Seeing this, Li Chen could not help but start in surprise. He had never expected even the Flame Nature Spirits born deep underground from lava mingled with spiritual essence to emerge.
But Li Chen had no time to worry about all that. He simply summoned his forces in orderly fashion, doing everything he could to hold them off.
He had stationed defensive forces here as well, precisely to guard against unforeseen incidents.
"Deploy the foundation establishment combat power! Suppress the Strange Beasts' unrest as quickly as possible!"
At Li Chen's command, four Strongman Battle Puppets shaped like small giants, two Violent Ape Mechas, two Yaksha Mechas, the modified Nature Spirit Jingang, a Sword Cultivator Human Puppet, and a Spellcaster Human Puppet-eleven foundation establishment combatants in all-mobilized together.
In addition, the forty-eight Sword Guard Girls Li Chen had modeled after Xiao Die and Xiao Ying, whose strength ratings had drawn infinitely close to three-star after repeated upgrades and modifications, arrived at the plaza halfway up the mountain, along with the peak three-star Puppet Sisters.
Dressed in splendid robes, they were beautiful and pleasing to the eye, just like real young women. Yet each carried a greatsword on her back and held weapons such as war spears, curved blades, paired spikes, and Wrist Blades, their auras bristling with danger.
They were Li Chen's personal guards, always remaining near his true body or avatar, ready to provide support.
On the nearby ridges, a full twelve Thunderhawk Fighters were likewise loaded with spirit stones and laden with missiles, like enormous beasts of war.
At the Strategic Missile bases deployed around the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, using the ridges and jungle as natural cover, Worker Bee Puppets busied themselves. At least eight missiles carrying megaton-yield Blazing Sun Divine Thunder warheads were in position, ready to