Medicine Puppet King

"If you want to thank me, why not agree to my request?" Lin Mu looked at Medusa with a mischievous grin.

Medusa did not even spare Lin Mu a glance. She headed straight toward the distorted space ahead, and the others rose into the air after her, arriving before it as well.

"Whether we can find the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid and a way to control the Calamity Poison Body depends on what lies beyond this space."

Lin Mu took a deep breath. "Let's go."

As the three entered the distorted space, the surrounding scene changed instantly. When the images around them appeared again, they discovered that they had arrived in an even more vast space.

At the deepest part of this enormous space stood a colossal stone stele, surrounded by towering stone pillars. They seemed to form a unique formation, profound and mysterious.

Before the stone stele stood a stone platform.

Near the platform, hazy green energy flowed with vigorous life force. It was incredibly mysterious, as though it were guarding something, circling the stone platform in an endless rotation.

"That is..."

Medusa's pupils suddenly contracted. Her gaze pierced through the life energy and landed on the very center of the stone platform.

There was a depression there, from which faint Seven-Colored Light radiated outward, reflecting across the enormous space.

"Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid!"

A smile curved across Lin Mu's lips. "Looks like this trip wasn't in vain."

"Let's go take a look."

Before Lin Mu could say anything, Medusa had already flown forward. Having learned his lesson earlier, Lin Mu did not trust Medusa to go alone and hurried after her.

Xiao Yi Xian did not follow the two of them. Instead, her delicate brows furrowed as though she were searching for something nearby.

After looking around, Xiao Yi Xian finally found some scattered writing on a wall to the side.

"This writing... is very similar to the Seal Rune information at the entrance. It's just too fragmented. I can only barely make out some of it, and I'll need time to decipher it..."

Xiao Yi Xian stared at the writing on the stone wall, slowly speaking in intermittent fragments.

"This venerable one... devoted his life to... the Creation Technique... At the place of my death, I left behind four... of my most... satisfactory creations..."

Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly brushed away the dust covering the rest of the stone wall, wanting to read what remained.

"Creation Technique... I've never heard of such an art. Just who was this Dou Venerate expert..."

Xiao Yi Xian looked at the remaining words and continued deciphering the information.

"This creation is called... a Medicine Puppet. This venerable one left behind nine..."

"Two with strength... of Nine-star Dou Ancestors...!"

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened instantly, and deep terror flashed through them. "Two Nine-star Dou Ancestor experts... The five from before must have been Medicine Puppets too. If those two Nine-star Dou Venerate Medicine Puppets are still here, then..."

Xiao Yi Xian suddenly turned around, but at the instant she did, she caught sight of the remaining words.

"Unfortunately... those two Medicine Puppets were flawed and were scrapped here..."

Only then did Xiao Yi Xian let out a deep breath of relief. Turning to look at the unharmed Lin Mu and Medusa, she felt that she had been overly nervous. She had actually thought Dou Zong experts were gatekeepers.

Being able to leave behind five Medicine Puppets at the Peak Dou Emperor level was already extremely remarkable.

The writing afterward gradually became clearer, and Xiao Yi Xian deciphered it in one go. "This venerable one left behind five Medicine Puppets with strength comparable to Peak Dou Emperors to guard this place."

"Once the Medicine Puppets are destroyed, the final defensive mechanism will activate, releasing this venerable one's remaining two Medicine Puppet Kings, each possessing the strength of a Three-star Dou Ancestor..."

Three-star Dou Ancestors... two of them...

Xiao Yi Xian abruptly turned around. "Lin Mu, be careful!"

Lin Mu froze at her words. Just as he was about to stop, the space ahead suddenly shattered. An afterimage stirred up a torrential surge, and overwhelming Dou Qi fluctuations swept over them, slamming into the unprepared Medusa and Lin Mu!

"Boom!"

Lin Mu and Medusa were struck hard. Both were blasted backward and landed beside Xiao Yi Xian.

"Damn it, what is this now?"

Lin Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and turned toward Medusa. She was clearly injured as well, raising her head to stare at the space ahead. There, space had collapsed, and two figures slowly emerged.

Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Mu and Medusa what she had just deciphered.

"Damn it. So the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid is guarded by two Medicine Puppet Kings with strength comparable to Three-star Dou Ancestors?"

Medusa rose to her feet. At the same time, the two Medicine Puppet Kings stepped through the void toward them, their terrifying auras spreading invisibly. Even a powerful expert like Medusa felt immense pressure.

"Lin Mu, we should leave as soon as possible. These Medicine Puppet Kings are too powerful."

Xiao Yi Xian spoke to Lin Mu. She did not understand just how terrifying the levels of Dou Emperor and Dou Zong truly were. She was only a small Dou Zhe, but she knew that the Medicine Puppet Kings were not opponents Lin Mu and Medusa could defeat right now.

"Leaving may be difficult now."

Lin Mu gave a bitter smile. Only then did he notice that the distorted space behind them had already vanished.

[Special system mission triggered: Break this deadlock. The host only needs to survive against the Medicine Puppet Kings to obtain one chance to draw a random cultivation technique!]

Lin Mu gritted his teeth. "Looks like we have no choice but to risk our lives."

"Hmph, they're only puppets. So what if they're Three-star Dou Ancestors? Do they think this queen would fear them?"

A magnificent longsword appeared in Medusa's hand as Dou Qi surged from within her body. Seeing this, Lin Mu said to Xiao Yi Xian, "Xiao Yi Xian, since the stone wall records information about these Medicine Puppets, there may be a way to counter them."

"Medusa and I will buy you time."

As he spoke, Lin Mu vanished. Violent Dou Qi fluctuations erupted ahead.

"Lin Mu!"

Xiao Yi Xian's face filled with anxiety. She began searching the surrounding stone walls.

"Boom!"

Space shattered as Lin Mu and Medusa appeared ahead. Lin Mu waved his hand, unleashing blazing radiance. The Kun Peng Method burst forth with dazzling Golden Light, gathering upon the Purple Spirit Sword in his hand. With a single slash, boundless sword light erupted, seemingly carrying the phantom image of a Kun Peng. The space along its path twisted and repeatedly broke apart before repairing itself, a terrifying sight.

Lin Mu's attack was extremely decisive. Dou Zong experts were different from Peak Dou Emperors. Even a half-step Dou Zong would eventually be defeated by a true Dou Zong expert in a prolonged battle, let alone when there were two Medicine Puppet Kings now!

"I'll find a way to hold these Medicine Puppet Kings back. Take the chance to seize the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid," Lin Mu said to Medusa in a grave voice.