Planning

As the first bolt of lightning, as thick as a water barrel and carrying an aura of destruction, crashed down, Xiao Yan's Storage Ring flashed at his fingertip, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared in response.

The puppet's entire body was covered in dark golden armor plates, with faint runes flowing around its joints. When it landed, the surrounding rocks trembled slightly beneath its feet.

As the lightning struck fiercely, the Heavenly Demon Puppet crossed its arms into a shield and shot toward the bolt like an arrow released from a bowstring.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang through the valley. The instant the lightning collided with the puppet's body, blazing white light nearly swallowed half the mountain peak.

The violent energy shockwave spread outward, making the surrounding forests sway without end.

Amid the billowing smoke and dust, the Heavenly Demon Puppet's figure was swallowed by lightning, yet there was not the slightest sign of it collapsing.

When the light dimmed slightly, its body was seen leaning faintly backward, its feet carving two shallow trails through the air. It had clearly been forced back several steps by the lightning, but only faint scorch marks appeared on its dark golden armor plates. Its core body was completely unharmed.

On the contrary, the lightning clinging to its armor did not disperse. Instead, it flowed along the patterns like water and poured into the puppet's body, causing its aura to swell faintly.

However, before the Heavenly Demon Puppet could rest even briefly, a second bolt of lightning had already gathered within the clouds.

This bolt was nearly half again as thick as the first. Purple-gold arcs of electricity writhed madly within it as it descended with even more terrifying pressure.

This time, the Heavenly Demon Puppet did not take it head-on. Its body crouched