Chapter 598: Chapter 598

Among these mechanical puppet beasts were hidden Puppet Heaven disciples, who, under controlled command, naturally bypassed the purely defensive array and prioritized attacking the enemies outside.

"Senior Brother, a large number of enemies are approaching this way." The elder said worriedly.

He was responsible for guarding this grand array with the Spirit Vein as its core, to serve as a resting place for fellow disciples to heal and recuperate.

So far, it hadn’t faced much attack.

Precisely because of this, he could clearly see that their side was totally at a disadvantage.

The reason being, there were simply too many enemies.

He did not know how many mechanical puppet beasts were hidden in the enemy’s space treasures.

The only advantage gained was thanks to the core disciple wielding a powerful sword array, an exceptional talent.

But a single tree cannot hold up a distorted beam.

All these advantages were countered by the sheer number of enemies.

Now, mechanical puppet beasts were flooding in from all directions, and from each direction came those massive combined constructs of several hundred meters.

These amounts were increasing.

How could he not be anxious about this?

Of course, the most important thing was that the Heart of Sword Intent within the powerful sword array of this core disciple had been exhausted and couldn’t be reformed in the short term.

Therefore, he could see no hope for victory at all.

Small Knife also looked into the distance, his Domain under the identity of the Master of the World giving him a broader range of vision.

There were just too many.

Yet this did not cause him to be discouraged, instead, he couldn’t help but feel excited.

Since it had been exposed this much, might as well have a great battle.

Without thinking too much, at most he would have to give up his core disciple status.

Thinking of this, he felt extremely relieved.

He laughed and said, "Junior Brother, don’t worry. We sword cultivators, seek only clarity of mind, to fight with all one’s might, with death as the only outcome."

The elder was stunned, not expecting the other party to be so open-minded.

This core disciple seemed quite young.

Should indeed be young, how could he not know the older core disciples.

Therefore, his potential is limitless, his future immeasurable.

Such a prodigious demon, yet so open-minded.

With limited lifespan left, this lifetime only seeing being an Inner Sect Disciple as his end, the hope of reaching the Nascent Soul was very dim,

yet still, he couldn’t see as clearly as this one. Updates are released by Nove1Fire.net

He burst into laughter, "Senior Brother is right, only death awaits, we sword cultivators fear none."

"Good, only death awaits." The other disciples who heard also laughed heartily.

"Restore your full strength, let the Daoist Soldiers oversee the Defense Array, and soon fight joyfully with me." Small Knife laughed.

The momentum was soaring.

Immediately after, Small Knife released some Daoist Soldiers, but not kobolds, nor dragon-men, instead, practitioners.

They practiced cultivation techniques, possessed spiritual power, and could oversee defending the array.

In just a short time, mechanical puppet beasts surrounded from all sides.

Bombarding one enormous sword shield after another.

The enormous sword shields stood solid as Mount Tai.

Behind the sword shields were numerous Daoist Soldiers, those with long-range attacks unrestrainedly launched their attacks.

While those without long-range attacks guarded at various key points within the array.

But the gathering mechanical puppet beasts increased, and the speed of slaughter was just a drop in the bucket.

The accumulation grew larger.

At this rate, the sword shield would break eventually.

But the mechanical puppet beasts’ side clearly couldn’t wait any longer.

Soon, the massive mechanical puppet beasts from all sides struck.

Each was several hundred meters.

Clearly under control.

These big guys who arrived in advance had not joined the battlefield.

At this time, they received orders and charged from all directions simultaneously.

One enormous sword shield after another shattered.

Each disintegrated into ninety-nine sword qi, shooting out like a waterfall.

Worthy of the powerful Five Elements Heaven-Defending Sword Array, only a core disciple could master it.

Instantly, the huge puppets breaking the sword shields were blasted to pieces, along with the residual sword qi destroying many other mechanical puppet beasts.

However, they were soon replaced by the mechanical puppet beasts behind, surging up fearlessly like waves.

The area just cleared was immediately filled again.

This Five Elements Heaven-Defending Sword Array, each of its five sword shields had ninety-nine faces, which was quite numerous.

More powerful was its recovery ability.

But under Small Knife’s observation in the Domain, the recovery speed was so slow.

It was then understood, this was not the Earth Vein Core of the world, but a Spirit Vein,.

The effect was slowed by more than ten times.

Moreover, the Spirit Vein could not sustain it for too long, even though plenty of Spirit Stones had been placed inside in advance.

The huge puppets were being eliminated continuously, but the support from all sides never seemed to diminish.

Under Small Knife’s observation, he further understood.

Even if the gigantic puppets were destroyed, the enemy disciples inside escaped beforehand.

As long as there were enough mechanical puppet beasts, they could combine.

Perhaps there was consumption.

But never could they kill the core disciples within.

Evidently, this array without a master’s control, was still not perfect, allowing the enemy disciples inside to escape.

Small Knife instantly leaped forth.

Directly arriving at the core of the Spirit Vein, which was also the core of this Five Elements Heaven-Defending Sword Array, directly began to control it.

Suddenly, the entire Five Elements Heaven-Defending Sword Array seemed to come alive.

Each enormous sword shield was like it had Life, knowing to dodge, collide, etc.

The dimmed sheen retreated and renewed before advancing again.

Sadly, too many enemies, too reckless, Small Knife could only reduce losses by thirty percent.

Of course, this had little effect.

Small Knife’s target was not this, something more important came.

As a huge sword shield shattered.

Under Small Knife’s control, the shattering sword qi accelerated by thirty percent, aiming directly at the core, the most solid part of the huge puppet’s body.

Moreover, this massive puppet was struck from the left, right, and above by three sword shields.

In unison, the massive puppet exploded.

Checked the Observing Heaven Realm.

Sure enough, gained a lot of contributions.

Looks like with the increased speed, the enemy disciples inside hadn’t escaped.

So Small Knife continuously controlled, though not as many huge mechanical puppet beasts were destroyed as before, but the enemy disciples inside didn’t escape, were killed.

Thus, though mechanical puppet beasts continuously surged, the giants attacked more cautiously, less reckless and fearless than before,.

Noticing this, many experienced or meticulous disciples speculated or observed it.

Worthy of being a core disciple.

The reward for killing enemy disciples was so extraordinary because it was too difficult.

You never knew what mechanical puppet beast concealed them, and they could also transfer through teleportation.

Generally, ordinary disciples had no countermeasures.

Treasures to restrict and seal space were not something ordinary disciples could possess.

Especially without the support of the Four Celestial Great World, even if possessing space-sealing treasures, it was just a drop in the bucket, at least wouldn’t be used on this First Layer space.

However, even so, there were too many mechanical puppet beasts.

Even though those huge ones were more cautious, allowing the array hosted by Small Knife to hold longer, but it was only limited to that.

As time passed, the huge sword shields of the Five Elements Heaven-Defending Sword Array were destroyed more frequently, the recovery speed slowed significantly.

The Spirit Vein was about to decline in status.

Having this time though, most of the disciples here restored their spiritual power, and even injuries healed a lot.

Small Knife’s Domain of the Master of the World naturally kept watch over all their status at any time.

Soon, in his Personal Space, the Cyan Dragon Sword Heart containing the Mystical Technique of the sword array vanished, appearing inside Small Knife.

With the same root and origin, it directly merged into Small Knife’s body.

Immediately, he soared up.

A Flying Sword appeared under his feet.

Seeing this, only to see beams of sword light shooting from within the array toward the sky.

Forming the most basic Five Elements Sword Array.

Five beams of sturdy light cascaded down from the sky.

This clearly was preparation to launch an assault.

The Five Elements Sword Control Sect, a Great Success Powerhouse sighed.

Though knowing failure was inevitable, yet there was always that sliver of hope.

Still, reason held the upper hand, ready to rescue.

The core disciple’s comprehension of the array was heaven-defying, he must be safeguarded.

Of course, his intervention would signal failure.

But indeed, the act of intervening meant failure was already foreordained.