Mount Tai Immortal Venerable

Just before the spirit puppet made its move, a glint of divine light flashed through Zhao Sheng's eyes, and the sea below instantly surged into towering waves.

The waves rose like a wall toppling from the heavens, carrying the force of billions of jin as they crashed thunderously onto the pitch-black "turtle island."

Startled by such an enormous disturbance, the Ancient Crocodile Turtle immediately awoke. When its enormous, emerald-pool-like eyes opened, a trace of savage ferocity flashed within them. A layer of black light abruptly appeared over its incomparably massive shell, more than a hundred zhang thick.

Zhao Sheng had only intended to test the spirit puppet's true combat strength. He did not wish to witness an "unfair" slaughter, so he had acted in advance to awaken this descendant of a true spirit.

Boom! The spirit puppet was like a giant blade cleaving heaven and earth apart. In the blink of an eye, it split open the hundred-zhang light barrier as easily as a hot knife through butter.

The next instant, the Horse Chopping Saber struck the mountain-heavy turtle shell squarely, accompanied by an earth-shaking roar.

Spirit puppet and saber alike slammed straight into the Ancient Crocodile Turtle's body. Wherever they passed, flesh, tendons, and bones shattered together, carving out a deep, straight bloody hole.

Immediately afterward, a thick pillar of blood erupted from the hole, spraying hundreds of zhang into the sky before its momentum finally waned and it splashed down in every direction.

It was as though a torrential rain of blood had fallen from the heavens, staining the nearby sea a vast crimson expanse in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng could not help but frown slightly, feeling that he might have picked the wrong opponent this time.

The spirit puppet's body was practically