Chapter 658: Earthly Fiend Rock Collapse

The center and end of the century-long plan of the Lord of the Forgotten River—the altar for the Heavenly Ghost Transformation and Tribulation Offering—was now right before Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had already satisfied the three conditions required to ascend this altar.

However, the tributary of the Forgotten River circling the altar had become the final obstacle.

"Just one step away; breaking through this final pass, I will achieve great success!" Unlike Ning Zhuo thought to himself.

After the initial shock of seeing a tributary of the Forgotten River appear here, Unlike Ning Zhuo quickly accepted it.

After all, the Forgotten River Underworld took the Forgotten River as its national name; it was not strange to have more means of utilizing the river.

One must know that the capital city of the Forgotten River Underworld was situated on the Forgotten River.

"But how should I cross this river?"

"Mother and the eldest are on another path, heading straight for the Forgotten River Xiancheng. They have to face the real Forgotten River, not this tributary before my eyes."

"Mother should have a way to cross the river, but why didn't she tell me?"

"Furthermore, where is the true body of the Lord of the Forgotten River?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo was stepping into this core battlefield for the first time and knew nothing about the previous clashes between the Lord of the Forgotten River and the several great experts.

"This earth-element avatar should belong to the Lord of the Forgotten River."

"His true body has yet to appear; he might be severely injured, or he might be inside the altar, held back by the final key point."

At this very moment, the blood light on the altar was slowly weakening.

Unlike Ning Zhuo secretly guessed: Does the complete dissipation of the blood light mean the completion of the sacrificial ritual?

"Or that key question—how to break through this tributary of the Forgotten River?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately recalled the prophetic poem.

"Ghost tides surge, the white paper is in danger; the lone swan carries a candle to pierce the heavenly curtain. The guest star should shine north of the literary pivot; the myriad lights shine, and the tribulation destroys itself."

"There are no clues in this poem to help me break through the Forgotten River tributary."

"What should be done?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo fell into a daze, letting his thoughts wander.

"I am the one favored by the fate of the living world, the savior of the White Paper Xiancheng, the human tribulation for the Lord of the Forgotten River! There must be an answer to pass the barrier; it cannot be a dead end!"

"Perhaps the answer to crossing the river is in my hands?"

Because he had just taken the Candle of the Forgotten Path from his storage belt to solve the problem of the turbid energy barrier, Unlike Ning Zhuo began to use his spiritual sense again to constantly scan his belongings.

Soon, his spiritual sense locked onto the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat.

"Can this boat carry me across the river?" Unlike Ning Zhuo subconsciously touched his mechanical ring, but the latter remained silent as death.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's thoughts shifted: "What if I don't use any tools and swim across the tributary of time?"

He had this thought, but the mechanical ring remained silent as death.

A trace of worry flashed in the depths of Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes, and he stopped touching it.

His gaze, like his thoughts, scattered, and various ideas surged in his spiritual sea.

His gaze swept over the ice coffin floating in mid-air, and a thought arose in his heart: "This ice coffin is somewhat similar to the Candle of the Forgotten Path."

"It seals a scissor magic treasure; before I came, this earth-element avatar was still attacking the ice coffin."

"Clearly, the ice coffin must have been left behind by some expert, sealing one of the Lord of the Forgotten River's trump cards during the clash!"

"This scissor magic treasure must be very important to the Lord of the Forgotten River. Otherwise, it wouldn't be treated so cautiously by his opponent. And the earth-element avatar is constantly wearing down the ice coffin to retrieve the treasure."

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not know that this ice coffin was also transformed from a candle, but its origin was even greater; it was transformed from the Cold Abyss Ice Coffin Candle of the Lord of Ghost Fire.

The young man's gaze locked onto the ice coffin, and suddenly his body trembled slightly.

"The candle body of the Candle of the Forgotten Path is ice coffin-shaped, and this one is too."

"Could this similar appearance be an arrangement of heaven, a hint specifically for me?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo narrowed his eyes, extended his spiritual sense, and examined it carefully, naturally thinking of the next layer: "This ice coffin exudes cold air; it is yin-element, and even more so, ice-element. Can it freeze the Forgotten River tributary?"

"Verifying this is actually very simple."

Unlike Ning Zhuo reached out and probed into his storage belt.

The next moment, he flicked his hand and threw out a large number of mechanical golden swallows.

The golden swallows formed a flock and flew rapidly toward the ice coffin in the high sky.

Just as Unlike Ning Zhuo was pondering how to pull the ice coffin and bring it close to the Forgotten River tributary, the Earthly Fiend Turbid God struck immediately.

Whoosh!

The turbid energy was like a python or a whip, lashing out fiercely, almost completely annihilating the flock of golden swallows. Only two or three remained, flying before the ice coffin.

Unlike Ning Zhuo saw this scene and was pleasantly surprised.

The Earthly Fiend Turbid God's actions, to a certain extent, verified his previous guess.

Of course, this could also be a deliberate design by the Earthly Fiend Turbid God, or perhaps he was too concerned about the scissor magic treasure.

Regardless, Unlike Ning Zhuo at least discovered a potential breakthrough point.

He immediately took out more mechanical creations, controlling them to disperse like stars in the sky, sparsely rushing toward the ice coffin in the air again.

The Earthly Fiend Turbid God's attention was diverted again.

In a short time, the bronze chariot was already covered in scars.

Although Luo Si had tried his best to protect it, the pressure brought by the Earthly Fiend Turbid God was too great, leaving him with no time to care for this chariot on many occasions.

There were more than a dozen huge cracks, looking shocking.

"Old partner, hold on a little longer!" Luo Si had deep feelings for this chariot, knowing it would definitely be destroyed in this battle; while grieving, he also felt a firm and unyielding fighting spirit.

Once the chariot was damaged, relying on himself alone would make it even harder to hold back the Earthly Fiend Turbid God.

The only hope was for Unlike Ning Zhuo to find a breakthrough.

"Hmm?" Luo Si, standing on the bronze chariot, saw the Earthly Fiend Turbid God strike again, but not at him; instead, he was wiping out the mechanical golden swallows.

"That ice coffin is the key!" Luo Si's heart shook, and he realized this instantly.

His gaze immediately turned to Unlike Ning Zhuo, secretly sighing: "Sure enough, worthy of being my wise master, discovering the key to breaking the situation so quickly!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Si hurriedly cast spells to heal himself.

He had been holding off the Earthly Fiend Turbid God alone, with almost no time to rest; now that he had it, he was naturally racing against time!

"Damn little brat!" The Earthly Fiend Turbid God roared, very angry.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was behind Luo Si, only constantly launching mechanical golden swallows.

The cost of these mechanical golden swallows was almost negligible to the Lord of the Forgotten River. To him, Unlike Ning Zhuo's Foundation Establishment cultivation was just like an ant at his feet.

But it was precisely such an ant, using incomparably cheap mechanical golden swallows, that at this very moment, managed to hold back his Earthly Fiend Turbid avatar!

No wonder the Earthly Fiend Turbid God was so annoyed.

Luo Si felt greatly relieved!

He not only healed himself properly but also had leisure to strike, stabilizing the condition of the bronze chariot.

Otherwise, according to before, the state of the chariot was very worrying; even if it completely collapsed the next moment, Luo Si would feel it was quite reasonable.

Earth-element—Earthly Fiend Rock Collapse.

The Earthly Fiend Turbid God stretched out his arms, palms facing the sky.

His magic power surged wildly, releasing waves of fluctuations.

The magic power fluctuations spread rapidly, scattering onto the massive turbid energy barrier that enveloped the entire altar battlefield.

The earth-lung turbid energy seemed to boil, churning violently, and rapidly condensed, forming huge rocks.

Rocks flew like rain, carrying the earthly fiend, and shot toward the altar battlefield!

The flying rocks and fiend energy rolled, fierce and mighty, of different sizes; the large ones were like dragons or elephants, while the small ones were at least the size of Luo Si's bronze chariot.

A large number of flying rocks smashed into the golden swallow mechanical flock, causing heavy casualties.

Luo Si drove the bronze chariot, dodging everywhere in the rain of flying rocks, in a sorry state.

"If I were to be hit solidly by one, I'm afraid I would lose my life!" Unlike Ning Zhuo's forehead broke out in cold sweat, and in his urgency, he threw out a mechanical token.

Mechanical—Pale Iron Han Armor!

The token transformed, turning into a mechanical battle armor.

Golden swallows cut the clouds, Han armor covered the body!

The Pale Iron Han Armor disassembled, the Five-Element Golden Core wheel flew out, sticking to Unlike Ning Zhuo's chest. The spine attached to his back.

Twelve avatar mirrors shot out silver light simultaneously. Under the guidance of the silver light, the arm armor and leg armor were precisely fitted on.

The belt wrapped around twice like a green snake, emitting spiritual light, forming a light

film that covered Unlike Ning Zhuo's entire body.

Click, click, click.

The helmet, chest armor, arm armor, leg armor, and the connection points of the mechanical golden wings on his back were all joined together, contracting relatively, fitting Unlike Ning Zhuo's figure perfectly.

With the help of the mechanical battle armor, Unlike Ning Zhuo shot out, dodging an Earthly Fiend Rock Collapse, and officially began a mobile battle.

Seeing this, Luo Si decisively ordered: "Qingjiao army, retreat to outside the turbid energy barrier!"

Qing Chi gritted her teeth, hesitating; she saw Unlike Ning Zhuo rushing into the flying rocks and was extremely worried, wanting to fight side by side with her beloved!

Qing Yan held down Qing Chi's shoulder and dragged her away: "You are not good at flying; going there is just a burden, hurry and retreat."

"I won't!" Qing Chi refused, "If I Zhao Die, I want to Zhao Die with Little Ma!"

Qing Yan gasped: "You stupid girl, we will definitely win! Heaven's fate is on our side!"

"Luo Si's military order is very correct!"

"We must preserve the entire army and provide military strength to the two of them. This is what we should do most. The role we play is also very critical!!"

Qing Chi knew her father was right and allowed herself to be dragged away.

Just as she was about to completely exit the path, she struggled out: "I will stay in the passage, watch Little Ma fight, and if necessary, I will go to participate in the battle!"

Qing Yan hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth: "Stinky girl, you must remember—you are the commander of our army; living to control the Qingjiao

army and providing military strength will be more helpful to them!"

"Father, this is for you!" Qing Chi took an item from her bosom and threw it to Qing Yan.

Qing Yan took it and looked; it was the Military Equipment Festival Army Camp.

Qing Yan and Jiao Jiao Masheng's father then led the Qingjiao army, returning to the previous black cloud battlefield to station.

Qing Yan released the Festival Army Camp to accommodate the Qingjiao army for stationing and recuperation.

With the protection of the army camp, the soldiers of the Qingjiao army felt much better.

Jiao Jiao Masheng's father then took a group of people, left the army camp, dispersed in all directions, and actively cleaned up the battlefield.

They didn't have time before, but now they needed to scavenge as much loot as possible to fill into the military types and convert them into military supplies.

Now, the Qingjiao army's military supplies were already in short supply.

And with abundant military supplies, there was much they could do. Whether it was casting military tactics like 【Money Connects Ghosts】 or 【Life-Buying Money】, or using them as sacrifices for the altar to attract ghosts and gods to help, all were possible.

Unlike Ning Zhuo also noticed the Qingjiao army retreating.

He breathed a sigh of relief and cast an appreciative look at Luo Si.

Luo Si's situation was more dangerous than his, as he and his chariot were always the focus of the Earthly Fiend Turbid God, but the former was still directing the battle, having a very clear insight into the situation.

"But in this way, I can't see the situation of the Qingjiao army."

"If there is a chance later, I will first plant the Human Life Hanging Thread on Qing Chi and the others!"

The military type was not on Unlike Ning Zhuo, which made him lose control over the Qingjiao army.

"Next, I need to draw military strength!" Unlike Ning Zhuo sent a telepathic message to Luo Si.

Luo Si's reply was concise: "Received."

Just as Qing Yan said, the military strength of the Qingjiao army was a very critical help. Without the leverage of military strength, Unlike Ning Zhuo had no way to pry into Nascent Soul-level combat power.

And only by possessing such combat power could he meet the minimum standard to participate in this incomparably dangerous grand battle.

Luo Si also needed military strength to help.

Without the support of the Qingjiao army's military strength, he would probably be seriously injured by now.

The sky was pitch black, and the yellowish-brown collapsing rocks were countless, raging everywhere.

Unlike Ning Zhuo wore the Pale Iron Han Armor, like a golden light, constantly refracting and moving forward in the air.

From the moment he started, he unlocked the safety limits of the Pale Iron Han Armor, erupting with extreme speed.

The flames ejected by the Departing Fire Spitting Tongue Array were incomparably violent, and every emergency turn made the Pale Iron Han Armor groan.

A giant rock the size of an elephant whistled from the side.

Unlike Ning Zhuo mobilized his spiritual sense and threw out more than a dozen mechanical golden swallows, flying directly to collide with it.

Bang, bang, bang...

A series of explosions occurred; the mechanical golden swallows and the giant rock perished together.

Countless rock fragments splashed everywhere, and some still hit Unlike Ning Zhuo.

The Pale Iron Han Armor felt like it was being hammered repeatedly, and the earth-cover array patterns on the Pale Iron Han Armor showed fine cracks.

Unlike Ning Zhuo went all out, barely managing to grasp the flight direction. The speed of the Pale Iron Han Armor was too fast, and the impact force applied from the side easily skewed the direction.

And in this rain of flying rocks, once the direction was not grasped steadily, crashing into a giant rock was almost the same end as the self-destruction of the mechanical golden swallows.

"Fast, faster!" Unlike Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth.

The Pale Iron Han Armor shuttled crazily in the gaps between the giant rocks, always walking on the edge of life and death.

The wind resistance was terrifyingly large!

Clearly, the White Tiger Breaking Army Array on the golden wings was playing a role, cutting through the air, but Unlike Ning Zhuo still felt that at many moments, the entire mechanical battle armor suddenly fell into a sticky quagmire.

"No, it's these giant rocks playing tricks!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately realized that some of the giant rocks were exerting repulsive force, while others were attracting external objects. The thick earthly fiend exuded from the giant rocks was also exerting a negative influence on the mechanical battle armor.

The black iron chest armor turned red, emitting a burnt smell.

Under the influence of the earthly fiend, the earth-cover array gradually failed, and the temperature inside the mechanical battle armor climbed rapidly, like a steamer, making Unlike Ning Zhuo sweat profusely, soaking his clothes.

The Two-Instrument Returning Flow Array also began to have problems. The buffer air film it formed was as thin as a piece of paper, and the positions where Unlike Ning Zhuo's body fitted the battle armor, accompanied by every emergency turn, transmitted intense dull pain. ===== CHAPTER 659 =====

The Yin-Yang Flow-Returning Array also began to experience issues. The buffer of Qi film it formed was as thin as a sheet of paper, and every time Unlike Ning Zhuo made an emergency turn, the points where his body pressed against the battle armor sent waves of intense, dull pain through him.