Chapter 1487: Purple Blood Puppet

Han Li put away the bamboo slip. Under the exceptionally warm hospitality of the Blood Demon, he stayed in the Yin Fire Hall for another hour or so before the banquet concluded. Afterward, he was led by a Spirit Servant to a quiet room in a nearby side hall to rest. As soon as Han Li closed the door of the quiet room, he immediately flipped his hand to reveal a stack of formation flags. With a flick of his arm, over ten beams of light shot out, vanishing into thin air. A rippling five-colored light barrier suddenly appeared on the walls surrounding the quiet room. Only then did Han Li relax. He sat cross-legged on a futon in the quiet room, closed his eyes slightly, and began to ponder.

The Blood Demon, a Demon King at the Integration Stage, was being unusually courteous to him, which struck Han Li as strangely inexplicable. Could it be because assisting in the refining of the incredibly difficult puppets required such dedicated effort from the old demon?

Han Li lightly shook his head, finding it unlikely. Even if the other party didn't do these things, he wouldn't dare not to put in his best effort. Besides, it seemed that apart from the mysterious Six-legged man, both Mu Qing and the beautiful woman named Lan who was with Yuan Yao were trying to win him over. Mu Qing even appeared to actively prevent him from interacting with the beautiful woman in white.

It seemed there must be another reason besides wanting him to break the Styx River prohibition, and it likely had something to do with the Purifying Devilish Lightning he possessed. As Han Li's thoughts whirled, he quickly analyzed most of the connections in a short while. After a good while, he let out a soft sigh and opened his eyes again.

Although he didn't know what these Demon Kings were plotting, if he handled the situation carefully, his own safety wouldn't be an immediate concern.

Han Li's gaze flickered a few times. Suddenly, with a flick of his sleeve, dozens of puppets of various colors flew out, circling in front of him and hovering steadily. He reached out with one hand, and a puppet landed directly in his palm. A blue light flashed in his eyes as he began to meticulously examine the puppets.

Perhaps he couldn't fully discern the mysteries of these Spirit Servant puppets from a distance, but by touching them now and letting his divine sense permeate directly into the puppets through his fingers, there was no problem at all.

A moment later, Han Li, with a strange expression, tossed the puppet in his hand into the air and immediately grabbed another. He repeated this process multiple times! After a full quarter of an hour, Han Li had examined all the puppets.

Although the formation structure inside the puppets was too profound and complex for him to fully understand at his current level, they didn't seem to have been tampered with or have any residual marks. Of course, Han Li couldn't be entirely certain about this. After all, the puppetry involved in the Spirit Servants far surpassed what he had learned in the Human World.

Fortunately, the Blood Demon had given him the complete refining method for these puppets. As long as he diligently studied it, he would be able to understand this puppetry. At that time, it would be clear whether these puppets truly had any issues.

Before then, he wouldn't use these items and would carefully put them away to prevent any accidents.

Thinking this, Han Li swept his hand over his storage bracelet, and a light golden box appeared in his palm. Its surface was adorned with peculiar patterns, with faint runes seemingly floating, indicating it was no ordinary item. Han Li opened the lid and beckoned to the hovering puppets. Immediately, a wave of green mist flew out from the box, sweeping all the puppets inside. He closed the golden box's lid and then, with another flip of his hand, several talismans of various colors appeared. With a flash of spiritual light, the talismans were affixed crisscross on the box, sealing it. Only after completing all this did Han Li truly relax. He then took out the bamboo slip containing the Spirit Servant consecration method, permeated it with his divine sense, and began to carefully comprehend it. He quickly became engrossed in the profound mysteries of this new secret technique. When a few gentle knocks sounded on the door of the quiet room, Han Li abruptly awoke from his comprehension. Reluctantly, he put the bamboo slip into his sleeve and stood up. As the door opened, a Spirit Servant shrouded in gray mist stood outside.

This Spirit Servant could not speak, but with a raised hand, a ball of blood-red light burst forth from its palm, and the Blood Demon's voice calmly emerged from within. "Young friend, please follow this Spirit Servant to the Blood Refinement Hall. We are about to formally discuss the puppet refining matter." It was a brief sentence. Afterward, the Blood Demon's voice abruptly ceased, and the blood-red light dissipated and vanished. "Lead the way!" Han Li said, not bothering with pleasantries.

The Spirit Servant bowed and then floated away, its movements completely silent and as light as if it weighed nothing.

Had Han Li not studied the Blood Demon's puppetry secret technique yesterday, he might still have been interested in this sight. Now, after a mere glance, his expression remained unchanged. About a quarter of an hour later, Han Li appeared in a hidden area beneath the Bloodflame Palace. Looking at his surroundings, he couldn't help but be filled with astonishment.

This so-called Blood Refinement Hall was a colossal chamber, roughly three to four hundred zhang wide, carved out of the underground lava and entirely formed from crystal. All four walls shimmered with a faint white light. Looking out through these transparent crystal walls, one could see rolling crimson lava everywhere, yet the crystal walls remained perfectly still, and no heat whatsoever could be felt within the hall.

But none of this was what truly astonished Han Li. What made his eyes widen in disbelief was the sight of a massive, thousand-zhang-tall puppet, resembling a mountain, immersed in the lava beneath the crystal hall. This puppet was clad in dark black battle armor, its arms extending past its knees, and its skin was a gleaming purplish-red. As Han Li looked up at its head, his heart turned cold.

The puppet's head featured not only a single white horn and a tiger-like mouth with a lion-like nose but also four bizarre blood-red eyes: two positioned normally like a human's, two on the sides of its cheeks, and astonishingly, two more emerging from the back of its head.

Each of these blood-red eyes slowly rotated on its head, emitting a chilling, ominous glow, giving off a spine-tingling and eerie sensation.

"This must be Senior's Purple Blood Puppet," Han Li finally spoke after carefully observing the colossal puppet for a long time and taking a deep breath, "but it appears to possess sentience. Has Senior already used the secret technique of Soul Integration?"

"Hehe, it seems young friend truly studied the puppetry secret technique I provided last night. You're right, this Purple Blood Puppet has indeed undergone Soul Integration. However, what's integrated into it isn't the weak spiritual body of a Spirit Servant. It's a trace of my own divided soul," said a single blood-robed figure who had appeared in the crystal hall, chuckling strangely as he saw the surprise on Han Li's face.

"I see," Han Li finally moved his gaze from the Purple Blood Puppet and said with a wry smile. "I also thought that such an astonishing puppet couldn't be controlled freely by an ordinary spiritual body. With Senior's powerful divine sense, even a divided soul should certainly be no problem."

"Young friend has seen my puppet, so you must understand why I need you to stay in Bloodflame Palace for such a long time," the Blood Demon's tone became serious. "I don't need you to do anything else, merely to infuse some Purifying Devilish Lightning into that armor. Then, based on the changes in the lightning, I will adjust the formations on it accordingly. During this process, you must not be distracted in the slightest, or all efforts will be wasted.""Senior, I will follow all your commands and do my utmost!" Han Li thought to himself, completely resolved.

"Very good. Young friend, don't worry, I won't let you work in vain. After this puppet is refined, besides the Spirit Servant refining method I gave you earlier, I have some other things for you as well," the Blood Demon seemed extremely pleased by Han Li's words, laughing heartily.

Immediately, the blood-robed figure formed a hand seal with one hand while chanting incantations.

An incredible scene unfolded.The colossal puppet below suddenly moved its head. With its six blood-red eyes flashing simultaneously, it also formed a hand seal with both hands, and instantly, ten thousand streams of purple light radiated from its entire body.

Wherever the purple light passed, the lava immediately receded, and in the blink of an eye, a massive purple barrier appeared below.

Almost simultaneously, a white light flashed beneath the feet of both the blood-robed figure and Han Li, and the previously solid crystal ground seemingly vanished into thin air. Their bodies immediately began to fall.

Although Han Li was somewhat surprised, with a flutter of the wings on his back, his descent immediately slowed. As for the Blood Demon, a flash of blood-red light enveloped his entire body, making him as steady as Mount Tai.

As Han Li flew downward, he soon landed at a height level with the Purple Blood Puppet's head. As he passed one of its blood-red eyes, it suddenly rotated, and its crimson pupil abruptly fixed on Han Li.

A chill ran down Han Li's spine, and his body stiffened, as if enveloped by an invisible colossal force. In an instant, Han Li's expression changed drastically, and a layer of sweat beads appeared on his forehead. Fortunately, the enormous demon eye, several zhang wide, flickered with an unusual light and immediately returned to normal, its gaze shifting away from him. Only then did Han Li let out a long breath and lightly wipe the sweat from his forehead. It was at this moment that he truly understood why the Blood Demon placed such immense importance on this puppet.

The strength of this Purple Blood Puppet was probably even a notch greater than the Blood Demon himself; otherwise, it wouldn't have exerted such immense pressure with just a single glance. Han Li had almost instinctively activated his Ruin Art to resist that terrifying gaze.

Fortunately, with the support of the Great Evolution Art, he managed to endure it. This indicated that not only was the puppet colossal in size, but it also seemed to possess some profound mysteries regarding its divine sense power. Though somewhat alarmed, Han Li dared not linger near the puppet's head. He swiftly continued his descent, and after a short while, he reached the puppet's chest. The blood-robed figure was already waiting there! Han Li's gaze swept over the dark black battle armor, and he paused slightly, a hint of confusion appearing in his eyes. Up close, the armor was smooth as a mirror, without the slightest sign of a formation array. "Could this old demon be planning to..." Han Li murmured to himself.

"Brother Han," the Blood Demon said, uttering words that somewhat anticipated Han Li's thoughts, "because I need your Purifying Devilish Lightning, I will briefly explain the formation arrays to be inscribed on the armor. Then, when we begin inscribing the moving array, you will cooperate with me by simultaneously injecting the Purifying Devilish Lightning. Only after it's complete will I seal the power of the formation and the Purifying Devilish Lightning together. I will inform you immediately if anything goes wrong during the process."