The thin air was filled with the smell of rust. Only Heaven Rank powerhouses or puppets could survive here. After coming out, the small wolf returned to the size of a fist and stood on Lin Yun's shoulder. Only by standing there could it ignore the corrosion of the outside environment. With the small alchemy device Lin Yun had specially refined, the small wolf could also appear here. After all, a Three-Eyed Wolf that had just reached level 30 absolutely couldn't survive here, even if it didn't meet a puppet.
After leaving this puppet cemetery, all the puppets they encountered on the way were eliminated. There was no powerful powerhouse like Gandaph this time. With Gandaph's cover, even if a Heaven Puppet stood in front of them, the other side wouldn't be able to discover them.
Unfortunately, there was no Gandaph this time, so they could only play it safe and dismantle all the puppets they encountered on the way. After all, they didn't know if some of these puppets were spies of the Heaven Puppets.
Every Heaven Puppet with a territory would have all kinds of methods to monitor their own territory. If they were discovered, it would be very troublesome if a powerful puppet attacked. Being chased by a powerful puppet here was no different from poking a poisonous beehive.
Their speed wasn't fast, and after a few hours, Lin Yun took out a ten-meter-long airship. This was a recently manufactured airship, and it was very fast. Moreover, it focused on the characteristics of the Puppet Plane and increased its concealment effect. When flying in the air, all mana fluctuations would be absorbed by the airship's materials.
After flying for a while, Lin Yun speculated that there was a steel city in this area, and it wasn't a very big one.
After all, as long as there was a steel city, the puppet ruling this area would inevitably be a Heaven Puppet, and there was a high probability that it would be a Heaven Puppet with an ability rune.
Most of the puppets of the Puppet Plane were born in steel cities. There weren't many puppets born in the wilderness due to accidents, and they didn't have much future prospects. In some places with rich materials, some puppets might be born on their own, but those were very weak and the probability of them maturing was very small.
After traveling for a day, they finally found a steel city. This steel city wasn't like the one Lin Yun had in the Raging Flame Plane. This steel city wasn't big, it only covered an area of eight kilometers, but it was completely black. Everything they could see was made of steel.
Whether it was the several-hundred-meter-tall spire in the center of the steel city, or the surrounding walls, or the square-shaped buildings filled with the smell of cold steel, they were all black. It looked even more deathly still than the City of the Undead, there was no aura of life within it.
Lin Yun floated in the air and observed for a long time before thoroughly determining that the master of this steel city was at most a 2nd Rank Heaven Puppet. The size of the steel city was one aspect, and the defensive tower in the center of the city was only four hundred meters tall and could only protect twenty to thirty kilometers. Moreover, it might not be strong enough to defend against large meteorites.
It should be known that the Puppet Plane had almost no atmosphere. The entire world was exposed to the endless Void. Any meteorite could fall directly to the ground. In addition, the Puppet Plane's iron ore content was very high. Almost the entire world was a huge open-air iron ore mine. Meteorites that contained metal were also very attractive.
Meteorites were a common occurrence here. On the way, Lin Yun had already seen a dozen large and small meteorites falling towards the Puppet Plane. The Puppet Plane's earth was as hard as iron. If it had been any other plane, the earth would have already been smashed to pieces.
But to the Puppet Plane, meteorites were good things. There might be some precious metals inside, so they had to hurry up and smash them to grab the ores.
Because of the frequent falling meteors, it was very difficult to settle down. The Heaven Rank Puppets that weren't strong enough and didn't have enough money could only wander around in the wilderness or attach themselves to other powerhouses' steel cities. If they wanted to build a steel city, they would first have to build that defensive tower.
After roughly calculating that the steel city didn't pose too much of a threat, Lin Yun had the wolf cub take another look.
The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf's innate talent was very frightening. It was known as the lifeform most proficient in avoiding danger. Its third eye could see through the river of time and search for the information it wanted. It had to be known that anything and every lifeform would leave their information in the river of time at all times.
Back then, Lin Yun had spent a lot of effort and even had the foresight to catch the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. After all, the wolf cub's true fighting strength at the time would have been killed by Lin Yun seven or eight times in a single second.
Moreover, it was very sensitive to the dangers it would encounter. What it was looking at now was the past of this steel city.
After a dozen seconds, the wolf cub nodded at Lin Yun and touched Lin Yun's head with its claws, sending a message to Lin Yun.
The general meaning was: Wild monster, no backer, not powerful, can be killed.
With the wolf cub's confirmation, Lin Yun was relieved and opened his Demiplane, releasing the puppet army he had already gathered.
They were all Level 30 puppets, three thousand Level 31 puppets, three hundred Level 35 puppets, and thirty Level 39 puppets. They were led by Pabiete and started moving towards the steel city.
Just as Pabiete's puppet army appeared a few kilometers away from the steel city, a tide of puppets rushed out of the steel city.
Most of them were beast-shaped, insect-shaped, and there were also some grotesque ones. Humanoid puppets were the fewest.
There were at least several tens of thousands of puppets, it was truly like a tide, but their levels were too horrible to look at. Most of them were Level 10, with a small number of Level 20 puppets. There were only a few hundred Level 30 puppets, and there were even some puppets below Level 10.
This kind of cannon fodder that Lin Yun looked down on naturally couldn't be a match for Lin Yun's puppet army. He only dispatched a thousand Level 31 sword puppets to charge and got rid of a few thousand of the cannon fodder in one move.
After a few stabs, close to twenty thousand of the fifty thousand puppets were torn apart.
As for the steel city, there was still a steady flow of puppets, almost all of them cannon fodder.
Fifteen minutes later, the thousand sword puppets were already five hundred meters away from the gates of the steel city. At that time, some casting puppets started casting, but they were pitifully few in number, only a dozen of them were level 30 or above.
Lin Yun couldn't bear to watch. He suddenly felt that he had been too cautious.
The Puppet Plane was very xenophobic. There were many powerful puppets, and there were even Puppet Monarchs that surpassed the Heaven Rank. But would he be lucky enough to make a Puppet Monarch make a move?
It wasn't too likely. Even if the Puppet Monarch found out about them, it definitely wouldn't feel like personally making a move. If it really wanted to get rid of him, with the power of a Puppet Monarch surpassing the Heaven Rank, it could directly smash them to pieces from over a thousand kilometers away.
But he had to pay attention to some powerful Heaven Puppets.
As Lin Yun pondered these questions, a centaur-like puppet walked out of the steel city. This was a 1st Rank Heaven Puppet with an ability rune on its back.
As that ability rune shone, the centaur-like puppet raised its three-meter-long spear and instantly appeared over a hundred meters away. It took less than three seconds to cross that distance. That flickering golden spear turned into a shadow as it rapidly flickered.
In an instant, the centaur-like puppet pierced through the sword puppets' charging army and went straight for Pabiete. At least forty sword puppets' heads exploded behind it.
Lin Yun floated in the air and his eyes shone. 'No wonder that guy looks like a centaur, his ability rune increased movement speed. Based on his body size, his movement speed was relatively fast, and with that ability rune, his speed was naturally fast. Formidable speed brought terrifying power, and those Level 31 sword puppets naturally weren't his match.
Lin Yun didn't feel bad about losing a few dozen sword puppets. In fact, there were so many of them that they were no longer being produced. They were all mass-produced by the puppet base. Most of the produced puppets were dormant and stored away because there was no need for so many.
The puppet base was currently researching the production of relatively powerful puppets. These puppets were only at the corresponding level, so Lin Yun already looked down on them. If he used them in the future, they would at most be used as cannon fodder.
Lin Yun didn't care, but Pabiete flew into a rage. This was the first time he led an army after awakening wisdom, yet forty of his soldiers were killed by a level 41 puppet. This was absolutely shameful.
In an instant, the Lightning Speed rune on Pabiete's body shone and his body turned into a silver ray of light that instantly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the centaur puppet.
The centaur puppet raised its spear and ruthlessly stabbed at Pabiete's head. This was the source of a Heaven Puppet's wisdom. If its head was pierced, even if it didn't die, it would still fall from the Heaven Rank. This was especially true for a Low Rank Heaven Puppet.
Pabiete's right hand suddenly changed shape and a two-meter-long crimson lightsaber shot out. In an instant, the lightsaber turned into a red curtain of light!
Pabiete's Lightning Speed rune wasn't something the centaur puppet's movement rune could compare to. It was an all-around acceleration, whether it was dodging, movement, sword-swinging speed, casting speed, recovery speed, it was an all-around acceleration, and it was the strongest in one aspect.
With a flicker, only a crimson light could be seen shrouding the centaur puppet as Pabiete's silhouette already appeared a dozen meters behind the centaur puppet.
The centaur puppet's body stiffened and the flickering light in its crystal eyes instantly dissipated. Then, the spear in its hand exploded into countless fragments. Its head also exploded and the components inside were neatly cut into small cubes.
After taking a few steps forward, the centaur puppet's body collapsed. Pabiete scattered his lightsaber and waved his hand at his puppet army. Suddenly, all the puppets attacked at the same time. This was a one-sided massacre. In less than five minutes, only fragments were left outside the steel city. Pabiete led the puppet army into the city.
In the air, Xiuban, who was in a hurry to join the battle, had a horrified expression on his face.
"Damn, that iron lump is so powerful, I can't even see his movements. But compared to Lord Xiuban, he is still a bit lacking. If Lord Xiuban fought, he would be able to smash that four-legged iron lump into a pile of scrap. Really, he only cut off his head, what kind of skill is that …"
Xiuban loudly shouted that he wanted to fight, saying that the great Lord Xiuban was already 3rd under the heavens. Apart from Sir Merlin and Reina, no one was his match.
Unfortunately, Lin Yun simply didn't pay attention to him.
Pabiete personally besieged the city, and it didn't take long for the defenses of the steel city to be destroyed. Although the defensive capabilities of the steel city were terrible, there weren't any large mana reactors inside, and the defensive spire in the center was powered by a dozen small mana reactors.
Lin Yun personally dismantled that defensive spire. What caught Lin Yun's eyes the most in the Puppet Plane's steel city was this defensive spire. This technology was very common in the Puppet Plane and couldn't be considered a high-end technology. As long as it was a Heaven Rank Puppet, it could be easily obtained.
But in Noscent, this defensive spire technology was very formidable. If the spire that could release lightning balls was used to defend a territory, even a Heaven Rank powerhouse would be killed by it.
Unfortunately, in the Puppet Plane, this kind of defensive spire only targeted meteorites in the sky, it simply couldn't protect targets on the ground. Moreover, only targets that were large enough and fast enough would arouse the defensive spire.
After dismantling the spire, Lin Yun quickly found the technology he wanted. If the modification was successful, it would be very easy to make a defensive spire with a lower cost, but it would be more powerful than Noscent's magic towers. More importantly, the control system of that kind of defensive spire would be completely different from Noscent's magic towers. It would be more advanced.
After all, the main material of this several-hundred-meter-tall defensive spire was the cheapest Dark Magic Iron.
The Puppet Plane's reserves of Dark Magic Iron were enough to cover all of Noscent's surface with a thick layer of it.
Moreover, Dark Magic Iron was also the cheapest magic metal in Noscent. There was a huge amount of it that could be used to build alchemy train tracks. The train tracks in a few major cities of the Odin Kingdom were all made of the best Dark Magic Iron.
After dismantling the core of the defensive spire and putting it away, Lin Yun left the rest on the spot. The Dark Magic Iron made from the Puppet Plane's smelting technology was a waste of space for Lin Yun.
After smoothly capturing the first steel city and obtaining an ability rune, Lin Yun sighed in relief.
After all, he had read about the Puppet Plane in Heiss City's decaying library. The power of the Puppet Plane was enough to contend against Noscent at its peak. Moreover, there were many Heaven Rank Puppets of the self-proclaimed Cybertan Race that surpassed the Heaven Rank.
Lin Yun truly didn't dare to provoke that kind of existence. Gandaph had been very cautious when he came here, afraid of being discovered by the Puppet King and being slapped to death. Lin Yun knew even more and didn't dare to be careless. That's why he brought the small wolf with him this time. It would be a lot safer with him.
If not for the fact that the core of the Reedpush Plate required a large number of ability runes, as well as the black matter he obtained last time, Lin Yun wanted to study it or add it to Pabiete's Devouring System, Lin Yun really wasn't willing to come to the Puppet Plane so early.
In Noscent, even if he provoked an invincible existence, those powerhouses surpassing the Heaven Rank wouldn't be able to personally deal with him. But in the Puppet Plane, the puppets didn't feel that getting rid of a human was shameful.
A powerhouse that had just advanced to the Heaven Rank would be casually slapped to death after being discovered by a Puppet King. This wasn't something that had never happened before.
After overthrowing that steel city, Lin Yun thoroughly confirmed that this area was definitely at the edge of the Puppet Plane's power. This steel city that could make people shed tears of sympathy definitely wasn't something that could appear in a slightly more powerful area.
They kept moving forward. Pabiete led the puppet army on the ground while Lin Yun, Xiuban, and Reina rode the floating airship and followed them from afar.
After walking for over a day, they once again discovered a steel city. This steel city was clearly a bit bigger. The main city was over ten kilometers wide, and the steeple protecting the meteors was eight hundred meters tall. The city's defensive range was no less than fifty kilometers. Moreover, there were four hundred-meter-tall towers at the four corners of the city. These were used to defend against enemies.
Pabiete led the puppet army and, just like before, the master of this steel city only treated it as a city without a city. After all, there were very few Heaven Puppets that could build a steel city. Stealing it after building it was very common in the Puppet Plane.
Once again, a large amount of cannon fodder rushed out. Pabiete waved his hand and had the puppet army tear apart those cannon fodder while he calmly waited in the back. After half an hour of fighting, three Heaven Puppets walked out of the steel city. One of them looked like an eight-armed gorilla, over seven meters tall, but its arms were over six meters long.
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