Dragon Tamer
Chapter 991 - Chapter 991 Chapter 995 Absolute Door

Chapter 991: Chapter 995: Absolute Door Chapter 991: Chapter 995: Absolute Door Bei Yaoying wasn’t a greenhorn either; he could clearly see the current situation.

If they couldn’t successfully enter the Mo Family Fortress when the Silver Mud Poisonous Water reached the seventh layer, they would all die.

They couldn’t afford to waste too much time on the Nine Eyes Fighting Buddha; they had to break through and move forward!

“Don’t worry, everyone will be able to walk out alive!” Zhu Minglang said to Bei Yaoying.

“It doesn’t matter, at worst, we can all team up again in the Yellow Springs and make our way through, haha!” Bei Yaoying laughed.

“Brother Zhu, Miss Cai You, let’s continue forward. I believe that the brothers from the Artifact God Sect can handle this Nine Eyes Fighting Buddha,” He Haohan said.

Bei Yaoying said what he did, and he specifically commanded the members of the Artifact God Sect to clear a path for the four of them, on one hand, containing the terrifying Nine Eyes Fighting Buddha, and on the other hand, removing some of the mechanisms that obstructed their path.

“Take care!” Zhu Minglang and He Haohan said to the members of the Artifact God Sect with a salute.

“You too, take care!” The female Spirit Master with the shield said, and after she finished speaking, she led the team back into the fray to continue battling the Nine Eyes Fighting Buddha.

Zhu Minglang, Cai You, He Haohan, and He Yiling quickly descended the stalactite staircase, charging towards the depths of the Earth Pavilion.

The Earth Pavilion was incredibly vast, with layers upon layers interconnected; some caves were sealed, while others were like a honeycomb, filled with all kinds of deathly mechanisms. The most nauseating thing was that these mechanisms weren’t necessarily designed to kill. After all, given their Cultivation Base, some mechanisms couldn’t possibly harm those at the God-lord Level. However, they delayed time, creating a suffocating closed loop, forcing one to find the clues to unlock these mechanisms!

Small mechanisms were one thing; the large ones often came with an extremely powerful Mechanical Beast. The Mechanical Beasts deep in the Earth Pavilion were each no less powerful than the palace’s long snakes. Moreover, they had interlocking structures, capable of quickly reassembling after being damaged. Only after shattering their core Artifact Spirits could they be completely defeated!

“Boom, rumble, rumble~~~~~~”

A mass of bizarre thunder, like a nest of earth pythons suddenly bursting forth, in an instant, covered all the ground where the four could stand.

Seeing this, Cai You quickly drew an arrow and shot it towards a hanging stalactite above their heads.

The stalactite was broken by the arrow and crashed heavily in front of them. The four were standing on wet ground, which was also conductive due to metal minerals, turning the strange lightning from a group of pythons into terrifying dragons, hideously writhing and extremely fearsome!

The four quickly leapt onto the fallen broken stalactite, thereby escaping the terrible strange lightning that was shooting from all directions.

This intensity of lightning couldn’t last too long; soon the strange lightning disappeared, and the four were able to continue moving forward.

“A four-way intersection?” He Haohan said.

There were four separate paths ahead, each one seemed to lead towards the Mo Family Fortress, but they were intricate and complex, with various minerals obstructing them. Choosing the wrong path meant breaking through these minerals, a significant waste of time…

These bizarre and strange mechanisms could actually be destroyed with brute force, which was something Zhu Minglang was capable of doing given his current Cultivation Base. The problem was that destroying them with brute force required sufficient time. Given a day, Zhu Minglang could completely demolish the entire Earth Pavilion, but with the Silver Mud Poisonous Water flooding in, this method wasn’t feasible.

“Should the four of us split up and take different paths?” He Yiling suggested.

“That’s the only way.” Zhu Minglang nodded in agreement.

The four of them set off on separate paths, which were incredibly winding, eventually leading to four stone platforms that resembled altars.

“These altar stone platforms have inscriptions on them, but they are incomplete. Recite the content you see on the altar stone platforms,” He Haohan’s voice came from somewhere at a distance.

Zhu Minglang couldn’t see the other three people, but there were indeed a few words on the altar stone platform in front of him.

“Absolute Door, either all four will die, or sacrifice one, and three may pass!”

Four sentences, a mere ploy of manipulating hearts, but judging from all the mechanisms they had encountered before, the hints from these mechanisms had been accurate. Even Mo Shou himself had said if all the ants were dead, his sand maze would be meaningless. That was his rule, and he would never breach it.

He Haohan glanced at the Silver Mud Poisonous Water that had already surged up to the fifth level of the Earth Pavilion and was searching for the other three’s location, uncertain of what to do. How could he really sacrifice a person’s life!

Zhu Minglang was also carefully examining the structure of the Absolute Door, fortunate that his background as a half-craftsman meant he knew many such mechanical principles.

Why would a sacrifice be necessary to pass through? Could there be a hidden bridge behind this Absolute Door, and by passing through this secret door, one would enter the seventh level of the Earth Pavilion?

“Let’s retreat to the starting point to discuss,” Zhu Minglang called out loudly.

“Okay!”

“Okay!”

The four quickly retreated to the fork in the road and described the conditions they saw at the altar stone platforms.

Time was pressing; the Silver Mud Poisonous Water had begun to rise above the sixth level. Despite the psychological warfare, Zhu Minglang didn’t panic. He ran through all four paths himself to get a clear understanding of the Absolute Door mechanism.

“Brother Zhu, we don’t have much time. Why don’t I be the sacrifice?” He Haohan called out to the running Zhu Minglang.

“These words don’t actually require one of our lives; it’s just giving us key hints to solve this mechanism. I’ve dealt with Mo Shou once. Although he’s sick, he should abide by his own set rules,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Alright, we’ve still got some time. As a last resort, please look after my sister in the future,” He Haohan said.

“You can take care of her yourself; I already have many good sisters by my side, too many to take care of,” Zhu Minglang replied.

“…”

After running a full circle, Zhu Minglang had a clue.

He returned to the starting point, then pointed towards the path that led away from everyone, the very altar stone platform He Yiling had walked on before, and said with certainty, “This mechanism isn’t difficult. It actually requires a person to stand on the trap of that altar stone platform before the correct path appears. But the mechanism should be instantaneous; it only emerges in the darkness when a living person steps on it…”

“So we still need to sacrifice a person?” He Yiling said.

“No need. I am a Dragon Shepherd; I can summon my dragons back into the Spirit Realm from a far distance. I’ll have my dragon press the mechanism for us,” Zhu Minglang said.

Without a second thought, Zhu Minglang immediately called forth his Spirit Glowing Dragon, whose arms and legs were just like those of a human, capable of helping them activate those intricate mechanisms.

The four stood still, waiting, while the Spirit Glowing Dragon quickly ran to the altar stone platform.

As it stepped onto the mark of the trap, sensing weight and warmth, the stone imprint slowly sank down.

Sure enough, a beam of light shot from somewhere, illuminating a dark area, and there, suspended in midair, was a quartz step–a path completely hidden in the blind spot without this beam of light!

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