"Things have come to this. It's time to retreat!"
After a bitter battle, Qi Hanxing had destroyed the foundations of several cities and ore veins, wreaking tremendous havoc on the Puppet Dao holdings around Chess Mountain. He felt he had vented enough of his anger.
His defeat this time had been unavoidable, and he had never truly intended to avenge his fellow cultivators.
Besides, his magic power had indeed been depleted. It was unwise to keep dragging this out, and thoughts of retreat had finally begun to stir.
Just then, however, his expression shifted slightly. The corner of his eye lifted as he looked toward the air a short distance ahead.
There, a Great Demon Stone Octopus as enormous as a small mountain appeared, radiating a savage aura.
This Stone Octopus had numerous long tentacles that writhed like twisting vines of flesh.
On another side stood a Vajra Divine Ape roughly a hundred feet tall, its aura deep and weighty. A Long Staff forged from refined gold rested on its shoulder. It bared its teeth and glared, its fur bristling, its thunder-god face brimming with majesty.
In the other two directions were a Three-Eyed Demon Tiger with black stripes and a Centipede Heavenly Dragon modified from a Heavenly Dragon Mother Empress.
These strange beasts had originally varied in cultivation, but after years of Li Chen's careful nurturing and his efforts to induce mutations regardless of cost, they had successfully absorbed vast quantities of giant kun essence blood, gaining mighty physiques comparable to those of great demons.
As a result, many modification techniques originally intended for five-star Battle Puppets could now be used on them as well.
After their kun blood modifications, they were like suitable canvases upon which magnificent works could be painted.
As these Demon Monsters with Core Formation