Terrifying Physique, Ancient Human Puppets

After collecting the Pill Beast, Xiao Yan continued his rampage, quickly emptying the entire Pill Hall.

After reuniting with the others, Zi Yan was quite dissatisfied with Xiao Yan's locust-like behavior.

The main problem is that she hadn't even opened many blind boxes before Xiao Yan had opened them all.

This is also upsetting.

However, Xiao Yan only said one sentence, and Zi Yan immediately beamed with joy.

He said, "There's an ancient recipe for an Eighth-Grade Pill in this Pill Hall. It's a pill specifically for enhancing the strength of magical beasts. I'll refine it for you later."

Even Zi Yan had never tasted Eighth-Grade Pill. In the past, she had only taken the secret pills made by Xiao Yan. She couldn't even take an Eighth-Grade- grade pill before; it would make her sick.

But things are different now. Since Xiao Yan said he could refine it for her to eat, it means she can take the pill!

What else is there to say? Of course, we forgive Xiao Yan's locust-like behavior.

Next, the group wandered around the Ancient Ruins. However, for Xiao Yan, who had already obtained the dragon bone, many things were no longer enough to surprise him. He simply sent out a clone with the Devouring Heavenly Corpse, which had recovered some of its strength and was at least no longer falling apart, to plunder other places.

After a full day of searching, the Ancient Ruins were finally completely looted by the group.

As for the Ancient Forest, Xiao Yan also arranged for Venerable Skyfire to place a seal.

In the unlikely event that, for some reason, the ruins here are discovered, it would be good to preserve this precious Ancient Forest.

Although it might seem selfish, leaving nothing for others, Xiao Yan had his reasons.

The rise and fall of the entire Dou Qi Continent rests on his shoulders. How could he bear such a heavy burden if he didn't eat his fill?

Everyone agreed with this.

After all, in their eyes, Xiao Yan was definitely one of their own.

Even Elder Zhu Li held this view.

If Xiao Yan hadn't been so eager to return and help Old Yao revive, to be honest, Elder Zhu Li would have loved to drag Xiao Yan back immediately, arrange for Xiao Yan become a true elder of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and then take out some of the stored Ancient Dragon Essence Blood to help Xiao Yan activate the power of the dragon bones in his body and strengthen his ancient Ancient Dragon Bloodline!

Without the Dou Emperor Bloodline, he cultivated Alchemy to the Peak Eighth-Grade while also being a seventeen-year-old Dou Zun. Such talent needs no further explanation!

Others might not understand, but Zhu Li understood it all too well.

This is an even more terrifying talent than Xiao Xuan was back then!

In Elder Zhu Li's opinion, even if Zi Yan possessed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, a treasure that could help her ascend to the heavens in one step, it would be difficult for her to break through to the Dou Sheng faster than Xiao Yan.

If they can help Xiao Yan grow up quickly, then Zi Yan won't have to shoulder the burden of the Ancient Dragon Clan alone. At that time, the Three Dragon Kings will probably not be able to cause any trouble facing the combination of Zi Yan and Xiao Yan, the Dragon Emperor and the Dragon King.

Moreover, if Xiao Yan could be deeply connected with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, it would not be harmful to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan at all.

They can fight, they can refine medicine, and they're even family members by blood. The Ancient Dragon Clan has really struck gold!

Even setting aside the relationship with Zi Yan, Elder Zhu Li was perfectly willing to bring Xiao Yan into the Ancient Dragon Clan. Without Zi Yan, Xiao Yan could have easily become Dragon Emperor, if not the Dragon Emperor.

After spending these past few days together, Zhu Li was quite satisfied with Xiao Yan's character.

Although there are indeed many beautiful women around him, it is only natural that such an outstanding genius would be favored by others.

As for whether Xiao Yan will be detrimental to the Ancient Dragon Clan?

Are you kidding me!

A genius of this caliber has no ambitions beyond these trivial matters; they aspire to become the strongest being on the entire continent.

The Ancient Dragon Clan might even be able to benefit from Xiao Yan's influence!

Unlike those three Dragon Kings, who caused division and infighting, all wanting to become Dragon Emperor and enjoy the power of ruling the entire race.

They've lived for thousands of years!

Look at Xiao Yan, he's Dou Zun at seventeen and still working hard to cultivate!

Xiao Yan was naturally unaware of Zhu Li's thoughts, but he was quite satisfied with Elder Zhu Li's attitude towards him.

Coincidentally, Xiao Yan himself is the kind of person who is kind to others and even kinder to them.

He only helped the Ancient Void Dragon Clan because of Zi Yan.

But now, he has decided to bring his talent to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as well!

He wants to make the Ancient Void Dragon Clan great again!

By the next morning, the entire ruins had been looted, with only the main hall remaining unexplored.

To be fair, this Ancient Ruins is truly magnificent and complex, with its interconnected corridors and passageways crisscrossing the area. If Xiao Yan's soul power hadn't been strong enough to mark every place he passed, he probably would have gotten lost.

The main hall of the Ancient Ruins is located in the very heart of the site. The entire hall is bronze in color, and the erosion of time has made its color even deeper.

Everywhere here exudes the aura of time, ancient and weathered, making one lose oneself in thought.

The main hall occupies a very large area. If you look down at the entire hall from above, Xiao Yan and his group can only be considered as a few small black dots in the hall.

At the very center of the main hall, there were ten enormous orbs of light.

The ball of light hovered in mid-air, shimmering like a heartbeat.

In the dim light, one could vaguely see long, cylindrical objects, like scrolls, floating within it.

Xiao Yan knew that there were no Heaven Tier Battle Skill here, but he figured they were all mid-level Earth Tier- rank techniques, or even possibly all Advanced Earth Tier Dou Techniques.

After all, it's the collection of a Dou Sheng), so it's not impossible for him to have ten scrolls of Advanced Earth Tier Dou Technique or cultivation methods.

However, Xiao Yan's gaze soon fell on the center of the ten orbs of light.

Because there, on a stone seat, sat a skeleton, its body entirely white with jade-like skin, its hands forming a mudra, cross-legged!

"The Dou Saint Skeleton!"

Gazing at the skeleton, Xiao Yan's heart skipped a beat. Although it was just a skeleton, it was the first time in his life that Xiao Yan had ever seen a human Dou Sheng Expert, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of shock.

Even after being dead for many years, such terrifying pressure could still remain; that level of power is truly something to be fascinated by!

Although Xiao Yan has been cultivating frantically in recent years due to the threat from the Soul Clan, he actually enjoys the feeling of becoming stronger every day.

However, although the biggest goal of this trip was right in front of him, Xiao Yan was not in a hurry to obtain the Dou Saint Skeleton.

This was because around the towering stone seat beneath the Dou Saint Skeleton, there were more than a dozen figures sitting cross-legged. These figures were all grayish-white like stone, and from a distance they looked like stone sculptures.

Their eyes were closed and they were motionless. Judging from their posture, they were clearly the same puppets we had encountered at the entrance of the ruins!

What interests Xiao Yan even more is that these puppets seem to have the strength of Dou Zun comparable to the Heavenly Demon Puppet, but they are not golden. This means that there were other puppet-making methods in ancient times!

Perhaps it's among those ten orbs of light!

If he could obtain it, and combine it with the Heavenly Demon Puppet and the puppet-making method passed down by the Master of Devouring, perhaps Xiao Yan could create a super puppet that combines the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and the Heavenly Flames in the future!

These painless killing machines are a vital force that Xiao Yan, who is currently weak, can rely on with absolute loyalty!

However, the main reason they dared to target these puppets was because Elder Zhu Li was traveling with them; otherwise, Xiao Yan and his group would have had to expend a lot of effort just to deal with them.

"I'll go up and check it out. These puppets don't seem to be the ones made using the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique at the entrance. They'll probably be difficult to subdue. Everyone, prepare for battle."

After a moment's thought, Xiao Yan spoke.

Upon hearing that even Xiao Yan wasn't confident in subduing these puppets, everyone's expressions immediately turned serious.

In terms of numbers, they are at a disadvantage. If they are overconfident, they will definitely pay the price!

However, since he had smuggled himself into this place, the sealing light orbs of the ten Dou Techniques would not dissipate on their own, and the puppet would not awaken on its own. Therefore, Xiao Yan had no choice but to risk his life and go and investigate!

However, after Dragon Transformation Bone, Xiao Yan was quite confident in his physical body. In addition, he also carried a lot of pills. As long as he wasn't instantly killed, even if his heart was crushed, he could revive himself with a single pill.

With the dragon bone in his body, these Dou Zun Puppet are unlikely to gain any advantage over him in physical combat.

This can be described as someone who is highly skilled and daring.

Although Xiao Yan was confident, everyone's hearts couldn't help but be on edge, their eyes fixed on him.

As soon as Xiao Yan stepped within three zhang of the stone puppet, their eyes snapped open, and an intensely dense aura of killing intent suddenly filled the air!

"The puppet has awakened."

Seeing this, everyone's hearts tightened.

Judging from the aura of these puppets, they were indeed all at the Dou Zun level, and they were currently surrounding Xiao Yan, beginning their hunt.

However, Xiao Yan was not flustered at all. Blazing flames exploded beneath his feet as he used the Heavenly Stellar Stone-Crushing Step he had learned from Burning Flame Valley to smash the three puppets in front of him. His right hand suddenly shot out like a blue dragon's claw, grabbing one of the puppets by the neck and carrying it to a thick stone pillar in the main hall. He slammed it hard against the pillar and looked the peculiar puppet up and down.

After these grayish-white, stone-carved puppets regained their mobility, Xiao Yan examined them closely and discovered that their bodies were wrapped in layers of grayish-white strips of cloth, which shimmered with an unusual metallic luster.

Although it looks as soft as an ordinary strip of cloth, it also possesses considerable defensive power. Judging from the feel of the attack just now, even a full-force strike from Dou Zong expert would not be able to break this strange strip of cloth.

Moreover, even with Xiao Yan holding its throat, the puppet's eyes still burned with an extremely intense killing intent.

This was clearly not the kind of robot-like puppet Xiao Yan was familiar with—emotionless, painless, with empty eyes, whose only purpose was to live a worthless life.

He even ignored the arm that was almost snapping Xiao Yan's neck and twisting his head off due to excessive force, and raised his leg to deliver a front kick.

At the same time, his two arms were also frantically pounding on Xiao Yan's arms, but the sound was unusually dull, as if it had hit a giant mountain formed by extraterrestrial meteorite iron.

Protected by his Dou Qi, Xiao Yan's sleeves remained completely intact.

"This is Ancient Human Puppet. It is made by extracting the soul of a powerful person from their body using special methods and then sealing it into the puppet's body. Puppets created in this way not only possess intelligence but can also use Dou Technique, making them far more troublesome than ordinary puppets."

Venerable Skyfire, being knowledgeable and experienced, quickly sent a telepathic message to Xiao Yan to remind him.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan recalled that although the original "Xiao Yan" did not obtain this Ancient Human Puppet, he did refer to it when the North Dragon King crafted the puppets, which allowed the puppets to retain the North Dragon King's own Dou Technique.

However, as far as I can remember, the puppets made from the corpse of the North Dragon King did not seem to have the ability to unleash Dou Technique.

After all, when it was being refined, the North Dragon King's soul was not completely preserved; only a remnant soul remained. This remnant soul was then thoroughly refined, and only the part related to Dou Technique was retained.

However, the physical bodies of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan are the most formidable. Even without Dou Technique, they could probably gain the upper hand in a fight against opponents of the same level simply by relying on their physical strength.

However, since the soul was extracted and refined into the puppet, it should still be possible to control it, as long as the mark left by the Dou Sheng Expert can be broken.

Of course, although Xiao Yan was very confident in his abilities, it was still too difficult for him to take down more than ten puppets in a short period of time.

Fortunately, he wasn't fighting alone!

Behind him, a dozen puppets charged forward, their terrifying fist light making Xiao Yan feel as if he were being pricked by thorns.

"I'm entrusting the task of devouring the seniors and erasing their Soul Mark to you!"

Xiao Yan said softly to himself.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's request, the Master of Devouring didn't hesitate. He chuckled and agreed, then began to circulate the power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

As for Xiao Yan?

The moment those fists landed, his figure was instantly shattered.

It's an afterimage!

Xiao Yan has already mastered the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to its peak. Even if Thunder Venerable were to appear before him, he might not dare to say that his Three Thousand Lightning Movement are stronger than Xiao Yan's.

After shattering Xiao Yan's afterimage, more than a dozen fist beams continued their momentum and slammed directly into the puppet whose neck Xiao Yan had almost snapped.

Click!

The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible.

The next moment, the Ancient Human Puppet, which had withstood the full force of more than a dozen teammates of the same level, was torn to pieces, Ancient Human Puppet fragments all over the ground.

Xiao Yan's true form appeared silently in the sky behind those Ancient Human Puppet.

"What a waste!"

Seeing the Ancient Human Puppet blasted to pieces, Xiao Yan was heartbroken and cursed.

If he had known this thing couldn't withstand the attack, he should have helped block it!

Now we've lost another Dou Zun fighter, it's so frustrating!

But despite the cursing, he didn't stop what he was doing.

The Devouring Realm!