Zhang Xuan's soul was formless and incorporeal, so he stealthily slipped out of the room through the gap of the door with his storage ring.
As soon as he stepped out, he immediately saw countless Otherworldly Demons guarding the area. There was not the slightest opening in the area, and no matter which direction he tried, he would be discovered.
"It seems like these Otherworldly Demons are veterans of the battlefield …" Zhang Xuan sighed helplessly.
Only those who had fought frequently and cooperated with one another would be able to form such a tight defense.
Not only so, there was also a defensive formation around the area. It was no wonder the two Kings had left after exchanging a few words with him. It turned out that they knew that he and the master teachers wouldn't be able to escape.
"Eye of Insight!" Driving his Soul Depth, Zhang Xuan's face remained impassive as lines of insight surfaced in his eyes.
"What a tight defense! It might be impossible for a cultivator to escape, but for a soul oracle, it should still be a piece of cake …"
After a moment of observation, Zhang Xuan chuckled softly.
Even though the defense was tight, it was targeted at cultivators. Soul oracles could change their sizes at will, making it difficult for them to escape.
"If I leave just like that, do you think that I am being too easy to talk to?"
The Otherworldly Demons must be up to something, and since he had already noticed them, wouldn't it be unbecoming of the principal of the Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy to leave just like that?
"I made sure to take a look before I came here. This building is set up according to the Seven Profound Spirit Light Formation. As long as I destroy the most crucial point, the formation will immediately reverse. Even if it doesn't result in a backlash, the hard work that they have put in over the past few days will be for naught!"
Zhang Xuan's lips crept up.
He might not be an expert in construction, but he was definitely a King when it came to destruction!
Even the Ten Great Master Teachers were helpless against him, so destroying these buildings was nothing to him.
"Let's head over to take a look!"
After taking another look around, Zhang Xuan confirmed his direction, and with a slight movement of his body, he flew forward.
"Un."
Shortly after Zhang Xuan left, the Goldenleaf King frowned.
"Brother Yin, what's wrong?"
The Greenleaf King asked.
The Goldenleaf King hesitated for a moment before replying, "It's nothing. I just feel that something is amiss. It feels like something has passed by!"
He was naturally sharp and had a strong understanding of his surroundings. Just now, he seemed to have felt something scurrying past him, but he couldn't see it with his naked eyes.
Of course, if he used his Divine Sense to scan, there would be nowhere to hide.
Saint 2-dan Spiritual Perception realm granted one the ability to project one's consciousness outward, such that even a soul oracle would be able to detect one's presence easily. However, projecting one's Spiritual Perception was extremely taxing on one's mind, such that even a Saint 4-dan expert like Zhang Xuan couldn't possibly scan one's surroundings constantly.
Zhang Xuan had made use of this loophole to successfully escape.
Leaving the encirclement of the crowd, Zhang Xuan controlled the storage ring to fly forward.
It didn't take long before a majestic palace appeared before them.
The way the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe set up their formations was slightly different from that of humans. However, with the Eye of Insight and the Library of Heaven's Path, this difference was negligible. Zhang Xuan had already taken a good look at the palace from the very start. This palace was the core of the entire building.
He quietly descended.
In order to guard against him, most of the Otherworldly Demons had been dispatched to the palace from before. As such, there were only a few Otherworldly Demons guarding the palace.
None of these Otherworldly Demons had reached Spiritual Perception realm, and they didn't specialize in soul arts either. On top of that, Zhang Xuan was well-prepared, allowing him to sneak in without anyone noticing.
The palace was extremely spacious, covering an area of more than a hundred meters. The walls and pillars were inscribed with all kinds of bizarre inscriptions, and at the very center was an altar with a diameter of eight meters.
Unable to recognize a single one of the inscriptions, Zhang Xuan sent a telepathic message to Vicious. "What are these inscriptions?"
"These are inscriptions unique to the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe. They are inscribed according to a unique method, and they are capable of gathering spiritual energy. It's somewhat similar to the Spirit Gathering Formation of humans."
Vicious took a look at the inscriptions and said.
"Spirit Gathering Formation?"
"Un. While the Spirit Gathering Formation only serves to gather spiritual energy, this Inscription Formation is able to provide the gathered spiritual energy to the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe to boost their strength. It's similar to the formation in my underground chamber!" Vicious said.
"Enhance their strength? Doesn't that mean that this formation can provide energy to the puppets? "Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
Back in the underground chamber, he had seen Vicious replenishing the energy of the puppets with his own eyes. After taming the puppets, he had used them multiple times, and the energy they had accumulated had been nearly depleted. As such, it had been a long time since he had used them.
If this formation could be used to replenish their energy, he might be able to borrow it.
"Under normal circumstances, this formation has its own limitations, making it difficult for outsiders to use it. However, this isn't a problem for me. As long as you release the puppets, I can replenish their energy!"
Vicious said.
"That's good!"
With a light chuckle, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist, and more than twenty puppets immediately appeared before him. Following which, he raised his hand, and a finger flew into the air, emanating a concentrated killing intent.
Sensing this killing intent, the puppets immediately kneeled down devoutly and kowtowed.
"Un!" Vicious harrumphed in satisfaction as he began speaking in a bizarre language. Upon receiving the command, the puppets quickly formed an orderly formation and marched forward.
Seeing that they had arrived at the altar at the very center of the palace, the floating finger tapped on the air a few times and drew a series of bizarre inscriptions.
Weng!
There was a soft hum in the air, and then the spiritual energy in the air gathered together like a huge vortex, pouring straight into one of the puppets.
Geji! Geji!
The puppet's physical strength, which had been weak just a moment ago, suddenly shone brightly, and its strength returned to its peak.
"Incredible!" Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in agitation.
This method of infusing energy was even more fearsome than Cultivation Impartation.
However, from the looks of it, only puppets were capable of such a method. Had it been an ordinary cultivator, their bloodline would have ruptured within a few seconds, and they would have died on the spot.
While the speed at which energy was infused was extremely fast, it was already beyond the limits of what a human could endure.
Vicious was familiar with the process, and it didn't take long for him to replenish the energy of all twenty puppets.
With their energy replenished, the puppets were filled with fighting spirit, and their morale soared.
"It's a pity that they are too weak, only possessing the strength of a Saint 1-dan cultivator. They might have been able to deal with the Otherworldly Demons in the past, but they are still lacking compared to them."
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
Those puppets were only at Saint 1-dan pinnacle or Saint 1-dan advanced stage. If they were to fight against two hundred puppets, it was likely that they wouldn't be able to return alive.
"Un. Right, they are cultivators, and they were made into puppets by Wu Yangzi. All along, I have been treating them as cultivators, but if I were to treat them as puppets … I can modify their mechanisms to make them more rational, and I should be able to raise their fighting prowess swiftly …"
A thought suddenly surfaced in Zhang Xuan's mind.
Zhang Xuan had treated the puppets before him as human beings, and since they were already dead, it was impossible for them to cultivate anymore. However, if he were to treat them as puppets, he could modify the mechanisms in their bodies to make their structure more perfect, thus raising their fighting prowess.
Back at the Mountain of Records, Zhang Xuan had modified the structure of Mo Liuzhen's rib puppet to raise its fighting prowess significantly.
If he could modify the structure of the rib puppet as well, he could raise its fighting prowess significantly.
"Flaws?"
Zhang Xuan thought as he made the puppets execute their battle techniques simultaneously.
Soon, the flaws of the puppets appeared before him.
"Their greatest flaw lies in the forging technique and materials used … Even though Wu Yangzi is known as the number one blacksmith in Hongyuan Empire, he hasn't reached Seven Star yet. Even if the components of these puppets are perfect, they should only be able to reach Saint 3-dan at most!"
After reading through all of the books, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.
He had thought that as long as he could perfect all aspects of the puppets, their fighting prowess would surely reach an astounding level, but it seemed like he had been overthinking it.
The forging technique and materials used were an insurmountable gap. If he couldn't resolve these two flaws, his fighting prowess would still be severely limited.
"It's not too bad if I can raise their fighting prowess to Saint 3-dan …"
Zhang Xuan chuckled.
Even though it didn't meet his expectations, the combined might of twenty Saint 3-dan experts was still not to be underestimated.
Of course, it was still a little lacking compared to the Otherworldly Demons outside.
Putting everything aside, the Greenleaf King and Goldenleaf King were both Saint 4-dan experts. If the two of them were to exert their full strength, it would be difficult for the twenty Saint 3-dan puppets to stand against them.
Upon reaching the Saint realm, every single level of advancement was equivalent to an earth-shattering change. There was no comparison between the two of them.
Especially between the third and fourth grades, there was still the lower and middle grades, the gap was even greater.
"Forget it, I should raise their fighting prowess first …"
After figuring out the crux of the problem, Zhang Xuan walked up to the puppets and struck them with his palms.
Pilipala!
A series of crisp sounds echoed in the air, and the twenty puppets seemed to have undergone a complete metamorphosis, becoming even sharper and more fearsome than before.
"Time to infuse energy into them …"
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan sighed in exhaustion.
If not for him studying the books in the Celestial Designer School over the past three months and gaining a thorough understanding of the structure of puppets, it would have been impossible for him to accomplish this feat.
Even so, he still felt as if his soul had been sapped dry, and he felt as if he would collapse at any moment.
But that was to be expected. In order to perfect so many components, there couldn't be a single mistake in any of the steps. On top of that, there were more than twenty puppets of different shapes and forging methods, so it wasn't that easy to deduce their strength.
Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Zhang Xuan took out the soul of the Bluehorn Dragon Beast to replenish his energy.
Meanwhile, Vicious continued to drive the inscriptions on the puppets to replenish their energy.
Had it been any other time, even if their structure was perfect, without sufficient energy, they would still only be at Saint 1-dan. There was no way they could compare to a Saint 3-dan expert.
It was just like a car without fuel. No matter how much horsepower it had, it would still be no match for a donkey cart.
But with so much energy in hand, things were much simpler.
Hong long long!
As more and more energy was replenished, the entire hall began to shake intensely. The inscriptions on the walls began to crumble, and their color grew fainter and fainter.
"Master, it seems like there isn't enough spiritual energy here …"
At this moment, Vicious' voice sounded in the hall.
(Someone once said that Laoya's photo was so dashing that it became his screensaver. Hearing those words, I feel a little embarrassed. Today, I posted a photo of [Indecent Emperor's Father] of the Book Alliance. Not only is that fellow as dashing as me, he even took a photo with Jay Chou! Just search for 'Sweeping the World's Edge' on WeChat and follow me.)
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