Chapter 619: Chapter 626: Plot within Plot, Three Lives Panlong! (One more)
Death Shadow was such a clown!
Yang Zhen had once again confirmed Death Shadow’s persona. He had no idea how this guy ended up as Death Shadow. Were all of his previous terrifying looks fake?
Hearing Yang Zhen’s words, Gong Sanhe was startled and looked at Yang with a hesitant look, asking, “Did you notice anything, friend Yang Decao?”
Yang Zhen was taken aback, having just remembered that he was using the name Yang Decao. He pointed at the two dragons in the air and said, “Look here, there are two dragons forming a frame and hovering. You need to come to my position, Gong. The real double dragon mechanism should be two dragons circling, but the dragon’s mouths here pointed towards the statues of the two ancient warriors. What does this imply?”
Gong Sanhe’s face froze and he said, “This implies that the two ancient warriors are remotely echoing with the two dragons. Between them, could it be… a place of Dead Dragon?”
“What about the valley is full of Three-life Flowers?”
Yang Zhen’s words made everyone present startled, then their faces changed dramatically. Even Death Shadow, a layperson, was somber. He asked in a deep voice, “Was this arranged man-made?”
Gong Sanhe nodded, “A scheme within a scheme, the Three-life Dragon Boulder Strategy!”
“What does the Three-life Dragon Boulder Strategy mean?”
Death Shadow could feel something was off, but he didn’t quite understand these terms. However, just hearing the name – Three-life Dragon Boulder Strategy – sent shivers down everyone’s spine.
Who were they dealing with? Someone who could use the location of the Heavenly Machine Lock to create such a terrifying situation. What was their background?
And how horrible was their cultivation?
With Yang Zhen’s current strength, he could create two statues towering thousands of feet high, but it would take about six months. Besides, the statues were too big. Furthermore, he wouldn’t have time and energy to sculpt the humanoid figures of the ancient warriors.
Ancient warriors – legends, or shall we say, gods – that Yang Zhen had never even frickin’ heard of. How could he make them?
The person who arranged this scheme not only knew these figures but seemed to have seen them, or at least their images. This was because the two round-shaped statues were completely flat. They looked two-dimensional.
Despite that, such a terrifying technique was still shocking.
All eyes fell on Yang Zhen. Even Gong Sanhe was incredulous. “What… what should we do under this circumstance, Friend Yang Decao?”
Yang Zhen pondered for a moment. This was difficult. Even if they went inside, would they survive after breaking the scheme?
And moreover, since the Heavenly Machine Lock had already been set up by someone, would there be any One Pure Qi left inside?
Frankly, Yang Zhen was considering leaving this place now.
Damn! Those beings from thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago, one more mysterious and powerful than the other, used the Nine Places of Sky Mechanism as a trick. Should they continue to live in such a world?
Nevertheless, since they were already here, Yang Zhen felt reluctant not to take a look inside.
What kind of supreme being was it that could use Heaven and Earth as a scheme and encompass the Nine Places of Sky Mechanism?
Yang Zhen took a deep breath and said to Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow, “The Heavenly Machine Lock might have lost its One Pure Qi, and someone could have turned it into a death venue. Considering the current situation, do you still want to go inside?”
If he could persuade them, Yang Zhen could enter alone.
Gong Sanhe contemplated for a moment and chuckled at Yang Zhen. “We appreciate your goodwill, Friend Yang Decao. But since we are already here, we cannot resist the temptation to see what’s inside the Heavenly Machine Lock.”
Death Shadow also laughed heartily and boasted, “I knew it, me…”
“Shut up!”
Yang Zhen glared at him. Death Shadow, who could play the role of a superior expert, insists on being a clown.
Death Shadow obediently stood aside, winked at Gong Sanhe, and pointed at his eyes, suggesting that his eyes were awesome.
Ding Chun walked out with a frown and told Gong Sanhe, “Elder Gong, even though someone has set a trap here, I felt no fluctuation of energy from the two statues when I came in. Why don’t we use the Ksitigarbha Skill to deceive and block the statues? Wouldn’t that break the spell?”
Gong Sanhe nodded with a smile and praised, “Good thought, but I’m afraid it might be a bit difficult.”
“Why?” Ding Chun asked with a puzzled expression.
Why?
Yang Zhen stared blankly at Ding Chun, who was acting like he was directing a country. Yang Zhen was reminded of his high school teacher, somehow.
Back then, what his high school teacher said most was, “Don’t study blindly!”
It’s better to read dead books than blindly study. It’s better to read living books than dead books, and it’s even better to actively study living books.
Yang Zhen remembered this sentence for life. When he entered the cultivation world, he still remembered it.
Obviously, Ding Chun was the type of person who studied blindly.
Yes, the Ksitigarbha Skill could shield two ancient war god statues, but who could possibly do it?
Unless one had cultivation or realm similar to the person who set up the array, otherwise, even if everyone at the scene swallowed the Heavenly Book’s Ksitigarbha Chapter, they wouldn’t be able to do it.
There was a huge difference in cultivation and realm, and the array was set by the Nine Places of Sky Mechanism, what could they do?
Yang Zhen felt a headache coming on; he couldn’t do it.
After Gong Sanhe explained to Ding Chun, Ding Chun’s face turned red, and he stood aside sadly without saying a word. But at least he gave a direction, and Yang Zhen clapped Ding Chun’s shoulder saying, “Well spoken.”
“Wh… why?” Ding Chun asked with a bewildered face.
Wen Yuning looked curiously at Yang Zhen, thinking that he was comforting Ding Chun, when suddenly, her eyes flickered.
Why?
Yang Zhen blinked, then said to Ding Chun, “Because this Sao Saint has found a way.”
“What? You’ve found a way? What way?” Ding Chun asked with amazement.
Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow were both stunned, looking at Yang Zhen in awe.
“Hahahaha…” Death Shadow laughed out loud.
Yang Zhen and Gong Sanhe simultaneously glowered at him: “Shut up!”
Death Shadow closed his mouth with a disinterested look, then curiously gazed at Yang Zhen.
Gong Sanhe was just as surprised.
Yang Zhen went into an epiphany after hearing Death Shadow’s ambiguous words and fathomed the Original Tide of the Ancestor of the Moluo Sect. Now, after hearing Ding Chun’s impossible theory, he had found a way to break through?
Was this… was he even human?
Gong Sanhe looked up and down at Yang Zhen with a stunned expression and asked incredulously, “How do you plan to do it?”
Yang Zhen took a deep breath and said, “Since we can’t break the Three-Life Dragon Formation, let’s change this formation!”
“Change the formation?” Gong Sanhe exclaimed, “Impossible!”
This time, even Death Shadow shook his head with a smirk, “Kid, although I don’t know much about the Ksitigarbha Skill, changing a formation is more difficult than breaking it. Are you sure you can do it?”
Gong Sanhe stared intently at Yang Zhen and asked, “How confident are you? Thirty percent? Or twenty percent?”
Yang Zhen squinted at the cliffs on both sides. The two dragon ridges were full of terrifying hidden breaths, making people’s hairs stand on end.
“Fifty percent!”
Yang Zhen took a deep breath and asked, “Is it worth a try?”
Gong Sanhe’s eyes flashed with surprise, and he quickly said, “Of course, it is!”
Shock was also evident in Death Shadow’s eyes. He opened his mouth, then mumbled to himself, “I knew it, I…”