Puppet

A white-robed cultivator flashed by and appeared in the open space. Tang Tianshu recognized this cultivator as Su Li from the Kun Origin Sect.

"Is it possible that Su Li and I are so destined to meet? Is Su Li trying to get me to take advantage of him?" Tang Tianshu couldn't help but chuckle from a distance.

Su Li moved about, shifting and turning, seemingly setting up some kind of magic array. Through the puppet's vision, Tang Tianshu observed for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of magic array Su Li was setting up. After a while, Su Li hid in a corner to rest.

Su Li was quite meticulous; he actually set up some defensive formations around his resting place.

Since he couldn't discern Su Li's magic array, Tang Tianshu didn't dare to rashly control the puppet to attack Su Li.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Li actually fell asleep.

Just as Tang Tianshu was considering whether to control the two puppets to ambush Su Li, a red light flashed, and a female cultivator flew out at lightning speed, falling to the ground in a disheveled state.

Before the female cultivator could react, two fireballs flew out rapidly, heading straight for her. The disheveled female cultivator hurriedly used her weapon to deflect the fireballs.

A fireball flew straight at Su Li Su Li, leaving him no choice but to jump out and dodge.

"Junior Brother Su Li?!" The female cultivator was initially surprised by Su Li's sudden appearance, but quickly relaxed.

"Junior Brother Su Li, what a coincidence, I actually ran into you."

Let's work together to defeat this demon...

Su Li frowned. "Miao Qian, what exactly happened?"

Before Miao Qian could reply, a bald cultivator jumped out. "Haha, we've struck it rich today! We've actually run into two cultivators! Quickly hand over your spiritual herbs and Law Treasure, and I might spare your lives."

"Miao Qian, you attack from the left, and I'll attack from the right!" Su Li roared, conjuring a spirit sword that slashed directly at the bald cultivator.

Miao Qian hesitated for a moment, then conjured a bronze mirror and threw it at the bald cultivator. But in the instant Miao Qian hesitated, the bald cultivator flashed and rushed towards Su Li.

Wow, so fast!

In a flash of light, the bald cultivator was already in front of Su Li, holding a black dagger to block Su Li's spiritual sword, and then kicking Su Li away.

Miao Qian's bronze mirror emitted a hundred rays of light, which shone directly on the bald cultivator.

But the bald cultivator sneered, took out a black umbrella to block the light, and as the umbrella spun, dozens of flying knives stabbed towards Su Li and Miao Qian. Su Li took two steps back and took out a flag to wave.

Whoosh!

A hundred wind blades rushed towards the bald cultivator.

However, the wind blade was once again blocked by the bald cultivator's umbrella. Miao Qian frowned, brandished her steel whip, and slashed at the bald cultivator.

The bald cultivator released his umbrella, which flew into the air and continuously blocked Su Ye's wind blades. At the same time, he swung his dagger to block Miao Qian's attacks. For a moment, the three of them fought fiercely and were evenly matched.

Tang Tianshu frowned from a distance, noticing that the bald cultivator, despite being attacked from both sides, was still slowly and methodically approaching Su Li.

"Miao Qian, use your bronze mirror Law Treasure to attack from behind, and wait for me for another half an incense stick's time." Su Li frowned and chanted an incantation.

"Alright!" Miao Qian frowned and drove the bronze mirror to fly behind the bald cultivator.

Call!

The bronze mirror emitted light again, attacking the bald monk.

Left with no other choice, the bald cultivator turned around, conjured a small black shield, and headed straight for the bronze mirror. Seeing that the bald cultivator was about to get his hands on the bronze mirror, Miao Qian made up her mind, put away her golden whip, and turned to run away.

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Su Li was caught off guard by Miao Qian's escape and had no choice but to accelerate his attack.

"Trying to escape from me Kui San? Not so easy!" The bald cultivator, having already obtained the bronze mirror, smiled coldly and headed straight for Miao Qian.

Miao Qian caught a glimpse of Kui San rushing towards her out of the corner of her eye. She was terrified and was about to turn around to block when Kui San stabbed her through the heart from behind.

After taking Miao Qian's Storage Bag, Kui San headed straight for Su Li. Su Li was shocked, but the formation was not yet complete, so he could only activate a small purple shield in front of him. Kui San smiled coldly and his black blade flew out: Kui San's black blade directly knocked the small shield away.

Su Li was shocked and slashed at Kui San with his wind blades. Kui San wielded his black blade to block the wind blades and then lunged at Su Li.

Just as Kui San's black blade was about to pierce Su Li's chest, a streak of green light shot straight towards Kui San's back.

Kui San sneered, made a hand gesture, and several throwing knives flew out from the black umbrella, rushing towards Qing Ying.

Ta-da!

The throwing knife struck the green shadow as if it were hitting steel, producing sparks. Crucially, the green shadow didn't change direction at all, continuing to rush straight towards Kui San's back.

Kui San was shocked and turned to look at Qing Guang. At the same time, he raised his protective Gang Qi. Only then could he see that Qing Guang was a cultivator wearing a cloak whose face was not visible. However, he could confirm that the cloaked cultivator's cultivation level was definitely far lower than his own.

Frowning, Kui San turned and charged straight at the cloaked cultivator.

When!

Puff!

Kui San's black blade pierced directly into the cloaked monk's chest.

To Kui San's surprise, the cloaked cultivator didn't change at all; instead, he simply hugged Kui San.

Puff!

Just as Kui San was trying to break free, he was struck squarely in the back by a sword—the blow was deep enough to expose the bone. It was Su Li who had taken the opportunity to launch a sneak attack from behind.

"Ah!" Kui San roared with delight, breaking free of the cloaked cultivator and escaping the attack from both sides.

"Who are you? What sect do you belong to? Why did you ambush me?" Kui San asked the cloaked cultivator.

The cloaked cultivator was a puppet of Tang Tianshu, and naturally remained silent.

Five years have passed. Although Tang Tianshu's cultivation level has not improved much, he has spent five years refining the Tang Tianshu to make it invulnerable to swords and spears.

Although they are no match for Foundation Establishment cultivators, they can still hold out for several rounds against Qi Refining Stage cultivators.

Did Tang Tianshu use a puppet to ambush Kui San in order to save Su Li?

This is only one aspect, because Tang Tianshu doesn't yet know the secret of why Su Li, despite having only Mediocre Spirit Root, has improved his cultivation so quickly, and he doesn't want Su Li to die so simply at the moment.

Another reason for attacking Kui San was, of course, to see if they could kill him.

That was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but unfortunately, the result made Tang Tianshu realize that his puppet is now incapable of killing a cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage Eighth Layer, no matter what.

The puppet retreated a few steps. Kui San, enraged, was about to kill the puppet first, but he was attacked by a flying sword.

Su Li's Five Elements Sword Formation had been activated, and six flying swords, accompanied by wind blades, rushed towards Kui San. Kui San had no choice but to move his black umbrella closer to block the flying swords and wind blades.

Meanwhile, Su Li repeatedly used his spirit sword to attack Kui San, while Kui San could only parry with his black blade, and Tang Tianshu's puppet just watched from afar.

Because he was seriously injured and had to be wary of the puppet's sneak attacks, Kui San gradually lost his strength and his pace slowed down.

Tang Tianshu seized the opportunity and drove his puppet straight at Kui San.

Kui San understood that this reckless cloaked cultivator had extremely high defense, but very low cultivation level, so he could only kill him at close range.

Seeing the puppet rushing towards Kui San, Su Li immediately wielded his spirit sword and charged straight at Kui San.

"Hmph, another pincer attack? I'm not afraid!" Kui San roared, driving the black blade toward the spirit sword, while staring directly at the puppet.

As soon as the puppet reached him, Kui San unleashed a punch that pierced straight through the puppet's chest...