Chapter 511

Two days later.

Ning Zhuo was hiding inside the mechanical dragon.

The surface of the mechanical dragon at this moment had changed drastically. Its whole body was covered with thick new deck plates, like layers of blood scabs.

This was Ning Zhuo using Python-Pattern Blood Cedar and Dragon-Scale Stone as main materials, sparing no cost, re-enacting the past, and repairing the mechanical dragon.

In fact, Ning Zhuo only spent a day and a half repairing the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

Next, he threw himself wholeheartedly into the work of refining mechanical puppets.

He arranged three cabins for the Xuanyuan Nine-Work Platform, the Mysterious Palace Gear Platform, and the Giant Spirit Shaping Platform respectively.

A Giant Spirit God was invited out, sitting cross-legged on the floor tiles, surrounding the shaping platform, bowing its head and waist, shaping the materials.

It took a Python-Pattern Blood Cedar, stretched out its large hand, started from the root, and stroked all the way to the crown. The powerful strength, combined with the mysterious function of the shaping platform, allowed the Giant Spirit God to get a straight, smooth tree trunk with just one stroke.

The Giant Spirit God also handled metal.

It first took a large amount of metal and placed it in its palm.

Then, its arm muscles bulged, and it used both hands to forcefully compress the metal into a ball. Both palms constantly applied pressure from all sides, pressing the metal ball smaller and smaller.

During this process, a large amount of impurities turned into metal water, flowed out, became waste, and were discarded to the side.

After a round of compression, the Giant Spirit God would again break the metal ball open, crumble it, and then compress it into a ball again.

After a few rounds like this, it obtained a bright-colored alloy ball.

It held its palm in a virtual grip, forming a circle with its tiger's mouth, thumb, and index finger. Then, the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger compressed forcefully.

The metal ball was immediately squeezed into a small lump, and the Giant Spirit God pinched the small lump out with the thumb and index finger of its right hand.

It placed the small metal lump on the Giant Spirit Shaping Platform, rubbed it with its palm, and rubbed it until it was round.

By following this method, a large number of small metal balls were manufactured.

After a large amount of materials were roughly processed, they were sent to the Mysterious Palace Gear Platform.

This palace-like mechanical platform rotated slowly, with countless precision gears and mechanisms hidden inside, rotating closely and coordinating tightly.

Mechanism—Gear Coordination Art!

Ning Zhuo activated this mechanical art, using his spiritual sense to control and process all the materials.

As Ning Zhuo operated the platform with all his might, the gears and other mechanisms inside emitted a faint roaring sound, as if some mysterious power was awakening.

Various materials were quickly combined, and a large number of talismans were struck into them. With the integration of a large number of gears, these mechanical puppet prototypes had the initial ability to act.

Ning Zhuo exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened the Mysterious Palace Gear Platform. Mechanical puppets flew out one after another, with a total of 48 in one batch!

These 48 mechanical puppet prototypes were finally sent to the third cabin of the mechanical dragon.

The Xuanyuan Nine-Work Platform was responsible for the final process.

One mechanical puppet after another lay on the simple, smooth platform.

Under the platform, a large number of talismans constantly changed, appearing and disappearing, combining and circling into various talisman arrays to form different manufacturing processes.

Heavenly Fire Casting!

A large number of flaws inside and outside the mechanical puppet were burned and refined by countless points of heavenly fire. Some heavenly fire was as big as a flame, some were sparks, and even fire dots.

The amount of each point of heavenly fire was just right.

Layered Forging!

Invisible forging power, like water waves, rushed toward the mechanical puppet in waves.

The mechanical puppet floated in mid-air, three feet above the platform directly below.

The forging power forged the mechanical puppet from all directions, causing layers of layered patterns to appear on the surface of the puppet, which looked quite good.

Exquisite Carving!

The rough surface of the mechanical puppet became as smooth as flowing water. The impurities left behind during the heavenly fire casting were accurately removed.

The structural parts such as gears and grooves in the mechanical puppet were carved more smoothly and fit together closely.

In this way, the three mechanical platforms were matched and cooperated together.

A large number of mechanical puppets were manufactured, saving Ning Zhuo a massive amount of time and energy!

Ning Zhuo had consumed more than 200 mechanical puppets in battle before. Now he had replenished them, and there were 30 more than before.

Clang, clang, clang!

Suddenly, a warning sound came from the camp.

"Enemy attack!"

"The enemy is attacking!!"

Ning Zhuo's heart tightened, and he immediately left the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon and returned to the outside world.

The alarm sounded throughout the military camp.

Ning Zhuo activated his spells to bless himself, then immediately stimulated multiple magic artifacts for protection, and ran out of the military advisor's tent.

The three generals Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang had already taken their respective positions, mobilizing the soldiers to fill the defense line.

This battle was different from before; it was a camp defense battle.

"Where is the enemy?" Ning Zhuo walked up to the sentry tower, came to Liu Er's side, and cast a spell to look into the distance.

Soon, he saw a large mass of purple-black poisonous fog slowly rising at the foot of Dice Bone Giant Wood Mountain.

The inside of the poisonous fog was bottomless; it was unknown what was hidden inside.

The Three Generals Camp was currently stationed on the mountainside, and although there was a certain distance from the poisonous fog, according to this posture, being eroded by the poisonous fog was only a matter of time.

Liu Er's brows were tightly furrowed, his face full of worry: "Military Advisor, you're here!"

"You are clear about our side's background."

"If the enemy attacks and we engage head-on, even if we are not a match, we can make the enemy pay a price."

"But now, the opponent only unleashed poisonous fog, and several of our battle formations are not applicable to such a situation."

"Sigh!"

"The enemy came prepared, specifically using means to restrain our army."

Ning Zhuo put away his gaze and spiritual sense: "The key is whether there is an army ambushed in this poisonous fog."

"Fortunately, we have the camp to rely on and possess certain geographical advantages."

"In my view, we should try to defend first; if the timing is wrong, then we will carry out a withdrawal plan."

Liu Er nodded: "That's all we can do."

With the enemy's situation unclear, the Three Generals Camp was in a passive position.

Building the camp was not easy, and it contained many defensive powers; this was one of the advantages of the Three Generals Camp.

Under these circumstances, the Three Generals Camp choosing to defend on the spot was the best strategy.

If the enemy was ambushed all around, and they rashly abandoned the camp, it would be equivalent to actively discarding their own advantages and throwing themselves into the enemy's ambush circle; the Three Generals Camp would definitely suffer a huge blow.

"The whole army obeys the order, hold the position!" Liu Er ordered loudly.

Immediately, he used his spiritual sense to ask: "Who can go out of the formation to test the bottom of the poisonous fog for our army?"

Zhang Hei immediately responded loudly.

Immediately, Generals Guan Hong also indicated that he could move out.

Liu Er pondered without speaking. Ning Zhuo smiled slightly and immediately said: "General, I have mechanical soldiers who do not fear sacrifice. Let me first dispatch a mechanical squad to kill into the fog."

"If it doesn't work, it won't be too late for Generals Generals Guan and Zhang to attack."

Liu Er nodded immediately, expressing praise and expectation for Ning Zhuo's action.

Ning Zhuo acted immediately, throwing a team of mechanical puppets out of his storage belt.

The mechanical puppet squad immediately rushed out of the Three Generals Camp, rushed all the way to the foot of the mountain, and plunged directly into the poisonous fog.

There was no enemy army in the poisonous fog, only one Jin Dan cultivator.

It was the Corrosive Poison General Diao Ye.

Diao Ye's skin was dark red, his face like an evil ghost. Seeing the mechanical puppets killing into the poisonous fog, he immediately activated his spells.

The poisonous fog wrapped around the mechanical puppets, infiltrating from every gap to the inside, advancing from inside and outside, carrying out violent corrosion.

Soon, these mechanical puppets were like violently burning candles, getting shorter and slower as they moved forward, until they stopped halfway and were completely unable to act.

Ning Zhuo felt it and reported to Liu Er: "There is no large enemy army encountered. But this poisonous fog is violently corrosive; if it really drifts into the military camp, our army will likely suffer heavy casualties."

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Liu Er nodded: "We must use means to block the poisonous fog."

Ning Zhuo advised again: "I fear there will be a great battle, so military strength must be cherished."

"I can set up an altar to perform rituals, or set up a static array specifically to guard against the poisonous fog."

At the moment, the Three Generals Camp was in a defensive posture, fixed in the camp and not moving. The scope of using arrays expanded a lot, not just dynamic arrays, but also static arrays.

Truth be told, the types and contents of static arrays were far more numerous than dynamic arrays!

Liu Er thought for a while: "The Military Advisor's magic power also needs to be cherished; setting up a static array is the first choice."

Thus, Ning Zhuo commanded some cultivators and began to set up static arrays around the camp in a tight manner.

Pfft, pfft.

A series of flying spears were shot out, hitting many cultivators of the Three Generals Camp who were setting up arrays outside, nailing them to death on the spot!

"Hahaha." An arrogant male voice came, "You are too naive! Setting up arrays under my nose? You all must die!"

Ning Zhuo's pupils shrank slightly, and he immediately identified the owner of the voice: "It's the Poisonous Savage Wu Lan."

The soldiers of the Three Generals Camp became slightly chaotic.

They couldn't find Wu Lan, but their own people were shot and killed one by one, which was a strong blow to morale.

Liu Er immediately spoke up to boost morale, while sending more soldiers to participate in setting up the static array.

"Wu Lan, get out here!" Generals Guan Hong received Liu Er's military order and killed his way out of the camp alone.

He held a Blood Dragon Blade in one hand, patrolling around, pretending not to know, when suddenly his wrist turned, and he slashed with the single blade.

A dragon roar sounded.

Blood splashed!

Wu Lan snorted coldly, almost being slashed. At the critical moment, he raised the poisonous thorn spear in his hand and struggled to block the heavy and sharp blade edge.

Generals Guan Hong stretched out his leg and kicked Wu Lan away.

The soldiers of the Three Generals Camp saw Wu Lan's miserable appearance and cheered loudly, and morale began to clearly boost.

"Quick, set up the array according to what I said." Ning Zhuo seized the time to command the soldiers to set up static arrays everywhere.

Wu Lan was chased by Generals Guan Hong, while Diao Ye saw the opportunity and cast poison arts.

Groups of poisonous fog, like huge rolling balls, rolled from the foot of the mountain all the way to the mountainside.

Liu Er and Zhang Hei shot one after another, exploding many poisonous fog giant balls halfway.

"Crossbows ready, shoot for me!" Ning Zhuo used his mind for multiple tasks, commanding the cultivators to operate the multiple crossbows in the Three Generals Camp, shooting huge crossbow arrows.

The crossbow arrows also exploded quite a few poisonous fog giant balls.

Just as the static array was about to be successfully built, a fishy wind suddenly rose, and a large piece of black cloud emerged from thin air, quickly covering the sky above the mountaintop!

Poisonous water fell from the black clouds, drizzling, forming a piece of poisonous rain.

The poisonous rain wet the mountain land, corroding pieces of poisonous water pools, and then swimming out of the water pools were strips of pitch-black poisonous snakes.

At first, these poisonous snakes were only at the Qi Refining level. But soon, Foundation Establishment level poisonous snakes were produced, as big as running horses.

In several of the largest poisonous liquid water pools, Jin Dan level aura was brewing.

Liu, Generals Guan, Zhang, and Ning, the four of them, immediately had their expressions become grave.

They all identified it.

Supernatural Power—Ten Thousand Snake Poison Flow!

This was the trump card of Tu Ming, the Poison Abdomen High Priest of the Hundred Poison Tribe.

Once this supernatural power appeared, it meant that the enemy side had at least one Nascent Soul level True Monarch.

The static array was just a little bit away from being formed.

But the poisonous rain fell on their heads, and the poisonous snakes attacked everywhere, creating extremely strong resistance.

Ning Zhuo hesitated, and Liu Er decisively ordered to stop setting up the array: "This is clearly Tu Ming's scheme, wanting to use the success of the array as bait to lure us to continue investing troops."

Ning Zhuo obeyed the military order and immediately withdrew the soldiers, sighing in his mouth: "Sigh, if my mechanical puppets could set up arrays under my command, that would be great!"

His tone was urgent: "Tu Ming once clashed with the White Jade Camp, and his poison arts are very remarkable. Our army does not have the background of the White Jade Camp, and the military equipment cannot hold at all. General, I propose to attack immediately, fighting while retreating. At least don't let the poisonous fog cover us!"

Liu Er nodded repeatedly. On this point, he and Ning Zhuo coincided.

Although the military camp was good, it was difficult to guard against poison arts.

Clearly, the enemy army planning this attack had brains, specifically dispatching Tu Ming, Diao Ye, and Wu Lan to deal with the Three Generals Camp.

Without a doubt, the Three Generals Camp was at a huge disadvantage.

Liu Er began to mobilize the army and form a battle formation.

Under these circumstances, Ning Zhuo's Light Body Gale Array was very suitable. Alas, Ning Zhuo participated very little in military training on weekdays, and the Three Generals Camp had not practiced it many times at all.

Liu Er chose the Triangle Arrow Array, temporarily leaving Generals Generals Guan and Zhang to block Wu Lan and Diao Ye, he occupied the center of the formation, and Ning Zhuo occupied the eye of the formation.

The Triangle Arrow Array successfully condensed, the trenches outside the military camp had been filled with poisonous liquid, and the obstacles had all been corroded away.

Liu Er gave a whistle, Generals Guan and Zhang both gave their opponents a fierce blow, and then quickly retreated into the military formation.

Ning Zhuo immediately retreated to the central area of the military formation, with Generals Generals Guan and Zhang taking over the two eyes of the formation.

Unlike Ning Zhuo, a novice, as soon as the two generals entered the formation, the whole army felt the military power soar, and the battle formation became several times smoother.

Seeing the Three Generals Camp kill out of the military camp, Wu Lan and Diao Ye did not dare to approach.

At the moment, the military power was blessed on the three generals Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang, making the individual combat power of these three people very powerful.

Wu Lan had dared to engage in close combat with Generals Guan Hong before, wielding weapons. Now, as long as he detected any sign of any of the three generals rushing out, he would immediately retreat far away.

This was not a matter to joke about!

Being slightly careless, one would lose their life.

The previous ambush battle made both the Two Kingdoms and the Thousand Peaks Forest sides aware of each other's means.

The powerhouses of the Thousand Peaks Forest had a quite profound understanding of the power of military formations, and now when fighting, they were all very cautious!

The Three Generals Camp rushed to the foot of the mountain.

Liu Er held the Profound Yellow Sword high, performed military arts, and blessed the whole army with protection.

Ning Zhuo activated his spells to blow a strong wind, resisting the approach of the poisonous fog.

(End of chapter)