The same effect of gravity, taking effect on a stone and a mountain, would naturally expend completely different amounts of energy.
He recalled what Guo Xiuwen had said previously about the frame of the puppet being cast in Godly metal. Its weight indeed had to be astonishing.
What Ling Han did not understand was why this puppet would attack him when he obviously had not seen Guo Xiuwen issue any command.
Hong! Hong! Hong!
The puppet endlessly attacked Ling Han as if it was determined to kill him.
Chapter 1023 - The Shocking Truth
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“Stop! Quickly, make it stop!” Shui Yanyu shouted at Guo Xiuwen.
She was not worried about Ling Han’s safety. As long as this damn pervert could not be insta-killed, then with his recovery abilities, he was an undying existence. However, who would like being the target of attack for no reason?
Guo Xiuwen bared his teeth in a grin, and replied, “Miss Shui, I have not issued any command to attack. It is completely the will of this puppet.”
“How could that be?” Shui Yanyu asked in fury. “This puppet was built by you, and if it was not by your command, why would it attack?”
“Miss Shui, have you forgotten my earlier words?” Guo Xiuwen was not the slightest bit angered, and said, “A kind of mysterious substance would seep out of the Earth’s Core Cave, and blending it into the puppet would produce an extremely amazing effect.”
“Like what?” Shui Yanyu calmed down.
Ling Han and that puppet were currently engaged in a fierce battle. For the moment, the battle would not be so easily decided. Hence, she was not anxious.
Guo Xiuwen showed a strange smile, and replied, “For example, the materials would retain a part of their memories.”
Shui Yanyu was confused. What did “retain a part of their memories” mean? What relation did that have with its attacking Ling Han?
Yet a thought streaked through Ling Han’s head. This puppet could not pose a threat to him. Hence, he was completely capable of multitasking, fighting the puppet on one side whilst listening in on the conversation between Shui Yanyu and Guo Xiuwen.
… Could it be?
His eyes turned cold, and he drew out the divine sword, striking fiercely.
Shua, shua, shua, shua. A few dozen strikes later, the pieces of cloth flew in all directions, and the bandages covering the puppet’s face were torn apart, revealing its concealed face.
“It’s, it’s, it’s…” Shui Yanyu’s eyes swept over it, and she couldn’t help but show an incredibly stunned expression. No, it should be an expression of horror.
Guo Xiuwen showed a smile similar to that of a demon, and replied, “That’s right, that’s right. Just as you can see, the raw materials of this puppet have retained a considerable amount of their memories. Hence, it began its attack even when it had not received any command from me.”
That puppet… was astonishingly Luo Wu!
Hiss, he had disappeared for quite a number of days, and had actually been made into a puppet? Or was it that this was a puppet that was merely an imitation of Luo Wu’s features?
Realization suddenly dawned on Ling Han, and he said, “No wonder you did not allow us to enter into the houses of the villagers, and did not allow us to communicate with the villagers. It’s because… they are all puppets!”
“Hahahahahaha!” Guo Xiuwen laughed loudly, and clapped his hands continuously. “That’s right, that’s right. You have guessed correctly. You really deserve to be praised. After all, there are not many people like you that can understand it with just a little hint.”
Ling Han dodged and evaded endlessly. Luo Wu was currently attacking him fiercely. When he had been alive, his strongest thought was to kill Ling Han. Hence, after he had been made into a puppet, this had become his unerasable memory.
“You, you all are practically deranged!” Shui Yanyu rebuked. Now, she was naturally aware that their earlier words were all lies, and they had no intention to prepare a ship for them to leave this island. Instead, they merely wanted to persuade them to stay here.
“Wrong, wrong. In truth, we only wanted to turn you into an eternal being!” Guo Xiuwen said, smiling. “Just think, how long would you be able to live? How many people would really be capable of breaking through to the Sun Moon Tier? At most, you would only be able to live a few hundred thousand years, but in the end, wouldn’t you still have to rot and decay, and return back to the earth?
“However, after being made into a puppet, you all would retain your current appearance eternally! Miss Shui, you are so captivating, so why don’t you retain this kind of beauty eternally!?” He stared at Shui Yanyu, his eyes becoming fanatical.
“Hehe, then why don’t you make yourselves into puppets?” Ling Han broke free of Luo Wu, and charged towards Guo Xiuwen.
“Ang!” The puppet tiger actually released a roar in rage, and the sound wave transformed into multiple circles that oscillated towards Ling Han.
Ling Han’s charging figure suddenly slowed down, and became slower and slower. The clothes on him were forcefully torn apart by the shock wave. Peng , he was suddenly sent flying.
He couldn’t help but be shocked. This puppet tiger’s abilities had actually reached the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier, and it could even be a being in the late stage or peak stage.
“Hahahaha, since I have allowed you to discover the secret of this place, how could I have been unprepared?” Guo Xiuwen laughed. “However, rest assured. All of you will be made into puppets. Just the thought excites me. Having a puppet as beautiful as you, I would not complain no matter how many times I play with you every day!”
His last words were aimed at Shui Yanyu. Although this had revealed his dark, demented fetish, so what if they found out? The two of them were going to be turned into puppets shortly anyways.
Shui Yanyu was both shamed and enraged, and rebuked, “Disgusting!”
“I promise I will restore you completely. There would not be the slightest distortion.” Guo Xiuwen’s eyes flickered with an evil light. He had completely no interest in normal beauties. Only after they were made into a cold puppet would they incite his psychotic lust.
Not just him, but his master and junior brothers were all such psychos.
Hu! Hu! Hu!
Both Luo Wu and the puppet tiger were attacking Ling Han fiercely, especially the puppet tiger. Its battle prowess was as high as consummate level. Furthermore, it was not a real living creature, so it had no such thing as vital points. Its tendons and bones had all been rebuilt, so it was practically a beast-shaped weapon in itself.
Ling Han activated the divine patterns of gravity, but immediately looked strained. That puppet tiger was even heavier than Luo Wu, and if he wanted the divine patterns of gravity to take effect, it’d be a massive test for Ling Han.
With a soft shout from Shui Yanyu, she joined the battle with her sword in hand.
Guo Xiuwen, meanwhile, did not make a move. Instead, he merely watched the show from the sidelines with crossed legs, apparently very confident in his creations.
Out of these two people, one was in the early stage of the medium extreme, whereas the other was at the peak stage of the low extreme. In theory, just Luo Wu would be enough to suppress them, what more when there was still a puppet tiger that had battle prowess at the late stage of consummate level?
He was standing by here merely because he feared that these two puppets would not be holding any punches and accidentally tear Shui Yanyu apart.
“Yi!?” Very soon, he looked surprised because he discovered that Ling Han’s defenses were indeed quite frightening. He actually managed to still be standing after being on the receiving end of a combined attack of these two powerful puppets, which was inconceivable to him.
“Hahahaha, this really is a fine material gifted by the heavens!” His surprise immediately turned into great elation. “His physique is i
ncredibly tough, and would be worth having Level Five or even Level Six Godly metal to recast his skeleton!
“Though he is only in the medium extreme of Mountain River Tier, I have the confidence to carve formation patterns for the Sun Moon Tier on his bones. At that time, he would be a puppet of Sun Moon Tier!
“Hahahaha, even Master only possesses two pseudo Sun Moon Tier puppets, and if I can create a Sun Moon Tier puppet, I would be able to replace him, and take hold of all the resources of this place!
“After killing this man, I will hide him, then lie and say that his body had been too severely damaged, hence it could not be made into a puppet. As a result, I have already gotten rid of his corpse. In any case, Master and my junior brothers only care about this woman, after all.
“When I have learnt the art of puppetry for the Sun Moon Tier, and suddenly erupt, I will become the new owner of this place!”
Xiu!
Exactly at that moment, Ling Han broke through the siege, and charged towards him.
To defeat the enemy, their chief had to be captured first!
Chapter 1024 - Absorbed
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Guo Xiuwen didn’t move, yet the puppet tiger roared as it hurriedly leaped before Ling Han.
Xiu, xiu, xiu!
A ring of tiger teeth flew out, transforming into 24 daggers.
Pu, pu, pu, pu!
This puppet tiger had a battle prowess at the late stage of the consummate level, so even Ling Han was no match for it. 24 tiger teeth instantly pierced into his body, causing blood to gush from his wounds.
Even though his physique was extraordinarily sturdy, it was still unavoidable that he would be wounded by an opponent who had a battle prowess at the consummate level. After all, there was a huge gulf between each sub-minor level of the Immortal levels.
The puppet tiger sucked in a powerful breath as it attempted to retrieve the teeth that it had spat out.
“In your dreams!” Ling Han said with a sneer. With a thought, his divine sense wrapped around the 24 dagger-like teeth, and instantly absorbed them into the Black Tower.
There was no martial intent on the teeth, so it was extremely easy for Ling Han to place them into the Black Tower.
“What?!” Guo Xiuwen’s eyes widened in shock and surprise.
‘How is this possible?’
The biggest flaw of puppets was that they didn’t possess any self-awareness. Thus, it was extremely easy to place them into Spatial Spirit Tool. However, the method to mitigate this flaw was also extremely simple. That was, one could simply transform the body of the puppets into Spatial Spirit Tools as well.
Indeed, only great elites at the Genesis Tier could forge Spatial God Tools. But Spatial Spirit Tools? Such tools were widely available and, with a little effort, could be forged by cultivators at the Shattering Void Tier. Starting from the Mountain River Tier, creating a small and unstable space really couldn’t be any easier.
It was common sense that one Spatial Spirit Tool couldn’t absorb another. This wasn’t due to storage volume, but rather due to the quality of such tools.
Meanwhile, regardless of whether it was the puppet tiger or the tiger teeth that it had spat out, all of these contained an independent micro-space within them. The reason for this was naturally to prevent others from absorbing them into a Spatial Spirit Tool.
But now? The 24 tiger teeth had vanished in the air!
Guo Xiuwen racked his brains in an attempt to make sense of the situation, yet due to his limited cultivation level and knowledge, how could he ever suspect that it was a Spatial God Tool? Thus, he could only wallow in his shock and disbelief.
“Ang!” The puppet tiger roared angrily, and swiped its paws at Ling Han as it ferociously lunged toward him.
Ling Han also came to a sudden realization. It could be said that the Black Tower was a natural nemesis of puppets. As puppets didn’t have any will or martial intent, he would be able to absorb them into the Black Tower simply by wrapping his divine sense around them.
‘Haha! This is wonderful!’
He gazed at the puppet tiger, even clasping his hands behind his back as he did so. His air of arrogance was already soaring through the heavens.
Meanwhile, however, his divine sense was already expanding toward the puppet tiger like a net.
The speed of the puppet tiger’s lunge was incredible, and any other cultivator at the medium extreme would definitely be ripped to shreds before they could even wrap their divine sense around the puppet tiger’s body. After all, there was a gulf of two minor levels between them.
Moreover, even if they were able to wrap the puppet tiger with their divine sense, it was very likely that it would be able to rip through it.
However, the strength of Ling Han’s divine sense was far above his cultivation level, and it had even more so become tremendously tough after being tempered by the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll.
“You’re seeking death!!” Guo Xiuwen screeched. He pointed at the puppet, and said, “Kill that person! Still, be careful not to obliterate his body. Otherwise, it’ll be a pain to piece it back together!”
The puppet tiger lunged over.
Shua!
It… vanished.
Pu!
Guo Xiuwen was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head. His mouth gaped open, and even his tongue was shuddering slightly.
‘It disappeared!
‘It was a puppet at the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier! And it disappeared soundlessly just like that? I’m not dreaming, am I?!’
Xiu!
At this moment, Luo Wu pushed Shui Yanyu back with a punch, and charged toward Ling Han.
Although he had received a command to kill both Ling Han and Shui Yanyu, his memories from his previous life still affected him, causing him to harbor a stronger hostility toward Ling Han. Thus, he was determined to kill Ling Han before he killed Shui Yanyu!
“Retreat! Retreat!” Guo Xiuwen shouted frantically. He had already become aware of Ling Han’s uncanny abilities.
Ling Han turned his head around to glance at Luo Wu. He had always planned to kill Luo Wu, yet Luo Wu’s fate right now was probably even worse than a simple death—he had already died, yet he was still being commanded around like a dog.
Ling Han shook his head. Such a person didn’t deserve his sympathy. He was merely sighing about fate.
Luo Wu was only a puppet right now, so of course his decision-making couldn’t compare to that of a real person. Although Guo Xiuwen had issued a command, Luo Wu had already launched an attack. Thus, he would naturally have to complete this attack before retreating.
Xiu!
Luo Wu also vanished.
Ling Han turned around to smile at Guo Xiuwen, and said, “There’s only you and me left now!”
Guo Xiuwen trembled in fright.
Generally speaking, alchemists, formation cultivators, and weaponsmiths all had a common flaw. That was, their battle prowess wasn’t high. It would be already quite excellent if their battle prowess was equivalent to their cultivation, while it would be almost impossible for them to possess a battle prowess that exceeded their rank.
The reason for this was simple. They spent most of their time and effort on areas other than martial arts, so how could they increase their battle prowess?
If this were not the case, it would be far too unfair to others.
Guo Xiuwen was no exception to this trend. However, he was a puppeteer, and he had been protected by two puppets just then. Moreover, the puppet tiger had possessed a battle prowess at the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier. That being the case, what did it matter whether his own battle prowess was powerful or not?
The puppets were the root of his confidence.
Now, however, both of his puppets had vanished mysteriously and without as much as a peep. This baffled him, and also terrified him. In addition, his cultivation level was only at the late stage of
the medium extreme, so he truly didn’t have any confidence in his own battle prowess.
More importantly, the sound-proofing ability of this room was far too good. No one would hear his cries for help even if he screamed at the top of his lungs.
His only hope was to escape from this place.
‘I’ll make a run for it!’
He wasn’t good at hiding his intentions, and his eyes drifted toward the door as this thought flashed through his mind.
He immediately made a dash for the door, hoping he could escape and call reinforcements. Now that it had come to this, his initial thoughts of hiding Ling Han and refining him into a puppet of the Sun Moon Tier had naturally disappeared as well. He would consider these matters after escaping from here.
To his surprise, Ling Han didn’t pursue him.
‘Excellent!’ he exclaimed in his mind.
A delighted smile stretched across his face as he drew closer and closer to the door.
Xiu!
A cold glint shot over.
“Ahhh…” Guo Xiuwen shrieked in pain as he viciously face-planted into the floor.
He turned around, only to see that there was a wound on his leg. He had no idea what it was caused by, yet it was clear that several meridians and tendons in his thigh had been snapped.
This damage was naturally caused by the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow, an attack that was as quick as light!
Guo Xiuwen forcefully endured the agonizing pain as he frantically crawled up and limped toward the door. There was only one thought racing through his mind right now, and that was to escape.
“I overestimated you!” Ling Han leaped over and extended his hand toward Guo Xiuwen’s head.
“Don’t come over!” Guo Xiuwen screeched. He swatted his hands toward Ling Han.
His battle prowess was only so-so. In fact, it was slightly lower than his cultivation level.
Ling Han shook his head. Guo Xiuwen’s counterattacks and struggles were completely useless in the face of his overwhelming power, and he was able to capture him with a single move.
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