197: Chapter 197 Shi Xiaozhan Breaks Through

Shi Xiaozhan took the ring Zhang Bufan gave him and came to a valley.

"What did Senior Brother Zhang Bufan prepare for me, being so mysterious?" Shi Xiaozhan mumbled to himself, playing with the Storage Ring in his hand.

"Forget it, I'll know once I take it out." With that, Shi Xiaozhan's mind stirred, and he took out the contents of the Storage Ring.

Before Shi Xiaozhan could even check what it was, he suddenly felt his vision go dark, and a massive fist was already coming straight at him.

"Holy crap!" Shi Xiaozhan was startled and instinctively turned his head to dodge.

The fist almost grazed Shi Xiaozhan's face, and the strong wind it generated made Shi Xiaozhan's face sting.

Stomping his right foot hard on the ground, Shi Xiaozhan retreated more than ten meters like lightning, then looked at the thing that had just attacked him.

"A Puppet?"

Shi Xiaozhan was momentarily stunned; what had just attacked him was actually a Puppet of the Lie Hai Realm.

This Puppet was similar to those he encountered in the War King Palace, but also very different. Shi Xiaozhan had solved the same Rank Puppets in the first trial almost effortlessly, but this Puppet in front of him gave Shi Xiaozhan a strong sense of oppression.

This sense of oppression was not entirely due to a higher Cultivation, but rather because this Puppet had very strong combat power, especially in close-quarters combat.

If Shi Xiaozhan hadn't instinctively dodged the Puppet's strike just now, his face would definitely have been disfigured.

"So this is the Cultivation treasure Senior Brother Zhang Bufan mentioned, haha, good, it's exactly what I wanted. I hope you can last a bit longer." Shi Xiaozhan cracked his knuckles, looking at the Puppet with excitement, his entire body's Battle Intent rapidly rising.

Just then, the Puppet moved, its speed reaching an extreme. It appeared before Shi Xiaozhan like lightning, not using any Martial Skill Moves, but simply throwing a plain punch.

Where the punch wind passed, it seemed as if the air was torn apart, making bursts of loud noises.

"Good timing!" Shi Xiaozhan roared, taking a step forward, and threw a punch with all his might, meeting it head-on.

"Boom!"

The two fists met, producing a thunderous explosion. The scattered shockwaves blew the surrounding trees askew.

Shi Xiaozhan trembled, then his entire body flew backward dozens of meters, stopping only after hitting a giant tree, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Holy crap!" Shi Xiaozhan cursed, wiping the blood from his mouth, his expression turning serious.

The Puppet's strength was only around the Early Stage of the Lie Hai Realm, two minor Realms higher than Shi Xiaozhan, but in the Domain he was most proficient in, Physical Body combat, Shi Xiaozhan was surprisingly not its opponent.

Shi Xiaozhan shook his slightly numb arm; his fist was already covered in blood. In terms of Physical Body strength, he was no match for this Puppet, but everything was still within controllable limits, so he hadn't put on his All Heavens War God Gauntlets, otherwise, this Puppet probably wouldn't last many hits.

In fact, when Zhang Bufan obtained this Puppet, he had already studied it. After discussing with the System, he decided to set the Puppet's Realm strength to be even stronger than Shi Xiaozhan's, otherwise, it wouldn't pose a threat to Shi Xiaozhan and would lose its meaning as a training partner.

Shi Xiaozhan looked at the Puppet not far away, without the slightest fear on his face; instead, he became exceptionally excited. It was rare to encounter such an opponent, so of course, he wanted to have a good, satisfying fight.

"Come, fight!" Shi Xiaozhan roared and was the first to attack the Puppet. He closed in, feigning with a left hook, while his right uppercut was the true killing Move.

However, the Puppet seemed to have seen through Shi Xiaozhan's Move. It completely ignored Shi Xiaozhan's left fist, and just as Shi Xiaozhan's uppercut was about to hit the Puppet's chin, the Puppet leaned its entire body backward and simultaneously delivered a knee strike, fiercely aiming for Shi Xiaozhan's crotch.

"Holy crap!" Shi Xiaozhan's attack this time failed. He instantly felt a chill down below, his face suddenly changed, and he quickly clapped his palms on the Puppet's chest, bending his body and rapidly retreating.

Shi Xiaozhan narrowly avoided the Puppet's knee strike, and then, as his body retreated, he was pushed into the air by the Puppet's knee hitting his palms. He did a somersault before landing on the ground.

"You damn old six..." Shi Xiaozhan pointed at the Puppet and cursed loudly, then immediately realized that what was in front of him was just a Puppet. Verbal attacks had no effect whatsoever, not even as good as playing a lute to a cow, at least a cow is a living being, this thing is just a pile of metal.

At the same time, Shi Xiaozhan also realized that this Puppet had even learned insidious Moves like knee strikes. It seemed this was undoubtedly Senior Brother Zhang Bufan's doing. He didn't expect Senior Brother Zhang Bufan to go to such lengths to train him. If he hadn't been agile, he really would have fallen into a trap and lost his reputation.

While Shi Xiaozhan was filled with Battle Intent, the hint of casualness on his face completely disappeared. He had to be serious and not treat this Puppet as an ordinary inanimate object, otherwise, if he lost, it would be too embarrassing.

"Again!" Shi Xiaozhan charged at the Puppet once more. This time, he treated the Puppet as a powerful living opponent.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Shi Xiaozhan and the Puppet went back and forth, fighting fiercely. Wherever they passed, the surrounding trees fell one after another, some even being uprooted.

Both the Puppet and Shi Xiaozhan sustained injuries, but overall, the Puppet still held a certain advantage, given its strength and hardness.

Shi Xiaozhan showed no signs of retreating; instead, he fought with increasing vigor, falling into a state of self-forgetfulness.

Time passed minute by minute, and the battle between Shi Xiaozhan and the Puppet became more and more intense.

What Shi Xiaozhan didn't realize was that during his fight with the Puppet, he had sustained many injuries and was covered in blood, but his Cultivation was rapidly improving. He, who was originally at a disadvantage, gradually turned the tide and suppressed the Puppet.

"Boom!"

Shi Xiaozhan exchanged another punch with the Puppet.

The Puppet was directly sent flying hundreds of meters, breaking several large trees.

Just then, Shi Xiaozhan's Aura reached its peak. With a muffled sound from within his body, he suddenly felt much lighter.

Yes, he had a Breakthrough, from the Late Stage of the Kai Shan Realm to the Great Perfection of the Kai Shan Realm.

The surrounding Spiritual Qi was frantically surging towards him, pouring into his body like a funnel, while the Puppet, which had fallen to the ground in the distance, slowly stood up and stood quietly, seemingly with sentience, giving Shi Xiaozhan time to have his Breakthrough.

Almost completely draining the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a ten-li radius, Shi Xiaozhan finally had a Breakthrough to the Great Perfection of the Kai Shan Realm in an instant.

"Haha!" Feeling the powerful strength within his body, Shi Xiaozhan laughed loudly, then looked at the Puppet not far away, "You've done a great service, but now that I'm at the Great Perfection of the Kai Shan Realm, there's no need to keep fighting."

The Puppet couldn't speak, but it expressed its thoughts through its actions. It took a step, instantly appearing before Shi Xiaozhan, and unleashed a heavy punch.

Shi Xiaozhan had initially been unconcerned. Ever since his Cultivation improved, he felt that fighting this Puppet had lost its meaning.

But when the Puppet's attack reached him, Shi Xiaozhan's expression changed.