During the daytime battle, Li Chen had held back the Giant Puppet to avoid rustling the grass and startling the snake. Now, however, he was fully prepared. With the enemy's offensive only just beginning and their leader making an appearance, he struck without hesitation.
Its immense body moved like a towering building. Though it stood a full hundred feet tall, it was not slow in the slightest. It swiftly appeared above the enemy, radiating an oppressive presence.
People often held the mistaken belief that a massive body necessarily meant cumbersome, sluggish movement.
Compared with Battle Puppets of the same rank, that view did have some merit. Yet an enormous body also meant that a single stride could cover several times the distance anyone else could manage. Maneuvering across a broad battlefield posed no problem.
Besides, real combat did not always involve strictly equal opponents. Indeed, unfair contests in which the strong bullied the weak, or even one-sided slaughter, accounted for a much greater share.
To those weaker enemies, the Giant Puppet was exceedingly fast. Once it got moving, they could never shake it off, no matter how they fled.
Its speed alone was enough to inspire despair.
The old man riding the tiger was startled by the Giant Puppet's sudden appearance, then immediately realized that this enemy was coming for him.
"Great Shaman, this... this puppet is so powerful!"
Feeling the immense aura radiating from within the Giant Puppet as its Furnace worked and Spirit Essence surged, A Shan and the others looked up in terror, varied expressions appearing on their faces.
"Quickly, get behind me!"
The old man waved his bone staff. Amid the roar of the tiger beneath him, flame-like crimson light emerged, and a spectral beast instantly shrouded his body.
"Tiger Spirit Protection!"
Roar!
Seated inside the