Dragon Tamer - Chapter 992

Chapter 992: Chapter 996: Wooden Stake Man Chapter 992: Chapter 996: Wooden Stake Man The quartz steps lit up, revealing nearby steps hidden in the darkness, and the four of them immediately followed these illuminated floating steps…
Ahead was still an expanse of immense darkness, so dark that even night vision Divine Skills were useless; only the solitary quartz steps, lodged in such a closed, unknown area, brought an intense sense of fear.

At last, a thick rock wall appeared in front of them, like a towering fortress wall blocking their path, and following the dim light of the quartz steps, they saw an entrance, which resembled a huge grotesque face, its mouth open wide as if to welcome those it would devour.

“This is the entrance to the Mo Family Fortress,” Zhu Minglang said.

He Haohan was delighted and hurriedly tried to jump in, but the face on the wall suddenly snapped down, nearly crushing He Haohan on the spot!

He Haohan retreated quickly in fear!

“The silver mud is right beneath our feet…” He Yiling said at that moment.

Zhu Minglang looked down and saw that the dark area under their feet had unknowingly filled with silver mud, meaning they had no chance of retreating now!

“This is the Ghost Door; it will only allow others to pass if it devours a person’s Life Soul. This applies even to the Mo Family’s own members,” a voice from the distance behind them said just then.

That voice seemed to be Chang Gui.

He seemed to have been following the four of them, everyone busy dealing with the mechanisms and not paying him any attention.

“What can you offer, Chang Gui, We’re short on time,” Zhu Minglang called out loudly.

“You have to sacrifice this Spirit Dragon; otherwise, we will all die here. If you can’t bring yourself to do it, I’ll help you!” Chang Gui said.

“Stop!” Zhu Minglang shouted angrily.

“You can’t bear it? This is merely the most ordinary among your many dragons, haven’t you prepared yourself for this when you chose it to step on the mechanisms? Why hesitate now?” Chang Gui’s voice echoed from afar, apparently coming from the direction of the Spirit Glowing Dragon’s altar.

Zhu Minglang knew that Chang Gui harbored ill intentions and immediately opened the Door of the Spiritual Realm, trying to summon the Spirit Glowing Dragon back from a great distance.

“Boop boop~~~~~~”
However, the Spirit Glowing Dragon refused to return to the Spirit Realm.

“Can you fulfill the promises you made to me? If so, I want Mo Shou dead, I want this diabolical beast to die without dignity, I want each of my kin to step over his face one by one, then spit a thick phlegm on him!” Chang Gui said.

Before Zhu Minglang could reply, suddenly fresh crimson blood dripped onto the face of the Ghost Door, smearing its mouth. The Ghost Door, like a real demon come to life, shamelessly started sucking it up!

At the stone altar, someone had died.

Zhu Minglang’s connection with the Spirit Glowing Dragon’s soul was still intact, and this time when Zhu Minglang summoned the Spirit Glowing Dragon back, the little one quickly returned to the Spirit Realm, making Zhu Minglang breathe a long sigh of relief.

“There’s no time left!” He Haohan said.

Zhu Minglang looked down to find the silver mud already at their feet, the soles of his feet stinging with the cold, which weirdly continued to creep up, threatening to suffuse all his blood vessels!

Without further thought, Zhu Minglang hastily jumped into the Ghost Door, avoiding its chewing by dodging while heading directly into its esophageal path.

“Pop pop~~~”
The Spirit Glowing Dragon leaped into Zhu Minglang’s arms and told him that it had planned to kill the hateful dwarf before returning to the Spirit Realm, only to discover that Chang Gui had dragged out a half-dead disciple of the Mo Family and then slaughtered the disciple right in front of the Spirit Glowing Dragon.

The disciple was likely one of those who had infiltrated the pavilion earlier and had been pulled out of the mechanisms by Zhu Minglang and the others, then pretended to be dead, only to be caught by Chang Gui.

Chang Gui clearly knew the mysteries of the Ghost Door, and his defection at this critical moment was a great help to everyone!

To be honest, for a moment, Zhu Minglang thought Chang Gui had sacrificed his own life, which was indeed admirable… but this outcome was better, as those who constantly needed to sacrifice their lives usually demonstrated a form of incompetence.

“Shame, shame, I did not expect this fellow to resolutely stand by our side at the crucial moment,” Zhu Minglang sighed inwardly.

…

Having entered the Ghost Door and passed through the bizarre crimson esophagus, they finally set foot in the mysterious Mo Family Fortress.

Whether it was the Sky Pavilion or the Earth Pavilion, they were ultimately established for outsiders, while the Mo Family Fortress was Mo Shou’s own palace.

However, there weren’t many people to be seen in the Mo Family Fortress.

The disciples of the Mo Family numbered just about a hundred, but this also indicated that such a gigantic Sky Earth Pavilion was constructed by countless laboring craftsmen; the true disciples of the Mo Family were often just imperiously wielding whips.

“Without mechanisms, they are just a bunch of clowns!” He Yiling said.

She moved forward alone, and single-handedly defeated a group.

However, there were still some mechanisms within the Mo Family Fortress, and Zhu Minglang was well aware that it was the palace of Divine Pattern Mo Shou; as a Divine Monarch, he would not be easily defeated.

“How do we stop this silver mud from pouring in?” He Haohan grabbed a disciple of the Mo Family and demanded.

“It only stops once it’s full; the water wheel in the pit will then start turning and pump out all this silver mud,” replied the disciple.

He Haohan glanced back at the silver mud water that had already submerged almost the entire Mo Family Fortress.

By estimation, the silver mud water had filled more than half of the Earth Pavilion; if they couldn’t find a solution soon, the people of Artifact God Sect might not survive.

The Mo Family Fortress wasn’t small, consisting of seven floors. The seventh floor housed no dangerous mechanisms and mainly served as the dwelling place for the disciples of the Mo Family.

The four of them did not linger here long, taking out those frail disciples of the Mo Family, then they proceeded to the sixth floor.

This sixth floor was extremely spacious, essentially an empty hall with nothing but a huge stalactite column; the cavernous hall was so broad and dark that one couldn’t see the walls at a glance.

In the utterly empty center, there stood six wooden stake men.

These wooden stake men, coated in gold and black, were exquisitely crafted. Whether it was their fingers or joints, they were virtually indistinguishable from humans. They stood there motionless until Zhu Minglang and his group approached them; only then did these gold and black wooden stake men slowly turn their heads…

Their heads turned around, but their bodies remained unchanged, giving even wooden stake men an eerie feeling.

“Welcome… welcome to the Mo Family, I am Mo Shou’s father, Mo Zhao.” Suddenly, one of the wooden stake men spoke.