Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 140 Heavenly Fortress
The surface of the city wall flipped up like fish scales, extending from the ground to the sky again, revealing the honeycomb-shaped crossbow array underneath.

The 3,600 fish-scale armor plates on the surface of the city wall flipped over at the same time, and three-inch barbs popped out from the edge of each armor plate, emitting a dark blue poisonous light in the twilight.

Along with the roar of gears coming from underground, the entire section of the city wall grew upwards like a living thing. At the same time, a large section of cleared space next to the city wall in the city continued to vibrate and crack into a long and narrow gap.

Inside the giant mouth, a lotus base made of black steel broke out from deep within the earth veins. Twelve layers of black steel lotus petals unfolded one after another, and on each petal emerged a honeycomb-shaped turret made of hundreds of forged black steel.

"Crack!"

Scorching steam gushed out from the joints of the lotus petals, and seven hundred and twenty thunder and fire crossbows emerged from the exposed honeycomb turrets.

The crossbow mechanism was pitch black, and the arrow slots were not loaded with ordinary arrows, but black iron javelins as thick as wrists. The iron chain tied to the end of the spear was actually connected to the mercury pump in the moat.

When the first wave of javelins left the bow, mercury flowed upstream along the iron chain, weaving a poisonous net in the air, and accurately hit the Xianghuo Sect's demon-slaying army that had surrounded the city outside at some point in time.

Just one wave cleared out most of the followers.

Seen from above, it looked like several petals of lotus flowers continuously rising from the ground until the entire city was buried in the Guniu Mountain. The Black Steel Lotus City below was completely closed, and the lotus-shaped city walls glowed with a cold light in the twilight. The twelve layers of black steel lotus petals were intertwined, and each petal was inlaid with 720 thunder and fire crossbows. The sound of the crossbow gears meshing was like a swarm of locusts passing by.

The ancient sound of gears meshing came from the top of the mountain, attracting Xu Yunfan's attention, and what shocked him even more was that

The entire ridge of Guniu Mountain cracked open a huge mouth, and a giant steel tiger over fifty feet tall slowly rose from the mouth.

In the sulfurous smoke spewing out of the rift, the outline of the giant steel tiger gradually became clear.

This mechanical beast, which is nearly fifty meters tall, is forged from black steel. Its tiger stripes are actually three thousand six hundred heat sinks, which are currently absorbing and spitting out the red light of the lava from the earth's veins. When it moves, the heat sinks at the joints of its tiger claws spew out sulfurous smoke, dyeing the setting sun blood red.

When the giant tiger completely climbed out of the mountain, scaled up to the top of the Lotus Fortress and embedded itself into it, making the entire Tiangong City form a sealed whole, the Xianghuo Sect army rushing towards the outside of the city opened its tiger's mouth, revealing an astonishingly thick gun barrel.

Xu Yunfan could see clearly that among the Xianghuo Sect that had rushed over, there was the Blood Exchange Realm master holding the two-meter-long Mingwang Spear, who was riding a horse and leading the way.

"boom!"

The moment the giant tiger's cannon was tested, the night sky was dyed red.

The shell disintegrated into thirty-six burning iron balls in mid-air. When it hit the Xianghuo Sect, it instantly caused an earth-shattering explosion and set off a circle of fire formed by thunder and fire, trapping the Xianghuo Sect's vanguard camp in a jar.

Xu Yunfan even saw tiny mechanical scorpions crawling out of some of the burning iron balls - these poisonous killing weapons were specifically designed to drill into the gaps in armor and bite the wearer's vital parts.

what the hell! ?
Xu Yunfan stared blankly at the closed Tiangong City below, and then looked at the tiger head embedded on the top of the Tiangong Fortress.

A tiger-shaped mechanical beast suddenly crawled out of the martial arts world.

"It's impressive, isn't it? The predecessor of Tiangong Cave was a branch of the Mohist school, which is two thousand years old. This Mohist mechanical tiger statue was built by me since the founding of Tiangong Cave a thousand years ago. Every generation of the Mechanical Hall, Tiangong Department, and Rongjin Hall has worked tirelessly to restore this mechanical tiger statue, but even now, it's still a little lacking.

Back then, the Mohist masters were able to communicate with this mechanical tiger and use it to burn down seven cities in one night. Now, we can't even unleash 30% of its power."

Mo Shisan climbed up the Tiangong Corridor Bridge again at this time, quietly looking at the Tiangong City below which was completely covered, with a trace of unspeakable sadness and anger in his expression.

"After this battle, Tiangong Cave lost nearly half of its disciples. My master said that the power of entering a person's dream is only effective the first time. The next time it is used, its effectiveness will be greatly reduced and it will not be able to deceive people. The next crisis is mostly resolved. As long as the Azure Dragon Winch is opened, the Black Steel Lotus of Tiangong City will take shape. Except for the Supreme Grandmaster of the Ninth Realm of Qi Training, even a Grandmaster of the Internal Organ Training will not be able to gain any advantage.

We at the foot of Guniu Mountain lack everything except steel. Five layers of the wealth accumulated over thousands of years have been invested in this Black Steel Lotus Fortress."

Although Mo Shisan downplayed the situation, the bloodshed within Tiangong City, where former brothers and fellow disciples were now killing each other, had dealt a heavy blow to Tiangong Cave. He turned to look at the bridge corridor, which had been smashed into a large hole.

"Where's Bao Yan?"

"I beat him to death."

Xu Yunfan said it casually, but Mo Shisan saw the countless crimson-purple bloodstains crawling like earthworms in the torn clothes on Xu Yunfan's body, and naturally knew how thrilling the battle just now was.

He glanced at Xu Yunfan with a complicated expression, was silent for a moment, and whispered, "Thank you! It seems that this time, you paid a heavy price to kill Bao Yan."

Xu Yunfan looked at Mo Shisan in confusion. When dealing with Bao Yan, the other party's energy and blood were declining, and he had been in a high position for too long, so he even looked unfamiliar with fighting.

Once the Lin posture is opened, one mace can break the defense, and one mace can smash it down.

Where do all these fancy things come from?

"Let's go, I'm going to look for Brother Fu first."

After turning around and taking two steps, Xu Yunfan turned back and asked, "How do I get in?"

"The entire Guniu Mountain has been hollowed out, and most of Tiangong City is inside the mountain. Just walk back from the Tiangong Corridor Bridge."

Xu Yunfan did not waste any time and entered Guniu Mountain. He stepped onto the slide on the side and imprinted the true disciple token. The slide suddenly emitted a sound of steam and slid quickly to the bottom of the mountain.

After entering Tiangong City, Xu Yunfan looked up at the lighting stones on the dome, which illuminated the Tiangong City below as if it were daytime.

When Fu Jin was found, the opponent's big hand was gripping the neck of the last mad disciple with five fingers, and the sulfur smoke in the underground fire chamber of the Weapon Casting Hall was thick.

The thirty-seven bound people had blood vessels bulging like earthworms, and the whites of their eyes occupied their entire pupils.

A sign that the Heart-Eroding Pill is eroding the mind.

Xu Yunfan's eyes were deep and he said nothing.

Fu Jin looked back at him with a gloomy expression. When he glanced at the crimson-purple bloodstain on the side of Xu Yunfan's neck, he knew that the other party's journey here had been difficult.

"The Xianghuo Cult's Heart-Eroding Pill. A few months ago, we received a letter from Wuzhou. We personally sent the Tempering Army's scout battalion to investigate... There's no cure.

Master just sent a message that nearly half of the disciples in Tiangong Cave have been possessed by the Incense Fire Sect's Mingzun and are now lost in their dreams. Furthermore, another member of the Incense Fire Sect has infiltrated the city and distributed the Heart-Erosion Pill..."

As he spoke, Fu Jin exerted force with his five fingers and twisted the neck of the disciple in front of him who suddenly struggled wildly.

"Li Wen, the seventh son of the Li family who runs a leather business west of Tiangong City."

Fu Jin's hand grasped the second struggling disciple. As his sharpened fingers pierced his collarbone, the lava in the underground fire chamber reflected the twitching of his face. "Zhao Siping, an orphan who fled from famine in the Monan Road. Seven years ago, he stole steamed buns from the City God Temple. I picked him up and brought him back to the Weapon Casting Hall!"

(Three more chapters will be posted later, currently being typed)

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