Weaving Lock

What was this thing...

Yan Qing was horrified. Four legs, two hands, and a human-face mask over its head... a Mechanical Beast? No, its movements were far more agile than any Mechanical Beast. Even Suzaku, the Third Princess's mount, could not move with such smoothness.

Surprise was surprise, but battle had long since become Azure Blade's instinct. The instant the High Priestess issued her warning, Yan Qing had already buried chains into the tree platform. The moment the enemy landed, dozens of chains shot skyward, imprisoning it in place.

"Get behind me!" she shouted.

Sainiya did not linger in the fight either. She immediately grabbed Pang Ting and ran from the monsters.

With the key figures out of danger, Yan Qing no longer had many reservations. She first threw out two thunder talismans, then clasped a Copper Wire Pendant in her hand—ever since Xia Fan had made the catalyst and principles behind his Zhen Technique public to the Affairs Bureau, every former core Fangshi of the Capital Region Office capable of using the Zhen Technique had fervently buried themselves in study for quite some time. Yan Qing was no exception. With Li giving her extra lessons, she became the first high-ranking Fangshi to fully internalize the new theories of the Zhen Technique.

"Let's see how you like this!"

As her words fell, dazzling electric light flashed across the chains, and the monsters bound within them erupted in showers of sparks! The iron armor on their bodies became the finest conductor, allowing the current to pass through every monster without obstruction. The air filled with the smell of scorched flesh.

Wait... the smell of burning flesh?

It seemed these things truly were not mere mechanical constructs.

But after taking that much electricity, even an Evil Spirit should have been dead beyond