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Chapter 495: Capture the thief first and capture the king first

Gazing at the enormous messenger of peace, an eerie silence instantly descended.

When An Rong was exploring the Demon Realm, he saw all-terrain transport vehicles and knew that the Celestials possessed mechanical arts that the Great Xuan could not comprehend. Although he was equally surprised by the existence of the Peace Messenger, he could barely convince himself to accept it.

Gu Zhihan, Emperor Zhaoning, and the Demon Emperor who had never seen such a scene before were not so calm.

The Peacekeeper is a product that combines the technologies of the Underground Sanctuary Dimension, the Anthem Corporation Dimension, and the Steam Phantom Dimension, representing the ultimate expression of technology in the Wasteland.

Whether from a mechanical or aesthetic perspective, its existence is awe-inspiring. Even natives of the world's dungeons who have no concept of mechanics will be deeply attracted by it and perceive its extraordinary nature.

In order to get a few more glimpses of the peace envoy, the Demon Emperor took three or four more sword strikes from Eileen.

The natives of the dungeon were incredulous, but the artist's expression was even more exaggerated.

Looking at the mecha that appeared out of thin air, he had only one thought in his mind.

Is this right?
Putting aside the question of whether it would be incongruous for a mecha to suddenly appear among a group of cultivators fighting with cold weapons in a world governed by spiritual energy rules.

Speaking of the mecha itself, how could he sense a divine aura emanating from it?

No, bringing out a god from the Abyss game before Peace was already outrageous enough, but now they've brought out a mech with divine abilities.

You're playing this abyss game by yourself, and you're just taking the rewards like this? The game will automatically declare you the winner.

Although Wu Chang wanted to control his main body and drive away the Peace Messenger directly, there were not only natives of the plane present, but also the painter, an outsider, so the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

Tang, the sect leader, looked troubled and hesitated before saying:
"The mechanical arts of the overseas immortal mountains are vastly different from those of the Great Xuan. I'm afraid I'm powerless to work on this puppet."

Wu Chang waved his hand, using the technique of condensing the void to simulate a mechanical crown. Because he had used a mechanical crown before and mastered its essence, the projected majesty showed no abnormalities in appearance.

He handed the mechanical crown to the main body and said:
"It's alright. To make them easier to operate, the Mo family's mechanical puppets are all equipped with mind control devices. Master Tang only needs to wear it on his head, and he can easily control this mechanical puppet just like using a magic weapon."

"The functions of the puppet are recorded in the controller, which is easy to understand. Master Tang can watch it while driving."

The painter looked at the mysterious and unusual mechanical crown, and his eyebrows furrowed in dismay.

His intuition told him that the mechanical crown was indeed extraordinary, containing power that went straight to the source, and that he might actually be able to pilot a mecha using it as a medium.

But he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. After thinking it over and over, he could only attribute this strange feeling to the fact that Heping had too many good things about him.

Peace entered the Abyss game in just one hundred days and almost caught up with his accumulation of several years, a gap that he found hard to accept.

Wu Chang's true form didn't care what the painter was thinking. "True Walker" was a colored title with extremely high priority. His true form's current existence was that of a native of the instance plane, whose past could be traced and whose identity was verifiable.

Furthermore, since there is no causal relationship between his physical body and his true self, not only would a painter not be able to see through his flaws, but even if an evil god from the third level of the Lyman Abyss came, he would not be able to see through them.

As for whether Eileen's entrance was reasonable, or whether having Master Tang pilot the mecha was too rough, these were not issues he should consider. He didn't need to demand absolute rationality; he only needed to do the bare minimum.

Stories need logic, but reality doesn't. If you can't figure out the reason, other players will fill in the blanks themselves.

Wu Chang put on the fictional mechanical crown and entered the cockpit of the Peacekeeper. The newly upgraded Peacekeeper lit up, and a huge pressure emanated from it.

The Peacekeeper's "Specialized Mech" effect provides him with 110 points of temporary, non-decaying attribute bonus to all his stats. After this boost, his base stats become:
Life: 335
Power: 419
Agility: 236
Stamina: 217
Energy: 500
Inspiration: 196
Will: 283
The 33 points of energy that overflow after the specialized mech is amplified are converted into an additional 33% skill range.

Wu Chang looked at his attribute panel and sighed. When he first entered the world instance, Inspiration was his highest attribute, but now, when piloting the Peacekeeper, Inspiration has become his weakness.

Seeing the Peacekeeper activated, the artist's eyes showed envy. Who could resist a large and powerful mech?
If the number of Golden Armored Heavenly Soldiers were even one zero short, he would volunteer to switch places with Sect Leader Tang and take charge of stopping Emperor Zhaoning.

The reason he didn't choose this step is also the problem that Sect Leader Tang would encounter.

"I admit this mech is very powerful; its performance alone surpasses that of a typical demon king. But can such a mech truly withstand 16,000 golden-armored heavenly soldiers?"

Wu Changzhen shook his head and said:
"Of course not."

As he activated the Peacekeeper, the mech's operational time began to count down.

Three hours, zero minutes, and zero seconds.

Three hours may seem like a long time, but it only amounts to less than 11,000 seconds, and the enemy he faces is 16,000 golden-armored heavenly soldiers.

Even if he kills one every second, it won't be enough for him to kill all these heavenly soldiers.

Moreover, those were 16,000 demon king-level heavenly soldiers, not 16,000 pigs. Each demon king possessed strength exceeding that of an earth immortal. If he were to deliberately engage in a prolonged battle with him, he might not be able to defeat even one in a minute, let alone a second.

Although he is strong, he is not that strong. You should know that he has not even awakened his divinity yet.

He didn't actually play a hacked version of the Abyss game, capable of fighting 16,000 heavenly soldiers head-on. Even if the entire Desolate Realm were tied up, it wouldn't be enough for him to defeat.

Why would he need to hide his identity? He could just swallow up the four major organizations in the Desolate Realm.

Furthermore, Emperor Zhaoning would not confront him directly; he would simply send a thousand golden-armored celestial soldiers to surround him and delay him with their lives, while the other fifteen thousand golden-armored celestial soldiers would go about their business.

He could only act like a helpless husband, watching Emperor Zhaoning act with resignation, unable to stop anything.

Therefore, from the very beginning, dealing with Emperor Zhaoning could not start with the Golden Armored Heavenly Soldiers.

The painter asked, "Since it's not possible, why did you let him go alone?"

Wu Chang said, "So what we need to do is not resist, but assassinate."

Shoot people first, shoot horses, and capture thieves first.

Ironically, what he needed to do was exactly what the Tang Clan did: assassination.

To assassinate Emperor Zhaoning.

Before the painter could even voice his doubts, An Rong and Gu Zhihan couldn't hold back any longer.

Pointing to the image of Tianzheng Town Yuecheng, they denied it:

"Impossible! You're sending Sect Leader Tang to his death!"

In the scene, Emperor Zhaoning did not move with the golden-armored heavenly soldiers to the Heavenly Gate.
Emperor Zhaoning also knew that he was the strongest and weakest link in the Ziwei Exorcising Array, so he hid in the Lidi Temple.

Around him, thousands of golden-armored celestial soldiers were arranged according to the Ziwei Exorcising Demon Array, guarding the sacrificial altar.

How can an assassination be carried out in such a situation?

Wu Changben continued:
"I have a solution."

An Rong, fearing that Sect Leader Tang might be overconfident, asked anxiously, "What can we do?"

Wu Chang himself said, "Charge!"

What kind of assassin can't charge into battle?

The painter glanced at Wu Chang and said quietly, "I want to quit now."

With manpower scarce, he couldn't let the painter leave. He immediately stepped forward, put his arm around the painter's shoulder, and said:
"I know it will be difficult, but it is not impossible. As long as everyone provides more help to Sect Leader Tang, the assassination may not be impossible."

He then transmitted his thoughts to the painter:
"It's too late for you to switch back to the demon race now. If we fail, you'll have to give up the world instance and leave early."

"And all you need to do is pay a price that isn't too serious, as an investment, and you can have a chance to clear the world dungeon."

"You should understand how much dungeon exploration progress and rewards we can get by getting to this point."

The painter was intrigued; the greater the difficulty of the dungeon, the higher the rewards would be.

The world dungeon is so ridiculously difficult right now that he definitely wouldn't be willing to give up.

But he wouldn't be so easily persuaded, he said:

"No one will invest in a bad project; you have to show me the feasibility of your plan."

Wu Chang pointed to the peace envoy and said:

"That mech and mechanical crown are my investments."

Then he took out another prop, shared its effect with the painter, and said:

"And this prop was an investment made by the four major organizations before they entered the market."

Upon seeing the prop information shared by Wu Chang, the painter's eyes widened, and his pupils contracted.

You know what, with this thing around, Master Tang actually has a chance to complete his plan.

He took a deep breath to calm his impulse and said, "The item is good, but are you sure the original inhabitants of the instance can use it?"

Wu Changzhen patted his chest and said:

"I have my own methods. If I wasn't confident, I wouldn't have taken out these props to gamble."

The painter paused for a moment, then asked:
"what do you want?"

Wu Chang grinned, revealing a friendly smile, and said:
"I've shown you the effects of all the items. Do I need to say what I need? Of course, it's an item that increases health."

The painter silently took out a square metal box from his personal space. He opened the box, and inside was a huge heart with a diameter of one meter.

My heart felt like it should be ripped off, yet it was still beating strongly.

He whispered:
"do not let me down."

Wu Chang reached out and touched his heart, his smile instantly becoming extremely bright. He patted the painter on the shoulder and complimented him:

“The boss is awesome!”

Item Name: Heart of the King of Giants

Item Type: Consumable

Item Level: A

"Item Skill: Vigorous Life"

"Skill Description: After using the item, the Heart of the Giant King will temporarily replace your own heart, providing you with a high temporary maximum health, which is 50% of the sum of all your attributes. Duration: one plane."

"Item Skill: Blood Curse"

"Skill Description: During the duration of Vigorous Life, all life-reducing effects you suffer will be reduced by 30%. 50% of all the life you lose will be stored as Flesh Curse, which will burst out when you activate it, dealing the same amount of damage to the target. Cooldown: 1 minute."

"Note: Just from this one remaining heart, one can feel the power of life."

You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub; the artist has really gone all out for this world instance.

The Heart of the Giant King not only increases temporary maximum health by a large amount, but also provides a permanent 30% damage reduction and a 50% damage reflection.

As long as the dungeon isn't too difficult, this item is enough to allow players to leave the dungeon alive.

If it weren't for this special occasion, the heart that the painter retrieved would be worth more than the prop that Wu Chang retrieved as a gimmick, regardless of which organization graded it.

The artist contributed it for two reasons: first, he really didn't want to give up the world dungeon, and this item was perfect for him; second, the heart of the King of Giants didn't match his fighting style.

His fighting style leans towards killing enemies before they even realize he's there. He wastes such a direct combat-oriented weapon, which is perfect for Wu Chang.

The two discussed the matter using telepathy, which An Rong and Gu Zhihan watched from the sidelines, completely bewildered. They only knew that He Ping seemed to have produced something that had gained the Fire Demon King's approval.

After Wu Changzhen finished dealing with the painter, he turned to look at the two of them.

He always treats everyone equally, so how could he only take advantage of the artists? Of course, he wouldn't let the original inhabitants of the copybooks go either.

The two men felt a pang of unease under Wu Chang's gaze, and hesitated before speaking:
"What do you need us to do?"

Wu Chang said:

"The Mo family's mechanical puppets possess a secret technique that consumes the pilot's life force when used. If either of you has a way to increase Master Tang's life force, it would improve our chances of success on this mission. We hope you can lend a hand."

Gu Zhihan comes from Renxin Pavilion. Besides being a major producer of cultivators with demon bloodlines, Renxin Pavilion is known for its expertise in wood-based magic and medical techniques.

Gu Zhihan used a secret technique from within the sect to stimulate Wu Chang's life essence, increasing Wu Chang's temporary maximum life by 200 points.

An Rong used Tai Sui's power to add a special status to Wu Chang's body, reducing the rate at which his life essence was draining by 10%.

"Get ready," Wu Changzhen said. "I moved the heart of the King of Giants into the Peacekeeper. I activated the Peacekeeper and, relying on my mastery of mechanical power, simulated the actions of a novice pilot, shakily piloting the mecha into the air."

Wu Changzhen said:

"Time is of the essence. I'm not sure how long the Light of Eternal Purity can last. Thousands of golden-armored heavenly soldiers are also on their way here, following Emperor Zhaoning's orders. We must seize the four altars of Heaven before they do and complete the struggle for the Dao."

"It would take us too long to make our way to the sacrificial altar alone. Why don't we have Sect Leader Tang pilot the mecha and give us a ride?"

"However, the Mo family mecha is a bit fast. I hope Tai Sui and Tao Xian will use magic to resist it and not be frightened."

Hearing Wu Chang's reminder, An Rong and Gu Zhihan did not take it to heart. How fast could a mechanical puppet be?

When the peace envoy took off, the violent air currents whipped their hair into a mess and made their cheeks tremble. They hurriedly activated their protective spells, and that's when they realized how fast the peace envoy was flying.

And his operation became visibly smoother before he left the public eye.

Wu Changzhen: I spoke to myself in a voice just loud enough for everyone to hear:
"With this rate of progress, perhaps Sect Leader Tang is truly a genius at piloting mechs."

He turned around, gathered the group together, and then activated spatial teleportation, sending them directly from inside the Heavenly Gate to the edge of Flowing Cloud City.

Liuyun City is located in the core area of ​​the Demon Realm, and is not far from the four sacrificial altars.

The Peacekeeper was originally created to complete small-scale offensive operations. He Yun did not enhance its long-distance raiding capabilities, but no matter how little attention was paid to it, the technological level of the Anthem Company and the Underground Shelter plane was still evident.

In tactical cruise mode, the Peacekeeper's flight speed is also faster than that of ordinary fighter jets, reaching speeds of Mach 3 and above.

Under the master-level control of the mech, he can not only fully exert the effect of the peacekeeper in world dungeons, but also increase the mech's movement speed, stability, agility, stamina and damage by 30%.

To accommodate the group's level of understanding, Wu Chang flew at a low speed, but even so, the two of them still questioned their existence.

After all, the current world instance is still in the desolate realm. No matter how fast a cultivator's escape technique is, it can't outrun an airplane, let alone a mecha.

Before An Rong could react, he found himself already at Hulu Mountain.

He stared blankly at Hulu Mountain, somewhat believing that Sect Leader Tang could really assassinate Emperor Zhaoning.

He asked, "Is this the power of the mechanical puppets?"

Wu Changzhen said with a smile, "This is the power of technology."

During the journey to the sacrificial altar, Sect Leader Tang was rapidly getting used to piloting the mecha.

At the beginning, the flight was extremely unstable and bumpy. Because I was not used to flying, I flew a long distance over Hulu Mountain before stopping, turning around and retreating a distance before finally putting An Rong down.

When I was dropping off Gu Zhihan, my flying skills had improved a lot. Although the timing of my stop was not right, it was much more stable.

By the time it was delivered to the painter, it had already taken flight and was able to land precisely over Xinwu City.

This visible progress put the painter at ease about Master Tang's situation.

When his true self was sent to the Water Demon King's inheritance site, he no longer needed to pretend. He directly ascended to the high sky, activated the full-field combat armor, and switched to the sky camouflage paint scheme.

Then, it switched to tactical cruise mode, bypassing the teleportation array, and flew directly towards Zhenyue City.

To alleviate the pressure on An Rong and the others, when he piloted his mecha and said he was going to Zhenyue City to stop Emperor Zhaoning, he did not use telepathy, but openly let Emperor Zhaoning hear him.

The fastest way to get to Zhenyue City is undoubtedly to first go to the altar where Heaven and Earth are worshipped together, and then directly enter Zhenyue City through a long-distance teleportation array.

To prevent him from going to Zhenyue City, Emperor Zhaoning sent 80% of the golden-armored heavenly soldiers to the demon realm to guard the altar where heaven and earth were worshipped together. They formed a battle formation, adopting a posture of inviting him into a trap.

But no matter how much Emperor Zhaoning calculated, he could not have foreseen that from the very beginning, he had no intention of using the teleportation array.

The straight-line distance between Zhenyue City and Liuyun City is only about 1,000 kilometers. After sending Zhenwo off, Wu Chang quietly arrived above Zhenyue City in less than 15 minutes.

Instead of acting rashly, he used a communication talisman to send a signal to the four people.

The four had already imprinted their spiritual mark on the sacrificial altar. Upon learning that Sect Leader Tang was in place, the four simultaneously activated the sacrificial altar.

This time, it was not Emperor Zhaoning who presided over the sacrificial ceremony, but Anrong.

At the moment he activated the sacrificial ceremony, he released the power of Tai Sui to its maximum, responding to the call of the Great Immortal Fate.

In the Birth of Demons Pool, the true dragon, which was patting the three-legged golden crow, sensed something and let out a long roar towards the direction of Calabash Mountain, responding to An Rong's ambition to contend for the Dao.

At the same time, Wu Chang, in his true form above Zhenyue City, looked down at Emperor Zhaoning below and took out the prop that was enough to convince the painter.

"Proof of Heroism".

(End of this chapter)