This was a Wooden Stake Array formed from towering wooden stakes. The thick stakes stood tightly packed together, and the gaps between them were filled with towering Runic Puppets.
Buzz!
The Ice Profound Sword, which had tried to fly over from the sky, was immediately shaken back by an invisible force.
"It seems flying has been prohibited here. To pass through, we'll have to break through this Wooden Stake Array."
Lin Dong put away the Ice Profound Sword that had flown back and muttered thoughtfully.
"These are nothing more than defective products that do not even qualify as entry-level puppets. They cannot threaten you. Just bulldoze your way through."
A rather familiar voice sounded by Lin Dong's ear.
Puppets were similarly divided into ranks. Ordinary Talisman Puppets were divided into low, intermediate, and advanced grades, corresponding respectively to experts of the Creation Three Realms. Spirit Puppets corresponded to Nirvana Stage experts, while Heaven Puppets corresponded to Life and Death Mysterious Stage experts. (At this level, puppets possessed genuine intelligence. In a sense, they could be considered a different kind of powerful lifeform.)
Immortal Puppets corresponded to Samsara Stage experts. The Myriad Puppet Sect, one of the Eight Great Super Sects of the Eastern Xuan Region, had several Immortal Puppets guarding its foundation.
Legend had it that beyond these ranks existed Divine Puppets, capable of confronting Cycle Stage Experts head-on. The perfect-quality Devouring Heavenly Corpse forged by the Ancestor of Devouring, one of the eight ancient ancestors, was a Divine Puppet.
The Talisman Puppets before Lin Dong were entirely pitch-black and forged from refined iron. Their strength was around the Yuan Dan Stage, so they truly did not even qualify as entry-level Low-grade Talisman Puppets. They could only be called crudely made defective products.
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