Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master-Chapter 1109 - 414: Ning Zhuo: Despicable! Who Ambushed Me? (Part 2)
"Letโs begin," said the avatar of the Supreme Family Elder. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ธ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ต.๐ฌ๐ค๐ข
A late-stage Nascent Soul Supreme Family Elder held his breath and used the finger technique, his fingers fluttering like butterflies, conjuring an invisible force that stirred the Dying Starโs Dust in the box.
The dust swirled in midair, ground into powder. Under the mana of the Supreme Family Elder, it merged into a stream of gray-purple light.
The stream of light drilled into a copper ring on the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain, transforming into a gray-purple hue that crazily spread along the chain!
The original color of the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain was rapidly tarnished, like scrap iron rusted for a millennium.
The Pivot-Core Chain trembled violently, emitting a harsh grinding sound. The copper ring swelled and contracted as if struggling to digest a toxic substance.
The gaps between the chain links produced more and more decaying threads. These threads were gray, scattering onto the jade bricks, causing the bricks to decay into powder. On the pillars, they immediately made the beams and pillars appear rotten with patches of mold.
"Ning Zhuo! Becoming the target of our Kingโs Order Human Tribulation is your great misfortune!"
"First, letโs cut off your lifespan so you know what it means to be possessed by the Dying Star!!"
The spellcasting Supreme Family Elder murmured, full of confidence.
The Clan Fate Mechanism Chain operated faster and faster, a plume of gray-purple flame rising up, merging into the void above, and disappearing.
Meanwhile, in the Bluestone Cave Mansion.
Ning Zhuo was inside the Martial Arts Array, trying to maneuver the Green Forest Python Chariot.
This mechanical vehicle was primarily made of spiritual bamboo from the thousand-year Grounded Green Python Bamboo. Ninety-nine sections of bamboo tubes were interlocked, with dragon tendons embedded in the joints, stretching and moving like a giant live python.
The pythonโs head was cast in the shape of a Jade Roof-Wyrm, its eyes set with Ghostly Pond Soul Crystals, emitting three feet of green light at night, illuminating ten miles of miasma.
The bamboo green surface of the python body had Wind and Thunder Rotating Talismans engraved in shadows. When it moved, the talisman scripts floated, shredding obstructive vines. Seventy-two Mystic Void Wheels were embedded under its belly, neither metal nor jade, refined from Spiritual Bamboo Root Tumors, gliding quietly over ground and rotating like a lotus up steep slopes, climbing as if on level ground.
At seven inches of the python body, a Coiled Dragon Bamboo Chair was revealed, made of thousand-year Coiled Dragon Bamboo. The surface of the chair was engraved with a Dust Avoidance and Wind Return Array, catching fallen leaves and spinning them away three inches from the body.
The tail of the python had a bamboo whistle structure, which gathered fierce winds when moving rapidly, producing sound waves to propel the body and increase speed.
Ning Zhuo sat firmly on the bamboo chair, channeling mana and divine sense through the chair into the entire Green Forest Python Chariot. The pythonโs body didnโt move, but the intent directed it easily, like using oneโs arm and fingers.
As the speed increased, the oncoming gust of wind was weakened by the Dust Avoidance and Wind Return Array behind the chair, allowing Ning Zhuo to breathe normally.
No matter how much he maneuvered, Ning Zhuoโs body, sitting on the bamboo chair, only slightly swayed.
The more Ning Zhuo manipulated it, the happier he felt.
From a young age, he dearly loved mechanical techniques, and driving the Green Forest Python Chariot was like having a new toy he couldnโt put down, playing to his heartโs content.
Suddenly, Ning Zhuoโs expression changed, his heart stirred, sensing an immense invisible crisis crashing down on him.
Instinctively, he commanded the Green Forest Python Chariot to immediately move away from its spot, but he still felt an attack closing in, hitting right on target.
"Whatโs happening?!"
In surprise and doubt, Ning Zhuo found that in the Upper Dantian Divine Sea, the Buddha Heart Demon Seal suddenly erupted, releasing a vast, mystical aura that swept around, instantly enveloping Ning Zhuoโs body and soul.
In the Ban Family Ancestral Hall.
"Ugh!" The Supreme Family Elder, who was maintaining the spell with all his strength, felt as if hit by a heavy hammer, spitting blood on the spot.
Subsequently, several Supreme Family Elders controlling the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain shook violently, their hair and beards turning white in an instant, each of their foreheads tearing open with a vertical slit, bleeding profusely.
"Whatโs happening?!" Everyone was shocked and pale.
Crack!
Even more shockingly, a large copper ring on the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain suddenly broke apart.
Bang bang bang...
Then, the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain underwent a series of collapses, with copper rings, chains, and tracks all shattering, sending fragments flying like arrows in all directions.
"This is bad!" The avatar of the Supreme Family Elderโs eyes were wide open, "Quick, stop the spell!"
But the Supreme Family Elders controlling the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain were severely injured, their spirits shaken and minds in turmoil, unable to manage the wreckage.
At the critical moment, the avatar of the Supreme Family Elder disregarded his own safety, jumped in front of the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain, and inserted his arms into the mechanism.
The collapse of the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain was forcibly halted!
The avatar of the Supreme Family Elder became very dim, his entire being like smoke, ethereal and powerless.
The price was tremendous!
The other Supreme Family Elders finally regained their composure and quickly manipulated the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain to change its form, no longer targeting Ning Zhuo, stabilizing the situation.
"How could this happen?!"
"While we were trying to cut Ning Zhuoโs lifespan, we suffered such a backlash? Unbelievable! We are at least at the Nascent Soul level, and the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain is a treasure that stabilizes our family fortunes!"
The Supreme Family Elders were shocked and puzzled.
Attempting to cut someone elseโs lifespan wasnโt a first for them; theyโd never encountered anything like this before.
The avatar of the Supreme Family Elderโs voice was hoarse: "Itโs a Township Fortune Treasure!"
"The forces behind Ning Zhuo also possess a Township Fortune Treasure."
An absolute silence fell in the ancestral hall.
A force in possession of a Township Fortune Treasure is certainly extraordinary. In this confrontation, the Clan Fate Mechanism Chain was clearly defeated by the opponentโs luck-stabilizing treasure.
Which force is really behind Ning Zhuo?
The cultivatorsโ faces turned ashen, their hearts churning, striving to digest and accept this harsh outcome.
The Supreme Family Elder finally broke the silence, a wry smile on his face: "Iโve forcibly interrupted the Clan Fate Mechanism Chainโs operation, bearing severe backlash. I must immediately return to my main body, or this avatar wonโt survive."
"Following this, the matter is in your hands. Remember, handle it with care!"
After speaking, his avatar transformed into a wisp of smoke, dispersing on the spot.
The Supreme Family Elders glanced at each other.
They understood the intent of the Family Elder and agreed with his decision.
The half-broken Clan Fate Mechanism Chain and the heavily injured Divinity Transformation level avatar deeply intimidated them.
"This Ning Zhuo has significant backing, he canโt be easily insulted."
"Otherwise, he wouldnโt become the target of Ban Jiโs Human Tribulation. This is a Human Tribulation aimed at a Kingโs Order, can it be simple?"
"We canโt cut his lifespan, and we need to help Ban Ji pass the Human Tribulation. What should we do?"
"Itโs not a total failure. Weโve completed half of the spell; Ning Zhuoโs lifespan must have been reduced somewhat. We have a mutual loss. It canโt have been easy for his side too!"
Bluestone Cave Mansion.
Ning Zhuo sat dumbfounded on the bamboo chair, his expression filled with wonder and doubt.
He had never seen the Buddha Heart Demon Seal react so immensely and intensely.
But this vast aura appeared quickly and vanished just as fast, lasting at most only a breath or two.
Ning Zhuo waited for a long while and saw no further reaction from the Buddha Heart Demon Seal. It hung quietly in the Upper Dantian Divine Sea, returning to its original state.
"What exactly was attacking me?"
Ning Zhuo touched his body, using his divine sense to probe his mind and body, checking many times but finding no problems.
Safe and sound.
Upon closer inspection of the Buddha Heart Demon Seal, it showed no damage, not even a single scratch.
"This is probably some kind of sorcery. An enemy far away secretly cast a curse on me!" Ning Zhuoโs expression was stern.
"The Buddha Heart Demon Sealโs passive trigger likely didnโt let the enemy off easily either."
"Will it or wonโt it happen again?" With a treasure to protect him, Ning Zhuo, feeling safe, couldnโt help but look forward to it a bit.
After all, if such spells were used repeatedly, he might catch some clues.
He waited a while longer but saw no further oddities.
Ning Zhuo secretly regretted it, becoming more vigilant: "This isnโt surprising. Iโm acting publicly now and gaining a reputation, which must have made many people jealous, increasing the number of hidden enemies."
"Alas, itโs truly despicable! I follow the Righteous Path and am not good at such plots and conspiracies. I donโt even know who my enemies are."
"Ultimately, itโs a lack of deterrent power against others!"
The trial by Qinghuangzi, although it made Ning Zhuoโs renown match his name, couldnโt intimidate others for long.
"Ban Ji!" Ning Zhuoโs eyes flashed with fierceness, "This person is perfectly suitable for me to establish my might! Taking him down will heavily intimidate others."
