: Devil Contamination

Author: Gu Zhenren

Date: 2024-07-31

: Devil Contamination

The puppet Ning Zhuo ultimately did not encounter the mechanical ape, Yuan Dasheng.

When he arrived at Room 7, he found that the dismantled parts of the mechanical ape lying on the ground were being teleported away by a glowing circle.

This was the Lava Immortal Palace’s cleanup method. The glowing circles could not only teleport rewards but also clear away debris.

Ning Zhuo had already noticed this phenomenon earlier and was not surprised.

After inspecting the monitoring device components, he discovered that the mechanical ape had lost due to its spiritual power.

“Its physique is too massive. Merely maintaining it requires a vast amount of spiritual power.”

“Along the way, it consistently chose spirit stone rewards, but in the end, it couldn’t sustain itself and couldn’t keep up with the consumption.”

“Of course, this is also related to the many mechanical traps I installed in Rooms 1 to 9.”

Ning Zhuo felt heavy-hearted.

Yuan Dasheng’s strength was too formidable, causing significant disruption to his plans. Moreover, the negative impact of this disruption could very well lead to Ning Zhuo’s death!

“This was only Yuan Dasheng’s first attempt, and it already made it all the way to Room 7.”

“From here on out, it will become even more familiar with this place.”

“Although it still has the weakness of spiritual power consumption, once it lasts seven days, it can claim the ranking rewards. By then, its spiritual power will be replenished to the extreme, likely allowing it to break through in one go and surpass me.”

This placed considerable pressure on Ning Zhuo.

Preoccupied with these thoughts, he passed through Room 9 and once again arrived at the central hall.

A mechanical sound rang out as the stone wall lowered, revealing three doorways: Buddhist, Daoist, and Devil.

Previously, Ning Zhuo had already entered the Daoist door and found the level’s difficulty extremely high. Although it wasn’t impossible to pass, the time and effort required would be immeasurable.

After careful consideration, Ning Zhuo decided to first master the newly acquired techniques. Based on his understanding of the Lava Immortal Palace and the Three Sects Sage, these two techniques would surely be useful!

As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won’t delay the work of cutting wood.

This time, Ning Zhuo approached the Devil door.

He extended both hands, pressing his palms against the door, and silently activated the Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique.

After the devil technique circulated, he quickly began drawing streams of blood qi from the door.

The crimson blood qi flowed along his arms, spreading throughout his entire body, and gradually condensed into a blood essence within his puppet form.

This was the crystallized essence of blood power!

After obtaining the blood essence, Ning Zhuo could no longer absorb blood qi and discovered that the Devil door could now be pushed open.

He formally entered the Devil door and found the room filled with layers of mechanical traps, with many technique practice puppets wandering inside.

After observing for a while, Ning Zhuo reached a preliminary conclusion: “The difficulty of this level is about the same as the Daoist door. These technique practice puppets are all overflowing with blood qi, as if they also possess blood essence?”

“Does this mean they can also use the Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique?”

Ning Zhuo attempted to challenge the level.

Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique!

He activated the technique, causing the blood qi throughout his body to condense into tangled tendon-like structures distributed across his entire form, with a focus on several key joints.

Under the enhancement of the blood qi tendons, Ning Zhuo’s running, jumping, dodging, and other movement speeds increased significantly.

It wasn’t just speed—his strength and defense also improved.

Although the mechanical traps were triggered, they posed little threat to Ning Zhuo.

The real trouble came from the approaching technique practice puppets.

Ning Zhuo’s earlier speculation was confirmed.

These technique practice puppets could indeed use the Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique! With the assistance of the devil technique, the threat level of the puppets multiplied, making them much more difficult to deal with.

Ning Zhuo persisted until the middle of the level, where he was surrounded and attacked by three technique practice puppets.

The puppets utilized their blood qi to strike Ning Zhuo. His puppet body quickly became covered in their blood qi tendons.

Once these blood qi tendons formed, they severely interfered with his every movement.

Ning Zhuo could only rely on spells and his floating mechanical arms to resist.

After holding out for a while, he finally couldn’t sustain the defense. His entire body was enveloped in blood qi, and a large number of blood qi tendons sealed him from head to toe.

The three technique practice puppets attacked together, and Ning Zhuo’s puppet body was ultimately shattered into pieces scattered across the ground.

“So, the Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique can be used like this!” Although Ning Zhuo had failed, he gained valuable insights.

Returning to his underground workshop, he began testing this aspect.

The blood qi-condensed tendons could not only assist the cultivator themselves, enhancing mobility and providing some defensive power, but they could also erode others.

By using one’s own blood qi to erode and contaminate another’s blood qi, creating numerous blood qi tendons inside and outside their body, it was possible to immobilize them.

“No, it’s not just immobilization.”

“More accurately, it’s control!”

Ning Zhuo’s heart shook intensely. In that moment, he grasped the core concept behind the three techniques—

“The Three Sects Sage created these three techniques with the purpose of controlling mechanical constructs.”

“The Five Elements Qi Law Art can obtain five-elements法力, with an extremely wide range of applications. The five-elements suspension threads created can control the vast majority of mechanical constructs.”

“The Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique imbues blood qi tendons, enhancing the mobility of mechanical constructs in all aspects and strengthening the degree of control.”

“The Mirror Platform Spirit Communication Art, through the spiritual mind realm, communicates with spiritual objects. Clearly, it would synergize with certain mechanical components!”

Ning Zhuo continued his experiments.

He also discovered that blood qi from the same source was easier to erode, contaminate, and even utilize. In contrast, blood qi from different sources primarily exhibited suppression and interference.

These gains were encouraging, but Ning Zhuo’s mood grew increasingly heavy.

Because he thought of Yuan Dasheng.

“This ape somehow obtained the Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique in advance.”

“Its qi refinement cultivation should be the same as mine, both at the peak of the third layer. But in terms of essence refinement, it occupies the top spot on the rankings, pushing me down, which means it must have surpassed the third layer.”

“What is its true cultivation level?”

The mechanical ape made it to Room 7 on its very first attempt—such a result was terrifying!

Even more frightening was that, at this stage, it could only use spiritual power.

If it were to access the Devil door and gain blood qi power, its true strength would be fully realized!

Ning Zhuo had already experienced the wonders of the Devil Contamination Blood Tendon Technique. The enhancement this devil technique provided was immense.

If the mechanical ape gained such a boost, it would undoubtedly become even more powerful, soaring to new heights!

“By then, it will certainly surpass me and take first place.”

“I absolutely cannot allow it to access the Devil door!”

Ning Zhuo pulled open a drawer, took out a jade slip, and began searching for information.

“Found it!”

He quickly made a discovery.

“It really is a Fire-Blend Devil Ape, but it’s a cultivator’s spirit pet.”

“The cultivator Yuan Yi founded the Monkey Head Gang…”

“The Fire-Blend Devil Ape, Yuan Dasheng, is the gang’s guardian spirit beast!”

“I knew I’d seen the name Yuan Dasheng somewhere before. So it’s not a person’s name but the name of a spirit beast.”

When Ning Zhuo previously created the mechanical explosive monkey, he had looked into the Monkey Head Gang and thus had some impression of the name Yuan Dasheng.

“The only comforting thought now is that I know its name, but it doesn’t know mine.”

“The enemy is in the open, while I am in the dark. The moment it appeared on the rankings, it exposed a significant weakness.”

“I must eliminate it, and as soon as possible!”

A sharp glint of killing intent flashed in Ning Zhuo’s eyes.

(End of )