319: Hellforge

"Cough... cough cough..."

Amidst the dust and smoke, Adolf struggled to climb up and said discontentedly, "Please find a better landing spot next time you land. My body is no match for a monster like you!"

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes and smiled, "The most important thing about a surprise attack is the element of surprise; crashing in like this is just right!"

Raising his head to look around, Tang Ku couldn't help but sneer, "It's basically certain that what you said is true... Although its body is clunky, it has powerful recovery abilities. The gap from just now was repaired almost instantly... This kind of technology is extremely rare even looking into the future. That Great Leader of yours named Tesla really does possess powerful abilities unimaginable to ordinary people!"

Adolf brushed the dust off his body, stood up, and said, "My energy is completely exhausted now. If you want me to deal with that fox, I'm basically dead for sure. So, you'd better just kill me here, save me the trouble of running so far just to throw my life away!"

Tang Ku chuckled, "It seems you won't help me unless I give you a little sweetener..."

As he spoke, Tang Ku had already tapped his forehead with a finger. A bit of Buddha Power quickly drilled into his body, causing his body to recover rapidly. Furthermore, the power within his body also birthed vibrant vitality along with this Buddha Power, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although it was still much slower than absorbing life force before, this was already very good.

"Are you people of the Buddha sect all this generous?"

Adolf looked at Tang Ku in surprise, "Aren't you afraid I'll run away?"

Tang Ku chuckled, "Feel free to try running. The Buddha Dharma can not only save people, but also deliver you to the Western Paradise!"

Adolf curled his lips, "Fine, I'll take you to the energy furnace; you don't know the way..."

Saying this, he turned and walked quickly toward a passage ahead. Tang Ku observed his surroundings for a moment before following him.

The structure inside was still like the city walls before, composed of brick, stone, and wood. However, for such a huge figure, these Materials and structure were simply insufficient to support it; its own weight alone would be enough to crush it.

However, as Tang Ku casually touched the bricks, stones, and wood, he understood the principle behind it.

"These things look like wood and stone, but their essence has already been transformed into some kind of metal. This isn't something that can be achieved by so-called technological means..."

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes and said, "It involves Laws like material transformation... It seems Tesla is not just a simple inventor; it's very likely he is also an expert on par with Darwin..."

The two passed through complex passages, traveling all the way, and after not knowing how far they had walked, they finally arrived in front of a large, glistening golden door.

"This door originally connected to the council hall of this country!" Adolf said in a deep voice, "It should be empty inside now, and the core energy should be right here... You can go in by yourself; I'm going to find that fox to settle scores..."

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Tang Ku to reply, but headed upstairs on his own.

Tang Ku looked at the golden door in front of him and suddenly showed a look of disgust, because he could clearly perceive that behind this door, a scene that would make him extremely disgusted was likely to appear.

However, the Buddha Dharma of the Buddha sect makes one's faith firm; no matter how disgusting the things behind it might be, he would push it open without hesitation.

Bang!

With a gentle palm strike, the door swung wide open, but Tang Ku's pupils suddenly constricted. An indescribable Killing Intent was constantly spreading from his body. At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to tear that Adolf and Rommel into pieces.

What did he see?

Before him was a huge furnace, a massive furnace full of steampunk style. In its center was a giant sphere, with a diameter of fully three hundred meters. Terrifying heat was constantly dissipating into the air through the release of steam. And right in the center of this sphere, facing Tang Ku's position, a circular door was constantly opening and closing, feeding the "fuel" on the conveyor belt into its mouth.

The entire furnace was like a massive internal combustion engine beyond human expectation, constantly providing energy to this giant robot. And the "fuel" used by this internal combustion engine was exactly the reason Tang Ku felt angry.

That fuel was actually living people, still struggling, with their limbs chopped off!

That's right, regardless of gender, age, or status, they were all ruthlessly amputated by machines, thrown onto the conveyor belt, and finally sent into the core of the furnace to become fuel for this robot. All the people of the city, the citizens of Khakas, from the king to the nobles, and then to the commoners, all became fuel. Tang Ku even saw the blacksmith who was drinking and chatting with Adolf earlier!

You must know that simply burning people or burning corpses could not possibly supply enough energy for such a huge body. They had to burn living people, and specifically living people filled with resentment. Throwing their Physical Body and souls into the furnace to be repeatedly tortured was the only way to generate powerful heat, and ultimately, allowing their souls to turn into the final nourishment was the only way to make this robot move.

This was gaining immense power by betting with the lives of the entire nation!

This was not a core furnace; this was a terrifying Hell!

Or rather, the citizens of Khakas were simply Materials they had prepared in advance; they didn't treat the people of this country as human beings at all!

"Roar! You... damn it!"

Tang Ku finally understood why Adolf had run away so quickly; he was afraid that after Tang Ku saw this scene, he would be the first one punished.

So the question arises, did Tang Ku leaving Adolf free count as leaving behind a future threat?

The answer is self-evident. How could Adolf be willing to be used by Tang Ku? Although he and the sand fox Erwin were at odds, he wouldn't go and kill him just because of a few words from Tang Ku. Or rather, killing him would just be something done in passing; Adolf's real goal was to control this great weapon of mass destruction himself.

Tang Ku suddenly raised his fist, intending to destroy the horrifying furnace before him, but unexpectedly, the entire ground, or rather the entire room, began to tremble uncontrollably at this moment. Then, the walls of this room, as if they had a life of their own, instantly flipped and deformed. The moment Tang Ku swung his fist, his vision suddenly became a bit brighter; as it turned out, in the blink of an eye, he had already been expelled from the body by this giant frame, like a toxin within the body.

Boom!

The Illusory Void Force combined with the Heaven-Shaking style of the Great Wilderness Divine Fist blasted a huge hole in the side of this body's waist and ribs. Subsequently, this hole was also instantly repaired. Tang Ku reacted quickly, immediately flying up and heading toward the head of this thing.

"No... Adolf, you can't do this to me... Damn it, get out, get out..."

A muffled voice came from the giant robot's head. When Tang Ku arrived, he only saw Adolf blasting Erwin's entire head into fragments.