Li Bai said, "How could ordinary people like us possibly glimpse our lord's martial soul so easily?"
"I once heard that old stick-in-the-mud Sikong Zhen mention it by accident."
"He said our lord's martial soul was not a product of this world's rules at all, but a supreme power capable of severing the shackles of the God Realm."
Yang Guifei picked up her pipa again, joy appearing on her face as anticipation gleamed in her eyes.
"Then let us wait patiently and watch this good show."
"The moment our lord reaches the Golden Ranking First Place will be the moment the assassins of the Wonderful Sound Workshop launch a full-scale attack and clear every obstacle for Great Tang."
Meanwhile.
In the far south of Great Tang, deafening roars echoed from within a massive steel fortress hidden deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
This was the Mechanism City personally built by Mozi.
Scalding steam surged through crisscrossing pipes, while countless enormous gears slowly meshed and turned beneath the vault.
Mozi had just returned from Hanyuan Hall and was now standing atop the General's Platform at the highest point of the Mechanism City.
The Mechanism Dragon Armor on his body, which had just evolved into its "Molten Dragon Heart" form, radiated astonishing heat, warping the surrounding air.
"Move faster!"
Mozi issued his orders loudly, his voice spreading throughout the entire Underground City through mechanical amplifiers.
"Open every warehouse in the lower levels!"
"Bring out all three thousand heavy Mechanism Giant Beasts, ten thousand Repeating City-Breaking Crossbows, and those sealed Crystal Rail Cannons!"
Following Mozi's command, tens of thousands of mechanism masters and craftsmen hurried busily across the platforms below.
One massive war machine after another, gleaming with metallic luster, was slowly dragged up from the depths underground by enormous chains.
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