143: Art is an explosion

Jiang Yan's fingers flew as he formed hand seals, and a deep blue Talisman suddenly lit up in the Void Realm.

He moved quickly through the Puppet army; every time he touched a Puppet, it was frozen in place.

"This... what's going on?"

The two controlling Elders were somewhat horrified, for they had completely lost contact with their Puppets at this moment.

Following that, more Ten Thousand Mechanisms Hall Elders and Disciples experienced the same, as they one after another lost their spiritual power output to their own Puppets.

"Hundred Refinements Spirit Seizing, Ten Thousand Mechanisms Returning to the Source!"

In an instant, the overwhelming Puppet army suddenly stiffened collectively.

The control cores within their chests flashed frantically, emitting ear-piercing mechanical wails.

The Elders and Disciples controlling the Puppet army had their faces change drastically; they hurriedly performed hand seals to regain control, only to find in horror that the spiritual power circuits of all the Puppets were actually flowing in reverse!

"No, impossible! How could he know the Ten Thousand Mechanisms Hall's 'Hundred Refinements Divine Mechanism Art'?"

Jiang Yan grinned and spread his five fingers, controlling those expensive war Puppets like marionettes.

Most terrifyingly, Jiang Yan's five fingers were like demonic claws controlling fate, each finger pulling thousands of spiritual power threads, weaving a death net that covered the sky and earth in the Void Realm.

"Let the slaughter begin!"

Jiang Yan's smile was incredibly ferocious; at this moment, he was like a bloodthirsty Devil King.

"Take back control! Increase the Spiritual Qi output! We absolutely cannot let these Puppets rebel!"

After Jiang Wanli spoke, the Beauty Puppet behind him instantly charged at Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan looked at the incoming Beauty Puppet, a hint of playfulness flashing in his eyes.

Just as he controlled two Puppets to flank the Beauty Puppet, her form shifted instantly, destroying the two Puppets attacking her.

"Interesting, it's actually a Living Human Puppet!"

Jiang Yan had played with the power of a Living Human Puppet before, but it had been shattered by the lightning punishment in the Blood Spirit Secret Realm.

He no longer underestimated this Beauty Puppet and controlled over a dozen Puppets to quickly besiege her.

As the dozen Puppets fought the Beauty Puppet, he sensed that something was slightly off.

A hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes; logically, while Living Human Puppets were strong, they shouldn't be this powerful, right?

His hands quickly formed seals, and he deployed over twenty more Puppets, changing the formation to launch attacks from different angles.

However, the Beauty Puppet's figure flickered like a specter, her every strike precisely crushing the core of a Puppet.

"Crack! Crack! Crack..."

The sounds of shattering were continuous, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the Puppets Jiang Yan controlled were lost.

Seeing this, Jiang Wanli laughed wildly: "Little beast, I'll see how you die!"

Jiang Yan's pupils shrank, and fine beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He realized something was wrong; this Beauty Puppet's combat power had already far exceeded the limits of an ordinary Living Human Puppet!

"Damn! Something's wrong... there's definitely a problem with this Living Human Puppet!" Alarms blared in Jiang Yan's heart.

While he was thinking, the Beauty Puppet suddenly stopped her offensive and stood stiffly in place.

She slowly raised her head, and her originally hollow eyes now flashed with an eerie blue light, her mouth curling into a non-human arc.

"Finally... found you... hehehe..." A hoarse voice came from within the Puppet, a voice that seemed to come from the deep sea, carrying a certain ancient and evil rhythm.

Jiang Yan's hair stood on end, and he instinctively retreated three steps. He keenly sensed that what resided within this Puppet was by no means an ordinary Sea Race member, but something even more terrifying!

"Damn!" Jiang Yan cursed and quickly formed hand seals, "Since you want to play, then This Young Master will show you today what the ultimate technique of the 'Hundred Refinements Divine Mechanism Art' is!"

As his hand seals were completed, the army of thousands of Puppets instantly charged at the Beauty Puppet.

Amidst the dust, the Puppet army surged toward the Beauty Puppet like a tide, their metal shells gleaming in the firelight, reflecting countless cold points of light.

That Beauty Puppet suddenly emitted an ear-piercing Sea Beast Shriek, the sound waves causing the surrounding rubble to fall.

Beneath the surface of her skin, countless Sea Insect Eggs fell off one after another, rushing toward the surrounding Puppet army.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan was shocked; although he had guessed there was a Sea Race parasite inside the Beauty Puppet, he never expected that this parasite could lay eggs!

The metal Puppets and the swarm of Sea Insect Eggs collided violently in the narrow passage, erupting with a tooth-grinding sound of friction.

Those translucent eggs hatched immediately upon contact with the Puppets' surfaces, extending black tentacles covered in slime that frantically coiled around the mechanical joints.

The Beauty Puppet's chest suddenly split open, revealing a writhing flesh core inside.

That mass of flesh pulsed like a living thing, and with every contraction, it spat out more eggs.

The eggs traced parabolas in the air, falling like rain onto the Puppet army.

Jiang Yan's pupils shrank; the first few Puppets to be infected had already stopped functioning, their metal shells covered in black patterns, and those Sea Insects were actually continuously draining the spiritual power from the Puppets!

"Holy crap!"

Jiang Yan quickly severed the spiritual power threads on his fingers; he knew very well that if he dared to continue controlling this Puppet army, his spiritual power would be sucked dry by the Sea Insect Eggs.

The severed spiritual power threads drifted in the air, and the Puppet army, losing control, instantly froze in place, becoming a breeding ground for the rampaging Sea Insects.

The black patterns spread rapidly, and the metal shells emitted an overwhelmed wail, as if they would be completely corrupted in the next second.

The Beauty Puppet's mouth split into an eerie arc, her voice sounding like it had crawled out of an abyss: "Human... you can't escape... your spiritual power... is delicious..."

Cold sweat slid down Jiang Yan's temple, but he grinned, his gaze suddenly sharp: "Escape? Who said This Young Master was going to escape?"

He flipped his right hand, and bundles of Talismans appeared in his hand: "Since I can't beat you with the 'Hundred Refinements Divine Mechanism Art', then I'll treat you to some Talismans!"

Jiang Wanli was shocked; he now felt that the boy before him was very troublesome, but once the Sea Race parasite inside the Beauty Puppet was activated, even he had no way to control it.

Jiang Yan's hands flew, and dozens of Talismans scattered like butterfly wings, tracing golden paths through the air.

Every Talisman paper shimmered with a different light; Thunder Talismans, Fire Talismans, and soul suppressing talismans intertwined into an inescapable net.

"Taste this!" he roared, and the Talismans were instantly activated.

"Rumble...!"

Thunder exploded and flames surged; the Beauty Puppet was blasted back repeatedly, even her skin becoming charred black.

But more frighteningly, beneath that charred skin, the black flesh was actually writhing rapidly, as if it were continuously repairing her injuries.

Jiang Wanli's expression changed drastically; this was the first time he had seen his Puppet's parasite beaten so badly.

The mangled body of the Beauty Puppet suddenly expanded, and new tentacles grew from the severed limbs, these tentacles covered in suckers that frantically snatched up the surrounding energy.

Seeing that this thing was still absorbing residual energy, Jiang Yan took out a Storage Pouch: "You like eating? Then I'll let you eat your fill!"

As the Talismans were poured out of the Storage Pouch, Jiang Wanli's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly, go stop that kid!"

Jiang Yan grinned and turned the Storage Pouch upside down, and thousands of Talismans poured out like snowflakes.

These Talismans automatically arranged themselves in mid-air, forming a floating Talisman Formation Maze, and every Talisman paper began to emit a dangerous humming sound.

"Come on, art is an explosion!"

"Boom...!!"

The moment the Talisman formation erupted, the world changed color.

Blinding white light swallowed everything, and the violent spiritual power turbulence tore the entire area to shreds.

Jiang Wanli's subordinates who had rushed forward didn't even have time to scream before they were disintegrated in the light and flames.

Seeing the notification boxes popping up frantically, Jiang Yan's grin almost reached his ears.

"Haha, awesome!"

The Beauty Puppet emitted an unprecedentedly shrill scream, her body beginning to melt like a candle.

Those proud tentacles snapped inch by inch in the energy storm, and the black flesh sizzled as it was scorched.

But most terrifyingly, a small Black Hole had actually formed at the center of the explosion, and it was frantically devouring everything around it!

"Are you fucking crazy?!" Jiang Wanli's face was ashen as he desperately flew backward, "Are you trying to take us all down with you?"

Jiang Yan stood his ground, unmoving, letting the wild winds tear at his robes.

A mad smile hung on the corner of his mouth as his hands maintained the detonation seal: "Let the storm come even more fiercely!"

The Black Hole suddenly contracted violently, and then began to expand continuously.

"Bang!!!"

A pillar of spiritual power light a hundred zhang in diameter soared into the sky, dyeing the entire battlefield an eerie purple.

When the light dissipated, more than half of the Sea Race Possession experts gathered by the Three Great Sects had instantly evaporated!