"Who's there?" Li Xiaoya demanded in a low voice. His Divine Abilities and cultivation were hardly shallow anymore; naturally, he was no longer so easily frightened.
"Be careful, junior brother. Something isn't right," Zhang Hong said cautiously, watching their surroundings. After all, she had cultivated far longer than Li Xiaoya.
"Hahaha! I thought I'd never get a chance at revenge. Who knew you were still here?" The voice spoke again. As it rang out, red light suddenly flashed across the head of the enormous Mechanism Beast in the center, and two eyes like red lanterns lit up.
"What? A Mechanism Beast is talking?" Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong cried almost in unison. They were utterly horrified. Mechanism Beasts weren't Demon Beasts, after all. Put plainly, they were machines invented by cultivators and powered by spirit stones. Even after a thousand or ten thousand years, they would never develop intelligence. A talking Mechanism Beast was unheard of in the Cultivation World. How could suddenly encountering one not leave them both aghast?
"Hmph! Frogs at the bottom of a well!" the Mechanism Beast declared loudly. Dazzling red light suddenly burst from his entire body, and his enormous frame began to move, producing mechanical grinding noises that made their scalps crawl.
"Hmph! Whatever you are, I'll beat you first and ask questions later!" Li Xiaoya snorted. Golden light flashed over his body, and he stamped hard on the floor, shooting straight toward the Mechanism Beast.
"Gah,gah!" The Mechanism Beast let out a harsh, grating buzz. He raised the enormous battle-axe in one arm, while the huge shield on his other arm had already moved in front of him.
Li Xiaoya's fist slammed viciously into the shield.
Boom! Clang! An explosion rang out, followed by a deafening clash of metal. The tremendous noise resounded