Everyone present had more or less read about puppets in various ancient books and had some understanding of them. However, due to the fact that they were lost, this was the first time that they had seen one. Therefore, not only Mo Xie, but Xiao Chen and the rest were also very curious about puppets.
With Mo Xie being the first to make a move, Xiao Chen and the other Chosens quickly made their moves as well. Everyone charged towards the puppet and quickly engaged in a fierce battle with it.
The Chosens fought the puppets, while the remaining candidates followed closely behind. The Chosens basically fought a puppet alone, while the candidates fought a puppet together. Just like that, another great battle began in the hall very quickly.
Xiao Chen chose a lion shaped puppet. Based on the aura it emanated, it was probably at the advanced-stage of the Dao Emperor Realm, and it was two realms higher than Xiao Chen.
As soon as Xiao Chen came into contact with this lion-shaped puppet, he discovered that this puppet was truly hard. Its entire body was like a rock, and when the Ink Dragon Sword slashed at it, the sound of metal clashing could be heard.
Refining a living body, and after being refined into a puppet, one's strength would generally be stronger than when they were alive. This was also why the path of puppetry had developed so quickly in ancient times.
The ancient era was known as the darkest era. At that time, all the great clans and sects would refine puppets. Especially the clans, they didn't need guards, they only needed puppets.
The reason was very simple. Firstly, the strength of a living guard was inferior to that of a puppet. Secondly, one did not have to worry about a puppet betraying them. Thirdly, raising a puppet was obviously much easier than raising a living person. There was no need to give it any medicinal pills or any cultivation resources.
If one were to ask what made a puppet inferior to a living person, it would be that the puppet could not improve. After all, once a person was refined into a puppet, they would not be able to improve their cultivation when they were alive. Living beings would not be able to make any breakthroughs. This was the only disadvantage of a puppet.
After being refined into a puppet, their combat strength would be even stronger than when they were alive. Under the circumstances that their cultivation remained the same, their combat strength would increase instead. There were only two reasons for this.
Firstly, after being refined into a puppet, it would lose its intelligence, so it would naturally not feel fear. It would be a battle machine in battle that did not fear death. As a result, its combat strength would naturally be even stronger under the circumstances that their cultivation remained the same.
As for the second reason, after being refined into a puppet, it was because it was already dead. Coupled with the various techniques of puppet masters, the puppet's body would be even tougher than when it was alive. It was practically no different than steel, so its combat strength would naturally be stronger as well.
Xiao Chen found that martial arts techniques below the Heaven Level were unable to do much damage to the lion-shaped puppet. Even martial arts techniques above the Heaven Level were only able to leave a shallow sword mark on the puppet's surface.
If he wanted to heavily injure it, he would be able to break through its tough skin Below...
In other words, if Xiao Chen wanted to defeat this lion-shaped puppet, he would have to use his strongest attack.
It was indeed very difficult to deal with. Furthermore, it was certain that this lion-shaped puppet was definitely not a top genius of the Beast Race when it was alive. However, now that it had been refined into a puppet, it was actually able to fight Xiao Chen to such an extent.
This was all thanks to the puppet's super strong defensive ability.
It was no wonder that puppetry was so popular in ancient times. Indeed, the investment was far less than the gain.
Thinking about it, all it took was a living cultivator and a puppet master to refine it. Not only would they not have to worry about betrayal, but they would also be stronger than when they were alive. Furthermore, they would not have to waste any cultivation resources on it.
Although the process of such a huge report was cruel, in the hearts of some people, it was obviously insignificant.
However, Xiao Chen was only curious about puppets. He did not have much interest in them. Firstly, this method was too vicious. Xiao Chen did not want to deal with it.
Secondly, Xiao Chen had always believed that one's own strength was true strength. External forces were illusory. When it came to crucial moments, one's own strength was what mattered.
However, once one relied too much on the puppet's strength, one would naturally become lazy. This was not good.
After exchanging dozens of blows with the lion-shaped puppet, Xiao Chen basically understood its characteristics. Now that his curiosity had been satisfied, Xiao Chen could not be bothered to waste any more time with this lion-shaped puppet.
"Not a bad method. However, it's a pity that it conflicts with the Great Dao. It's just a crooked method."
The path of puppetry was indeed exquisite. However, it conflicted with the Great Dao. Moreover, its methods were cruel. In the long run, it would harm others and oneself. This was probably the reason why the path of puppetry would eventually be destroyed.
With that, Xiao Chen changed his previous probing method and attacked with all his strength. He planned to directly destroy the lion-shaped puppet.
Just as Xiao Chen attacked with all his strength and was about to kill the lion-shaped puppet, Mo Xie, who was fighting the only half-step Saint puppet nearby, secretly glanced at Xiao Chen. A trace of killing intent flashed through his eyes.
No one noticed Mo Xie's gaze. At the same time, Mo Xie slowly approached Xiao Chen as he fought with the half-step Saint puppet.
In the eyes of everyone, Mo Xie was just moving unconsciously during the battle. However, they did not know that Mo Xie was doing this on purpose. He was deliberately approaching Xiao Chen.
Originally, there was a distance of several hundred meters between the two of them. However, under Mo Xie's deliberate approach, the distance between Mo Xie and Xiao Chen was less than fifty meters very quickly.
For a Chosen of Mo Xie's level, this distance was something that could be ignored.
No one noticed Mo Xie's actions, including Xiao Chen. At this moment, Xiao Chen had already severely injured the lion-shaped puppet in front of him. He only needed one final blow to completely destroy it.
With everyone's attention on the lion-shaped puppet, Xiao Chen swung his sword again. He instantly executed the Thunderclap Nine Swords. This would be the final blow.
The moment Xiao Chen swung his sword, Mo Xie knew that this was the best opportunity. Without any hesitation, Mo Xie blasted away the half-step Saint puppet entangling him with a palm strike. Then, he turned around and charged directly at Xiao Chen. At the same time, purple-black ghostly qi revolved around his palm as he slammed it forward.
"Sacred Palace Chosen, you're still too inexperienced. Die." Mo Xie sneered as his attack arrived as expected.
Xiao Chen was completely unprepared for the sudden sneak attack. It was too late for him to react. He had no choice but to take Mo Xie's attack head-on. If he did, Xiao Chen would definitely be severely injured even if he did not die.
He never imagined that Mo Xie would be so despicable as to launch a sneak attack under such circumstances. It was as if he had already seen what would happen next. However, at this moment, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Chen and blocked Mo Xie's palm strike for Xiao Chen at the critical moment.
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