Chapter 498: Shadow Blade Night Tiger

Meng Yehu regarded Unlike Ning Zhuo as his Father God and offered supreme loyalty.

Unlike Ning Zhuo felt slightly embarrassed, but his expression did not show it, nodding faintly: "Get up and speak."

Meng Yehu stood up.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was expressionless, but his shining eyes had completely betrayed his mood.

His eyes were bright, unable to hide the excitement in his heart, and he began to look at Meng Yehu carefully with his eyes and gaze.

Meng Yehu was eight feet tall, tiger-headed and human-bodied, pitch-black all over, with silver-white light strips occasionally flashing with metallic luster.

The entire mechanical body looked strong and burly, and also sinister and domineering.

A mechanical part was installed on the tiger head, named Yin Evil Profound Pupil, specifically combined with Yin Evil Qi to release powerful mental pressure, making enemies feel suppressed and fearful.

A layer of mechanical scales covered the tiger body, named Shadow Shelter Overlapping Armor, with three layers. Fully opened, it could cover the whole body in an instant. Opening two layers could cover up to the knees. Folded up, it was a half-body armor, only covering the upper body, exposing both arms.

On the back of his hands and feet, mechanical parts were hidden, named Nether Slaughter Claws. The Nether Slaughter Claws were very sharp, but had no sharp aura, dull and lusterless.

On his tail, it was the mechanical part Hundred Blades Hiding Edge. There was a storage magic array in the tiger tail, hiding hundreds of sharp blades. Once erupted, it could form a blade array storm in an instant, and the lethality was very powerful, making it difficult for people to defend.

In addition to these mechanical parts, Meng Yehu's main magic arrays were the Nether Soul-Binding Array and the Source Flow Returning Guidance Array. The main talismans were Ghost Shadow Talisman, Night Travel Talisman, Yin Evil Talisman, Black Wind Talisman, and Mist Talisman.

Shadow Blade·Night Tiger!

The design of this mechanical puppet was created by Unlike Ning Zhuo, and it was the result of a combination of various plans under the influence of luck.

It seemed hasty, but the more Unlike Ning Zhuo observed carefully, the more he felt that this design plan was excellent.

"Obviously, Meng Yehu's mechanical body is good at hiding, sneaking, and attacking. He lacks a magic power pool, so his combat power is explosive and difficult to sustain."

"Although he has Shadow Shelter Overlapping Armor, it is difficult to hide his weakness in defense."

"Overall, Meng Yehu belongs to a mechanical puppet with strong attack, weak defense, and good at hiding and sneaking!"

Because Unlike Ning Zhuo used solid materials, the combat power of Shadow Blade·Night Tiger belonged to the Jin Dan level.

Unlike Ning Zhuo observed for a while, nodded with satisfaction, took out the Night Travel Piercing Back Map he had purchased with heavy money, and handed it to Meng Yehu.

"Understand this well, and strive to learn the cultivation method in it as soon as possible." Unlike Ning Zhuo instructed like this.

"Obey, Father God!" Meng Yehu knelt on one knee again, stretched out his arms, his hands above his head, and respectfully took the scroll.

Meng

Unlike Ning Zhuo began to refine the Divine Division Mirror.

Amidst the busyness of both, time slipped away in a hurry.

Nandou Kingdom.

Magma Xiancheng.

Ning family branch.

"One-Armed Craftsman, have you finished refining the armor I requested?" Ning Chen walked into the artifact refining room and immediately felt a wave of intense heat rush toward him, enveloping him and instantly causing his hair tips to curl up.

The One-Armed Craftsman was originally a top-tier artifact refiner in the black market, but now he had become an important guest elder of the Ning family branch.

Even with his high position and great power, he dared not be careless when seeing Ning Chen.

Ning Chen's identity was simple, but he was a classmate of the branch clan leader Unlike Ning Zhuo and was deeply trusted by him.

The One-Armed Craftsman squeezed out a smile: "Brother Chen, you have come at just the right time. I was just about to send someone to call you to drip blood and consecrate this armor that is about to come out of the furnace."

Ning Chen smiled slightly, activated his magic to protect himself, and after resisting the rolling heat waves from the outside, he walked to the side of the One-Armed Craftsman, facing a massive magic array.

At the center of the magic array was the raging earth fire drawn here from the depths of Mount Huoshi.

Ning Chen stood in front of the furnace and, following the One-Armed Craftsman's instructions, condensed his essence blood and shot it into the furnace.

Clang!

The next moment, the furnace shook violently, bursting forth with a sharp metallic sound.

The One-Armed Craftsman's expression changed suddenly, and he immediately became nervous, all because this was not a normal phenomenon.

The next moment, a green light like a firefly slowly flew out and cast itself toward Ning Chen.

Ning Chen retreated a step in hesitation.

The One-Armed Craftsman laughed heartily, his brows completely unfurrowed: "So it is a Jade Essence, it really gave me a fright! Brother Chen, you have good fortune."

Ning Chen also showed joy, took the initiative to reach out, and took the Jade Essence into his hand to examine it carefully.

Jade Essence, as the name implies, is the essence within jade.

After falling between Ning Chen's fingers, it dissipated its glow and turned into a pale green jade bead, very small and delicate.

"Any object with jade quality has the possibility of gestating a Jade Essence. Brother Chen, the main material used for this armor of yours is Jade-Moistened Profound Steel; I never expected it to contain a Jade Essence."

"Jade Essence is good at hiding; I refined this piece of Jade-Moistened Profound Steel into armor, and it was still hiding inside."

"You just condensed your essence blood and refined the armor, and you refined it along the way, which is why it was exposed."

The One-Armed Craftsman shook his head, clicking his tongue.

Ning Chen had a look of joy on his face.

The uses of Jade Essence are quite extensive.

First, it can help a cultivator absorb external spiritual energy, and through its own transformation and refinement, release a gentle and pure spiritual power to infuse into the cultivator. This spiritual power can not only help the cultivator cultivate and accumulate their own magic power, but also quickly recover magic power during battle.

Jade Essence can also, at critical moments, use the spiritual energy it has stored to release a powerful defensive light shield to protect its master. This light shield has the power to resist weapons and spells, and can even protect the cultivator's mind and resist spiritual sense attacks.

If the Jade Essence has gestated spirituality, it is even possible for it to take form and become a certain type of external life form, helping the cultivator fight.

The Jade Essence in Ning Chen's hand, although it had not yet gestated spirituality, had been hiding to avoid harm, which showed that this Jade Essence was not far from condensing spirituality.

Myriad Medicine Sect.

Little Struggle Peak.

Everyone was watching the battle.

Ning Yong's battle had already reached the final juncture.

His opponent had unleashed his trump card, splitting into three, each one lifelike, making it impossible for people to distinguish.

The three of them killed toward Ning Yong simultaneously, speaking at the same time: "Ning Yong, if you can see through my true body, I will count you as formidable!"

Ning Yong gritted his teeth; he could not see through it. At present, he was also at the end of his rope and had no strength to defend comprehensively; he could only gamble on one strike to have any possibility of continuing this battle.

Ning Yong showed anger, guessed one blindly, and bombarded it with all his might.

Bang.

His opponent's body shook and was knocked back, and the other two clones dissipated as a result.

The opponent narrowed his eyes and smiled coldly: "Come again."

His body swayed, and he split into three again, killing toward Ning Yong.

Ning Yong bit the bullet, guessed blindly again, and mustered his remaining strength.

Bang!

The opponent retreated several large steps, spat out blood, and glared at Ning Yong with wide eyes.

He roared: "Come again!"

Bang!!

The third strike was again guessed correctly by Ning Yong, knocking the opponent to the ground, where he struggled for a moment and then completely passed out.

Ning Yong wins!

Ning Yong looked at his own hands, somewhat incredulous: "I guessed correctly three times in a row?!" The onlookers were discussing it heatedly.

"I didn't expect this guy Ning Yong to actually be able to see through the Three Treasures Clone Technique?!"

"This Three Treasures Clone Technique draws on the essence, qi, and spirit of the cultivator respectively to create extremely realistic clones. Ning Yong didn't seem to use any methods, yet he guessed it directly?"

"Hehe, how could he not use any methods? It's just that we didn't see it."

"You have to know that Ning Yong was arranged here by Unlike Ning Zhuo, and as a classmate of Unlike Ning Zhuo, he naturally wouldn't be a simple character."

"Don't look at how he is usually boisterous; in fact, we were all deceived by him. He has a hidden agenda, and at the beginning of the battle, he deliberately pretended not to be able to see through the Three Treasures Clone Technique, deceiving all of us."

"Think about Unlike Ning Zhuo; since he was arranged here by Unlike Ning Zhuo, how could he be someone with only brute force?"

Accompanied by the discussion, the gazes everyone cast toward Ning Yong changed.

Ning Yong reacted at this time, raised his head and waved his arms, shouting loudly: "I won, I won!"

In an instant, the atmosphere was ignited, and congratulations surged toward him like a tide.

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Ning Yong was so excited that his face turned red.

He loved this kind of competitive environment too much!

"Clan leader is truly too wise, too understanding of me, to arrange me here."

"I love this place, I love this place too much!"

"Hahaha."

Ning Yong jumped for joy in his heart.

His lucky improvisation did not deceive everyone.

Among them were two female cultivators.

Lin Shanshan transmitted her spiritual sense: "This Ning Yong really has some dog luck, actually guessing correctly three times in a row."

Hua Guzi responded secretly: "A classmate of Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo naturally shares some of Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo's light. Even if it is just a little bit of faint radiance, it is enough for Ning Yong to defeat his formidable enemy."

Lin Shanshan heard Hua Guzi praise Unlike Ning Zhuo so highly and act so close, and she couldn't help but feel a fire in her heart, transmitting her spiritual sense again: "Hmph, it's a pity I received Unlike Ning Zhuo's entrustment to take care of Ning Yong. Now that Ning Yong has won, my hands are itching, and I want to find someone to spar with."

Hua Guzi let out a strange cackle and responded secretly without fear: "Do you want to be hung up and beaten by me until you are barely clothed again? I will satisfy you!"

Lin Shanshan's eye twitched, and she said coldly: "I don't know who it was in the last battle who was beaten by me until they were limp on the ground, screaming repeatedly."

Hua Guzi's face turned gloomy, and she quietly retreated into the shadows.

Lin Shanshan followed her and quickly rushed to the nearest martial arts arena.

Like the dozens of private battles before, the two of them would never give up until they were exhausted.

Time flew by, and a few days passed.

Nandou Kingdom, Fire Persimmon Xiancheng.

Lin Bufan officially bid farewell to Ning Jiufan.

The Ning family specially held a farewell banquet for Lin Bufan, and the momentum was very large.

In recent days, what the city residents discussed the most was this matter.

"I didn't expect the Ning family to be able to invite a Nascent Soul level cultivator to come and support!"

"In this encirclement and suppression of the Ten Thousand Year Fire Essence, Lin Bufan's contribution is definitely not small."

"With Lord Meng Kui and Lord Lin Bufan joining forces, a Golden Core ancestor of the Zhou family was still sacrificed. Looking at it this way, it is thanks to Lin Bufan's reinforcements. Otherwise, it is very likely that the Ten Thousand Year Fire Essence would have escaped and harmed our Fire Persimmon Xiancheng."

"In these days, the situation has really changed too fast."

"I didn't expect that among the three major families in the Xiancheng, the Zheng family has already been destroyed, and the remnants have all left the city. The Zhou family has lost two and is left with one, clearly weakening. The Ning family has a powerful Nascent Soul level foreign aid, and the branch family has occupied the Zheng family's territory; it is already the number one cultivation clan in the Xiancheng!"

Various news regarding the battle of the Ten Thousand Year Fire Essence was naturally released by the Ning family.

It indeed caused the Ning family's reputation to rise greatly.

"Brother Ning, you are welcome to visit my Myriad Medicine Sect." Before leaving, Lin Bufan's voice spread throughout the city, showing his warm concern for the Ning family.

Meng Kui sat upright in the Magma Immortal Palace and snorted coldly after hearing the sound.

Ning Jiufan transmitted his spiritual sense secretly: "Lord Lin, please be sure to hand over this Ten Thousand Year Fire Essence and this batch of Jade Steel Heavy Armor to Unlike Ning Zhuo as soon as possible. He has already written again to urge this matter; clearly, it is very much needed over there."

Lin Bufan snorted coldly, quite displeased: "A mere family junior, a Foundation Establishment kid, actually ordering around an elder like you. His airs are too big."

"If it weren't for the fact that the Ten Thousand Year Fire Essence has too much spirituality and must be escorted by me personally, I really wouldn't have made this trip."

Ning Jiufan bowed deeply to Lin Bufan and entrusted him again.

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, rose into the clouds, and flew into the high sky.

His speed was extremely fast, and after a few breaths, he disappeared.

And in the mountain forest near Mount Huoshi, watching Lin Bufan's escape light disappear into the horizon, Zhu Xuanji looked at Shen Lingshu beside him.

He had just wanted to quietly catch up with Lin Bufan and let Lin Bufan take a letter to Unlike Ning Zhuo, but he was intercepted by Shen Lingshu.

Shen Lingshu said: "My spiritual light just stirred, producing a mysterious premonition, so I quickly divined once in my heart."

"It was calculated that this letter is best not sent out now; it will have great use in the future."

Zhu Xuanji: "Oh? Specifically how?"

Shen Lingshu waved his hand: "Cannot say more, cannot say more."

Zhu Xuanji stared at the letter in his hand: "I know Unlike Ning Zhuo's original intention; in order to rescue his mother, he disregarded his life's safety and walked the world with Foundation Establishment level cultivation. This letter is especially important to him. Lord Shen, please explain in detail, otherwise I will not believe your simple words."

Shen Lingshu smiled slightly: "Zhu Xuanji, you have spoken for Unlike Ning Zhuo and defended him once again."

Zhu Xuanji shrugged, his expression natural: "I have always admired loyal and filial people, and Unlike Ning Zhuo is just that. Helping him comes from my own heart."

Shen Lingshu smiled again: "Since you want to help him, then go north to the Thousand Peaks Forest."

Zhu Xuanji stared, with an expression of "What nonsense are you talking about, do you think I'm stupid?"

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is the child of the tribulation; it is enough for me to help him with these things. You want me to approach him? I won't go even if I'm beaten to death."

Shen Lingshu nodded, examining Zhu Xuanji with a teasing look: "If you are beaten to death, you naturally won't be able to go. But what if it is an imperial decree?"

Zhu Xuanji immediately felt a sense of ominousness: "What imperial decree?"

Shen Lingshu pointed his hand into the distance, and they saw a cultivator flying over. Seeing Zhu Xuanji, he was overjoyed and transmitted his spiritual sense: "Lord Divine Catcher, I have finally found you. There is an imperial decree from the capital ordering you to go to the border. The great battle in the Thousand Peaks Forest of the Two Note Kingdom is imminent; you must immediately take your position and stand by at any time to support the forces our country has planted in the Thousand Peaks Forest."

Zhu Xuanji lost his voice immediately: "What?"

A moment later.

Zhu Xuanji, who was kneeling on one knee on the ground, stood up. After thanking the envoy from the capital, he looked at the imperial decree he had already received, his brows furrowed deeply, his face full of bitterness.

"Lord Shen, since you had already calculated this, why didn't you notify me in advance so I could avoid this troublesome errand!" Zhu Xuanji looked at Shen Lingshu, full of resentment.

Shen Lingshu smiled slightly: "This wasn't calculated by me; it was me who recommended you."

"What?!" Zhu Xuanji stared, "You, you, why are you harming me?"

Shen Lingshu patted his shoulder: "If you don't go, I will have to go. Your life is much tougher than mine, and aren't you thinking of Unlike Ning Zhuo? How appropriate!"

Zhu Xuanji was speechless to the extreme; for a moment, he could only stare fixedly at Shen Lingshu.

(End of chapter)