Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 666 The Mysterious Master of Despair

Ji An stopped searching and looked up at the sky as if sensing something.

He sensed something was wrong, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He glanced around and was suddenly startled to find that a large number of flying puppets were surrounding him from all sides, already within a hundred-foot safety zone.

Given these unusual behaviors, the goldfinch should have issued a warning long ago.

To conserve the purification talismans, he did not send out the golden eagle to keep watch.

Ji An immediately put the golden-haired dog beside him into his spirit beast pouch, rode the clouds and flew away, and found the two veiled cultivators who had seen riding puppets earlier hovering low in the distance.

A large number of puppets were neatly arranged in a fan shape on the ground, of all shapes and sizes, human and animal, and of all kinds.

Upon seeing him ascend on a cloud, the puppets on the ground rushed towards him like madmen, as did the puppets flying in the sky.

In this situation, how could Ji An not know that he had been tricked?

A strange smile appeared on his face as he thought bitterly:
"Like lighting a lantern in a latrine, they're asking for trouble!"

Two enemies were able to deploy hundreds of puppets; only two forces in the entire cultivation world could do that.

The Golden Puppet Sect of the Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance and the Thousand Machine Sect of the Lianyun Mountains are about the same distance from this ruin.

However, no matter which force it is, Ji An will not show mercy once they have offended him.

Since puppets are non-living entities, the petrifying properties of Earth's Wrath have a relatively smaller effect, but the overwhelming power of earth magic is still effective.

He activated his magic, frantically channeling his magical power, and the two Dao seeds within the Earth God's Palace emitted a bright light like two suns.

As the incantation was completed, the yellow spiritual light spread outwards like an explosive shockwave.

The plain-colored cloud-bound banner fluttered in the wind, while the silver moon blade torrent spread outwards in the same manner.

In the blink of an eye, the magical artifact released all the stored spiritual energy.

Ji An continued to perform hand seals, and the magical power within his golden core surged outward, flowing rapidly through his meridians. He once again unleashed the Wrath of the Earth.

Master Chang Le and Master Xuan Ji witnessed a scene they would never forget: the aura of a large-scale attack spell forcefully suppressed the rapid charge of the numerous puppets.

A mid-grade third-tier Flame Dragon Eagle spewed out a burst of fire, but it couldn't harm the yellow spiritual light in the slightest.

Some extremely fast puppets collided with magical auras and were instantly shattered into pieces, their parts flying everywhere.

First the puppets in the air, then the puppets on the ground, all collided with the magical light.

Ground-based puppets are of lower quality but slower. Most of them lose limbs in violent collisions, but their condition is not as dire as that of flying puppets.

Although some gaps were created, these Tier 3 puppets were completely destroyed.

Master Chang Le felt a pang of heartache, for accumulating so many puppets had been a constant throughout his entire cultivation journey.

"When did the wrath of the earth become this powerful?"

He had no time to feel sorry for himself, nor to ponder why the enemy's magic was so powerful, because the aura of the magic had already spread rapidly towards him.

Master Xuanji was equally shocked by this scene, as his flying puppet exploded and fell like a rain of flowers.

'It's over. Unless they obtain a possible fragment of the world, they simply cannot bear such a massive loss.'

The two cultivators, who were prepared to launch an attack with their magical artifacts at any moment, were caught off guard by the Wrath of the Earth.

There was no time to escape, but some parts of the ring of spiritual light triggered by the Earth's Wrath had been breached, and the two of them took the initiative to fly into the breach to avoid the attack.

Then I saw the scattered silver moon blades, emitting a cold light that chilled my eyes.

Following the Moonblade, came another wrath of the earth.

Master Chang Le narrowly dodged the incoming moon blade, but no matter what he did, he couldn't dodge the second wave of Earth's Wrath. He pushed his magic weapon with all his might to attack, but he couldn't break through the spell.

The moment the earth elemental light touched him, it first released a violent impact, and then his skin turned to stone.

He felt that his eyes could no longer move, and a third yellow light appeared in his eyes.

Fear, like cold mud plastered on my face, spread to every corner of my body.

When the spell struck, he felt himself "shattered"—literally shattered. His soul and senses seemed to shatter as well, and then everything plunged into darkness.

Ji An unleashed the Wrath of the Earth four times in succession, and the aura of earth permeated the sky, while the demonic energy vanished.

The world fell silent, and countless fragments of puppets were scattered across the ground, along with a human figure that remained in a stone-carved state.

Master Xuanji is now in a state of extreme panic. His body has been petrified and his consciousness has fallen into a daze. He doesn't know what fate awaits him, he only knows that everything is over.

The magic power within his body sounded an alarm. Ji An took out the black jade bottle, not caring about wasting it, and stuck out his tongue to lick the stalactite.

The Five Elements Revolving Sutra activated in response, and his magical power quickly recovered. Only then could he leisurely ride the plain-colored cloud banner to the stone sculpture.

The monk's body had been petrified, and even his clothes and veil had been petrified.

It is very difficult for non-living things to be petrified, but they cannot withstand the wrath of the earth from two top-grade earth-elemental seeds and the fourth level of great perfection.

Ji An extended his divine sense and sensed that the stone sculpture still had a life force. He then used a hand seal to release a spirit-sealing technique and struck the stone sculpture.

He once conceived a crazy plan: to place a Golden Core level enemy within the range of a lightning tribulation during a cultivator's breakthrough to the Golden Core stage. He had inquired with the stone tortoise whether it could absorb Dao essence from a Nascent Soul level lightning tribulation, and the "big shot" simply nodded arrogantly.

Now that we have an excellent experimental subject, the monk's fate is sealed, and this will contribute to his growth.

If there were enough time, he would have liked to collect the man's remains, burn them to ashes, and use the ashes as fertilizer for the Soul-Nourishing Wood.

Thinking of this, Ji An released the golden retriever from the spirit beast pouch and gave the following instructions:
"Collect all the petrified pieces of flesh."

Nothing should be wasted. Once the petrification effect is removed, we'll have Golden Core level ashes to use.

The golden retriever happily began searching for the petrified pieces of meat; it wasn't a difficult task for it.

Ji An also collected the puppet parts and stuffed them into the Void Stone, planning to have the sect's weapon refiners piece them together later to see if they could restore the magical restrictions within.

Perhaps due to the numerous attacks, the petrification of the prisoners' bodies did not end until six hours later.

Without the veil to conceal his face, Master Xuanmu's face was ashen.

Although he regained his physical senses, his golden core was sealed, and he could not mobilize any of his magical power.

Ji An looked at this somewhat familiar person and said calmly:

"Why did you attack me? Can you give me a reason?"

There must be a reason why the other party attacked him, and he wanted to know the reason.

The shrewd Master Xuanji said:
"If I tell the truth, will you still let me go?"

He let out a bitter laugh and muttered to himself:

"Definitely not."

Ji An snorted coldly, "You can suffer less and get a painless death."

Being struck by lightning at the Nascent Soul level would inevitably result in instant death; before one could even feel the pain, they would be reduced to ashes.

"I refuse. Bring on your moves."

"Many people think they are tough, but that's just because the pain hasn't hit them yet. Are you sure?"

Master Xuanji stopped speaking and turned his face away.

Ji An ultimately did not torture him, as it would be bad if he misused the lightning rod and it affected its effectiveness.

"Why didn't my golden-winged bird detect your puppets approaching?"

Xuanji remained silent, keeping his mouth tightly shut and even closing his eyes.

"Your lack of cooperation is putting me in a difficult position."

Ji An's tone carried a faint hint of murderous intent. Even if the other party didn't say it, one could guess that the other party had other hands interfering with the puppet.

Therefore, if you were to fight against cultivators from the Golden Puppet Sect, you absolutely must not use puppets in combat; there might be some traps involved.

He escorted the enemy to the hidden underground palace where the jade slip was found, and set up the Earth Thousand-Turned Formation outside.

Three days later, Ji An sensed that the effect of the spirit-sealing technique on the other party was beginning to weaken, so he immediately made a hand seal to replenish it.

He summoned all his tamed beasts and took out a puppet at the late Golden Core stage, giving the command:
"Guard this place well, and notify me immediately if anything happens."

After saying that, he took out the gourd stone and led the prisoners into the small world.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment. When Xuanji Zhenren saw this strange little world, he showed an expression of "I knew it" on his face, which was then replaced by resentment.

'The other side did indeed possess a fragment of a world. If Senior Brother Sect Leader had acted sooner, this world would have belonged to the sect.'

He looked around, and when he saw the two or three-tiered Enlightenment Tea Tree, he let out a long sigh. He knew he couldn't possibly get out of here alive.

The Enlightenment Tea Tree has special environmental requirements, yet it can be easily cultivated. The secrets within this small world are immense.

Ji An carefully observed the changes in the other person's expression and realized that he could not return to Cloud Sea Immortal City.

He showed no intention of communicating with the other party further and summoned the puppet over.

Suddenly, he thought of something and put the puppet into the Void Stone.

The Spirit Sealing Technique can seal the opponent's magical power, but it cannot completely seal their divine consciousness. The opponent may still have the ability to control the puppet again.

He left the small world, bringing in Big Yellow and the Golden-feathered Eagle. He drew a circle around Master Xuanji and said:
"If he leaves this circle in the future, tear him apart immediately until he comes back."

After saying that, he stopped looking at Xuanji Zhenren, and instead sat cross-legged outside the circle, taking out two Void Stones, which were spoils of war.

He extracted the body fluids from the Spirit-Slaying Insect and began to corrode the two Void Cave Stones.

About an hour later, everything inside was taken out.

Upon seeing the complete puppet appear, Ji An swiftly collected it into his Void Stone.

Master Xuanji closed his eyes in despair. That was his only chance; if he had just had a little more time, he could have detonated several self-destructing puppets.

The enemy's spells not only sealed his magic power but also greatly weakened the strength of his divine sense, otherwise he would have had time to communicate with the puppet and detonate it.

(End of this chapter)