Ch. 2191..2200
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2191
Alex could not sense any murderous intent nor hostility from him.
As if he were a blade of grass or a tree, he stood quietly and watched Alex without any emotional surge, forming an exceptional harmony with the surrounding nature.
After looking at him twice, Alex continued drinking water and even rinsed his face. Only then did he turn around to look at the masked man.
The masked man finally said, “Only you came?”
Alex froze for a moment as he was a little puzzled. ‘What did he mean?’
He nodded without saying anything.
The masked man closed his eyes. “Everyone is clever as a fox. just wait then!”
After wiping the water on his brow, Alex walked up to the shore and was about to leave. At this moment, another two people came over: a male and a female.
The man looked about forty years old, whereas the woman was in her early thirties. Both of them were wearing similar outfits as if they hailed from the same particular sect.
“Oh, two people are already here!” The woman said with a smile, “Good! Since there are only a few people now, how about we discuss it?”
Alex was even more puzzled. ‘What’s with this situation?’
The masked man said, “What do you guys want to discuss?”
The woman said, “Let me introduce myself. I’m Lucille Antoinette. He’s my senior, Emmerich Goldilocks. We’re from the Sky Seal Sect.”
“Emmerich Goldilocks?” The masked man smiled. “Your name is impressive.”
Emmerich said, “Emmerich means omnipotent.”
The masked man said, “Then, that’s even more interesting.”
Lucille asked, “How should we address you guys?”
The masked man said, “You can call me Mask.”
“And you?” Emmerich asked Alex.
“Dummy!” Alex replied.
Lucille giggled. “Interesting! Interesting! Fine, it doesn’t matter what you’re called. What matters is that we must join forces this time. Otherwise, someone will snatch away the Law Stones even if we find them after reaching the secret realm. We will even lose our lives there in serious cases.”
Alex froze for a while again. ‘Secret realm? Law Stones? What the heck are those?’
The masked man said, “It’s not a problem to join forces, but I have a question. I heard that there are full of traps inside Puppet Dungeon and the puppets have different levels. I’m afraid it will be difficult to deal with them alone. So how do we allocate the loots later?”
Lucille said, “Of course, we’ll allocate according to needs. I have an earth attribute, so I only want earth-attributed Law Stones. My senior has a fire attribute. What about you guys?”
Mask said, “I have a wind attribute.”
Alex said, “I have a lightning attribute.”
“Great then. None of us has repeated attributes. In principle, the Law Stones of the respective attribute will belong to the person with the corresponding attribute. We’ll share the loots of other Law Stones equally,” Lucille said with a smile.
Alex did not say anything. He still did not know what the Law Stones were for.
But soon, he figured it out. The Law Stone was a kind of energy placed on the puppet, but it contained the complete rule attribute. Thus, after gaining a certain amount of Law Stones of the same type, one could utilize the energy within the Law Stones to break through the realm and achieve Immortalization.
After hearing the news, Alex was moved at once. The chance of finding the Phoenix Sect Sanctuary was still very slim. But if this method could work now, it would simply be a good thing to have his wish granted.
Hence… He had to join it.
Soon, someone came over hurriedly. After seeing the person who was coming over, Alex almost jumped. He recognized this woman vividly.
“It’s you!” The woman recognized Alex as well. She stared daggers at him. “You’re not dead yet?!”
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The woman was Dorothy Asscx’s new disciple, Hermione Yggdrasill!
“Uhm…”
To his surprise, he met this woman here. However, after experiencing the transcendental strife between the great Genbu and the Undead Queen and acquiring the great Genbu’s gift, Alex’s state of mind suddenly changed. He was no longer the little newbie of the astral realm.
“I’m also surprised to meet you here!” Alex said, “Look at you, gnashing your teeth with that expression like you’re trying to eat me alive. What’s wrong? Didn’t your master inform you that I’m her husband?”
Hermione was infuriated. “Nonsense!”
Dorothy… Alright, it was Xienna Stoermer. That was the goddess in Hermione’s mind, an existence as great as the sky. Xienna was faith itself to her, so how could she allow someone else to slander Xienna?
Alex’s words touched her sore point.
“You deserve to die for blaspheming my master!” Hermione shouted angrily and was about to draw her sword at Alex, trying to take his life.
Lucille, Mask, and the others nearby were puzzled. They did not know what had happened between them, but it seemed quite interesting.
Mask said, “Miss, before you make a move, you better find out if he’s your master’s husband, right? Perhaps, he really is. It’s just that you don’t know about it.”
Hermione Yggdrasill flew into a rage upon hearing it.
Meanwhile, Alex said, “Indeed, I’m your master’s husband. Your master and I even have four children, quadruplets!”
Alex told the truth.
It was because Xienna had said that Hermione had some ties with her. For the sake of Dorothy living inside Xienna’s body… Oh, or rather, it would still depend on Xienna’s mercy whether Dorothy could be separated successfully in the future. Alex also intended not to tangle with Hermione anymore, canceling the grudge once and for all.
Of course, he knew that might be his wishful thinking. He had killed the entire Yggdrasill family, so Hermione should not let him off the hook.
Cackle!
Lucille laughed.
When Alex spoke about the quadruplets, she felt that Alex was teasing Hermione with words. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people would not have believed it.
Swoosh!
At this moment, someone came over again. This time, a total of seven people came: five males and two females. The leader was a young man in white.
Once the group of people appeared, Lucille, Emmerich, Mask, and even Hermione changed their expressions abruptly. Then, they quieted down and watched meticulously, as if they were some kind of scourges that were full of danger.
“Huh? Only these many of you came here? Where are the others?”
The young man frowned and glanced at Alex and the others.
Lucille cackled. “So it’s Young Sect Master Orlando. It’s just a few of us for now. Anyway, the time is not up yet. No worries.”
“Humph!”
That Young Master Orlando whosoever was quite ostentatious.
An old woman next to him quickly took out an item from the storage ring and placed it on the ground with a boom. At a glance, it seemed to be a pavilion carved with white jade. It was seven meter tall with a width of ten meters. There was a table and chairs made of white jade and teawares were placed on it…
It was exquisite. It was extravagant!
“Young Sect Master, please!” The old woman bowed and saluted the young man.
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The young man nodded imperceptibly and walked up to the pavilion.
A young, beautiful lady next to him entered the pavilion, brewed the tea, and poured it. She even took out some snacks and placed them on the white jade table for the young man to enjoy.
The remaining men were responsible for protection. The entire setup looked precisely like a portable Xanadu of an emperor on travel.
Alex whispered, “Who the heck is that ostentatious guy? He’s so exquisite. He should stay at home and live a sheltered life.”
Mask said to him through telepathy, “Bro, keep your voice down. This guy isn’t someone easy to deal with. Be careful. He might give you a hard time if he hears it. It will be too late to regret it later.”
“Is he that fierce?” Alex switched to telepathy communication as well.
“How can you not know him? This guy is called Donovan Orlando. He’s the young sect master of the Sun Shrine. This guy is a genius in martial arts. There was an anomaly of heaven and earth when he was born. Rumor has it that he possesses a divine spiritual root of superior quality that surpasses the Divine grade. He learns quickly and can cultivate any martial arts, and is known as the unparalleled genius that appears once in a lifetime…”
Alex was surprised for a moment. He looked over with interest.
Then, Alex suddenly felt a desire, a desire to get him… Oh, Alex did not really want to get him as he was not a homosexual. But there was a vague aura that made Alex yearn for him as if Alex wanted to acquire him.
But, he could tell what exactly it was right now.
At this moment, the old woman next to Donovan Orlando walked toward them and said, “You few people, if you get the Law Stones after reaching the secret realm, our Sun Shrine will be willing to buy them at a high price. The price will satisfy you guys for sure. Besides, when you face danger, our Sun Shrine will also try our best to help… This is a transmitter. After reaching the Puppet Dungeon, you can use this to communicate with our people from the Sun Shrine. Come, there’s one for everyone. Better safe than sorry.”
The old woman took out a few token-like items. There were complex formation patterns on them.
Alex also took one in his hands without any comments. But, at a closer look, he could tell it. The people of the Sun Shrine were ill-intentioned.
The formation patterns on the transmitter were not just as simple as to convey information. More formation patterns on it were used to identify the location and even could transmit relevant information automatically. In other words, when one held this kind of transmitter in his hand, the people of the Sun Shrine could access his current situation easily, including the amount of Law Stones that he had acquired.
Donovan looked at the crowd’s reaction and said, “Don’t think that I’m messing with you guys. In fact, I’m helping you guys! To be frank, the Law Stones in the Puppet Dungeon are different from the other places. The attributes in the Law Stones are completely pure. Do you know why?”
Indeed, Lucille and the others did not know why. This Donovan just asked them why the moment he spoke up.
Donovan said, “It’s because these Law Stones have been treated artificially. In other words, these are the Law Stones that the Supremes had made through their abilities in ancient times! There Law Stones are the core energy placed on the puppets.”
As soon as he said that, Alex was even more astonished.
It was the first time that he came into contact with the Law Stones in his life. Even there was no such a thing as the Law Stone in the legacy that his ancestors had left behind before this.
“Of course, not every puppet possesses a Law Stone, and the puppets with Law Stones have extraordinary combat power. It’s impossible to defeat them alone. You guys will know when the time comes.”
Donovan stopped talking as he got to that part.
Not long afterward, ten or so people came over consecutively.
Alex could tell that every one of them was exceptional and had reached the Imminent Immortal realm… It was worth mentioning that Hermione had unexpectedly reached the second realm to Imminent Immortal as well. Her realm leveling speed was simply jaw-dropping.
Xienna must have done something to her.
Finally, the last person who appeared was a white-haired old man.
After this person arrived, Alex knew that the old man was called the Phaseless Dweller, the organizer of the expedition to the Puppet Dungeon this time. All the people that he had invited were given a coordinate: the shore of this stream.
On the other hand, Alex came across this place. Thus, he was mistakenly identified.
The Phaseless Dweller looked at the unfamiliar Alex, yet he did not care about Alex because the people he had invited were allowed to bring two companions. He had never seen Alex before, but he felt that someone might have brought Alex over.
“Everyone, I’ll repeat. I just want the Jade of Six Paths! The Law Stones will belong to whoever that obtains them!”
“But whoever dares to keep the Jade of Six Paths in his or her secret stash shall be an enemy of mine, Phaseless!”
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The Phaseless Dweller did not come alone. There was a male and a female by his side. Both of them were young.
The two people were dressed strangely in long black robes with black hoods and even black face veils, revealing only a pair of eyes. And, these eyes made people feel particularly bizarre. In addition, the man’s eyes were blood red, whereas the woman’s eyes emanated a purple glow.
At this point, all the members had arrived. In addition to Alex, there were a total of thirty three people.
The Phaseless Dweller restrained his aura and waved his hand as he said, “It’s almost time. Let’s go!”
Alex looked at the others and turned to Hermione. Then, after noticing all of them had followed after the Phaseless Dweller, he did not say anything and followed behind the group.
After a while, Hermione seemed to have deliberately fallen behind a bit and walked next to Alex.
“Where’s my Reflective Eye? Give it back to me!”
Alex snorted. “Are you dreaming?”
Hermione said viciously, “Do you believe I’ll kill you when we arrive at the secret realm later?”
Alex said, “Then, do you believe you’ll be long dead before you kill me? Have you forgotten the experience in Misty Swamp? How about you try feeling the invasion of the tree roots into your body again?”
“You..!”
Once she thought about the pain from the Chaos Tree’s invasion to seize the Reflective Eye from her heart, she hated Alex to the core and wanted to grind his bones into ashes. That should be the most painful thing that she had experienced in her life.
“Humph!”
Hermione stayed away from this b*stard and did not want to see him again.
Alex sneered and did not take it to heart. He really did not need to be anxious about the second realm to Imminent Immortal.
They headed north.
There were lush forests along the way, and there were even many high-ranked demon beasts roaming freely inside. However, the man and the woman next to the Phaseless Dweller were very powerful and did not need others’ help at all. They had killed all the demon beasts they encountered right away.
During the journey, Alex saw Phaseless taking out a map as if he was looking for a way.
Hence, that place was not easy to find.
After half a day, they had yet to find the secret realm, but Alex sensed a bizarre aura. He felt as if something was watching him. He secretly refreshed himself and looked for the target vigilantly.
However, it was neither from Hermione nor any of her peers. Perhaps the cultivation base that he had displayed was weak. So, other than Hemiione being wary of him, the other people did not take him seriously at all.
They probably just thought of him as cannon fodder.
‘What the heck is it?’
The feeling of being watched was faintly discernible. Alex silently released a paper doll to search the area, but there was no gain at all.
‘This place is a little bit spooky!’
They drifted away in the forest. As they continued moving forward, there was almost no path to walk ahead. Nevertheless, the two veiled young people under the Phaseless Dweller kept waving the several meter long sword light to blaze the trail ahead.
“Hey, Dummy!”
The masked man, Mask, silently came to Alex’s side. Alex replied, “Mask, is there something wrong?”
Mask said, “Have you noticed the two people ahead are bizarre?”
Alex asked, “Which aspect do you mean?”
Mask replied, “Every aspect. Can’t you tell? The Chi that the two people have released is different from ordinary people, and their movements are also particularly strange. The weirdest thing is… They don’t breathe and have not absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.”
As a cultivator, it was almost an instinct to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, especially those two people who had been blazing the trail and consuming their Chi all the time. According to the logic, they should constantly be absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for replenishment. Yet, they had not absorbed any of it.
Alex took a couple of glances at them. “So..?”
In fact, he had already seen it. The male and the female with the black hoods and face veils were not humans.
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Mask smiled telepathically. “So I wanted to ask if they’re dummies like you.”
Alex knew that he could tell it as well. Those two people were puppet people that humans had made. Alex initially thought that the topic would end here.
To his surprise, this guy seemed to be a socially awkward person previously, but he suddenly turned into chatter and asked, “Hey, what’s going on between you and that woman? Do you really have four children with her master?”
Alex was helpless. “Do you believe it?”
Mask said, “I’ll believe it if you admit it!”
Alex was reluctant to answer this question again, but Mask seemed to have wound around him, walking next to him, inseparable, with a distance of less than half a meter. Alex was uncomfortable and could not even play any petty tricks.
“Mask, can you not get so close to me? I don’t like being so close to a man!”
Lucille, who was walking ahead, turned around to look at Mask despicably.
Mask was agitated. “Hey, what’s with that look of yours? I’m a normal man. You can try it if you don’t believe me.”
Lucille snorted. “I’ll just try it then.”
She moved fast and stretched out her hand fiercely to Mask’s crotch area all of a sudden.
“Ah!” Mask shouted strangely. He could not believe that Lucille would do this.
“You… Aren’t you afraid that your man will be jealous?”
Lucille giggled and said, “My man died a long time ago. He’s not my man. He’s my senior! I think you’re well endowed. Do you want to be my man?”
Mask grabbed Alex. “I like men.”
Alex pushed him away. “Get lost.”
Donovan glanced at them a few times with an ignorant and uninterested look.
Phaseless disliked them being too noisy and said, “Be quiet. This is already near the secret realm. There will be a danger at any time.”
Emmerich asked, “What’s the danger here?”
As soon as he said that, the male and female puppet people, who were blazing the trail ahead, suddenly screamed.
Roar!
An earth-shattering roar resounded through the forest. Immediately afterward, a behemoth rushed out and punched the male puppet hard in the chest with a loud bang, sending the male puppet flying. The long black robe exploded in mid-air, revealing the actual content inside…
It was a copper man!
That body was not human at all, but it was bronze with a metallic luster.
Alex had seen it with the divine eye previously, so he did not feel much surprised. However, many people were shocked. For instance, Hermione exclaimed, “He’s not a human. What is he?”
Phaseless shouted angrily, “Is this the time to talk about this now? Hurry up, let’s move together and kill this stupid hulk.”
Everyone looked at the behemoth that had blasted the male puppet away.
It was indeed a stupid hulk. It was ten-meter-tall and was covered with rocks.
This was a… Stone man.
Alex’s eyes widened as he had never seen such a thing before. He had gained knowledge for the first time in his life.
“Oh gosh, what is this?! How can there be such a thing?!” Mask exclaimed.
Phaseless said, “This is a kind of puppet. There are these things in the secret realm. There’s a Law Stone in its body. Let’s go together!”
Upon hearing it, the crowd launched attacks on the stone man.
Alex took out a flying sword and slashed it pretentiously. In fact, he did not exert much effort. He was watching the stone man’s reaction as well as observing his peers.
As a result, he was speechless. No one was an idiot.
Everyone did not exert their full strength. Eventually, the furious Phaseless killed the stone man with a slash and said coldly, “If you all are here to leech, sorry then. The operation to the secret realm is canceled. You all can go back.”
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Swoosh!
The Phaseless Dweller cut through the stone man’s head, causing an ocher crystal to drop out of it. It was as big as a thumb, overflowing with light.
Once this thing was exposed to the air, a stream of wispy yet continuous fluctuation of power of laws gushed out. It was the earth-attributed power of laws.
Alex felt it at once.
Unexpectedly, his mind palace trembled slightly. It was the longing will that the mud slab under the Chaos Tree inside the mind palace had emanated.
‘The self-renewing soil?’
That was the slab of mud that he had dug out from the Gods’ Tomb in the Undead Territory.
It was also because of this mud slab that the Chaos Tree had grown desperately from a two-meter tall small tree to a huge towering tree that exceeded a thousand meters. The current Chaos Tree seemed to have stopped growing, but Alex did not know if that was its limit…
But now, he suddenly guessed that even if that mud slab was omnipotent, the energy contained inside must be limited, and it was impossible to be endless.
Now that it had emanated a desire for the earth-attributed Law Stone, didn’t that mean the earth-attributed Law Stone could replenish its energy?
‘I’ll get a piece for you if there’s a chance. But not now.’
The Phaseless Dweller picked up that earth-attributed Law Stone and simply threw it at a bulky man. “You contributed more just now. This Law Stone suits you, so it’s yours.”
Alex looked at the bulky man and recalled that the man seemed to be called Tytree Joffrey. Indeed, he was an owner of the earth-attributed spiritual root.
“Thanks!”
Tytree received the Law Stone joyously.
At this moment, the stone man that had the Law Stone dug out suddenly emitted a ‘boom’ sound and its stone body crumbled completely. It seemed that there was a wisp of gray energy dispersed from the inside, dissipating in the air.
“Sigh!”
Alex heard a sigh at this moment.
He turned around to look at Mask. He was the one who had let out the sigh. It seemed that… He was feeling sorry for the stone man’s disappearance. But, on the other hand, he even sensed a kind of furious emotion with his keen mental strength.
‘What’s he angry about?’
Alex retracted his gaze and felt that Mask was bizarre. Then, they continued moving forward. It went smoothly this time. Under the two puppet people’s lead, the crowd finally walked out of the ancient forest with no way out, entering a canyon.
They found a mine after walking for another half an hour or so. This mine was dark, deep and gloomy, sending chills down the people’s spines as if there were some unusual existence.
“What is this place?” someone asked.
“It’s an abandoned ancient mine. It’s nothing strange,” the Phaseless Dweller said. He did not intend to explain much and led the people inside. In fact, Alex was a little curious. He was an outsider who knew nothing and had just rushed in blindly. He would not know if he were to be sold.
Hence, he secretly asked Hermione through telepathy, “Hey, who the hell is Phaseless Dweller? He won’t lead is into a trap, right?”
He had no choice as he only had a little connection with Hermione and did not know anyone else. He could not believe it, so he asked Hermione.
Hermione snorted coldly. “Aren’t you already inside a trap? Besides, why should I tell you?”
Alex said, “Because I’m your master’s husband.”
Hermione was infuriated. “Get the f*ck out of here!”
Alex shook his head. “Your master is unlucky. How could Xienna Stoermer accept a disciple like you? You’re simply unfilial. When I get back later, I’ll ask her to expel you from the apprenticeship.”
Hermione was stunned. “You know my master’s name?!”
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“You’re sick. How can I not know my wife’s name?”
“Uhm..?”
After a while, Hermione was probably worried about Phaseless or doubted Alex’s identity, so she said, “Don’t ask me. I don’t know well either. I was just recruited because I heard thatI could obtain the Law Stone. And, the Law Stone is what I need the most now, so I had to come over to take a look at all cost.”
So, that was how matters stood.
After a pause, Hermione asked, “Hey, how did you escape from that monster’s stomach?”
Alex did not want to answer this question, so he said, “What ‘hey’? You have to address your master’s husband properly.”
Hermione flew into a rage and kicked a huge rock at Alex.
Bam!
Of course, the huge rock failed to hit Alex and slammed into the wall of the mine with a deviation of direction, forming a huge hole at once. Unexpectedly, a fire suddenly appeared in the hole.
“What is that thing?”
The crowd was a little shocked upon witnessing the scene.
Alex was the closest. when he looked at it intently, he immediately felt a chill surging from the sole of his feet. Surprisingly, there was a round eyed handsome man inside the smashed hole, staring right at him.
Lucille took a few steps back. Then, after taking a glance, she screamed the next second, “Oh my god, is this a human or a ghost?”
After a while, almost everyone came over to take a look.
At this moment, the flame in the hole gradually extinguished, so the scene inside the hole was even more clearly visible. The handsome man inside was dead, motionless. Moreover, that was not just a corpse, but… There were many of them.
Emmerich abruptly kicked the wall next to him and sent out a more prominent tremor, collapsing almost the entire walls of the mine. As a result, the revealed actual content inside shocked the crowd to the core.
It was a mass grave!
The corpses were densely packed inside the mine, there were males and females.
But the strange thing was…
“Guys, look. Why do these corpses all have the same face?” Hermione exclaimed. She had pointed it out wrongly. It should be two different faces.
One was a man’s face, one was a woman’s face. The men looked all the same, the women looked all the same as well.
Mask whispered to Alex, “They are just like your name, Dummy.”
“These are clones!”
The old woman who had been following Donovan’s side said. But, then, she added, “They’re immortal puppet bodies from ancient times.”
After hearing her unique explanation, many people present asked, “What is an immortal puppet body?”
Meanwhile, the surprised Alex thought, ‘Are they all clones?’
The old woman said, “There’s an ancient record in our Sun Shrine stating that during the ancient times, the Undying Clan had invaded various realms. There was a terrifying species inside the Undying Clan that could control humans’ minds. It was even difficult for the supreme deities to escape its vicious blow. But, then, there was a sect called Brahman Sect at the time, specializing in the study of Puppet Immortals so that they could be used to deal with that terrifying Undying Clan species. These immortal puppet bodies are used as the materials for the Puppet Immortals… So, you don’t have to treat them as humans. They are not humans, but materials.”
The crowd was stunned.
“In that case, these are the things we’re going to deal with inside the Puppet Dungeon?”
“Probably so…”
The Phaseless Dweller standing at the forefront snorted coldly and said with bad-tempered, “Are you guys done yet? Is it time for chatter? The secret realm’s entrance will be there if we walk further a bit. Hurry up. If we ever miss the secret realm’s opening time, it’ll be difficult for you guys to get the Law Stones again. Let’s go!”
As expected, they reached the entrance after another three minutes.
It was just that they never expected that there would be an old man sitting next to the teleportation portal at the entrance. After raising his gaze and looking at Alex and the others, he shook his head and said, “Mortals, this is not a place that you people should come. Turn back. Going further will only lead you to your demise.”
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At the Puppet Dungeon’s teleportation portal in the depth of the mine, surprisingly, there was an old man half-lying on a stone stool, staring at them calmly.
This feeling was bizarre.
Alex looked around and did not sense anything with life’s aura. He did not even have a teacup and just placed a stone stool in this messy ore pile, sitting on it. He seemed to be waiting for their arrival specifically.
“Old man, who are you? Why are you here?” A woman with a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth asked as she went forward.
The old man rolled his eyes and did not answer.
Just then, the Phaseless Dweller suddenly wielded his long sword and slashed at the old man without warning.
Clank!
Mask next to Alex abruptly stepped in and blocked the Phaseless Dweller’s blade. What he used was an emerald flute.
The material used to make it was unknown, but it was invulnerable to blades. The Phaseless Dweller’s sword could not even make a mark on the flute.
The Phaseless Dweller was infuriated. “What are you doing?”
Mask said, “Dweller, he’s just an old man. Why did you want to kill him?”
Phaseless retorted, “You don‘t know sh*t about that. This old man is not a human.”
As he said that, he slashed twice again. However, Mask blocked all of them.
By making a move, the others would find out whether one had a strong cultivation base. Mask gave the impression that he was hiding it deeply. Between his moves, there was an unending surge of steady Chi. Unfortunately, Phaseless still had the help of the two puppets, a male and a female.
The two puppets superseded Phaseless in blocking Mask, whereas Phaseless went to kill the old man straightaway. More importantly, the seated old man seemed to have no resistance. He just sat there and stared right at the blade with his dim yellow eyes, yet motionless.
Clank!
A light sound rang out. This time, Alex stepped in to block Phaseless.
“How dare you stop me too?”
In Phaseless’ eyes, Alex’s cultivation base was limited as be had not even reached the Imminent Immortal. Nevertheless, he could defeat this kind of insignificant being with just a move. So what made this guy have the misconception of being able to stop him?
“I just want to advise you. Forgive others whenever you can.” Alex dodged his attack
“Nonsense! Just die!”
Phaseless was furious. Moreover, he shouted, “Everyone, do it together! Kill these two pieces of trash for me, or else no one shall enter the secret realm!”
Donovan laughed. “As per the Dweller’s wish then!”
He looked at Alex with an eerie glow in his eyes. “I’ll send you to hell!”
Donovan attacked Alex. An incomparably familiar aura could be felt from his attack.
“Chaos Chi energy?”
Alex was startled for a brief moment.
The next second, Mask suddenly barged in and helped Alex block Donovan’s attack. But because of that, the two puppets dashed to his front and made a slash on the side of his face.
The silver mask was severed and fell, revealing a handsome, delicate face inside. But at this moment, a wound was left on his face. Blood flowed slowly.
“Ahh!”
“He… Why does he look exactly like those clones?” After looking at Mask’s face clearly, Hermione exclaimed at once.
“He’s also a puppet man?”
After looking at his face clearly, the Phaseless Dweller was infuriated. “So a spy was among us, just die then!”
Countless attacks were directed at Mask. It was too late for Alex to stop them.
Someone severed Mask’s waist in the blink of an eye, with blood and internal organs splashing all over the place. Even his one eye was blind, but he was not dead yet. He looked at Alex with the other visible eye and said, “Bro Dummy, quickly… Go…”
The last two words were like he was running out of power.
Donovan smiled ruthlessly. “Kill!”
Now, Alex was alone. On the other hand, almost all the thirty or so people before him were in the Imminent Immortal realm. However, he, who possessed the Ten-Point Forbidden Spell and the Icebound Curse, was skilled and bold, so he was ready to go all out at once.
His focus was on Donovan. He felt that this guy had something that he needed.
At this moment, countless attacks were directed him. Even Hermione attacked him.
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The moment Alex was ready to resist the attacks with the Mystic Armor, the ornament-like old man sitting on the stone stool before abruptly bounced and waved his hand to throw a palm shadow.
It was the power of laws! Then, he grabbed Alex and entered the teleportation portal like lightning.
“Uh…”
“Go after them!”
This was the voice that he heard behind him the moment he entered the teleportation portal.
His body seemed to have experienced muddiness and darkness. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in an expanse of desert.
“What is this place? Old man…”
First, Alex looked around. At a glance, it was all boundless desert. Then, he turned around and looked at the old man, only to notice that the old man was lying on the ground and could not get up.
“Hey, old man. What’s wrong with you?”
“Mortal, head… EasL.. Walk!”
It was the same as watching a dying battery. As soon as the old man finished his sentence, he was completely ‘out of power’.
It turned out that the wave of operations earlier was his final energy. Now that the energy had been exhausted, he just stopped functioning.
However, Alex couldn’t tell the directions at all in this boundless desert. In the end, he discovered, fortunately, the old man was pointing in a certain direction when he said the last words about heading to the east. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult.
‘Mask, this old man and the puppet people next to Phaseless…’
‘All of them are dummies. Could they be the Puppet Immortals of the Brahman Sect that the old woman mentioned?’
He looked behind him again worriedly.
The strange thing was that till now, Phaseless and the others had yet to barge in. He even wanted to go all out as there must be something good on Donovan.
He first placed the old man’s puppet body into the storage ring.
Then, he set up a spell formation on the spot, trying to wait for the arrival of Phaseless and the others.
As a result, he waited for a long time, yet not a single soul came.
‘It shouldn’t be! They should have come in after this long, right?’
‘Could it be…’
Alex thought of a possibility.
The destination of the teleportation portal was random. Or, it was controllable. The old man had brought him here, but the teleported destination for Phaseless and the others were somewhere else.
‘Forget it! Then I’ll just head east to take a look!’
Alex picked up the pieces and strode forward. Soon, he encountered an obstacle.
It was a puppet! Or rather, it was a puppet man. Three of them popped up at once.
They looked exactly the same as those piled in the mass grave, except that these puppet men’s eyes were bloodshot and rushed forward to kill him without saying anything.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Alex killed three puppets consecutively with a slash.
He rubbed his nose. ‘So weak!’
He cut open their brains with a sword, but there was no Law Stone at all. Hence, not every puppet had the Law Stone, and the ones with the Law Stones were the golden geese.
An hour later, he finally encountered it.
However, d*mn it. A large group of them with a total of thirty or so came at once. They were the real Puppet Immortals.
Half a minute later, Alex was beaten till he had a nosebleed and almost had his bowels stomped out.
‘Let’s escape!’
Just then, a voice said, “My Lord…”
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“My lord, my lord…”
The voice was erratic, so he could not tell the direction of the voice immediately. However, it felt familiar and intimate, as though it was the apple of his eye that he used to have.
That was right. It was the apple of his eye, Neela. However, thirty or so Puppet Immortals were now pursuing Alex. Although these guys were puppets, they possessed the Law Stones in their bodies. Thus, in a certain aspect, they could be regarded as Immortals. At least, they were definitely much more powerful than someone in the second realm to Imminent Immortal like Hermione.
So, he did not have any additional energy to think about how he heard Neela’s voice all of a sudden.
“Kill! Kill him! Kill him!”
The Puppet Immortals said in unison with a surging murderous aura. Their eyes were bloodshot, filled with rage and madness.
Just then, there was a sudden change in the sky and streams of black rifts appeared out of thin air. Immediately afterward, a huge greenish golden dragon tail swept out of the rifts… The dragon tail was covered with dragon scales and seemed to be full of tactile quality. A certain mysterious, ancient aura filled every dragon scale with a sense of power.
Immediately afterward, it was the entire dragon body. It fiercely broke through the space barrier and emerged from the clouds.
The next second, Neela descended from the sky with an overwhelming force, slamming hard into the thirty or so Puppet Immortals.
At the same time, the Phaseless Dweller, Donovan, Hermione and the others in the other direction of the Puppet Dungeon also witnessed Neela’s sudden appearance in mid-air. The immediate appearance of the mighty and shocking body stunned the crowd.
“That’s a… Benares Dragon!” Donovan in the crowd murmured as passion filled his eyes.
“A Benares Dragon! It’s really a Benares Dragon!” The Phaseless Dweller also exclaimed as he was astonished.
“Didn’t they say the Benares Dragons had become extinct in the ancient times? So there’s actually a hidden Benares Dragon in this secret realm. Besides, it looks young, so it’s a juvenile dragon. If I can keep it as a pet…”
When the Phaseless Dweller said that, he noticed all the people around him had desire in their eyes. Who would not want to keep such an ancient dragon as their pet?
That would be a veritable dragon rider!
Donovan Orlando looked at the old woman and said through telepathy, “If I’m not wrong, this should be the last bloodline of the Benares Dragons. This is a key and also a status. I must get her. Getting her will be equivalent to gaining the support of all the dragons. Compared to this, the Law Stones seem less important. ”
“Chase!”
Donovan left the team instantly and chased after Neela in the direction of her appearance. The old woman followed behind him closely.
Then, all the remaining people of the Sun Shrine followed him as well. These people definitely had to follow Donovan.
The Phaseless Dweller was jealous as well. Without saying a word, he took the two puppet people and chased after them as fast as possible.
Then, everyone went over as well.
***
When Alex saw Neela, who had suddenly appeared, barging in to block the Puppet Immortals, he was instantly relieved.
However, it seemed that it was a little difficult for Neela to deal with so many Puppet Immortals at once with her current level. As she could not attend to everything at once, the group immediately surrounded her and beat her to the point that she screamed in pain and several pieces of her dragon scales fell off.
Alex flew into a rage.
“Do you think I’m powerless just because I didn’t show my strength?”
“Neela, leave!
“Ten-Point Forbidden Spell, Icebound Curse!”
Alex managed to cast the forbidden spell easily as Neela helped him to buy time.
The ninety nine golden cores fused into the furnace of forbidden spells, pouring out an icy blue chill.