Chapter 1080: Chapter 124: Where Is the Path to Immortality (86) – Convergence
Death… It’s not that easy.
This is a body crafted entirely from metal—though canine in form, it is indeed made of metal.
Moreover, Tai Yinzi doesn’t feel any pain—its agonizing cries are undoubtedly due to the mental shock brought by the kick.
This forces Tai Yinzi to start questioning life—ever since entering the Penglai Treasury, it seems nothing has gone smoothly?
“What’s wrong with this old dog?” Gongsun Wuwo lifted the metal dog once more.
He found the expressions on the metal dog surprisingly rich—from initial panic to a current look of plete despair, it was unexpectedly lively.
Gongsun Wuwo casually shook his head, yet the metal old dog seemed utterly lifeless—no matter how dangerous Gongsun Wuwo behaved next, even stomping on the metal dog several times back and forth, the old dog remained silent, seemingly struck dumb.
“Let’s stop wasting time on this strange dog.” Gong Fanxing shook his head: “There are still several secret areas, better take a look first.”
Gongsun Wuwo nodded, and casually tossed the metal dog towards Jiang Zuo.
Jiang Zuo caught the metal dog, held it in his arms, and curiously fiddled with its hind legs—he noticed the metal dog’s expression like an empty shell, clicked his tongue in wonder.
At this moment, the metal dog’s eyes slowly shifted to Jiang Zuo’s face, stared for a moment, then lowered down, gazing at its hind legs held by Jiang Zuo.
A certain soul within the metal dog, feeling it had lost something, would rather die at the hands of the recently resurrected Count Dekreya.
It just wanted to die…
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Inside Raxia, within the inner layer of the spinning central metal column, there is a transport pipeline leading upwards—inside the pipeline, Count Dekreya, riding an elevator, forcibly suppresses his agitation, his finger knocking against the railing while watching a screen projection in front of him.
“What in the world does this fool want to do!”
Count Dekreya’s voice was low and angry, “Over the years, nearly sixty percent of what the Myriad Element Ore Mother produced was consumed by me! And the energy reserves of Raxia consumed nearly a quarter!”
[Response: This corresponds to the standard usage for producing high-configuration Valkyrie-class Gaia]
The prototype beside the Earl responded expressionlessly.
Internally, the Earl was indeed conflicted—after reshaping his body, production of the Valkyrie-class in the Myriad Elements Pool had begun and continued for quite some time. Even halting production now would only stall the process; once the elements solidify, it’s challenging to disassemble them back into the elemental state.
So stopping the printing of this Valkyrie-class means pletely wasting those elements shortly. Dekreya was reluctantly keeping it going, unable to halt production without disrupting using the prototype’s authority.
However, the Earl needed to plete the host login before the Valkyrie-class printing finished; without it, the prototype’s authority alone couldn’t mand the Valkyrie-class.
The Valkyrie-class would autonomously execute according to its original settings—at this rate, it seemed set to potentially execute annihilation operations.
“Forget it, some waste is just waste.” Count Dekreya shook his head, “Once I successfully seize the authority of Penglai Immortal, it will all return. Furthermore, if I can replace the Root Agent before it grows…”
The Earl scarcely dared to imagine such fortune falling before him upon awakening!
A newly appointed Root Agent appeared in this primeval main world… it would infuriate those who already acquired secondary root authority.
“But why did the root suddenly appoint a new orthodox agent…”
Yet, as this wild idea cooled, Count Dekreya gradually sensed something amiss—after a prolonged cryogenic sleep, his newly awoken consciousness and thought required some recovery time.
As consciousness and thought recovered, he perceived increasing irregularities—particularly the aberrant source holding rate of this body’s Heteromorphic Origin.
Even though the prototype was beaten to the point of devolution where only the most basic intelligence remained, it caught a Black soul envoy to follow the hidden instructions and delivered it to replace the body. However, the original contract clearly required an advanced Black soul envoy; therefore, sending such a trash Black Soul should not have been possible.
The spirit of the origin in the contract ensures against such slipshod actions.
The most crucial point is that after I fell asleep, I had sealed the Penglai Treasury to prevent any unexpected incidents within the specific timeframe.
However, from the prototype’s memory library, the treasury was opened, resulting in the loss of almost all bat-Type Gaias—even a Valkyrie-class unit was included. The remaining prototype even regressed in intelligence.
“Something seems off…” Count Dekreya grew increasingly aware of something mysterious and strange.
At that moment, the lift suddenly stopped and opened.
Ahead lay a metal bridge, directly leading to a giant metal pillar spinning in the center of Raxia—here, one would discover that this enormous metal pillar penetrating Raxia was not seamlessly whole!
At this location, it was divided into two sections, and at their junction, there existed a massive sphere acting as a connective body.
Count Dekreya stepped onto the metal bridge leading to the sphere; for it, even if sensing something amiss, it was impossible to halt the task at hand—it must regain the highest authority over Dekreya.
Currently, all it retained was the transplanted consciousness, nothing else.
Fortunately, a prototype remained, which due to the presence of hidden instructions, could still be controlled—without which, Count Dekreya wouldn’t even be able to achieve resurrection—even if the origin sent a top-class Black soul envoy.
As it walked, it glanced at the embroidered box in hand—inside, lay a segment of the Penglai Immortal’s hand bone, recalling that during the initial ambush, the Penglai Immortal’s body should have been intact.
Yet at that moment, the following prototype Gaia suddenly halted, its gaze cast downward to the metal bridge beneath.
Count Dekreya paused and furrowed its brow.
Below, a viridescent light gradually intensified…acpanied by an eerie beast’s cry, an ancient transport tool that even Count Dekreya found hard to source information on in the Eternal Realm Research Institute’s library, swiftly came into view!
A chariot…pulled by a black ox!
On this chariot sat a man with a grim face, lean build…Xiao Shengmo!
This man quickly navigated the chariot, descending onto the expansive metal bridge, obstructing Count Dekreya’s path.
Count Dekreya furrowed its brow, evidently surprised by the arrival of an unforeseen guest at this location.
As for the charioteer, Xiao Shengmo, he was undeniably bewildered by encountering Count Dekreya and the prototype Gaia here.
“Dispose of him.” Count Dekreya waved dismissively—Valkyrie-class pletion was urgent, it refused to waste any time.
[Understood.]
The hidden instructions overrode everything, the prototype Gaia instantaneously surged forth, its purple dress billowed across the bridge, swiftly retracting.
Xiao Shengmo’s expression shifted slightly as he hastily maneuvered the chariot skyward. At that moment, the prototype Gaia swung its arm, launching a massive one-meter-diameter lightning sphere from beneath the chariot, striking it directly!
The black oxen pulling the chariot let out agonizing cries, quickly dissipating into a cloud of black smoke under the burst of the lightning sphere!
At this time, a gust of yin wind swirled, propelling Xiao Shengmo several meters away, his hand supporting the Tower of Myriad Ghosts, focusing his gaze. However, Xiao Shengmo’s small tower unexpectedly trembled.
The Lord of the Ghost City furrowed his brow with rapidly turning thoughts.
Yet at this moment, Count Dekreya proceeded unhesitatingly towards the colossal sphere at the metal bridge’s end.
Xiao Shengmo’s brows furrowed further, his body transformed into black wind, chasing after Count Dekreya—yet the prototype Gaia unwaveringly executed Count Dekreya’s mand!
Behind the prototype Gaia, scores of lightning balls floated, merging into a massive wall of lightning spheres, blocking Xiao Shengmo’s advance.
Facing these forces naturally restraining Yin Spirit ghost bodies, the Lord of the Ghost City furrowed his brow—Xiao Shengmo now let out a cold snort, reversing the yin wind, manifesting his original form and presenting the Tower of Myriad Ghosts!
In an instant, a thick ghostly aura burst forth from the Tower of Myriad Ghosts! Amidst this ghostly aura, countless evil spirits wailed, and innumerable grotesque ghostly figures erupted like a torrent!
Within the torrent of ghostly aura, innumerable malevolent spirits intertwined and devoured one another… terrifying and despairing!
Boom—!!!
The torrent of ghostly aura and the electric light of the Experimental Gaia swelled on the metal bridge in an instant… this eerie and terrifying ghostly aura couldn’t break through the electric light by even an inch!
Yet, Xiao Shengmo didn’t stop because of this; he raised his arm fiercely, and from the Tower of Myriad Ghosts, seven torrents of ghostly aura burst forth again, full of countless vengeful spirits, fiercely bearing down on the Experimental Gaia from all directions!
A large number of ghosts vanished instantly upon colliding with the electric light of the Experimental Gaia… This was just a temporary appearance based on vast consumption!
The Tower of Myriad Ghosts housed one hundred thousand Ghost Soldiers and Generals, along with the presence of past deceased from Fengdu Ghost City, a deeply profound accumulation—yet faced with such rapid consumption, it probably wouldn’t last long despite years of accumulation.
Thus, the Lord of the Ghost City, at this moment, solemnly invoked the Tower of Myriad Ghosts once more!
The Tower of Myriad Ghosts suddenly shot out a black light—this black light instantly shot through the gaps of the thunderball wall towards the back of Count Dekreya, who was approaching the massive sphere!
As danger approached, Count Dekreya calmly swung his arm, spreading his fingers—the black light shot from the Tower of Myriad Ghosts was immediately isolated outside a semicircular barrier!
Yet at this moment, Count Dekreya sensed an even greater crisis—his face paled slightly, he hastily looked up!
Above, when had an old man of short stature appeared, clutching a sharp sword, stabbing down vertically… Gui Qianyi!
“Hmph!”
Count Dekreya snorted, unafraid, watching Gui Qianyi’s sharp sword stab fall—as the sword was about to pierce Count Dekreya’s forehead, it suddenly stopped!
Gui Qianyi was shocked, seeing his sword’s tip constantly emitting explosive sounds, unable to advance an inch… but the shock lasted only a moment, with one unsuccessful strike, Gui Qianyi leapt away without hesitation!
Afterward, Count Dekreya’s gaze sharpened slightly—because from behind came once more an intense sense of crisis!
Behind, silently, several cold lights emerged—but this swift assassination was ultimately blocked by Count Dekreya’s mystical barrier!
In the blink of an eye, the Experimental Gaia’s body flashed briefly with purple light—a small figure emerged from its body instantly!
The emerging figure quickly transformed into a new Experimental Gaia, charging to Count Dekreya’s side in an instant, transforming its hand into a blade, forcing the assailant to retreat and leaving a conspicuous wound on the attacker!
“Ghost Baby!” Gui Qianyi shouted at this moment.
The assailant leapt back in midair, finally landing beside Gui Qianyi… Ghost Baby’s face appeared somewhat pale, with a gaping wound bleeding on the chest, “I’m fine.”
“That was a remarkable assassination.” Count Dekreya’s voice was filled with coldness, “Too bad your power levels are too low!”
With that, Count Dekreya waved once more—the Experimental Gaia’s clone instantly lowered its body, gliding along the surface of the metal bridge, attacking at lightning speed.
Gui Qianyi and Ghost Baby quickly exchanged glances, each leaping away before the Experimental Gaia’s charge!
“Who knows without trying!”
A clear voice suddenly sounded—at the moment when Gui Qianyi and Ghost Baby crossed paths, a golden figure rushed out, meeting the Experimental Gaia’s clone head-on!
This golden figure shattered the clone upon impact—and then punched directly at Count Dekreya!
This swift attack forced Count Dekreya to hurriedly raise a barrier—but after resisting for a moment, the fist broke through!
The smaller fist seemed to contain immense power—it landed squarely on Count Dekreya’s chest!
Count Dekreya’s handsome face twisted in pain—he was flung backward, rolling several meters on the metal bridge before stopping!
The fallen Count Dekreya coughed up a puddle of black liquid, raising his head to see a golden figure standing in front of the path to the large sphere.
“This kind of energy fluctuation…” Count Dekreya staggered to his feet, his gaze uncertain.
The golden light slowly faded from the figure… revealing the created body of Long Xiruo, the Godly Land’s true dragon.
The created body tilted its head slightly, eyeing Count Dekreya who wiped away the black liquid from his mouth, furrowing its brow, “You’re the invader from another domain? Not too impressive, but…”
The created body’s gaze instantly focused on the Experimental Gaia, “This thing is much more dangerous.”
“A mere experimental piece…” Count Dekreya said coldly, “At most just Penglai’s legacy… Gaia!! Level three limit release! Release time limit: three minutes!”
Behind, the Experimental Gaia’s main body which was suppressed by countless ghostly aura, suddenly moved.
[Understood…]
Its purple pupils contracted instantly… then, a massive energy burst forth, breaking through all the ghostly aura!
Xiao Shengmo was taken aback, witnessing the dispersal of the ghostly aura, Gaia had vanished!
“Behind you!” Long Xiruo’s created body shouted.
Xiao Shengmo’s expression stiffened, as a spear of lightning had already pierced through his chest… hundreds of lightning bolts exploded at his chest!
The lightning spear withdrew from Xiao Shengmo’s chest afterward, and he fell toward the metal bridge below.
Count Dekreya said in a deep voice, “Finish quickly!”
[Understood…]
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The light orb slowly broke through the clouds, then ascended all the way, soon reaching the peak of the massive mountain.
A grand, resplendent palace loomed ahead.
The light orb slowly descended onto the ground… as it dissipated, Luo Qiu stepped out first.
Seeing this palace, larger and more magnificent than any human structure, Jessica was stunned, as if witnessing a myth.
“This is…” Even Qin Chuyu couldn’t help a bit of astonishment, “Penglai Palace… Penglai?”
She softly recited the enormous plaque in front of the palace.
Luo Qiu headed straight toward the palace… Penglai Palace.
“Wait… what are you going to do?” Qin Chuyu asked subconsciously—but after asking, she felt it was inappropriate, as if he had no reason to answer.
“I simply want to understand something.” Luo Qiu unexpectedly replied to Qin Chuyu, “To understand why… I’m here.”
With that, Luo Qiu continued without pausing towards Qin Chuyu.
Eventually, Qin Chuyu knitted her brows and followed, leaving Jessica with no choice but to keep up—yet at that moment, a maid suddenly blocked their way.
“Ms. Jessica, Ms. Qin Chuyu, I’m sorry, from here, both of you must remain here.” You Ye said expressionlessly, “From here on, access is forbidden.”
Qin Chuyu frowned… but even so, this maid chose not to follow.
She remained, only Luo Qiu… only he continued onward alone.
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