Sentinels and the Puppet Army!
The deeper they went, the more puppets Lin Bai and Tang Wei encountered.
On a mountain, Lin Bai's flying sword shot through the air and smashed a huge boulder into pieces.
After the boulder shattered, no stones flew out. Instead, scraps of steel shot in all directions.
It was clearly a puppet as well.
Only, it was an extremely ordinary spirit-stone puppet.
"We've been inside Sea Beast Island for so long, but all we've encountered are spirit-stone puppets!" Tang Wei walked over, picked up the supreme-grade spirit stone, and handed it to Lin Bai.
"I find it very strange... It seems these spirit-stone puppets were deliberately placed outside for us to kill." A peculiar thought suddenly occurred to Lin Bai.
"What do you mean?" Tang Wei asked in confusion.
"I'm not entirely sure. Senior Sister Tang Wei, since entering Sea Beast Island, we've already killed more than thirty spirit-stone puppets. Most of them were standing in the forests or on the mountains."
"They weren't hiding, nor did they take the initiative to attack. They gave me the feeling that they were like sentinels stationed on the outskirts of an army."
Lin Bai slowly shared his doubts with Tang Wei.
After hearing Lin Bai's analysis, Tang Wei nodded as well. That was indeed possible.
"I never thought Junior Brother Lin Bai had lived a military life?" Tang Wei asked with great interest.
"Heh, to tell you the truth, I'm from the Barren Ancient Continent. I once led troops into battle there and even rendered some meritorious service, earning the title of Iron-Blooded Sword King." Lin Bai gave a bitter smile and rubbed his nose.
When he thought of the Barren Ancient Continent, images of Bai Xiaoxiao, Jian Ruohan, Ye Suxin, and his parents and friends involuntarily