Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 1481: Chapter 606: Flowing Gold Guest vs Ning Zhuo · Second Bout (2)

The bird swarm struck head-on, planning to execute the same attrition tactic as before.

Flowing Gold Guest sneered coldly, grasped the alarm whistle at his waist, and blew it hard.

The whistle sound was extremely sharp, like a red-hot silver needle suddenly piercing the eardrum.

Many cultivators on the sidelines frowned; those with slightly weaker cultivation levels instinctively circulated mana to protect their eardrums.

The whistle sound formed waves, sweeping forward, instantly disturbing the mechanical bird swarm Ning Zhuo had just released.

High above the clouds, the Wind Kite appeared to be caught in a chaotic wind, its wings rustling. The Neck Spear Crane’s diving route constantly deviated, while the Holding Festival Pheasant collided in flight...

"The alarm whistle of Bird and Beast Manor!" Someone immediately recognized it, feeling puzzled, "This item was originally for chaotic beast groups, but it can also affect mechanical birds?"

"The mechanical flying birds from the Empty Valley Sound Green Mechanism Tube are controlled by sound rhythm and divine sense; the alarm whistle might not disrupt the mechanism but can disturb the sound rhythm, shake the divine sense, severely disrupting Ning Zhuo’s control rhythm," another cultivator whispered in explanation.

"Interesting." Ning Zhuo floated backward, releasing the Green Forest Python Chariot midway.

He sat on the seat at the back, placed the ancient zither across his knees, and his fingertips touched the strings.

Zheng!

Zheng zheng!

Zheng zheng, zheng zheng...

The ancient zither’s sound was like clear springs striking stones, or like white cranes fluttering, instantly pressing against the sharp whistle sound.

The two sounds collided in mid-air, one chaotic, one steady; one like startled beasts, one like a phoenix singing on a high ridge.

Dong Nishang watched the battle from the crowd. Hearing Ning Zhuo’s performance, she was slightly surprised. This was the piano score she had given Ning Zhuo; she didn’t expect him to play it so skillfully after only a few days.

Under the guidance of Ning Zhuo’s ancient zither, the mechanical bird swarm quickly gathered from its previous disarray, feathers vibrating, bamboo bones ringing clearly, reforming into a cloud-like formation in mid-air.

Flowing Gold Guest observed but felt no disappointment; instead, a cold, sinister smile flashed in his eyes.

"Ning Zhuo, watch closely!"

He clapped his hands together, golden blood surged in his palms, but instead of transforming into protruding needles as before, it turned into a dense golden mist.

Urged by his mana, the golden mist rapidly expanded forward, swept toward the mechanical bird swarm.

Golden Stone Opening Skill!

The golden mist silently penetrated through gaps.

It drilled into the small bearings in the Neck Spear Crane’s neck, causing instant friction. It penetrated the symbol veins inside the Golden Cage Bird’s belly, and the symbol light immediately dimmed. It went into the mortise and tenon joints in the Holding Festival Pheasant’s legs, slightly loosening them, emitting a tooth-grating crunch.

A Neck Spear Crane was about to release its lance, but its neck suddenly drooped, and the spear mechanism immediately dislodged, plummeting to the ground with a thud.

Several Golden Cage Birds were just about to explode into Twisted Silk Bamboo, but their bamboo silk barely extended three inches before falling apart like it had been stripped of muscle and bone, scattering in the air into remnants.

The Holding Festival Pheasant drilled into the ground, where it should have burst in a chain explosion, but its internal flappers got jammed by the golden mist, lying stiff in the earth, unable to move.

An uproar erupted from the sidelines.

"What kind of spell is this?"

"Ning Zhuo’s mechanical bird swarm has been completely restrained!"

"Flowing Gold Guest’s preparation really is thorough this time. Ning Zhuo, being a mechanism cultivator, is in danger this time."

Ning Zhuo frowned slightly.

"Golden Stone Opening Skill is indeed troublesome," he thought to himself.

The mechanical structure was directly dismantled; the more intricate and numerous the parts of the mechanical birds, the easier it was for gaps to be penetrated.

Fortunately, Ning Zhuo also has preparations.

He immediately activated his divine sense, his mana simultaneously consuming sharply.

Countless scattered mechanical parts on the Martial Arts Arena gathered together. Key nodes embedded, mortise and tenon joints offset, and even broken array patterns had rough reconnections.

Compatibility Order!

Ning Zhuo had traded a large number of such mechanical accessories from Lu Zeng, raising the damage control dramatically from a slump, resulting in only about ten percent loss.

"Good!" Lu Zeng mixed in the crowd, appeared delighted upon seeing this.

Especially hearing the astonishment of surrounding cultivators, his sense of accomplishment doubled.

Interest in this battle was not limited to the cultivators on the sidelines.

It could be said the entire Wanxiang Sect’s Main Mountain Gate was more or less interested.

And at that very moment, the Compatibility Order shined brilliantly, presenting exceptionally well. Just from this scene, Lu Zeng was already certain that his mechanical accessories no longer had to worry about sales.

The bird swarm rose again, swooping toward Flowing Gold Guest.

Flowing Gold Guest’s Nine Orifice Blood Gold Embryo under his chest suddenly throbbed.

Thud!

The sound was muffled, like a dull drum.

Blood Gold Essence Liquid spewed from the nine orifices, flowing into Flowing Gold Guest’s golden blood around him. His palms’ golden mist then intensified by three more degrees, like a dark gold tide, once again rushing toward the bird swarm.

The mechanical birds continued to disassemble.

Bamboo bones, feather fragments, axles, springs, talisman pieces fell from mid-air like a shower of shattered mechanisms.

Although the Compatibility Order was still in effect, its efficacy was gradually worsening.

Because the Compatibility Order itself was a mechanical accessory, it was also countered by the Golden Stone Opening Skill!

The previous wave wasn’t noticed by the Flowing Gold Guest, but this time, the Compatibility Order was exposed, and he targeted it deliberately.

The mechanical bird group kept crumbling, scattering widely on the ground, then being reassembled, only to be disassembled again, like torrential rain pouring down.

The Flowing Gold Guest watched, unable to suppress his joy any longer.

He couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

Last time, he was entangled by these mechanical birds like a trapped beast, charging left and right, his Golden Blood being worn away bit by bit. But today, under the Golden Stone Opening Skill, countless mechanical flying birds fell apart, allowing him to release much of his accumulated frustration.

"Ning Zhuo!" he mocked loudly, "How many mechanical flying birds do you have left?"

As he spoke, his figure was like lightning, penetrating through the thinning mechanical bird group, directly rushing towards Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo rode the Green Forest Python Chariot, retreating continuously.

The Flowing Gold Guest used his innate skills, driving Golden Needles, firing them violently while approaching.

Ning Zhuo then deployed the Golden Light Necklace and Green-White Jade Ring, layers of golden halos and blue-white light barriers unfolded, protecting himself.

The Flowing Gold Guest’s eyes flashed fiercely: "Still trying to buy time with these two magic treasures?"

He flung three Thunder Breaking Pearls.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Thunder Pearls exploded in succession, blue-purple lightning bloomed like three lotus flowers on the light barrier.

The halo of the Golden Light Necklace twisted sharply, while the Green-White Jade Ring’s light barrier creaked, cracks spreading like a spiderweb.

The cultivators of the Thunder Cloud Association at the edge of the arena nodded slightly upon seeing this scene.

In the crowd, Cao Gui’s face turned pale.

At the critical moment, Ning Zhuo summoned the Humbleheart Broken-Blade Guard, keeping it in place, temporarily blocking the Flowing Gold Guest.

He had to temporarily withdraw the Golden Light Necklace and Green-White Jade Ring.

The Flowing Gold Guest charged left and right, Ning Zhuo mainly relied on the Humbleheart Broken-Blade Guard for defense while using the Green Forest Python Chariot to continuously open up the distance.

Between them, the back-and-forth continued, and for a time they were in a stalemate.

Both of their mana levels were rapidly declining.

Ning Zhuo directly swallowed a Five Qi Returning Essence Pill.

The pill melted in his mouth, and five streams of pure medicinal power respectively embedded in the five qi of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, like five small streams flowing into a dried riverbed.

But this was not enough!

He directly activated a Magic Pool.

The Five-Colored Magic Pool lit up slightly, the central earth-yellow light first stabilized the Qi Sea, then wood qi emerged, fire qi renewed, gold qi sharpened, and water qi circulated smoothly, the mana of the Five Elements orderly flowed back, quickly replenishing the spent energy.

Someone noticed this detail and exclaimed, "Ning Zhuo has activated a Magic Pool."

The Flowing Gold Guest also saw it, sneering in his heart: "You have a Magic Pool, I have the Nine Orifice Blood Gold Embryo!"

He once again drove his mana, channeling it into the Thousand Weight Plunge.

The pressure on the battlefield soared again!

The speed of the mechanical chariot noticeably slowed further. The mystic wheel underneath spun with a muffled grinding sound, as if each move dragged a thousand pounds of iron stone.

The Flowing Gold Guest attempted to approach!

Ning Zhuo manipulated the Humbleheart Broken-Blade Guard, drawing a precise arc, once again intercepting the Flowing Gold Guest.

A talisman ignited in the Flowing Gold Guest’s sleeve, the black knife mark on the talisman brightened suddenly, forming a blade light.

Breakup Blade Talisman!

The blade light flashed, and the mana suspended threads between Ning Zhuo and the Humbleheart Broken-Blade Guard were directly severed.

The Humbleheart Broken-Blade Guard paused.

The Flowing Gold Guest transformed into a golden rainbow, bypassing the guard, rushing straight to Ning Zhuo’s front.

Situ Xing’s gaze tightened: "Danger!"

At the edge of the arena, the hearts of all cultivators tightened simultaneously.

The Flowing Gold Guest getting close was the true Flowing Gold Guest!

At this moment, his arms were covered in golden armor, fingertips transformed into golden blades, his chest harbored the Nine Orifice Blood Gold Embryo beating like a drum, his entire body’s Golden Blood surged beneath his skin, as if thousands of golden snakes were slithering, his momentum extremely terrifying.

"Ning Zhuo, prepare to be defeated!"