Finding the Key Problem, a New Type of Heavenly Demon Puppet

"The soul! It's the soul!"

After much deep thought, Wang Chen finally came up with the answer and couldn't help but shout it out.

The Golden Finger ability is to enhance anything that belongs to him but lacks sentience.

The soul naturally belongs to beings with intelligence.

Although Wang Chen refined and integrated that soul into the puppet, it was equivalent to corrupting the puppet with the soul.

Once it gains sentience, it naturally cannot be enhanced using Golden Finger.

"Damn it, I should have realized earlier that since the Heavenly Demon Puppet can fight automatically, it must have some intelligence."

"Damn it! We've hit another dead end!"

Although I've figured out the crux of the problem, there's simply no way to solve it.

The soul belongs to the three core elements of the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique.

Without using the soul, it is impossible to create Heavenly Demon Puppet.

However, if you use a soul, you cannot use Golden Finger to enhance it.

This is a completely contradictory situation; they simply cannot coexist.

"What do we do?"

Thinking about this place of conflict, Wang Chen also became conflicted.

It seems there's no way to solve this.

Without the enhancement provided by Golden Finger system, the Heavenly Demon Puppet's strength would certainly not meet Wang Chen's expectations.

"Does this mean we have to use Golden Finger to enhance the materials first, and then refine them?"

Although he hadn't come up with a perfect solution, Wang Chen actually had a simple alternative beforehand.

That means strengthening all materials except the soul twice.

Just like when refining those pills in the past, we first strengthen the foundation.

However, this approach would definitely be less efficient than first refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet and then strengthening it.

That's why when Wang Chen crafted his first Heavenly Demon Puppet, the materials he used were all unenhanced.

This is to prevent wasting subsequent enhancement attempts.

As long as there is one enhanced material, the resulting item is considered enhanced.

At the very beginning, Wang Chen these bugs, but reality told him that they simply wouldn't work.

Because the first time is more memorable, Wang Chen used completely unenhanced materials to refine it, so that it could grow faster in the future.

But to his utter surprise, reality slapped him in the face again.

The imagination was wonderful, but the reality was far from ideal.

The items that were crafted couldn't be enhanced using Golden Finger.

"We'll have to use that less-than-perfect method."

Wang Chen sighed, feeling somewhat depressed.

"Forget it, at least it's much better than the original story's Huohuo."

Anyway, the Golden Finger can only be strengthened twice now. After the Golden Finger's abilities are improved, we can just refine other Heavenly Demon Puppet again."

After comforting himself for a while, Wang Chen finally shook off his gloomy mood.

Regardless, the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique was of considerable help to him.

Strengthening the fundamentals first will allow the crafted Heavenly Demon Puppet to have greater growth potential.

By absorbing more lightning power, it can also grow stronger.

While it may not fulfill the initial idea of directly possessing a large number of high-level combatants, having a large number of high-growth combatants is still a good thing.

After repeatedly comforting himself with the spirit of Ah Q, Wang Chen's mood improved considerably.

"It's a pity it's soulless now, otherwise I could continue refining and strengthening the basic version of the Heavenly Demon Puppet."

With a sigh, Wang Chen prepared to leave the seclusion.

Since there are no more refining materials available, there's no point in staying in the Cultivation Room any longer.

As for seclusion for cultivation, Wang Chen had already been in seclusion for such a long time before, and he didn't really want to go into seclusion for the time being.

He planned to go out and hunt down some underworld experts.

Relying on their own formidable abilities, they can acquire more soul materials.

You can also acquire more treasures along the way.

After all, those whose souls can be forcibly extracted are either Alchemist or experts above the Dou Zong level.

Regardless of the type, their value will not be low.

Wang Chen got up, tidied himself up, and headed towards the door, intending to leave the pass directly.

"Soul? Spirit?"

He had only taken a couple of steps when a flash of Spiritual Spark suddenly appeared in Wang Chen's mind.

"Flame Spirit also possess a certain degree of intelligence. Could this thing replace the soul within the Heavenly Demon Puppet?"

The thought instantly appeared in Wang Chen's mind and wouldn't leave him.

The moment this thought crossed Wang Chen, he stopped and stood still to think.

"Flame Spirit are also spirits, and they can also attack automatically."

It should be able to replace the soul of the three core components of the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Furthermore, the Flame Spirit was enhanced using Golden Finger, and it can be further enhanced in the future.

In this way, the initial Super Henchman Plan can continue entirely.

After having a Spiritual Spark, Wang Chen's mind raced with ideas, and he immediately recalled his initial plan.

Although I had previously used Ah Q's self-deception to shake off my low spirits.

However, this doesn't mean Wang Chen isn't disappointed by the plan's failure.

Now that the plan had a chance of success, Wang Chen was naturally extremely excited.

If this succeeds, although it will consume a Flame Spirit, the cost is negligible for Wang Chen.

His current cultivation technique is already sufficient to refine a thousand Flame Spirit.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't need that many Flame Spirit.

Using one or two hundred Flame Spirit to refine puppets will not affect oneself at all.

After having this idea, Wang Chen immediately changed his initial plan.

Turn around and return to the center to begin trying.

Wang Chen took out the corpse of a Peak Dou Huang and, without hesitation, immediately used Flame Spirit to temper it.

This type of corpse contains the aura of death and some remnants of the original body's spirit.

You can't directly enhance it.

Wang Chen must first use the Flame Spirit to temper the corpse, making it completely pure, without any external interference, and turning it into a pure material.

With the assistance of Multi-Headed Flame Spirit, coupled with Wang Chen's powerful Soul Power, refining this corpse wouldn't require too much effort.

In less than half a day, Wang Chen had refined the corpse into a pure material.

"Strengthen! Strengthen!"

Without hesitation, Wang Chen used his Golden Finger ability to strengthen the pure material twice.

This time, the initial failure did not occur, and both enhancements went very smoothly.

The material, which originally only exuded the aura of Dou Emperor), now instantly exudes the aura of Dou Zun).

Sensing this aura, Wang Chen was very satisfied.

He then took out a Tier 9 Magic Core that had been enhanced.

This Tier 9 Magic Core was originally a Sixth-tier Magic Core.

After being enhanced, it became Tier 8 Magic Core.

After successfully upgrading his Golden Finger, Wang Chen didn't hesitate to enhance it.

I originally thought I could obtain an Emperor Tier Magic Core.

However, to his utter surprise, the situation Wang Chen had envisioned did not occur.

The Tier 8 Magic Core only grew to the Tier 9 and did not directly break through to the Emperor Tier.

This disappointed Wang Chen.

However, he didn't dwell on it for long.

After all, they haven't broken through to the Emperor Tier yet, but that doesn't mean they can't break through to the Emperor Tier in the future.

He refused to believe that the Golden Finger wouldn't be able to upgrade again after the next upgrade.

Looking at this Tier 9 Magic Core, Wang Chen was filled with emotion.

However, he didn't dwell on it for long before taking out some Exotic Metal from his Storage Ring.

When Wang Chen first had his eye on the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique, he began collecting these things.

Although the amount of Exotic Metal collected individually was not large, it was enough to forge a batch of Heavenly Demon Puppet.

"Strengthen! Strengthen! Strengthen!"

Without hesitation, they directly reinforced this batch of Exotic Metal materials.

"The materials are finally all prepared."

Looking at all the enhanced materials, Wang Chen did not immediately begin refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Using the Golden Finger repeatedly also took a considerable toll on his Soul Power.

This was a novel experience, so Wang Chen naturally had to be careful.

After all, the outcome this time is of paramount importance to Wang Chen.

If successful, it means his initial plan can proceed.

If that fails, then the only option left is to refine a high-growth Heavenly Demon Puppet.

The difference between the two results can be described as enormous.

Wang Chen didn't want his own problems to cause the refining process to fail.

He could afford to lose the materials, but the blow to his confidence was too great.

"Phew~~"

"Start!"

After half a day of recovery, Wang Chen had adjusted himself to his best condition.

Without hesitation, he began refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Whether we'll live a life of luxury or just plain porridge and kimchi from now on, we'll see.

Wang Chen summoned all the Flame Spirit again to assist him in refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Since the most troublesome tempering process has been completed, the time required to refine the Heavenly Demon Puppet has been greatly reduced.

"Bang! Bang!"

Wang Chen controlled his Dou Qi and unleashed two bursts of force, directly creating fist-sized holes in the chest and forehead of the corpse material.

There was no blood or anything like that, because it had been completely evaporated during the previous tempering process.

Wang Chen, who had already crafted a Heavenly Demon Puppet, was not surprised by this.

Without hesitation, he waved his hand and threw the Tier 9 Magic Core into the small hole in the chest of the corpse material.

Then a stream of Flame Spirit split off and surged into the forehead of the corpse.

"It has to succeed! It has to succeed!"

Even Wang Chen felt a little nervous about taking this step.

My heart was screaming, "Don't let yourself down!"

Just as the Flame Spirit surged into the corpse's forehead, the corpse's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

The color of Flame Spirit flashed in their pupils.

Seeing this, Wang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

This proves that his conjecture was correct.

The Flame Spirit can replace the soul of one of the three cores of the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Without wasting any time, Wang Chen waved his hand again, and the Exotic Metal he had previously enhanced were instantly devoured and enveloped by the Flame Spirit, which began to refine them.

Wang Chen continued to temper the corpse at a constant temperature, allowing it to achieve perfect compatibility with the Magic Core and Flame Spirit.

On the other hand, they used extremely high temperatures to refine those enhanced Exotic Metal.

Wang Chen originally thought this would be more difficult than the Heavenly Demon Puppet he had refined before.

After all, the materials used this time are significantly better than before.

But to my surprise, this time it was even simpler than before.

These materials, enhanced by the Golden Finger, were completely under Wang Chen's control and refined.

The most troublesome aspect—the perfect fusion of the corpse, the Magic Core, and the soul—didn't require much effort from Wang Chen. He hadn't spent much time refining it before achieving perfect fusion.

The same applies to those enhanced Exotic Metal.

Wang Chen didn't use much force at all. Under the refining power of the massive number of Flame Spirit, all the Exotic Metal were completely refined, turning into a mass of dark golden liquid.

With all the preliminary preparations complete, Wang Chen didn't hesitate and directly formed a strange hand seal.

A slightly odd-sounding low growl came from Wang Chen's mouth.

The moment that low shout was uttered, the Flame Spirit residing in the corpse's mind was shattered, turning into countless tiny specks of light that densely scattered across every part of the puppet's body.

The instant the Flame Spirit shattered into specks of light, the Magic Core resting on the corpse's chest also emitted a faint rumbling sound.

Then a burst of violent energy erupted from it, flowing and strengthening along the meridians inside the corpse.

As the Flame Spirit and Magic Core appeared, the grayish-white color on the surface of the corpse became increasingly intense.

Moreover, its overall size is slowly shrinking again.

Although its size has shrunk, its imposing presence has become even more magnificent.

Wang Chen was quite satisfied with the aura of this Dou Zun.

With a wave of his hand, the Exotic Metal that had been completely refined immediately floated over and slowly poured onto the corpse.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Extremely hot, Exotic Metal liquid dripped onto the corpse, immediately releasing bursts of white mist.

A faint, strange smell of roasted meat wafted out.

However, no damage was observed on the skin that came into contact with the molten metal.

After the previous series of enhancements and refinements, the puppet's physical strength has now reached an extremely formidable level.

This is normal, after all, the Heavenly Demon Puppet relies on its physical strength.

If the body isn't strong enough, a puppet that can't use other powers is completely worthless.

Wang Chen's powerful Soul Power slowly swept over the entire puppet's body.

Under the control of the Soul Power, the molten metal was gradually coated onto every part of the puppet's body.

Suddenly, a strange-smelling white mist began to emanate from the puppet's body.

When the molten metal was completely coated onto the puppet's body, its original grayish-white color was replaced by a dark gold.

Under the illumination of the Flame Spirit, it shimmered with golden light, giving it an extremely hard feel.

At this stage, the Heavenly Demon Puppet was not yet fully successfully refined.

However, failure is practically impossible; success is just a matter of time.

Without wasting any time, Wang Chen waved his hand, and all the Flame Spirit once again enveloped the puppet, beginning the final scorching and tempering process.

As the Flame Spirit continued to scorch, the dark golden metallic liquid gradually began to erode into the puppet's interior.

As time passed and the erosion intensified, the puppet's body color also began to gradually change.

First it turned a dark blue-green, like a piece of copper.

However, this color didn't last long before it was replaced by silver.

When Wang Chen finally stopped roasting it, the puppet returned to its original dark gold color.

Although they are the same color, their essence is completely different.

The initial dark gold color was simply the color of Exotic Metal.

The current dark gold color is entirely the color of the puppet's body.

"It turned out a dark gold color as soon as it was refined, truly living up to my Golden Finger."

Looking at the Heavenly Demon Puppet that he had created, Wang Chen was quite satisfied.

Because the materials used in the Heavenly Demon Puppet were enhanced, Wang Chen could use his Golden Finger to see the puppet's specific attributes.

[Heavenly Demon Puppet (Enhanced by +2)]

Realm: Sixth-Transformation Dou Zun

Abilities: Icefire Poison

Description: Forged from various high-grade materials, this puppet possesses the unique properties of the Flame Spirit, allowing it to utilize the Flame Spirit's innate talents.

After taking a few glances, Wang Chen was in a very good mood.

This time, not only was their idea successfully tested, but the original plan was also able to proceed.

And there was an unexpected bonus.

The improved version of the special Heavenly Demon Puppet has even broken through its original limitations and is able to use special abilities.

Although it's not some kind of Dou Technique or skill, its overall combat power is definitely much stronger than that of a normal Heavenly Demon Puppet.

If we can find more Flame Spirit with terrifying abilities, the combat power of the special Heavenly Demon Puppet we create will definitely become even more outrageous.

After the experiment was successful, Wang Chen had no intention of leaving seclusion.

Since he still has plenty of materials, he might as well continue refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which is his secret weapon.

The more the better, of course.

Although the remaining corpse materials were not of the same level as the two used.

However, refining some Heavenly Demon Puppet at the Dou Zun level should still be no problem.

This level of combat power makes the Heavenly Demon Puppet quite impressive.

Even someone as overpowered as Wang Chen cannot ignore experts at the Dou Zun level.

Although the Northwestern Continent is not as terrifying Central Plains, it still has some ancient relics at the Dou Zun level.

With more Heavenly Demon Puppet at the Dou Zun level, he would be more confident when he roamed the Northwestern Continent later.

With two successful experiences, the subsequent refining of the Heavenly Demon Puppet was naturally not a big problem.

Wang Chen followed the previous steps one by one.

First, I spent half a day refining and strengthening the basic materials of the Heavenly Demon Puppet, and then I spent another half a day restoring and adjusting its state.

The next step was to begin refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Wang Chen was rapidly increasing his arsenal of henchmen at a rate of one Heavenly Demon Puppet per day.

And so, six more days passed for Wang Chen amidst his busy schedule.

In the six days that followed, Wang Chen crafted a total of six more Heavenly Demon Puppet.

The puppets are respectively two at the Third-Transformation Dou Zun, two at the Nine-Star Dou Zun, and two at the Five-Star Dou Zun.

With the addition of the Heavenly Demon Puppet at the Sixth-Transformation Dou Zun, Wang Chen now has seven formidable super fighters at his disposal.

What? You mean the very first Heavenly Demon Puppet?

That thing can't be enhanced with Golden Finger, and its combat power is only at the Dou Zong level.

Even a dog wouldn't play with that.

After Wang Chen finished refining it, he immediately put it into his Storage Ring and had no intention of taking it out.