Yuan Keshan was very sensible. He had no desire to fight a Puppet Master in his own lair.
For cultivators of every path, it had long been common knowledge never to fight a Puppet Master on favorable ground, especially a wealthy one.
The power of the Puppeteer Dao Path arose from creation. All things could serve as materials, all could be put to use, and you had no idea what you would face.
You might think you had encountered a lone man, only for a legion to descend the next instant, with thousands of soldiers and horses.
Through investigating things and extending knowledge, Puppet Masters gained insight into the truths of their Dao Path, allowing them to master all manner of incredible powers of creation. With outside resources, they could stockpile those powers for use at critical moments.
This characteristic allowed their strength to far exceed their current cultivation and realm.
Simply put, a Puppet Master's Mechanism Puppets and other creations could be made in advance and held in reserve until battle, whereas other cultivators' techniques and divine abilities could rarely be stored this way. Even when they could, it required external objects such as talismanic edicts or secret treasures.
Yuan Keshan had followed the Centipede Daoist for a long time and understood all too well how terrifying a Puppet Master armed to the teeth could be.
Some possessed particularly formidable survival abilities and could teach you just how troublesome an undying body was.
Such people were often the finest cultivators of their realm. Without decisive power, killing them was almost impossible!
Although Yuan Keshan did not follow the Puppeteer Dao Path, one look at Li Chen's openly displayed iron fists and mechanical body told him that Li Chen had undergone modification through the Head-Swapping Technique. Even if he exhausted