A razor-sharp Sword-Ray cleaved open the back of a massive Demon Beast Puppet. Black-blue blood sprayed out, and a Vine Hand plunged into the wound...
Splat! Flesh and blood scattered as the Vine Hand pulled out a Beast Crystal larger than a human head, glowing with gray light.
Roar! The Demon Beast Puppet gave a miserable cry, collapsed to the ground, and lay motionless.
Seven or eight Demon Beast Puppets already lay on the ground around them.
Zhang Qingshan crawled out from beneath the Demon Beast Puppet and asked excitedly, "Junior Brother Ye! Did you get the Beast Crystal?"
Ye Han toyed with the Beast Crystal in his hand and told Zhang Qingshan, "Got it!"
He and Zhang Qingshan had finally killed the Ice Refining Prince after a hard fight, but the prince's Demon Beast Puppets had not died. These creatures were half puppet, half Demon Beast. Though the Ice Refining Prince no longer controlled them, Demon Beasts and Cultivators were natural mortal enemies, so they instinctively charged at the two men.
Although the battle had left Ye Han and Zhang Qingshan severely depleted, Ye Han could use the Purple Cauldron to restore his spell power.
The Beast Crystals inside these third- and fourth-tier Demon Beast Puppets were treasures worth a great many Spirit Stones. With the two men working together, how could these Demon Beast Puppets possibly stand against them?
This time, however, without the threat of the Ice Refining Prince and the Two-Winged Demon Beast Puppet, they did not have to end the fight quickly by attacking the puppets' Beast Crystals. Instead, they extracted the crystals intact!
The two worked together. Although Zhang Qingshan's injuries were serious, he improved somewhat after taking several pills Ye Han had given him.
Killing these Demon Beast Puppets brought them quite a