Chapter 52: Puppet!
Tiangong Island was about five hundred kilometers long and three hundred kilometers wide.
Viewed from high above, it looked just like a sea turtle.
At the very center of the island was the Chaotian Sect’s Inner Gate, Chaotian Peak.
Beyond Chaotian Peak was the Grand Sect-Protecting River, which wound around the Inner Gate and flowed toward the Seven Stars Sea Region.
Beyond that were the many pavilions, terraces, towers and halls nestled along the river, along with mortal cities, towns and villages.
Before Lu Qingyang and the others arrived, over a hundred thousand mortals had lived on Tiangong Island.
Though the demon beasts on the island each had their own territory, these mortals would inevitably be attacked by them from time to time.
So after the Chaotian Sect took root here, Lu Qingyang, for the sake of the sect’s development, not only relocated all the island’s mortals to the area around the Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate, but also reestablished the War Execution Bureau, with Chao San as its Director, to clear out the surrounding demon beasts.
Unfortunately, these demon beasts were not weak.
Foundation Establishment demon beasts were everywhere, and Golden Core demon beasts were hardly few.
Fortunately, no Nascent Soul demon beasts had been discovered on the island.
“BOOM!”
“Let the puppets take the front! All of you, stand back!”
“You’re here to observe combat techniques, not to charge into battle!”
In a dense valley on Tiangong Island.
Chao San was controlling dozens of Tier-Two Puppets, currently encircling and suppressing a nest of Crimson Flame Tigers.
These dozens of Tier-Two Puppets were all old-model battle puppets, not equipped with Tier-Two Dharma Artifacts.
So their killing was extremely rigid, relying entirely on their own strength and hardness.
Behind him stood over a hundred youths around fifteen or sixteen years old.
These were the Chaotian Sect’s first batch of Outer Gate disciples.
They were currently following Chao San, observing the puppets in battle.
“Senior Brother, those Crimson Flame Tigers’ hides are too tough!”
One disciple could not help but say.
“Hmph, of course. The Crimson Flame Tiger is the king among Foundation Establishment demon beasts. Its hide is naturally extremely strong.”
“Our Chaotian Sect’s Tier-Two Puppets are still too clumsy.”
“Nowhere near as sharp as a cultivator’s flying sword!”
Beside that disciple, a male disciple with sword-like brows and starry eyes, fair of face, said with dissatisfaction upon hearing this.
“Enough, all of you watch carefully.”
Chao San rebuked in a low voice. In five years, though he had not condensed his Golden Core, he was only a step away from the Golden Core stage. At present, he could be considered the third-highest in cultivation within the Chaotian Sect.
He had also become much steadier than before.
After rebuking the disciple, he shifted his attention to the Crimson Flame Tigers.
At this moment, the Crimson Flame Tigers were struggling desperately against the puppets’ assault.
Eight Crimson Flame Tigers were completely surrounded in the center by dozens of Tier-Two Puppets.
Their bodies were massive, each dozens of meters long, their hides covered in scales. Their defense was incredibly powerful, practically impervious to blade and spear.
They also possessed a degree of intelligence, knowing how to dodge.
At the same time, Foundation Establishment demon beasts had awakened their innate divine abilities. Each Crimson Flame Tiger could spew poisonous flames.
These had extremely strong corrosive properties, capable of ultimately corrupting spiritual qi, causing a brief stagnation.
However, these puppets were not weak either, cast entirely from Tier-Two Spirit Ore.
Their hardness was in no way inferior to these Foundation Establishment demon beasts.
It was just that in prolonged battle, the spirit stones consumed were inevitably considerable.
Seeing this, Chao San’s eyes flashed coldly. He summoned his Frost-White Flying Sword, intending to go up himself.
But just as he was about to ride his sword forward.
Streaks of bright silver escape light suddenly descended above everyone, blocking his path.
“Hm?”
As Chao San’s gaze moved upward.
He saw Tier-Two Puppets hovering in mid-air, pale blue tail flames spraying from their tails.
Each puppet had a tube-shaped Dharma Artifact on its arm, the muzzle pointed directly at the Crimson Flame Tiger pack below.
“What kind of puppets are those!”
Looking at those puppets, the young disciples behind Chao San were all astonished.
These puppets had sleek bodies, hovering in mid-air, imposing and fierce, looking very mighty.
Chao San frowned at the sight. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Old Huang fly over from the distance.
“Director Chao, quickly have the disciples retreat a hundred meters, and have those old-model puppets move aside as well!”
Chao San was stunned. Before he could speak, he saw the puppets hovering in mid-air move!
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
A series of somewhat alarming spiritual power compression sounds rang out.
Then the tube-shaped Dharma Artifacts on the arms of those dozens of bright silver puppets all lit up.
Instantly, a terrifying pressure spread out, shrouding the area within dozens of meters.
And that pack of Crimson Flame Tigers, after sensing this pressure, actually began trembling uncontrollably.
“What a terrifying pressure!”
“This… this… what are these things?”
The disciples exclaimed.
Seeing this, Chao San said no more. He waved his large hand and withdrew those old-model battle puppets.
At the same time, he ordered the disciples to retreat at once.
He did not dare linger either, hurriedly flying toward the rear.
“BOOM!”
“ROAR ROAR ROAR!”
Just as Chao San left.
That pack of Crimson Flame Tigers finally could not withstand the puppets’ pressure. They went berserk one after another, unleashing their innate divine abilities.
Blazing tiger flames, like fire dragons, spewed from the Crimson Flame Tigers’ mouths, spraying toward those bright silver puppets.
And it was at this exact moment that those tube-shaped Dharma Artifacts had finished charging.
Streams of cold, silent annihilation aura spread out from the Dharma Artifacts.
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
Crisp sounds rang out one after another.
Chao San and the youths only saw beams of radiant white light bloom from those tube-shaped Dharma Artifacts.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
Beams of light like arrows shot out from those tube-shaped Dharma Artifacts, instantly piercing through the tiger flames.
Everyone only felt a flash of white light before their eyes.
When they opened their eyes again, the eight Crimson Flame Tigers had each been vaporized down to half their bodies, collapsing in pools of blood.
“Sss~!”
“What a terrifying attack!”
Seeing this, Chao San could not help but show shock on his face.
Those youths, boys and girls alike, were also dumbfounded, their faces full of shock.
They had never imagined the sect had such formidable puppets.
“Director Chao, these are the newest Tier-Two battle puppets refined by the Sect Master.”
“From now on, those old-model battle puppets can all be replaced.”
Old Huang flew closer, explaining to Chao San with a smile.
“I see.”
Chao San nodded. Inwardly, he also sighed in admiration. His Junior Brother Sect Master’s artifact-refining skills were growing more and more exquisite.
“Director Chao, the Sect Master says you can speed up the demon beast clearing.”
“The Sect Master also says that within five years, you must not only clear out all the demon beasts on the island, but also strive to achieve a basic self-sustaining cycle.”
“Within five years, the War Execution Bureau must rely on puppets and its own strength to forge a sea-faring merchant fleet that dares to fight and dares to strive.”
Hearing this, though Chao San felt the pressure was considerable, he still nodded.
Though the Seven Stars Sea Region was full of dangers, its resources were abundant, with natural treasures everywhere.
As long as he could accumulate a powerful sea-faring fleet, the income would surely be substantial!
At the same time, on the other side, after handing over the puppets, Lu Qingyang was not idle either.
After flashing back to his pavilion in the Chaotian Sect, he flipped his right hand, and a golden pill appeared in his palm.
“The Golden Core Supplement Pill. It can help cultivators increase their chances of condensing a Golden Core. I never imagined it would take me a full year to refine.”
Lu Qingyang murmured softly, then tilted his head back and swallowed the pill.
After years of Simulation, his foundation had long been incomparably deep.
He had even been fortunate enough in a later Simulation to obtain the pill formula for the Golden Core Supplement Pill.
And now his cultivation had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Grand Completion. It was time to condense his Golden Core!