Chapter 243: Ninth Tier
“Damn it!”
“This Second Order Swift Bird Beast is too fast! A Second Order demon blood can’t shake it off at all!”
At the border of Qingnan Shengzhou, a black-red Blood-Energy Puppet Armor was speeding through the air.
Behind it was a massive blue Swift Bird Beast, over ten zhang long, its body radiating thick demon qi.
“Awooo!”
The Swift Bird Beast roared, spreading its wings and transforming into a streak of light.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
“Boom!”
In the blink of an eye, it caught up to the black-red Blood-Energy Puppet Armor, violently flapping its wings.
Rolling demon qi condensed into blades that slashed down at the Puppet Armor.
Fortunately, though this Blood-Energy Puppet Armor’s speed was not particularly outstanding.
Its defensive capability was not weak.
It forcefully blocked that incomparably fierce assault.
“Bang bang bang~”
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
“Bang bang bang~”
……
The two clashed violently in mid-air.
Producing bursts of intense rumbling and deafening explosions.
“This won’t do! At this rate, the demon blood will run out!”
“I have to think of something!”
Inside the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor, a weathered-looking middle-aged man muttered anxiously.
The middle-aged man was named Wang Cheng.
Though a mere mortal, he hated demon beasts to the bone.
Because his entire family had perished in the mouths of demon beasts.
If he had not been fortunate enough to be rescued by the Chaotian Sect, he would likely have long since died in this vast, chaotic world.
And after joining the Chaotian Sect’s Mortal Puppet Hall, through his own effort and dedication, he had obtained a Second Order Blood-Energy Puppet Armor.
Only then did he gain the power to slay demon beasts with his own hands.
So unless absolutely necessary, he would never abandon this Second Order Puppet Armor of his.
Otherwise, he would have long since controlled the Puppet Armor to self-destruct and perish together with this Second Order Swift Bird Beast!
And just as the middle-aged man was pondering a countermeasure.
He suddenly noticed that not far away, a pitch-black object was floating in the sky.
“That’s… the sect’s Skybase Weapon!”
“I never expected there to be a sect vigilance Skybase Weapon here!”
“Haha! I’m not meant to die!”
The middle-aged man was overjoyed, hurriedly maneuvering the Puppet Armor to charge toward the Skybase Weapon.
Meanwhile, the Swift Bird Beast still had no idea danger was approaching.
It continued its frenzied assault on the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor.
“Rumble!”
“Rumble!”
……
After a fierce exchange.
The Blood-Energy Puppet Armor’s defensive power had clearly dropped drastically.
There were even faint signs of it being torn apart.
And just as this Blood-Energy Puppet Armor’s defense was about to collapse.
A voice suddenly resounded through this stretch of heaven and earth.
“Beep, demon beast detected approaching!”
“Danger level two!”
“Beep, strike commencing!”
“Deploying…”
“Deployment complete, commencing strike!”
As a series of emotionless notification sounds fell.
A blinding beam of light suddenly appeared!
This beam was like a blazing sun, shooting straight at the Swift Bird Beast.
“Scree~”
The Swift Bird Beast let out a miserable shriek, its massive body pierced through by the light pillar, split in two.
Blood sprayed!
“Boom!”
As for the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor ahead, it made an emergency evasive maneuver.
Crashing heavily to the ground.
Motionless.
It was not until a long while later, when the moon was bright and the stars thick, that it slowly awoke.
“Crack!”
Accompanied by the sound of a mechanism.
Wang Cheng, clad in thick protective gear, slowly crawled out of the Puppet Armor.
“Hoo… al… almost done for!”
Wang Cheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still shaken.
He was not afraid of death. Now that the Chaotian Sect had forged these Blood-Energy Puppet Armors for mortals.
He too had the ability and hope for revenge.
So naturally he did not want to end his life so hastily.
One day, he would slaughter every demon beast in this place.
And looking at the Swift Bird Beast before him, split in two and still steaming, Wang Cheng’s eyes lit up.
He laboriously climbed onto the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor that was more than four times his height.
Then removed an oil-pot-shaped Dharma Artifact from it.
Immediately after, he quickly ran to the Swift Bird Beast’s corpse.
Using the oil-pot-shaped Dharma Artifact in his hand, he slowly poured the scalding demon blood into the pot.
Then, he climbed back onto the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor.
He poured the demon blood from the pot into a box-shaped Dharma Artifact a meter deep.
Only after all of this was done did Wang Cheng take a deep breath and crawl into the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor’s cockpit.
“Come on, my brother!”
Muttering softly, Wang Cheng pressed a circular device inside the cockpit.
Instantly, a layer of red light surged around the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor.
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
“Crack, crack!”
“Rumble!”
As a massive startup sonic boom rang out.
The Blood-Energy Puppet Armor that had been lying prone on the ground suddenly stood up!
“It worked!”
Wang Cheng exclaimed.
He maneuvered the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor back to the Swift Bird Beast’s side.
This time, since the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor had already started up.
He no longer needed to manually pour the demon blood.
He simply flicked a button inside the cockpit.
A thick round tube instantly popped out.
At the top of the round tube was a Dharma Artifact like a bayonet.
The other end connected to the box-shaped Dharma Artifact on the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor’s back.
“Pfft!”
As the spike at the round tube’s tip viciously stabbed into the Swift Bird Beast’s corpse.
Rolling demon blood was instantly drawn into the box-shaped Dharma Artifact.
Then inside the cockpit, a dial with markings began slowly rising under Wang Cheng’s gaze.
“Tick!”
“Tick!”
“Tick!”
……
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, as the Swift Bird Beast’s demon body shriveled and the dial’s markings reached the top.
Only then did Wang Cheng retract the round tube.
He then operated the Blood-Energy Puppet Armor’s mechanical arm to lift the Swift Bird Beast’s body in its hand.
Only then did he leave this area.
And as he swiftly flew, the sky gradually brightened.
Above the heavens, a round of morning sun slowly rose.
A vast and immense mechanical platform slowly appeared before his eyes.
“Hoo… finally back.”
Looking at the massive platform floating in the air in the distance, with Blood-Energy Puppet Armors constantly entering and exiting.
Wang Cheng let out a long breath of relief.
Though this hunting trip had been dangerous.
With this haul, he only needed to save up three more Second Order demon beast cores — ten in total — to exchange for a Third Order Blood-Energy Puppet Armor!
“A Third Order Blood-Energy Puppet Armor, according to those cultivator lords, is enough to rival a Golden Core demon beast!”
“Wife, child, wait for me. I will avenge you sooner or later!”
Wang Cheng murmured to himself, then quickly dashed forward.
He needed to hurry back to the Thirty-Three Heavens — the mothership — to repair his Puppet Armor.
And to await the arrival of the next hunting mission.
And mortals like him numbered no less than two hundred thousand in the entire Chaotian Sect today!
With Lu Qingyang’s vigorous support, the Chaotian Sect had opened a new path, giving mortals combat power comparable to cultivators!
And the highest one could exchange for was even a Ninth Order Blood-Energy Puppet Armor.
Though the Chaotian Sect currently had only one.
The Ninth Order Blood-Energy Puppet Armor, comparable to a Mahayana Venerable, was the existence all mortals dreamed of!