Chapter 966: Tianyuan Puppet Feeding Technique

Twelve enormous white jade beasts shot out like lightning. Their fierce aura raged as they lunged directly at Zhou Yuan, their colossal shadows completely engulfing the area he occupied.

A murderous aura surged forth!

Upon seeing this, Zhou Yuan's eyes sharpened. He clenched his hand, and the Sword Pellet rose.

Buzz!

The next instant, an earth-shattering sword hum resonated. The Sword Pellet vibrated, evolving into numerous sword lights that were exceptionally sharp. As they swept past, even space itself was torn into streaks.

Clang! Clang!

Countless sword lights burst forth, slashing directly onto the bodies of the twelve white jade beasts. Brilliant sparks instantly flew as the attacking puppet beasts were repelled.

However, the sword light attacks only left faint marks on their steel-like bodies. These marks meant nothing to them, and in an instant, the giant beasts lunged again, attempting to tear Zhou Yuan apart.

But their attempts proved fruitless. The vast sword light formed a protective sphere around Zhou Yuan, making it impossible for the puppet beasts to break through, no matter how furiously they attacked.

Boom! Boom!

The aftermath of their clash spilled across the top of the stone statue. Yet, the ground here proved unimaginably hard; even such intense shockwaves failed to leave the slightest crack.

Standing behind, Xu Ming watched Zhou Yuan, who was caught in the frenzied bombardment of the twelve white jade beasts, and burst into laughter. "Zhou Yuan, is that all you're capable of? That certainly doesn't match your usual boasts!"

Within the sphere of sword light, Zhou Yuan's face remained placid. He merely stared at the twelve giant beasts. Through their previous clashes, he had already determined that the Genesis Qi strength of these puppet beasts almost reached thirty million.

"As expected of the Demonic Puppet Domain, the puppets they refine are incredibly powerful," Zhou Yuan mused inwardly. "Puppets with thirty million Genesis Qi strength are already comparable to top-tier experts in the late Divine Dwelling stage."

No wonder even his sword lights struggled to shatter them.

After his assessment, Zhou Yuan exhaled deeply. He formed a hand seal, and four Genesis Runes gradually brightened.

Four Genesis Runes!

Four Spirits Returning to Source Diagram!

The next moment, the Genesis Qi erupting from within Zhou Yuan surged dramatically. Fifty-eight million Genesis Qi appeared in the void behind him. A cold glint flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes as he clenched his hand, and a colossal thousand-zhang sword light expanded from his palm.

The sword light was incredibly brilliant and condensed, and a bone-chilling aura instantly swept forth.

The twelve giant beasts lunged from all directions.

Zhou Yuan's figure flickered, darting out like a shadow, while the thousand-zhang sword light shot forth like a crescent moon.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sword light heavily slashed onto the bodies of the twelve white jade beasts. The next moment, a cacophony of metallic sounds resonated as the twelve beasts were sent flying backward, as if struck by a massive blow. They tumbled across the ground before finally crashing down with heavy thuds.

On their steel-like bodies, a deep sword mark stretched from head to tail, almost splitting each of them in two.

Zhou Yuan's sudden burst of power caused numerous exclamations across the starry sky.

Especially when they saw the fifty-eight million Genesis Qi stars in the void behind Zhou Yuan, their eyes narrowed in astonishment. This level of Genesis Qi foundation had truly caught up with the top eight on the Divine Dwelling Rankings.

Zhou Yuan's sharp gaze turned to Xu Ming. "Your toys are certainly tough," he remarked.

Xu Ming's gaze swept over the fifty-eight million Genesis Qi stars behind Zhou Yuan. His eyebrow raised slightly as he remarked, "So this is the source of your confidence? It's indeed quite impressive.

"However, I still need to teach you a lesson: new dark horses like you should show more respect to seasoned Divine Dwelling experts like us. If you wish to dominate the Divine Dwelling stage, wait until people like us have advanced to the Heavenly Sun stage!"

As his voice fell, Xu Ming's body vibrated, and Genesis Qi erupted from within him, illuminating countless Genesis Qi stars in the void behind him—a total of forty-eight million.

Xu Ming's Genesis Qi foundation was slightly stronger than Yuan Kun's!

"Your Tianyuan Region has the Four Genesis Runes, and my Demonic Puppet Domain possesses similar secret arts! So don't even dream of surpassing us with that move!"

Xu Ming's display of his Genesis Qi foundation didn't end there. He let out a long howl, his hands rapidly forming a seal: "Demonic Puppet Attraction Technique!"

From his body, twelve rays of light suddenly shot out, connecting directly to the bodies of the twelve white jade puppet beasts. The next moment, he seemed to be completely linked with all twelve puppets.

Boom! Boom!

Consequently, the Genesis Qi stars in the void behind him suddenly surged, directly reaching a total of sixty-four million. This was a full six million more than Zhou Yuan's fifty-eight million!

While this difference might not seem enormous in the grand total, the Genesis Qi gap it created was not to be overlooked.

The seventh rank on the Divine Dwelling Rankings indeed held significant weight.

Xu Ming observed Zhou Yuan's seemingly more solemn face, a strange smile playing on his lips. "Zhou Yuan," he said, "don't apply the achievements you gained against lesser opponents to us. Otherwise, you'll regret it.

"Next, I'll show you the true power of my Demonic Puppet Domain!"

His hand seals changed!

Buzz!

The Genesis Qi throughout the world vibrated. The sixty-four million Genesis Qi stars behind Xu Ming began to vanish at an astonishing speed. In mere moments, the Genesis Qi fluctuations within Xu Ming weakened to an extremely feeble state.

However, Zhou Yuan's pupils constricted slightly at that moment.

Because as Xu Ming's Genesis Qi weakened, the twelve white jade puppet beasts began to undergo tremendous changes.

Golden brilliance emerged on their bodies, swiftly covering them entirely, transforming them into what appeared to be twelve golden giant beasts.

This was certainly no mere color change. Instead, the bodies of the twelve golden giant beasts began to shrink, circle by circle, eventually reducing from approximately one hundred zhang to twenty zhang!

Despite their reduced size, the twelve golden beasts exuded an aura of perfect flawlessness. Golden patterns were engraved on their bodies, shimmering faintly, appearing both mysterious and powerful.

Every line on the bodies of these golden beasts brimmed with a sense of immense power.

The twelve golden beasts roared to the sky, their sound waves exploding like ripples in the void. The rolling sound waves echoed like muffled thunder, sweeping out in all directions.

Across the starry sky, countless gazes were fixed on the twelve golden beasts, all filled with dread.

Even those also on the rankings, like Yuan Kun and Jiugong, wore solemn expressions.

They could clearly sense that the Genesis Qi fluctuations of each of the twelve golden beasts were at the sixty million level.

Xu Ming had decomposed his own sixty-four million Genesis Qi through special means, and what he ultimately gained were twelve golden puppet beasts, each possessing a Genesis Qi strength of sixty million!

Clearly, in terms of combat capability, these twelve perfectly coordinated, hard-bodied golden beasts would far surpass Xu Ming's own strength!

Xu Ming gazed at Zhou Yuan with a smile, then his cold voice slowly rang out.

"This is a unique technique of my Demonic Puppet Domain...

"Heavenly Source Puppet-Feeding Technique!

"Zhou Yuan..."

Xu Ming said with a smile, "If you die by their hands, it will be no injustice."

The moment his last word fell, the roars of the twelve golden beasts resonated. Their figures shot out like golden lightning, instantly forming a nearly perfect killing formation that enveloped Zhou Yuan's every escape route—from the sky, from the ground, and from all directions.

It was like a net of heaven and earth.