Mechanical Pioneer Under One Person

In contrast, the old Taoist priest who had thrown that punch retracted his fist, looked around, and revealed a rather puzzled expression.

……

The old Taoist priest came suddenly, and his method of transforming into pure energy and running around was so amazing that Liu Ke, who was floating in the air wearing steel armor, was stunned.

It took him a while to react, and he subconsciously wanted to use the [Transformation] module again to disguise himself.

But as soon as his hand touched the reactor on his chest, he realized the problem...

"This old Taoist priest is obviously not blind, but rather has very good eyesight. I've been hanging here in my armor for quite some time, so I should have been noticed long ago. So what's the point of me transforming now? Is this like trying to cover up one's mistake?"

"Besides... the old Taoist priest is so old, he might not even have seen Iron Man and has no idea what this is..."

After thinking for a while, Liu Ke, who felt a little overwhelmed, found an excuse for himself and controlled the armor to land on the ground.

Seeing that the old Taoist priest also turned his head to look at this 'Iron Man', Liu Ke unconsciously wanted to clasp his fists and wave his hands, but when he thought that it was a bit weird for the iron armor to make such a movement, he stopped again.

Finally, he shrugged awkwardly and said hello dryly in the electronic voice of his battle armor: "Old Heavenly Master..."

But before he could finish what he had been thinking about for a long time, he was interrupted by the old Taoist priest with a smile.

The old Taoist priest took a few steps back and forth, then looked him up and down a few times before jokingly saying, "Mr. Liu Ke, why don't you pretend to be me?"

Liu Ke was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "You...know it's me?"

The old Taoist priest chuckled and said, "You transformed into my body right in front of my temple. It was hard for me not to see it."

Liu Ke rubbed his head awkwardly, unwilling to think about the troublesome issue of 'secrecy' any longer. He then changed the subject and asked, "Have you completed the transmission to... Zhang Chulan?"

The old Taoist priest slowly shook his head and said, "Chu Lan... that child can't calm down."

After saying that, the old Taoist pointed at Kinoshita Hirojuro, who was completely paralyzed in the pit, and said, "He's still alive, so let me take care of him."

Liu Ke raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He naturally knew that the Japanese was not dead, but he did not expect that the old master was so murderous.

Considering that he hadn't earned any [Cause and Effect Points] in a while, he still asked tentatively, "If you... take action, will it be a little..."

The old Taoist priest said bluntly: "It's okay. We Taoists are not Buddhists. We don't have so many requirements."

After saying this, the old Taoist priest turned his head and looked at the 'iron-clad man' beside him with deep meaning, and said, "He is nothing but a trap."

"Since you were pretending to be me..."

"Now that I'm shouldering this [cause and effect], it's actually a natural progression. Perfect, perfect..."

Chapter 138 'It'

'cause and effect?'

When Liu Ke heard the old Taoist priest say "take responsibility for the cause and effect", he felt as if shit had hit him. He shuddered at first, then his heart began to beat fast, and an inexplicable sense of fear lingered around him.

After all, his greatest reliance, or golden finger, was the [Myriad Worlds] system. The "currency" needed to draw prizes was the causal points. The old Taoist suddenly mentioned "cause and effect," which made him feel like he was being seen through.

After more than ten breaths, there was an inexplicable thunder in the sky, and he finally calmed down as if waking from a dream.

Afterwards, Liu Ke thought for a moment before asking the old Taoist priest, "What do you mean by 'resisting... resisting cause and effect'?"

The old Taoist priest was also quite surprised to see Liu Ke's strange expression, but he didn't take it seriously. He waved his hand and said calmly, "This demon is strange. Let me deal with him first, and then we can talk."

Just after the old Taoist priest finished speaking, another mountain breeze came blowing, blowing over the waterfall and rushing towards the whole mountain forest, filling it with the sound of whistling wind.

The next moment, Liu Ke saw a wave of lightning sweeping out from the old Taoist priest's body, and finally trapped the paralyzed Japanese man more than 20 meters away in the form of a blue circle.

It felt like the [Circle of Protection and Devil Repellence] that Sun Wukong drew for Tang Monk with his Ruyi Jingu Bang, except that the circle drawn by the old Taoist priest was a different color, and lightning arcs danced around it from time to time.

"Master, the armor's energy has reached 200%."

Hearing the black wall's reminder, Liu Ke immediately glanced at the HUD display inside the armor. Then, he took a closer look at the circle created by the old Taoist priest.

Just when he wanted to ask the old Taoist priest what method he used, he subconsciously looked up...

All I saw was a black mass of rolling clouds, stars disappearing in the distance, a fierce wind splitting the sky, silver lightning darting about, and bursts of muffled thunder.

……

What should Thunder look like?

At least in the eyes of the world, it was like a huge hammer splitting the sky, with a loud bang, and the aftermath wrapped in vibrations, rolling endlessly among the clouds.

Thunder is like this? What about thunder magic?

As Zhang Chulan's colleague, as well as a contestant and spectator of the Luotian Dajiao, Liu Ke had naturally witnessed the power of thunder.

The thunder method of 'Bilian Zhenren' Zhang Chulan is the Jiang Palace Thunder, which is a Yang Thunder, with great opening and closing, yet strong and powerful.

The thunder method of Zhang Lingyu, the "Master Lingyu", is water-dirty thunder, a Yin thunder that is strange, changeable, heavy and turbid.

The thunder magic skills of these two people can be said to be extremely proficient. If you observe them from the perspective of a purely extraordinary person, they can be called masters with just this thunder magic.

As for the old Heavenly Master's thunder technique... it's hard to describe or describe. In short, it's very different from the ones used by the two True Immortals, 'Bilian' and 'Lingyu'.

At least, in the eyes of a "half-baked" like Liu Ke, compared to using Qi to transform lightning, the blue circle that the old Taoist priest just used was more like a "call" than an attack.

……

After the old Taoist priest released the blue circle of thunder, he stopped moving and just let the strong wind and rushing clouds blow.

After twenty or thirty breaths, when the clouds in the night sky had accumulated enough, there was a sudden burst of lightning, and the muffled thunder sounded like the beating of war drums and hammers.

The next moment, Liu Ke saw a scene that he would never forget.

I saw that in the thick dark clouds right above my head, white light gradually condensed and turned into a long dragon of thunder that meandered through the sky.

Finally, it seemed as if the Thunder Dragon had absorbed enough energy, and it tore open the clouds with its claws, sticking out its huge dragon head.

Crack! Snap! Bang!

The dragon's head must have been more than ten meters wide. After breaking through the clouds, it seemed to glance left and right, and finally fixed its gaze on the blue circle drawn by the old Taoist priest.

call!

The huge dragon head shook its mane, then completely split the clouds apart and wandered out as if it was coming out of a cave.

Bang!

After circling in the sky for a while, the thunder dragon dragged its dozens of meters long body out of the clouds, and then flew straight down like a rushing stream.

boom!

boom!

boom!

The dragon head rushed straight towards the place marked by the blue circle. When the collision occurred, electric fire exploded continuously, and it was like a waterfall of thunder.

When all the tens-meter-long thunder dragons were destroyed in that place, a big pit was blown open dozens of meters around the 'blue circle'. The pit seemed to have turned into a thunder lake on earth, with lightning flashing non-stop.

As for the 'target', the Japanese, it was like...

At least from a visual point of view, there was a large handful of dust where he was lying, which looked like the ashes of a human being.

After Liu Ke saw the magnificent scene of using a cannon to kill a mosquito, he stood there for a long time before he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Your move... is truly amazing."

He wasn't saying this to flatter the old Taoist priest, but rather from the heart. After all, even without considering the "special effects," the damage from this move was powerful enough, far surpassing anything like [Palm Thunder] or [Northern Cangtan].

After hearing this, the old Taoist priest shook his head and said, "On the day when Chu Lan and Ling Yu competed, his thunder technique was quite creative, so I just used it as well."

Liu Ke was stunned after hearing this, and then he couldn't help but complain in his heart: "They are indeed both thunder dragons, but... not to mention the size of the dragon, the power is almost dozens of times different."

But before he could swallow the ash, the old Taoist priest took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the ashes.

It seemed that the first photo was not taken well, so the old Taoist priest deliberately turned on the flash and took a second photo.

Then, seemingly satisfied with his own work, the old Taoist priest spoke again, "Aside from the unusual shape, there's nothing special about this move."

"It's nothing more than inducing thunder. Apart from anything else, I'm afraid any county or district's... weather bureau could do it now."

At this point, the old Taoist priest turned his head again, looked at Liu Ke and said seriously, "Not to mention... compared to your methods that can benefit the world, Mr. Liu Ke."

After hearing this, Liu Ke's whole body stiffened, and he just laughed and said, "What's the point of your words? You are flattering me too much."

Seeing Liu Ke's modesty, the old Taoist priest simply shook his head. After a few breaths, he asked Liu Ke, "You rushed here in such a hurry. Besides dealing with this demon, do you have anything else that's important?"

As soon as this question came out, Liu Ke felt a little puzzled, so he shook his head and asked doubtfully: "Me? Important things?"

"Uh, I should... probably don't have anything special to do."

"I don't know what you mean?"

Hearing his words, the old Taoist priest frowned and asked, "No? Then why are you..."

The old Taoist priest stopped talking mid-sentence. After a brief pause and reflection, he seemed to think there was no need to delve into the previous topic and simply said, "That's all. Anyway, if you hear that voice's warnings again in the future, just listen to it. It won't harm you."

After hearing this, Liu Ke became even more confused. He squinted his eyes and asked, "Sound? What sound?"

After he finished speaking, the old Taoist priest seemed to understand something and asked, "You should have heard it before, right?"

As if realizing his words were indeed vague, the old Taoist priest straightened his expression and said, "At the main hall gate, before you flew away, you should have heard the voice of 'it'."

This sounded much more straightforward. Liu Ke's pupils shrank slightly, and he hesitated and said, "You mean that?"

"Oh... yes, indeed. At that time, there was a very strange voice coming from me, as if it was saying something."

"But the sound was so quiet that I couldn't hear it clearly. And since I was the only one who heard it, I thought I was hallucinating."

Now it was the old Heavenly Master's turn to be surprised. He immediately formed a hand seal to wipe his eyes, then carefully examined the 'Iron Man' beside him. As he looked, he asked, "I know you are a natural born extraordinary person, but you... haven't practiced the Zhou Tian Xing Qi method at all?"

Liu Ke didn't understand why the old Taoist priest asked this, so he could only nod awkwardly. He patted his armor with his left hand and said, "I usually rely on this thing. I don't need magic or weapons..."

"Uh, so, as for the Zhou Tian method... I've only practiced the one provided by the company, so it's a bit sparse."

After hearing this, the old Taoist priest nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, it should be so. If that's the case, then it's not surprising."

After saying this, his brows furrowed as he continued, "That voice warned you with just three words: 'Don't go.'"

"But the Qi flowing through your body is quite scattered, so it's not clear what you're hearing, which is normal."

After hearing this, Liu Ke became even more confused and asked, "You want me not to go? What exactly was that sound? Why... are you and I the only ones who can hear it?"

When the old Taoist priest heard Liu Ke's question, he did not give a direct answer.

After more than ten breaths, the old Taoist priest spoke again, "It's a long story. Old Lu is in some trouble. I'll tell you after I finish dealing with everything on the mountain."

"As for your outfit, if you trust me, then you can withdraw first."

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