Chapter 157: He Wants to Claim the Mechanism City as His Own

Once this thought emerged, it was difficult to erase.

Lu Ren suddenly captured that thought constantly flashing in his mind; before his thoughts had even cleared, his hands had already begun to actively calculate.

Sirius, the Big Dipper...

Starlight flickered.

Using the stars in the sky as an array, transforming the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, with the Godly Evil clearing the path, and Heavenly Joy and Heavenly Aversion as companions...

There were a total of 1,208 array nodes; when Lu Ren calculated this number, he could not help but be startled.

Among them, there were 1,208 true nodes, not to mention those used as decoys...

In this way.

If one were still inside that Mechanism City, it would certainly be impossible to calculate.

Being inside it, one is naturally a bystander blinded by the situation.

By jumping outside the chessboard.

One can naturally see clearly as a bystander!

Inside the Mechanism City, the array was infinitely profound, and Lu Ren's heart burned with fervor.

He had never had any other hobbies; only the word "array" had run through his entire life.

Looking closely...

Lu Ren's breathing suddenly stalled.

Found it! The array eye!

The flickering array eye gradually revealed its true form; it was something no one had... paid attention to.

A dog.

A dog wagging its tail.

It even looked slightly bruised and swollen.

At this very moment, it was barking wildly in front of a tavern, then got punched twice by the waiter, was thrown a piece of old, aged bone of unknown origin, and with its tail tucked, panting and wheezing, it carried the bone away to gnaw on it obsessively in a dark alley.

This was the array eye! A somewhat absurd feeling suddenly surged in Lu Ren's heart.

A living array eye!

And Ji Han had even seen it long ago!

He said that if he had struck any harder at the time, the array eye would have been destroyed.

And then...

Of course, it would not be breaking the array!

The living gate and the dead gate rely on each other; if Ji Han had truly dared to strike so recklessly, the array shift would have been triggered.

Hiss...

What an exquisite, what a precise design! Lu Ren simply marveled at it.

But at the same time.

Such an exquisite design directly ignited his competitive spirit.

The ancient Immortals possessed such exquisite calculations and designs regarding arrays, and they did so with great fanfare, without any concealment at all.

It was completely different from the arrays in the current cultivation world, which are always shrouded in layers upon layers of mist.

They were not afraid of others stealing their techniques at all.

So blatant.

The competitive spirit in Lu Ren's heart was naturally and unhesitatingly ignited.

"... Let me give it a try," Lu Ren murmured to himself in a low voice.

He wanted to try and see.

Whether he was the one who would prevail, or if the person who created this Mechanism City could trap him and the space he held within this place! A scorching light flickered in Lu Ren's eyes.

His hands moved in a continuous flurry.

Incredibly fast.

Constantly forming seals.

If a person from the Tianxuan Continent were here, they would likely be so shocked their mouths would hang open, unable to even close their jaws.

Lu Ren actually possessed such a fast speed for setting up arrays!

In the entire Dongzhou... it was unique! No! Perhaps it could not be seen anywhere else either! This was talent.

It was also a skill Lu Ren had never revealed to others before.

Not a single person knew.

If Ji Han could have the fortune to see this side of him, he would certainly regret why he had schemed against Lu Ren.

If he had just been honest.

Lu Ren might have truly been able to take him along to break the array! But there was no "if only."

Only after being locked in the dungeon did Ji Han wake up as if from a dream.

He suddenly spat out a curse.

"Damn it!"

Sitting cross-legged in the somewhat filthy dungeon, Ji Han's expression was extremely ugly. He had never imagined that this place was originally supposed to be prepared for Lu Ren, but in the end, when it came down to it, the one who became the bird in the cage was himself.

How could he accept this? How could he maintain his composure!

Ji Han had always felt that he was proficient in schemes and superior to others, so when he began his layout, he had never once thought that someone could actually surpass him in intellect.

Lu Ren had actually backhanded him into a prison cell.

This was, without a doubt, a heavy slap across his face.

Although it was not a physical object.

It was, however, far more humiliating than a physical object.

Ji Han sat cross-legged in the cell, his eyes flashing with a cold, sinister light.

He knew clearly in his heart.

He absolutely could not just sit here and wait for death.

If he were to do so...

Then, the things in the Secret Realm would slip through his fingers.

Every day lost.

Is a day of suffering a loss.

He had to find a way to get out!

And.

When Ji Han's hand touched the wall of the prison, his expression changed drastically at once.

He was extremely incredulous, striking the wall repeatedly, which drew the impatience of the jailer.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"

"Behave yourself!"

"Causing destruction in our Mechanism City, and not paying for it either; if you dare to damage our prison again, then you can forget about ever having a chance to get out for the rest of your life!"

The club in the jailer's hand kept knocking against the prison door.

If it were any other time.

Ji Han would never have taken the threat of such a low-strength person to heart.

But today, times were different.

When one is under another's roof, how can one not bow one's head? Ji Han could only suppress his anger and lower his voice.

But he had also confirmed one thing.

This confirmed fact made his complexion turn even uglier.

The entire prison...

The materials used for the construction were all Forbidden Magic Stone!

Which is to say, stone that can seal Spirit Power.

It would be fine if he didn't use Spirit Power inside here, but once he used it, the entire prison would sense it, and it would dilute the Spirit Power Ji Han released, spreading it to every corner to further absorb it.

In other words...

This was the most important item in the cultivation world for preventing cultivators from escaping.

But!

Ji Han was secretly shocked in his heart.

His Qingyun Sect naturally had similar things, but they had only made a few pairs of shackles.

Never...

Ji Han had never seen any force possess such lavish resources, actually being able to build an entire prison out of Forbidden Magic Stone.

Wouldn't the creator feel the pinch?

This thought flashed through Ji Han's mind, but immediately following it, it suddenly made him realize an extremely terrifying thing.

No...

If all the Mechanism Puppets in a small Mechanism City were made by the same creator, and every building in this Mechanism City, even the prison, was crafted with such exquisite precision and extremely expensive materials.

Then this place...

What could it be? An Ancient Relic!

The short four characters drifted through his mind, instantly making his gaze become incomparably fanatical and ferocious.

Found it, he had finally found it!

He had originally thought he had accidentally stumbled and fallen into a trap, but he had never expected that he had arrived at the place he was supposed to be by a stroke of luck!

Ji Han did not hesitate for a moment, intending to forcefully dismantle it and leave.

The Qingyun Sect had shackles made of Forbidden Magic Stone, so he naturally knew what method to use to obtain a glimmer of survival.

As it happened.

Ji Han was an extremely vigilant person.

He naturally carried it on him! But just as he intended to forcefully blast his way out, he suddenly felt the earth shake and the mountains sway.

What was going on?

Ji Han opened his eyes wide in disbelief! Was it an earthquake?

What on earth had happened? (End of chapter)