Chapter 862.
Chapter 862 – Crossfire
The two puppeteers led the way ahead, introducing Xu Chuniang into the courtyard.
“Wait here, Lord Capital Leader will soon return to summon you.”
After saying that, the two puppets headed towards the gate.
As they left, they looked back at her from time to time, discussing something like exchanging words and letting out odd laughter.
Xu Chuniang only acted as if she didn’t know, her eyes leaving no trace as she surveyed the compound.
In this round of looking, she did find quite a few puppets.
From the large to the three feet tall puppet guards with a calm and steady breath, to the small to the palm-sized, dexterous and realistic puppet birds and beasts.
There were no less than dozens of puppets of various colors in the courtyard.
The strength of these puppets, there are weak and strong, the strongest even has no weaker than the Refining Void mid-range breath.
Just as she was sizing up these puppets, the door of the room creaked and was pushed open from the inside.
A half-human tall puppet wolf stared at her for several breaths and opened its mouth to spit out human words.
“Are you Xu Chuniang, whose whereabouts are unknown after killing Ji Xin?”
“I am.”
As the puppet wolf sized her up, Xu Chunniang similarly sized it up.
The wolf’s fur was made of some unknown material that looked soft, yet it reflected a ghostly cold gray luster.
“Come with me.”
The puppet wolf turned around and stepped into the temple, leaving only the half-unclosed door behind.
Xu Chuniang smiled and followed the puppet wolf, stepping into the room and also closing the door with her hand.
“You don’t seem to be afraid.”
On top of the steps of the main hall sat a short girl.
She tilted her head, her expression innocent and confused, her two short legs wobbling at the bottom of the tall steps, her tone very certain.
“Why should I be afraid?”
Xu Chuniang laughed lowly, as early as when she saw those exquisite puppets, she had guessed the identity of Lord Capital.
Unexpectedly, she really did come from the Goblin clan.
It was just that she didn’t know what kind of divine soul was hidden under this naive skin.
The little girl frowned, as if she hadn’t expected Xu Chuniang to be completely unafraid of herself.
However, remembering all the information she had once learned, she understood something else.
The other party must have something to rely on if they were able to cross the ranks and kill the enemy.
“In just half a year, you were actually able to break through from the middle Transformation God stage to the middle Refining Void stage, spanning a large realm, your cultivation speed is really fast.”
“Barely, I wonder what Lord Capital Leader is looking for me for?”
“Originally, I wanted to teach you a lesson, then make you into a puppet and trap you by my side day after day.”
The little girl said and smiled as if she had gotten some beloved toy, “But now, I’ve changed my mind.”
“Oh, why?”
“There’s a shortage of materials for refining puppets, and recently I’ve consumed too much of them, and I don’t have any in my hands to take advantage of them.”
The little girl was a bit regretful, “Once the living soul is taken down, it has to be immediately refined into the puppet’s body, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced.”
“From the looks of it, I’ve escaped, but I have to thank Lord Capital Leader.”
Xu Chuniang raised her eyes, slowly swept her eyes at the puppet wolf prostrate at the little girl’s feet, and asked in a seemingly careless manner.
“Lord Capital Leader is from the Spirit Realm?”
“This was never a secret in the first place, but of course, it’s limited to the royal city.”
The little girl sighed leisurely, “I accidentally arrived in this shitty place, and in order to survive, I could only turn to the Devil’s Way.
The Demon Realm is so boring, no matter where we are it’s always this gloomy weather, annoying.” Speaking here, she did not hide the look of disgust on her face.
Xu Chuniang blinked, following her words and asked, “Since you don’t like the Devil Realm, then why doesn’t Lord Capital Leader want to find a way to leave?”
“You think I don’t want to? Isn’t it because the boundary wall is too thick?”
The little girl rolled her eyes nonchalantly, “If you want to open the direct passage between the Devil Realm and the Spirit Realm, you need at least three Mahayana cultivators to combine their efforts.
There are only three Demon Emperors in the entire Demon Cloud Continent, and they still don’t see eye to eye with each other, so if I want to return to the Spirit Realm, it’s impossible for me to do so in my lifetime.”
She spoke in a low tone, looking as if she had already resigned herself to her fate.
“Is that so?”
Xu Chuniang pulled her lips into a light smile, knowing that if she continued to test the waters, the other party wouldn’t reveal any more information, so she didn’t bother to make a false move.
With a slight lift of her hand, the strong wind that flicked out from her fingertips extinguished the candles in one corner of the main hall.
A wisp of curling green smoke replaced the bright candlelight, and the light in the hall dimmed.
The puppet wolf arched its body to look at Xu Chuniang, its two black wolf pupils seeping with a bit of cold light.
The soft fur on its body had also been rooted up at some point.
The little girl’s smooth instep stepped on the wolf’s head, smoothing its fur from head to toe, and the puppet wolf lay down meekly.
“What are you doing extinguishing my candles for a good reason? Could it be that you, the Demon Race, are naturally inclined to stay in shady places?”
“You devil race.”
Xu Chuniang repeated these words, a smile, if any, at the corner of her mouth.
“It seems that you weren’t suited to your new identity after you switched to the Devil’s Way.”
The smile on the little girl’s face was slightly restrained, and a hint of viciousness showed in her condescending eyes.
“Not bad, I do dislike this hellish place, and I also hate the demonic cultivator’s fellow cannibalism! All of these lowly, disgusting cultivators deserve to die!”
As the words fell, the puppet wolf under her feet moved.
It pounced towards Xu Chuniang, as fast as a shadow of light.
Xu Chuniang raised her eyelids, and at some point, the Demon Suppressor Sword had been quietly gripped in her hand.
She slashed across the blade towards the puppet wolf, and the two clashed, emitting a piercing sound of gold and stone.
After the puppet wolf was hacked away, it rolled on the ground and shook its fur in a majestic manner, actually unharmed.
The little girl’s face did not show, but in her heart, she was a little surprised, and her gaze fell on the knife in Xu Chuniang’s hand.
Measuring the long knife in her hand, her face, gradually became astonished.
This was …… a long knife made from the Zhen Demon Stone!
The Demon Suppressing Stone had restraining powers against the Demon Race and was extremely difficult to refine.
Since the other party was able to refine the long knife made from the Zhen Demon Stone, it meant that she had something on her that could restrain the Zhen Demon Stone!
The little girl’s face changed, looking towards the puppet wolf that pounced in front of Xu Chuniang once again, she shouted in a loud voice, “Little Ash, come back!”
However, it was still too late.
The puppet wolf was bent on killing for her, and when it heard the cry, its claws had already slapped at the head of the female cultivator in front of it, like a stray arrow that had to be sent.
Xu Chuniang’s eyes were slightly cold, as her cultivation progressed, she was able to control more and more Underworld Fire.
Since this puppet wolf’s fur was extraordinarily sturdy, and even the Demon Suppressor Blade couldn’t destroy it, then let’s try the Underworld Fire!
Black flames surged up silently, wrapping around the puppet wolf’s claws and melting them into a ball of iron.
The puppet wolf wailed and busily retreated back, one of its front claws already unformed.
“Little Ash!”
The little girl was heartbroken and hurriedly took a few steps forward to hug the puppet wolf.
Although Little Ash was a puppet, her puppet art was exquisite, and when the puppet body was injured, Little Ash would also be in pain!
(End of chapter)