Along the way, Fang Chen and the others encountered several batches of mechanical puppets. However, with the strength of the four of them, they could easily deal with them.
After a fierce battle, they finally saw the entrance to the second floor.
"The entrance to the second floor is right in front of us. Let's go in quickly," Broken Heart whispered.
Fang Chen nodded, and the four of them quickly appeared at the entrance to the second floor.
In the middle of the wasteland of the first floor, there was an illusory staircase. This staircase was the passage to the second floor.
They could clearly see that there were many mechanical puppets that had been destroyed in front of the staircase. It seemed that they were all killed by the warriors before them.
"Let's go in," Zhu Tian said as the four of them walked to the staircase.
As they spoke, the four of them stepped onto the staircase. However, at this moment, Fang Chen's footsteps paused. Immediately, he narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.
"You guys go in first," Fang Chen said to the other three.
"Fang Chen, what are you doing?" Broken Heart asked.
Fang Chen shook his head and said, "There's something I need to do."
Then, Fang Chen left the staircase. The three of them cupped their hands to Fang Chen and warned Fang Chen to be careful. Then, they entered the second floor.
After the three of them entered the second floor, Fang Chen identified a direction and directly ran in that direction.
Just after Fang Chen left, Star and Moon appeared in front of the staircase. She just missed Fang Chen. She looked around and plunged into the second floor.
At this moment, Fang Chen was running wildly.
The reason why Fang Chen let the other three enter the second floor first was that the moment he stepped on the staircase, the golden heart suddenly beat rapidly, as if it was guiding him to a certain place.
Under normal circumstances, the golden heart would not beat at all. Once it did, it meant that some kind of treasure had appeared.
Therefore, Fang Chen did not hesitate to follow the golden heart's guidance and ran in this direction.
Not long after, Fang Chen appeared at the foot of a mountain. He raised his head and looked at the mountain. The closer he got to the mountain, the faster Fang Chen realized that the golden heart was beating.
Just as Fang Chen was about to ascend the mountain, the Little Mouse suddenly appeared on his shoulder from the special space ring.
"En."
Fang Chen was shocked to see the Little Mouse appear.
"What's going on?" Fang Chen was a little confused. Why didn't he feel anything when the Little Mouse appeared on his shoulder?
"Could it be that the Little Mouse can ignore special space rings and appear as it pleases?" Fang Chen thought to himself.
At this moment, as soon as the Little Mouse appeared, it directly lay on Fang Chen's shoulder and greedily absorbed the aura on Fang Chen's body.
Fang Chen observed carefully and was shocked. The invisible aura that the Little Mouse was absorbing was actually flowing out from the golden heart.
"What kind of race is the Little Mouse? It can even absorb the aura flowing out from the golden heart."
Fang Chen was shocked to see the Little Mouse's expression of enjoyment.
Fang Chen could not figure it out no matter how hard he racked his brains, so he stopped thinking about it. He had long regarded the Little Mouse as a mysterious race. It was reasonable for something like this to happen.
Then, Fang Chen ignored the Little Mouse and directly ascended the mountain.
After reaching the peak, Fang Chen found that there was nothing here, but the golden heart was beating faster and faster.
"What's going on?" Fang Chen was puzzled as he looked around.
Just as Fang Chen turned around and looked around, he suddenly felt the ground tremble. Then, the Little Mouse on his shoulder widened its eyes and looked at the ground.
Dong
The ground began to tremble violently. The Little Mouse directly jumped from Fang Chen's shoulder to the ground and stood on an open space. It pointed its little paw and chirped.
"What?"
Fang Chen looked at the place where the Little Mouse was pointing and narrowed his eyes. His expression was solemn.
At this moment, there was a boom. The ground where the Little Mouse was standing suddenly cracked. In the next moment, a black shadow rushed out from the ground and attacked Fang Chen.
Because the Little Mouse was standing on the ground, when the black shadow appeared, it happened to be standing on the top of the black shadow's head.
The black shadow wanted to shake off the Little Mouse, but it found that it could not.
Boom!
The sudden attack shocked Fang Chen. He immediately used the Solitary Emptiness Fist and punched the black shadow.
Bang!
With a loud bang, Fang Chen's body flew back. When he tried to stabilize his body, he found that the black shadow that rushed out from the ground was not a human, but a more advanced mechanical puppet.
"An Intermediate Mechanical Golem?" Fang Chen looked at the shadow and sucked in a breath of cold air.
This mechanical puppet was different from the mechanical puppets he had encountered before. It did not have an energy core in its chest.
Although intermediate mechanical puppets were not as good as advanced mechanical puppets, they could still hide their energy cores.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp."
The Little Mouse stood on the top of the mechanical puppet's head and chirped at Fang Chen. The mechanical puppet's mechanical arm reached directly above the Little Mouse's head, wanting to kill it. However, the Little Mouse easily dodged.
"You're saying that you can help me defeat it?" Fang Chen looked at the Little Mouse and asked in a low voice.
The Little Mouse heard this and quickly nodded. Then it continued chirping, as if it was negotiating with Fang Chen.
"You want to absorb that invisible aura just now?" Fang Chen asked.
The Little Mouse nodded, its face full of smiles.
"Okay."
Fang Chen directly agreed to the Little Mouse's request. In the next moment, the Little Mouse's petite body directly jumped onto the mechanical puppet's left shoulder and dodged the mechanical puppet's attack.
Then, under Fang Chen's gaze, the Little Mouse's small claws directly reached into the mechanical puppet's ear.
Ka-cha!
With a slight sound, an energy core appeared in the Little Mouse's claws. Fang Chen was shocked when he saw this.
After the mechanical puppet lost its energy core, it directly lost control and stood in the open space. Seeing this, Fang Chen punched out and directly shattered the intermediate mechanical puppet.
The Little Mouse handed the mechanical puppet's energy core to Fang Chen and chirped non-stop.
"I didn't expect the mechanical puppet's energy core to be in its ear."
Fang Chen couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for the Little Mouse, he wouldn't have been able to find the mechanical puppet's energy core.
Looking at the energy core in his palm, Fang Chen's face revealed a trace of a smile.
However, at this moment, Fang Chen felt a weak aura coming from the energy core and then entering his body.
Suddenly, his body felt very comfortable.
"How is this possible?"
Seeing this, Fang Chen's expression changed slightly and he cried out involuntarily.
"Mechanical Heart, it's actually a Mechanical Heart." Fang Chen cried out excitedly.
When Fang Chen was in Kamikaze Kenbu, he would often read some of the unofficial history of the Ancient Sword Continent when he was free.
In a certain unofficial history, there was a large amount of information about the mechanical civilization. Although this information was spread by the outside world, Fang Chen was also attracted by the magical mechanical civilization.
In the unofficial history of the mechanical civilization, there was a very mysterious energy crystal. This energy crystal was called the Mechanical Heart.
Ordinary mechanical puppets only had energy cores, and only higher-level mechanical puppets had Mechanical Hearts.
It could be said that in a certain area, there were countless mechanical puppets. They all had energy cores, but their leader would have a Mechanical Heart.
Seeing the Mechanical Heart in his hand, Fang Chen was even more convinced because it was exactly the same as described in the unofficial history.
"It seems that on the first floor, this intermediate mechanical puppet is their leader." Fang Chen said faintly.
In a certain area, only the leader would have a Mechanical Heart. This was a rule of the mechanical civilization.
The Mechanical Heart was of a higher level than the energy core. The energy core could only be used once, but the Mechanical Heart could store a large amount of energy. Therefore, mechanical puppets with Mechanical Hearts were very tyrannical existences.
If it wasn't for Little Mouse, Fang Chen wouldn't have been able to defeat this intermediate mechanical puppet so easily.
Of course, what made Fang Chen the most happy was that the Mechanical Heart contained a large amount of energy. At the critical moment, he could crush the Mechanical Heart and let the majestic energy inside burst out instantly, directly injuring the enemy.
"I didn't expect to get a Mechanical Heart here."
Fang Chen grinned. After obtaining the Mechanical Heart, even if he encountered Starlight again, he wouldn't be afraid.
After putting away the Mechanical Heart, Fang Chen was in a good mood. He used his mind to control the golden heart to beat rapidly. Traces of invisible energy were emitted and Little Mouse excitedly absorbed it.
After a while, Little Mouse was unable to absorb the invisible energy. Then, Fang Chen stopped controlling it. Little Mouse returned to the special spatial ring to digest the invisible energy, while Fang Chen continued to walk.
At this moment, on the second floor, Zhu Tian and the other two were walking. They stopped in their tracks.
This was because they saw a black-clothed martial artist on the flat ground in front of them. This black-clothed martial artist carried a huge sword on his back.
"Quicksword Li Feng."
Broken Heart said in a deep voice. Zhu Tian and Yun Jiu's faces turned completely gloomy.
Quicksword Li Feng, a disciple of Yu Hong Academy, was very strong. He was ranked 14th on the Qi Ranking and was the murderer of Zhu Xin.
At this moment, Quicksword Li Feng had just killed a powerful demonic beast and was about to leave. Suddenly, he sensed a few auras.
"Oh, it's the people of Kamikaze Kenbu." Quicksword Li Feng said.
"Quicksword Li Feng, you killed Zhu Xin. I want to avenge Zhu Xin." Yun Jiu's eyes were filled with a strong murderous aura as he said coldly.
"Li Feng, I'm a disciple of Kamikaze Kenbu. I won't die in vain." Zhu Tian said in a deep voice.
Broken Heart also took a step forward and stared at Quicksword Li Feng. Although Li Feng's ranking on the Qi Ranking was higher than theirs, the three of them still had a chance to kill Quicksword Li Feng if they worked together.
Hearing this, Li Feng grinned, his face full of mockery.