Chapter 514: Chapter 514

The power of high-tier puppet beasts, Zhouyang had experimented with it. Googlᴇ search novel~fire~net

However, the highest grade puppet beasts he had seen and used before were only Tier Four Top Grade. It was his first time seeing Tier Five Puppet Beast.

And in the special environment of the "Red Desert," the role these puppet beasts played was much greater than outside.

The inherent weakness of puppet beasts was their slow reaction speed, with attacks easily dodged by agile cultivators or demon beasts.

But in the "Red Desert," even Golden Core Stage cultivators could only move by foot. How could that movement speed surpass the attacks of high-tier puppet beasts?

Moreover, whether they were long-range spell-related puppets or melee combat puppets, due to their high-grade material, high-tier puppet beasts possess strong close-combat abilities, which is a big advantage in the "Red Desert" environment.

Thus, when Zhouyang saw Wu Zidao unleash five high-tier puppet beasts with a wave of his hand, he immediately realized that this battle must be swift. Otherwise, their chances of defeat and death would increase with every moment of delay.

"Impatiens, hold off that centipede for me. I have to swiftly deal with that puppet master!"

Communicating secretly with Jiang Fengxian about his intentions, Zhouyang’s figure moved swiftly like a fiery dragon charging towards Wu Zidao.

In front of Wu Zidao, four Tier Four puppet beasts opened their mouths and sprayed four beams of spiritual power at the charging Zhouyang.

These four beams of spiritual power shot simultaneously, more powerful than a full-force strike from an ordinary Early-Stage Golden Core cultivator.

What surprised Wu Zidao was that in his charging state, Zhouyang didn’t pause at all and took this attack head-on, continuing to speed towards him.

"Qianyang Celestial Fire Shield," in its first use, did not disappoint Zhouyang. It upheld the reputation of the Tier Seven Immortal Artifact "Qianyang Treasure Pearl."

"What formidable defense divine techniques! But you’ll still die!"

With a flash of malevolence on his face, Wu Zidao jumped onto the back of a puppet lizard beast and commanded it to retreat quickly.

Meanwhile, the puppet tiger man, a Tier Five Puppet Beast with the head of a tiger and the body of a man, roared and charged at Zhouyang with a dark gold great axe.

This puppet tiger man was clearly a melee type, and each attack with its dark gold great axe left several cracks on Zhouyang’s protective "Qianyang Celestial Fire Shield."

Riding the puppet lizard beast and maneuvering around, Wu Zidao joined the attack sequence from afar.

Facing several puppet beasts and Wu Zidao’s attacks simultaneously, the pressure on Zhouyang doubled. He held on for less than a moment before the "Qianyang Celestial Fire Shield" on him was shattered into a blaze by the puppet tiger man’s axe.

But at this moment, Zhouyang unleashed the trump card he had painstakingly prepared onto the puppet tiger man.

A flash of cyan and gold dragon shadow appeared, and the massive three-zhang tall body of the puppet tiger man was sent flying by Zhouyang’s punch, landing heavily on the ground.

During the years Zhouyang spent serving as a servant for the Celestial Killer Corpse King, he lacked time and an environment suitable for cultivation. Thus, he devoted his free time to honing the close combat skills of the "Azure Dragon Body Refining Technique."

The strike just now was the "Shadow of the Cyan Dragon," an offensive combat skill he mastered after ten years of hard work.

Seizing the moment when the puppet tiger man lost mobility after being hit by the "Shadow of the Cyan Dragon," Zhouyang swiftly pursued Wu Zidao, who was casting spells while riding the puppet lizard beast.

"Damn Song Qingyun, following you is truly my bad luck! First encountering a Late-Stage Golden Core cultivator hiding their cultivation, now facing an exceedingly rare Golden Core Stage body refining cultivator. What kind of prey are you finding?"

Wu Zidao was almost swearing at this point.

As the creator of the puppet tiger man, he knew its strength well. Zhouyang had temporarily disrupted the flow of spiritual power in the puppet tiger man with a single punch, rendering it inactive. Such body refining cultivation was truly terrifying.

Due to this, he dared not let Zhouyang get close. He desperately urged the puppet lizard beast beneath him to flee and widen the gap, while simultaneously casting spells to repair the disrupted spiritual power in the puppet tiger man.

He was a cultivator of the "Immortal Puppet Sect," renowned in the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm for its puppetry. The sect was a major sect with a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator and possessed the techniques to refine Tier Six puppet beasts.

"Immortal Puppet Sect" cultivators were skilled in refining, wielding, and repairing puppets.

The puppet tiger man owned by Wu Zidao was already a Tier Five Puppet Beast, inherently possessing some automatic repair capabilities. After he used the sect’s secret techniques for repair, it soon showed signs of restarting.

Seeing this, Zhouyang’s expression turned grim, knowing he couldn’t let the Tier Five Puppet Beast reengage.

His figure halted suddenly, raising his hand to reveal a silver-gray jade pendant.

Then he activated the silver-gray jade pendant, and with a "boom," it exploded, releasing a silver-gray light that enveloped the Tier Five Puppet Beast.

Instantly, the puppet tiger-man that was about to activate fell to the ground as if hit by lightning, unable to move an inch no matter how Wu Zidao urged it.

"God, are you playing with me? It’s the Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques!"

Feeling the information transmitted by his Divine Sense within the puppet tiger-man, Wu Zidao’s face was filled with bitterness as he lamented again.

If there’s any divine technique that puppet beasts fear, even if the Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques aren’t the first, they’re definitely among the top three.

Most high-tier puppet beasts are refined using Spiritual Gold. When facing attacks from Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques, these puppet beasts, crafted with a large amount of Spiritual Gold, are easily suppressed and rendered immobile, unable to be used.

Practitioners of the "Immortal Puppet Sect" also know their weaknesses, so those with strength in the sect always carry several puppet beasts crafted from different materials.

For instance, when encountering a cultivator skilled in Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques, they use puppet beasts refined from Spirit Wood and demon beast bones, thus unaffected by their opponent’s techniques.

But Wu Zidao was not among them.

He spent over a hundred years collecting materials to refine this puppet tiger-man, wasting countless resources before succeeding, so how could he have the strength to refine a puppet beast made from Spirit Wood?

Seeing his strongest method nullified by Zhouyang, unwillingly, he called out to Song Qingyun for help, "Fellow Daoist Song, assist me! This kid is formidable, my methods are severely countered. It’s better to let your ’Red Flame Centipede’ handle it!"

Unexpectedly, Song Qingyun, upon hearing his plea, agreed without hesitation, "Alright, then leave this fierce woman to you, Fellow Daoist Wu."

Wu Zidao was slightly stunned, wondering why Song Qingyun would bestow such a title on Jiang Fengxian, an exceptionally beautiful lady.

Upon closely observing Song Qingyun’s battle situation, his expression suddenly changed.

He saw Jiang Fengxian had already activated the "Celestial Phoenix Race" bloodline again.

Facing several "Celestial Phoenix Race" Divine Techniques attacks from her, Song Qingyun and his Tier Five Lower Grade Spirit Beast "Red Flame Centipede" couldn’t gain any advantage.

In fact, under the intimidation of Jiang Fengxian’s "Phoenix Bloodline" aura, the "Red Flame Centipede" couldn’t even display half of its power.

The centipede’s natural enemy is birds, and as the leader of all birds, even the slightest aura from the phoenix is enough to subdue the "Red Flame Centipede."

Originally intending to capture Jiang Fengxian, Song Qingyun now had no extra thoughts, wishing only to quickly deal with Zhouyang and Jiang Fengxian.

Seeing Wu Zidao seemingly intimidated by Jiang Fengxian’s demeanor, he quickly said, "Fellow Daoist Wu, don’t be afraid. If you can hold off that fierce woman for a moment, I can deal with that kid and come to help you."

"Alright, I’ll give it a try."

Wu Zidao hesitated for a moment but eventually agreed.

He then mobilized the remaining three Tier Four Puppet Beasts to abandon the attack on Zhouyang, shifting towards Jiang Fengxian, and extracted two spare Tier Four Puppet Beasts from his storage ring, commanding five puppet beasts to surround Jiang Fengxian.

Song Qingyun, seeing this, directly charged towards Zhouyang riding the "Red Flame Centipede."

Both relied on puppet beasts and spirit beasts for transportation, their speed exceeding Zhouyang and Jiang Fengxian’s, leaving the duo unable to stop their plans.

However, seeing Song Qingyun charging at him on the "Red Flame Centipede," Zhouyang’s mind stirred with an idea.

He raised his hand, secretly clutching a chicken egg-sized pale golden treasure pearl.

As the "Red Flame Centipede" spewed fiery flames at him, he suddenly raised the pale golden treasure pearl, injecting magical power to activate the pearl’s sole divine technique, "Soul-Devouring Golden Light."

Instantly, a pale golden beam shot from the pearl, directly targeting Song Qingyun on the "Red Flame Centipede’s" back.

Hit by the beam, Song Qingyun’s expression froze, his eyes turning white as he fell into a dazed state.

Seizing the opportunity, Zhouyang activated a Tier Five Lower-Grade Spirit Talisman, "Destruction Golden Spear Talisman," aiming at the dazed Song Qingyun.

The golden spear pierced through the air in a flash.

When Song Qingyun recovered from the "Soul-Devouring Golden Light’s" dazed state, he found himself impaled, falling off the "Red Flame Centipede’s" back.