Published: February 13, 2025
When Ye Zhongming was on Earth, he admired the ability of the Mechanical Genius, feeling that it was on par with his glorious artisan skill, one of the strongest skills he had ever seen.
Now, seeing him silently control Wen Hong's body and turn it into his mechanical puppet intensified this feeling.
It seems that a high-quality mechanical puppet could actually enhance the strength of the Mechanical Genius, which... is a bit against the natural order.
However, Ye Zhongming wasn't interested in discussing this with the little boy for the time being. After taking some recovery potions, he, Jie Su, and Pao Bai hurried into the mountain's interior. They needed to teleport from there to Black Book Summit and hoped they wouldn't arrive to find a battlefield strewn with corpses.
When they arrived at the mountain's interior, they discovered that the jumping sparks had disappeared, leaving only the 'coffin' and the energy gate it emitted.
"Defeat the challenger, unlock the remaining 40% of the authority to explain. Would you like to watch now?"
Ye Zhongming and the others exchanged glances. What does this mean?
Could it be that this trial is over?
Naturally, they couldn't look at it now because time was running out.
Ye Zhongming stroked his chin and suddenly had an idea.
"Wait until we leave; you put this away and see if it works, then wait for us at the base."
He was referring to the coffin when he spoke to the Mechanical Genius. He felt like the trial with this thing seemed to end here for them.
After the Mechanical Genius agreed, he watched as the three pointed at the planetary pattern above the energy gate, then disappeared.
He circled around the coffin, glanced at the indifferent little girl who showed no interest in anything except for him, and then controlled Mechanical Wen Hong to embrace the coffin. Suddenly, with a strong pull, he actually lifted it up.
At that moment, the surroundings began to tremble; the metallic ground and the pillars on the coffin started to rapidly retract, not disappearing but rather entering the coffin. After about two minutes, the mountain's interior returned to its original state, leaving only the metallic coffin embraced by Mechanical Wen Hong controlled by the Mechanical Genius.
"Let's go." The Mechanical Genius said, letting the little girl, who was covered in ice chunks, sit on his shoulder, and then he sped outwards.
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Black Book Summit.
To be honest, no matter how Jie Su and the others boosted their morale and made psychological preparations, when they truly arrived here and faced the Hall People, not only the Alliance of Small Races but even the Su Clan members felt a sense of dread in their hearts. Despite being in a position of advantage, they momentarily didn't know how to deal with the Hall People warriors, who were only one percent of their numbers.
On the contrary, the Hall People warriors, who had already been used to bullying others in the All Races of the Universe, took the initiative in momentum. Their two top experts stood before the hundreds of thousands of allied forces, loudly scolding and threatening, and not a single person dared to retort.
Of course, another reason for this situation was that the Su Clan and the Alliance of Small Races were temporarily unaware of what had happened to Huo Zhi and the hundred and twenty formation masters. After all, all they could see were those massive energy walls, and no one knew what was happening inside them.
Even the Su Clan members couldn't figure out whether Huo Zhi was currently in a position of strength or weakness. When the energy wall was lifted, would they see Huo Zhi's smile or the grim army of the Hall People? Thus, they hesitated, faltering, and confused.
At that moment, Jie Su, Pao Bai, and the others teleported nearby. After confirming the direction of their team, they rushed to join everyone.
This sparked a significant reaction in both camps.
On the Hall People's side, they had been convinced that Huo Zhi attacked here for a reason because it seemed like an obvious self-incrimination. They killed His Highness Zimu and were afraid of exposure, so they struck first.