Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 574: Chapter 155: Can’t Hold It Anymore

The intense pain made the Demon Cultivator elder bend his waist.

“Why?” The elder bugged out his eyes.

This was too much of a coincidence!

Just as he was about to make his move, Ning Zhuo’s Lifespan suddenly surged, surpassing him slightly.

And a one-line Qi-breaking Minor Spell is dependent on the comparison of both parties’ Lifespan levels.

Ning Zhuo becoming the stronger one, the one-line Qi-breaking Minor Spell then acted on the Demon Cultivator elder.

To put it in metaphor, it was as if the Demon Cultivator elder raised a hammer, wanting to scatter Ning Zhuo’s Lifespan, but Ning Zhuo’s Lifespan suddenly strengthened, and the hammer he struck flew back, hitting his own head.

“Fortunately, I hold an official position in the Dynasty, possessing protective abilities in this regard, a minor spell is not enough to scatter my Lifespan.”

But the backlash from casting the spell was very real.

The Demon Cultivator elder could not heal himself.

Because he was in the midst of performing a Great Spell to seize Lifespan and assign fate, he could only conduct this cursing ritual and not perform any other actions, otherwise if he were to interrupt it himself, he would endure terrifying backlash, paying a heavy price.

The Demon Cultivator elder gasped for breath, straightened his upper body, and started to prepare the curse again.

“Ning Zhuo’s Lifespan has no more changes!”

“It must have just been a coincidence.”

“Next, watch my two-line Qi-breaking Minor Spell!”

A moment ago.

Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong looked towards the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon.

Inside the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon, the Mana Pool was spewing out a great amount of Mana, pouring it into the Dragon’s Array.

This layer of Array was connected with countless Talismans.

And Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong, who made the Talismans, were standing by, watching intently and looking somewhat anxious.

Because they had spent a vast amount of magical materials, the price was high to try again, they would need to return to Jin Li to ask for more.

Fortunately, the Array operated non-stop, and no accidents occurred.

When the Array gradually weakened until it completely stopped, the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon’s Dragon body had been fully repaired.

In the originally damaged areas, now there were layers of Cloud Clusters.

These Cloud Clusters, tightly packed, acting as the prior Dragon Scales, provided rigorous protection for the Dragon body.

Upon closer inspection, one could see the Cloud Dragon Scales slowly rotating, like clouds, and in the depths of the Cloud Dragon Scales, one could spot strands of deep blue lightning.

This was because Thunder Dragon horns were used as materials, so it possessed the attribute of lightning.

“This is really too extravagant.” Sun Lingtong couldn’t help but exclaim.

It was his first time seeing someone use materials so generously.

“Typical of you, Little Zhuo.”

“Hehehe.”

“I still remember back in the day, you just started refining Mechanical Artifacts, I brought you almost all the Mechanical Rings from the market. You heavily criticized many Mechanical designs as crude, not at all economical.”

“How do you feel about it now?” Sun Lingtong teased.

Ning Zhuo sighed, a bitter smile on his face: “Boss, I’m still hurting from it. But luckily, the Mechanical Ring is no longer shrinking.”

“Based on past experiences, although this usage of materials is extravagant, it should also be the right choice this time.”

“Let’s proceed to the next step.”

Of course, the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon cannot be made overnight.

The Dragon’s surface body is covered with Cloud Dragon Scales, serving as both Outer Armor and Inner Armor, but there are still many weak spots left.

These weak spots would usually not affect anything.

But once it teleports through the void, that would be a disaster.

Even a Nascent Soul Level Cultivator can only use their Nascent Soul for Void Teleportation, usually not their physical body.

The pressure of Void Teleportation is enormous, with the previous Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon being an integral whole, but now repaired, it always has weak links.

These weak points, like the thinnest link in an iron chain, often bear the maximum force and are most likely to break. Once they break, a chain reaction occurs, causing the entire iron chain to shatter.

Ning Zhuo needed to detect these weak spots and then reinforce them!

Once again, he faced a choice.

With the treasure materials in hand, there were two sets of solutions.

The final effects of both schemes were similar, only one was faster, using more materials. The other was slower, using fewer materials.

“I’m not short on time; taking it slow is fine.”

Ning Zhuo thought this when suddenly the Mechanical Ring on his finger shrank again, warning him!

“Hmm?”

“Does that mean I should choose the faster reinforcement scheme?”

Ning Zhuo didn’t hesitate and immediately made adjustments.

Time returns to the present.

In the mountains.

The Demon Cultivator elder screamed in his heart: “Two-line Qi-breaking Minor Spell, break for me!”

Ning Zhuo’s Lifespan suddenly surged, just surpassing that of the Demon Cultivator elder himself.

Pfft!

The Demon Cultivator elder once again vomited fresh blood, directly kneeling down, holding his chest, his face full of horrendous grimace.

Aside from the pain, there was also intense anger.

“Again?!”

The Demon Cultivator elder, in doubt, was quite speechless.

“Is this too much of a coincidence?”

“No, two consecutive coincidences are no longer coincidences.”

“Could it be that Ning Zhuo has already noticed that I am cursing him and is counteracting it?”

“Or does he have a unique method of protecting his Lifespan?”

The Demon Cultivator elder fell into hesitation.

He suddenly realized that his choice to use the Great Spell to seize Lifespan and assign fate was a bit rash.

“I didn’t investigate thoroughly before rashly using the Great Spell!”

“Now, two unexpected situations have occurred consecutively, which is quite unreasonable.”

“At that time, I was also too angry.”

The Demon Cultivator elder felt regret.

Of course, it wasn’t just because he was too angry.

At that time, his main consideration was: by seizing Ning Zhuo’s Lifespan and restoring the King’s Order, it would cause Lifespan to flourish, and lead to the final result where Mu Lan, following this change in Qi Fortune, would become the wife of Liu Er.