Human Puppets Show Their Might, Beauty in Peril

The outcome of the Sixth Elder's challenge against the Fourth Elder was easy enough to imagine.

To begin with, among the sect elders, the Sixth Elder had already been a step weaker than the Fourth Elder. Now, with one side prepared and the other caught unawares, how could the Sixth Elder alone possibly have had any chance of victory?

Before long, the Sixth Elder followed in his son's footsteps. He was blasted off the dueling platform by the Fourth Elder, and his cultivation was nearly crippled.

In an instant, the crowd erupted. Countless cultivators, elders, and retainers from the Palace Master faction looked eagerly toward Lou Mingyue in the seat of honor, hoping she would uphold "justice" in this matter.

"I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Gong." Lou Mingyue took a deep breath and cupped her hands, inviting Gong Shulan to take the field.

"If we weather this crisis, not only will I give Fellow Daoist Gong a Nascent Soul-enhancing spiritual item as previously promised, along with the experiences of Swordfire Palace's ancestors in breaking through to Spirit Transformation... I will also give Fellow Daoist Gong a Spirit Transformation relic seized by Swordfire Palace's ancestors."

Lou Mingyue knew that the "helper" invited by the Fourth Elder—Black Wolf Daoist—would not be easy to deal with. After some thought, she added this further promise to Gong Shulan.

"Swordfire Palace still has a Spirit Transformation relic?"

Gong Shulan was greatly tempted upon hearing this. If she could gain another human puppet refined from a Spirit Transformation relic, her strength would increase by at least thirty to forty percent. Among quasi-Spirit Transformation cultivators, she would squeeze into the very top ranks.

"Yet with Fellow Daoist Wei present, there should logically be no mishaps in this Heavenly Spring Grand Tournament. Lou Mingyue's victory should have