Chapter 154: Chivalrous Path and Royal Path, Meng Ling and Mia
(Some readers said that Meng Ling got too many things, and some of them were useless. Now I'll say something, Meng Ling won't take anything that's useless, these things will be very helpful to him later on. Alright, I won't say more, or it'll be a spoiler.)
Although Meng Ling was very puzzled at the moment, it was not the time to think about these things. After putting the mechanism of Qinglong in the secret room into his spiritual world, Meng Ling immediately rushed to the next place. The Huan Yin treasure box and the mechanism of Qinglong had been obtained, and Meng Ling's next goal was Fei Gong and Po Zhen Wang Dao. Meng Ling decided to let his Zhanhun knife copy their shape and internal structure, and then send them to Shaoyu and Tianming.
Meng Ling followed the various routes and walked out of each level, finally arriving at this level where he had to choose between the King's Path and the Knight's Path. Along the way, Meng Ling was also amazed by the mechanisms and traps here, which even surpassed those of the Egyptian pyramids. If it weren't for his body being able to use elementalization abilities, Meng Ling feared that he would have fallen long ago.
"Meng Ling, you and I will each choose a path. Let's see who gets through here first." Just then, Miao's voice echoed in Meng Ling's mind, and suddenly, Miao appeared before her, having transformed into an exact replica of herself.
"Do you want to choose too?" Meng Ling was puzzled by Mia's words.
"Mistake, it's your choice, after you've chosen, the other road is mine." Mia said with a smile.
"Why say that? Is it another arrangement by that Longshen or something?" Meng Ling asked somewhat impatiently.
"How would I know? It was just Camille and Sally who told me in your spiritual world, as for why, you'd better ask them." Mia said calmly.
"What made you do this, Sister Carmel and Sister Sally? It's really strange, but I don't know what will happen if it's like this," said Meng Ling.
"Choose," they said, "this is another choice in your life's journey." Mia smiled and said, but at the same time, Meng Ling also smiled and walked in one direction. Mia looked back, hesitated for a moment, smiled and nodded, and then walked in the opposite direction of Meng Ling.
"Meng Ling: 'Within five steps, no one can match me; after ten years of sharpening my sword, I am a lone heroic path.'"
"Mia: 'A thousand miles of swordsmanship, a hundred thousand people bowing their heads, the four seas and rivers, the king's way for a hundred generations.'"
"Boom......" Just as they finished saying this, the road behind Meng Leng and Mi Ya completely disappeared before their eyes.
"Although it's not difficult for us, Miao Ling, let me tell you something. This time, Carmel and Sally sealed our abilities, so now you can't use the slash soul knife or the elemental fruit ability. Except for martial arts, you can't use anything else." Mia said to Miao Ling across a deep valley.
"I have no interest in the struggle for the throne, I'd rather be a wandering swordsman, free and easy. As for what you said, it doesn't make much difference to me." Meng Ling said, only to find that even the sword-shaped Bringer of Slaughter at his waist had vanished into thin air.
"Haha, you're really open-minded, but on my side, it's about playing chess, so even if I have the ability, I won't be able to pass through. After all, no matter how strong your abilities are, they won't help at all in a game of chess." The two people exchanged a smile and walked directly down the two roads. This time, Meng Leng couldn't use his special abilities, and apart from martial arts, he had to rely on his own wisdom to get through the levels.
That's how Meng Ling came alone in front of a huge stone gate. As soon as Meng Ling entered, the stone gate closed tightly immediately.
"If I hadn't sealed my own strength, I should be able to get through here in about a minute. But now, all I can do is carefully calculate the contents of this level. I remember that in the Xia Dao, there's a huge mechanical god who uses the stone plates underfoot to determine one's position. When someone steps on the plate, it will slightly sink, and the mechanical god uses this to find its target. Since I know this, getting Non-Attack shouldn't be too difficult."
Although Dreaming said this out loud, in her heart she was thinking that she absolutely couldn't be careless. She looked around and immediately found a mirror. After adjusting it, the mirror reflected the light from outside into the dark cave, using the same principle as the "mirror lamp" in the Egyptian pyramids. By reflecting light, Dreaming was able to illuminate all areas of the passageway.
The construction was ingenious, but had many drawbacks and wasn't even comparable to a modern flashlight. However, with this, Dreaming was finally able to see the entire layout of the dark passageway. On both sides of the passageway stood rows of bronze statues, each holding huge swords. Dreaming knew that these were mechanical bronze men who would start swinging their swords like chopping vegetables once she entered.
Hiding under their feet wouldn't be safe either, because at the end of the passageway, right in front of the large door opposite Dreaming, stood a giant bronze statue with its left hand holding a knife and its right hand holding a sword. This was the mechanical god guarding Non-Attack. The Non-Attack itself was embedded on the mechanical god's chest.
Dreaming had to not only dodge all the mechanical bronze men's slashes and the mechanical god's attacks but also find an opening to obtain the Non-Attack on the mechanical god's chest and open the large door at the other end of the passageway. Since Dreaming's abilities were currently sealed, if she got injured even slightly, it would be game over.
"But it's also quite difficult for a modern person to come up with such precise designs in ancient times, but now is not the time to sigh." Meng Ling also knew what kind of mechanism was behind this level, and didn't say much, the first thing to do was - step on the floor.
Here, you must use your own feet to step on the floor panel in order to trigger the mechanism. In other words, Meng Ling can only set off the mechanism first before there is a possibility of passing through.
"For now, I still have time to prepare, but later on, even if I want to prepare, I won't be able to continue," Meng Ling said, immediately running towards the front of the Organ God. Due to her current abilities being sealed, she couldn't even take out objects from her spiritual world. This was an unavoidable situation. If there was anything that Meng Ling could rely on now, it would only be her physical strength - the martial arts she had obtained from the world of "Qin Shi Ming Yue".
"Ready, let's start." As expected, Meng Ling's voice had just fallen when all the mechanisms began to move. First, the giant mechanism god started walking towards Meng Ling, followed by the two rows of copper men standing on either side, who began swinging their weapons. Meng Ling was already standing at a safe location he had chosen beforehand, waiting for the mechanism god's attack.
"This level, for me, actually doesn't have any particularly difficult parts. As long as I'm well-prepared, it's still quite easy to pass, but I'm just worried that something unexpected might happen."
"Hum..." As soon as Meng Ling's voice fell, the Mechanism God had already taken action. At first, he threw the sword in his hand at Meng Ling like a throwing star, but after all, Meng Ling still had the lightness skills of Dao Jie and Bai Feng Huang, so there was no need to worry about these attacks. With a slight tilt of her body, Meng Ling easily dodged the Mechanism God's attack.
"Next, I will lure the Mechanism God to a location far away from the gate." The second step of the plan required Dreaming Rain to lure the Mechanism God to the furthest point from the gate, as that would give them time to open the door. So this time, Dreaming Rain directly charged towards the Mechanism God's position and then used the recoil force to push off against the Mechanism God's body, sending himself flying back to his original position like a cannonball. The Mechanism God immediately charged towards Dreaming Rain.
"As long as I'm in the air, the Mechanism God won't be able to find my position...” Just then, the Mechanism God arrived beside Meng Leng. Meng Leng immediately used his lightness skill to land on top of a mechanical copper man's head. Since he was now airborne, the Mechanism God couldn't locate him. Now, all Meng Leng had to do was wait for the moment when the Mechanism God stopped moving, then jump onto its chest and gain the upper hand. After that, he could prepare to make his escape.
"It's now... jump!" The Mechanism God had just stopped working, and Meng Ling immediately jumped onto its body. However, unfortunately for Meng Ling, as soon as he landed on the Mechanism God's chest and grabbed Non-Attack, he discovered that this Mechanism God started working again.
"Could he really feel it when he touched the mechanism god? It seems that modern technology isn't this advanced, right?" Meng Ling was a bit puzzled, but now wasn't the time to complain. Using her physical strength, she finally managed to pull out the non-attack from the mechanism god's chest and immediately used the Earth Light God Step she had learned from Dao Jie to quickly arrive at the gate. After opening the gate, Meng Ling let out a long sigh of relief. At this time, the mechanism god had already fallen apart after Meng Ling took away the non-attack, looking like a turtle that had shed its shell.
After leaving the checkpoint where the god of organs was located, Meng Ling found that his own power had reappeared on his body, and he had also arrived in a passageway.
"Next, after meeting with Mia, we need to go find the location of other Kyoryu," said Mere, and then she put Non-Attack on her waist. But at this moment, the ground below Mere's body suddenly cracked open, and Mere fell down through it.
"I didn't expect that without relying on the Mohist's Organ City map, Gongshu Qi that old guy is still so spry, but this way I also save time from finding Xuanwu."
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