Chapter 307: The Advent of Tenth-Rank Puppet Armor!
But in the very next instant, Lu Qingyang cut off his own thought.
“No! I absolutely cannot deliberately expose my own existence.”
“Even assuming that the current me is inside some so-called rewind, the only thing I need to do right now is grow stronger!”
“I cannot gamble on whether this is my last chance.”
Lu Qingyang gritted his teeth and refused decisively.
He drew a deep breath, calming his restless emotions.
Then he chose the Return to True reward.
Now he not only knew how to unravel the Heaven-Concealing Grand Formation, but also knew where Jiangxin lay sleeping.
Yet Lu Qingyang did not act rashly.
Because he knew that even if he awakened Jiangxin now, it would be useless.
He had to wait for a perfect opportunity…
…
Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye another three months passed.
During these three months, whenever Simulation Time came, he began a Simulation.
At the same time, he also understood that his current cultivation could be considered the peak of Great Vehicle.
Though in the present Chaotian Realm he was a rarely seen powerhouse.
Compared to his peak self, he had clearly regressed considerably.
He did not know how he had fallen from the Immortal realm.
Strictly speaking, he was now a Pseudo-Immortal!
And during this period, the rewind function had never appeared again.
That was right. After the Simulation ended came Return to True.
As if that System notification about the rewind had never appeared at all.
But Lu Qingyang understood that it had not been his imagination.
He still remembered everything about that one Return to True clearly.
He had even deliberately used another precious Simulation opportunity to customize a Simulation Save.
Again and again, he comprehended ‘his own’ cultivation career.
And time slipped by without a sound under such circumstances.
Three years. For a full three years, he cultivated diligently.
Though the speed of cultivation was far slower than before.
But for him, it was already enough!
And during these three years, undercurrents surged through the Chaotian Realm.
It seemed the entire world was slowly rotating within a massive black hand.
It toyed with the people of the world in its palm.
And as it rotated, its tentacles reached out in all directions.
Its influence grew greater and greater, its power spread everywhere.
Lu Qingyang also clearly felt that the spiritual qi fluctuations of the Chaotian Realm were growing more and more chaotic.
He guessed that all of this might be related to Jiangxin’s slumber.
A world without the Heavenly Dao’s blessing — how could the path of cultivation possibly flourish!
But on the contrary, the ordinary mortals’ Puppet Armor Dao grew ever more prosperous!
On this day, just as Lu Qingyang sat quietly in the small courtyard of Li Zhao’s home.
Li Zhao, dressed in elegant scholarly attire, came rushing in from outside the courtyard, full of excitement.
“Wonderful! Wonderful!”
Li Zhao shouted excitedly.
“What is it? What’s so wonderful?”
Lu Qingyang opened his eyes and looked at him.
“Senior! You still don’t know! The Chaotian Realm’s first Tier-Ten Puppet Armor has been born!”
“This is truly inspiring! Hahaha!”
Li Zhao was extremely thrilled, his round face flushed red.
“Oh?”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang was slightly stunned.
A Tier-Ten Puppet of the Chaotian Realm?
“This Tier-Ten Puppet Armor you speak of, is it a Pseudo-Immortal-level existence?”
Lu Qingyang asked.
Li Zhao nodded. “Yes, yes! Exactly that kind of existence!”
“That’s a Tier-Ten Puppet Armor! Though it can only compare to a Tier-One True Immortal! It’s still genuine Immortal combat power!”
“This Puppet Armor was developed by the Saint Sect!”
“They say it took them a full five years to perfectly create it!”
Li Zhao’s tone was exhilarated.
“Not only that!”
“This Puppet Armor has been named the Immortal-Slaying Martial Art. It possesses unfathomable power!”
“More importantly, as long as one is a Puppet Armor Cultivator, this Puppet Armor can be activated!”
Li Zhao’s tone was extremely excited.
And Lu Qingyang listened with great interest.
He never imagined that a small contraption ‘he’ had casually refined back then would actually reach this step.
“Immortal-Slaying Martial Art… what a grand name…”
Lu Qingyang murmured softly.
He did not doubt the authenticity of this item.
After all, he understood the Chaotian Sect’s foundations.
It was just that, according to that Simulation, the current Chaotian Sect had long been controlled by his great enemy.
“They actually did not suppress these mortals from developing such things.”
“Well, no matter how much mortals fight and play around… how could they possibly threaten a true Immortal…”
“Immortal-Slaying Martial Art…”
Lu Qingyang whispered quietly, his eyes flickering without stop.
Suddenly he abruptly raised his head to look at Li Zhao and asked, “Who refined this Immortal-Slaying Martial Art?”
“The Saint Sect!”
Li Zhao answered without hesitation.
“The Saint Sect…”
Lu Qingyang murmured.
After a pause, he raised his hand and clapped Li Zhao on the shoulder.
“Very good! In that case, may I see your Puppet Armor?”
“Mine?”
Li Zhao was stunned. He did have a Tier-Two Puppet Armor.
But before this Senior, a Tier-Two Puppet Armor probably did not even count as a fart.
“Mm!”
Lu Qingyang insisted.
“Then… please come with me outside the city, Senior.”
“Inside the city, releasing Puppet Armor privately is forbidden.”
“Good!”
Lu Qingyang agreed readily.
The two immediately left the small courtyard.
…
Li Zhao’s residence was not far from outside the city.
In an instant, they had left the city.
After arriving at a desolate, uninhabited place outside the city, Li Zhao stopped.
He raised his wrist, his left hand lightly sliding and tapping the black crystal screen embedded there. In that instant, Lu Qingyang felt a strange spatial fluctuation come from overhead!
“Hum~!”
Immediately after, ripples spread through the void.
A hundred-meter-wide black fissure suddenly split open in the air.
A vast pressure descended.
Then, a bronze, iron-like Puppet Armor surfaced in the void.
This Puppet Armor was a hundred meters tall, its entire body covered in a layer of bronze spirit ore metal.
The Puppet Armor was majestic throughout, suffused with a faint dark glow, giving off a feeling of extreme solidity.
And the dense patterns on the Puppet Armor stretched like mountain ranges, radiating an ancient, weathered aura.
“Senior, this is this junior’s Puppet Armor!”
Li Zhao introduced respectfully.
He looked at the Puppet Armor with a face full of worship.
Lu Qingyang narrowed his eyes and examined it carefully for a few seconds.
Then, he nodded with a smile. “Very good!”
This Puppet Armor was indeed very good.
Lu Qingyang could feel that the current Puppet Armor Dao was developing quite well.
But this mere Tier-Two Puppet Armor, comparable to Foundation Establishment, carried no fewer than dozens of spirit energy modules.
“Mortals really are impressive.”
“To think they could evolve from the earliest demon-blood Dharma Artifacts to extracting spiritual power from heavenly treasures and materials, turning it into spirit energy implements.”
“These dozens of spirit energy modules, back in the old days, each one was more refined than the finest Tier-Two Dharma Artifact!”
“Impressive! Impressive!”
By the end, Lu Qingyang’s voice grew louder and louder.
His emotions grew more and more exhilarated!
As if this ordinary Tier-Two Puppet Armor had brought him a new life!
“Hahahaha!!!”
Abruptly, he threw his head back and laughed wildly.
The laughter shook all directions, even causing the void to tremble.
Li Zhao was stunned!
He stared blankly at Lu Qingyang.
Because he had never seen this Senior so excited and losing composure!
“Senior…”
He probed tentatively.
“It’s fine! Li Zhao, may I ask if you can give this Puppet Armor to me?”
“Mm… ah?”
Li Zhao was dumbfounded, his brain short-circuiting.
What did he mean, give it to him?
This was something he had painstakingly forged!
Before Li Zhao could ask more, Lu Qingyang had already waved his sleeve.
In an instant, endless radiance surged within the void.
Boom!
The void exploded with sound, and hundreds of fist-sized brilliant stars appeared out of thin air, hanging in midair.
“This is… spirit stones?