In Yan Zhe's secret treasury, the Golden Dragon God silently darted behind the Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden and savagely slammed a dragon claw into her. Accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering crystal, the Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden's body abruptly disintegrated, turning into countless thumb-sized pink crystal grains that scattered across the floor. The surrounding light and shadows flickered and shifted, and the Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden's true body had already appeared a hundred li away with her dozen or so subordinates.
The heavy fists of the nine metal puppets whipped up hurricanes as they came crashing down upon the Golden Dragon God's head from all directions.
The Golden Dragon God's sneak attack had not truly struck the Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden; it had merely shattered an illusion she had created. Using that blow from the Golden Dragon God, the Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden escaped smoothly with her subordinates, leaving the Golden Dragon God trapped within the metal puppets' encirclement instead. Furious, the Golden Dragon God threw back his head and roared. His body abruptly swelled to a hundred meters in length, then he viciously lashed his tail against one of the metal puppets.
Amid a thunderous boom, that metal puppet was shattered by the Golden Dragon God's single strike. The other eight puppets' heavy fists landed on the Golden Dragon God's body, doing no more than sending sparks flying from his dragon scales, while the metal puppets' fists snapped and shattered one after another.
The Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden witnessed this astonishing sight. Having just been besieged by the nine metal puppets herself, she naturally knew full well how powerful they were. Yet these formidable metal puppets could not even shake the Golden Dragon God's body. To the Yaoguang Heavenly Maiden, who had only barely held on by exerting every ounce of strength she possessed,