Chapter 113: The Mechanism |
Seeing this scene, Bu Chengyang, who carried a long sword on his back, didn't hesitate at all. His figure instantly retreated, transforming almost into a swift sword light like lightning, appearing on the water surface dozens of zhang away from Li Musheng.
He distanced himself from that azure dragon phantom that had already transformed into a primordial fierce beast. However, his gaze remained constantly fixed on Li Musheng's back.
At the same time, facing the azure dragon phantom before him, Li Musheng remained completely unmoved. He shook his head slightly and said, "Looks flashy and quite intimidating, but what's the use? All show and no substance."
Speaking thus, he raised his hand and grabbed forward.
In an instant, the gravel that had originally been falling continuously from the trembling cavern ceiling and the surging waves underfoot suddenly became completely still at this moment.
Immediately after, the entire dark underground space suddenly burst with dazzling golden light, erupting with brilliant radiance like the rising sun, blindingly bright, illuminating everything around as if it were broad daylight.
At this moment, within this sky full of golden light, a giant claw wreathed in golden light manifested out of thin air from space.
The golden giant claw was incomparably huge, almost filling the entire underground space, emanating a dazzling and mesmerizing brilliance, far overshadowing the several dozen meter azure dragon phantom.
Compared to it, the shimmering cyan light emanating from the azure dragon phantom's entire body was simply like the light of a firefly facing the blazing sun.
"Old man, did you see that? Mine is what you call truly substantial, genuinely living up to its name."
Li Musheng turned his head to look at the Azure Dragon Elder who had reappeared, speaking with a calm and composed expression.
The Azure Dragon Elder stood treading on empty air, but remained silent and motionless, no longer continuing to attack Li Musheng.
He merely stared fixedly at Li Musheng with his eyes. His eyeballs rotated rapidly at a speed many times faster than before, as if he was doing his utmost to ponder and analyze this young man before him.
At this moment, on his pale face, one could clearly see five finger imprints embedded and sunken into his facial bones.
At the same time, after Bu Chengyang in the distance witnessed the scene in his eyes, the expression on his face became uncertain.
The martial Dao strength Li Musheng displayed far exceeded his imagination.
Previously, seeing that the other party was so young yet possessed Heaven-Human Realm martial Dao cultivation, he had already been extremely shocked.
Even after learning that Li Musheng was an extremely rare martial Dao genius in the world, he had even felt some goodwill in his heart, wanting to prevent the other party from provoking the Azure Dragon Elder to avoid unnecessarily perishing here.
However, he discovered that Li Musheng didn't seem to have listened to his words at all, and had even quite recklessly taken the initiative to attack the Azure Dragon Elder.
At that time, when the Azure Dragon Elder was sent flying by the other party, Bu Chengyang had indeed been somewhat surprised.
However, he had originally thought it was because the Azure Dragon Elder had been momentarily careless and unaware. Only now did he truly understand.
That wasn't the Azure Dragon Elder being unaware at all. Rather, the young man before him had terrifyingly powerful strength. The other party simply hadn't reacted in time before his entire person was suddenly sent flying with a slap.
"When did such a terrifyingly powerful martial Dao expert appear in the martial world, and one who is actually so young!"
Bu Chengyang was shocked and doubtful in his heart. The Li Musheng before his eyes was truly too astonishing and unprecedented, far exceeding his past understanding.
Counting forward from now, in the entire thousands of years of the martial world's history, when had such a monstrous figure ever appeared?
At the same time, the Azure Dragon Elder who had been staring at Li Musheng with rapidly rotating eyes finally slowly spoke, his voice intermittent, "I... admit defeat... am not... your match."
The powerful martial Dao aura that had originally emanated from his body had long since dissipated. He just kept shaking his head.
Seeing this, Li Musheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Although this old man before him seemed somewhat mentally deficient, he acted quite in accordance with his heart.
However, just at this moment, the Azure Dragon Elder continued speaking, "But... the Dragon Pearl... you can't take it... must give it to me."
Hearing these words, Li Musheng couldn't help but sneer coldly.
Then, he casually tossed up the stone bead in his hand that was still emitting grayish dim light, and asked leisurely, "If I don't give it, what can you do to me?"
Hearing this, the Azure Dragon Elder's eyeballs began rotating rapidly again. At the same time, he slowly extended his hand and opened his palm, his voice obscure as he said, "I am not... your match... but you... can't leave."
As soon as these words came out, it seemed as if a powerful qi mechanism was brewing in the entire cavern space.
The broad underground waterway extending for hundreds of zhang below began to surge at this moment, and the entire water surface was gradually sinking downward.
Or perhaps more accurately, something beneath the water surface was slowly floating upward.
Upon suddenly seeing this scene, Bu Chengyang, who was already extremely far away, suddenly circulated his martial True Qi and shouted toward Li Musheng in a deep voice, "Little brother, don't be impulsive. This place is far from as simple as you imagine."
Then, as if afraid Li Musheng would recklessly attack again without regard for consequences, he explained at an extremely fast pace, "This place in the Great Li capital is named Dragon Lock Well Ward, but the term 'Dragon Lock' has actually been passed down for at least a thousand years."
"The world all transmits that what's locked beneath this entire underground is the heaven and earth dragon veins, but that's not actually the case. What's sealed and imprisoned underground is actually a mass of 'Azure Dragon True Qi,' and what constructed this sealing imprisonment was the Lu Gong Divine Hall, which possesses the world's most advanced mechanism techniques."
"It's said they spent over a hundred years constructing the mechanisms here. If one rashly triggers this massive mechanism embedded in the earth veins, not only will you and I both be unable to escape from underground, but the over ten thousand common people living in the entire Great Li Dragon Lock Well Ward will also encounter the earth dragon turning over and all be buried in the mechanisms."
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Hearing what Bu Chengyang said, Li Musheng frowned and looked toward the shaking water surface beneath his feet.
At the bottom of the water there seemed to be a shadow extending for several li along the waterway. Amid the sounds of countless minute gears turning, it was about to slowly surface.
At the same time, the surrounding rock walls were all emitting waves of slight trembling. Although it wasn't as violent and terrifying as the commotion caused when the Azure Dragon Elder had previously erupted with martial Dao aura, the geographical area it covered was undoubtedly extremely vast and expansive. At the very least, at the same time, all the common people in the entire Dragon Lock Well Ward of the Great Li capital should be able to feel the slight shaking of the ground.
Li Musheng observed the changes before him, slowly shifted his gaze, and looked again at the white-haired Azure Dragon Elder before him.
The other party still extended his arm with an open palm toward him. The eyeballs that had originally been rapidly rotating had stopped.
"Hand... it over!"
The Azure Dragon Elder opened his mouth slightly, his tone seeming to brook no refusal.
That pale face with five finger imprints embedded in it now had the corners of its mouth curling up. He stared quietly at Li Musheng, then revealed a mocking and derisive eerie smile.
Li Musheng's eyes grew deep and calm, but he looked at the other party peacefully and slowly said, "Do you think that what I just showed is the extent of my abilities?"