The Spirit-Draining Stone was gone from the chest, leaving only a black key made from an unknown ore.
No one noticed the flicker of red light in the puppet's eyes in the eighth stone chamber the instant Su Jiu picked up the key.
Then its body swayed slightly, as though it had been activated. From head to toe, it seemed to shed a layer of dullness and come alive.
After Su Jiu took the key out of the chest, the others gathered around her.
Only Lu Chuchu lost interest once she saw that it was a seemingly useless key.
"Judging by the material, it seems to have come from a lithium stone vein on the Azure Mist Continent," Su Jiu said mildly.
"What's that?" Qiao Zirong asked.
"An extremely rare mineral vein found only on the Azure Mist Continent. It's also exceedingly expensive." This material had been incorporated into her Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate.
Yun Huanling added, "They say that if enough of this material is incorporated into something, it can even attract lightning."
Yu Jin had naturally heard of lithium stone as well. "The material may be unusual, but there doesn't seem to be anything particularly special about this key."
Suddenly, Su Jiu's gaze darkened slightly.
She summoned Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate and slashed straight down in one direction, her blade suffused with dense ice spiritual qi.
The entire sequence took no more than two breaths.
The others turned to see that the puppet was already standing at the entrance to their stone chamber.
An eerie red light shone in the puppet's eyes, yet its body gave off no fluctuations of spiritual qi.
That was why no one had noticed it awakening.
Although Su Jiu's strike had been hurried, she had still used thirty percent of her strength. Yet it had