Only after Fu Yulong and Wu Kui had gone far away did Xiao Yan turn his gaze back to the three puppets in the city below.
Three puppets at the Origin Return Realm level—that's an extremely powerful fighting force. If it weren't for the arrogance of the Tian Brothers, even with Xiao Yan's current cultivation level, he would never have been able to withstand the attack of these three guys on his own.
Descending to the ground, Xiao Yan approached the three puppets. Using his powerful Spiritual Strength, he controlled one of them to stand up. Feeling its weight, Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed instantly.
The black robe was torn off, exposing the puppet's entire body to the air.
Its jet-black skin gleamed with a metallic sheen, and when you touched it, it felt icy cold. Although the whole body looked bulky, if you applied force, you would find that the seemingly bulky skin was as hard as iron. Even if you applied your Origin Qi, you could not easily touch the puppet's body in the slightest.
Afterwards, Xiao Yan even tried using Heavenly Flames. The pale blue Heavenly Flames was attached to a dagger. When Xiao Yan stabbed the puppet in front of him with all his might, he only managed to leave a shallow mark on the puppet's body. As for the dagger in Xiao Yan's hand, it had already shattered.
"Hiss... What a sturdy body! This puppet seems rather unusual!"
Upon seeing this, even with Xiao Yan's composure, he couldn't help but gasp, a look of surprise appearing on his face. This puppet's body was exceptionally tough; even with his own physical strength as a reinforcement, he couldn't leave any obvious marks on it. In this respect, even his Northern King was probably no match for it!
Although the Northern King's body possesses extremely strong regenerative abilities, its physical defense is far inferior to that of the puppet before him.
If the former is a ball of cotton that can be easily restored to its original shape, then the latter is a boulder that cannot be broken at all!
This puppet is quite different from the Northern King's method of forging. It fundamentally abandons the characteristic of being able to repair itself, and takes a different approach, using the most solid Vajra body as the strongest defense. At the same time, its explosive power will also become more powerful.
If we compare the puppet in front of Xiao Yan with Xiao Yan's Northern King, the difference lies in the fact that the Northern King can fight for a long time and receive the baptism of heavenly lightning power, which not only restores it to its original state but also enhances its combat power.
This puppet, however, was different. Although its body was extremely hard and its strength was indeed formidable, Xiao Yan could easily see from this distance that there were many old wounds on its body. Through those cracks, he could even see the dry and yellowed bones underneath. If he could add a few more cuts to those cracks, the puppet would be completely ruined.
However, it is probably precisely because these three puppets usually fight together that they have been able to survive until now. Before coming here, the three of them probably thought the same thing: with the strength of these three puppets, it would be easy for them to deal with one person together. Unfortunately, they did not expect that Xiao Yan would use his avatar to attack their main bodies directly.
No matter how powerful a puppet is, once its master dies, the puppet will naturally stop, just like a machine that cannot function without human control.
"This puppet is a product of the Heavenly Puppet Sect..."
Just as Xiao Yan was engrossed in the puppet before him, a slightly weak voice suddenly came from behind him. Xiao Yan turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Zhou Tai.
After taking the pill given to him by Xiao Yan, the latter was still somewhat weak, but his injuries were no longer a major concern.
" Heavenly Puppet Sect? What's that?"
Muttering Zhou Tai's words to himself, Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask a question. He didn't believe he had ever heard of such a force, let alone dared to provoke them. So why were they looking for him?
To be honest, Xiao Yan didn't believe that Fu Yulong had found these helpers. Judging from their previous conversations, these people didn't seem to have the same level of communication as he had imagined. Perhaps they had come to him for some special reason.
But what exactly is the reason for this?
" The Heavenly Puppet Sect one of the Three Sects of the Southern Region. As far as I know, it is the sect that supports the Sea Cloud Palace, which is why the Sea Cloud Palace is so rampant and domineering, openly expanding its power in the Southern Region."
"The reason they sent people here this time is probably because Sea Cloud Palace has been incompetent, and they're doing this in order to subdue Qingyang City."
Immediately afterwards, Luo Jin slowly stepped forward from behind, looked directly at Xiao Yan, and spoke slowly.
Prior to this, Luo Jin was also unsure whether the puppet truly belonged to the Heavenly Puppet Sect. Only after seeing Zhou Tai confirm it did he come to believe it.
" The Heavenly Puppet Sect, huh? They're one of the Three Sects of the Southern Region. It seems we're bound to run into them on our trip to Burning Flame Valley!"
With a soft sigh, Xiao Yan immediately turned his attention back to the events of the day.
"But... did they really send such a powerful expert just for Qingyang City?"
Hearing Luo Jin's words, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. If it was really just because Sea Cloud Palace had handled things poorly, normally, the Heavenly Puppet Sect, as the main branch, would at most give them a stern reprimand and then order Sea Cloud Palace to attack Qingyang City again. It would be impossible for them to send people to deal with it personally. Moreover, the way those three guys looked at him earlier felt very familiar to Xiao Yan.
It was a greedy look in his eyes, like...
Like Ye Luotian.
But now that things have come to this, with some dead and others on the run, the only way to find out the reason is to wait until they meet again.
Xiao Yan believed that he would definitely meet Fu Yulong and the Heavenly Puppet Sect, one of the Three Sects of the Southern Region, again.
For now, let's deal with these three puppets first.
Once the three puppets at the Origin Return Realm level are subdued, Xiao Yan and his group's combat strength will increase again. At that time, if they encounter a lineup like today again, they will be able to easily defeat them even without resorting to any tricks.
With this thought in mind, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile slightly. With a thought, a vast amount of Spiritual Strength surged out from between his brows, flowing into the puppet's body from the back of its head. There, where the soul imprints of the Tian Brothers were originally engraved, he re-engraved his own soul imprint.
After a simple series of procedures, and with another shift in Xiao Yan's thoughts, he issued a command, and the puppet in front of him immediately knelt down with a clang. Thus, the puppet was completely subdued.
As for the remaining two puppets, Xiao Yan did not take them under his own control. Instead, he handed one over to Xiao Yi Xian to control, and gave the other puppet to Liu Huabai, the head of the Liu Clan family.