Once Yu Granny steadied herself, she immediately commanded the Purple Flow Puppet Armor to attack Shen Luo.
By now, however, Shen Luo had long since grown accustomed to this puppet armor's attack patterns and speed. He promptly ducked at just the right moment to evade it.
At the same time, he raised one hand to brace against the puppet armor's long saber, while thrusting the sword in his other hand toward the top of the saber's hilt.
A strange crack rang out!
The gemstone atop the hilt shattered, bursting into a halo of purple light.
Immediately afterward, the puppet armor stopped moving altogether. The purple mist that had condensed into its body dispersed without restraint, and the long saber fell to the ground with a clatter.
"As I thought, the puppet armor's Puppet Core wasn't inside its body, but hidden in its weapon," Shen Luo said with a soft chuckle.
Seeing the Purple Flow Puppet Armor destroyed, a trace of panic flashed through Yu Granny's eyes. But she quickly regained her composure and looked at Shen Luo with some pity. "While you're wasting time here, Heavenly Mechanism City is about to return to its master's hands."
Shen Luo naturally understood what she meant, but right now, he had to rescue Elder Wuming and Elder Fu before he could attend to anything else.
Besides, he believed that as long as Little Master remained in Heavenly Mechanism City, they could not stir up any great waves.
"Since you're willing to be a turtle hiding its head, stay obediently inside and watch how I break your formation," Shen Luo said with a smile, utterly unaffected.
With that, he approached the base of one of the pointed metal obelisks, raised his sword, and slashed down heavily at it.
Blazing flames coiled around the sword,