Chapter 740: The power of a fourth-level puppet!
A moment later, Lu Changsheng and Shen Yiren approached the battlefield.
They saw a tall and sturdy figure wearing a crocodile head mask, looking ferocious, who had just killed a Core Formation cultivator.
He glanced provocatively at Lu Changsheng and Shen Yiren who had arrived, then turned and left.
“One of the Forty Thieves of the Star Ocean Pirates, the Sand Sea Crocodile God!”
Lu Changsheng instantly recognized the person’s identity.
The Star Ocean Pirates roamed the Star Constellation Sea, looting everywhere, and their strength was not ordinary.
In addition to the many lackeys who used their name, there were a total of Forty Thieves!
Most of these Forty Thieves were late-stage Core Formation cultivators.
Even the weaker ones were mid-stage Core Formation cultivators with extraordinary combat power, the best among their peers!
It was because of this that the Star Ocean Pirates could rampage in the Star Constellation Sea for hundreds of years!
There was even a rumor that many of the Forty Thieves of the Star Ocean Pirates came from some of the top forces in the Star Constellation Sea!
They used this method to eliminate dissidents and plunder resources.
“Star Ocean Pirates, you have repeatedly intercepted my Goddess Palace’s goods and disciples, and now you dare to come and cause trouble!”
Seeing the Sand Sea Crocodile God turn and leave, Shen Yiren immediately scolded him and offered a bracelet magic weapon, intending to intercept him.
Although her strength made it almost impossible to kill this Star Ocean Pirate.
But this was within the sphere of influence of Penglai Island.
As long as she could hold him back for a moment, she could wait for reinforcements from Penglai Island to kill or capture this Star Ocean Pirate.
“Swoosh!”
Shen Yiren’s Five-Colored Spirit Deer was extraordinary, with colorful lights intertwined around its body, dragging out a brilliant and dazzling rainbow, approaching and intercepting the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
“Get out of the way!”
The Sand Sea Crocodile God scolded Shen Yiren, his voice hoarse and piercing, forming a black and yellow strange wind between his mouth and nose, sweeping towards Shen Yiren.
If the magic power aura on his body was not demonic, his sturdy body of more than ten feet tall and the ferocious crocodile head mask would be like a demon king!
Shen Yiren’s soft and beautiful face became a bit colder, her hands forming hand seals, causing the bracelet to bloom with sky-blue luster, enveloping the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
The Five-Colored Spirit Deer under her seat also neighed “Yo Yo”, forming a five-colored glow and sonic attack, breaking through the black and yellow strange wind.
“You little bitch don’t know what’s good for you! Do you think that just because of your two older sisters, I wouldn’t dare to touch you!”
As one of the famous Forty Thieves of the Star Ocean Pirates, the Sand Sea Crocodile God’s strength was naturally extraordinary.
Seeing Shen Yiren unrelenting, he immediately roared, and a pair of scissors like a crocodile flew out from the top of his head, roaring towards the sky-blue bracelet above.
“Clang!”
The two magic weapons instantly intertwined with terrifying magic power fluctuations.
But it could be seen that the Sand Sea Crocodile God’s offensive slightly gained the upper hand.
However, Shen Yiren dared to come forward to pursue, naturally having confidence, and sacrificed another set of needle-shaped combined magic weapons, suddenly killing out.
The Five-Colored Spirit Deer under her seat also circled with colorful light, using five-colored spiritual light and sonic attacks to interfere with the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
“Boom boom boom!”
The combined efforts of one person and one pet immediately reversed the offensive, and Shen Yiren gained the upper hand.
Lu Changsheng, who came leisurely, saw this and sacrificed a wood-attributed high-grade magic staff.
This was one of the spoils he obtained from the瀚沙幻域, and it was also the magic weapon of the Xuanmu Daoist identity.
“Boom!!!!”
The magic staff rose in the wind, like a Jianmu divine tree, filled with a heavy aura of time, falling towards the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
Facing Shen Yiren, who was already not his opponent, the Sand Sea Crocodile God’s pressure suddenly increased, breaking through the offensive and choosing to escape.
Shen Yiren immediately used the bracelet magic weapon to fully imprison and delay him.
Lu Changsheng did not fully act, maintaining his persona as a health-preserving cultivator who was not good at fighting, while thinking about the situation in his heart.
Since there was a diviner interfering with the heavenly secrets of this place, deliberately targeting Penglai Island, how could there be only one Sand Sea Crocodile God?
At least a dozen or two of the Forty Thieves of the Star Ocean should come, or one or two Nascent Soul True Monarchs?
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be purely delivering food?
However, as soon as Lu Changsheng had this thought, he felt something and looked towards the front right.
After a few breaths, a black mist-shrouded ship, as if sailing out of hell, appeared in the sky, vaguely with the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling.
“Ghost Ship? No, this is the Ghost Ship True Person, one of the Forty Thieves!”
Seeing this scene, Lu Changsheng first thought of the Ghost Ship, one of the four great natural disasters of the Star Constellation Sea.
But seeing the general appearance of the ship and the diffused magic power aura, he instantly realized that it was not the legendary Ghost Ship, but a Star Ocean Pirate!
Seeing the Ghost Ship, Shen Yiren’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, realizing that this assassination had been premeditated, and immediately transmitted a voice message: “Fellow Daoist Xuanmu, hold on for a moment, reinforcements from Penglai Island will arrive soon.”
“Okay!”
Lu Changsheng didn’t mind taking this opportunity to show himself slightly.
His hands formed hand seals, and he urged the power of the high-grade magic weapon [Ironwood Staff] to the extreme, suppressing the Sand Sea Crocodile God to death.
The yin wind howled, ghosts cried and wolves howled, and the black mist-shrouded Ghost Ship arrived in an instant, rushing straight towards Shen Yiren.
“Old Crocodile, you’re not good enough.”
At the same time, on the deck of the Ghost Ship, an old man as thin as a hemp pole appeared.
His face was ugly and fierce, holding a black opium pipe in his hand, spitting out a dark mist, his voice hoarse.
However, Lu Changsheng could see that this person’s appearance, demeanor, and aura were the same as the Sand Sea Crocodile God, disguised with some kind of magic weapon, making it difficult to see through.
“Boom!”
Before the Ghost Ship could rush over, Shen Yiren lightly patted her storage bag with her jade hand, releasing a third-order top-grade puppet, more than ten feet tall, like a tiger shark.
As the Third Palace Master of the Goddess Palace, she not only possessed many magic weapons, but also had the third-order top-grade puppet as a means of protecting her Dao.
It should be known that third-order top-grade puppets are not only difficult to build, but the materials spent are enough to refine one, or even multiple, top-grade magic weapons, and their value is high!
“Boom!”
Under Shen Yiren’s control, this giant shark puppet collided fiercely with the Ghost Ship, causing a thrilling and terrifying offensive.
The two sides confronted each other, forming energy fluctuations like a vast ocean, not falling behind in the slightest.
“I’m not needed at all.”
Lu Changsheng looked at Shen Yiren’s methods and thought to himself.
According to the hexagram, he didn’t even have room to display stronger abilities.
The latter usually looked soft and weak, gentle and amiable.
But with such methods, she was probably the most top-level existence below the Nascent Soul!
Unless a Nascent Soul True Monarch attacked her, few people would be her opponent.
“Old Crocodile, take down this woman first!”
The thin old man on the Ghost Ship shouted towards the Sand Sea Crocodile God, then sucked hard on the pipe in his hand, spitting out a black gas like a small snake.
At the same time, a snuff bottle hanging on the pipe flew out a swarm of insects like gravel.
“You little bitch, do you really think this grandpa is easy to bully!”
Hearing this, the Sand Sea Crocodile God’s tall and sturdy body suddenly swelled up a bit, surrounded by black gas, filled with a captivating qi and blood physique, urging the crocodile scissors to kill towards Shen Yiren head-on at the same time.
“Tsk tsk tsk, another large magic weapon, and both body and magic cultivation, these Forty Thieves of the Star Ocean are not simple, no wonder some people speculate that these people come from some top forces in the Star Constellation Sea.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the situation in front of him and thought to himself, while urging the [Ironwood Staff], he threw out a shield-shaped magic weapon, blocking it in front of the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
In the current situation, Shen Yiren could handle it, so he didn’t need to fully act.
Moreover, his actions also needed to conform to the situation of the “Xuanmu Daoist” persona.
Of course, the main reason was that Lu Changsheng sensed the heavenly secrets and felt that this assassination was not so simple!
“Boom boom boom!!!!”
The battle was fierce, erupting wave after wave of magic power fluctuations.
Although Lu Changsheng’s combat power was mediocre, with Shen Yiren’s Five-Colored Spirit Deer and third-order top-grade puppet, they had the upper hand.
It was just that Shen Yiren cultivated health-preserving techniques, and neither she nor her spirit pet were good at fighting, otherwise they would have quickly repelled one person.
“Shoo shoo shoo -”
Before long, reinforcements from Penglai Island arrived, one mid-stage Core Formation and two early-stage Core Formation.
They couldn’t help much in this level of battle, they could only remotely guard the formation and help suppress it.
However, with three more Core Formation-level combat forces, the suppression on Shen Yiren’s side instantly increased greatly, but the Star Ocean Pirates in front of them did not have the slightest intention of retreating.
Just as Lu Changsheng was puzzled, a vast wave suddenly came from the distance.
This wave swept through the sky and earth, setting off endless waves, directly sweeping hundreds of miles around Penglai Island.
Nascent Soul!
This was a Nascent Soul True Monarch taking action!
“Heavens, what’s going on?”
“Which Nascent Soul True Monarch is this, daring to provoke Penglai Island!”
Not only Lu Changsheng, but also the cultivators of the entire Penglai Island Immortal City sensed this terrifying power fluctuation, and their hearts were filled with fear.
They couldn’t figure out who dared to attack Penglai Island.
It should be known that in addition to the famous Goddess Palace, Penglai Island also had two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, one of the top forces in the Star Constellation Sea!
“As expected!”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought that as expected, it was normal for a Nascent Soul True Monarch to take action in such a battle.
It was just that he was also a little puzzled in his heart, which force would spend so much effort to attack Penglai Immortal City.
If it was just to打击Penglai Island’s prestige, it would not make sense at all.
Lu Changsheng pondered for a moment, then shifted his gaze forward, realizing that the two were likely stalling for time.
However, he didn’t pay too much attention, acting normally and continuing to suppress them.
After all, he was just a guest elder of Penglai Island and the Goddess Palace, and he wasn’t concerned with the schemes of Nascent Soul cultivators.
“Boom boom boom!!!”
Under the seemingly evenly matched bombardment, the ghost ship gradually flickered erratically, its aura beginning to decline.
Of course, Shen Yiren, who was controlling multiple magic weapons and a Tier 3 top-grade puppet, also gradually became short of breath, her fair and beautiful face flushed as her mana became less smooth and natural.
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng used a bit more strength, wanting to end the battle as soon as possible.
However, at this moment, from within the ghost mist surrounding the ghost ship, a ghostly figure suddenly darted out, attacking Shen Yiren.
“Careful!”
Lu Changsheng quickly reminded her, placing a shield magic weapon in front of Shen Yiren, but the latter still swayed, her face paling, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
“Poison!”
Immediately afterward, Lu Changsheng noticed a highly toxic substance spreading through the air.
His Chaos Body possessed the Calamity Poison Body, Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body, and other effects, making him incredibly sensitive to poisons.
Although this poison was colorless and odorless, enough to deceive the eyes and divine sense of many cultivators, Lu Changsheng noticed it immediately.
“Careful, there’s poison.”
Lu Changsheng immediately reminded Shen Yiren, as well as the three Core Formation cultivators not far away.
Shen Yiren’s spirit pet, the Five-Colored Spirit Deer, also sensed something was wrong, letting out a deer’s cry, and the five-colored glow enveloped Shen Yiren, isolating her aura.
But the Sand Sea Crocodile God took advantage of this gap, launching a tyrannical attack towards Shen Yiren.
Not only did he have a pair of scissors resembling a giant crocodile hovering over his head, but he also had a chain magic weapon wrapped around his hands, powerful and fierce.
“Puff!”
Shen Yiren had already been injured to some extent by the previous attack, and facing this attack, her face turned pale, she spat out blood, and staggered backward.
“Third Palace Master!”
In a moment of desperation, Lu Changsheng disregarded the impropriety between men and women and quickly stepped forward to embrace the graceful Shen Yiren, then sacrificed two Tier 3 top-grade talismans to contend with the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
Shen Yiren’s black hair was disheveled, her face pale, and using the arm that was holding her slender waist, with its azure mana, she barely stabilized herself, smelling a very pleasant, faint medicinal fragrance.
Immediately afterward, a warm, azure feeling like the morning sun surged into her body from the arm’s palm, nourishing her body’s injuries and fatigue.
This kind of intimate contact, the comfortable and steady arm, and the mana nourishment as if from the womb, made her feel a bit shy, and she had more trust and reliance on Lu Changsheng.
“Third Palace Master, are you alright?”
Lu Changsheng immediately looked at Shen Yiren with a concerned expression, smelling the elegant fragrance on her body.
“Fellow Daoist Xuanmu, the support from Penglai Island must be held up by other attacks, we must retreat quickly!”
In the distance, the Nascent Soul battle had not received support from Penglai Island and the Goddess Palace, and Shen Yiren realized that the others were entangled and could not arrive in a short time.
Under such circumstances, there was no point in continuing the fight, and they might not even be their opponents.
“Third Palace Master, why not hold on for a moment? As long as the First Palace Master arrives, the crisis will naturally be resolved?”
Although Lu Changsheng didn’t mind retreating, the current situation was suitable for him to show off.
“My sister is cultivating supernatural secret techniques, even if she has been notified, it will take time to get here, and the other party has sent Nascent Soul cultivators, they must have come prepared!”
Shen Yiren looked at Lu Changsheng, who was working hard to persevere while nourishing her body, and a warm feeling welled up in her heart.
As a guest elder of the Goddess Palace, his willingness to put in so much effort was really pleasing to her.
However, she knew why he was working so hard and didn’t want him to take risks.
“Alright.”
Hearing Shen Yiren say this, Lu Changsheng didn’t force it, turning from offense to defense, preparing to retreat with Shen Yiren.
“Hmph, want to leave!?”
Seeing this, the Sand Sea Crocodile God shouted loudly, his surging blood and mana roaring, the scissors above his head like a crocodile dragon, killing towards the two.
At the same time, the ghostly shadow that had just appeared suddenly appeared next to the three Core Formation cultivators, and a diamond-shaped piercing magic weapon suddenly pierced through the chest of one of them, blood splattering!
“Junior Sister Huang!”
The two Core Formation cultivators next to her, seeing this, were furious, using all their strength to use supernatural powers and activate talismans to protect Junior Sister Huang, but her fair face instantly turned black, indicating that the attack just now was highly poisonous.
“Nephew Huang!”
Seeing this scene, Shen Yiren also shouted in grief, activating a Tier 3 top-grade talisman, wanting to go up and save her.
But what the Sand Sea Crocodile God and Ghost Ship True Man wanted was this goal, to disturb her mind, so as to find a flaw, and the two continued to kill towards Shen Yiren.
“Third Palace Master, you go and treat Fellow Daoist Huang, leave them to me to deal with.”
Lu Changsheng saw that Junior Sister Huang’s injuries were serious now, and if she couldn’t be treated in time, she would probably die in half an hour.
If Shen Yiren knew afterward that he clearly had the ability, but didn’t choose to take action, allowing Junior Sister Huang to die, she would definitely feel resentful, so he prepared to take action.
He also took this opportunity to show off his extraordinary abilities to see if he could attract the opposite sex, as the divination said, and appear in romance!
“Fellow Daoist Xuanmu, you?”
Hearing this, Shen Yiren’s beautiful eyes were surprised and doubtful.
According to previous news, she knew that Lu Changsheng also had a Tier 3 Peng bird spirit pet.
But with one more Tier 3 Peng bird, I am afraid that it will not be able to compete with the two people in front of you?
However, the next moment.
“Shua!”
A tall puppet, full of cold metallic texture, like a steel war machine, appeared.
Although Qian Zhuyan, who only had a Tier 4 puppet body, could not be compared to a Nascent Soul True Monarch, it was more than enough to deal with Core Formation cultivators!
“Boom!”
Without using the puppet battle formation.
With just a sudden wave of his arm, the gang wind power entangled in ghost energy broke through layers of attacks, and then bombarded the Sand Sea Crocodile God’s magic shield, causing the latter’s magic shield to dim, cracks appearing, his face pale, and his mana disordered.
“This is… a Tier 4 puppet!”
The cultivators in the field, seeing this scene, were all shocked, moved, as if seeing a ghost!
Tier 3 skills and Tier 4 skills, seemingly just a hurdle, but like a chasm!
Not only does it require extremely high talent, but it also requires enough financial resources to research and practice!
But how rare and precious are Tier 4 spiritual materials!
Even Nascent Soul True Monarchs may not have so many resources to invest.
This also leads to any Tier 4 elixirs, talismans, puppets, etc., being very expensive.
Even Shen Yiren’s Tier 3 top-grade puppet was built by her sister Shen Jianjia.
The Lu Changsheng in front of him, a Core Formation cultivator, actually possessed a Tier 4 puppet, which was simply shocking.
“Third Palace Master, please rest assured.”
Lu Changsheng released Shen Yiren’s soft and elastic waist, and said softly, then threw out a stack of talismans, pinched his fingers with both hands, and began to arrange and combine them.
His identity as Xuanmu True Man, practicing health-preserving exercises, is not good at fighting, but as a talisman master, it is very normal to be proficient in talisman formations.
Therefore, Lu Changsheng plans to upgrade his identity to another level through talisman formations and Tier 4 puppets, so that he is qualified to compete with many love rivals for Shen Yiren.
It is best if the Goddess Palace sees his potential, brings him and Shen Yiren together, and then helps him obtain the Nascent Soul Pill.
“Quick battle and quick decision!”
Seeing this, Ghost Ship True Man hurriedly drove the ghost ship towards Lu Changsheng, and the ghostly shadow not far away also quietly hid in the void, killing towards Lu Changsheng.
“Hehe.”
Lu Changsheng’s expression was calm and indifferent, and he swirled the talisman formation around his body, like a talisman wall, with intertwined and flowing patterns, signaling Qian Zhuyan to quickly solve the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
“Shua!!!”
Although Qian Zhuyan’s Tier 4 puppet body was not perfect and somewhat rough, with Lu Changsheng’s help, it integrated several magic weapons, and its functions could be said to be extremely powerful.
I saw that when she continued to kill Xiangsha Sea Crocodile God, under the left arm, a magic-breaking arrow suddenly shot out, completely breaking through the opponent’s magic shield.
At the same time, a talisman arranged around Lu Changsheng’s body flew towards the Sand Sea Crocodile God.
Tier 3 Soul Shocking Talisman!
It can make people’s souls and consciousness sink and stiffen.
Even if the Sand Sea Crocodile God did not sink, he was slightly stagnant.
In the blink of an eye, Qian Zhuyan struck a blow far exceeding that of a Core Formation cultivator, causing the Sand Sea Crocodile God to bleed into the sky, and the whole person flew out horizontally.
“Shua!”
However, the next moment, from Qian Zhuyan’s left arm, another Wujin crossbow arrow flew out, piercing through the Sand Sea Crocodile God’s tall and burly body, turning into silk threads and tightly binding him.
“Let’s go!”
Seeing this, Ghost Ship True Man and You Ying knew that they were no match for this Tier 4 puppet at all.
Besides, their purpose this time was to delay time, and it would be best to capture a few important people.
But in the current situation, let alone capturing them, if they delayed any longer, they would all have to explain it here!