Dragon Tamer
Chapter 981 - Chapter 981 Chapter 985 Mechanical Snake Palace

Chapter 981: Chapter 985 Mechanical Snake Palace Chapter 981: Chapter 985 Mechanical Snake Palace The road twisted and turned, with numerous high paths initially chosen by everyone, believing that a greater number brought more safety. However, gradually some chose to walk alone, and once they picked a different fork, they were never seen again…

As they stepped onto a circular staircase wrapped around the mountain, a massive noise suddenly came from the invisible stairs above. A huge iron ball, glowing red-hot from the flames, tumbled down the narrow staircase. The martial scholars walking at the front couldn’t dodge in time and were directly crushed into a pulp by the fiery giant iron ball…

He Haohan pulled out the sword from his back, planning to chop the giant iron ball in half. But as his blade came down, the iron ball suddenly exploded, sending fiery shrapnel crazily shooting toward everyone on the staircase, obliterating them.

“This road is a dead end, this road is a dead end!” Someone behind them shouted loudly, and a large group of people started running back…

But as they ran back, the solid steps suddenly collapsed, collapsing tier by tier into a pit filled with sharp spears, piercing anyone who fell.

These were very common traps, often found in the tombs of high officials and nobles to guard against tomb robbers. Even though these mechanisms were ordinary, still, a group of people died horrifically.

“Those bastards, they must be watching us from somewhere, always taking pleasure in seeing someone die in their designed traps. It’s said that every year they award the trap that had the highest difficulty and killed the most people; accordingly, the disciple who designed that trap would be promoted and rewarded,” He Haohan said.

“What a bunch of freaks!” He Yiling cursed.

“These are triggered mechanisms; probably we stepped on something to activate them. Watch your steps,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Watch your feet, quickly look at your feet!” A martial scholar heard Zhu Minglang’s words and hurriedly told everyone around him.

Naturally, Zhu Minglang wouldn’t be harmed by such low-level mechanisms, but others might be killed instantly. Their lives were indeed cheap. Just barely companions, Zhu Minglang spoke up to guide them, to prevent excessive casualties.

Just as Zhu Minglang had said, the rolling red-hot iron ball and the collapsing steps were activated by stepping on them.

If they carefully observed the defective steps, they could avoid more traps.

The group successfully passed this mountainous staircase, and many were already sitting on the ground, too frightened to continue further.

“There’s some gold here; divide it among yourselves. It’s still possible to turn back now,” Zhu Minglang was the first to walk up and had seen a box of Gold Sand.

Passing one or two places usually yielded corresponding rewards; otherwise, so many wouldn’t come here to die.

“This amount of money isn’t enough to buy us a God and Mortal Pill. Without becoming a cultivator, we’re fated to be mere mortals forever, disconnected from the divine. We have strength all our lives but can’t even handle a single Night Demon, helplessly watching our villagers get slaughtered…” The martial scholar refused the money.

“The Mo Family’s people are hardly more merciful than the Night Demons,” He Haohan said.

People die for wealth as birds die for food; Zhu Minglang didn’t understand what these people were thinking.

There are many paths in cultivation; as long as you strive to seek, you can find them in places like God Territory where Spiritual Power is abundant. Coming to such a place was purely gambling, staking one’s own life. Even if they soared into the sky, what would it amount to without the skills to grow stronger? They would still be powerless against sudden disasters.

Zhu Minglang also knew that persuading them was pointless.

Ahead, there was a pond, and just beyond the pond lay a magnificent palace.

Those with a higher Cultivation Base found it simple to cross the pond; they could just leap over it. However, Martial Scholars and ordinary mortals had no choice but to swim across, and the pond was deep, its true contents unknown.

Though it was very easy for Zhu Minglang to casually summon a dragon to carry them across the pond,

Zhu Minglang did not do so.

Ascending to the peak was easy; as a divine being, Zhu Minglang could allow many people to effortlessly reach the summit. But once he delivered them to the summit, whether they could descend alive, whether they could handle the fierce demons and the cold that could easily break their willpower, …

only those who climbed from the base to the peak step by step themselves could adapt to the harsh conditions of the summit.

At the pond, they would realize the frightening dangers and naturally leave. Helping them reach this long palace, with dangers even greater within, would only lead to their quicker demise.

By the pond here, ordinary people and Cultivators were essentially separated. When Zhu Minglang entered the long palace, he had already heard screams echoing from the pond behind him.

Zhu Minglang did not look back.

If their lives were out of their control, Zhu Minglang could save them.

Choices made by oneself must also be borne by oneself.

“This seems to be the Snake Palace,” He Haohan spoke.

“For raising snakes?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Not the usual snake demons we see, but mechanical snakes…” He Haohan continued.

No sooner had he spoken than the walls of the long palace suddenly opened, and one by one, mechanical snakes made of ironwood bones and blade scales crawled out. Although they were made of cold machinery, they still gave off a sinister and terrifying impression!

“Just a pile of junk!” The female swordsman, He Yiling, struck. Her dual swords were positioned between her arms, and while her arms danced, willow-shaped Sword Qi frequently flew out.

The chilly mechanical snakes had just approached when He Yiling chopped them into several pieces, all falling scattered on the ground.

“Creak creak creak!!!”

However, the joints of these mechanical snakes were very cleverly made. Even if chopped apart, they could immediately lock back together tightly like tenons, so the slashed mechanical snakes crawled back together, and more and more were crawling out from the walls.

“Hmph, then let’s turn them into scraps!” The female swordsman, He Yiling, once again displayed her fierce and dominant swordsmanship.

Giant waves of Sword Qi swept out, turning the snakes that swarmed over the long palace into wood and metal scraps, scattering them once again across the floor.

And those Cultivators who had entered with her stared at the female swordsman, He Yiling, like they were watching a monster. It’s rare to see swordsmanship reach such a realm. Most importantly, she seemed to be swinging her swords casually, reducing these formidable mechanical snakes to mere shards!

“Let’s go, this level of Mechanical Beasts can’t stop us,” He Haohan said.

After passing the first Snake Palace, they arrived at a second, bigger and deeper long palace. The walls still released one mechanical snake after another, about seven to eight meters long. These snakes were clearly tougher, their frames forged from refined metal, and the blades covering their bodies ground to be extremely sharp. Moreover, they were more agile and ferocious…

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