Mu Chen did not continue immediately. Instead, he sat down where he was and recovered his spiritual energy.
Only after his mental state, spiritual energy, and physical strength had all returned to their peak did he say, "Continue to the next stage."
Boom!
A black shadow descended from the sky. It was a three-meter-tall puppet, incredibly burly and resembling a small giant.
A terrifying aura radiated from its body, its intense pressure twisting the air around it.
Mu Chen's expression turned grave, his eyes filled with solemnity. As expected, this was a puppet at the early Rongtian Realm!
He even suspected that Liu Mubai's grandfather would be unable to defeat it.
An unprecedentedly powerful enemy!
Mu Chen immediately began forming spiritual seals and setting up a Spirit Array. With his mid-stage Spirit Soul Realm cultivation, he simply could not inflict effective damage on it. The only thing he could rely on was a Spirit Array!
The puppet gave Mu Chen no time to calmly arrange his Spirit Array. Red light flared in its eyes, and it charged forward in a flash, its bowl-sized fist crashing down with the force to shatter cities and shake mountains.
"Vajra Pagoda Hand."
Mu Chen's Spirit Array had reached a critical stage, so he could not afford to take the blow head-on.
A palm formed from spiritual energy struck toward the puppet, only to be smashed apart by a single punch.
Pitch-black light surfaced around Mu Chen's body, forming a black pagoda of light.
The puppet's fist struck the pagoda, sending ripples across its surface. As the pagoda shook, Mu Chen's face paled, and he tasted blood in his mouth.
By then, his Spirit Array was complete.
"Dragon Elephant Array!"
A golden dragon and a giant elephant appeared once more, suppressing the puppet together.
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