Free Web NovelChapter 386: Chapter 344: Puppetry Technique
In an instant, Wang Yu broke out in a cold sweat.
He didn’t know how many living corpses there were here, but even if they were all at the Qi Cultivation Level, if they rushed toward him, he would surely die.
The cultivators in front of him also had pale faces, their legs trembling, almost fainting.
Yet these living corpses merely stretched their necks, quietly watching the cultivator, as if waiting for something, but did not take the next step.
What triggered them, and what are they waiting for?
Since these people appeared in front of him, various details flashed through Wang Yu’s mind, and one conjecture after another emerged.
Was it the cultivator’s words? Or some action of the cultivator?
Wang Yu squinted and carefully observed everything around the cultivator.
Wang Yu was mature, steady, calm, and careful in both planning and execution. This was the evaluation Lu Qian and the fellow disciples had of Wang Yu.
At this moment, Wang Yu wanted to find a slim chance of survival in the Corpse Prison Forbidden Land, relying solely on his careful observation and judgment.
At this moment, a few companions of that cultivator couldn’t hold back and shouted, "Run, they’re coming out!"
Saying this, they ran forward, but Wang Yu retreated backward. The Divine Illumination Immortal Ascension Technique was pushed to its limit, and everything before his eyes seemed to slow down.
They spoke, the living corpses didn’t move. They started running forward, and the living corpses still didn’t move. And then, the culpable cultivator also cried out and took a step forward.
Everything around Wang Yu seemed to slow down, he saw the cultivator lift his leg, and the living corpses turned their heads, shaking their bodies, stepping forward.
Then, the cultivator stepped onto a patch of shadow, shadow cast onto the mountain path by the dense forest on both sides under the hazy moonlight!
A piercing scream suddenly rang out, Wang Yu saw hundreds of pale arms reaching out from the dense forest!
He then retreated around a bend, all the sounds suddenly disappeared, while the living corpses within the dense forest on either side remained silent and motionless.
A few cold sweat drops slid down his forehead, and for a moment, he quickly understood the rules of this path.
Each section of the mountain path is independent, with bends as boundaries to isolate them. Generally speaking, staying on the path is safe, unless you enter the forest, even stepping into the shadows of the forest is forbidden!
This is so strange, too strange.
Wang Yu carefully stood in the middle of the path, avoiding all the shadows on the ground.
Initially, he thought that within the Corpse Prison Forbidden Land, all living corpses would rush forward, tearing all living beings apart.
But why are there such rules here? Who set these rules? What is the purpose of these rules? Will there be other rules on the road ahead? Can following the rules ensure survival?
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Countless new questions arose. Wang Yu stayed calm for a while until he heard Old Yang’s call from behind, he took a deep breath, and took out a box labeled "B" from his Storage Pouch.
The box opened, revealing a heap of parts, shimmering with the glow of talismans and arrays. He cast a series of spells, infusing them with Divine Sense and Spiritual Power, the parts jerked, issuing a clicking sound as the mechanisms moved, assembling in a tight sequence.
About ten breaths later, a black metallic, entirely mechanic-constructed hound appeared in front of Wang Yu.
He shook his arm, pulled out a Spirit Crystal and inserted it into the hound’s body.
Then, he formed a spell, establishing a close connection between his Divine Sense and the puppet.
At once, the hound tilted its neck, its long head extending, its back arched like a bow, nimbly stretching its head around the bend, with its two eyes emitting a faint blue glow, everything it saw appeared within Wang Yu’s hand-held copper mirror.
Puppetry Technique · Hound!
In the past, Wang Yu’s cultivation was steady and sure but had nothing too unique. Talismans, magic techniques, and magical artifacts were all mediocre.
Worried this lack might affect his future Foundation Establishment, and wanting to enhance his combat strength, after Lu Qian greatly enriched the Yushan Seventh Grade Profound Mystery Scripture, Wang Yu eagerly began seeking an appropriate combat method for himself.
Initially finding nothing, until Lu Qian started searching the Jichuan Profound Monarch’s Collection while mining the Spirit Stone Mine under Lingsha City, looking for puppetry that didn’t require control by Divine Sense, he received many secret manuals on Puppetry Technique.
Upon reading them, Wang Yu felt like he had found treasure, delighted beyond words, truly the most fitting combat method for my preferences!
Over the past four years, aside from being busy with sect affairs, all his focus was on studying Puppetry Technique, every day engrossed in reading Secret Techniques like Thousand Mechanisms Transformation, Spirit Puppet Manipulation.
Everyone has different talents, Wang Yu’s personality and disposition perfectly matched the essence of Puppetry Technique; therefore, his progress was fast, having successfully completed the key components of Qi Cultivation Stage Puppetry Technique, reaching Foundation Establishment level in this method.
For this Foundation Establishment attempt, he naturally armed himself fully, bringing along the three finest puppets, Armor, Yi, and Bing, made with heavy funds under Lu Qian’s aid.
At present, everything seen by the hound appeared in the copper mirror, the living corpses and several cultivators had disappeared, leaving only an empty mountain path.
He then peeped his head out, took a slow step, confirmed he was safe.
On the path, only the muddy footprints, claw marks, and several pieces of blood-stained cloth proved that a scene of living corpses feeding on humans had just occurred.
After killing the intruders, do the living corpses return to the forest?
Wang Yu noted this new conjecture, then retrieved a Storage Pouch from the mud, seeing the fresh bloodstain on it, it was precisely the relic of that cultivator just now.
This is quite interesting, if I can make it out alive, even without collecting Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, just picking up cultivator relics, I might get rich.
He continued cautiously forward, constantly watching the shifting shadows of the forest as the moon moved, so as not to become the next meal.
Every time he passed a bend, he would send the hound to observe before stepping into the next path section. Several times, he saw groups of living corpses feeding on cultivator corpses, and once he witnessed a new occurrence.
This time, an entirely swollen, blue-purple skinned giant corpse, over two people tall, large enough for several people to embrace, was fighting dozens of cultivators, while the living corpses within the forest on both sides remained motionless.
Recalling the infant and female corpse that emitted eerie laughter blocking the mountain entrance at the start, it seemed there were other living corpses prowling the mountain path.
The cultivation of this giant corpse was at Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, could it be inferred that only living corpses at Foundation Establishment or higher level have the freedom to move?
Lack of information, assumptions are premature.
Wang Yu silently watched as this giant corpse killed the dozens of cultivators, then continuously smashed and hammered until their bodies became pieces of mud-covered flesh, then happily devoured them.
