"Hmph!"
The Jadeleaf King harrumphed coldly.
Given that his physical body had been destroyed, if he were to really kill the Violetleaf King, that Celestial Master Teacher would surely die as well. Once that fellow died, there would be no hope left.
As long as Zhang Xuan kept him alive and allowed him to return to the clan, he would be rewarded handsomely. His Primordial Spirit would grow stronger, his cultivation would rise, and he would even be able to possess stronger cultivators.
"Why don't I agree to it first? As long as I can survive, it will take a long time for me to return to the clan. At that time, I should be able to kill him while he's still away …"
Schemes after schemes flowed through his mind.
It would take a long time to return to the clan from here. As long as this fellow made a mistake, he could be killed on the spot!
By then, he would be able to exact his vengeance without harming the Celestial Master Teacher.
At this moment, the other party was obviously on guard. If the stalemate continued, he would definitely be the one to suffer.
After all, his current state was that of a Primordial Spirit. It was true that he was powerful, but he would not be able to hold on for long.
"Let me take a look first …"
After a moment of contemplation, the Jadeleaf King willed the puppet on the ground to fly up to him. In the blink of an eye, the Jadeleaf King had his Spiritual Perception scan the puppet.
This puppet was a marvelous work of art. It was able to bring out the greatest power from the simplest materials. It was indeed a good item. Although it was a little weak, it could also bring out extremely powerful combat strength when used with his primordial spirit.
Even though it was still far from being comparable to before, it was more than sufficient to deal with the Violetleaf King.
After coming to a conclusion, Zhang Xuan inspected the puppet inside out and found that there were no traps or anything else. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
Hu!
His primordial spirit moved and burrowed straight into it.
A moment later, the puppet opened its eyes and stretched its limbs. Turning to the Violetleaf King, it said, "Alright, you can release this Celestial Master Teacher now, right?"
"Of course!"
With a light chuckle, Zhang Xuan casually tossed Feng Xun to the ground.
The power of the brick was too great, and this guy still hasn't woken up.
"Let them go?"
The Jadeleaf King was taken aback.
Based on his deductions, the other party would surely continue to threaten him so as to ensure his safety. Yet, at this very moment, the other party had actually obediently let him go … Was the other party really not afraid that he would turn around and kill him?
"He's courting death …"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, and he swiftly grabbed the unconscious Celestial Master Teacher lying on the ground to protect him. At the same time, he dashed right toward the Violetleaf King.
Since the other party was courting death, how could he, the Jadeleaf King, let this opportunity slip by?
He was a super expert ranked third among the Upper Five Kings. Being toyed with by the other party, he was so angry that he was about to explode.
"Sigh, I gave you a chance to live, but you don't know how to cherish it …"
Seeing that the Violetleaf King was charging toward him, the Violetleaf King did not dodge or counterattack. Instead, he shook his head and sighed deeply. Raising his palm, he snapped his fingers and said, "Lie down!"
Ka-cha!
In the next moment, the Jadeleaf King suddenly felt an intense pain in his body, and his body stiffened. Putong! He collapsed to the ground.
"You … you poisoned this puppet?"
The Jadeleaf King narrowed his eyes in fury.
In just an instant, he understood why the other party was so fearless. It turned out that this puppet had already been poisoned. Even an existence as powerful as his own Primordial Spirit couldn't escape and was directly poisoned!
"You are a smart one. Listen to my words obediently and become my puppet, and I can spare your life!" Zhang Xuan said calmly.
After taking out the puppet, he had already made up his mind. Tapping on it a few times, he infused his Heaven's Path zhenqi into it.
His zhenqi had no attribute to it, so even if he were to notice it, he would just think that it was the innate zhenqi of the puppet. As such, he didn't suspect anything at all. As soon as his Primordial Spirit entered the puppet, he would trigger it and poison it.
"You want me to listen to you? Dream on!"
Gritting his teeth, the Jadeleaf King drove his Primordial Spirit toward the acupoints of the puppet.
Since the puppet was able to enter the puppet, it went without saying that it would be able to leave as well.
"Since I am already in here, how can I leave now?" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
Hearing those words, the Jadeleaf King's heart turned cold. He realized that all of the acupoints of the puppet had been sealed by a unique surge of zhenqi. No matter how powerful he was, he was unable to escape.
In other words, all of his escape routes had been sealed. Even with his current strength, there was nothing he could do about it.
No matter how careful he was, he still ended up falling for the other party's trap. The Jadeleaf King was so furious that he nearly spurted blood. However, he realized that the puppet had no blood to spit. The more he thought about it, the more fearful he felt.
The young man before him had not only planned for him and the Stoneleaf King to fight one another, he even planned out how he would deal with the Stoneleaf King after he won the battle, preparing a puppet laced with lethal poison in advance.
When did the Violetleaf King become so formidable?
"You aren't … the Violetleaf King!"
All of a sudden, a thought flashed across his mind.
"Not bad, you aren't too bad. At least you managed to figure it out in the end …" Zhang Xuan chuckled softly. A moment later, he reverted back to his original appearance.
"You are a human? Could it be that you are the Celestial Master Teacher? "
The Jadeleaf King's body stiffened, and his eyes narrowed.
A Celestial Master Teacher was an existence acknowledged by the heavens. How could a Celestial Master Teacher possibly be captured so easily? Furthermore, considering how the other party insisted on standing under the light of the altar, it wasn't too difficult to deduce the truth.
"Why don't you consider becoming my servant?"
Ignoring the Jadeleaf King's words, Zhang Xuan said impassively.
The implications of becoming a Celestial Master Teacher were simply too great. Even in Mingshi Tang, he refused to acknowledge it, let alone an Otherworldly Demon.
"You want me to become your servant? Dream on … But then again, if I can die in the hands of a Celestial Master Teacher that only appears once every ten thousand years, I will gladly accept it! "
The Jadeleaf King sneered coldly as he shook his head. Golden fluid flowed from the puppet's eyes, and it collapsed heavily to the ground.
"You …"
Zhang Xuan hurried forward, only to realize that the other party had already breathed his last.
With his Primordial Spirit trapped within the body of the puppet, unable to escape, unable to self-detonate, and unwilling to submit to Zhang Xuan, the Jadeleaf King chose to commit suicide!
"You sure are decisive and loyal to the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe …" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
Knowing that there was no way out, the Jadeleaf King chose to commit suicide. While the Jadeleaf King was a selfish person who didn't care about the lives of his comrades, his loyalty to the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe was unquestionable.
"But … I really wasted one of my puppets!"
Lowering his head to look at the puppet lying on the ground, Zhang Xuan felt his heart ache.
The Jadeleaf King's Primordial Spirit was simply too powerful. Even though he had been able to seal it with his Heaven's Path zhenqi, the Jadeleaf King's act of suicide had also destroyed the internal structure of the puppet. It hadn't been easy for him to raise his cultivation to Saint 3-dan, but in the end, it was as good as crippled.
"However, those two Kings sure have a lot of treasures with them. Putting everything aside, just the saber and spear alone have reached Saint-tier. Even though they are only low-tier, they are still not bad …"
Even with his smithing ability, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to repair the puppet. Nevertheless, it wasn't a loss for him to kill those two fellows.
He had only lost a puppet, but those two fellows had simply too many treasures on them.
The saber and spear that he had used in the previous battle had already reached Saint-tier.
Not to mention, the Jadeleaf King still had many sacrificial artifacts and that bizarre altar.
"I should keep it first …"
Putting aside his thoughts, Zhang Xuan stowed away the storage rings that the two Kings had left behind before walking over to the Lightning Elemental Orb lying on the ground not too far away.
The Lightning Elemental Orb was currently in the Stoneleaf King's hand, but after his hand was severed, it had fallen to the ground not too far away, emanating a faint glow.
Walking up to it, Zhang Xuan touched it lightly.
Pilipala!
But before he could even touch it, he suddenly felt a searing pain, and innumerable streaks of lightning bolted toward him, threatening to reduce him to ashes.
Zhang Xuan swiftly dodged the lightning bolts, and his lips twitched.
The Lightning Elemental Orb was indeed powerful, but with his current strength … it seemed like he was unable to approach it at all, needless to say, tame it.
"It wouldn't be a good idea to throw away such a powerful artifact …"
Zhang Xuan rubbed his glabella in distress.
It was one thing if he hadn't seen it, but he had already seen it, and he wasn't too far away from it either. If he didn't take such a powerful artifact with him, he would be letting himself down.
"Let me try this …"
After a moment of hesitation, Zhang Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up. Placing the Stoneleaf King's body before him, he slowly walked toward the Lightning Elemental Orb.
Pipa!
Sensing that a lifeform was approaching, the Lightning Elemental Orb charged forward once more, but it was all deflected by the Stoneleaf King's body.
A moment later, Zhang Xuan walked up to the Lightning Elemental Orb and touched it lightly.
Kacha!
Barely after shouting 'flaws' in his head, he was sent flying. His entire body stiffened, and his hair stood on end. Wisps of smoke rose from his body, and his clothes were torn to shreds. It was as if he had just been struck by lightning.
"This … This is too powerful …"
It took him a long moment to recover from his shock.
It was fortunate that his soul had been tempered by the lightning, and his physical body had reached the level of a Saint-tier artifact. Otherwise, even if he didn't die from that attack, he would have been bedridden for several days.
"Let me see if there is any way for me to tame it even though I am still lacking in strength …"
Knowing that he was still lacking in strength, Zhang Xuan didn't feel dejected. Instead, he turned his attention to the Library of Heaven's Path.
Even though he had shouted out the flaws of the Lightning Elemental Orb when he touched it, he should have accomplished his goal and obtained the corresponding books.
As expected, as soon as he thought of this, a book flew over from the bookshelf and landed in his hand.
Zhang Xuan casually flipped it open.
"Lightning Elemental Orb, born in places where lightning gathers. It can be used as the foundation of a formation to control the Sea of Lightning Formation …"
The contents of the book flowed into Zhang Xuan's mind, and it didn't take him long to figure out the flaws of the Lightning Elemental Orb.
"I see … With my current strength, I should be able to tame it as well. However, it will be difficult for me to use it unless I reach Primordial Spirit realm …"
Understanding what was going on, Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly.
Just as he had guessed, the Sea of Lightning Elemental Orb was a grade-8 formation that could only be controlled by a Primordial Spirit realm cultivator. Even though he knew the flaws of the Lightning Elemental Orb and was able to tame it, it was still impossible for him to fully control the formation.
"Forget it, I shouldn't think too much about it. I should just assimilate it first …"
Deciding not to dwell on this problem, Zhang Xuan turned his gaze to the orb not too far away, and his eyes glowed in excitement.
Even if he couldn't use it now, he would still be able to do so once he grew stronger. After all, a grade-8 Slaughter Formation was an invaluable artifact!
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