Chapter 730: Chapter 729: Why Seek a Dead End?

Chapter 730: Chapter 729: Why Seek a Dead End?

“Not good!”

The Respected Huangquan felt a bad omen, as if it wasn’t a hoe that the puppet had raised, but a sharp heavenly blade!

“Huangquan Secret Art!”

Just as the hoe slammed down, the Respected Huangquan hastily used his life-saving secret art, transforming his entire body into the waters of Huangquan.

The waters of Huangquan were split in two by the hoe, forming two clusters of water.

The two clusters hastily retreated, merged, and once again took on the form of the Respected Huangquan.

“Huff huff huffâ€””

With lingering fears, the Respected Huangquan watched the puppet.

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A mere hoe strike had brought him to the brink of a life-and-death crisis, pushing him into a desperate situation.

How could the Seek Dao Sect have such a high-level puppet?

As far as he knew, even the Yanshi Sect, one of Great Xia’s super-grade sects and the most skilled in puppet crafting today, couldn’t create the puppet before him.

Then who had crafted it!

Fear flickered in the eyes of the Respected Huangquan.

The depths of the Seek Dao Sect were truly terrifying.

Even with foreign invaders, they still had the strength to guard their treasury, and it was guarded by a puppet of Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

Quickly, the fear in his eyes vanished, replaced by a thick ridicule.

He wasn’t a character to be scared off by mere puppets.

This puppet was made of special materials, extremely hard to destroy by brute force.

“But the gap between a puppet and a cultivator can’t be bridged by puppetry arts!”

“Hereby establishing the [Rule: Within Sky Gate Mountain, spiritual essence cannot drive magic artifacts].”

Being at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage conferred the ability to establish rules; no matter how sophisticated the puppetry arts, they would be thwarted by the power of rules.

Puppets are a type of magic artifact, with two ways for them to move: one is through covert control by the puppet master, and the other is movement by the puppet itself.

A Transcendance Tribulation Stage puppet would require at least a Body Integration Realm Cultivation Level for a puppet master’s control.

If the puppet at hand was managed by a puppet master, then the puppet master was definitely not at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

If the puppet master was at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, he would control the puppet while also engaging in combat.

However, such a situation had not happened.

If there was no puppet master in control, then a self-acting puppet was nothing more than a lifeless object, certainly no match for him!

The puppet, constructed of wood, was crafted based on a female form, but the creator did not carve any facial featuresâ€”it had no face.

The puppet slightly tilted its head, and although no expression could be seen, one could imagine the puppet’s look of confusion at that moment.

Bang!

The puppet threw a punch at the Respected Huangquan’s face out of the blue, landing squarely in the center and knocking out two of his front teeth.

“How is this possible!”

The Respected Huangquan was so panicked that he didn’t even care about his knocked-out teeth.

He was certain the rule he had established was in effect, and because the range of the rule he set was very narrow, it was highly constraining, so much so that even he couldn’t use magic artifacts.

Yet the puppet moved with ease!

The puppet clearly had no intention of offering an explanation, and with a kick it knocked over the Respected Huangquan.

The Respected Huangquan’s eyes grew more sinister.

Originally, he wished to end the battle quickly, as he’d sneaked in unnoticed.

Being discovered by people from the Seek Dao Sect was very likely to tip off those in the bamboo grove, potentially moving the battlefield here.

But now he could no longer afford such concerns.

“Nether Fierce Ghost Technique, Huangquan Ferrying, Naihe’s Three Sighs!”

Huangquan arose, corroding the earth, with thousands of Fierce Ghosts wandering about, exuding mournful sighs of resentment, reaching to the heavens almost materializing, transforming Sky Gate Mountain into what seemed like a purgatory on earth, unbearable to endure.

The Respected Huangquan held nothing back.

This was his ace technique, the one that allowed him to dominate an entire era.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

In that era, the mere mention of “Huangquan” would plunge cultivators into panic and despair.

This move was too ostentatious; not only the disciples hiding in the core area, but also the Elders fighting in the bamboo forest sensed the disturbance from Sky Gate Mountain.

At first, they were alarmed, realizing there was an invasion by external enemies.

But when they noticed the source of the commotion was Sky Gate Mountain, they dismissed it as nothing and continued their entanglement with the enemies before them.

The puppet, as if it hadn’t seen the move from the Underworld Master, strode forward with a hoe in hand, stepping on the corrosive waters of the netherworld, its soles remaining completely unharmed.

Fierce Ghosts living in the netherworld rushed towards it, howling, but with a single sweep of its hoe, all the ghosts and demons were dispelled.

“How is this possible!”

The Underworld Master was flabbergasted, this was his strongest move, and the puppet couldn’t possibly be unscathed!

The puppet swung its hoe in a simple motion, inescapable, each strike terrifying as if the sky were collapsing, quickly leaving the Underworld Master covered in wounds.

Seeing the hoe, bearing the breath of death, raised again, he didn’t hesitate, disregarding the consequences, he once more used the netherworld secret technique and fled towards the peak of Sky Gate Mountain at full speed!

He couldn’t keep entangled any longer, only by finding Emperor Yu’s Immortal Treasure would there be a chance to break the situation!

The puppet watched the direction in which the Underworld Master ran but didn’t pursue him.

“This is the place!”

The Underworld Master sensed an intense aura of treasures, getting closer and closer!

He broke through a forest and, following the aura of treasures, arrived at a cave; with a single punch, he blew open the cave and the scent of treasures overflowed, a fragrance he had never smelled before, mesmerizing!

Emperor Yu’s Treasure was here!

The wealth of the Seek Dao Sect included everything imaginable, the deeper inside, the more precious the goods.

The treasures of the Body Integration Realm and the Transcendance Tribulation Stage were all ignored by the Underworld Master.

He arrived at the deepest part of the treasury, his eyes filled with greed as he saw Immortal Artifacts casually placed all around.

“Immortal Dao Array Diagram, ‘Extinguishing Immortal Sword Array,’ Nine Dragons Protective Aura…”

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he lifted his head towards a fruit laid out on the desk, his body trembling uncontrollably.

As a confidant of the Master of All Laws, he had once seen the Master of All Laws show his Dao Fruit Outline, a hazy fruit that contained the Dao of eternal life and the power of time, infinitely profound.

And the fruit on the desk was complete, with no signs of haziness, flawless and intact.

The Master of All Laws’ long sigh at that time still echoed in his heart.

‘Only a solid fruit is the true Dao Fruit, when will my fruit reach Consummation?’

Now, a solid and perfect fruit lay before his eyes, and he was filled with immense panic.

Was this the legendary Dao Fruit?

How could it be here?

All the Immortal Artifacts here were left by Emperor Yu, what about this Dao Fruit?

Did Emperor Yu really go to the outer world?

A myriad of questions surged in his mind, accompanied by an indescribable sense of horror.

A protracted sigh came through.

“Why seek your own demise.”

The Underworld Master turned sharply, to see at the entrance of the cave a female cultivator holding a cup of tea, the fragrance of the tea drifting gently, as if Dao melodies were flowing within.

This was the Enlightenment Tea picked just this year, also the finest quality Enlightenment Tea in the world.

The female cultivator savored her tea, blowing away the Dao melodies mixed in the tea fragrance, as if she hadn’t been the one speaking just a moment ago.

The Underworld Master was about to speak when he realized that his body had stiffened, unable to move, like a clay sculpture, watching helplessly as the female cultivator slowly approached.

The female cultivator extended a finger to touch the Underworld Master’s forehead, and his body slowly began to dissipate, turning into nothingness.