"Whoa, there are even more?" Seeing another dozen or so puppets, each somewhat larger than the previous ones, burrow up from the ground, Xiao Hua was delighted rather than alarmed. His eyes narrowed into crescents as he studied the puppets with great interest, as though they were already his possessions.
It was not that Xiao Hua was arrogant. Under such formidable Golden Earth Magnetic Force, any cultivator's abilities would be greatly diminished. As for Xiao Hua's current cultivation... well, his cultivation was affected too, but wasn't Xiao Hua's martial skill heaven-reaching? Here, let alone a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator, even against a late Foundation Establishment cultivator, Xiao Hua was confident he could put up a fight! Of course, Xiao Hua could not make heads or tails of a Golden Core cultivator's abilities, so he naturally did not consider them. And if there truly were a Golden Core cultivator here, how could the Shanghua Sect disciples outside Mingxi possibly be forming an array?
The puppets before Xiao Hua differed somewhat from the previous four. Not only were the runes on their bodies incomplete, but their bodies also bore obvious damage, clearly sustained beneath the earth. It was doubtless because the puppets assigned to intercept him aboveground had failed to stop Xiao Hua that these puppets had been summoned!
Moreover, among these dozen or so puppets, thirty percent were humanoid, while the remaining seventy percent took all manner of strange forms. Some resembled spirit beasts, some birds, lions, tigers, and there was even one that looked much like a centipede.
"Divine Strength Centipede?" Xiao Hua had never been in the habit of using spirit pets to attack, and had long forgotten about it. Now, at the sight of the centipede-shaped puppet, he nearly slapped his forehead. But then he gave a bitter