The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron - Chapter 648

Chapter 648: Chapter 648: Mechanism Skill

“The cave is collapsing.” Mei Yingxue said.

Everyone looked at each other, Dugu Ruoxu asked, “Do we move forward or retreat?”

No one answered. The next moment, including Fang Lin, everyone almost simultaneously rushed towards the cave where the old man in gray and Xu Wang had fled.

Just after they entered the cave, the original cave collapsed with a mighty rumble. Huge shattered stones fell from above, completely burying the area.

But the collapse did not affect the cave pathway where they were. The cave seemed to be reinforced by an array making it extremely robust. Despite the loud rumbling of the collapse, their location was not affected by it.

They went deeper into the pathway, passing by many fragmented bones. It looked like they were ancient martial artists.

As they went deeper, a thick Demon Qi emanated from ahead, as if a Giant Demon was lurking there.

Halfway through, they stopped. Everyone’s eyebrows furrowed.

There was no path ahead!

Before them was a stone wall, completely impassable. They had not seen any other branches or forks throughout their journey.

It was quite strange. The old man in gray and Xu Wang had also entered this pathway, but they hadn’t seen the duo anywhere. How did they leave this place?

Something was odd!

They felt that something was off with this pathway. They even suspected that the old man and Xu Wang had deliberately lured them here.

Mei Yingxue stood at the front, gazing at the stone wall. Her charming eyebrows slightly furrowed, betraying a thoughtful expression.

“What’s the matter?” Dugu Ruoxu asked her.

Mei Yingxue comes from Heavenly Fragrance Valley, where multiple skills are taught. She possessed knowledge about the Power of the Array and was at that moment studying whether the array was present here.

Fang Lin opened his Spirit Eye, trying to see through the illusions. However, he couldn’t discern anything. The stone wall looked perfectly ordinary.

In other words, the pathway ended here. This way was blocked.

“Could they both have used something like the Broken Space Talisman to leave this place?” Fang Lin conjectured.

It was indeed possible, but there were still questions. If they really wanted to escape, using the Broken Space Talisman directly in the collapsing cave would suffice. Why enter this pathway and then use the Broken Space Talisman? Wasn’t it superfluous?

Zhou Yishui entered the black vortex and disappeared. He might still be hiding in the mountains.

After observing the stone wall for a while, Mei Yingxue began to speak, “There is no array here, but there seems to be a Mechanism Skill.”

Mechanism Skill?

Fang Lin understood what she was talking about; however, Wang Erdan and the others were confused. Their focus was on martial arts; they had not dabbled in other areas and did not understand what the Mechanism Skill Yingxue mentioned was.

Fang Lin, having lived twice, had some understanding. The Mechanism Skill had appeared when he lived his previous life.

At that time, the Mechanism Skill was not well-known, and many people dismissed it as a minor technique, an unusable method.

However, Fang Lin recognized its power. An old friend of his father, Fang Qingye, who was not proficient in martial arts, developed an interest in the Mechanism Skill. He actually created a Battle Puppet using only the Mechanism Skill.

The Battle Puppet was very powerful, much stronger than an average martial artist. When it appeared, it shocked everyone.

However, there were very few proficient Mechanism Skill practitioners. General practitioners could only fabricate ordinary stuff. Very few people could build a Battle Puppet.

Mei Yingxue believed that this place was rigged with the Mechanism Skill. They suspected that this stone wall was a part of it.

“I don’t understand the Mechanism Skill well. But the fact that Spirit Eye cannot see anything suggests that an array isn’t obstructing our vision. Furthermore, there are traces of regular disturbance on this stone wall, which confirms the Mechanism Skill here. ” Mei Yingxue said, elaborating on her observations.

“Can we break it?” Chi Yunxiao asked. They cared little about whether it was Mechanism Skill, only whether it could be deciphered to save time.

Mei Yingxue shook her head, “I cannot decipher this Mechanism Skill.”

On hearing this, they all frowned. What use was knowing about the Mechanism Skill if it could not be cracked?

“What about brute force smashing the stone wall?” Dugu Ruoxu suggested.

“It is best not to confront the Mechanism Skill with brute force in case it triggers the trap, leading to bigger trouble,” Mei Yingxue advised.

Fang Lin knew that Mei Yingxue was right. Mechanism Skill is quite extraordinary; just a little disturbance could trigger a chain reaction.

“Oh my, we can’t do this, and we can’t do that. What a nuisance.” Wang Erdan complained, and promptly sat down on the ground.

As soon as he sat down, the sound of gears turning and metal striking resonated from all around.

Wang Erdan immediately shot up, brushing off his buttocks, with a look of confusion.

“What happened?” Everyone was alarmed and stood on guard.

Mei Yingxue said with a somewhat grim face, “Not good! We might have triggered a trap. There might be danger unfolding. We need to be prepared.”

Listening to her, Wang Erdan looked embarrassed, scratching his head, “I just sat down, I didn’t think it would trigger a trap.”

At this point, no one had the inclination to untangle these matters. The Mechanism Skill had already been activated, and they had no clue what would happen next.

Suddenly, the ground under their feet sank sharply. Before they could react, the ground vanished.

As they tried to steady themselves in mid-air, a few silver claws made of metal suddenly flew from below and seized their ankles, dragging them down.

Initially, everyone assumed that the silver claws were ordinary items. But once the claws latched on, an incredible amount of force prevented them from resisting, dragging them down instantly.

They felt themselves plunging, the wind whistled in their ears as they tried to resist.

Thump, thump!

In no time at all, they had fallen to the ground, resulting in everyone tumbling over clumsily.

“Where the hell is this place?” Fang Lin looked around to realize that it was pitch-dark. He couldn’t see anything. The only identifiable things in this proximity were his comrades.

At the same time, a cold laughter echoed, “Welcome to Hell. You are already dead.”

At these words, everyone was taken aback.

“Go to hell! You are the one who’s dead!” Wang Erdan immediately cursed back.

Whoosh!

A flash of cold light sped towards Wang Erdan.

Wang Erdan reacted quickly to slap away the incoming short sword.”

“You react quite fast.” The shadowy figure mocked with a laugh.