Chapter 1918: Xu Yang's Dice Treasure

"Help me create an identical copy of this treasure."

The soul of the Emperor's Cauldron began communicating with Xu Yang's soul world.

"Master, are you sure you want to use the precious few divine materials of heaven and earth to craft this item? Crafting it would be effortless for me, and it would also be a peak-level divine artifact. However, doing so would delay the progress of your Vastness Sword's creation."

Xu Yang nodded gently.

"Of course. The reason I asked you to immediately craft an identical item is that I wish to use it to create an entirely new fighting style.

As you've seen, many of these disciple puppets who have joined the dark forces lack complete physical bodies. My sword techniques have very limited destructive power against them.

While the sword soul ability inherent in the Vastness Main Artifact can suppress these souls, if I were to hastily force the creation of the Vastness Sword now, its quality would inevitably be affected.

I want it to possess the strength of a Main Artifact, just like the other Heaven-Forged Main Artifacts. Therefore, I will absolutely not allow you to begin until I find the most perfect and suitable materials for its creation.

So, for the time being, I need a more suitable weapon or magic item to assist me in combat. This die, in my opinion, is the best medium."

For the Emperor's Cauldron, Xu Yang's command was an absolute imperial decree, with no reason to disobey. Since Xu Yang's mind was made up, it naturally had no objections and immediately began grinding and carving the prototype of the die artifact, entering the crafting process.

Xu Yang completely withdrew the power of the Grand Hand Seal. With just one step, his figure appeared before the Berserker, who lay subdued on the ground. He placed a hand directly on the Berserker's head, helping to completely dispel the evil thoughts in his mind.

"There, Berserker. Now you no longer need the suppression of the die, nor will you be invaded by those evil thoughts."

Everyone gathered around. The Berserker slowly stood up and could no longer harbor any ill will towards Xu Yang, as Xu Yang had proven himself with his formidable strength.

"Your Excellency's strength is truly immense, far beyond what I can compare to now. I hope you will forgive my previous presumptuousness."

Xu Yang smiled and shook his head.

"There's no need for so many formalities. The reason I acted against you was precisely because I didn't want such conflict to affect our unity. Now, I and the Elder Council of your Changyun Heavenly Sect are true comrades-in-arms. We share a common goal: to overthrow the priest's rule within this palace and rescue my companions."

After regaining his clarity, the Berserker no longer exhibited his former agitation and arrogance, appearing instead like a very well-behaved young man.

"Of the seven elders, only Puppet King hasn't appeared yet.

According to my memory, Puppet King and I were originally imprisoned in the same palace. But later, some figures in silver robes came and took Puppet King away separately. From their conversation, it sounded like they intended to use Puppet King's power to help them seal another group of hostages."

Xu Yang immediately realized that the "other group of hostages" referred to Long Kun, the Ancient Great Serpent, and others, including Po Xiao.

"This is troublesome. Even you don't know where Puppet King was taken, and this palace is so vast. We'll probably be here until dawn trying to find where those people are."

Nangong said, her face filled with anxiety.

"Wait! I have an idea! If it were anyone else, I might truly be at a loss, but to find Uncle Puppet King, perhaps this item could be useful."

Lan Ling'er suddenly stepped forward and explained, taking a small figurine from her pocket. This item was a gift from Puppet King to her on her birthday. Lan Ling'er handed the small figurine to Xu Yang.

"Uncle Puppet King once told me that if I ever encountered danger and crushed this little figurine, he would sense it, no matter how far away."

Xu Yang examined the small figurine in his hand for a long time, roughly guessing that it contained a trace of Puppet King's soul power.

He immediately tried to inject a trace of his spiritual energy into the figurine. After familiarizing himself with the attributes and form of the soul aura within, Xu Yang touched his brow and once again cast "Soul Traverse."

A powerful surge of spiritual energy rapidly spread outwards around the entire palace in the form of two crisscrossing beams of light. Soon, near a palace about eight hundred meters west of their current location, it detected a soul power identical in attributes to the soul aura inside the figurine.

To further ensure the precise location, Xu Yang also crushed the small figurine in his hand during this time. Indeed, he sensed that the corresponding soul power suddenly became agitated.

"That's it, that palace! Everyone, follow me!"

As Xu Yang spoke, his movement speed reached its limit. In the darkness, he transformed into a phantom gleam, swiftly darting towards the palace eight hundred meters away. The powerful Martial Gods of the Changyun Heavenly Sect followed closely behind him.

Before they could even step into the palace garden, rows upon rows of combat puppets rapidly emerged from the soil around the garden's perimeter, surrounding Xu Yang and the group of Martial Gods.

"What powerful summoning martial arts!"

Xu Yang's eyes lit up. A summoning method of such intensity would be a rare killing machine on any main battlefield, regardless of era or domain.

This is because large-scale combat on a main battlefield is essentially a contest of which side has more numbers. Deploying a martial arts master skilled in using puppets, especially a Martial God-level expert, is equivalent to saving several elite troops.

Therefore, for the imperial forces, the value of this Puppet King was likely much higher than that of the other six elders combined. Seeing these puppets continuously gathering power and preparing for battle, Xu Yang once again smiled.

"Now I think I understand why your Changyun Heavenly Sect could become the empire's foremost sect. Each of your seven elders truly displays unique and remarkable abilities.

Now that I, Xu Yang, have done you such a great favor, you owe me one. I believe it won't be long before the empire's battlefront will also require your assistance."

No sooner had Xu Yang finished speaking than the Martial God-level experts around him, who had already benefited greatly from his assistance, began to express their resolve.

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency. Both now and in the future, none of us will forget the camaraderie we share fighting side by side. Your Excellency Xu Yang will always be our closest combat partner. We old fellows will naturally grant your every request, as long as it doesn't harm the interests of our Changyun Heavenly Sect. Whatever you need, just say the word."