The King of Black Fog

Chapter 1262 - 561: The Fourth Holy City (Part 2)

It was akin to an automated factory.

The vast expanse stretching millions of miles, now dotted with countless warehouses.

Turquoise Pool waved her hand again, and part of the mechanical assembly began a different kind of factory, one that refined common, subpar materials into gears and assembled them into new machines.

As long as there are sufficient materials, production is continuous.

It can automatically absorb the Heaven and Earth Essence to maintain energy.

"[Heavenly Will·Creator] takes half a day to create a rabbit, but by the time I pair two rabbits for breeding, Sister Turquoise will have conquered the entire universe." Li Qianxia expressed her envy.

"That's just because you can't do it yourself, don't blame the Heavenly Will." Li Changzhou spoke bluntly.

Li Qianxia rolled her eyes at her brother, then delightedly said, "Working together is so much easier, now we just have to wait."

"We can't wait," Li Changzhou said, "Cultivation relies on experiences, not the accumulation of years, or those old monsters would have been invincible long ago—let's go, and see this city."

Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool both nodded.

Li Qianxia naturally had no objections; in major matters, she always listened to her brother.

Before leaving, Li Changzhou set up a formation, directly taking an Array Talisman from the Dao Flower.

With this talisman, it was as if he was there himself, able to adjust, control, and repair the formation during combat.

Considering the combatants who could come to the fourth Holy City were either masters or those with firm resolve, he placed a Thunder Talisman as the eye of the formation to greatly enhance the power of the Array Talisman.

Looking around, millions of miles of the Earthly Realm transformed into a blue ocean, a Thunder Sea.

Confronted with enemies, the Thunder Sea will manifest Thunder Spirits to fight.

Islands dotted the Thunder Sea, serving as warehouses, with uninterrupted passage for machinery.

The Array Talismans occasionally set up formations on these machines, defensive formations, Transmission Arrays, Storage Space Arrays, among others.

It resembled a formidable military Empire.

"Let's go!" Li Changzhou soared into the sky.

The four toured the fourth city, traversing mountains and seas.

The creatures here were bizarre and powerful, and though the journey did not lead to qualitative improvement, the gains were substantial.

Yang Qinglan, as the holder of [Heavenly Will·Concord], naturally benefited from the unfamiliar world;

Turquoise Pool enriched her mechanical sample library;

Li Qianxia furthered her understanding of creation, simultaneously studying the newly learned [Death Line] and [Life Line];

She could manage; even more so could Li Changzhou.

"Unfortunately, none are particularly strong, not worth a fight." Li Changzhou thrust the spear of 'Those Against Me Perish,' effortlessly burning a Heavenly Rank Nine-Headed Dragon like paper, vanishing it from existence.

Each strike affirmed 'Those Against Me Perish'; he consolidated this move, hoping for progress, as Yang Qinglan said: "Reflect on the past for advancement."

"What's the use of high combat power, surviving till the end matters most." Turquoise Pool had her persistence.

"Without the strongest combat power, how can one survive till the end?" Li Changzhou queried.

The two began their philosophical debate.

"Your combat power drives you to challenge endlessly for higher power, increasing the likelihood of death more than mine; what use is higher combat power if someday it leads to your death—of course, I won't let you die, if you truly perish, I wouldn't carry on living either."

"I might die, but those with higher combat power will survive, how will the likes of you, who prioritize survival, contend with such individuals?"

"You've hit a dead end; survival is most crucial, but not the only important factor, combat power and strategy are equally important, take you for instance, your high combat power amounts to nothing, and you still grovel before me."

"That's me; you can certainly make me grovel before you, but what of others?" Li Changzhou asked.

"Hey!" Li Qianxia interjected, sensing the odd dynamic between them.

"Simple, ally with you, those who believe survival is vital, and eliminate the high combat power threats," Turquoise Pool answered.

"But there is always someone with the highest combat power."

"If this person becomes a Saint, and I'm still at a Heavenly Position, naturally, I concede;

"If it's just you, a Corpse Bone Gene, a True Dragon like that, I can completely ally with you, ally with the Princess, and eliminate you all; as for between you, the Princess and me, one relies on love, one on you, one on strategy."

"Moreover, I don't disregard combat power; I enhance myself when death is no threat, the speed may be slower, but your mortality rate is higher."

"How do you know I'm not ensuring my own safety?"

"You aren't ensuring, you're confident, supposedly confident; ha, before Ye Gong met the dragon, he surely was confident, convinced he truly liked the dragon."

"I see, being with me is merely for your triumph at the end?"

"It started that way, but later it wasn't."

"Alas, the feelings between Qinglan and me are the truest, without any interest."

"No." Yang Qinglan refuted, "We two, initially together for safety, for survival."

"...Sure enough, only sibling love is genuine and untainted by interests."

"True, but brother, remembering me only when no one else wants you, will disperse the interest-free feelings between us."

"I don't believe so." Li Changzhou maintained his cryptic confidence.

But Li Qianxia couldn't counter.

The four together also had drawbacks.

Ideological clashes helped refine willpower, avoiding vulnerabilities in battle, that was good, yet topics often shifted unconsciously.

"Huh?" Yang Qinglan suddenly accelerated.

The other three quickly followed.

A Dao Platform was excavated on a cliff face, shrouded in Chaos Qi, faintly revealing a figure within the Chaos Qi.