Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Puppet
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In the Requiem Forest, Xiao Chen rushed forward, his face was solemn, and he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, because the hypnotic power of the Requiem Tree would slowly superimpose, even if he was on guard, he couldn't support it for too long.
"Just ahead, with such a vigorous vitality, there must be something weird!"
Xiao Chen is not looking for it randomly, he is following an extremely strong breath of life, as the saying goes, there must be a demon when something goes wrong, he has no other clues, so he can only take a risk.
Undoubtedly, the breath of life represents the basic characteristics of living beings, the more vigorous the breath, the more powerful the living beings, but in the Requiem Forest, no matter how powerful the living beings are, they cannot live for a long time, otherwise they will be hypnotized by the Requiem tree.
Therefore, Xiao Chen speculated that the creature should often devour the Soul Suppression Fruit, and would also stay by the Soul Suppression Fruit Tree, if he wanted to get it, it would not be an easy task.
After moving forward for dozens of miles, Xiao Chen came to an open place, which was surrounded by a requiem forest, and there was a waterhole in the middle, which was not big, with a diameter of about three zhang by sight.
Next to the waterhole, there are several low shrubs, and many pale cyan fruits hang on the branches of the shrubs, these fruits are also the soul calming fruits that Xiao Chen is looking for, which are exactly the same as those depicted in ancient books.
However,
Xiao Chen didn't dare to act rashly, he could feel the terrifying vitality from the waterhole, this level of vitality was beyond his cognition, if there was a living being, a look could annihilate him.
"It's not a loss that it's from a secret realm in ancient times, it's really terrifying!"
Xiao Chen was secretly speechless, he was far away before, although he felt it, but it was not as real as it was at this moment, but the matter had come to this point, he had no way to retreat, he hid the breath of his whole body, and approached the edge of the pool with great vigilance.
Taking this risk, it is not that he has a deep affection for Hong Tianqi and others, but to move the Luo family, he must have enough strength in his hands, it is true that Hong Tianqi and others are this force, if he loses too much before the collision, his plan will also be in vain.
In order to rescue his eldest sister and second brother, he had to take the risk this time, otherwise the future operation would only be more dangerous!
Xiao Chen approached cautiously, his eyes kept staring at the waterhole, as long as there was a slight fluctuation, he would not hesitate to flee.
Ten steps, nine steps...... One step, seeing that he was about to pick the Soul Suppression Fruit, Xiao Chen was also slightly relieved.
However, the crisis is abrupt!
Whew!
The calm waterhole suddenly burst open, and a water arrow shot out with the momentum of thunder, directly hitting Xiao Chen's door, so fast that it was in front of you in an instant!
At this critical moment, Xiao Chen's courage was manifested, he knew that it was hopeless to dodge at such a close distance, so he turned his heart sideways, and threw a punch with the determination to give up one arm, and the strength under his feet was accumulated, ready to escape with the impact.
Bang!
The water arrow was extremely powerful, and it slammed into Xiao Chen's fist, and the strong force directly rushed him out, smashing down ten meters away, splashing a lot of dust.
However,
Xiao Chen was stupid, looking at his fist and couldn't come back to his senses, not only was his arm not broken, not even a wound was left, and the expected water arrow with infinite power couldn't even break his spirit weapon gloves!
"What's going on?!Is this creature merciful?"
As soon as this absurd idea was born, it was decisively stifled by him, because that creature had no reason to show mercy to his subordinates, so in this way, there was only one answer left-
The creatures in this pool have a terrifying breath of life, but their strength is pitifully weak!
"Whoa-la-"
In Xiao Chen's shock, waves surged in the pool, and a snake-like creature poked out of its upper body, its eyes were cold, but it looked a little hollow.
The size of this snake-like creature is not large, only the thickness of the thighs, the scales of the whole body are flashing with black light, like a metal texture, and there are two claws on the chest, divided into three fingers, but it is a dragon!
Whoa!
Jiaolong came out of the water, without any hesitation, and shot three water arrows in a row, so fast that it brought a sharp low-explosive sound in the air.
At this moment, Xiao Chen smiled, because from the power of the water arrow, he had already sensed the general cultivation of Jiaolong, at most in the realm of martial arts, although it was a little difficult, but it was not helpless.
He slammed the ground, his body bounced, and the speed blessing was turned on to the maximum, just now he was too close to dodge, but now he opened the distance, but he was able to dodge easily.
The power of the reincarnation path can greatly improve Xiao Chen's strength and speed, if he opens the speed with all his strength, it is enough to be worthy of a strong person in the Spirit Martial Realm, and it is easy to dodge the water arrows.
However, his target was only the Soul Suppression Fruit, so there was no need to be entangled with the dragon, and after dodging the attack, he rushed to the side of a few bushes, shot again and again, and fished out seven or eight Soul Suppression Fruits at once.
And at this moment, three more water arrows were fired, but Xiao Chen had been paying attention to the dragon, and he had already retreated at the same time as he launched the attack, and after avoiding the water arrows, he flashed to the side of the bush again and shot to pick the soul suppression fruit.
After repeating this repeatedly, Xiao Chen found that the dragon had no other means except water arrows, and after he picked all the soul suppression fruits, he didn't show any anger, but just mechanically shot water arrows to attack.
That's right, mechanical!
This thought had just been born, but it made Xiao Chen suddenly think of a possibility, he was not in a hurry to leave for a while, but wandered around the waterhole, dodging the attack of the water arrow, while carefully observing.
And this observation made his heart beat wildly, and he was sure, very sure, that his guess was not wrong at all!
This dragon is not a living creature at all, but a puppet!
That terrifying breath of life did not come from this puppet, but from that pool of clear water!
"Wood Spirit Liquid! A whole pool of wood spirit liquid! This is going to be sent!"
Rao is Xiao Chen's vision, and in the face of a whole pool of wood spirit liquid, he can't be calm.
You must know that the wood spirit liquid, also known as the fountain of life, can increase the lifespan of several decades, although this is nothing for a master who can live thousands or even tens of thousands of years, but you must know that this is only a few after all, and the tone of the whole world is still dominated by martial artists who live hundreds of years.
Therefore, this wood spirit liquid is very popular, it has always been priceless, in the palace, if it was not for the star meteorite, Kodak would not be willing to take out a small bottle of wood spirit liquid, its value, but to be measured by spirit stones.
Although the spirit coin is a universal currency, at a certain level, the universal currency is the spirit stone.
There are many uses for spars such as spirit stones, such as refining them, such as arranging spirit arrays, etc., but the importance of their uses is not comparable to spirit coins.
In short, this is enough water pool wood spirit liquid, but it is an immeasurable wealth!
And for Xiao Chen, this wood spirit liquid is not just wealth, as the so-called extreme must be opposed, with his means, it can turn this good medicine that increases life expectancy into a life-threatening poison that cannot be cured!
"It's just that this puppet is not easy to handle, if you want to collect the wood spirit liquid, you must first clean up this puppet. β
Xiao Chen didn't want to go back to move the helper, he didn't plan to share this pool of wood spirit liquid.
People will be more or less selfish, he put aside the memory of his previous life in this life, but he has no background, if he walks on the mainland in the future, he will always seem a little constrained.
So his headache now is how to subdue this puppet.
"The puppet is a combination of the formation and the magic of the Dao, the body is made of materials, and various spirit arrays are engraved in the body, the combat effectiveness depends on the quality of the materials, as well as the power of the spirit array, and the puppet in front of you, since it is from the hands of the Martial Emperor in the ancient period, the material must not be simple, it seems that you can only start from the spirit array!"
Xiao Chen quickly filtered it in his mind, after millions of years, even the most powerful spirit array was now exhausted, and the previous maze was like this, and the puppet in front of him could only exert the strength equivalent to the martial realm, which was enough to prove this.
Otherwise, the dignified Martial Emperor's handwriting, the guardian of the Soul Suppression Fruit, how could he be so unbearable?
"The puppet also had some research in my previous life, but it was not deep, so I could only take a risk. β
Xiao Chen is never afraid of challenges, but is also keen on challenges, the road of martial arts will never be smooth sailing, if there is no heart for challenge, how can he climb to the top of the martial arts?
Just do it when you think of it, Xiao Chen saw an opportunity, and while avoiding the water arrows, he used the secret method to transform his soul power into a fierce beast giant mouth, and devoured the puppet in one bite.
The next moment, surging soul power invaded the puppet's body from all directions, swept wildly, and soon found a total of nine spirit arrays, large and small, each of which was very mysterious, and with Xiao Chen's formation achievements, he couldn't fully understand it.
"It's not a product of the ancient period, and the achievements of the formation path at that time are not comparable to this era after all. β
Xiao Chen secretly exclaimed, from these nine spirit arrays, he seemed to see the glory of the ancient formation, what a glorious era would it be?
It's just a pity that no matter how glorious the era is, it can't withstand the reincarnation of heaven after all, and the prosperity will decline, and everything seems so small in front of the way of heaven.
Just like the puppet in front of him, it can be deduced from these nine spirit arrays that there must be a martial saint level at the peak, but after millions of years of wear, it is now just a small existence, maybe in tens of thousands of years, it will become a pile of scrap iron.
"Time is the most terrible weapon. β
Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh a little, but what he had to do was not to stop at all, after finding the nine spirit arrays, he began to look for the puppet's main array.
Based on his research on puppets, he still knows that a puppet must have a main array, which is then attached to multiple secondary arrays, and the more spirit arrays there are, the more complex they are, and the higher the combat power of the puppets they can drive.
"It should be this, the other eight spirit arrays are obviously centered on this array, as long as the main array can be destroyed, the puppet will lose its source power......"
"Wait! Why should I destroy!"
Xiao Chenmeng's eyes lit up, he only thought about how to get the wood spirit liquid, but he forgot that this puppet itself was an extremely rare treasure!
Needless to say, the materials on this puppet's body should be used by Emperor Wu to refine them, and they will never be ordinary goods.
Moreover, the low combat effectiveness of this puppet is due to the depletion of the formation, if there is a chance to recover the formation strength in the future, then this puppet has the possibility of infinite improvement, and can even return to its peak!
At this moment, Xiao Chen's heart trembled, and after his thoughts were cleared, the pool of wood spirit liquid was no longer important, in his eyes, only the puppet dragon in front of him was left!