Chapter 137: The Heavenly Tribulation Emerges

After Tie Kuangtu's lackeys sent Duan Fengyun and the others to the Tiemen Jindi, they left.

Seeing the lackeys depart, Duan Fengyun performed a carp-leap and stood up from the ground.

"Yun, Shuang, you two don't need to pretend anymore, get up quickly."

As soon as the words fell, Qin Shuang and the others suddenly opened their eyes and stood up from the ground.

"Junior Brother Duan, since you knew there was a problem with the wine, why didn't you warn Huaikong and the others?"

Bu Jingyun asked.

Before Duan Fengyun could answer, Qin Shuang resolved Bu Jingyun's confusion:

"If Junior Brother Duan had told the three of them, they either wouldn't have woken up, or they would have directly questioned their master.

Junior Brother Duan wanted to let Tieshen's fox tail reveal itself."

"Ah, ah, ah!"

Upon hearing the sound, the group realized there was actually another person in the corner of this forbidden land.

This person must be the "old fellow" Tieshen spoke of.

The four of them stood up and walked over to this person; when they saw his face, Bu Jingyun and the others were instantly stunned.

Because this person's face was exactly the same as the Tieshen outside.

Duan Fengyun knew the situation now, but he wouldn't say it; he wanted to wait for the others to investigate it themselves.

Bu Jingyun and the others were completely bewildered; there was a Tieshen outside, and here was another person who looked exactly like Tieshen—what on earth was going on?

This man who looked exactly like Tieshen kept going "ah, ah, ah," so Duan Fengyun used his True Qi to probe him.

After some probing, Duan Fengyun admired Tie Kuangtu's methods even more; he could even commit such a ruthless act against his own elder brother.

This real Tieshen had chaotic energy, and his True Qi was already in a state of total disorder, which was the real reason for his madness.

Duan Fengyun immediately sat down and channeled energy with both palms to help Tieshen clear his True Qi and restore his sanity.

Without the real Tieshen, no matter what they said, Huaikong and the others would certainly not wake up.

While Duan Fengyun was helping Tieshen clear his True Qi, the unconscious Huaikong and the others, along with Long Er, finally woke up.

Holding their dizzy heads, they looked at the strange, dark secret chamber, completely confused.

When they saw Duan Fengyun and the others gathered in a corner, they rubbed their dizzy heads and stood up.

Walking over to Duan Fengyun and the others, they saw Duan Fengyun sitting on the ground with their master.

Huaikong asked anxiously:

"What is going on?

Why are we here, and what happened to my master!"

Qin Shuang made a shushing gesture and signaled:

"Everyone, stay calm. Once Junior Brother Duan finishes here, the truth should come to light."

Qin Shuang knew that this mysterious man who looked so much like Tieshen was likely the key person to solving everyone's puzzle.

Amidst the group's anxious waiting, Duan Fengyun finally opened his eyes.

He withdrew his palms and said:

"Senior, it is done."

Tieshen opened his eyes; they were no longer the murky, lusterless eyes from before.

He spoke:

"Great hero, thank you."

Seeing this, Huaikong and the others hurriedly stepped forward to help Tieshen up and said:

"Master, how are you? What happened?"

Looking at his three disciples before him, Tieshen said excitedly:

"Huaikong, Huaimie, Bai Ling, I finally see you all again!"

Hearing this, the three could not help but be puzzled. Hadn't they just seen each other? Why would Master say such a thing?

Looking at his three confused disciples, Tieshen instantly guessed the ins and outs of the matter; his wolf-hearted younger brother Tie Kuangtu must have been using his identity to swindle people outside.

So, he began to explain to everyone:

"Forty years ago, there was a sect called the Iron Gate, which was the sect with the highest craftsmanship in the Jianghu.

The Sect Leader of the Iron Gate at that time was named Tiedao, and he had three disciples and one daughter.

The three disciples were Tieshen, Tie Kuangtu, and Tie Zhi; Tieshen and Tie Kuangtu were twin brothers, and his daughter was named Tie Lan.

Among the three disciples, Tieshen had the greatest and most comprehensive talent, while of the other two, Tie Kuangtu excelled in forging, and Tie Zhi excelled in design.

When my master was choosing a successor, he favored me, but I only wanted to forge better weapons and had no interest in the position of Sect Leader!

Moreover, I knew that Tie Kuangtu had always coveted the position of Sect Leader; if I became the Sect Leader, it would certainly cause discord between brothers, so I gave up the position.

I warned my master that the position of Sect Leader must never be given to Tie Kuangtu!

Who would have thought that this was heard clearly by Tie Kuangtu, who was hiding in the shadows; in a fit of anger, he left indignantly!

Afterwards, I suggested to my master that my two junior brothers each had their own strengths and were both interested in Tie Lan, so he should pass the position to Tie Lan; this way, both would work hard to carry forward the Iron Gate!

My master thought this made sense and did so.

After my master died, my junior sister Tie Lan became the new Sect Leader of the Iron Gate; although Tie Kuangtu was unhappy that Tie Zhi was on equal footing with him, he endured it for Tie Lan's sake.

Afterwards, Tie Zhi was responsible for design and Tie Kuangtu for forging, and the two of them indeed carried forward the technology of the Iron Gate.

However, in the process of management, Tie Lan always deliberately praised Tie Zhi's designs while ignoring Tie Kuangtu's forging techniques.

This undoubtedly made Tie Kuangtu extremely jealous, as he felt Tie Lan only paid attention to Tie Zhi and ignored him.

Under these circumstances, the conflict between the two intensified because of their junior sister, eventually becoming uncontrollable and leading to a fight.

Later, the conflict between the two became known to the many members of the Three Gangs and Seven Stockades, who feared that the internal strife of the Iron Gate would affect their own sect's weapon supply."

Thus, he proposed that the two of them hold a martial arts competition tomorrow to decide the winner; the victor would marry Tie Lan, and the loser would voluntarily withdraw.

Tie Lan did not want to agree, but the Three Gangs and Seven Strongholds were major clients of the Iron Gate, and she could not oppose them to their faces, so she had no choice but to remain silent.

On the night before the competition, Tie Lan secretly went to find Tie Kuangtu and handed him a box.

Tie Kuangtu assumed Tie Lan wanted him to withdraw, and in a fit of rage, he threw the box away directly without even looking at it.

During the competition the next day, a furious Tie Kuangtu quickly defeated Tie Zhi.

However, the people from the Three Gangs and Seven Strongholds suddenly began to surround and attack Tie Kuangtu; Tie Kuangtu assumed his junior fellow apprentice had colluded with the Three Gangs and Seven Strongholds to frame him, so he abducted the son of the Three Gangs and Seven Strongholds leader, Qian Zhen.

Having fled, Tie Kuangtu found me, and out of brotherly affection, I secretly took him in.

But I never imagined that by then, he had already lost his sanity due to hatred; the only belief in his heart was revenge!

His baleful energy grew immense, and for the sake of revenge, he could sacrifice everything.

Originally, with his martial arts, it would have been impossible for him to achieve revenge on his own.

For this reason, he constantly researched and designed, until he finally designed the war machine known as the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

I was vehemently opposed to this suit of armor, but my opposition was met with his murderous intent.

A year ago, he invited me to drink together, but I was ambushed by him at the banquet, and then my True Qi was severed by him; I fell into a state of madness and was imprisoned by him in this Tiemen Jindi.

Thanks to this hero stepping in to save me, I was able to regain my senses."

"What! The master we have called 'Master' for over a year is actually the master's younger brother!

He is the culprit who caused Master to fall into this state! Why didn't we discover any clues?"

Huaikong and the other two felt a complex mix of emotions; it was a disgrace that they were still the master's disciples.

They hadn't even realized that Tie Kuangtu was a fake master, letting their master stay in this hellhole for so long; they were truly unworthy of being disciples.

Tieshen then spoke up and asked:

"Tie Kuangtu has been forging a war machine, but I know that if that suit of armor does not have the magnetic attraction of the Peerless Sword, it is difficult for it to aggregate together.

The Peerless Sword is in the hands of Bu Jingyun, so he shouldn't have succeeded, right?"

Huaikong pointed at Bu Jingyun and said with remorse:

"Master, this is Bu Jingyun.

Tie Kuangtu poisoned us to make us faint, and the Peerless Sword has already been snatched away by him."

"What, this is a disaster. With the Peerless Sword, he can aggregate the Heavenly Sin and his battle armor together; his battle armor will be invincible!"

Tieshen sighed.

Bu Jingyun stepped forward and said:

"Then I shall take back my Peerless Sword."

"It's too late, it's too late; now that his Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor is complete, he no longer needs the Peerless Sword."

Tieshen continued to sigh.

Duan Fengyun was unconcerned and said:

"Senior, don't be so pessimistic!

Solutions are always found by people; let's get out of here first!"

But this secret chamber was the location of the Tiemen Jindi, made of refined steel and exhausting the lifeblood of generations of Iron Gate members; how could it be so easy to escape?

While everyone in the Tiemen Jindi was still thinking of ways to escape, Tie Kuangtu had already achieved complete success on his end.

Tie Kuangtu had long since finished the production of the armor, but in his pursuit of the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor's lethality, he delusionally wanted to decompose the Heavenly Sin into the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

However, other than Huaikong, the Heavenly Sin would not listen to anyone else's commands, let alone be decomposed into the battle armor.

That was why Tie Kuangtu had used unscrupulous means to obtain the Peerless Sword, utilizing the Peerless Sword's magnetic attraction to successfully decompose the Heavenly Sin into the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

With the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor complete, the deranged Tie Kuangtu had the Heavenly Tribulation soaked in a pool of human blood.

This was a human blood pool he had prepared long ago; the original members of the Iron Gate had basically all been killed by him and dragged to this place.

After being soaked in human blood, the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor was now filled with killing intent and a power to intimidate.

A war machine with extreme ferocity and extreme lethality—the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor—was officially born.

Tie Kuangtu looked at the masterpiece before him with satisfaction; the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor could be said to be a weapon from head to toe, and behind the armor was the devastating ultimate technique, the Heavenly Net Kill.

And the entire Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor only had the face exposed to the outside, but before this ferocious Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor, who could possibly attack his face?

The current Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor could be said to be a perfect killing machine.

The Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor was incomparably ferocious, sharp all over; ordinary people would be cut to pieces just by touching it, and the arm claws on both arms had astonishing lethality.

The arm claws were incomparably sharp and indestructible, capable of tearing a person to pieces in an instant.

The Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor was impervious to blades and spears, and it could run rampant throughout the martial arts world.

Moreover, now that he had the Peerless Sword in hand, with the impenetrable Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor and the Peerless Sword, a divine weapon that could cut iron like mud, who in the world could be a match for Tie Kuangtu now?

Tie Kuangtu sucked with both hands, and the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor decomposed directly in the air and then flew over.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor was worn directly on Tie Kuangtu's body; with the cold-glinting armor and the soul-stirring Peerless Sword, Tie Kuangtu at this moment was like a Demon God descended to the world.