"I really like this mechanical puppet inside. Name your price!"
The creature blocking Chen Mu's flying car was a dragon-like monster with wings on its back, and a handsome young man sat on its head.
Inside the Rune Puppet Flying Car, the scanning program automatically collected enemy data and displayed it on the screen.
The demonic beast was Gale Winged Dragon, at the Initial Demon King, while the man on its back had the cultivation of the Mid Core Formation Realm. Even in a big city like Guangling City, he could be considered a first-rate expert. No wonder he dared to be so arrogant.
However, Chen Mu had no interest in getting entangled with these people. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and tapped the screen.
Sizzle...!
A beam of light shot out from the car's headlights. Due to the high speed, neither the demon beast nor the young man had time to react before being enveloped in the light.
The Immobilization Ray is an energy ray that Chen Mu developed from the ' Talisman Particle ' of the Immobilization Talisman. It has the same effect as the Immobilization Talisman, but its power and attack speed are greatly enhanced.
"Walk!"
Chen Mu accelerated the Rune Puppet Flying Car, easily bypassing the person and beast in front, and continued towards the Listening Wind Tower headquarters.
After about four or five breaths, the young man and the Gale Winged Dragon finally broke free from the binding energy. The two looked at each other, both with a hint of fear in their eyes.
"Such a powerful Talisman Puppet attack; this person is probably a high-ranking member of the Rune Research Institute."
"Let's go! Xiao Feng, let's hurry back and report this to the clan."
The young man's name was Nie Hantian, and he was a member of the Heavenly Puppet Sect. He had originally come to Guangling City to buy materials, but he did not expect to see Chen Mu's Rune Puppet Flying Car speeding through the air.
Few people in Yang Province recognized the Rune Puppet Flying Car, but how could Nie Hantian, a disciple of the Heavenly Puppet Sect, not recognize it?
As the number one talisman-cultivating sect in the world, the Heavenly Puppet Sect has always been one of the wealthiest sects. Their talisman paper, Rune Artifacts, and mechanical puppets have always been in high demand, almost monopolizing most of the rune-related market in the Central Land.
However, in recent years, the Rune Research Institute has emerged as a dark horse. With the help of the Eight Directions Trading Company, it has taken away nearly half of the rune-related market. Moreover, the Rune Research Institute has launched a variety of new products, which are beginning to suppress the Heavenly Puppet Sect.
The Heavenly Puppet Sect now regards the Rune Research Institute as a thorn in their side, and wishes they could eliminate it as soon as possible.
However, as the three strongest sects in the Central Land, they still had to save face and couldn't openly suppress the Rune Research Institute. Moreover, the people from the Rune Research Institute mainly operated in the Chen Kingdom, and they couldn't just attack the Chen Kingdom because of some business competition.
If force doesn't work, they'll try to use their most effective methods: first, copying, and then using their vast wealth and customer base to crush these new schools.
They used this method to wipe out countless emerging sects in the past. After all, the Heavenly Puppet Sect sold the same things for a lower price, even at a loss. The emerging sects would soon run out of funds and eventually lose their market.
However, this method is useless for the Rune Research Institute. Not only are the runes of the Rune Research Institute's products extremely Heavenly Puppet Sect to crack, but their iteration and update speed is also extremely fast. Often, before the previous generation of runes can be cracked, the Rune Research Institute will have released a better new product.
Therefore, the higher-ups of the Heavenly Puppet Sect have come up with a plan: to capture the leaders of the Rune Research Institute and directly interrogate them about the rune technology they possess.
However, the higher-ups at the Rune Research Institute mostly live in the Chen Kingdom, which is heavily guarded. Several groups of people Heavenly Puppet Sect there were captured, leaving them with no way to succeed.
When Nie Hantian encountered Chen Mu's Rune Puppet Flying Car this time, he immediately realized that this Rune Puppet Flying Car was not ordinary and could not be seen on the streets of the Chen Kingdom.
Those who can ride in such special Rune Puppet Flying Car are usually high-ranking officials of the Chen Kingdom, and most likely people from the Rune Research Institute. That's why he went up to test the waters.
The results of the probe greatly shocked him; he was now almost certain that the people inside the flying car were high-ranking officials from the Rune Research Institute.
It's highly unlikely that such a powerful Rune Puppet Flying Car Rune Puppet Flying Car be built and given away to someone else; it's very possible that the person sitting inside created it.
With this assessment, he was greatly encouraged and quickly urged his mount to return to his lodging.
"Roar...!"
The Gale Winged Dragon roared in dissatisfaction before slowly carrying Nie Hantian away.
It was quite frightened by the Immobilization Ray. You see, when you're immobilized, you're like a lamb to the slaughter. If Chen Mu had wanted to kill it then, he could have done it with just one strike.
"Understood! We don't need to do anything else; the sect will handle him. Don't worry."
Nie Hantian was still shaken by the ray he had just witnessed and had no desire to face Chen Mu again.
Guangling City, as the largest capital city in Yang Province, is twice the size of the Chen Kingdom. The distance from the public teleportation array to the headquarters of Listening Wind Tower is more than 600 kilometers, so even Chen Mu's Rune Puppet Flying Car took a full quarter of an hour to arrive.
"My lord! Look at that tallest building ahead, that's the headquarters of Listening Wind Tower."
Following Gu Zi'an's directions, Chen Mu saw an extremely magnificent tower. This tower had eighteen stories, with carved railings and jade-like structures. It was luxurious yet exuded an ancient and simple atmosphere, which was breathtaking.
This was the tallest building Chen Mu had ever seen in this world; even within the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, there was no building of such height.
"Let's go! Let's go down."
The Rune Puppet Flying Car traced a graceful arc in the air before swooping down towards the gate of Listening Wind Tower.
Whoosh...! Pfft...!
One advantage of Chen Mu's small flying car is that it doesn't necessarily need to be parked in a plaza; it only needs a slightly larger open space to land, which is very convenient.
The gate of Listening Wind Tower was very spacious, and there was no problem with the flying car landing. Soon, Chen Mu's flying car landed on the ground.
Snap...! Snap...!
The car door opened, and Chen Mu and Gu Zi'an stepped out of the flying car, attracting curious glances from many people around them.
"What is that? It's so strange, it can actually fly."
Someone muttered.
"I know! That's Rune Puppet Flying Car, Rune Puppet Flying Car from the Chen Kingdom! Once I've saved up enough Spirit Stone, I'm going to buy one too!"
Guangling City truly lives up to its reputation as the largest city in Yang Province; the people living here are quite knowledgeable, and some even recognized the Rune Puppet Flying Car.
With a wave of his hand, Chen Mu retrieved the Rune Puppet Flying Car into his spatial wrist.
This is not the Chen Kingdom after all. His Rune Puppet Flying Car is quite valuable. Although it has a certain degree of independent combat capability, it is safer to keep it on him.
"Let's go, Zi'an, come with me to meet this Listening Wind Tower."
Chen Mu ignored the people on the street, called to Gu Zi'an, and strode towards the gate of Listening Wind Tower.