Kita Yoo-young wasn't a rash person. He could see the current situation clearly.
If they couldn't successfully enter the Mo Family Castle before the Silver Muddy Water reached the seventh floor, they would all die.
They couldn't waste too much time on the Nine Eyed Fighting Buddha. They had to continue forward!
"Don't worry, everyone will be able to walk out alive!" Zhu Minglang said to Kita Yoo-young.
"It's fine. At worst, we can all team up and try again in the Yellow Springs. Haha!" Kita Yoo-young laughed.
"Brother Zhu, Lady Caiyou, let's continue forward. I believe they can deal with the Nine Eyed Fighting Buddha with our brothers from the Kishin School." He Haohan said.
Kita Yoo-young was a man of his word. He specially instructed the members of the Kishin School to open a path for the four of them. On one hand, he was restraining the terrifying Nine Eyed Fighting Buddha. On the other hand, he was also removing some mechanisms that were blocking their path.
"Take care!" Zhu Minglang and He Haohan cupped their fists towards the members of the Kishin School.
"You guys take care too!" The shield-wielding female soul master said. After she finished speaking, she led her team back to continue fighting the Nine-eyed Fighting Buddha.
Zhu Minglang, Caiyou, He Haohan, and He Yiling quickly followed the stalactite stairs and rushed towards the depths of the Earth Pavilion.
The Earth Pavilion was rather large. There were layers upon layers of interconnected caves. Some caves were sealed, while others were like a beehive. There were all sorts of life-threatening mechanisms inside. The most disgusting thing was that these mechanisms didn't necessarily want to kill. After all, cultivation was a disadvantage. Some mechanisms couldn't hurt a Divine Master. However, they could stall for time and create an oppressive closed loop, forcing people to look for clues to unlock these mechanisms!
Small mechanisms were fine, but large mechanisms were often accompanied by extremely powerful mechanical beasts. The mechanical beasts in the depths of the Earth Pavilion weren't inferior to the underground palace snakes. Furthermore, they were all made of tenon and tenon structures. If they were destroyed, they could quickly regenerate. Only by shattering their core could they be completely defeated!
"Hong long long long ~ ~ ~ ~ ~"
A strange group of thunderbolts surged out like a nest of pythons, instantly covering all the places where the four of them could land.
Seeing this, Caiyou hurriedly pulled out an arrow and shot it at a stalactite hanging overhead.
The stalactite was broken by the arrow, and fell heavily in front of the four. The ground beneath their feet was wet, and there were conductive ores and metals. This caused the strange electric snakes to turn into terrifying dragons. They danced wildly in the air, and were extremely terrifying!
The four of them hurriedly leaped onto the broken stalactites that had fallen from the sky. Only then were they able to avoid the terrifying lightning bolts that were flying towards them from all directions.
This kind of powerful lightning couldn't last for too long. Not long after, the lightning disappeared, and the four of them continued forward.
"Four forks?" He Haohan asked.
Four forks appeared in front of them. Each forked stone path led to the Mo Clan Castle. However, due to the intricacies of the paths and the various ores blocking them, if they took the wrong path, they would have to break through the ores. It was a waste of time …
These strange mechanisms could actually be destroyed with brute force. With Zhu Minglang's current cultivation, he could do it. The problem was that brute force required sufficient time. If Zhu Minglang was given a day, he could completely destroy the entire Earth Pavilion. However, with the Silver Mud Poison pouring in, this method wouldn't work.
"Should the four of us split up?" He Yiling suggested.
"That's the only way." Zhu Minglang nodded.
The four of them stepped onto a forked path. These paths were extremely winding and eventually led to four stone platforms that resembled altars.
"There are words on these altars, but they aren't complete. All of you, read out the words on the altars." He Haohan's voice came from somewhere. It should be quite a distance away.
Zhu Minglang couldn't see the other three, but there were a few words on the altars in front of him.
"Four Invincible Sect. Either the four of you die together, or sacrifice one person. The three of you can pass!"
These four sentences were purely a ploy to toy with people's hearts. However, based on all the mechanisms that they had passed before, the hints of these mechanisms were all correct. Mo Shou himself had said before that if all the ants were dead, his sand maze would be meaningless. This was his rule, and he would never go against it.
He Haohan glanced at the Silver Mud Poison that had already reached the fifth level of the Earth Pavilion. He then looked around for the positions of the other three. He didn't know what to do now. How could he really sacrifice one person's life?
Zhu Minglang was also carefully observing the structure of the Four Invincible Sect. Fortunately, as half a craftsman, he knew a lot about the principles behind these mechanisms.
Why did they have to sacrifice one person in order to pass? Could it be that there was a hidden bridge behind the Four Invincible Sect that would lead them to the seventh level of the Earth Pavilion?
"Let's return to the starting point and discuss this." Zhu Minglang said loudly.
"Okay!"
"Okay!"
The four of them immediately returned to the forked path and described the situation of the stone platforms and altars that they had seen.
Time was of the essence. The Silver Mud Poison had already begun to reach the sixth level. Zhu Minglang didn't panic because of this psychological ploy. He personally ran through all four forked paths, mainly to see the structure of the Four Invincible Sect's mechanisms.
"Brother Zhu, there's not much time left. Why don't you let me be the sacrifice?" He Haohan said loudly to Zhu Minglang, who was running.
"This sentence isn't really about taking one of our lives. It's just giving us the key to deciphering this mechanism. I've dealt with Mo Shou before. Although he's crazy, he should be able to abide by the rules he set." Zhu Minglang said.
"Okay, there's still some time left. I'll use this method as a last resort. If there's no other choice, I'll have to trouble you to take care of my younger sister in the future." He Haohan said.
"You take care of her yourself. I already have a lot of younger sisters by my side. I can't take care of all of them." Zhu Minglang said.
"…"
After running one round, Zhu Minglang already had an idea.
He returned to the starting point and pointed at the path facing away from them. It was the stone altar that He Yiling had walked on before. He said to them with certainty, "This mechanism isn't difficult. Actually, you just have to stand on the stone altar's trap. Only then will the correct path appear. However, the mechanism should be instantaneous. If a living person steps on it, the path will appear in the darkness …"
"So we still have to sacrifice one person?" He Yiling said.
"No need. I'm Master Dragon Shepard. I can recall the dragon back to the Spirit Realm from far away. My dragon will step on the mechanism for everyone." Zhu Minglang said.
Without thinking too much, Zhu Minglang summoned the Sylph Drake. The Sylph Drake had arms and legs like a human. It could help them activate the intricate mechanisms.
The four immediately stood in place and waited. The Sylph Drake quickly ran onto the stone altar.
It stepped on the trap mark. After sensing its weight and body temperature, the stone mark slowly sank into the ground.
As expected, a beam of light came out of nowhere and hit a dark area. There happened to be a floating quartz staircase. If it weren't for the beam of light, they wouldn't have known there was a path in this blind area!
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