At the sight of the middle-aged man in blue robes, Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant's previously calm expression turned sharply severe. He said coldly, "Traitor. You deserve death!"
He jabbed fiercely with his golden right hand. The Heaven Measuring Ruler blazed with golden light, and countless ruler shadows abruptly converged into a single line before blasting toward him.
The puppet surnamed Kuai looked grave. Spiritual light flickered across his body, and he transformed into an azure diamond-shaped shield several zhang across.
With a thunderous boom, the shield was sent flying backward amid wildly flashing spiritual light, but it still blocked Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant's astonishing attack.
At that moment, countless azure gleams flared around them. Tiny puppets only a few feet tall emerged within them—some humanoid, some beast-shaped—and surged toward Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant like a tidal flood.
For a time, Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant was held back.
Yuanzun drew a deep breath and hesitated no longer. He opened his mouth and spat out a speck of dim light, which instantly expanded to over a zhang in size, revealing a white coffin exuding a bone-chilling cold aura.
Yuanzun flung open the coffin lid. Inside lay a handsome man in white robes, seemingly around thirty years old.
His eyes were tightly shut, and he looked like a corpse, yet he radiated a powerful pressure that made hearts tremble.
Moreover, the aura he emitted was extremely similar to Yuanzun's, yet utterly different, as though the two stood in opposition.
His eyes suddenly snapped open. With a bang, he rose to his feet and stared at Yuanzun with an incomparably dark, cold gaze filled with bloodthirsty yearning. Icy white mist billowed from his body as he raised a hand to attack Yuanzun.
"You bastard, can't tell master from servant!" Yuanzun snorted coldly. A tiny