Chapter 1921: The Weakness of the Puppet King

In an instant, an ethereal soul outline emerged from the illusory soul form corresponding to the dice space. Dark golden lightning power enveloped him, making him appear as majestic and extraordinary as the Thunder God descending from the Nine Heavens.

During this time, thick clouds gathered overhead and thunder boomed. More and more lightning streaks continuously exploded in the void, almost completely illuminating the dark sky above the imperial capital.

Thousands of lightning bolts furiously struck down towards the palace garden. Each exploding bolt caused immense destructive effects on the life within the garden. Countless combat puppets thus met their demise under the baptism of the endless celestial thunder. Throughout this process, these combat puppets were annihilated without even uttering a single cry.

After completing the single-strike destruction of all surrounding combat puppets, the six Martial God-level elders from the Changyun Tianzong on the periphery were completely dumbfounded. They were speechless, staring at each other wide-eyed and stunned in place, still reeling from the shock of Xu Yang's ingenious methods.

Then, a very strange scene unfolded. The other five elders all approached Kuangtu, patting his shoulder as if in encouragement. No one said anything, but they all showed him sympathy; they didn't even have the courage to laugh at him.

Anyone could see that Xu Yang's previous display of power was simply too immense. If Kuangtu had been in their shoes, they probably would have already collapsed in despair.

Thousands of years of cultivation and effort were actually outmatched by Xu Yang's operations of barely half an hour. For anyone else, such a situation would likely be impossible to accept.

Kuangtu's mental fortitude was still very strong. He silently swallowed, sighed, and then returned to the crowd of elders without another word, casting one last glance at Xu Yang's back in the void.

In reality, after this battle, Xu Yang became the greatest psychological shadow for all the elders, and particularly for Kuangtu, who had suffered the most.

"My goodness, is he even human? To be so powerful! Even the lightning power he wielded is far beyond what we can achieve. He has reached a level where he can harness the power of heaven and earth. And that kind of power exceeds the limits of martial arts; it doesn't belong to our civilization at all."

Xuangguang continuously pressed his palms together, chanting Buddhist mantras. However, he appeared to be the calmest among the six elders in terms of mental activity.

As for the red-robed woman and Lan Ling'er, these two girls were completely captivated by Xu Yang's charisma. They were practically on the verge of standing on the sidelines and cheering for him.

In any case, Xu Yang's powerful intervention had resolved the immediate trouble for everyone. The entire garden battlefield was a mess, with shattered limbs and ruins everywhere, torn apart by the power of lightning.

However, the surrounding combat puppets were unable to activate a secondary attack mode. Clearly, all the power amassed by the Puppet King had been completely obliterated by Xu Yang's single-round assault. Their next task was simply to locate the Puppet King's true form and help him recover from his controlled state.

However, while such an approach sounded easy, achieving it seemed somewhat difficult. Because the Puppet King was currently in a controlled state, he had already found the most concealed hiding place, and it wouldn't be easy for him to show himself.

However, for Xu Yang, finding the Puppet King's true form was not a difficult task.

He then once again unleashed a technique of soul traversal. In a short time, he pushed his spiritual power to its extreme, searching everywhere in the surrounding space, whether above ground or below. All areas that could provide concealment were unable to withstand the powerful intrusion of Xu Yang's spiritual power.

As expected, Xu Yang soon discovered that a stone statue within the palace was the true hiding place of the Puppet King's main body. Under Xu Yang's lead, the other six elders also gathered around the statue inside the palace, surrounding the massive effigy.

"I say, Puppet King, stop playing tricks here. With Sir Xu Yang personally present, you have no chance of succeeding."

Nangong once again tried to persuade the Puppet King, but the massive object before them still showed no movement. Xu Yang was not in a hurry to act; he seemed to have already seen through everything. Instead, he turned his smiling face towards the other six elders.

"I would like to ask you something: does the Puppet King have any weaknesses? The kind that can instantly break his defenses?"

Upon hearing Xu Yang's question, the Martial God-level elders exchanged glances, unable to provide an answer immediately. However, the girl Lan Ling'er suddenly tapped her little head, chuckled, and sidled up to Xu Yang.

"I do know a method, though I'm not sure if it's feasible."

This mischievous girl did not reveal her suggestion publicly in front of everyone. Instead, she leaned into Xu Yang's ear and whispered to him. Xu Yang, having received the satisfactory answer he sought, smiled once again.

"If that's the case, then I'll let the Puppet King experience what true despair feels like."

Xu Yang slowly extended a palm, releasing his powerful sealing technique. Soon, a sealing aura enveloped the massive white stone statue before him.

With this aura present, no one could help the Puppet King regain his freedom of movement without Xu Yang's permission.

After succeeding, Xu Yang, still smiling, walked up to the massive statue and extended two fingers towards its base.

Within a few moments, Xu Yang began to frantically wiggle his two fingers. Soon, a burst of hearty, wild laughter echoed throughout the palace.

The six elders were completely stunned after seeing this scene, exchanging bewildered glances, unsure of what was happening. Only Lan Ling'er, who had just told Xu Yang the Puppet King's weakness, was the first to guess the reason. She immediately emulated Xu Yang, went to the base of the statue, extended two fingers, and played the same trick as Xu Yang.

As expected, the loud laughter grew even more unrestrained.

"So that's it! This massive stone statue is the Puppet King's avatar."

Nangong immediately spoke, as he recalled that the Puppet King seemed to possess a special ability to alter his physical form, a rather effective method for confusing opponents in a short time.

Because the martial arts cultivation method this fellow practiced was a summoning-type technique, he was not adept at direct confrontation with powerful single-combat-oriented techniques.

Finding the best concealed position for covert output before the battle began was the Puppet King's most skilled combat method.

However, he never imagined that his meager disguise tricks would be meaningless in front of Xu Yang, who saw through them at a glance.