Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 708 - 16: Shennong Hall in the Dream Palace_4

"The Dao Formation inscribed within the Daylight Heavenly Girl contains the Five Elements Wind and Thunder. Although she knows fewer spells than I do, her power is already very close to mine,"

"My advantage is that my Five Elements Wind and Thunder spells are perfected, while her spells are not; they’re just Ninth Rank. Moreover, I know several more spells than she does, such as the Waiting Change Spell and the Cloud Spell, which she does not know,"

"Her advantage is that her body’s defense is strong; it’s made from sixth-tier superior materials, which is already comparable to a Fourth Grade Perfect martial artist’s defense. Breaking through her defense is very, very hard,"

"I can only force her out of the arena,"

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Xing had formulated a plan to win. He exchanged spells with the Daylight Heavenly Girl and gained the upper hand,

But the Daylight Heavenly Girl still held a sword in her hand. She could engage in close combat, and during their spell exchange, she repeatedly attempted close-range attacks, which indeed caused Zhao Xing quite a bit of trouble,

With no materials around to use, Zhao Xing couldn’t deploy the Ten Thousand Skill Grass Man, and furthermore, the battle soul of the puppet was not affected by the Sleeping Bug,

The battle didn’t come to a conclusion until the third watch,

"Boom!"

The Daylight Heavenly Girl was hit by Zhao Xing’s rolling earth mine during a dodge and one of her feet left the round-top arena,

Looking at the unmoving Daylight Heavenly Girl, Zhao Xing also took a deep breath,

"After all, this isn’t my real body. If it were the real world, I would have already condensed the Pure Essence Soil and had the Ten Thousand Skill Avatar with me, not to mention high-end weapons; fighting her wouldn’t have been so strenuous," Zhao Xing reflected inwardly,

The dream bodies produced by the Dream Palace were just standard Pure Essence Realm bodies,

Without the Pure Essence Space, without the Golden Bone Great Success, without armor and weapons, not to mention the Ten Thousand Skill Grass Man,

It could be said that the billions of resources Mr. Zhao had invested previously were mostly ineffective here,

"I can only rely purely on Daoist Skills to pass this test," Zhao Xing also felt the conditions for the highest reward were stringent,

But that was to be expected, as the Heavenly Craft Palace was initially designed for Array Mechanism Masters; naturally, the difficulty increases for other martial artists and magicians,

"Scholar Zhao Xing, you have already obtained the highest reward for the first level," the Mechanical Beast Xiezhi reappeared, "Do you want to challenge the second level?"

"Guardian, I want to try," Zhao Xing said,

"Good, please fly toward the entrance ahead," The Mechanical Beast Xiezhi waved its whiskers, and the entrance to the second level immediately appeared ahead,

Zhao Xing flew to the second level,

The surroundings whirled dizzyingly, the scene changed, and he appeared in the middle of a bluestone plaza,

Four structures like sword towers stood at the edges of the plaza,

"Buzz~" From the western sword tower, a dark red figure two and a half meters tall emerged; its features slowly shifted, surprisingly morphing into Zhao Xing’s likeness, but with a much colder demeanor,

"I am a shape-shifting Taoist Soldier, crafted from seventh-tier lower-grade materials,"

"I possess a high-level battle soul. You just need to force me out of the plaza or leave a mark on me to pass this level,"

"You may make the first move,"

Without another word, Zhao Xing dove into the ground with Divine Movement Protection, ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

He deployed the Endless Palace Technique, but at that moment, the shape-shifting Taoist Soldier on the ground stomped fiercely,

"Boom~" "Boom~"

A terrifying force immediately disrupted the earth veins, precisely shattering the Endless Palace Zhao Xing had just formed,

The earth veins turned violently turbulent reaching a seventh grade level in an instant, and the surging Earth Fire assaulted Zhao Xing’s octagonal cage protection,

"I can’t defeat him; he’s too strong," Zhao Xing shook his head. Although he could still stay underground, this situation was completely different from the first level,

"This is an absolute difference in levels. A seventh-tier Taoist Soldier with a high-level battle soul is already equivalent to a Third Rank power among human cultivators,"

Zhao Xing shook his head and just shouted for the guardian while still underground,

"Buzz~"

A powerful force pulled Zhao Xing back,

The next moment, he reappeared outside the Heavenly Craft Palace,

"Boom~" The walls closed, mist filled the air, and the fifth stage of the Heavenly Craft Tower also disappeared,

The Mechanical Beast Xiezhi, alongside eight Heavenly Maidens, stood there,

"Thank you, Guardian," Zhao Xing said respectfully,

"These eight Heavenly Maidens are yours," Xiezhi said, "Do you want to store them here or take them back now?"

"I’ll store them here," Zhao Xing still planned to try his luck elsewhere,

Now that he had broken through to the Fifth Rank Realm, he had many more places he could challenge,

"Alright, you can come to me when you’re leaving," Xiezhi spat out a Token, "This Heavenly Maiden Token is key to controlling the Mechanical Puppets. After you leave, inject a trace of Primordial Qi into it, and they will only obey your commands,"

"If the Token is taken and your Primordial Qi is erased, then the Heavenly Maidens will change masters. You must be careful to safeguard it,"

"Yes,"

Zhao Xing looked at the token, pondering what the conditions for controlling a Mechanical Beast like Xiezhi were,

Such a Mechanical Beast like Xiezhi, capable of fluent conversation and independent thought, was definitely beyond the Ninth Rank level,

Of course, Xiezhi’s independent thought was still bound by its creator’s limits,

For instance, it wouldn’t ponder why the vast Dream Palace, after so many years, hadn’t had anyone come to challenge it, nor why suddenly a Zhao Xing had come,

It wouldn’t contemplate these issues because its range of thought was restricted,

Zhao Xing guessed that the Mechanism Master who created Xiezhi had used their own blood in a sacrifice to turn it into an ’Artifact Spirit’,

Of course, this technique had its flaws,

In the Primordial Qi Era’s Mechanism Blood Sacrifice Technique, turning a Life Soul into an ’Artifact Spirit’ resulted in the loss of the core True Spirit,

This process is irreversible, meaning once turned into an Artifact Spirit, it cannot revert back to a ’Life Soul’,

Nor can it return to a physical body.

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