ears; the latter frowned slightly—what was going on?

He heard a sense of panic in the roar.

The Threads of Human Life were effective!

Unlike Ning Zhuo didn't even need to invoke the Buddha Heart Demon Seal; he just relied on the Threads of Human Life to command Yuan Yuan Dasheng, cheating his way through the tests with ease.

Although Yuan Yuan Dasheng had intelligence, it retained its habits from before death and didn't like casting spells at all, preferring close-quarters combat.

This flaw, with Unlike Ning Zhuo's cooperation, vanished into thin air.

On this day, Unlike Ning Zhuo cleared three levels in a row, reaching the third transit hall.

He touched the Fomen, the Dao Gate, and the Demon Gate one after another.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth layers of the Mirror Platform Tongling Technique, the Five Elements Qi Law, and the Demon-Dyed Blood Tendon Technique all fell into Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands.

Before leaving, Unlike Ning Zhuo thoughtfully raised the stone walls of the Fomen and the Demon Gate.

Leaving only one Dao Gate behind.