The Puppet Underground Palace was a secret realm controlled by the Mountain Flow Mansion for training. Once one entered, they would appear at any place in the palace.
The palace was huge and had many passages, like a maze.
One had to get out of the palace within a set time to pass the first stage and enter the second stage.
How long was the time limit?
Chen Zong saw a huge shadow of a water hourglass floating at the top of the palace. Water droplets were dripping down slowly. Chen Zong estimated that it would take about three days.
In other words, he only had three days to get out of the Puppet Underground Palace.
Chen Zong had no idea if three days was long or short. After all, his understanding of the Puppet Underground Palace was limited to two words: Puppet Underground Palace. He could guess that this place was related to puppets, but he knew nothing else.
This was a disadvantage, and it increased the difficulty.
However, since he was given such an opportunity, he had to do his best to fight for it so that he would not have any regrets.
Xuanyuan Holy Tower!
It was said to be the final reward.
Chen Zong was looking forward to it, but he would not neglect other things, such as the process.
Fighting with other geniuses was also a reward.
After all, those who could participate in the Xuanyuan Holy Tower were all powerful and capable. Fighting with them was a way to train oneself, improve oneself, and perfect oneself.
"The most important thing now is to find the right path," Chen Zong said to himself.
There were four passages in front, back, left, and right. He did not know where they would lead. Chen Zong had to make a choice.
How should he choose?
In a situation where he was not sure, he had to trust his intuition.
Chen Zong glanced around and followed his heart. He chose the passage on the right. He took a step forward, and his body glided forward at a steady pace.
The sound of heavy footsteps suddenly rang out, coming from the front. It was getting closer and closer, causing Chen Zong's expression to turn solemn.
What was that?
His sharp eyes saw a tall figure walking over with large strides. His footsteps were incomparably heavy. Every step he took seemed to trample the earth and collapse the mountains.
Chen Zong saw it clearly. It was a figure that was more than three meters tall. Its body seemed to be made of brown rocks, and the gaps between the brown rocks were filled with magma-like crimson light. Its upside-down triangular upper body was abnormally strong, and its shoulders and elbows had sharp spikes that looked like they were polished from fiery red crystals. It looked very terrifying.
A scorching aura emanated from the puppet's body, causing the temperature to rise rapidly. Chen Zong could feel a wave of heat assaulting his face.
Puppet!
These were the puppets from the Puppet Underground Palace. Chen Zong was not surprised at all when he encountered the puppets. He was already mentally prepared.
The puppet that emitted the scorching aura strode over. Its eyes flashed with fiery red light and fell on Chen Zong, as if it wanted to ignite Chen Zong.
Immediately, with a roar, the puppet's walking speed suddenly increased. It gradually quickened from a slow walk to a trot. The entire Underground Palace seemed to be shaking. Its momentum was extremely shocking, and it resounded in all directions.
The echoes surged back and forth from the dim and thick walls of the passage, mixing with the buzzing sound.
The terrible aura rushed over, making Chen Zong feel suffocated.
The puppet's strength was at least at the Half-Saint level, or even at the Advanced Half-Saint level.
Chen Zong had no intention of dodging. He stared at the puppet, silently calculating the distance between them. Soon after, he took a step forward. His foot landed heavily on the ground, as if it was going to break the ground. A strong force rose from the soles of his feet, like a torrent, passing through his waist and spine to his right arm.
With a sudden swing of his right arm, the Gilded Heavy Mountain Sword was unsheathed in an instant. The terrible weight of 150,000 kilograms burst out in an instant, as if it was going to break the vacuum. The void shook, and the wind whistled.
This sword was as fast as thunder, as violent as thunder, and as powerful as lightning. It was like a bolt of lightning full of terrible power breaking through the air, directly hitting the puppet.
The puppet's body was huge, and it seemed to have infinite power. However, its reaction speed was relatively slow, and it was immediately hit by Chen Zong's sword.
The puppet's forward momentum was stopped. Chen Zong also felt a terrible rebounding force hit the sword body, and then passed through the sword body to attack him.
His feet stood firm as if they were rooted to the ground, but his body leaned back like a bamboo in the wind. After offloading part of the rebounding force, his waist naturally twisted, and his upper body drew a small circle to borrow the other part of the rebounding force. Once again, he attacked with his sword.
This sword was like a volcanic eruption, and its power was even more terrible. As if it was going to break the vacuum, it heavily hit the puppet's arm, and immediately shattered the arm.
The bamboo in the wind, borrowing the rebounding force, made the second sword even more powerful. This was not a unique skill, but a technique of exerting force. It was very practical.
With one arm shattered, the puppet's body suddenly lost its balance. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Zong attacked with his second sword.
Blood spurted out from the sword!
With a flash of blood, the sword pierced through the sky like a bloody meteor, piercing through everything.
Chen Zong used the Half-step Sword Intent for this sword, but he did not use all his strength, only 70% of it.
The sword was so sharp that it immediately cut off the puppet's head.
Cut! Cut!
Cut! The golden sword light was so fast that it stopped in an instant. The puppet's hard body had been dismembered, falling to the ground in pieces.
Puppets were not living creatures. Generally speaking, no matter if their arms, legs, or heads were cut off, they could continue to move. Therefore, Chen Zong dismembered them. Even if they were not dead, they could not move.
With the help of the Half-step Sword Intent, the sword became so sharp that it easily cut open the puppet's hard body.
Chen Zong's eyes were extremely sharp as he stared at the puppet.
Generally, all puppets had a core, and the core provided power for them to move and fight.
So, where was the core?
With his powerful soul sense, Chen Zong quickly located the core, which was the chest.
After cutting open the chest with his sword, Chen Zong saw an octagonal fiery red crystal. The fiery red crystal was shining with red light, constantly fluctuating from the inside, and a blazing aura spread in all directions.
Chen Zong raised his sword, and the fiery red crystal immediately fell into his hand. Chen Zong immediately felt a blazing aura from the fiery red crystal, as if it was burning.
He was sure that it was the puppet's core, because as soon as the core fell into Chen Zong's hand, the light on the puppet's fragments quickly dimmed and disappeared.
Chen Zong did not know what the puppet's core was used for, so he intended to put it into the Storage Ring. However, he found that he could not open the Storage Ring, as if there was an invisible force sealing the Storage Ring.
If he could not open the Storage Ring, it meant that he could not put things into the Storage Ring, and it also meant that he could not take things out of the Storage Ring.
This was not good news.
What should he do?
Chen Zong wondered if he should throw away the puppet's core.
However, there was a feeling in his heart that told Chen Zong not to throw it away, because it might come in handy later.
Since he had such a feeling, he naturally had to carry it with him. Then, he would put it away for now. Fortunately, the puppet's core was not very big, about the thickness of a finger and the size of a baby's fist. It was not heavy either, so it would not affect his movements.
After putting away the puppet's core, Chen Zong ignored the scattered puppet's fragments and continued forward.
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"To pass through the Puppet Underground Palace, besides finding the correct direction, you also need to obtain the corresponding puppet's core to open the door and leave." Ma Xifeng smiled at the person beside him. "Those bumpkins from the outside definitely don't know this."
"Of course they don't know. This is our advantage." Wei Zidong smiled coldly, his face full of disdain. "Moreover, we have to do our best to prevent them from even getting a single spot."
"Of course, why should we let them fight for the spots that should belong to us?" Ma Xifeng's face was full of dissatisfaction.
The people of the Mountain Flow Mansion all believed that these spots should belong to them, whether it was 30 or 20 spots. Even if there was a competition, it should be between them, and not let others participate.
But since the higher-ups had made such a rule, they could only abide by it. However, this did not stop them from using some tricks.
If they wanted to participate, then participate. They would not be able to get anything and would have come here for nothing.
Ma Xifeng and Wei Zidong had appeared not far from each other after entering the Puppet Underground Palace. After discovering each other, they proposed to work together to increase their chances of winning. This was a very normal thing to do.
Suddenly, a shocking roar came from afar. It sounded like the roar of an ancient beast, vigorous and powerful. It was extremely shocking.
Ma Xifeng and Wei Zidong looked at each other and immediately moved. They used their movement techniques and quickly moved in the direction of the roar.
They both knew that it was the puppet's voice.
And the puppet's voice meant that it had found someone.
Who was it?
Was it someone from the Mountain Flow Mansion?
Or were they bumpkins from the Mystic Underworld Territory?
If it was the latter, then it would be fun.
Although Ma Xifeng and Wei Zidong had not entered the Puppet Underground Palace for training, they had entered the simulated Puppet Underground Palace a few times. Therefore, they found that the Puppet Underground Palace was quite similar to the simulated Puppet Underground Palace. The familiar feeling made them feel like fish in water.
A relatively familiar environment always made people feel at ease, and thus, they could be in better condition.
"The voice should be coming from here."
Ma Xifeng narrowed his eyes and judged.
"It's here." Wei Zidong found the scattered puppets and also saw that the puppet core was missing.
"Could it be from our side?" Ma Xifeng whispered.
Only the prodigies of the Mountain Flow Mansion knew the use of the puppet core and would definitely take it away. However, the bumpkins from the Mystic Underworld Territory did not know.
"Not necessarily," Wei Zidong said. He looked ahead and said, "We'll know when we catch up."
If it was a prodigy from the Mountain Flow Mansion, they would also catch up. If it was someone who was weaker than them, of course, they would force the other party to hand over the puppet core. This was a competition that concerned the 30 spots in the Regional Competition. Even if they were brothers, they would not be modest.
If it was a bumpkin from the Mystic Underworld Territory, then it would be even better. Not only would they take the puppet core from the other party, but they would also use this opportunity to teach the other party a lesson and let him know the consequences.
Ma Xifeng and Wei Zidong's speed was very fast. They were like two gusts of wind as they flew forward.
Soon after, they saw a blurry figure in front of them continuously moving forward.
"Chase!"
The two sped up and quickly chased after it.
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