Chapter 574: Flying Armor Piercing Clouds

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Upon the vast, flat, and boundless tundra, Frost Roar Valley cleaved the earth like a colossal fissure rent by ancient Dragon Deities.

This rift, stretching for three thousand seven hundred li, was at its narrowest point only wide enough for three to walk abreast, yet at its widest it spanned over eighty li, with ice cliffs soaring more than ten thousand zhang high on either side.

The glacial ice within the rift was entirely composed of Ethereal Everfrost, rendering it exceedingly perilous.

It was nearing noon at this hour. Sunlight penetrated the frosty mist pervading the valley, refracting into countless prismatic light motes upon the ice cliffs. Sun Ning and his companion, mounted upon the Ten Thousand Li Roaming Dragon, gazed down, beholding the entire rift shimmering with a chilling, bone-white gleam, like the spine of a colossal dragon, a spectacle of utmost grandeur and magnificence.

Ethereal Everfrost absorbed ambient sound, thus turning Frost Roar Valley into a tomb of echoes.

Yet, the玄冰 possessed a limit to its absorption and containment. Whenever this limit was breached, the 玄冰 would detonate, unleashing fierce sound waves and sonic tides.

Such chained detonations of 玄冰 could instantly generate sonic surges of extreme terror.

These sonic surges, sweeping forth, would then stir up blizzards, each instance a life-extinguishing, heaven-and-earth snow burial. This was the most unique meteorological phenomenon of Frost Roar Valley.

But the miracle of life always persisted.

Ice Soul Wolf packs and Fur Ball Mammoths were the two great clans that survived and thrived within Frost Roar Valley.

“Someday, I shall come here to explore.” Sun Lingtong’s eyes gleamed, a look of anticipation upon his face. “It will surely be very thrilling.”

Ning Zhuo nodded: “Though I too am greatly curious about the mysteries deep within the rift, let us wait until my cultivation has reached its fruition.”

The two did not linger, and soon re-entered the Ten Thousand Li Roaming Dragon, resuming their journey.

They did not hasten to vanish into the void, but rather circled and surveyed Frost Roar Valley, verifying their location against their collected maps.

Through this, they not only calibrated their direction but also obtained the latest accurate map.

Ning Zhuo entered the cultivation cabin and began the practice of the Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divinity Technique.

Fire Burial Prajna Disentangling Spirit Scripture!

Flames surged upwards, burning with quiet intensity. Tongues of fire coiled and danced, following Ning Zhuo’s command.

The white-robed youth sat cross-legged, facing the flames, a layer of Buddha-light enveloping his countenance.

Sun Lingtong, uncharacteristically, came to his side, not remaining in the dragon head cabin.

Ning Zhuo sliced open his own fleshly body and extracted a kidney.

Demonic Contamination Blood Sinew Skill!

Blood sinews solidified in the empty space, forming a bloody, indistinct mass, as if countless crimson threads were tangled and intertwined.

This thus temporarily replaced the function of the kidney.

The kidney swiftly dissolved within the flames. Ning Zhuo was already seasoned in this art. Seeing the moment ripe, he decisively introduced the Ten Thousand Year Water Essence.

The Ten Thousand Year Water Essence and the kidney fused together, ultimately transforming into a ball of light.

Within the light ball was a faintly discernible temple. Within the tiny, exquisite temple was a divine statue, its form identical to Ning Zhuo’s.

Divine Sense Object Manipulation!

Ning Zhuo employed his divine sense, effortlessly drawing the light ball back into his fleshly body, returning it to the location of the original kidney.

The blood sinews forged by the Demonic Contamination Blood Sinew Skill also dissolved accordingly, their purpose fulfilled, and withdrew.

Having refined the Water Element Kidney Temple, Ning Zhuo did not rest, but pressed on, and further refined the Wood Element Liver Temple.

By this point, the Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divinity Technique was fully refined!

“The Five Elements are now complete.”

“From now on, as long as I infuse divine sense and transform into the divine statue, I can enhance the power of any technique among the Five Elements, and achieve precise control, compensating for my lack of practice.”

Joy filled Ning Zhuo’s heart.

Sun Lingtong was also delighted that his sworn brother had achieved success.

Seeing Ning Zhuo close his eyes to recuperate, he quietly turned and went to the dragon head cabin to stand guard.

Ning Zhuo’s divine sense was successively infused into the Five Viscera Temples, experiencing each in turn, feeling a considerable sense of accomplishment.

This technique was his own creation, but its foundation originated from the Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Skill. The latter was the primary cultivation technique of the Five Elements Divine Lord, a synthesis of heaven and earth essence, harmonizing the marvels of the Five Elements, profoundly imbued with the Dao and reason.

Ning Zhuo, relying on his deep Five Elements realm, managed to improve upon it.

To refine this technique, one had to expend the true essence of the Five Elements: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, requiring at least ten thousand years’ worth, an exorbitant cost. But the effect was also excellent. During the period of the Two Zhu States, Ning Zhuo, relying on three of these elements, repeatedly demonstrated astonishing prowess on the battlefield.

“Primarily, it still relies on the Fire Burial Prajna Disentangling Spirit Scripture.”

“Without this Buddhist Dharma, even if others were to learn my Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divinity Technique and amass the Ten Thousand Year Five Elements True Essence, they would still be unable to refine it.”

“Hmm… the Demonic Contamination Blood Sinew Skill also plays no small part.”

“It can cause blood sinews to condense and temporarily replace internal organs, bearing many similarities in effect to the techniques of the Demonic Heart Cave Lord.”

The main cultivation technique of the Demonic Heart Cave Lord of the Six Caves Sect allowed cultivators to forge multiple demonic hearts.

These demonic hearts possessed the miraculous effect of substituting for death. Relying on this mysterious and wondrous utility, the Demonic Heart Cave Lord could not even be killed by the Scarlet Heart Goose Arrow Divine Ability.

“The son of the Demonic Heart Cave Lord, Lin You, is in my hands.”

“He cultivates the same demonic art as his father.”

“When an opportunity arises in the future, I will interrogate him to extract this demonic art and reference it against my Demonic Contamination Blood Sinew Skill. This should be beneficial for my subsequent cultivation of the Essence Sea.”

Thinking thus, Ning Zhuo slowly opened his eyes and took out a flower bud from within his embrace.

The crimson flower bud was already much dimmer and more translucent than before.

Holding the palm-sized flower bud, Ning Zhuo could observe with the naked eye Lin You, tightly wrapped and sealed within the bud, as well as a mechanical carriage.

“Without a continuous supply of spiritual energy, the flower bud’s seal will gradually weaken until it dissipates.”

“But that doesn’t matter.”

“Lin You’s condition is even worse. He is sealed layer by layer and has not eaten for a long time. He will faint from hunger even sooner.”

Ning Zhuo patiently awaited this moment.

This flower bud originated from the Red Flower Dharma Manifestation, and was the item Mu Lan immediately handed over to Ning Zhuo after capturing Lin You alive on the battlefield.

Besides this one, there was another bud, sealing Wu Hen, which was also handed over to Ning Zhuo at the same time.

It was extremely easy for Ning Zhuo to unseal these two flower buds, but he was worried that the captives within might cause trouble after being released.

In any case, a little more time wouldn’t hurt.

Ning Zhuo did not risk unsealing the buds to interrogate these two captives.

Having cultivated the Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divinity Technique, Ning Zhuo immediately plunged into the design work for the Mechanical Battle Automaton.

During this period, he had racked his brains, devising several concepts for Yuan Dasheng’s new body.

Firstly, based on Yuan Dasheng’s Immortal Aptitude, Righteous Bones and Golden Solidity, specially equipping him with suitable载金.

Secondly, inscribing cultivation techniques to form Dharma Restrictions, creating comprehensive defenses. Currently, there were two options: the Diamond Sutra and the Demonic Gold Blood Armor Skill.

Thirdly, using Black Gold Meteorite Iron, paired with Blood Jade Marrow, to construct a self-repairing mechanical armor.

Yuan Dasheng’s positioning was different from Meng Yehu’s. Ning Zhuo intended to build him into a personal guard, protecting himself.

Furthermore, Yuan Dasheng himself was skilled in martial arts, excelling in maneuvering and grappling in confined spaces, making him very suitable for close protection of Ning Zhuo.

Given this, Yuan Dasheng’s primary power lay in defense.

Once his Immortal Aptitude, Righteous Bones and Golden Solidity erupted, it would provide extremely tough protective power.

Therefore, Ning Zhuo’s current concepts were all trying every means to pair with Righteous Bones and Golden Solidity.

To find the 载金 that could match Righteous Bones and Golden Solidity required a great deal of experimentation.

The reason for inscribing the Diamond Sutra or the Demonic Gold Blood Armor Skill was that Ning Zhuo, after investigation, discovered that historically, the two most powerful individuals with the Immortal Aptitude of Righteous Bones and Golden Solidity cultivated the Diamond Sutra and the Demonic Gold Blood Armor Skill respectively.

Fortunately, these two cultivation techniques had been circulating for a long time, and various versions were collected in the Ten Thousand Scrolls Tower.

It was not difficult for Ning Zhuo to inscribe these cultivation techniques; he only needed to purchase them.

As for the third concept, its main function was self-repair. This was because once the Immortal Aptitude, Righteous Bones and Golden Solidity was used, it would cause considerable damage to the carrier. If it could repair itself after battle, it would be very convenient.

The design of Yuan Dasheng’s new body was still in the initial concept stage, a long and arduous road lay ahead.

Feeling somewhat challenged, Ning Zhuo also sighed at the good fortune he had when designing Meng Yehu back then.

Conversely, designing the lower body of the Hundred-Armed Arhat Armor was much less difficult.

This was mainly because with a finished product, Ning Zhuo only needed to expand upon this foundation, so his thinking was much clearer.

There were three main ideas.

The first was to use Bodhi wood as the main material, biologically creating legs, then covering them with Demon-Subduing Chain Mail, embedding Avalokitesvara Moonlight Rings in the knees to enhance speed. For the feet, bitter and cold scriptures would be employed.

The second was to use Savage Elephant bones to create a thick lower body,

Directly melting the Black Iron Pagoda Armor and the mechanical body into one entity. Within the armor, the True Five Mountains Illustration would be yin-engraved. There would be Dharma Arrays on the feet, capable of triggering the power of a giant elephant’s stomp.

Ning Zhuo’s inspiration for this concept came from Elephant King Xiang Yue.

The third option was to simply not adopt a bipedal structure, but rather a lotus pedestal.

Within the lotus pedestal would be a defensive Dharma Array, inscribed with the Eight Parts Heavenly Dragon Curse. This way, by simply triggering the Dharma Restriction, eight illusory Heavenly Dragon figures could be manifested. These illusory Heavenly Dragons would circle and dance, supporting the lotus pedestal, making it fast and exceptionally agile.

Several days later.

The Ten Thousand Li Roaming Dragon once again emerged from the void, returning to the real world, seeking points of reference to align their direction.

The wind swept over the distant mountains, carrying a refreshing coolness that brushed against Sun Ning and his companion’s faces.

Large cumulus clouds drifted in the sky, outlining several "sky windows." Sunlight streamed down through these "sky windows," illuminating the melting snow, causing ice crystals to sparkle faintly.

The mountainsides were already covered in lush green grass. Three or four spiritual sheep, like chunks of suet jade, grazed on the grass blades.

A cry of an eagle drew Sun Ning and his companion’s attention.

Looking into the distance, they saw a Golden Feather Profound Eagle, like an arrow loosed from a bow, piercing the clouds, appearing and disappearing.

Sun Lingtong handed the jade slip containing the map to Ning Zhuo beside him: “We should be on the border of the Northern Kingdom.”

This map was given to them by Zhu Xuanji.

Ning Zhuo nodded, agreeing with Sun Lingtong’s calculation: “According to our itinerary, we should reach the Gloomy Soul Black Marsh in another day.”

Black Water Mountain and White Paper City were located within this vast marshland.

Sun Lingtong: “The Gloomy Soul Black Marsh is situated between the Northern Wind Kingdom and the Flying Cloud Kingdom. It is a buffer zone between the two powers, a no-man’s-land. Although we have been using the Ten Thousand Li Roaming Dragon all the way, not relying on the teleportation arrays of various immortal cities, leaving no traces. But upon reaching here, we cannot act with our original appearances. Who knows if those Heaven and Earth Dual Ghosts have been tracking us?”

The Soul Devouring Sect was a super sect. Even if Sun Ning and his companion reached this place, as long as they revealed their true appearances or whereabouts, they would still be detected by the Soul Devouring Sect.

Ning Zhuo nodded: “The Gloomy Soul Black Marsh is filled with numerous ghosts, making it an excellent cultivation ground for ghost cultivators and soul cultivators. The Soul Devouring Sect must have arrangements here.”

“Boss, you’re right. Let’s do as you say.”

Sun Lingtong chuckled: “I have the art of stealth, which can disguise my face. And after absorbing the evil god’s marrow, many of my techniques have improved greatly.”

“We’ll first disguise ourselves using the stealth art. After entering the wetlands, we won’t rush directly to White Paper City. We’ll first wander around in the nearby towns, adapt to the environment, and get a feel for the situation. If we can act like locals, that would be best.”

“Mn mn!” Ning Zhuo nodded repeatedly, “The next stop should be entering the Gloomy Soul Black Marsh. So, giving you this mechanical automaton now is the best, Boss.”

Ning Zhuo took out a new set of Azure Iron Manly Armor.

The entire automaton was relatively small, perfectly matching Sun Lingtong’s physique.

“Wow!!!” Sun Lingtong’s eyes immediately lit up. He spread his arms and gave it a big hug.

Back in the Two Zhu States, Sun Lingtong had wanted Ning Zhuo to make him mechanical battle armor. Whether it was the brand new Azure Iron Manly Armor or the Hundred-Armed Arhat Armor, Sun Lingtong was incredibly envious.

During the journey, while pondering designs with great effort, Ning Zhuo used the mechanical pedestal to create a set of mechanical battle armor exclusively for Sun Lingtong.

“Oh right, I also designed a activation incantation for you, Boss,” Ning Zhuo said, looking like he was seeking praise.

Sun Lingtong inclined his ear to listen.

After noting it down, he immediately infused spiritual energy, communicated with his divine sense, and impatiently shouted: “Golden Swallow Tailors Clouds, Manly Armor Covers Body!”

The next moment, the Azure Iron Manly Armor responded by disassembling.

First, the Five Elements Core Disc whirled out and adhered to the center of Sun Lingtong’s chest.

Subsequently, the spine attached to his back.

The twelve Mind-Splitting Mirrors simultaneously shot out silver light.

Sun Lingtong straightened his arms. His arm armor, guided by the silver light, precisely fitted into place.

On his abdomen, the straps of the Evergreen Array coiled like green snakes. After wrapping three times around Sun Lingtong’s waist, they emitted a verdant spiritual light, generating a light membrane that quickly covered Sun Lingtong’s entire body.

Click click click.

Following this, the chest armor, leg armor, and even the golden wings were pieced together one by one, then relatively contracted, fitting even more closely to Sun Lingtong’s body.

In just three breaths’ time, Sun Lingtong was already within the Azure Iron Manly Armor.

He lightly tapped his feet, and the Separation Fire Array at the bottom of his battle boots spewed flames, causing him to shoot up into the sky like a lit firecracker.

“Wah wah wah!”

“It’s amazing, it’s amazing.”

“I’m so handsome, I’m too handsome!”

Sun Lingtong flew erratically high in the sky, circling back and forth, up and down, shouting and yelling throughout, utterly thrilled.

Ning Zhuo smiled gently, gazing at the high sky, his heart filled with joy.

Sun Lingtong then shouted: “Little Zhuo, you come up too.”

Ning Zhuo nodded: “Alright.”

He also released his own Azure Iron Manly Armor. A few breaths later, he flew high into the sky, flying side by side with Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong suddenly called out: “Little Zhuo, let’s have a speed race!”

Saying this, he spouted Separation Fire from both his feet and hands. His speed surged, and with a whoosh, he was the first to dash forward.

Ning Zhuo immediately pointed accusingly: “Boss, you’re cheating again!”

He also controlled his Azure Iron Manly Armor, bursting forth with maximum power, accelerating to give chase.

The two of them in the high sky, weaving up and down through the clouds, chased each other intensely, having the time of their lives. They stirred the clouds into disarray, frightening the golden eagle flying high in the sky into squawking like a crow and retreating in a flustered manner.