Experimenting on a Dou Huang Puppet

The parts vanished in a flash of white light, leaving behind a secret manual on the ground.

Yang Shan picked it up, glanced at it, and then stored it in his Storage Ring.

Purple Word Seal Mystic Rank Middle-Level cultivation technique.

It can barely sell for three thousand yuan.

Yang Shan pondered:

"This isn't going to work. 40% of the core treasures are on the fifth level, and the remaining 60% are distributed in the first few levels. It's not like we can't find a single one!"

Yang Shan decided to change his strategy.

The meaning behind the four words "core treasure" is not simple.

Take Misty Cloud Sect for example. Its sect's most important inheritance is Earth Rank Low-Level Technique with Purple Word Seal, which also includes three Earth-rank Dou Technique: "Wind Fiend Annihilation Gang", "Great Compassion Wind Rending Hand", and "Wind Extreme - Meteor Kill".

But the core secrets are clearly not limited to this.

In terms of Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills, the Mystic Rank Advanced Dou Skills "Wind Extreme - Sunset Radiance," which can only be learned by the Great Elder and their personal disciples, as well as the Mystic Rank Middle-Level skills "Flying Floss Movement Technique" and "Wind Whirlwind Wall," can all be considered "core treasures" as long as they can be used to cultivate core high-level personnel.

Although the Mystic Refinement Sect promotes both cultivation and weapon crafting, its main Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills should be no worse than those of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Therefore, as long as it is a "core treasure", it must be at least a high-level Xuan-rank with Purple Word Seal or Mystic Rank Middle-Level with Golden Word Seal.

Both are priced starting at 50,000 RMB.

If you manage to get your hands on a low-rank Dou Technique, you can easily sell it for a million or so!

This rusty longsword had been trembling in Yang Shan's hands at least thirty times, so Yang Shan already had a rough estimate of its strength.

Next, Yang Shan will continue to expand the scope and record the rooms that have a high frequency of feedback from the tokens, and then select the room with the most intense feedback.

While Yang Shan was still making his selections, Su Yitang shouted in the group chat:

"Boss, boss, I'm on the second floor!"

Yang Shan: "You should find a room yourself first, starting from the south. I've already searched the north area extensively. If you don't find a frequently used one, I'll give you the coordinates of another room."

Su Yitang: "Okay, the boss is so nice to me, hehe!"

Yang Shan jokingly said, "Hey, what are you talking about! I, the boss of this company, am now acting like I'm working for your employees! Go find them now!"

Su Yitang: "Oh, okay, okay. This humble employee will obey the boss's orders!"

Before long, Zhu Tianpeng and his two good buddies Chao Bafang, arrived at the second floor hand in hand.

Chao Bafang: "Great God! A lot of players have arrived on the first floor!"

Zhu Tianpeng: "They're all men, I haven't seen a single flower, it's really strange!"

Yang Shan: "You went to the Profound Moon Tribe to find female players?"

Zhu Tianpeng: "Damn! So they're those old perverts from the Profound Moon Tribe. I need to go to the Profound Moon Tribe sometime and pick a lucky female Snake-People NPC to be my maid!"

It's not surprising that Zhu Tianpeng knew about the Profound Moon Tribe.

After all, there was already a hot post on the forum that received a million replies in just three days! The Profound Moon Tribe is full of alluring Snake-People! Moreover, in the original work, the only Serpent-People tribe who appeared were Medusa Queen, the Four Great Elders, and the leaders of the Eight Great Tribes.

Therefore, other Snake-People, in theory, do not belong to the original NPCs. NPCs without the "original work buff" will have a much lower affinity rate.

Many old perverts even gave up the favorable conditions of their original forces, exchanged all their contribution points for Dou Technique, equipment or pills, and then came to the Tagor Desert, declaring that they would be the son-in-law of the Profound Moon Tribe from now on!

But faced with Zhu Tianpeng's boastful words, Yang Shan retorted:

"A maid? You're dreaming! If you want a Snake-People woman to be your maid, your favorability rating needs to be below ninety!"

Zhu Tianpeng: "It's okay, Brother Yang. I have the girl-chasing techniques you taught me. I'm sure I can win her over!"

Su Yitang: "Wow!"

Chao Bafang: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Su Yitang: "I just passed by a room where the knife in my hand was shaking violently, like an electric toy."

Yang Shan: "I have to admire your speeding on this lousy road!"

Su Yitang: "Hehe, I'm used to it, I'm going in first, good luck to you guys!"

Yang Shan had basically explored the entire northern area and found the house where the token had the strongest feedback.

"Lao Zhu, Ba Fang, hurry up! Now that players have arrived on the first floor, players from other places shouldn't be far behind!"

After saying that, Yang Shan kicked the room as usual! The room seemed no different from the previous one.

But the puppet in the very center is no longer the previous Brass Puppet!

[Special Silver Puppet] (Special Combat Power Item)

Combat power standard: Nine-Star Dou Wang

Durability: 105000 Attack: 1900 Defense: 1750 Speed: 650 These stats are more than a level higher than the Brass Puppet.

Its attack and defense stats even surpass those of a fifth-tier King of Beasts, and its durability is more than double that of the Brass Puppet encountered previously.

This Special Silver Puppet is also sitting in a chair.

But the moment Yang Shan entered, the silver puppet's eyes lit up with a red light, and it actually spoke in a hoarse voice, "Die!"

Then, the silver puppet suddenly stood up and clenched its fist, smashing it towards Yang Shan's face! Unfortunately, with the amplification from the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, Yang Shan's speed attribute had already exceeded 1,000.

If one were to activate their Dou Qi Transformation Wings, their speed could easily exceed two thousand.

The Silver Puppet's speed was as slow as a tortoise compared to Yang Shan's! Dodging the Silver Puppet's fist with a quick movement, Yang Shan's Blood Roar Blade, crackling with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, slammed into the Silver Puppet's waist! -3225!

The silver golem reacts much faster and moves much more nimbly than the Brass Puppet.

However, faced with absolute speed, the Silver Golem could only punch and kick at thin air.

Yang Shan did not use any high-energy-consuming Dou Technique to speed up the end of the battle.

Because he knew very well that the enemies he would face in this large-scale dungeon were not these puppets, but players and NPCs!

You have to use your Dou Qi sparingly.

However, the pills used to replenish Dou Qi must not be skimped on.

Try to keep your fighting Dou Qi in a relatively abundant state.

This silver puppet should be considered one of the top combat forces in the second level. If he, the number one player in Battle Through the Heavens, still has to fight it with exceptional difficulty.

What role can other players play in the next three floors?

The silver puppet has 100,500 health points, which means it would only take Yang Shan about thirty hits.

Yang Shan's "Tyrant Blade" technique had only reached the seventh level when the silver puppet was chopped to pieces by Yang Shan.

It's obvious that the materials used to forge the Silver Golem are far inferior to those used for the Blood Roar Blade.

The Silver Golem drops a secret manual.

[Luo Ling Palm] (Purple Word Seal)

Rank: Advanced Xuan Rank

The Mystic Rank Advanced Dou Skills with Purple Word Seal is a profound Dou Technique that only True Disciple of the Mystic Refinement Sect, which once had several Dou Zong, would be qualified to learn.

This is already qualified to be a core treasure! I'm sure many rich people would be willing to spend 60,000 or 70,000 to get their hands on this Dou Technique! Just as Yang Shan put the manual into his Storage Ring, he heard Su Yitang shout, "Boss, boss, there's a silver Four-Armed Puppet in the southwest direction, and it has a key on its forehead!"

Yang Shan: "Okay, I'll be right there!"

When Yang Shan arrived at the battlefield, Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng were shouting in unison:

"Brothers united, their strength can break metal! Mix water and soil, Cemented Heart!"

Zhu Tianpeng's Beast Water and the Beast Soil from Chao Bafang merged together, forming mud and sand, which submerged the Four-Armed Puppet within two breaths, leaving only its head exposed.

The Four-Armed Puppet, unable to move, could do nothing but utter hoarse roars.

Su Yitang then unleashed her wind power, accurately striking the Four-Armed Puppet on the forehead and forcefully severing the key embedded in it.

Su Yitang took the key and used a gentle breeze to lift it to Yang Shan: "Boss, you go to the third floor first!"

Why does Yang Shan, who is used to being a lone wolf, still sign these three employees?

With Top Player to cooperate with, it's quite a comfortable experience.

Yang Shan didn't even need to worry about anything; the key to the third floor just appeared.

Yang Shan shared five coordinates in the group chat. "These five are the ones I found where the tokens reacted the most. If you still can't find any good rooms, try your luck in these rooms. I'm leaving now!"

Su Yitang: "Boss, keep it up! I hope you can come up with some powerful Wind Attribute Dou Technique!"

Chao Bafang: "Actually, Earth Attribute are fine too. I don't need gun techniques, but palm techniques, fist techniques, leg techniques, and body techniques are all acceptable. I'm not picky."

Zhu Tianpeng: "Ba Fang! Watch out behind you!"

"What?"

Chao Bafang was currently using his halberd to parry the two arms of the silver puppet.

But I never expected that the silver puppet's arm would have a mechanism!

Two other arms suddenly stretched out and circled around from both sides of the Chao Bafang.

Not only that, but tiny needles also sprouted from the palms of these two arms! At the critical moment, Chao Bafang and activated his Dou Qi Armor: "Haha! This general is no longer the ignorant newbie he once was. This general's chrysanthemum will be protected by this general himself!"

Yang Shan shook his head repeatedly.

Despite the intense atmosphere of this large-scale secret realm, Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng remained as cheerful as ever.

What a great mindset! Yang Shan's figure disappeared from the second floor.

The third level before us was completely different from the second! It was a wasteland strewn with weapons! Swords, knives, spears, clubs, axes, halberds, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, claws—all sorts of things! There were no system prompts whatsoever.

Yang Shan tried to touch the nearest longsword with the Blood Roar Blade.

Roar! Suddenly, a metallic head with blood-red eyes and a mouth with fangs emerged from the ground. As it roared, it gripped the longsword in its hand and thrust it toward Yang Shan.

Yang Shan retaliated with a slash!

Cut off the puppet's head directly.

Yang Shan complained, "Damn! Nine-Star Dou Wang level puppet didn't even make me blink, but now I'm being scared by a Seven-Star Dou Ling puppet!"

The puppet's combat strength was only at the Seven-Star Dou Ling level, which is why Yang Shan killed it instantly with a single strike! The puppet released its grip on the sword.

Before it even hit the ground, Yang Shan used his Soul Strength to pull it into his hand.

Blue Word Seal: Hundred Refinements Grade, trash! Yang Shan then used the Blood Roar Blade to touch several more weapons in succession.

Every time a weapon is touched, a puppet will inevitably emerge from the ground and attack Yang Shan.

After Yang Shan roughly understood the situation, he did not try to trigger any more weapons.

Every weapon on the wasteland was rusty, and their true nature would only be revealed after the relevant puppets were killed.

Therefore, there is no way to use experience to determine which weapons are of higher quality.

Yang Shan took out his rusty longsword, hoping to determine something from the token's reaction.

After walking around for a while, the rusty longsword didn't react at all!

"This layer isn't working?"

Yang Shan put away his rusty longsword and made his decision after only three seconds of consideration.

Since there's no way to determine the quality of the weapon.

Then let's win by sheer volume!

Yang Shan had read many quotes from scumbags, one of which was. "Solve the quantity problem first, then consider the quality problem."

A Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning the heavens appeared on Yang Shan's Yang Shan index finger. With a flick of his finger, the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning transformed into a seven-inch snake that rampaged across the wasteland!

The Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning was so fast that it struck more than 300 weapons in just five seconds.

The ground gushed forth like a spring, and one puppet after another rose from the ground.

One particular shade of gold stood out! This puppet wielded two Tiger Head Broadsword and was even clad in full, heavy armor! [Golden General Puppet] (Special Combat Item)

Combat power standard: Six Star Dou Emperor

Durability: 550,000 Attack: 3,500 Defense: 3,200 Speed: 800 Description: The Golden General Puppet is a masterpiece created by the Mystic Refinement Sect's high-level executives over ten years. Compared to ordinary puppets, the Golden General Puppet possesses higher intelligence.

Yang Shan was completely baffled:

Holy crap! 550,000 durability!

As expected of a puppet, if you only look at the stats, the combat attributes of this Golden General Puppet are even more outrageous than those of Fan Lao, the Blood Sect Master, who is ranked Four Star Dou Huang on the Black-Corner Region Black Ranking and has Golden Word Seal.

With durability comparable to 550,000 health points and 3,200 defense points, even if Yang Shan stacked the sword intent of the "Tyrant Blade" technique seven times, he would still need to strike nearly three hundred times to deplete the Golden General Puppet's durability! Moreover, among the puppets that emerged from the ground, many had combat power at the Dou Wang, and there were even more than a dozen Silver-rank puppets! The Golden General Puppet pointed its longsword at Yang Shan and roared, "Kill!"

As expected of a masterpiece created by the Mystic Refinement Sect's higher-ups over ten years, it can even command low-level puppets.

It's a pity these puppets can't fly.

Crimson Light Wings appeared on his back, carrying Yang Shan directly into the sky.

The Golden General Puppet looked up and made a sound again:

"Don't run!"

The armor on the back of the Golden General Puppet had changed; a large number of metal pieces had been pieced together to form a pair of golden wings.

With a flap of its golden wings, the Golden General Puppet soared into the air!

Yang Shan had anticipated this.

It's normal for a puppet at the Dou Wang level not to fly.

But if you reach the Dou Emperor level, you can't even fly.

That must be a problem with the manufacturing process! It's not like a high-level weapon refiner or a high-level Array Inscriptionist would forget that a Dou Emperor can fly!

Creating a Dou Emperor puppet that can only Dou Ling? Isn't that ridiculous? This Golden General Puppet is flying quite fast; Yang Shan roughly estimates it to be around 1,600 speed.

Unfortunately, if one cannot keep up with Yang Shan in terms of speed, given Yang Shan's skills, it is virtually impossible for the opponent to gain the upper hand! After all, it is a puppet at the level of Six Star Dou Emperor, Yang Shan must give it sufficient respect.

Putting everything else aside, let's keep our distance and not give the Golden General Puppet a chance to get close.

"Cloud Piercing Flicking Finger," five shots per second! It's still quite useful for ranged Dou Technique, especially with the amplification from the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning. Yang Shan's Finger Strength strikes are so fast that the Golden General Puppet can't even react.

The only option is to take the damage from the Finger Strength -on.

The damage amplification of "Cloud Piercing Flicking Finger"Finger Strength is not much different from the seven-layer sword aura of "Tyrant Blade", but it consumes 10 points of Dou Qi.

But we can't be too stingy with our Dou Qi now.

After all, the overall combat power of this Golden General Puppet is roughly equivalent to a one- or two-star Purple Word Seal Dou Emperor.

Not much different from Yuan Yi, the Eight Gates Sect Master who died at Yang Shan's hands before. (Yuan Yi's seal was - Purple; Rise.) The Golden General Puppet's defense was too high. Yang Shan's gloves were only of the highest grade with Purple Word Seal. The attack boost and equipment characteristics were completely different from the Blood Roar Blade.

After calculating the level suppression, each of Yang Shan's Finger Strength can cause less than a thousand points of damage!

Therefore, after unleashing the five Finger Strength, Yang Shan abandoned this long-range kite-flying combat method.

We still have to use a knife!

However, before that, Yang Shan had to conduct an experiment.

The creation of advanced puppets requires not only high-grade materials for refining the body and array seals.

They also need to use a "special soul" whose memory has been erased, leaving only the fighting consciousness, as the "central hub" for the puppet's action commands.

Fifteen phantom images of demonic beasts appeared behind Yang Shan.

With a snap of his fingers, the phantoms roared in unison!

The sound waves, mixed with a soul impact, directly blew the Golden General Puppet into a tumbling motion in mid-air!

Yang Shan was eager to see how the Golden General Puppet would react after being attacked by a soul.

The Golden General Puppet barely survived the "Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls," but the flapping of its wings began to become uncoordinated, and it almost lost its balance and fell to the ground.

However, the Golden General Puppet managed to regain its footing and charged at Yang Shan with its twin swords.

However, when the golden puppet general opens its mouth to make a sound, it is just a hoarse roar, without any accurate pronunciation.

Yang Shan also activated his Scarlet Wings and crashed head-on into it.

With his Blood Roar Blade in hand, Yang Shan hacked wildly at the puppets.

The puppet general, wielding twin swords, slashed wildly at the air! Just as expected.

Although the puppet can still move, its movements are noticeably more sluggish than before! If nothing unexpected happens, the soul within the puppet has been completely shattered by the "Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls".

Now, the only thing that drives this puppet general is the array engraved inside.

Exchanging 500 points of Dou Qi for this experimental result is a huge profit.

This gave Yang Shan greater confidence when facing the puppets on the fourth and fifth levels.

If nothing unexpected happens, the top-tier puppets on the last two levels will be even stronger than the Golden General Puppet, and there's even a possibility that Dou Zong- level puppet will appear! "The Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls" will be Yang Shan's ultimate weapon to counter the puppets! Without the soul to drive it, the Golden General Puppet has become a fish on the chopping board.

However, this 550,000 health points are like a crocodile's.

It was indeed quite difficult to defeat! Yang Shan kept fighting until Su Yitang reached the third level before finally killing the Golden General Puppet! And the treasure dropped by the Golden General Puppet caught Yang Shan's eye! [Iron Blood Gauntlet] (Purple Word Seal)

Quality: Low-Grade Spirit Artifact

Attack +450 Special: Increases the power of related Dou Technique by 18% and reduces Dou Qi consumption by 20%.

Limitations: Special effects are halved after reaching the Three Star Dou Huang, and have no effect on Eight Star Dou Huang and above.