After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 542 One Blocks Ten
Before they could move, strange noises came from around them.

"What the hell is that?" The leader of the Jiaolong clan frowned as he looked at the thing at his feet, instinctively trying to fling away the golden flames that had spread to his feet.

However, the golden flames shot upwards upon contact with his body, and only when he covered himself with spiritual energy and forcefully suppressed them did the golden flames not completely engulf him.

After extinguishing the golden flames, the leader of the Jiaolong clan also sensed something. He looked around and said coldly, "Who's there? Stop playing tricks and come out now!"

However, all around was quiet.

The leader of the Jiao Clan was about to say something when a scream beside him pulled him back to his senses.

"Up there!"

After saying this, he slumped down next to the leader of the Jiao Clan.

The leader of the Jiao Clan looked over and saw that he had already lost his breath, perishing along with his nascent soul.

The leader of the Jiao clan subconsciously looked up, where a girl in a long blue dress stood, hovering in the air, looking at him with a half-smile.

"You bastard, how dare you lay a hand on a member of my Jiao clan?"

Lin Zhao raised an eyebrow at his anger and smiled, "If I hadn't shown up now, I'd probably be imprisoned here like a caged beast by you and the Black Dragon Clan, wouldn't I?"

Before the Jiao Clan leader could say anything more, someone next to him said, "Captain, why waste time talking to this bitch? Does she think she can take on nine of us by killing one of us through some trickery?"

The leader of the Jiaolong clan, alerted by the warning, sensed his surroundings and gave a sinister smile: "You actually came here all by yourself? A mere early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator? Are those people from the Immortal Sect so incompetent that they gave you the illusion that you can take on nine opponents at once?"

Lin Zhao summoned the Holy Dragon Emperor's Spear, leaning on it with a carefree smile: "Illusion? Didn't I just kill one of you in front of all nine of you? If I were you, I would act now instead of talking nonsense here."

The Jiao Clan leader exchanged a glance with the person on his left: "Did you really think we'd been talking nonsense with you? Look around you!"

Lin Zhao raised her eyes, and the space around her began to ripple. As Lin Zhao gripped the Holy Dragon Emperor's Spear, silver-white metal puppets appeared within a ten-inch radius of her, each puppet shimmering with a considerable amount of spiritual energy, fluctuating at least around one hundred million.

Lin Zhao counted and found that there were thirteen such puppets. Although these puppets did not look exactly the same, they all carried similar talismans and seemed to be used as a set.

Although each of these puppets has only one hundred million units of spiritual energy, the combined spiritual energy they can unleash is definitely more than thirteen puppets combined, which equals thirteen hundred million units of spiritual energy.

If this were a normal fusion period, then that fusion period would probably be over.

It seems that these people were trying to attract her attention by not reacting to the Great Perfection of the Integration Stage that she had killed, but by talking non-stop, so that they could quietly set up these things around her.

"Excellent technique." Lin Zhao looked around at the puppets, not holding back his praise.

Whether it's these puppets, or the methods these people used to secretly set up these puppets.

"I hope you'll still be this stubborn when you get to the underworld!" The leader of the Jiaolong clan exchanged a glance with the people around him, and the nine of them immediately formed a formation, simultaneously using spiritual techniques to control the puppets to attack.

Seeing Lin Zhao surrounded by these puppets, the leader of the Jiao Clan said with a hint of glee, "If you hadn't killed Jiao Ye, you would be surrounded by fifteen puppets right now. The strongest attack that these fifteen puppets can unleash can even seriously injure a Tribulation Transcending cultivator with a spiritual energy foundation of 2 billion. It's a favor that you're asking us to use this against you."

While directing the puppets to attack from both sides, the leader of the Jiaolong clan narrowed his eyes and ordered the other members of the team to begin their attack.

Lin Zhao gripped the Holy Dragon Emperor's Spear, using it to block the puppets that were constantly approaching him. Then, he unleashed his spiritual energy, and with a swift movement, he jumped out of the encirclement formed by the puppets.

This scene completely exceeded the expectations of the Jiaolong clan team. Noticing this, the vice-captain of the Jiaolong clan couldn't help but ask, "Captain, isn't the Jiaolong Transformation Formation supposed to trap all beings with a spiritual energy foundation of less than 1.5 billion? Why was she able to get out?"

Could it be that someone at the early stage of the Integration Realm actually possesses a spiritual energy foundation of over 1.5 billion?
How is that possible? Even the strongest leader of the Jiaolong clan, who is at the Great Perfection of the Integration Stage, only has a spiritual energy foundation of 700 million.

The leader of the Jiao Clan also noticed this scene, but he frowned and remained expressionless: "It's just a smokescreen, continue!"

Upon hearing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief, though they themselves did not believe that Lin Zhao could possess a spiritual energy foundation of over 1.5 billion.

Driven by their incantations, these puppets produced all sorts of weapons, and their spiritual energy surged once again.

Lin Zhao's gaze fell on these puppets, and after carefully sensing them, he understood some of their mysteries.

Normally, puppets are created and immediately released from control; they stop moving once they have achieved their purpose.

However, the puppets brought out by the Jiao Clan seemed to be activated by a powerful formation, and this formation had a different set effect than ordinary formations.

The effect of this formation changes depending on the user's control at that moment.

In other words, this formation is like creating a chessboard out of thin air, and these puppets are the pieces on the chessboard, while Lin Zhao is the enemy that these pieces must defeat.

Once this was realized, it was no wonder that the spiritual energy of these puppets had surged.

The initial spiritual energy of 100 million came from the materials of the puppets themselves and their previous reserves; the subsequent surge was bestowed upon them by the person who played the game.

That is to say...

Lin Zhao focused his attention on the constantly changing formations and hand seals of the Jiao Clan.

Destroying this formation is nothing compared to brute force and overwhelming power.

But having come this far, Lin Zhao naturally didn't like such methods.

"Let me see what's so special about this formation."

Lin Zhao retrieved the Holy Dragon Emperor's Spear, smiled slightly, and said, "I'll play with you for a bit."

When the Jiaolong clan below saw that Lin Zhao had actually withdrawn the Holy Dragon Emperor's Spear, they exchanged bewildered glances and then subconsciously looked at the Jiaolong clan leader.

The leader of the Jiao Clan was also in a state of great anxiety because of Lin Zhao's actions.

But at this point, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue with his previous line: "It's just a smokescreen. How much longer are you all going to think about it? Use the formation to kill her!"

The others nodded hastily and activated the formation again according to their previous training.

After retrieving his weapon and engaging in dozens of physical battles with these armed puppets, Lin Zhao determined that the puppets' spiritual energy reserves were roughly between one and two hundred million.

However, their controllers clearly possess more than just this much spiritual energy. So either the materials are limited, or they can only operate the formation to this extent and will not go any further.

As for speed and power, it refers to the power and speed of a typical late-stage fusion.

After confirming these things, Lin Zhao punched a puppet on the head.

As the puppet's head flew off, Lin Zhao controlled his strength and delivered several more punches to the chests of the other puppets.

By observing the varying degrees of dents, Lin Zhao had a preliminary understanding of the puppets' ability to withstand blows.