To Su Shi'er, this puppet possessed strength comparable to a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator. Only by using it against enemies in battle could he bring its power fully into play.
Recalling how the puppet had attacked him even while he held the Medicine Garden Token, Su Shi'er sank into thought.
Within just a few breaths, he had an idea.
He did not enter the Small World himself, but with a single thought, Turtle Daoist, who had been cultivating in seclusion there, appeared beside the Medicine Fields.
The moment Turtle Daoist appeared, his gaze fell upon the puppet in the Medicine Fields.
Recalling Su Shi'er's instructions, Turtle Daoist circulated his demonic essence and immediately stepped forward.
As soon as Turtle Daoist approached within a hundred feet of the puppet, which was steadily breathing in and out an aura of mystic intent, its aura surged. The withered crimson wood on its chest glowed an eerie red.
In a single instant, the puppet absorbed every trace of vital energy gathered in the Medicine Fields.
But the Medicine Fields had only just been established and held little vital energy. Even after absorbing it all, the puppet's aura only rose to the late Spirit Severing stage.
Perhaps... I could take this opportunity to have Turtle Daoist test more of this puppet's abilities?
Su Shi'er pondered this, but the thought had barely arisen when, in the next instant-
Within the Small World, the divine power drifting between heaven and earth, which the Golden Patterned Giant hidden in the spatial barrier had been slowly absorbing, seemed to find another opening. It gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye and rushed straight toward the puppet in the Medicine Fields.
As mere wisps of divine power flowed into its body, the puppet's aura immediately broke through the