193: Chapter 193 The Iron Guard Unleashed

The dried-up riverbed cracked during the massive tremor, forming deep fissures as dense as a spiderweb.

Three massive black shadows, resembling iron towers, slammed down from the Void Realm, causing the rock layer beneath their feet to instantly crumble into dust.

Amidst the swirling dust and smoke, three Cyber Iron Guards, entirely covered in matte-black titanium-tungsten alloy armor, stood like slaughtering gods and demons descended from ancient times, standing firm before Gu Shen.

A wild wind blew away the smoke and dust, revealing the terrifying full appearance of these three 3rd-tier Demon Bone Iron Guards.

The one in the center, embedded with the indestructible 3rd-tier skeleton of a Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast, was the largest and most burly.

Its shoulder and chest armor were reinforced with extremely thick titanium-tungsten alloy, and under a special shield near the left ventricle, a high-energy Fusion micro-battery emitted a deep, ghostly blue halo, continuously outputting terrifying physical kinetic energy.

The one on the left had a skeleton originating from a Thunder Cloud Snow Leopard.

Its figure was slender and fluid, and the joints of its limbs faintly glowed with the ghostly light of surging thunder-magnetism.

The perfect lubrication of mica spirit sand gave its mechanical structure an extreme tension, as if it could tear through the Void Realm at any moment.

The one on the right was a reconstruction of the Flame Poison Crocodile King's skeleton.

Its arm armor was densely covered with fine exhaust micro-pores, sealing inside a deadly poisonous fire formed by the Fusion of highly corrosive venom extracted from the Wasteland abyss and the remnant fire-evil of the Crocodile King, with a brutal aura of wanting to devour people radiating from its entire body.

The moment the three Iron Guards landed, the surrounding air was completely displaced by their heavy physical mass, creating a brief vacuum zone.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan stood with his hands behind his back ten zhang away, his gaze piercing through the night, firmly locked onto these three massive entities that had suddenly appeared.

This core true Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect showed no trace of panic on his face.

His eyes were deep, and his massive Divine Sense at the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage Peak transformed into countless fine threads, pressing down towards the three Iron Guards like a tidal wave.

As his Divine Sense swept over the titanium-tungsten alloy armor, it felt like touching ten-thousand-year-old ice, slippery and difficult to penetrate.

When his Divine Sense forcibly infiltrated the interior of the machines, it encountered the natural spirit-insulating properties of the 3rd-tier great demon skeletons.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan frowned slightly.

In his perceived world, those three terrifying monsters ahead had no traces of Qi circulation trajectories within their bodies, nor could he detect the slightest gloomy corpse aura peculiar to corpse-refining Sects.

These three iron towers were just like the stubborn stones on the riverbed or the withered wood in the mountains, exuding an aura of absolute, dead stillness from their physical properties.

Yet, it was these dead objects with absolutely no spiritual fluctuations that had a cluster of blue light rhythmically pulsing in their left chests, emitting a strange pressure that made him feel a faint chill in his heart.

"Puppet technique?"

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan lightly stroked the sound-stabilizing spirit tuning fork in his palm, a sneer appearing at the corners of his lips. "Judging by their appearance, they completely lack the profound nature of Qianji Pavilion's spirit thread manipulation or array-pattern driving. Your Excellency, by bringing out these few lumps of common iron, do you intend to rely on mere brute force to contend with the elites of our Sect?"

Gu Shen stood behind the three Iron Guards, his expression as cold and stern as before.

The AI Crystal at the center of his brow operated at high frequency, and its multi-threaded computing power had already locked onto the surrounding terrain and Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's Qi.

He did not answer; only his ten fingers were hidden within his wide sleeves, the Soul-Pulling Threads concealed yet ready to strike, controlling the situation entirely through local physical commands.

"Kill."

Gu Shen parted his lips slightly, spitting out a single word of command.

The moment the command was issued, the ghostly blue light in the eye sockets of the three Iron Guards suddenly turned into a bloodthirsty dark red.

The Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast Iron Guard in the center initiated the attack first.

The micro-battery in its chest cavity outputted power at full capacity, its thick legs stomping two deep pits into the riverbed, and its massive body, carrying destructive physical kinetic energy, transformed into a violent giant beast, charging straight towards Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's face.

Its speed was so fast that it completely defied the common sense of its heavy physique.

"Do not harm Senior Brother Qin!"

Before Core Disciple Qin Wuyan could give the order, two Qi Refining 9th Layer attendants of the Beast Taming Sect, who had been hiding in the shadows, could no longer restrain themselves.

The two of them let out a long whistle in unison, both sacrificing their life-bound Magical Artifacts.

A crimson Flying Sword surging with flames and a frost-chilling large seal intertwined into a strangling net of ice and fire, crashing down upon the head of the Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast Iron Guard.

"Clang—!!!"

A deafening sound of metal clashing resounded through the canyon.

The crimson Flying Sword slashed fiercely onto the Iron Guard's shoulder armor, but the sword light, capable of cutting metal and jade, only left a shallow white mark on that layer of titanium-tungsten alloy armor.

The flames attached to the blade were forcibly isolated by the heat resistance of the top-grade armor.

The frost-chilling large seal slammed down, with the extreme cold attempting to freeze the Iron Guard's joints.

However, the micro-batteries inside the Iron Guard continuously emitted massive amounts of waste heat, and the gear transmission lubricated by mica spirit sand operated without any lag, forcibly shattering the extreme cold frost into dust.

The two attendants turned pale with fright.

Their high-tier Spells, which they prided themselves on, struck this iron lump like mud oxen entering the sea, failing to hinder its pace in the slightest.

The Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast Iron Guard's momentum did not diminish; its huge iron fist held high, carrying the terrifying power of high-frequency particle oscillation, smashed down towards the chest of the attendant who had unleashed the Flying Sword.

That attendant had nowhere to dodge and had to desperately activate a Medium Grade defensive spirit shield to protect himself.

"Crack!"

The iron fist fell, and the array-pattern light screen on the surface of the spirit shield shattered like fragile glass.

The iron fist continued its momentum like a dragon, driving straight into the attendant's chest.

Although protected by a magical robe, that pure physical shock still penetrated through to his bones.

The attendant screamed, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, spilling a long, shocking trail of blood along the way.

The other attendant on the side was terrified, about to withdraw and retreat.

A slender, fluid black shadow had already cut into his side like a ghost.

The Thunder Cloud Snow Leopard Iron Guard used its companion as cover, pushing its own mobility to the limit.

Its arms ejected a pair of alloy blades quenched with ghostly blue electric light, crossing and cutting through the gap in the attendant's protective spirit light.

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered everywhere; the attendant's right arm and magical robe were cut off together, the severed end charred black.

In the blink of an eye, two Qi Refining 9th Layer elites of the Sect were dead or severely injured.

The combat power displayed by the three 3rd-tier Iron Guards made the Beast Taming Sect Disciples hiding in the shadows feel a chill in their hearts.

They had never seen such monsters that ignored Spell bombardment and relied purely on brute force to crush everything.

Gu Shen watched coldly, the deep cyan true essence beneath the Cold Jade Thunder Bone ready to strike.

The actual combat effectiveness of these three elite Iron Guards perfectly verified his strategic concept of fusing the two worlds.

Cultivators' Spells were indeed profound, but in the face of absolute physical strength and infinite Fusion kinetic energy, as long as they could not penetrate the defense threshold of the titanium-tungsten armor in one blow, they could only become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Ahead, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan still stood on his jade sword.

He witnessed the tragic state of his Disciples, but there was no grief or anger on his face.

His deep eyes were locked onto the imperceptible ripples of air that oscillated on the surface of the Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast Iron Guard's arm armor when it swung its fist.

"Interesting."

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan spoke slowly, his tone carrying a hint of curious exploration. "No spiritual meridians, nor Divine Soul control. Such creations are truly pure mechanical craftsmanship. Its outer armor is indestructible, capable of immunizing against most Five Elements Spells; its strength is boundless, relying entirely on that strange blue light in its chest as a hub of supply."

He raised his hand, signaling the Sect Disciples behind him who wanted to swarm forward to stop.

"Everyone, stand down. For such dead objects, resisting force with force is the inferior strategy."

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's long sleeves fluttered, and the sound-stabilizing spirit tuning fork was held horizontally before his chest.

"Any mechanical object in the world, no matter how sturdy its shell, must have transmission bearings and connection hubs on the inside. As long as it is composed of matter, it cannot escape the most fundamental principle of vibration in heaven and earth."

He looked at Gu Shen ten zhang away, his eyes full of the composure and indifference of someone in control of the whole situation. "Your Excellency's mechanical beast is indeed exquisite, enough to make ordinary Cultivators helpless. However, meeting our Beast Taming Sect today, your luck has run out."

"Form the Soft Water Origin-Unloading Array, keep a distance of ten zhang, and do not engage in close-quarters combat with these iron lumps!"

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan gave a clear shout, ordering everyone around.

The Sect Disciples previously hidden in the surroundings quickly acted according to the order, their figures retreating violently, their hands changing incantations, transforming continuous water and wind Spells into layers of quagmires and air vortices, firmly dragging down the charging pace of the three Iron Guards.

Although the Iron Guards were immensely strong, under this soft restriction that felt like hitting cotton, their speed advantage was greatly reduced, like heavy tanks stuck in a quagmire.

Seeing this, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan nodded slightly.

He placed his slender fingers on the sound-stabilizing spirit tuning fork, and the Foundation Establishment true essence in his body surged into the fork like a tide.

Gu Shen watched Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's actions, and the early warning module of the AI Crystal began to beat wildly.

An extremely dangerous aura was gestating from that bronze Magical Artifact.