Chapter 612: Fighting the Puppet |
"Good, while they're making their move, we'll take the opportunity to go in."
Zhao Tianlei nodded, then followed up, "Everyone else, follow me."
"Yes!"
At his command, everyone immediately followed him out.
As their flying vessel flew away, the commotion of the large army's attack could already be heard from behind.
Ning Qi glanced back.
He saw a group of warriors emerging from within those mechanical formations.
They were clad in heavy armor, their eyes hollow and empty.
Judging by their auras, their strength was definitely not inferior to these members of the Demonic Race.
Zhao Tianlei also looked back and, noticing Ning Qi was observing, reminded him, "When we reach their cemetery later, we will also encounter these puppets."
"Oh? Their strength isn't weak; we need to be careful."
Ning Qi snapped back to attention and said gravely.
"Yes, their strength is not weak, and many can even manipulate Law Force."
"This is inherent to their mechanical secret arts."
"Our people suffer greatly when dealing with them."
Zhao Tianlei looked ahead and continued, "So, we absolutely must be careful."
"Young Master, what should we do? We're almost at their cemetery."
At that moment, a guard came over and reported respectfully.
"Good, spread out and charge inside!"
Zhao Tianlei nodded, then shifted his gaze back to the front.
"Yes!"
The guard respectfully accepted the order and then left.
Soon, teams from their flying vessel began to depart one after another.
"Let's go too."
Zhao Zhirou came over and said seriously.
"You stay on the flying vessel; we'll go."
Zhao Tianlei had no intention of letting her come along.
"Since I'm already here, it makes no sense to stay inactive on the ship."
"I'll be careful on my own, don't worry."
However, Zhao Zhirou had no intention of staying behind and insisted firmly.
"Alright then, stick close to me. Let's set off now."
Hearing this, Zhao Tianlei didn't continue to stop her. After giving an instruction, he leaped into the air, ready to depart.
Seeing this, Ning Qi also soared into the air.
"Brother Ning, let's split up. I'll go this way, you go that way!"
"If there's any trouble, remember to use voice transmission."
Zhao Tianlei pointed in a direction and said to Ning Qi.
"Good!"
Ning Qi agreed, then asked, "Once we get in here, can we find resources just like that?"
"Is there anything else?"
"Resources are definitely there. Other things depend on your own luck."
"Our team is also breaking into this place for the first time."
Zhao Tianlei responded seriously to his inquiry.
"Good, then I'm off."
Ning Qi agreed and then abruptly set off.
He flew swiftly towards his designated direction.
"Master, I always feel something is off about this place."
The Pill Spirit in his dantian couldn't help but say.
"Don't worry, we're at Golden Immortal strength now."
"What's there to fear about this place?"
Ning Qi, on the contrary, didn't mind and continued forward.
He soon arrived at the entrance to this cemetery.
Here, tombs floated in the void, surrounded by sealed puppets.
"Master, if we go in, will these puppets awaken?"
The Pill Spirit looked at the puppets before them and couldn't help but ask.
"They will."
"Let me test their strength."
Ning Qi agreed, then immediately moved.
He flew swiftly towards the front.
In the void of the Realm Sea, he had just reached the front of the cemetery when an invisible force pushed him back.
"Restrictive force."
The Pill Spirit immediately sensed something was wrong.
"Ting, a mere restriction thinks it can stop me."
Ning Qi snorted coldly, then focused his attention ahead.
He formed hand seals with both hands and quickly shot a formation Dao Pattern forward.
"Chichi."
As this water-wave pattern surged, it began to merge with the restriction before them.
At first, the restriction was still repelling Ning Qi's Dao Pattern.
However, as his erosion continued, the restriction gradually loosened.
After a few breaths, the restriction here completely shattered.
Ning Qi just glanced at it, flashed forward, and flew directly inside.
"Master, it's healing!"
The Pill Spirit, within his dantian, had been observing the changes here.
It discovered that the destroyed restriction behind them was healing at a visible speed.
"Tsk tsk, truly worthy of being an ancient restriction, it actually has this kind of ability."
Ning Qi just glanced back and exclaimed in amazement, "Truly a good formation. If it weren't for needing to explore the resources ahead, I'd really want to study this in detail here."
"Master, when we reach the front, we'll have a way too, right?"
The Pill Spirit, hearing his words, couldn't help but ask.
"Mmm, it's fine, let's go."
Ning Qi didn't say much more and continued walking inward.
They had just arrived at a floating tomb when they felt as if some threads in the void here had been severed.
"Be careful."
The Pill Spirit sensed something was wrong here and hurriedly warned.
"Huff."
"Crack."
At that very moment, the surrounding puppets began to gradually awaken.
They started slowly moving their joints.
Simultaneously, evil energy began to surge around them.
"They've been activated."
Ning Qi took a look and couldn't help but smile, "They're actually using evil energy."
"Master, I feel their strength isn't weak; they're all at Half-Step True Immortal strength."
The Pill Spirit sensed it and followed up.
"Mmm, good. Strength of this level has no effect on me."
Ning Qi nodded, then continued flying forward.
The puppets behind him, after awakening, began to frantically devour each other.
If they couldn't chase Ning Qi, they would consume one another.
In just a few breaths, dozens of puppets were reduced to just one.
And this one puppet's strength had already broken through to True Immortal level.
"Master, it's a Celestial Immortal-strength puppet now. They can enhance their strength through devouring."
The Pill Spirit saw the unfavorable situation from afar and hurriedly warned.
"They can actually enhance their strength through devouring."
Ning Qi turned to look and also noticed something was wrong, "Then we can't leave it. If it becomes a Golden Immortal-strength puppet, I won't be able to handle it."
"Right!"
The Pill Spirit deeply agreed.
"I'm coming!"
Ning Qi then flew directly over, simultaneously drawing his Chaos Divine Sword.
He slashed down towards the puppet before him.
"Crack!"
After his sword fell, it abruptly split the puppet in two.
Ning Qi then waved his hand and directly collected the incomplete corpse.
He placed it directly into his pocket dimension.
After dealing with this puppet, Ning Qi shifted his attention back to the front.
Ahead of him, many puppets had already completed their devouring.
"Master, this isn't good. There are actually Celestial Immortal-strength puppets."
"And more than one."
The Pill Spirit observed the situation and couldn't help but widen its eyes, "Should we... avoid this? It's not safe here."
"Since we're here, what's there to avoid?"
"I want to see just how powerful these puppets can be."
Ning Qi didn't care at all and followed up.
After saying this, he unleashed his Peak Celestial Immortal strength.
Then he charged at these several puppets.
"Bang!"
One of the puppets, seeing him approach, said nothing.
It threw a fierce punch directly at Ning Qi's head.
"Huff!"
This punch directly tore the void between them.
Carrying streams of Fierce Wind, it tore through the void and descended.
"It really is quite strong."
Ning Qi just glanced at it, then didn't even use the Chaos Sword.
He simply relied on his own physical body to resist.
"Boom!"
Their fists met flesh in a direct clash.
A series of deafening sonic booms erupted.
The surrounding void began to collapse.
Not just Ning Qi and this one, several other puppets around also joined the fray.
"Huff!"
Ning Qi watched as all these puppets charged at him.
He took a deep breath and directly circulated the demonic energy within his body.
Demonic Power surged, making his physique even more formidable.
Coupled with his body that had been tempered by thunder tribulation and Law Force, his body was as tough as a rock.
His battle here attracted the attention of some people in the distance.
Zhao Zhirou also focused her attention on him.
"Big Brother, he's too strong, isn't he? Fighting so many Celestial Immortal-strength puppets alone."
She couldn't help but complain.
"He really is strong!"
Zhao Tianlei widened his eyes, showing an expression of disbelief, "Everyone said he was strong. I always thought they were exaggerating."
"Now seeing it with my own eyes, I finally know just how strong he is."
"Big Brother, truly worthy of being a member of our Demon Clan's royal family, he's truly too strong."
A flicker of a strange expression passed through Zhao Zhirou's eyes.
She never expected Ning Qi to be this strong.
"That's for sure. He is the hope of our Demonic Race bloodline."
Zhao Tianlei, hearing her say this, began to praise, "In the future, the continuation of our Demonic Race's Bloodline Power rests on him."
"If one could have offspring with him, it would definitely be very strong."
"That is indeed true."
Zhao Zhirou only heard half of what he said; she didn't pay attention to what he said afterward.
At that moment, she was focused on Ning Qi's battle.
"Smash!"
Ning Qi threw a punch.
He directly sent a puppet flying.
The next moment, another puppet came over and kicked him flying.
"Huff."
Ning Qi stabilized his posture in mid-air and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "If I didn't need to suppress my strength, I would have crushed them long ago."
"Master, aren't we afraid of exposing our strength?"
The Pill Spirit followed up, "I think it's better if we leave this place and check out the situation ahead."
"There's no need to tussle with a few puppets here."
"I didn't come here to get resources for them. Since there's a chance to train my own strength."
"Then why should I avoid it? Let me have my fill of fun."
Ning Qi was now growing more courageous the more he fought.
His eyes were filled with killing intent.
After being hit by the puppets several times, he had already become angry.
"Huff!"
After his words, he abruptly shot forward. In the blink of an eye, Ning Qi had already charged over.
"Boom!"
One punch down, heavily striking this puppet's chest.
The attack, containing a trace of Law Force, directly shattered its chest.
A bloody hole appeared, through which the void behind could be seen.
"Huff."
After dealing with this puppet, Ning Qi arrived before the next puppet.
"Whoosh!"
However, this time, before he could even make a move, its companion from behind had already come to help.
It swept a kick towards him, forcing Ning Qi back.
Before Ning Qi could act to collect this puppet, it was directly swallowed up in one gulp.
It simply didn't give him a chance to collect the corpse.
"Damn it."
Ning Qi watched as this puppet's strength increased again.
Now, its strength had reached Half-Step Golden Immortal level.
"Master, be careful. They can actually break through too."
The Pill Spirit, seeing this scene, hurriedly warned.
"This should be the peak of their strength."
Ning Qi shook his head and said nonchalantly, "Even if a Golden Immortal came, I wouldn't care, let alone these few puppets."
"Kill!"
At the same time, the remaining dozen or so puppets all charged towards Ning Qi.
Each one erupted with strength that had reached Peak Celestial Immortal level.
"It seems I can't delay any longer."
Ning Qi watched them come and took out his Chaos Sword.
He then attached the Chaos Flame onto his Chaos Sword.
He flew into the midst of these puppets.
"Huff!"
"Pfft!"
"......"
The next moment, he attacked with full force and quickly slaughtered these puppets.
These corpses were collected by Ning Qi with a wave of his hand and directly stored into his own Pocket Dimension.
After dealing with them, Ning Qi looked around.
He discovered that the puppets here had all been dealt with by him.
In the distance, Zhao Tianlei and the others had already ventured deep into the heart of the cemetery.
"Let's go too."
The Pill Spirit looked at the surrounding situation and hurriedly reminded, "Perhaps there are still some resources here that can be used."
"Mmm, let's go!"
Ning Qi was also not slow. After agreeing, he directly followed and continued inward.
They quickly passed through a graveyard.
The tombs here had already been opened by others; some of the corpses inside had been taken away.
Therefore, Ning Qi had no intention of stopping to observe the situation.
He simply swiftly flew past and continued hurrying forward.
"Master, the tombs ahead are still intact."
At that very moment, the Pill Spirit's voice came through.
Hearing this, Ning Qi looked up ahead.
Indeed, he discovered there was a graveyard ahead. These tombs were scattered here, showing no signs of having been damaged.
"Something's wrong. There's a restriction here."
Ning Qi was about to go over but suddenly stopped.
He sent out a wisp of Demonic Power.
"Boom!"
Upon striking the front, a protective light barrier abruptly appeared.
As the light barrier surged, it immediately caused a fierce Fierce Wind to erupt before him.
"Master, be careful!"
The Pill Spirit, watching this scene, quickly reminded him.
"Don't worry!"
Ning Qi dodged from afar, his eyes vigilantly watching ahead.