The road is vague

Chapter 339 The Hunchbacked Warrior
Next, Li Mo began assembling the puppet parts he had crafted over the past three years.

During the process of refining the Heavenly Mystic Needle, he would take time every day to refine puppet parts.

Over the course of three years, he had completed the crafting of various parts for the puppet, totaling more than a thousand pieces, a process far more complex than that of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Because resources were extremely limited, Li Mo had to rack his brains to find alternatives within his storage ring, and finally found a relatively feasible solution.

Next, using the spirit wood he traded from the Xuanmu Spirit Deer as a base, he assembled a set of Six Calamities and Six Tribulations Matrix Puppets. He then inserted the Six Calamities and Six Tribulations Extinction Array, which was left over from the destruction of the previous combined attack puppet, into the puppet as its core, and added thirty-six wood spirit beads as supplementary power.

half year later.

Li Mo finally completed the assembly of a matrix puppet with six calamities and six tribulations, which was over three zhang in size.

Li Mo stood in front of the matrix puppet, admiring his work, a smile he could hardly hide in his eyes.

He then formed hand seals and shot a beam of spiritual light towards the matrix puppet. After testing it on Soul Refining Mountain and confirming that the strength of the matrix puppet had reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm, he nodded in satisfaction, having indeed achieved his expected goal.

He feared that many substitutes would affect the strength of this matrix golem.

"With thirty-six mid-grade spirit stones as the power source, plus these wood spirit beads, even a Golden Core stage matrix puppet can sustain a battle for more than ten hours."

However, a puppet with only the strength of the early stage of the Golden Core realm cannot bring him a substantial improvement.

After all, the Three Kings Serpent will most likely be abandoned in the future, and he needs to refine at least a puppet stronger than the Three Kings Serpent. Naturally, a Golden Core stage combined attack puppet became the first choice.

After years of research, he finally mastered the core secret of the combined attack puppet, which is the fusion and mutation characteristics of the Six Calamities and Six Tribulations Extinction Dust Array.

The so-called six disasters and six difficulties.

The six calamities are the yin and yang aspects of the three calamities of heaven, earth, and man.

The six difficulties are the forces of light, darkness, water, fire, wind, and thunder.

In theory, light, darkness, water, fire, wind, and thunder can all be used as attributes for a combo attack, but the specific attributes depend on the design of the subordinate puppets.

So next.

Based on the Black Gold Pagoda, Li Mo designed a set of shell puppets with water-attribute core power source, using the Black Pearl, a magic weapon-grade material obtained from the auction, as the main survival and defense characteristic.

This project involved not only assembling puppet parts but also crafting techniques. It took Li Mo a year and a half to finally complete the crafting. A puppet resembling a snail appeared before him, except that the snail shell had been replaced by a pitch-black conch shell.

Li Mo went outside the cave again to test it out.

This snail-man puppet's survival and defense capabilities are truly exceptional!

The Black Gold Pagoda provides it with sufficient defensive capabilities and can release the power of Gui Water through the black pearl inside, making it both offensive and defensive. However, its shortcomings are also very obvious: it lacks power and has extremely poor flexibility. To drive this puppet to fight for a long time on its own, it would probably need high-grade spirit stones. With the spiritual power of mid-grade spirit stones, it can only be barely maintained for half an incense stick's time.

"The power of the combined attack puppet lies in the fact that the two puppets complement each other and integrate their strengths."

Next, Li Mo let out a low shout, made a hand seal, and shot out two beams of spiritual light, which shot towards the two puppets respectively.

A magical scene appeared.

This set of Six Calamities and Six Tribulations matrix puppets for the Golden Core stage was actually combined with the Snail Man puppet. Various pre-set mechanisms and checkpoints were closely connected, and a hunchbacked warrior puppet carrying a huge snail shell appeared in front of Li Mo.

"go with!"

After Li Mo issued the battle order, the hunchbacked warrior-like combined attack puppet immediately opened its mouth and spat out many Heavenly Gang Water Thunders that even high-level sea monsters could master.

The water bullet, imbued with astonishing lightning power, vanished in a flash!
next moment.

The huge rock on the mountainside, more than two hundred feet away, was shattered by the astonishing impact, and a crater with a diameter of three or four feet was blasted out. The continuous power of the water mines flickered in the crater.

Furthermore, due to the abundant energy of the matrix puppets, Li Mo has no need to worry about continuous combat.

"Not bad!"

Li Mo looked satisfied.

Then he noticed that the combined attack puppets left clear footprints wherever they went. He then remembered that the Black Gold Pagoda was a gravity magic weapon, and he couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression.

"go."

With another command from him, the combined attack puppet was enveloped in a layer of dark spiritual light, exuding an indestructible aura. Then, this hunchbacked strongman carrying a huge snail shell displayed a monstrous physique in front of Li Mo, probably three times stronger than a sea monster of the same level.

After taking a deep breath, Li Mo's eyes lit up.

His original design was a combination of Heavenly Gang Water and Thunder attacks, but unexpectedly, it caused the puppet's body to undergo a stronger fusion and mutation. With this set of puppets whose strength was comparable to that of a mid-stage Golden Core demon cultivator, the upcoming trip to Wushan Island was now secure.

Satisfied, Li Mo put away the hunchbacked warrior combination puppet after repeated testing and returned to his Soul Refining Mountain cave to cultivate in seclusion.

Before long, the sound of rolling thunder came from inside the cave.

A few years later.

For Li Mo, seven or eight years wouldn't bring much change.

However, for the heretics on Great Treasure Island, the earliest group of heretics, who were transformed into heretics by Venerable Lei Yuan, have been in monstrous forms for over thirty years. They have almost forgotten what it's like to be human, and they have lost their ability to reproduce. Having failed to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, many heretics have begun to age and die. Having experienced the difference between immortals and mortals, Li Mo is already accustomed to this.

In another seven or eight years, the number of cult followers on Taiwan will probably be less than one-tenth of its peak. At that time, only some Foundation Establishment stage cult followers and a small number of cult followers who were converted in their childhood will remain.

this day.

Under the covert manipulation of the true demon's avatar, the humans of Xiaozhen Island, Coral Island, and Caibei Island actually joined forces to attack the headquarters of the Primitive Cult on Dabao Island. Although they successfully resisted the invasion, a large number of primitive believers died in the battle. The remaining evil believers were all in great pain and vowed to take revenge on the residents of the three islands.

However, they naturally had no idea that the mastermind behind all of this was the evil god they worshipped.

The True Demon clone used this opportunity to reclaim the original True Demon bloodline that it had been residing in for more than seven years, resulting in a significant increase in its power and a more stable mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.

So he went to Li Mo's cave.

"It's almost time."

Rolling lightning gathered, turning the cramped chamber into a lightning pool. Li Mo sat cross-legged in the center, his body surrounded by lightning, constantly cultivating his body and mind, becoming increasingly pure.

"kindness."

After responding in a low voice, he slowly opened his eyes, two bolts of lightning flashing in them, displaying completely different auras of yin and yang. He then slowly closed the Misty Spirit Eye Array and the Composite Eight Trigrams Spirit Gathering Puppet. The concentration of spiritual energy in the secret room rapidly decreased, and the lightning gradually dissipated.

After getting up, Li Mo stretched and yawned, his joints cracking as he let out a long breath.

"Silly old man! Little Squeak!"

The Divine Grass Doll and the Money-Stealing Rat, who were wandering around on Soul Refining Mountain, quickly returned to their cave. After he finished tidying up the cave, he immediately took the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book and entered the Misty Dreamland with light equipment. Meanwhile, the True Demon Avatar flew to the deep sea and rode the Three Kings Giant Serpent away.

……

Zhenhai Island is located east of Xuanwu Island.

It takes about a month to get here from Treasure Island.

As one of the nine central spiritual islands of the Cheonjin Islands, Chinji Island is located in the easternmost part of the Cheonjin Islands. Further east lies the deep sea area known as the Black Sea. The sea here is unfathomable and is also known as the edge of the world. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is becoming increasingly thin, and no one knows what lies at the end of the sea. Even the so-called wild islands no longer exist.

Li Mo wanted to go to Wushan Island, which was a transit point.

Wushan Island never welcomes outsiders.

With his official divine identity token, Li Mo easily entered Sponge City on Zhenhai Island. The local customs and culture here were not much different from those on Xuanwu Island, except that the deity worshipped here was the True Yang Golden Dragon, not the Heavenly Plain White Deer.

Looking at the divine dragon statue of Chiyang Jinzhen, which represents the pinnacle of the lineage of all scaled creatures in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Mo couldn't help but think of the Azure Dragon in the Azure Dragon Pool.

In the vast realm of mountains and seas, countless snakes, insects, fish, and beasts eventually succeeded in leaping over the Dragon Gate and transforming into dragons.

"Sir, would you like some spirit cotton? The concentration of spiritual energy is absolutely guaranteed!"

“Spirit cotton, freshly picked spirit cotton…”

The island of Zhenhai sells local specialty cotton everywhere.

The so-called spiritual cotton can be understood as a plant containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When planted on the spiritual veins of a spiritual island, it will continuously accumulate spiritual energy. After it matures, it is like cotton and can be used to a certain extent to replace spiritual stones for cultivation, but it cannot be stored for a long time.

This local specialty is no longer of much use to Li Mo, who is already a Golden Core cultivator.

His purpose in coming here was to gather information about Wushan Island. So, after disguising himself, he went to the black market and, after paying enough spirit stones, obtained the relevant information from the wild dog spirit named Lao Shui.

The wild dog spirit kept sticking out its tongue and making excited panting sounds.

"hey-hey!"

After accepting the spirit stone, it led Li Mo to a secluded spot.

"Three months ago, the island lords were invited to Qianzhen Island to attend the conference. The lord of Wushan Island was also invited. It is said that the Blood Dragon Clan of the Lost Continent has a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator. The Blood Dragon Clan is overjoyed and will hold a related celebration in ten years."

The first piece of intelligence left Li Mo speechless.

"The witch clan on Wushan Island seems to suffer from congenital diseases, making it difficult for them to reach adulthood. They need to undergo a special ceremony to become adults, but as far as I know, this ceremony is extremely difficult to succeed. Even so, there are at least three adult witch clan members on the island, and the actual number is likely more than that. There are seven archipelagos and sea areas around the Lost Continent, and Wushan Island can be considered the number one island of evil gods."

The second piece of information made Li Mo's expression turn serious.

Three adult witch clan members—that's three beings comparable to Nascent Soul stage cultivators!

Even if the island lord has left, there are at least two Nascent Soul level beings on Wushan Island, making it almost impossible for him to forcibly seize them.

"The witch clan on the island holds a large-scale blood sacrifice every sixty years. But unlike other evil gods, Wushan Island needs a large number of wild cultivators in addition to savages. And after each sacrifice, a batch of them are released to live on the island. Oh, right, before each blood sacrifice, Wushan Island also comes to Zhenhai Island to buy a large amount of spirit cotton seeds. It seems that there are witch clans on Zhenhai Island collecting them right now."

"Gynostemma pentaphyllum?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Li Mo revealed a thoughtful expression.

What do those witch tribes want with the spirit cotton seeds?
It can't be that we plant them on Wushan Island and then sell them to Zhenhai Island to generate income.

(End of this chapter)