Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

"We cannot let them gather together!"

It seemed that Chong also knew the current situation was urgent, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"I'll lead the men to disperse them. Chengzhen, you two guard the bunker entrance and wait for the sect leader to return!"

"Uncle-Master, you mustn't!"

"Listen to my command!"

Si Chong said no more, and pointed out five disciples with higher cultivation levels. The six of them transformed into six white rainbows and charged into the area with the highest concentration of dead souls.

For a moment, the Qi energy surged, which hindered the rhythm of the dead souls' attack.

All six were fighting for their lives, putting all their strength into every strike.

In an instant, seven or eight Quanxing ghosts were shattered.

But the price was that two disciples were struck by the dying spirits' counterattack.

His protective qi shattered, and the chilling, deathly aura invaded his body, causing his complexion to rapidly turn ashen.

What's even more despairing is that the scattered souls, nourished by the blood-red light on the ground, are reorganizing at a faster rate than the platform below the mountain.

"You heretics! How dare you do this!"

He was panting heavily, as if enraged, when his left shoulder was ripped open by a claw-like force, leaving it covered in blood.

The death energy at the wound was constantly eroding his meridians, and the speed of his triple regeneration was not keeping up.

At that very moment—

"Step back and heal your wounds."

A calm voice rang out from behind, and pure white Qi light swept across the square like a tidal wave.

Zuo Ruotong has arrived.

He hovered in mid-air, his face as cold and icy.

With a slight press of his right hand, a vast and boundless primordial energy poured down from his palm, transforming into an invisible force field that enveloped the entire plaza.

Within the force field, all the Quanxing ghosts that emerged from the ground froze in their movements, as if they were insects trapped in amber.

Even the speed at which the dark red blood light surged slowed down noticeably.

"It's the sect leader!"

"The sect leader is back!"

The disciples of the Sanyi Sect were greatly encouraged.

Zuo Ruotong didn't say much. He held his left hand together like a sword and drew a mysterious trajectory in the air.

A white aura enveloped the entire San Yi Sect.

For a moment, the Trinity Gate seemed to shine like the blazing sun, illuminating the entire earth.

All the Quanxing souls shrouded within it, like ice and snow exposed to the sun, emitted hissing white smoke from their surfaces and let out a shrill scream.

Those weaker souls could not withstand more than three breaths in this pure yang energy field before they completely turned into green smoke and dissipated.

Even those with greater strength moved slowly, their souls constantly disintegrating.

Although it was slowly repaired under the nourishment of the blood light, the repair speed was far slower than that of being burned by pure yang energy.

"Clean up the remaining enemies."

Zuo Ruotong said calmly, maintaining her aura and keeping her expression normal.

Enveloping the entire plaza with his own power and continuously releasing such a high intensity of innate Qi would have been impossible for someone at the third level.

However, he has now stepped into the third level, and it is indeed very easy for him to draw upon the innate Qi within the Three Ones Gate, with almost no consumption.

Besides, he had no choice but to do so.

Only by thoroughly purifying the deathly aura of this place can the Yellow Springs Array stop expanding outward, cut off its support for the dead, and truly eliminate them.

Upon receiving the order, the disciples below immediately launched a counterattack.

With the pressure greatly reduced, they all activated the Reverse Life Triple Technique, and with the Qi flowing freely, the souls of the dead scattered one after another.

This time, the scattered souls could not quickly reassemble in the innate Qi field, and their dissipation rate far exceeded their regeneration rate.

The situation quickly reversed.

But Zuo Ruotong felt no relief.

He looked up at the foot of the mountain, where the red light still shone brightly.

The influence range of the Yellow Springs Formation is probably wider than he expected.

Down the mountain, at the Shenji Alliance's position.

The influence of the Yellow Springs Formation eventually spread here.

Initially, the ground trembled slightly, then dark red lines emerged from the depths of the soil, like twisted flesh and veins, causing physical discomfort.

Immediately following were the mutilated figures.

They slowly emerged from the shadows surrounding the camp, from the piles of corpses left from yesterday's battle, and even from underground.

"Enemy attack!"

The vigilant alliance disciples immediately issued an alarm.

The Divine Machine Alliance Legion, which had been on high alert, immediately sprang into action.

Numerous puppets of various kinds, along with the disciples of the Divine Machine Alliance clad in heavy full-body Xuanji armor, formed three lines of defense.

The first line of defense to come into contact with the spirits of the dead was formed by the heavy armored defense squad led by the brothers Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Tianhai.

The disciples' armor was made of refined steel and hardwood, and its surface was covered with runes carved from fragments of earth vein stone.

After the Zhao brothers tested these runes in actual combat and confirmed their excellent effectiveness, they specially formed this heavy-duty Xuanji Armor squad.

These runes glow faintly when the spirits of the dead approach; while they cannot be used to dispel the spirits, they can slow their movements considerably.

This moment of maladjustment and resulting disorientation is the perfect opportunity to strike.

The disciples of the Divine Machine Alliance, clad in heavy Xuanji armor, didn't even need to risk getting close.

By simply manipulating the gravity added by the earth's energy, these Quanxing ghosts could be rendered unable to move an inch, becoming sitting ducks.

As the patterns on the Xuanji Armor grew brighter, the souls trapped in place began to flicker erratically.

What awaited them were several pale blue arrows flying towards them.

Unfortunately, even the crossbow bolts imbued with the power of Dan Shi only pierced through these Quanxing undead, leaving faint blue streaks of Dan Shi power on their bodies.

That subtle yet domineering power of the pill-devouring energy spread backwards along these souls of the Quanxing Sect.

It actually severed the strange red energy within the bodies of these dead souls.

Without the support of that crimson energy, the souls trembled.

Then, under intense gravity, it completely dissipated and ceased to exist.

"efficient!"

The disciples at the front line, clad in heavy Xuanji armor, perked up and roared.

The Shadow Spiders and Ballistae of the second line of defense then launched attacks one after another.

The crossbow bolt left the bowstring, and the pale blue light emanating from the crossbow tolled the death knell for these souls of the Quanxing Sect.

Although most of the arrows missed their mark after passing through the ethereal bodies of the dead, the power of the pills still remained within these dead souls, directly cutting off the Yellow Springs Array's energy supply to them.

The third line of defense was led by Zhang Xuan and Li Muxuan, who controlled a large puppet that Zhang Xuan had improved.

These puppets were three zhang tall, entirely black, with a crystal the size of a washbasin embedded in their chests.

That was the control switch for the geothermal energy supply pile that Cui Ming had secretly hidden deep underground.

At this moment, all ten heavy puppets simultaneously activated their crystals.

hum-

A deep, resonant sound rang out, and ten pale golden beams of light shot out from the puppet's chest, weaving into a net in the air and enveloping the area in front of the Divine Machine Alliance members.

As the light net touched the ground, the dark red blood patterns faded and disappeared as if they had encountered their nemesis.

The souls within the area, having lost the support of the blood patterns and suppressed by the earth vein energy contained in the pale golden light net, let out painful roars, and their souls began to become unstable.

"Advance!"

Zhang Xuan, positioned at the rear, issued orders in a loud voice.

The members of the Divine Machine Alliance began to move forward.

Heavy armored vehicles cleared the way, crossbows fired in rapid succession to eliminate targets, and heavy puppets maintained the suppression of the light network.

The three forces combined to force the hundreds of Quanxing's undead souls that were surging forward to retreat step by step.

After being brought under control, the numerous souls were forcibly disconnected from the Yellow Springs Array, and then crushed by manipulating the earth's energy.

But all of this takes time to proceed slowly, so the progress of the Divine Machine Alliance is extremely slow.

Fortunately, these Quanxing undead were completely helpless against the Divine Machine Alliance.

They couldn't get close at all; even their attacks were blocked by the Shenji Alliance disciple at the very front, who was wearing heavy Xuanji armor.

Regardless of whether it's poison or any other kind of Qi attack.

After being suppressed by the gravity of the earth's energy and weakened by the successive impacts of crossbow bolts, it was not a threat at all.

The current inhabitants of Quanxing are only able to continuously surge towards the members of the Divine Machine Alliance because they are powered by the energy supply from the Yellow Springs Array.

The members of the Divine Machine Alliance were like reefs in the ocean waves.

No matter how fierce the waves of the dead surged, they could not shake the members of the Divine Machine Alliance in the slightest.

However, after Zhang Xuan controlled the puppets to sever the connection of the great formation, the souls that were destroyed were completely dead.

With this increase and decrease, it's only a matter of time before the members of the Divine Machine Alliance completely eliminate these souls.

But the most crucial thing is...

Will this Yellow Springs Formation continue to spread outwards?