Refining a Living Puppet II

Ordinary puppet-refining methods might produce bodies as hard as steel and immune to pain.

But a puppet was still just a puppet. It possessed no combat experience of its own and relied entirely on brute force.

Wei Yang naturally had no interest in refining such puppets.

A perfect puppet needed not only a body like metal and immunity to pain, but also seasoned combat experience and methods of killing.

Ordinary puppets were controlled by their master's mind. If the master did not pay attention, then no matter how strong the puppet was, it would appear stiff and sluggish. Such puppets were dead puppets, nowhere near perfect.

To solve this flaw, the puppet had to possess a certain degree of intelligence and combat experience.

Yao Xiaotian was no ordinary figure. Having become a Dou Saint, he naturally did not lack combat experience. Thus, as long as his remnant soul could be refined and fused with the puppet body, the resulting living puppet would be a true killing machine.

Very soon.

"No—"

Under the searing heat of the Heavenly Flames, Yao Xiaotian's remnant soul let out one final miserable howl before his consciousness was completely reduced to nothingness.

As Yao Xiaotian's remnant soul was thoroughly refined, wisps of somewhat illusory currents were slowly extracted, appearing within the enveloping Black Flame.

This was the Soul Origin extracted from the remnant soul. Its consciousness had been erased, yet much of the combat experience from its former life had been retained.

Then, these illusory currents slowly drifted out and, under Wei Yang's control, quietly merged into the puppet's mind.

As these illusory currents seeped in, a metallic, icy gleam gradually emerged in the eyes of Yao Xiaotian's body, which had originally been empty and lifeless.

This gleam contained no emotional fluctuation, yet carried a faint