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“It, it, isn’t that the Mechanical Ape we encountered in the trial stage?!”

“Why is it here?”

“It’s controlled by Sun Lingtong, which means we’ve been framed by those rogues from the Voidless Sect all along?!”

The revised team members who had entered the second round of the palace examination were stunned, their jaws dropping.

Some were so angry they broke down, cursing Sun Lingtong loudly.

Too sinister!

Too cunning!

This is simply outrageous!!

Everyone in the revised team, from top to bottom, had been tormented by the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory. Even Ning Zhuo, the true owner of the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory, had played along many times.

In short, the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory was a sore spot for everyone in the revised team, a shadow, an object of countless previous gnashing of teeth.

To deal with the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory, and the Underworld Emissary – Qi Bai, the revised teams from the three factions had even gone to great lengths to launch a joint attack.

They failed!

The Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory had brought too much failure, too much humiliation, and too much frustration to everyone.

Before, everyone thought it was one of the mechanisms in the trial stage.

This understanding made it psychologically easier for people to accept.

After all, the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory originated from the Venerables of the three sects. It was completely understandable for everyone to be defeated by a Void Refinement stage cultivator like the Venerables of the three sects.

But now, as Sun Lingtong openly used the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory, everyone suddenly realized – we weren’t defeated by a Void Refinement stage cultivator, but ambushed by the rogues from the Voidless Sect!

And ambushed so many times.

If it weren’t for the second round of the palace examination, we would have been kept in the dark for a lifetime.

For a moment, this feeling of being wronged and indignant was so overwhelming that even the waters of the three rivers couldn’t wash it away!

“That Sun rogue is despicable!”

“I curse your Voidless Sect, may you never have sons with anuses in this life!!”

“Simply inhuman, utterly inhuman!”

Sun Lingtong instantly became the brightest star in the main hall plaza. Countless pairs of eyes blazing with fire were fixed on him.

Innumerable curses and scolding rained down on him like a downpour.

At first, Sun Lingtong was a little uncomfortable. Later, he began to enjoy it.

“Thinking about it carefully, this is quite stimulating.”

“Hehe!”

“I just love to see you hating me, yet being unable to kill me.”

“Ah, ah, ah, right, the look of being killed by me in return.”

“Hehehe…”

Sun Lingtong was smug, shaking his head, his small face flushed with excitement.

After using the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory, he immediately started a terrifying winning streak. Even Zhu Xuanji and the others were defeated by him one after another.

And the person who was most broken wasn’t anyone else, but Meng Chong.

“Waaah! Villain, how dare you play us like this! This master is going to twist your head off and kick it like a ball!”

“Infuriating me to death, infuriating me to death!!”

Meng Chong roared repeatedly, but could only watch helplessly as his mechanical puppets, having lost their numerical advantage, were cruelly abused by the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory.

Past memories resurfaced in his mind, turning into slaps that landed on his face, one after another.

It hurt so much!

This humiliation was truly excessive for a proud son of heaven like him.

Meng Chong was so angry his face turned crimson, his hair stood on end, and he directly rolled up his sleeves, wanting to rush to the central area to confront the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory himself.

As a result, an invisible force firmly blocked him.

Sun Lingtong didn’t forget to add insult to injury.

He stuck out his little finger, picked his ear, and looked at Meng Chong with disdain: “Little weakling, what are you yelling about? Haven’t you been abused enough by me?”

In an instant, the struggling Meng Chong paused.

Immediately, his eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, and he looked like he was about to explode, howling up at the sky, letting out a deafening roar of anger.

“I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill you!!” Meng Chong was so angry he lost his mind.

No matter how the City Lord’s Mansion people tried to dissuade him, it was useless.

Zhu Xuanji, Book Lord, and the others, however, were not consumed by anger.

“Instead of saying I was defeated by Sun Lingtong, it’s better to say I was defeated by this spiritual mechanical ape.”

“This ape is indeed powerful. At the same cultivation level, even I would find it difficult to stop it.”

“According to the information given in the second round of the palace examination, the mechanical ape comes from the trial stage and was brought out, so it can be used in the palace examination.”

“Based on this deduction, the Voidless Sect should also have a mechanical puppet that controls ghosts.”

When everyone discussed this point, even these elite cultivators in the Golden Core stage fell silent.

Sun Lingtong only revealed one trump card and already had such a huge advantage. He still had another trump card that he hadn’t used yet.

“It’s predictable that the first place in the second round of the palace examination will again be the ‘entry standard’!”

“Fortunately, the second round of the palace examination only eliminates the bottom ten, so it’s not difficult for us to reach the next round.”

“The mechanical ape came from the trial stage, why didn’t the revised teams of the four major forces find this reward? Is it in the deeper part of the trial stage?”

Everyone kept guessing.

No one told them that there was an inside agent who had concealed the Buddhist and Demonic paths.

With the help of the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory, Sun Lingtong gained great prestige, immediately stopped the decline, and bounced back strongly.

The reason for arranging the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory instead of the Underworld Emissary – Qi Bai was mainly due to Ning Zhuo’s consideration: the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory was already the most exposed, so exposing it a bit more didn’t matter.

Although this mechanism was later upgraded in terms of materials, replacing a large number of Foundation Establishment level materials.

But it was ultimately only a Foundation Establishment stage combat force, and it couldn’t compare to Zhu Xuanji and the others.

It could only show off its might on the arena.

The Underworld Emissary – Qi Bai was different!

Although its material was limited to the Foundation Establishment level, it contained the Golden Core of Qi Bai from before his death. If it were to fully exert its power, it would have Golden Core level combat strength!

Of course, when fully exerting its power, the mechanical body often couldn’t withstand it, as it was only made of Foundation Establishment level materials. This is the biggest shortcoming of the Underworld Emissary – Qi Bai, which has existed for a long time.

In summary, preserving the Underworld Emissary – Qi Bai, exposing the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory to the outside world, and securing Sun Lingtong’s place in the next round was a very wise decision.

As for Ning Zhuo himself, after everyone was attracted by the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory and Sun Lingtong, he “stumbled,” “staggered,” “bitterly fought,” and “with difficulty” secured victory after victory.

Apart from Ning Zhuo and the others, the least surprised was undoubtedly Zhu Xuanji.

He had previously uncovered a secret – Yuan Dasheng was refined into the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory.

He also knew that Yuan Dasheng’s body had been obtained by the Voidless Sect.

Therefore, the conclusion that the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory belonged to the Voidless Sect was naturally drawn.

However, Zhu Xuanji did not expect that the Voidless Sect would be able to bring out the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory.

The Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory only had Foundation Establishment level combat power, so Zhu Xuanji didn’t fully take it seriously.

Seeing Sun Lingtong wreak havoc with the Golden-Blooded Battle Ape – Great Victory, and even he himself was defeated by Sun Lingtong, this result made Zhu Xuanji pay more attention to another matter.

That was the clue about the golden furnaces!

Among the five golden furnaces that had been used and turned into ruins, the No. 1 golden furnace did not need to be explored; Zhu Xuanji already knew the inside story. The No. 5 golden furnace had just been explored.

He only had Nos. 2, 3, and 4 golden furnaces left.

In the depths of his intuition, a feeling told him that the answers hidden beneath the ruins of these three golden furnaces were extremely important to him.

However, since the last success, the opportune moment that Zhu Xuanji had been waiting for had never appeared.

Although there had been situations where Scarlet Flame Demonic Beasts had attacked nearby, each time, Ning Zhuo activated the Five Elements Cannon Towers in advance, bombarding the demonic beasts before they truly reached the Gourd Forest.

This prevented Zhu Xuanji and the others from using the Scarlet Flame Demonic Beasts to penetrate into the ruins of the golden furnaces.

The opportunity arose after the fifth test question.

Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, a lava lizard as huge as a small mountain drilled out of the magma.

Nascent Soul stage!

The second Nascent Soul stage Scarlet Flame Demonic Beast appeared in the beast tide.

Its target was the Lava Immortal Palace.

Meng Kui immediately took action, relying on the Immortal City’s grand formation, to intercept the Nascent Soul stage lava lizard.

The two sides fought for more than a dozen rounds, and the fire snake that had escaped earlier seemed to have spotted an opportunity and also charged over.

For a time, Meng Kui, with his own strength, faced two major Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts simultaneously!

He displayed four Dharma Power Giant Hands, blocking left and right, clearly at a disadvantage.

The lava lizard fiercely crashed into the Lava Immortal Palace.

The spherical light shield, which had only suffered a few holes before, instantly became dim.

The lava lizard crashed again.

The spherical light shield shattered with a bang!

Countless Scarlet Flame Demonic Beasts landed from all directions and charged into the Lava Immortal Palace.

The Five Elements Cannon Towers fired wildly, and cannonballs rained down, fiercely smashing into the lava lizard’s head and neck. The continuous fierce bombardment caused minor injuries, finally forcing it to retreat.

However, before retreating, the lava lizard fiercely swung its tail, directly snapping off a corner of the Immortal Palace, several buildings and the surrounding land directly separating from the main body.

Immediately, this corner of the Immortal Palace fell into the magma, and soon completely disappeared.

Such a heavy blow caused the Dragon Tortoise Fire Spirit to immediately let out a mournful wail in the main hall!

The Lava Immortal Palace was in chaos.

This was the first time such a massive number of Scarlet Flame Demonic Beasts had poured into the Immortal Palace.

Although the spherical light shield was restored soon after, preventing subsequent demonic beasts from landing.

But the Scarlet Flame Demonic Beasts that had already surged in were a huge threat and had to be eliminated as soon as possible!

Cultivators exerted their full strength and fought in all directions.

During the battle, due to a small accident, someone discovered that the restrictions of the Immortal Palace had also been damaged, creating loopholes.

As long as they were Qi Refining stage or Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, even without mechanical attainments, they could enter and exit the Immortal Palace!

This would have been absolutely impossible before. Their mechanical attainments had to meet the standard.

“The opportunity has come!” Zhu Xuanji felt complicated.

On the one hand, the opportunity he had been waiting for so hard had finally arrived. On the other hand, a corner of the Lava Immortal Palace had collapsed. Such a significant loss would inevitably come at a huge price to make up for in the future!

This forced the Dragon Tortoise Fire Spirit to contact Ning Zhuo again: “Li-little master, bombard the golden furnace area! Let Zhu Xuanji completely give up on this idea!”