Chapter 556: Battle Preparations

The flames burned silently.

The tongues of fire danced without a sound, their movements elegant, radiating a compassionate Buddhist intent.

Cremation Prajna Spirit-Releasing Scripture!

Unlike Ning Zhuo stood before the mass of fire, the flames reflected in his eyes, revealing a look of lingering attachment.

Within the fire, the materials and components of the original Cang Tie Han Jia were rapidly melting, and from time to time, spirituality was parsed out.

The spirituality, appearing as tiny specks of powder, drifted in the air, and then, guided by Unlike Ning Zhuo's spiritual sense, most of it landed on the body of a mechanical puppet.

This mechanical puppet resembled an ascetic bhiksuni; linen-colored robes wrapped around its joint mechanisms, bronze palms were exposed at the cuffs, and a cinnabar mark between its brows swirled with Buddhist light.

Its face wore a half-smile, and its half-lowered eyelids contained a hint of compassion.

Bronze pivots were exposed at the knees, and its feet were shod in straw sandals woven from hemp, which contained hidden arrays that were difficult to distinguish.

It was precisely the Buddhist Physician, Meng Yaoyin.

A large portion of the spirituality was infused into the Buddhist Physician.

The remaining portion was still collected by Unlike Ning Zhuo into his Spirit-Storing Box.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had improved and upgraded the Cang Tie Han Jia, and the replaced materials were directly cremated to nourish the spirituality of the Buddhist Physician, Meng Yaoyin.

"With this, the item I used as a safeguard has been used up."

A faint sense of crisis arose in Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart.

The Cang Tie Han Jia had always been his safeguard, preventing any mishaps with the Buddhist Physician, Meng Yaoyin. If her spirituality were to drop to a very dangerous level, the Cang Tie Han Jia would have been his life-saving item.

Burning the Cang Tie Han Jia prematurely would not allow the Buddhist Physician, Meng Yaoyin, to be completely healed.

Keeping this trump card as a life-saving measure was the superior strategy.

"I hope to obtain that mechanical carriage."

"Beyond that, the more, the better!"

If it were only one mechanical carriage, Unlike Ning Zhuo would not have cremated it immediately; instead, he would have used it to replace the Cang Tie Han Jia as his final insurance policy.

The flames continued to burn, and no more spirituality was parsed out.

After Unlike Ning Zhuo removed the residue and waste, he threw in a pile of relics.

These relics were obtained from Tian Shuang and originated from Qi Bai. It was precisely through these relics that Tian Shuang had performed calculations to infer Unlike Ning Zhuo's location.

Tian Shuang's grand gift had, by a stroke of luck, allowed Unlike Ning Zhuo to obtain Qi Bai's relics.

There was nothing more to say; direct cremation!

The flames burned, the spirituality danced, and it gathered into the body of the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai.

The main body of the puppet Qi Bai was black, with a gray-white color scheme.

It stood six feet five inches tall and had a lean build. It wore a conical pitch-black bamboo hat, and its gray-white skull resembled a human bone.

At the eye position was a long black strip, and within the strip was a gray-white horizontal line, radiating soul light.

Because Unlike Ning Zhuo had previously used the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, to fight in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng, its spirituality was insufficient. Since then, Unlike Ning Zhuo had rarely used this item.

In the battle between the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, Unlike Ning Zhuo had not brought it out to use either.

On one hand, bringing it out would not solve the problem. On the other hand, it might expose himself, provoke the hatred of the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, and make the situation even worse.

Qi Bai's spirituality continued to rise.

But the expectation in Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes gradually dimmed.

This was because Qi Bai's spirituality rose slower and slower, finally stopping at the ninety-two percent stage, where it remained fixed.

"Sigh, without reaching ten percent spirituality, there is no qualitative change."

"This Jin Dan-level puppet still cannot be used freely."

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought of Di Hui.

According to Tian Shuang, Di Hui also held a portion of Qi Bai's relics.

"As long as I burn those, Qi Bai's spirituality will very likely reach ten percent. Once there is a qualitative change, the spirituality will be able to recover on its own."

"Before that, it is better to use it sparingly."

Although the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, was at the Jin Dan level, without a qualitative change in spirituality, it was a consumable with limited usage.

Moreover, it involved the Soul Dao, had obvious Demonic Dao characteristics, and a heavy aura of the Evil Sect, making it unsuitable for Unlike Ning Zhuo to use in public.

"Once exposed, if the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts perceive its spirituality, they might realize the importance of Qi Bai's relics."

"To facilitate future success, it is better to endure for now, keep this card in hand, and not be in a hurry to play it!"

The Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, and the Buddhist Physician, Meng Yaoyin, both originated from the Lava Immortal Palace and carried the three sects' understanding of mechanism arts. They shared a common characteristic: they were integrated as one.

Because the division between the components was very unclear, these two puppets were like integrated moldings, which brought great difficulty to Unlike Ning Zhuo in parsing their structures.

Although Unlike Ning Zhuo had the heart to study them in depth, he had always lacked the time and energy, and could be said to have the heart but not the strength.

Putting these two mechanical puppets away, Unlike Ning Zhuo took out the Cang Tie Han Jia again to test and practice.

At present, he did not have a Jin Dan in his hand, so he could only use spirit stones, grind them into a spherical shape, and embed them in the Five Elements Jin Dan wheel to barely substitute.

He put on the brand-new Cang Tie Han Jia, vibrated the wings on his back, and flew in the air.

When gliding, the wings were fixed, the shoulder armor drooped, and the buckles on both sides of the helmet, combined with the pointed head, caused the shoulder and skull parts to form a triangular shape.

His arms were pressed tightly against the sides of his body, and his legs were closed, without a single gap.

At the back of the legs and heels, there was a pair of fin-like baffles that could adjust the direction.

When gliding, the consumption of spiritual power was significantly lower.

When truly bursting with speed, the Jin Yan wings would be completely folded and pressed against his back. The Cang Tie Han Jia would reveal jet ports everywhere, spewing Li Fire to perform powerful propulsion!

Once Unlike Ning Zhuo accelerated like this, his whole person was like an arrow leaving the string, cutting through the long sky, breaking the air, and leaving a long, straight tail of Li Fire.

Refreshing and exhilarating!

The only flaw was that in this situation, the spirit stone ball could not support it at all and was quickly consumed.

"Jin Dan, only a Jin Dan can support the current Cang Tie Han Jia!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo had already contacted the Three Generals Camp and also sent a letter to Zhao Xi. While waiting for a reply, waiting for a Jin Dan, and possibly a Nascent Soul, he was using the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat to cultivate his physical body.

The higher the physical strength, the greater the military strategy bonus he could obtain.

The benefits were obvious, and Unlike Ning Zhuo could not stop!

Besides this, he also improved and designed Five Elements spells and practiced them many times.

Li Fire Filth-Burning Technique!

This spell ignited wounds and could burn away filthy things, having many restraints against the means of Soul Dao and poison cultivators.

Prairie-Fire Healing Flame!

Once this spell was cast, it could ignite a patch of fire in the Spirit Sea. The fire would burn against various harmful thoughts and preserve useful thoughts.

This was a countermeasure Unlike Ning Zhuo conceived after suffering from the harm of Buddhist thoughts.

Bedrock Soul-Suppressing Curse!

After casting it, a cultivator could transform a portion of their flesh and blood into rock to resist pain and suppress the soul, resisting damage to the soul.

This method was a supplement Unlike Ning Zhuo made to his shortcomings in soul defense after suffering from Tian Shuang's Frost Soul Gaze divine ability.

He designed this spell focusing on power, which led to a great drawback.

After casting this method, his own speed would plummet.

Pure Land Gap-Filling Technique!

This spell required the use of the Western Pure Land treasure material.

Unlike Ning Zhuo still had some reserves in his hand.

Using this spell, Unlike Ning Zhuo could achieve severed limb regeneration, and it came with the mysterious power of purification. The newborn limbs were pure and free of filth.

Besides this, Unlike Ning Zhuo also optimized the Flame-Cloak Technique and designed a three-layered Li Fire Shield.

He also designed the Earth-type Thick Earth Armor and Rock Plate Shield.

He had suffered quite a few losses in previous life-and-death battles, and this time he supplemented the defects in defense and healing in the Five Elements spells.

With a profound Five Elements realm, one could do whatever one wanted!

From these spells, it could be clearly seen that to save energy and time, Unlike Ning Zhuo only designed Earth-type and Fire-type.

The reason for making such a choice was because he currently only possessed the Earth-type Spleen Temple and the Fire-type Heart Temple. As long as his spiritual sense focused on the temple, he could precisely control Earth-type and Fire-type spells, which was also an unexpected gain from his previous life-and-death battles.

Therefore, supplementing the next three types also became Unlike Ning Zhuo's cultivation goal.

When saying goodbye to Lin Bufan, Unlike Ning Zhuo had already negotiated with him, modified the previous cooperation content, and let Lin Bufan bring back his Ten-Thousand-Year Water Essence.

Besides practicing these spells, Unlike Ning Zhuo also raced against time, squeezing out a little time to design mechanical puppets capable of flight.

Because time was too tight, Unlike Ning Zhuo started from the actual situation and could only pick the most practical schemes to operate first.

According to the biological structure of the Jin Yan, he biomimetically created the Mechanical Jin Yan. This undoubtedly avoided him spending a large amount of energy and time on the design link.

Subsequently, on this basis, he improved the Mechanical Jin Yan, making the control method closer to the Thunder-Silent Bird.

The Mechanical Thunder-Silent Bird was considered a typical mechanism, which Unlike Ning Zhuo used frequently when he was in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng. To be precise, when using the identity of Chui Tiao Ke, the Thunder-Silent Bird was one of his regular offensive means.

Therefore, Unlike Ning Zhuo was very proficient in its operation.

The improved Mechanical Jin Yan naturally lacked the practice process, making it very easy for Unlike Ning Zhuo to get started.

"With the mechanical pedestal, I can mass-produce Mechanical Golden Swallows."

"However, to really let them exert their effect, they must form a battle array."

"If my military strategist realm could be as profound as my Five Elements realm, that would be great."

Unlike Ning Zhuo held the "Gao Sheng Testament" and the "Soldiers and Armor Together," but he had not yet fully comprehended the "Strong Man Returns" military strategy. Therefore, he could not combine the two treasures to perform the next military strategy comprehension.

However, after these few great battles, his understanding of this military strategy was also becoming deeper and deeper.

This was the normal cultivation speed.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's Five Elements realm was completely an exception.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was racing against time.

The battle with the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts accelerated his growth and also accelerated the entire situation forward by a large margin.

"If my expectations are not wrong, a great battle is about to start."

"I hope that this time, I will have the opportunity to take action against the Six Caves Sect!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo had many worries in his heart.

Judging from the current situation, this was very likely his last opportunity on the Thousand Peaks Forest battlefield.

The longer time dragged on, the more likely the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts would return.

It would be best if he could achieve his goal while the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts returned, and then transfer quickly!

After all, any detection and tracking means had distance limitations.

According to the information left by Tian Shuang, the reason why the Soul-Devouring Sect knew Unlike Ning Zhuo's location was also because after Unlike Ning Zhuo took the initiative to reveal his identity in the Two-Note Kingdom, he had transferred several times before letting them know.

It was not until Tian Shuang and Di Hui brought Qi Bai's relics to the range of the Thousand Peaks Forest that they performed tracking.

Thousand Peaks Forest, a certain mountain peak.

Boom, boom, boom...

Tian Shuang flew in the high sky, continuously bombarding Di Hui, causing ice chips to fly and thunder to sound.

Di Hui felt extreme pain in his heart: "What kind of situation is this!"

He did not dare to burrow deep underground, to prevent Tian Shuang from losing him and returning to Unlike Ning Zhuo's side, or making other behaviors, such as feeling that his sins were heavy and committing suicide.

Therefore, Di Hui had to hang on to Tian Shuang and pull him to a remote area to prevent other cultivators from seeing and having crooked thoughts.

Di Hui had to admit that they had fallen this time. This was the most miserable encounter for the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts pair in the last ten years.

"Tian Shuang, you guy, you even used this move!" Di Hui cried out in pain, covered in frost, looking miserable.

Tian Shuang showed a look of sorrow: "My partner, don't be obsessed and unrepentant, let me end you quickly, this is my redemption, and also your redemption."

"Our sins are too heavy, only by apologizing with death can we respect the common people."

Di Hui was so angry that his eyelids jumped, and he shouted through gritted teeth: "Tian Shuang, listen to what you are saying! I have recorded it all on the jade slip, when you return to normal, I will see how you face me!"

Tian Shuang turned a deaf ear and just kept bombarding.

Di Hui fled in a miserable state while shouting: "Record it, I have recorded it all for you!"

Thousand Peaks Forest frontline camp.

"Have the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts not been found yet?" Long Ye frowned and questioned the other cultivators, "You are so many people, how exactly are you doing things!"

The remaining cultivators all showed bitterness, and one of them shook his head: "Long Ye, the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts are not ordinary; they are Nascent Soul-level experts. Coming from a great Demonic Sect like the Soul-Devouring Sect, even if they receive our flying letters, they won't ignore us if they don't want to."

Long Ye pondered silently.

Lu Hongtu on the side sighed: "The Heaven and Earth combined attack is indeed powerful; with one strike, it caused the Two-Note Kingdom to lose six or seven Nascent Soul cultivators."

"Now is the time when the Two-Note Kingdom's army is weak, and it is very likely the most suitable time for us to send troops in this war."

"If we can find the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts and spend heavy capital to let them participate in the great battle, our side can at least increase our winning percentage by twenty percent!"

Then, Lu Hongtu changed the subject: "It is a pity that we cannot find them."

"Time waits for no one!"

"If we drag it on, this kind of peerless opportunity will be lost. The Two-Note Kingdom has a large business, and presumably, they are already earnestly supplementing some Nascent Soul-level cultivators at this time."

Long Ye glanced at Lu Hongtu, knowing that the latter's sigh was actually an admonition to him.

After thinking about it, Long Ye said: "Don't wait for the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts anymore, gather everyone, we are going to launch a fierce attack on the Two-Note Kingdom's frontline camp!"

Two-Note Kingdom frontline camp.

Zhao Xi frowned and questioned Liu Er: "Where is Unlike Ning Zhuo? Why hasn't he returned yet?"

"A great battle is imminent, if the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts come to attack..."

Liu Er had a helpless look and spread his hands: "My lord, you know me, how could I, a mere human-demon hybrid, command the dignified Young Master Ning?"

"In fact, my Three Generals Camp has always been funded by him. He is the financier of our army, how could I have the ability to really call him back?"

Zhao Xi snorted: "Since he does not obey military orders, the battle merit reward he seeks will not be so fast."

Liu Er stole a glance at Zhao Xi and saw the latter's livid face. After hesitating for a moment, he still spoke: "My lord, Young Master Ning is a person from another country, and his family is not in the Two-Note Kingdom. The only connection is the husband-and-wife relationship with Mu Lan, but even for this, he doesn't look up to it and has agreed to divorce in the future."

"You say, will such a person be controlled by others because of battle merit rewards?"

Zhao Xi was silent for a long time, pointed at Liu Er with his finger, and snorted: "He didn't fund you wrong."

"Forget it."

"Send this reward to him as soon as possible."

"Give it to him in person!"

"And tell him, in this great battle, if he can assist our army and deal with the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, our country will definitely have a heavy reward!"

"No, I will write a letter myself, you must bring it to him in person."

Liu Er hurriedly saluted: "Subordinate obeys!"

Waving away Liu Er, Zhao Xi was alone in the room and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

This high position was too hot for his seat.

He couldn't sit still anymore.

He really regretted seizing power.

He really didn't expect the second great battle to come so quickly.

According to Zhao Xi's plan, he intended to make a lot of battle merit during this transition period.

He didn't expect the transition period to be so short! ===== CHAPTER 557 =====