Chapter 129: Battle Puppet!
“Bzzz bzzz bzzz!”
A series of deafening roars echoed out.
The Tier-Two spiritual materials in Gongshu Ban’s hands were refined in almost the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
This scene naturally once again drew shock from the Thousand Bamboo Sect disciples.
“Hiss… so fast!”
“So powerful!”
“So impressive…”
“This person’s Dharma Artifact is truly useful. With this speed, refining puppets would no longer be a matter of years and months!”
The gathered disciples, whether Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, or even Nascent Soul Ancestors, all revealed expressions of amazement.
On the other side, Mu Kui was still placing spiritual materials into the cauldron one by one.
Though his speed was fast, compared to Gongshu Ban, he was much slower!
As time passed, the rudimentary form of a puppet gradually took shape before Gongshu Ban.
A standard Chaotian Sect Tier-Two Battle Puppet had begun to take form.
But compared to an ordinary Chaotian Sect Tier-Two Production Puppet.
The one Gongshu Ban refined clearly bore his personal aesthetic style.
Its surface was covered in black-gold spikes, even its head. At a glance, it was the image of a vicious beast!
It looked exactly like a human-shaped hedgehog!
Meanwhile, on the other side, Mu Kui’s spiritual materials had finally finished being smelted after a long time.
He was now shaping the puppet’s rudimentary form.
On the high platform, Yang Yu looked at the puppet Gongshu Ban had refined and could not help but laugh out loud.
“How did this kid refine such a bizarre puppet?”
“It looks just like a hedgehog.”
“Heh, do not underestimate him. This boy not only has strong puppet-refining talent, but he also has a mind of his own.”
“He has his own reasons for everything he does.”
Lu Qingyang spoke calmly.
Hearing this, Tang San could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He deeply agreed with Lu Qingyang’s words.
There was no other reason. Last time during the great escape, it was precisely because he had underestimated Gongshu Ban.
After the other party picked up a puppet, he had been ruthlessly pinned down and rubbed into the ground.
In the end, he could not even make it into the final circle.
He would never forget this matter for the rest of his life.
Not just him.
Even Xiao Yan and Lin Budong did not dare to underestimate this plain-looking disciple…
…
“Bzz!”
“Bzz bzz!”
Just as Lu Qingyang was speaking, Gongshu Ban had already finished refining his puppet!
Waves of vast spiritual power surged from the puppet’s body.
Immediately after, a humming sound rang out.
Then, a pitch-black Tier-Two Puppet covered in spikes appeared before everyone.
However, after Gongshu Ban finished refining, Cloud Artisan did not announce the end of the puppet refining.
Instead, he waited for Mu Kui to successfully smelt his puppet before slowly speaking.
“Refining puppets without fighting them is just for show.”
“Now that both of you have finished refining, why not each operate your puppet and fight a round.”
“That way we can see each one’s strengths and weaknesses.”
“Sect Master Lu, what do you think?”
Hearing Cloud Artisan’s words, Lu Qingyang pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded.
“Good, then let them fight.”
“Gongshu Ban, are you ready?”
“Mm, I can start at any time!”
Gongshu Ban nodded, his eyes calm.
But deep in his eyes lurked a faint smirk and confidence.
Clearly, he had long anticipated this segment.
Having said that, he secretly sized up the puppet Mu Kui had refined, the one with the ancient-wood color throughout.
The puppet the other party refined was one tempered by his own spiritual qi.
Not only was its defense extremely strong, it also contained his spiritual power!
When fighting, it would certainly be smooth beyond compare.
But it was too old-fashioned.
The Chaotian Sect’s puppets almost all strove for autonomy. The era of relying on oneself to control a puppet was long gone in the Chaotian Sect!
Meanwhile, the Thousand Bamboo Sect disciples watching from all around actually laughed when they heard a puppet battle was about to begin.
Several disciples familiar with Mu Kui even spoke up boldly.
“Heh heh, Senior Brother Mu may be a bit slow at refining puppets, but when it comes to puppet fighting skill, Senior Brother Mu will definitely win steady!”
“I still remember during the sect’s minor competition, Senior Brother Mu actually controlled six Tier-Two Puppets to defeat a Tier-Three Puppet.”
“With skill like that, he will certainly not lose to that Chaotian Sect disciple.”
“Heh heh, Senior Brother Mu will definitely bring us face this time!”
Listening to the discussions, a strange light flashed through Gongshu Ban’s eyes.
Seeing the mood was right, Cloud Artisan signaled Yun Fei to announce.
“Silence!”
“The puppet refining is complete. Now, begin the puppet battle!”
As his words fell, everyone’s gaze fixed firmly on Mu Kui, Gongshu Ban, and the puppets before them.
However, as Yun Fei’s voice fell.
The puppet before Gongshu Ban seemed to receive some kind of command!
Its entire puppet body transformed in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, it turned into a spiked ball-shaped object.
“Whoosh!”
A rush of air rang out!
In the next moment, that ball-shaped object shot out violently!
Its speed was so fast that many disciples present could not even track it!
In the instant it shot out, Mu Kui only then snapped to his senses.
He hurriedly formed hand seals, intending to summon his puppet to block.
But…before he could make any move, the ball-shaped object had already slammed viciously into his puppet’s body!
Instantly, a violent tremor spread out!
“Boom!”
Accompanied by a tremendous crash.
Mu Kui’s puppet, in that instant, actually exploded directly!
Puppet parts flew in all directions.
Even a spring mechanism landed on the high platform.
“Hiss!”
“This… this is over already?”
“So fast?”
“No… using a collision counts as fighting too?”
Seeing this scene, all the disciples present drew a sharp breath.
Clearly, none had expected Gongshu Ban to so easily shatter Mu Kui’s puppet!
Even Lu Qingyang raised an eyebrow, revealing a trace of surprise.
After all, the traditional puppet Mu Kui refined was most renowned for its defense.
Moreover, it was infused with his spiritual power!
It could be considered as having the empowerment of a cultivator’s spiritual power.
But now it had actually…
“This kid always manages to come up with something new.”
“Not bad, not bad. In the future, he might even bring me surprises I never expected.”
Lu Qingyang’s gaze toward Gongshu Ban was filled with a trace of appreciation.
…
“Phew~”
After destroying Mu Kui’s puppet, Gongshu Ban let out a long breath.
In truth, his easy defeat of Mu Kui’s puppet had been a trick.
As early as when refining the puppet, he had guessed there would be a fight afterward.
So he had deliberately refined a Spike Ball Puppet, and had even carved a Charge Talisman and a Direction Talisman on its base early on.
In other words, he had actually refined a projectile!
Before Cloud Artisan announced the fight, the moment he finished refining, this projectile had already been charging!
And it was precisely because of this that he had won in a single strike.
If that one strike had missed, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
As for Cloud Artisan on the high platform, after seeing his own disciple defeated in an instant.
The expression on his face did not change.
He merely bent down slowly and picked up the spring mechanism at his feet, then faced Lu Qingyang.
“Sect Master Lu, the children have had their fun.”
“Next, shall it be you and me?”