I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 305 The Military Supervisory Platform (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Amidst towering mountains, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Mo Family Fortress led Jiang Yi and his group through a massive bronze gate embedded in the cliff face.

After passing through a long passageway, the group saw a bottomless vertical shaft with dark gold runes embedded in its walls. As they entered, the runes lit up one by one, spreading downwards like wildfire.

"Gentlemen, please ascend the cloud ladder."

The Mohist cultivators turned the mechanism on the mountain wall, causing the iron plate beneath their feet to tremble. The rumbling sound of gears meshing came from underground, and the entire ground slowly rose up.

"What a huge mechanical ladder!" Feng Wuhen couldn't help but exclaim. The others also looked around curiously, including Jiang Yi, who was entering the secret realm of the Mo Family Fortress's military command platform for the first time.

The Mo Family Fortress has always maintained strict control over this secret realm, which is said to be the site of the 'Tiangongmen', an ancient sect skilled in the art of mechanical puppets.

Bronze dragon heads are coiled at the four corners of the cloud ladder, each holding a chain of spiritual light in its mouth. As it ascends, the chains tighten, emitting a clear, metallic clang.

The ladder began to ascend at an extremely fast speed, tearing apart the darkness of the well wall and pouring down blazing white light from above. The group couldn't help but raise their hands to shield their eyes from the light, all squinting.

The ladder passed through the first barrier, and a wave of heat rushed towards us!

Below is the boiling furnace area, where seven giant subterranean furnaces stand like volcanoes, spewing out golden-red flames. Groups of Mohist cultivators ride Xuan Iron War Puppets, fighting monsters crawling out of the lava on the floating red copper platform.

The furnace guardian swung its forging hammer down, smashing half of a Mohist war puppet's body apart. However, the remaining body still managed to lock the monster's throat with its severed arm, and the puppet plunged into the lava as if to perish together with the monster.

The ladder continued to rise, leaving the fiery battlefield beneath its feet.

Passing through the rising mist, a steel forest suddenly appeared before their eyes. The bronze giants had intertwined branches, and their leaves were sharp gears that spun in the wind, emitting a piercing shriek.

Three black-clad disciples stood back to back, controlling chain-bladed wooden monkeys to fight against shadow assassin puppets that pounced from the shadows. Sparks flew as chainsaws and daggers clashed and exploded in the darkness.

Shen Puning exclaimed in amazement beside Jiang Yi, "Is this secret realm layered upwards? How amazing!"

Jiang Yi nodded. The Xuan Ying Sword Sect also had naturally floating mountains, but she had never seen a scene like the Jianbing Platform, where each level had a vast area and completely different terrain and environment, with each level leading upwards.

Suddenly, a high-altitude crossbow platform changed direction, and bolts rained down on the ladder!
The Mohist cultivator leading the way calmly raised a bronze token, and the crossbow bolt instantly stopped, transforming into a docile bird that circled the ladder three times before returning to the forest.

The guiding cultivator explained, "If the guards on the watchtower do not have the identity token of a core disciple of the Mo family, the various mechanisms will automatically attack the intruder."

The cloud ladder pierced through the dome of the second layer of steel forest, and everyone saw a group of Mohist cultivators controlling various human and beast-shaped puppets, fighting against dozens of wandering sword puppets between the towering cliffs.

The fourth floor is not large; it is a star observatory. The entire platform is suspended in the void, with star maps inlaid on the ground and real stars on the dome complementing each other.

There are no puppet monsters or Mohist disciples on this floor.

"We're approaching the forbidden area."

Suddenly, the guide made a hand seal, and the cloud ladder rushed into the vortex above the star platform. The clouds and mist quickly receded to their feet, and the cloud ladder began to slow down, revealing a giant gate engraved with war patterns before everyone's eyes.

Nineteen golden lines crisscross the ground of the hundred-zhang-wide plaza in front of the gate, forming a huge chessboard. At this moment, more than twenty elite disciples of the Mo family dressed in black stood at the edge of the plaza, surrounding a man and a woman in the front row. The two looked alike and were both at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Isn't that Mo Liao? Who's next to him? They look so alike." Qi Tian nudged Chu Qianji with his elbow and asked in a low voice.

Chu Qianji whispered, "Mo Liao's older sister, Mo Ling."

Mo Liao was completely focused, oblivious to the arrival of the Cangling Sect members. He was manipulating a three-headed, six-armed black puppet, battling the gatekeeper puppet general on the chessboard. The black puppet's six serrated longswords swirled into a storm, colliding violently with the gatekeeper general!

clang!
Sparks rained down like blood, and blinding lightning exploded at the point where the two puppets clashed.

The gatekeeper swept his heavy spear across, the blade leaving a trail of dark cracks. Instantly, the black puppet of the Ink Fang had its two heads severed, and large gears burst from the broken necks, crashing onto the chessboard with a clanging sound.

The Mo family cultivator leading the way explained to Jiang Yi and the others in a low voice, "The forbidden area is a place for trials, and only Foundation Establishment stage disciples can enter behind the gate. However, to open the giant gate, you must control a puppet to defeat the gatekeeper general. Each defeat will allow the gate to remain open for twelve hours. At that time, the others can go in together and collect the resources before the gate closes."

As they were speaking, the black puppet controlled by Mo Liao was pierced through the core of its chest by a spear thrust from the gatekeeper, and the entire puppet disintegrated with a bang.

The surrounding Mohist disciples all sighed, and Mo Liao looked dejectedly at his sister beside him.

Mo Ling, dressed in black with her black hair standing on end, looked capable and efficient. Upon seeing this, she patted her younger brother Mo Liao on the shoulder.

"It's alright. This gatekeeper was originally crafted by an ancient cultivator. It's like an ancient treasure that's been suppressed to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. It's indeed difficult to deal with. We can't fight it head-on; we have to use a trick."

As she spoke, Mo Ling stepped forward and took Mo Liao's place.

"I bought a pretty good war puppet while shopping a few days ago, and I'll give it a try today."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mo Ling released a puppet from a small mechanism box at her waist, and the disciples of the Mo family immediately brightened up.

The war puppet was entirely black, its armor, cast from black iron, was a single, seamless piece. The joints concealed soft scales made of finely refined gold threads, combining both rigidity and agility.

Its streamlined body is as if sculpted by a knife, its shoulder armor flies diagonally like the wings of a goose, its waist and abdomen are cinched like a taut bowstring, and its faceplate is decorated with fire crystals to form eyes. Just by standing there, it exudes a murderous aura as if a fierce blade has been drawn three inches from its sheath.

The key point is that you can't tell from the outside what kind of mechanisms or hidden weapons this puppet has; everything is hidden under the seamless outer shell of the battle puppet.

Mo Liao couldn't resist touching it. "Sister, this is a wonderful thing! Where did you buy it? I want one too!"

The Cangling Sect members didn't know much about puppets, but Chu Qianji, who also cultivated the art of puppetry, couldn't help but take a step forward with a burning gaze.

Then Shen Puning suddenly grabbed Jiang Yi's arm and shook it violently, "Ayi, isn't that the 'Mysterious Armor Soldier' ​​you sold to Bailianfang?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Qianji turned his head in astonishment, "Senior Sister Jiang can also create puppets?"

Several gazes shot over, and the Mo family cultivator who was leading the way was quite surprised, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Jiang Yi's study of the Mo Family Fortress's "Hundred Refinements of Heavenly Craftsmanship" was not made public, so most of the Mo Family disciples were unaware of it.

Jiang Yi remained calm and languid. "Oh, I know a little bit."

At the edge of the square, Mo Ling flung aside the Mo Liao sword and began to concentrate on controlling the Xuanjia soldiers as they approached the gatekeeper general.

"Go play somewhere else, let me defeat the gatekeeper first, and then I'll tell you the details."

Knowing that Jiang Yi had sold the Xuanjia weapon, the Cangling Sect members rubbed their hands together in anticipation.

(End of this chapter)