NOVEL WEB Chapter 145.2
Several people started fighting in the air, getting further and further away from the spacecraft. Yan Si was left alone to entangle the Core Formation puppet and duel with the evil cultivator wielding the sword.
However, dealing with the late-stage Core Formation was not so easy. With a wave of his staff, the ghostly skeleton clashed and was easily resolved. The collision of the true spiritual energies of the two core formation cultivators caused huge waves to surge in the surrounding sea.
Su Yu and Tian Min had originally planned to confront a core formation evil cultivator alone, but they saw Li Tianyan rush out first with his core formation puppet.
Upon seeing the cultivator appear in front of him, Xiu Yong narrowed his eyes with hatred. Especially when he saw the puppet beside him, he gritted his teeth and said, “I haven’t come looking for you yet, but you’ve come to me.”
“You should be careful with your new puppet,” Li Tianyan remarked, looking at the puppet beside him, his lips curling upwards.
“Seeking death, I will kill you today to avenge my stolen puppet!” Xiu Yong declared, fueled by the punishment he had endured during this period, all because of Li Tianyan.
Li Tianyan wasted no time. He controlled the core formation puppet to engage the opponent’s puppet in battle. Channeling his true spiritual energy, a whirlpool rose from the sea, transforming into a water dragon that attacked the evil cultivator.
Cultivators of Shura Sect, who practiced the Way of Humans and Ghosts, were particularly wary of thunder and lightning. When they noticed the water dragon attacking them this time carried the scent of thunder, Xiu Yong’s expression changed. He immediately wielded his magic pestle to strike the water dragon.
The magic pestle sank into the water dragon and stirred vigorously. The sea water condensed dragon was scattered by the inner energy within moments. However, the aura of heavenly thunder also touched the magic pestle, gradually eroding the demonic energy on it.
Li Tianyan continued to release his true spiritual energy. Suddenly, dragon shadows soared above the sea, and the thunderous roar of dragons echoed.
Back on the spaceship, the Qi-condensation cultivators watched with envy as they saw the transparent dragon shadow in the distance. “Senior Brother Li is fighting the core formation evil cultivator, and he’s not at a disadvantage.”
“Senior Brother Li’s water dragon is so majestic.”
Xiu Yong once again wielded his pestle against the water dragon. He noticed the weakening of the pestle’s power and his expression grew uglier. He didn’t expect a foundation-establishment cultivator could be so difficult to handle. Glancing at the two evenly matched puppets, his lips curled into a smirk.
“You’re just in the foundation stage, yet you dare control a core formation puppet. When your true spiritual energy is depleted, let’s see how you’ll fight me,” Xiu Yong sneered, casting a greedy glance at Li Tianyan.
This person’s cultivation level was much higher than the last time he saw him. He was actually at the peak of foundation establishment. He must have had many opportunities in the Canghong Secret Realm. He had to search him carefully once he was captured.
Thinking this, Xiu Yong raised his true spiritual energy and enveloped the man opposite him. Suddenly, where Li Tianyan stood, darkness descended, and the scene shifted as if he had entered a realm of humans and ghosts.
His ears filled with the howls of ghosts and wolves, and apparitions flew before his eyes. Li Tianyan recognized this as a ghost realm woven by evil cultivators. He extended his hand and unleashed several gusts of wind to fend off the approaching ghostly figures. He twitched his nose and sent a bolt of thunder and lightning into the void.
The evil cultivator hiding in the ghost realm, planning a sneak attack, narrowly avoided being struck by lightning. Forced to stay concealed, he sought opportunities to strike.
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Cheng Qi did not stand idly by. Together with Tan Eyu, he intercepted two foundation-establishment puppets. His Nether Fire technique had recently been upgraded, so he was eager to test it against the puppets.
He watched as the whip imbued with nether fire lashed out at the puppet. It resembled a wild beast in the Youlian Forest, leaving bloody marks burned by the flames no matter how tough its skin was.
The puppet, however, felt no pain. Despite the nether fire searing into its wounds, it continued its assault without faltering.
Frowning, Cheng Qi observed that even the efforts of the other elders and Foundation Establishment disciples couldn’t fully neutralize the puppets. The Foundation Establishment evil cultivator seemed in no hurry to intervene, evidently waiting for the puppets to exhaust their opponents’ true spiritual energy before moving in for the kill.
Everyone in Tianfan Immortal Sect understood the evil cultivator’s strategy, but they were hindered by the relentless puppets and lacked a better solution for the moment.
Attempting to seize control mentally, Cheng Qi found the puppet in front of him resistant compared to Tao Feiwen’s. Its spiritual contract was robust, leading to several failed attempts.
On the Shura Sect’s spaceship nearby, an evil cultivator glanced at Cheng Qi and sneered, “You think you can take my puppet?”
Cheng Qi met the gaze of the half-human, half-ghost evil cultivator and suddenly had a revelation. He unleashed a ray of nether fire into the puppet’s sea of consciousness.
Unable to erase the puppet’s contractual imprint with mental power, Cheng Qi opted to burn it away. Channeling the Nether Fire Burning Life Technique, he instantly incinerated the mental imprint within the puppet’s sea of consciousness. The evil cultivator who had taunted him abruptly coughed up blood.
Released from the cultivator’s control, the puppet’s eyes lost focus, its body going limp and nearly falling into the sea. Cheng Qi deftly avoided the other puppet’s attack, used his whip to retrieve it from the water, and stowed it away in a spatial magic device.
Swiftly, he unleashed three more flames, seizing the remaining puppets before Tan Eyu.
Huo Xing swung the spiritual sword in his hand, transforming true spiritual energy into swords that rained down on the puppet, but it was as if striking a solid wall, causing no harm.
Despite being only in the middle stage of foundation establishment, this puppet resisted attacks with unusual resilience. Huo Xing felt frustrated and exclaimed, “What on earth is this?”
Ji Hexuan was no better. The spiritual sword in his hand almost pierced through the entire body of the puppet, yet he couldn’t find any flaw.
The next moment, the lively puppet before them suddenly plummeted headlong into the sea like a marionette with its strings cut. Several disciples witnessed the same phenomenon.
“Retrieve the puppets,” Cheng Qi reminded them, then repositioned himself to confront the remaining puppets.
On the spaceship, several other foundation-establishment evil cultivators were also affected as the spiritual imprints on their puppets were incinerated. It was only then that the members of Shura Sect realized something was amiss and ceased their passive observation.