Chapter 221 - It's Just That You're Too Trash

These weren't people at all!

Although their appearance was identical to that of an ordinary person, with flesh and blood, there was no divine soul residing within them.

They were merely empty-husk puppets!

To be able to create such a number of exquisite flesh-and-blood puppets, truly left Shang Chen greatly astonished.

Each and every one of these puppets was equivalent to a remolded physical body; one only needed to insert a soul, and it would become a living person!

And among the puppets present, there was no lack of many whose cultivation had reached the Immortal Sovereign and Immortal Venerable levels!

So incredible!

This was all done by that woman…?!

Shang Chen looked with a shocked gaze towards Kui, who had been standing quietly to the side, watching the battle.

She was the mastermind controlling these puppets!

"You've discovered it? A pity it's already too late."

"Today, you all must die."

Kui gave a cold smile and beckoned with her hand. The surrounding puppets arranged themselves into a formation, tightly trapping Shang Chen and his men within!

"Dead Puppet, Perished Effigy Grand Array!"

"Kill!"

Following Kui’s young and light voice, the puppets from all directions all circulated their spiritual energy and hurled their flying swords and various celestial arts at Shang Chen’s group.

"Pfft! Ah!"

Several Heavenly Realm cultivators who didn't have time to defend themselves perished on the spot!

"Gather and form a defensive array!"

Shang Chen let out a cold shout, and the others around him who had been fighting individually quickly gathered by his side, collectively deploying barriers or magical treasures to defend against the flying sword attacks.

Kui beckoned lightly with her hand, and the puppets leaped forward, all proactively crashing against the barrier of Shang Chen’s group.

A large pile of puppets pressed down on the barrier that the group had condensed with their combined strength, yet they couldn't break through. The group couldn't help but let out jeers and taunts.

"With Lord Shang Chen presiding, to think these soulless puppets can break our formation? What a joke!"

"Look at them, they must be getting desperate."

"Even if we let them hack away for another hundred years, they still wouldn't be able to break the barrier!"

Just as the group was feeling smug, Shang Chen, however, furrowed his brows again.

The puppets piling up were like a small hill, almost completely submerging them.

She clearly knew it was impossible to break the formation barrier with just these puppets, so why was she having them charge forward one after another…?

Shang Chen’s keen intuition sensed something amiss. His gaze passed through the gaps between the puppets piled on the barrier, looking towards Kui.

He saw Kui silently forming hand seals, an extremely unsettling smile on her face.

"Not good!"

"Everyone, scatter!"

Shang Chen, realizing something was wrong, immediately shouted.

The group had blank expressions, not knowing why Shang Chen was so panicked.

These puppets couldn't do anything to them anyway, so why risk scattering?

Just as the crowd was hesitating in confusion, the puppets piled on the barrier all began to glow with a blinding light from within their bodies!

"Th-This, they're going to detonate their bodies!"

"Quick, get out of here!"

Someone immediately realized the danger and shouted hurriedly.

Among these numerous puppets, there was no lack of many at the Immortal Sovereign and Immortal Venerable levels. The spiritual energy contained within a single Immortal Sovereign or Immortal Venerable was no small matter!

Ordinary cultivators would absolutely not detonate their immortal bodies unless it was a life-or-death moment.

Because that would mean courting their own destruction, the annihilation of both divine soul and immortal body!

But they had forgotten, these were puppets!

They didn't care about life or death at all!

Everyone sensed the crisis and hurriedly tried to scatter and flee, but it was already too late!

BOOM!!

All the puppets pressed against the barrier detonated!

The violent explosion blew away the surrounding white fog, razing everything within a hundred li of the White Fog Secret Realm to the ground!

If not for the protection of the barrier, even the E'xiao would have almost been hit by the aftershock of the explosion.

Fortunately, the barrier was strong enough, and its soundproofing effect was good enough, that Luo Hongye, still obediently covering her eyes while lying on the E'xiao’s back, didn't feel a thing.

When the dust dissipated, only a giant crater was left behind, and a single figure slowly emerged from the smoke and dust.

Shang Chen’s celestial robes were tattered, and he was covered in dirt, looking extremely wretched.

Located at the center of the formation barrier, with others protecting the periphery, and having deployed his own separate barrier at the last moment, he had not suffered any serious injuries.

Shang Chen gazed at Kui with a sinister and vicious look and began to speak:

"I truly didn't expect that you would be willing to sacrifice so many puppets!"

"I admire your courage, but it seems this is as far as it goes!"

"Without your puppets, let's see how you'll deal with me now!"

"Accept your death! You filth of the demon clan!"

After speaking, spiritual energy erupted from Shang Chen’s body. With a single step and leap, he condensed a palm in mid-air and struck down at Kui from the sky!

"Great Sun Heaven-Annihilating Palm!"

A massive, crimson celestial palm came crashing down!

A scorching, steaming palm print was instantly left on the ground!

The giant palm was as large as a mountain!

Shang Chen confidently retracted his palm and landed gracefully.

A single palm strike from him, an Immortal Emperor, was enough to turn anything to ash!

A puppet master cultivator, once they've lost the protection of their puppets, is nothing more than a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Just as Shang Chen thought he had already annihilated Kui with one palm and was preparing to walk towards the E'xiao, that young and light voice sounded from behind him.

"Where are you going?"

Shang Chen’s steps froze. He turned around with a look of utter disbelief to look into the smoke and dust behind him.

From beneath the giant palm print, Kui’s petite and delicate figure slowly emerged, her small face watching him with utter disdain.

H-How is this possible!

When he attacked just now, he didn't see this woman throw out any protective immortal artifacts or magical treasures!

Even if she didn't die, it's impossible for her to be completely unscathed!

"Y-You, what did you do…?!"

Shang Chen asked in shock.

"What did I do?"

"I didn't do anything."

"It's just that you're too trash."

Kui said calmly, gazing at Shang Chen.

A petite and pretty figure, yet she spoke such incredibly arrogant words to an Immortal Emperor.

"Utterly arrogant!"

"Lingyao Treasure Sword, go!"

Although he didn't know why Kui was able to remain unharmed, her words had completely enraged him!

A mere filth of the demon clan!

Shang Chen summoned his celestial sword before him. The sword spun rapidly, cutting through the sky like a sword-rainbow, heading straight for the space between Kui’s eyebrows!

Kui’s beautiful brows narrowed. She clenched her hand into a fist and swung her tender-looking fist to smash the celestial sword that was speeding towards her!

Clang!

The celestial sword and Kui’s delicate fist collided, letting out a crisp ring.

The celestial spiritual energy and demonic spiritual energy collided, and the resulting wild wind and sword might tore the surroundings to pieces!

Shang Chen channeled celestial spiritual energy, desperately supporting the celestial sword as it pressed towards Kui.

However, no matter how much he exerted his full strength, he could not advance it even a single inch!

Only at this moment did Shang Chen feel a trace of terror.

How could a puppet master cultivator possess such a tyrannical physique and spiritual power!

This is completely illogical!

"You bug from the Heavenly Realm, you have made two mistakes."

"First, why would you think that without my puppets, I would be powerless to resist?"

Kui said, casually gazing at Shang Chen while holding off the celestial sword with one hand.

The demonic spiritual energy in her body surged once more. Her delicate fist suddenly exerted force, directly shattering the celestial sword!

The moment the celestial sword shattered, Shang Chen was dumbfounded.

Such a seemingly petite and frail body was not only that of a puppet master cultivator, but could also be so terrifying in terms of physical strength…?!

This is illogical!

Could it be that she is also...?!

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