Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 313 The Twelve Zodiac Golden Figures of the God of War and Demons [Requesting Recommendation Votes]

Chen Hong glanced at it and understood the principle. He had already thoroughly studied the Pixiu before, so this was not a difficult task for him.

Soon, Chen Hong crafted a stone ball and placed it in its original position.

Instantly, a continuous stream of fresh water emerged from the statue of the Goddess of the Nine Heavens.

"It's out of the water, it's out of the water!"

"We are saved!"

"Hahaha……"

The people of Loulan cheered and jumped for joy, and the entire Loulan was instantly filled with gratitude towards Chen Hong.

The high priest bowed to Chen Hong with great surprise.

"Sir, thank you for your help."

"You must be an unparalleled genius."

Loulan will forever remember your great kindness and virtue.

"No need to be polite."

Chen Hong helped the mature and elegant High Priestess to her feet.

Before the high priest could say anything, Chen Hong got straight to the point.

"May I go see the demon god and warrior left behind by Chi You?"

The high priest's expression changed, and he anxiously tried to dissuade him:
"Sir, that is a demon that brings misfortune and calamity. You mustn't!"

Chen Hong waved his hand dismissively, "Just take me there."

Those mere soldiers and demons are nothing but dust that I can destroy with a flick of my finger.

Even if Chi You were to rise from the dead, he would be nothing more than an ant in my eyes.

Faced with Chen Hong's arrogant words, the high priest secretly clicked his tongue in disbelief, feeling quite conflicted.

However, at the strong insistence of Chen Hong, the savior of his clan, he still took Chen Hong to see the God of War.

The Demon God is a giant bronze figure with a mechanical gear structure inside.

Its body contains boundless flames as both energy and a means of attack.

It can spew out terrifying flames that burn everything.

The bronze giant itself also possessed immense power.

These were Chi You's weapons of war.

Looking at this enormous demon god, the high priest still felt a fear and apprehension rooted in his blood.

"This is the War God, the legendary ancient war machine."

"These are 81 bronze giants created by the ancient warrior Chi You, with fragments of fallen stars as their energy core, possessing the destructive power to destroy everything."

"When Chi You was defeated, all the giants were destroyed, leaving only this one."

"And that is the sealed Chi You Sword, which has slaughtered countless people and possesses boundless demonic energy. It can erode people's minds and make them violent."

No one could wield that sword, not even Chi You.

Chi You was corrupted in mind and degenerated into a demonic tyrant.

Yan Lingji asked, "Then why did Chi You forge the bronze giant, and how did he obtain the Chi You Sword?"

The high priest's eyes lit up with reminiscence as he spoke softly, recounting the past in detail.

"The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was once the guardian of this land, and it was she who created this beautiful world."

One day, a star fell from the sky.

From then on, floods raged, wild beasts roamed, and people faced the threat of death every day.

Finally, a warrior named Chi You appeared. He was strong and fearless, defying the heavens and defending people's right to live.

The goddess used fallen stars to forge an incomparably powerful sword for Chi You—the Chi You Sword.

With this peerless sword, Chi You quelled the disaster and protected this land.

However, while the powerful weapons granted Chi You strength, they also fueled his terrifying ambitions.

Chi You grew increasingly brutal, determined to make everyone bow down at his feet. Ignoring the goddess's advice, Chi You forged eighty-one bronze giants capable of destroying everything.

Amidst the ruins and carnage, a young boy—the Yellow Emperor—miraculously survived. Guided by a goddess and aided by a divine dragon, he defeated Chi You and destroyed his bronze giant.

Finally, only one remained: the Demon God of War, forged from fallen stars.

The goddess understood that the powerful energy of the fallen star could create life or destroy all living beings, but human greed could never resist the temptation of inner demons. Therefore, the goddess transformed the key to unlocking the God of War into a dragon soul and entrusted it to the ninth son of the dragon, Pixiu, for protection.

The Demon God of War was sealed in Loulan by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, and guarded by the people of Loulan for generations.

"I see."

Chen Hong looked at the towering demon god and directly scanned and analyzed its internal structure.

This bronze giant uses fragments of fallen stars as its energy core, with endless flames surging within it. It can spew out extremely terrifying flames and has the destructive power to destroy everything.

Chen Hong quickly refined the Demon God of Soldiers into his own magic weapon and marked it.

With a casual grab, he sucked up the stone egg that the Pixiu had transformed into, awakened the Pixiu, and made it spit out the key to the Demon God of War—the Dragon Soul.

"This is a dragon soul!" The high priest was shocked.

Chen Hong casually refined the Dragon Soul and injected it into the Soldier Demon God's body, thus activating the Soldier Demon God.

The high priest was terrified: "Sir, no! You mustn't activate the Soldier Demon God! It will bring utter destruction!" Chen Hong ignored the high priest's fear. After activating the Soldier Demon God, he simply grabbed it with his hand, and the enormous Soldier Demon God, as tall as a skyscraper, quickly shrank into a toy in Chen Hong's hand.

The high priest was completely stunned.

Chen Hong reached out and sucked up the Chi You sword.

The high priest was even more terrified: "Be careful! The Chi You Sword can affect one's temperament, making one bloodthirsty and tyrannical."

The high priest could hardly believe the hellish scene before him, thinking of how a powerful figure like Chen Hong had fallen into demonic possession.

As the Chi You sword unleashed countless demonic energies, malevolent energies, and blood energy that swirled around Chen Hong and seeped into his skin and body, the high priest was filled with despair.

He collapsed to the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's all over."

"Heh, what are you so nervous about?"

Chen Hong flicked the blade, producing a resounding metallic clang.

"What can a mere Chi You sword do to me?"

Seeing that Chen Hong seemed completely unaffected, the high priest stood up in astonishment.

"You really... weren't bewitched by the Chi You Sword?"

“Really.” Chen Hong nodded. “It’s just a little bit of demonic energy, malevolent energy, and blood energy. Once it entered my body, it was digested into nutrients in an instant. It’s completely useless.”

Seeing that the Chi You Sword was desperately surging out countless black and red energies, yet Chen Hong accepted them all without being affected in the slightest, the High Priest had no choice but to believe it.

Her beautiful eyes lit up as she stared intently at Chen Hong.

"Sir, you are truly a divine being."

"Sir, you have eliminated a great hidden danger for Loulan and for the world. Your merits are immeasurable."

"Sir, you will always be my most honored friend in Loulan. I hope you can stay in Loulan for a while longer so that I can do my best to be your host."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

So Chen Hong and his group stayed in Loulan for three days, enjoying the exotic scenery of Loulan.

After refining the Chi You Sword, Chen Hong discovered that it truly lived up to its reputation as a sword made from fallen stars and personally forged by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

Chi You was born with the ability to control nature, and could summon wind, rain, thunder and lightning. He used this power to resist the Yellow Emperor's army.

Moreover, because Chi You killed too many people with this sword, it absorbed too much battlefield aura, blood energy, and demonic energy, completely degenerating into a demonic weapon. Among the famous swords in the world, its attack power ranks first.

In Chen Hong's view, the Chi You Sword already had the feel of a demonic weapon from the cultivation world.

So Chen Hong reforged the Chi You Sword, turning it into a powerful magic weapon and a true demonic weapon.

【Chi You Sword (Reforged): Possesses the ability to summon wind and rain, causing thunderstorms and dark clouds to press down on cities, creating a suppressive battlefield environment, and causing mountains to collapse and the earth to crack wherever the sword energy reaches.

The sword energy transformed into a scorching torrent, burning the earth's surface and creating fissures in the lava.

The sword can absorb the enemy's life essence and convert it into the sword wielder's life force or true energy. The more severe the injury, the higher the blood absorption efficiency.

The more it fights, the stronger it becomes. With each enemy killed, the sword's murderous aura increases, and its power continues to rise, creating a snowball effect in combat strength.

The malevolent and demonic energy erodes the soul of enemies and is the nemesis of cultivators.

The Chi You Sword possesses excessive demonic energy, which can easily corrupt the wielder's mind. Only those with unwavering will or a clear understanding of swordsmanship can master it.

After forging the Chi You Sword, Chen Hong was about to leave Loulan.

Before leaving, he also abducted the High Priest of Loulan. The High Priest could only pass on the position of priest to his successor and then left with Chen Hong.

Xiao Li, this peculiar being transformed from a single tear of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, was also abducted.

The Pixiu in her arms was naturally stolen along with it.

The group ascended to the Sky City and continued their global tour.

Chen Hong then went to other continents and extracted mineral veins.

Then, in the boundless flames, they were refined into giant golden figures.

These are twelve golden men, twelve zhang tall metal giants, crafted by Chen Hong by referencing the techniques of military demons and mechanical arts.

Furthermore, the twelve golden figures each correspond to one of the twelve zodiac animals.

The core energy of the twelve zodiac animal figures comes from fragments of fallen stars that Chen Hong replicated.

【The Rat and Metal Man "Hidden Night Hunt": The rat has a slender head, and its eyes are rotating prisms (reflecting light to hide). Its tailbone extends into a three-section chain whip, with a tungsten steel spiral drill bit at the end.

Ability "Midnight Stealth": Prism refracts light to achieve visual invisibility, and moves silently (hydraulic shock absorber on the soles of the feet).

"Marrow-Drilling Soul-Eating Chain": The high-frequency rotation of the tail whip drill penetrates the armor, injecting liquid metal corrosive agent to destroy the internal structure.

The "Shaking Mountain Rhinoceros Zun" bronze figure of the Ox: its two horns are crankshaft centrifugal hammers (with a counterweight of 800 tons at the horn tips), its shoulders are equipped with bronze gear armor, and its feet are like column bases embedded in the ground.

Ability "Earth Levee Stomp": A heavy stomp triggers a fan-shaped earthquake wave (reaching up to 1 kilometer in distance), and the gear armor automatically rotates to absorb the impact.

"Dayuanjiaochong": A double-horned centrifugal hammer rotates and accelerates, its kinetic energy accumulating before impacting the target, capable of tunneling through a mountain.

【Tiger Metal Man "Sha Feng Roaring Venerable": The tiger's mouth contains 32 interlocking hydraulic shear teeth, the back has a serrated mountain of blades, and the tail is like a nine-section steel whip with barbs.

Capability "Gold-Splitting and Biting": The hydraulic shear teeth can withstand a biting pressure of up to 1200 tons, cutting through the keel of a warship as easily as cutting paper.

"Blade Mountain Prison Formation": The serrated edges on its back eject to form a rotating blade cage, cutting through all targets within a 50-meter radius.

The Rabbit Golden Man "Ling Shu Yue Yi": Its long ears are retractable radar arrays (to receive geomagnetic signals), its feet have spring piston jumping devices, and it holds a split bronze mirror (the mirror surface can focus light to form a blade).

Ability "Taiyin Leap": The hydraulic leg leaps to a height of 300 meters, and upon landing, the heel releases a shockwave that knocks away enemy troops.

"Light-Reflecting Armor Erosion": A copper mirror reflects moonlight, focusing it into a beam of high-heat particles (not a laser, but a purely optical physical effect), melting through weak points in the armor.

(End of this chapter)