Inside the Northern Abyss Secret Realm, after they repeated the same procedure in the third secret realm space, a large number of Earth Armor Puppets made their way east.
Their steps were slow, but exceptionally orderly.
Just then, a root eerily stretched out of the void and pulled at an Earth Armor Puppet. The next instant, the puppet was dragged into the air, but before it could struggle, the root vanished, and the puppet dropped back to the ground.
The Earth Armor Puppet visibly paused in confusion. It looked toward the void but found nothing.
Then it continued after the Earth Armor Puppets ahead.
Before long, the spectral figures of Peachwood and the Void-Rending Divine Earthworm appeared behind them.
Both demons' eyes had grown noticeably brighter.
Although this secret realm had yielded only four treasures, even fewer than the second, they could soon make their move on the Earth Armor Puppets. That was what mattered most.
The root's intervention had naturally been Peachwood's test. It had been a risky experiment, but now their gamble had proven worthwhile.
By now, Peachwood had a rough understanding of the extraordinary connection between these Earth Armor Puppets and the earth.
A spirit puppet was ultimately an inanimate object. It needed spirit stones and spiritual power to operate.
Ordinary spirit puppets used array discs driven by spiritual power. Insert spirit stones, and they could be activated.
Earth Armor Puppets, however, drew spiritual power and true essence from underground. As long as they remained close to the ground, those equipped with flight-prohibiting arrays could display strength comparable even to mid-Fifth Stage demonic beasts. This was also why exploring the Northern Abyss Secret Realm had been so difficult before.
Of course, their operation still required a cultivator's divine soul to issue commands.
Now, however, Peachwood had discovered