Breaking the Masked Man

Upon hearing this, the old doctor spoke up to remind him that he himself did not have any concept of good or evil, but there was no shortage of such people in Zhongzhou. If Yao Yan only refined one or two, it would be fine, but if he refined too many, those people would definitely come to cause trouble.

"I will be careful," Yao Yan nodded slightly in response.

As soon as he finished speaking, he headed deeper into the Demon Flame Valley, intending to find a secret room to study it thoroughly. As for the soul... the Demon Flame Valley had no shortage of Dou Huang-level experts; he could simply extract a person's soul.

The most important core of this Heavenly Demon Puppet is its body and demonic core. The soul is not a major requirement, since this thing is only to maintain the connection between the puppet and Yao Yan, allowing the puppet to retain some basic combat capabilities, rather than becoming a dead object if it is separated from Yao Yan.

Cai Lin watched Yao Yan's retreating figure, her red lips moved as if she wanted to ask Yao Yan when he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire, but in the end she didn't say it, because she herself didn't know how to face Cai Die. Could it be that she didn't intentionally steal her man?

And then there's Yao Yan, who wants her and her sister to serve him alone!

"Sister Cailin, take me to see other places~" Ziyan tugged at Cailin's arm and called out in a crisp voice.

Cai Lin nodded slightly, then led Zi Yan towards the magical beast mountain range surrounding the Demon Flame Valley.

As the crowd dispersed.

The two old fellows in the Bone Flame Ring also floated out, exchanged glances, and Yao Lao's eyes showed a hint of solemnity as he said in a deep voice, "I hope this kid won't go astray in the future."

"Probably not. It's just about making a few puppets. As long as we don't kill innocent people indiscriminately... Besides, aren't you keeping an eye on things?"

Venerable Heavenly Fire stroked his beard and said with a smile.

The old man shook his head slightly without saying a word. Ever since the incident with Han Feng, he had a shadow in his heart and was very worried that Yao Yan would go astray in the future. Once you take the wrong path, there is really no turning back. Moreover, Yao Yan was pursuing power too much.

Hopefully, Cai Lin can keep her in check!

Elders tend to overthink things, and Yao Lao was no exception.

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In the cave.

Yao Yan sat cross-legged, with a scroll resembling a bamboo slip floating in front of him. As it slowly unfurled, rows of striking blood-red characters came into view, and the information within flooded into his mind, leaving a deep and indelible mark.

The crafting of the Heavenly Demon Puppet requires three main materials: the torso, the soul, and the demon core. In addition, some special metals are needed to reinforce the body, but these are auxiliary materials and are not too important.

The main material determines the strength of the resulting Heavenly Demon Puppet. The worst materials can only produce a trash puppet like the Human-Demon Puppet, which has no room for improvement.

Materials at the Dou Zong level are different. Basically, with sufficient thunder power, they can be upgraded to the highest level of Heavenly Demon Puppet, which is enough to contend with Dou Zun level experts.

Yao Yan, now a seventh-grade alchemist, can easily draw down the power of lightning to temper the Heavenly Demon Puppet, allowing it to advance rapidly. He can even mass-produce a large number of Dou Zun-level puppets as long as he has enough materials.

"It's a pity we couldn't slaughter the entire Black Corner Region, otherwise we could have crafted dozens of Dou Zun-level puppets," Yao Yan murmured to himself, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

Unifying the Black Corner Region might allow one to intimidate others, but slaughtering the entire region would inevitably attract some troublesome old fogies. In that case, it would be difficult for Yao Yan to join the Pill Tower. Puppets are ultimately a minor path; one's own strength is everything.

“Let’s refine one first.” Yao Yan shook his head slightly and said in a low voice, then took out the remains of the old demon from his storage ring.

At this moment, the body of the old demon was completely frozen by ice, like an ice sculpture. Moreover, a large amount of cold air continued to surge from inside the remains. This was naturally the mysterious ice energy that the old demon had condensed in his previous life. It had almost merged with the old demon and become a part of him.

After examining it for a few moments, Yao Yan flicked his finger, and emerald green flames instantly surged out, completely enveloping the corpse of the Earth Demon Old Ghost. Under the intense heat, the ice layer encasing his body also rapidly melted away.

As the ice melted, the clothes on his body instantly vanished, and the terrifying temperature scorched his body until it turned bright red.

That body, at the Seven Star Dou Zong level, was almost indistinguishable from metal, and could withstand even strange fire for quite some time.

Yao Yan was extremely patient with this, slowly burning the body while refining all the Xuanbing Qi that had been present in it. At the same time, some corpse Qi also wafted out. This was the residue left in the body after a person died. To refine it into a puppet, it was necessary to extract the corpse.

If these remnants of corpse energy remain, the resentment contained within them may one day erupt, causing the puppet to have thoughts of turning against it.

About half an hour later, the body of the Earth Demon Old Ghost was cleansed.

At this moment, the body of the old demon had shrunk several times, and the skin of the whole body was a cold grayish-white color. The skin was tightly attached to the dry muscles, and the palms had become extremely slender, like sharp daggers.

Yao Yan did not stop. He made two small holes in the head and chest, and then inserted a seventh-order magic core into the chest. After doing all this, he looked at the jade bottle next to him. Without hesitation, he opened it, and a soul with a look of fear floated out.

He had recently retrieved this soul from the Demon Flame Valley dungeon. The soul was a peak Douhuang-level expert and one of the elders of Demon Flame Valley.

Before the other party could even beg for mercy.

The emerald green flames in Yao Yan's palm surged forward, enveloping the creature and instantly refining its spirit. With the Fallen Heart Flame's ability to suppress the soul, the creature had almost no power to resist and transformed into a wisp of its original soul, which fell into the head of the corpse.

As the mindless soul entered, the old demon's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, his pupils filled with pitch black, as if he had risen from the dead.

In this regard.

Yao Yan was not surprised at all. He took out some metal materials from his storage ring and began the tempering process. He needed to strengthen the other party's physical body as much as possible so that it could withstand more lightning power and thus have a higher potential.

The tempering process lasted for three whole days before the demon puppet's body was completely fused with the molten metal, and at the same time, a brilliant bronze color appeared on its surface.

Yao Yan did not stop, but instead increased the temperature of the flame in his hand. He even took out the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Sea Heart Flame at the same time, using the power of the four different flames to conduct a final tempering of the Heavenly Demon Puppet. With the increase in temperature, the Heavenly Demon Puppet's body rapidly showed silvery light spots at a visible speed.

As countless silver specks appeared, its body gradually turned completely silver, and at the same time, a fierce aura was released outwards.

"It's done~"

Yao Yan smiled and flicked his finger, placing a drop of blood between the other's eyebrows. Then, using a secret technique, he imprinted a mark on the Heavenly Demon Puppet. Instantly, he felt the connection between them. With a slight thought, the Heavenly Demon Puppet in front of him knelt down on one knee, clenched his fist, and pounded it heavily on his chest.

"Boom!"

A dull metallic clanging sound echoed through the cave.

"Not bad..." Yao Yan glanced at him for a few moments, then with a slight thought, he directly ordered the Heavenly Demon Puppet to punch him.

Almost the instant he gave the order, the Heavenly Demon Puppet stood up without any hesitation, clenched his fist, and threw a simple punch that instantly carried a strong gale, smashing towards Yao Yan's forehead without the slightest hesitation.

The moment the fist was swung, the space in front of it slightly caved in. Centered on the fist, the air formed a concave arc, and at the very front of that arc, a massive air compression cannon, about ten feet long, emerged. Finally, with a bang, it shot out like a cannonball, accompanied by a piercing shriek and a powerful gust of wind.

Yao Yan's eyes flickered slightly, and his body instantly turned a deep silver color as he threw a punch.

"boom!"

The moment the two intersected, the entire cave shook, and violent power surged outwards, causing countless cracks to appear on the cave walls. At the same time, a piercing metallic clang resounded as the Heavenly Demon Puppet's body crashed heavily into the mountain wall. However, his expression remained cold, and his dark eyes silently stared at Yao Yan, as if awaiting the next command.

"Tsk, with this power, I doubt even Su Qian could withstand a few punches." Yao Yan quipped after assessing the power.

He immediately raised his hand and put the Heavenly Demon Puppet into his storage ring, intending to continue refining flying combat techniques and also refine a few pills to evolve the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which was far from reaching its limit. (End of Chapter)

Chapter 194. Seclusion!

194.

"Brush~"

With a flash of light, a huge desiccated corpse appeared before Yao Yan. The corpse of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had been dead for countless years, and its essence and blood had been almost completely drained. The remaining traces had also been extracted by the auctioneer. Now, the energy level contained in this corpse was even lower than that of some ordinary seventh-order magical beasts. The only exception was its pair of jade-colored bone wings.

As the representatives of extreme speed in the world of Warcraft, the wings of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan are naturally imbued with the power of wind and fire, giving them terrifying speed from birth.

In the original novel, Xiao Yan repeatedly challenged opponents of higher levels. In addition to relying on the Fire Lotus Battle Technique, which combines various different flames, he also relied on the Flight Battle Technique, which was made from the wings of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. The speed boost it gave Xiao Yan was not small. With this, Xiao Yan, who was only at the Dou Huang level, could far surpass the speed of some Dou Zong experts, which shows how special this thing is.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan was powerful enough; otherwise, this alone would have been enough to wipe them out of the Dou Qi Continent.

Never underestimate the greed in human nature.

Especially in a world like Dou Qi Continent, ordinary people haven't received 'nine years of compulsory education,' so their moral standards are quite low, and everything is based on strength.

Yao Yan glanced at it a few times, then raised his hand and conjured a bright green flame blade. He began to cut the mummified corpse in front of him. Most of the mummified corpse of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan was no longer of any value, so he cut it off violently. Finally, he completely separated the pair of jade-colored bone wings, along with a clump of bluish-red flesh.

The bluish-red flesh contained a portion of the primordial power, clearly indicating that before their death, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan dispersed the energy from their demonic core and integrated it into this flesh to prevent their demonic core from being used by others.

Ordinary magical beasts naturally do not have such methods, but for special magical beast races like the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, such methods are almost essential for everyone.

This will also reduce the likelihood of others hunting down the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.

Yao Yan did not deal with this special piece of flesh and blood. He looked at the jade-colored bone wings and, after completely separating them, wrapped them with strange fire and began to refine the energy within. As he refined them, the violent wind attribute energy contained in the bone wings and the lingering will contained in the corpse also erupted, causing Yao Yan's soul to feel a slight sting.

"Dead for so many years, yet still possessing such a violent resentment, truly worthy of being called the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan..." Yao Yan licked his lips, a glint of darkness flashing in his eyes. Once he breaks through to the Dou Zong level and obtains the Three Thousand Burning Flames, he will be able to completely unleash the Devouring Spirit Clan's abilities. At that time, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan will naturally become one of his targets.

Yao Yan also wanted to try to see if he could create a version of the 'Chaos Body' from the Great Thousand Worlds.

The thought flashed through my mind and disappeared in an instant.

Yao Yan formed hand seals and began to unleash the soul skill that Mo Yu had taught him, accompanied by a whisper: "Soul Split!"

The soul power surging from Yao Yan's brow instantly transformed into countless tiny blades, which instantly pierced into the pair of jade-colored bone wings, causing the remnant spirit within to begin to surge violently. However, this surge lasted only a moment before it instantly collapsed, like the first snow melting, no longer able to resist the invasion of Yao Yan's soul power.

This soul fighting skill must be of a high level... Yao Yan sensed this and instantly realized that the level of Soul Split was probably above the Earth Rank.

Also.

The things that the Nine Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Palace took out to curry favor with him could hardly be ordinary goods.

Especially for an organization like the Soul Hall that likes to target the soul, it must have a large number of combat techniques that target the soul. Otherwise, it would be unable to deal with those alchemists with strong soul power. They have always regarded alchemists as prey!

As the lingering resentment completely disappeared, Yao Yan began to quietly temper the bone wings in front of him, refining all the violent wind attribute energy within them. At the same time, he did not forget to look at the cyan-red flesh and blood beside him. He raised his hand and once again condensed a ball of flame to envelop the flesh and blood.

"Zizi~"

Unlike the lingering resentment within the jade-colored bone wings, the cyan-red flesh and blood before him was clearly more special. As Yao Yan refined it, the energy contained within it rapidly transformed into cyan-red mist that drifted out. This mist contained violent energy and the resentment of the dead. In fact, due to the overwhelming resentment, this cyan-red energy mist actually condensed into a huge phantom of a demonic beast. Its enormous wings spread out, and its scarlet eyes were filled with savagery and ferocity as it stared intently at Yao Yan.

"Still restless even in death." Yao Yan said calmly, his expression unchanged. He unleashed Soul Split once more. Unlike the small dagger he used last time, this Soul Split was even more brutal, directly condensing several giant swords that pierced through the phantom in front of him, imprisoning it in the void.

"Roar!" The phantom of the monster roared angrily, seemingly extremely unwilling.

But it was ultimately just a resentment, how could it withstand Yao Yan's refining? In just a dozen breaths, it turned back into a bluish-red mist, and at the same time, it slowly condensed into a small magic crystal under Yao Yan's refining.

Its size is even smaller than some sixth-order magic cores, but the energy it contains is comparable to that of a seventh-order magic core!

"Unfortunately, it's not complete."

Yao Yan felt a little regretful, but using this thing to match the bone wings was obviously more suitable. He didn't need to look for other magic cores to replace them, so he focused on refining the bone wings and threw the magic crystal meat he had just extracted into them.

Considering the insufficient energy within the bone wings, he even took out the essence blood of the magical beasts refined by the previous auctioneer. Although the quantity was small, the energy contained within was enough to revive the pair of bone wings and restore a portion of their wind and fire power.