Li Ping nodded, his expression grave.
A fourth-tier great demon that had survived tribulation lightning had already shed its demon beast form and could assume human shape.
Before surviving tribulation lightning and transforming, even the strongest third-tier demon beasts fell far short of intelligent races such as humans in wisdom.
Thus, demon beasts generally lacked the combat strength of humans at the same tier.
But once they successfully transformed, their intelligence rose to roughly the same level as a human's.
Some ancient demons had lived for so many years that they were even more cunning than human cultivators.
They learned human methods of refining treasures, and with their naturally powerful bodies, their combat strength could even allow them to suppress humans at the same tier.
Still, he wondered why that Ice Flood Dragon had attacked the Heavenly Craft Sect.
The Heavenly Craft Sect had merely refined a few third-tier puppets. Surely that was not enough to threaten it.
Before Li Ping could ask, Shi Yutong volunteered an explanation. "The Nine Great Main Cities of the Far North shared weal and woe, supporting one another like the horns of a defensive formation. Whenever trouble arose, they would send reinforcements. But with a fourth-tier great demon attacking, the Heavenly Craft Sect was destroyed before help could arrive. By the time the other eight main cities reached them, all they found was rubble."
"Only after an investigation did we discover that the very reason the Heavenly Craft Sect attracted a fourth-tier great demon was the third-tier puppets they refined."
At this point, Shi Yutong broke into a smile. "Brother Li, you're a puppet master yourself. You should know that once a puppet has been crafted, you must refine a living soul of the corresponding tier into it to control it freely."
Li Ping