Zhu Xuanji’s brows furrowed deeply: “Within the Molten Immortal Palace are three Golden Core automatons: the Demonic General, the Daoist Master, and the Buddhist Physician.”

The Daoist Master always remained within the Immortal Palace.

The Demonic General was damaged and abandoned outside, later acquired, repaired, and turned in by Zhu Xuanji, returning to the Molten Immortal Palace.

Only the Buddhist Physician’s whereabouts were unknown…

Now, Zhu Xuanji had found a clue regarding the Buddhist Physician.

“It has actually been obtained by someone else!”

“Who could it be?”

The mystery deepened.

Zhu Xuanji had originally thought he could find further clues about the automaton scythe from the Fourth Golden Crucible, and even better if he could discover its weaknesses.

But there were none.

The situation was tense, allowing him no time for detailed contemplation.

Zhu Xuanji could only secretly note this clue and press forward with full effort.

The Shifting Secret Pavilion vibrated again.

The humming sound of electricity resonated.

The second minor shift had already occurred, and this change was – the Great Shift!

The minor shifts widened the distance between the participants of the Palace Examination, while the Great Shift did the opposite, increasing the possibility of their collision.

“Zhu Xuanji!!” the Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator roared, “Where else do you think you can run?”

Zheng Danlian revealed a twisted smile: “Why keep avoiding the fight?”

Zhu Xuanji snorted coldly.

It wasn’t that he feared battle, but that he had seen through the City Lord’s Mansion’s scheme – on one hand, they wanted to use Zheng Danlian and the Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator to stall Zhu Xuanji, and on the other, they wanted to give Meng Chong more steps, increasing his chance of escaping the Shifting Secret Pavilion.

After all, with every shift, everyone only had thirty-six steps available.

Zhu Xuanji retreated, continuing his previous tactics.

The two behind him, Meng and Zheng, pursued relentlessly, greatly delaying Zhu Xuanji’s speed.

“Fine. Getting rid of you two first is also good.” Zhu Xuanji turned around, expressionless, and actively faced the two of them.

Zheng Danlian smiled widely: “Wouldn’t it have been better to do this earlier, Lord Zhu?”

He held his scythe and swung it fiercely.

At the same time, the Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator attacked from the left, his fists tearing through the air, heavy and powerful, carrying terrifying might.

After a fierce collision, Zheng Danlian and the Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator spurted blood and flew backward.

The two quickly adjusted their postures and landed on the ground.

They saw Zhu Xuanji enveloped in the light of a golden mountain, with a forest of golden branches and jade leaves swaying and tinkling on the mountain.

“Three Divine Abilities?!”

“Golden Mountain Stance, Jade Pillar Body… This is outrageous! Aren’t you a Divine Constable?”

Zheng Danlian and the Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator exclaimed one after another.

Zhu Xuanji was expressionless, clenching his fists, and launched his attack.

Boom boom boom…

The clash between Golden Core experts caused the Secret Pavilion serving as the battlefield to tremble incessantly, the amplitude growing larger and larger, truly insane.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was directing Meng Chong.

After the Great Shift, he excitedly discovered that Meng Chong’s location was not far from the exit.

“The door on the left.”

“The door directly ahead.”

“The door overhead!”

Under the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit’s guidance, Meng Chong finally arrived at a Secret Pavilion.

Besides the door Meng Chong had entered through, this Secret Pavilion had only one other door.

A massive door.

The door panel had many wooden blocks, which were pieced together and confined within the door frame.

Each wooden block had text on it.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit continued its message: “Use the text on these wooden blocks to assemble a correct ‘Five Elements Qi Law Technique,’ and you can open the great door and leave the Shifting Secret Pavilion!”

Meng Chong was overjoyed and eagerly rushed to the great door.

The next moment, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit transmitted another message: “Be careful! The enemy has arrived.”

Meng Chong felt something and quickly turned back, only to see the small door he had entered through being pushed open, and then closed again.

“Who is it?”

“A coward hiding their head and tail!”

Meng Chong cast a spell, immediately covering the area around the doorway.

Ordinarily, Ning Zhuo could avoid the spell’s attack, but Meng Chong also incorporated the Immortal Aptitude: Raging Thunder Rush while casting the spell.

This greatly increased the casting speed, overwhelming Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo chuckled lightly, endured the spell, and revealed himself.

“Ning Zhuo?” Meng Chong was surprised; he had thought it was Sun Lingtong.

“You’ve come back here again, aren’t you unwilling to accept it? But if it were me, I would do the same!” Meng Chong nodded.

Then, a fierce look appeared in his eyes: “However, if you think you can stop me, that’s just pure dreaming.”

“Just stay aside obediently, this is not the arena of the second round of the Palace Examination.”

Saying this, he clenched his fist and raised it towards Ning Zhuo. Electricity crackled around his fist, the sign of the Immortal Aptitude: Raging Thunder Rush being activated.

Ning Zhuo smiled, stepped forward proactively, and said only one sentence: “Come, fight.”

Meng Chong threw his head back and laughed: “Haha! Then I’ll finish you off within ten breaths!”

With a flash of electricity, he instantly rushed in front of Ning Zhuo.

However, before his fist could hit Ning Zhuo’s cheek, frost formed on the surface of his body. Especially the foremost part of his fist, which was covered in a layer of ice.

Automaton – Weather Orb: Ice Crystal Snow!

“A bit interesting.” Meng Chong temporarily retreated.

Fire Bath Technique!

His body was engulfed in flames, dispelling the frost, and becoming hot and flexible again.

Immortal Aptitude – Raging Thunder Rush.

He charged forward, and he was repelled and sent flying back.

A massive automaton monkey appeared beside Ning Zhuo.

Golden Core level materials!

Ning Zhuo gently patted the automaton monkey beside him: “I named it Heavy-Armored Blood Ape, please give me your opinion, Brother Meng.”

Meng Chong looked at Ning Zhuo again, his expression different from before.

“You’re a worthy opponent, haha, let’s fight!” Meng Chong charged forward again.

Within the inner circle of the Molten Immortal Palace.

Zheng Shuangou spat blood and ran wildly, transmitting messages frantically, contacting Ning Jiufan: “Patriarch Ning, Brother Ning! Give back the Moon Hook to me, I’ll agree to any conditions you set!”

Ning Jiufan snorted: “Despicable scoundrel, launching a sneak attack, what face do you have to discuss with me? No return!”

The refusal to return sent Zheng Shuangou into deep despair.

Relying on a single hook, he was simply no match for the two Golden Core cultivators of the Taiqing Palace.

He was already in a desperate situation!

“Even if I die, I won’t make it easy for you!” In despair, Zheng Shuangou actively rushed towards Ning Jiufan.

Ning Jiufan laughed angrily, decisively casting an attack spell, aiming it at Zheng Shuangou.

Zheng Shuangou’s body stiffened from the cold, exposing a huge weakness.

The Taiqing Palace Golden Core cultivators were experienced and worked in perfect coordination, chasing behind Zheng Shuangou and delivering a fatal blow.

Zheng Shuangou screamed and fell on the spot!

This was the first Golden Core cultivator to die in battle since the great melee began.

This was just the first, by no means the last.

Subsequently, Golden Core cultivators successively died or fled.

The intensity of the battle was truly too great, and the battle scene was overly chaotic.

Those who were typically respected figures on a daily basis also became insignificant in the melee.

The Red Flame Beast Tide pressed relentlessly.

The Golden Core cultivators were engaged in intense internal conflict. The three families and the City Lord’s Mansion had withdrawn large numbers of low-level elites to enter the Shifting Secret Pavilion, causing the inner line of defense to be greatly weakened and unable to withstand the beast tide’s impact, collapsing one after another.

The three Nascent Soul level Red Flame demon beasts were still being held back by Meng Kui.

But in the next breath, the Taiqing Palace’s Five-Tailed Fire Fox reappeared, releasing five streams of flying flames.

The flying flames were as swift as shooting stars, three of which were blocked by Meng Kui’s magic power hand, but two still landed in the inner circle of the Immortal Palace.

One stream of flying flame landed on the medical hall, precisely where Ning Jiufan was nearby.

The flying flame exploded with a roar, and instantly raging flames spread out in all directions.

Ning Jiufan was in a sea of flames of Nascent Soul level, frantically trying to save himself. But the ice and frost melted away, completely unable to withstand it.

“My life is over!” As Ning Jiufan lamented, a female ape suddenly grabbed him and quickly pulled him out of the desperate situation of the sea of flames.

Seeing the Nascent Soul level Fire-Melted Demonic Ape that had saved him, Ning Jiufan’s expression was extremely complex for a moment!

The other stream of flying flame hit the main hall, and was borne by the Shifting Secret Pavilions surrounding the hall.

Amidst the explosions, flames burned, destroying large areas of the purple and blue electricity, exposing blank spaces.

Many Shifting Secret Pavilions were engulfed in flames, and countless cultivators within were killed or injured.

The related restrictions were thus greatly weakened again.

“We can go in!” A Golden Core cultivator discovered this and immediately cast himself into the Shifting Secret Pavilion.

His success immediately attracted a large number of imitators.

The Scholar Lord, the Golden Core True Disciples of Zixiao Pavilion, Luo Shang, Yang Chanyu, many Golden Core cultivators of the Meng family, and several shadowy demonic cultivators all rushed into the Secret Pavilion.

The reinforcement of several Golden Cores saved the Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator and Zheng Danlian.

Zhu Xuanji, with the three Divine Abilities activated, maintained a firm upper hand in this confrontation.

The automaton scythe was indeed sharp, making Zhu Xuanji dare not take multiple blows head-on, but Zheng Danlian was too weak, far inferior to Zhu Xuanji in terms of combat techniques, and despite possessing a sharp weapon, he was unable to fully utilize it.

The Meng family’s Golden Core Body Cultivator was even more miserable, with multiple bone fractures and breaks throughout his body, his entire face bruised and swollen, already on the verge of death!

“Zhu Xuanji, cease your arrogance!”

“Let’s attack together, no need to worry.”

Several Golden Cores launched spells and magical treasures, converging into a torrential downpour of attacks.

Zhu Xuanji fully activated the three divine abilities, the golden mountain’s mystic light surged, the golden branches and jade leaves tinkled urgently, and the jade pillar body remained unshaken.

While enduring the relentless bombardment from numerous enemies, he also activated his talent.

Talent – Golden Eyes.

Spell – Gan Ge (War).

Talent Casting – Keen Golden Ge!

Streams of golden spears surged upwards, cutting through thorns and bushes, sharp and unstoppable. They accurately hit their respective enemies, and the Golden Core cultivators fell one after another, severely injured.

The raging tide of attacks surrounding Zhu Xuanji was also greatly reduced as a result.

“Hehehe, die for me!!” Zheng Danlian’s eyes were bloodshot, and he suddenly threw the automaton scythe in his hand.

The scythe rapidly deformed in mid-air, turning into a massive automaton snake, launching a surprise attack on the Meng family’s Golden Core cultivators.

It directly opened its huge mouth and devoured a Golden Core directly!

Subsequently, it also launched a fierce assault on the other Golden Cores.

The Meng family’s Golden Core cultivators had not expected that Zheng Danlian would go insane and attack his own people. By the time they reacted, the second victim’s thigh had already been bitten and swallowed by the automaton great snake.

In their shock and anger, the Meng family Golden Cores frantically bombarded the automaton great snake.

But this Night Rain Demonic Weapon actually withstood the terrifying attacks and devoured the second victim!

It immediately pounced on the third Golden Core.

The Meng family Golden Cores scattered in panic.

Zheng Danlian revealed a bloodthirsty smile and immediately chased after them with the automaton great snake.

His gaze was filled with madness, making even Zhu Xuanji feel a chill in his heart.

(End of this chapter)

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