403: Not a puppet emperor, but an evil god

After entering the main hall, mist surrounded them from all directions, obscuring their vision and making it impossible to see the path ahead.

“……”

Xie Weilou looked around, and the figures of Yan Ruyi and Guan Yue had already disappeared.

Boom!

Suddenly, the surrounding mist vanished, revealing a colossal sea of fire. Flames enveloped the heavens and earth, carrying terrifying destructive power.

Xie Weilou, in the midst of the sea of fire, felt a sharp pain in his flesh and soul. He narrowed his eyes slightly and, without hesitation, continued to walk forward.

The further he went, the more terrifying the flames became, constantly tearing at his flesh and soul, yet Xie Weilou’s expression remained unchanged, and his steps were still steady.

As he walked, the flames disappeared, but the heavens and earth were filled with terrifying thunder power.

Tens of thousands of bolts of lightning covered the sky, continuously striking the ground. If he were to advance, he would instantly be reduced to dust by the lightning.

“……”

Xie Weilou glanced at it, then walked forward, and the lightning immediately engulfed him.

The moment the lightning struck, he felt as if his soul was shattered, his flesh was disintegrating, and blood was continuously flowing.

“Heh!”

Xie Weilou smiled playfully, ignoring the pain in his flesh and soul, and continued to walk forward.

His physical body was already formidable; how could mere lightning disintegrate him? Invisibly, a soul force was interfering with his Divine Soul, creating an illusion.

He didn't know how long he had walked.

The lightning in the heavens and earth disappeared, and the Puppet Emperor’s voice sounded again: “Congratulations, you have passed my test!”

Buzz!

The surrounding scenery changed, and the interior of the hall was revealed.

In the vast hall, seven blood-colored stone pillars stood. Within the encirclement of the stone pillars, there was a platform, and on the platform floated a bronze scroll and a gray stone.

Beside it stood a three-meter-tall puppet. The aura of this puppet was very strong, likely having reached the Divine Court Realm. This should be the Ancient Battle Puppet that Demon Dao Kong mentioned.

Above the platform, blood-colored power condensed, and a blood-colored throne appeared. A man in a blood-colored robe, wearing a mask, sat on the throne.

“You have passed the three trials I set. The puppet inheritance, the Ancient Battle Puppet, and the heavenly mysterious stone are all yours. Come and claim them now!”

The Puppet Emperor spoke slowly.

Xie Weilou stared at the Puppet Emperor. This time, with the Puppet Emperor’s appearance, the Demon Hand showed a slight anomaly, emitting a sense of excitement, as if it wanted to devour him!

“What’s wrong?”

The Puppet Emperor saw Xie Weilou motionless and couldn't help but ask.

Xie Weilou asked, “May I ask, Puppet Emperor, what about the two people who entered the main hall with me just now?”

The Puppet Emperor said, “They have failed and have been sent out by me.”

“So that’s how it is!”

Upon hearing this, Xie Weilou’s face showed a deep smile. He took a step forward, and the Demon Hand instantly merged, a monstrous demonic aura erupting and filling the entire hall. A fierce demonic might directly sealed the Puppet Emperor.

“What do you mean?”

The Puppet Emperor sensed this demonic might, and his tone became indifferent.

Xie Weilou said indifferently, “You are not some Puppet Emperor, but the evil god suppressed here. Naturally, I must deal with you! The layout here cannot hide from me.”

Boom!

He waved his sleeve, and a force permeated, completely revealing the scene within the main hall.

Below the Puppet Emperor’s throne, a blood-colored altar appeared. On the seven blood-colored stone pillars around it, seven profound iron chains also appeared, sealing the altar.

And that gray stone emanated a powerful force.

With the gray stone as the core, the altar, stone pillars, and chains formed a sealing array, suppressing the Puppet Emperor within it.

However, this sealing array was clearly loosening under the erosion of time.

The gray stone was the array eye, and the Ancient Battle Puppet next to it was an item participating in the suppression.

If he were to go forward and touch the gray stone, the Battle Puppet would attack him, and this array would also disintegrate, completely releasing the evil god.

“You actually discovered it!”

The evil god stared at Xie Weilou, no longer pretending. His body instantly exuded a powerful evil aura, and his eyes flickered with intense blood-red light.

“Even if you discovered it, what then? You are still doomed to die next.”

The evil god let out a sinister voice, and the evil aura filled the entire hall.

Xie Weilou said indifferently, “Is that so? If I’m not mistaken, you should have just awakened, and your power has not yet recovered. This sealing array has loosened, which is why you can let a Divine Soul out, but you still cannot completely break free.”

What the evil god said before was half-true. The power sealed by those five treasures should be the evil god’s power.

Now that the five treasures appeared, their power returned to the evil god’s body through the loosened array, allowing the evil god to awaken.

Those five powers should only be a small part of the evil god’s power, only enough to awaken him and restore a little bit of power, making it difficult for him to recover to his peak.

Why did the evil god send Yan Ruyi and the others out?

Because he had not recovered to his peak and did not have absolute certainty that he could kill everyone.

The three trials probably had nothing to do with the Puppet Emperor, but were the evil god’s doing. Especially the third trial, there was an invisible soul attack. If he were a little weaker, his soul would definitely be greatly consumed.

The evil god currently had no confidence in breaking free. If he knew nothing and directly picked up that heavenly mysterious stone, the array would break, and the other party could naturally break free.

If he discovered everything, the other party would consume his soul in advance, or could use soul to erode his soul, control his body, and then break the array again.

“……”

The evil god stared intently at Xie Weilou, a trace of apprehension in his eyes. Xie Weilou’s guess was completely correct.

He indeed had two plans.

The first plan was for Xie Weilou to honestly break the array for him.

The second plan was that if the other party discovered something was wrong, he could also erode the other party’s soul, control the body, and then break the array.

He was suppressed within the altar and temporarily found it difficult to break the array from within; he could only rely on external force.

As for why he chose a strong person, it was because weaker individuals would be eliminated by the Battle Puppet as soon as they approached the altar, making them useless.

“You are very smart. Perhaps we can discuss this. As long as you break the array and release me, the puppet scroll, the Ancient Battle Puppet, and the heavenly mysterious stone will all be yours!”

The evil god said in a deep voice.

“Nonsense! If I kill you, the things will still be mine.”

Xie Weilou slapped out a palm, and a demonic energy palm print instantly blasted towards the evil god.

Boom!

The evil god stood up and struck out a palm, a blood-colored palm print erupting.

Boom!

The palm prints collided, and the evil god was forced back more than ten meters, the blood-colored throne behind him shattered.

“A mere body condensed from a trace of Divine Soul power, how much trouble can it cause in front of me?”

Xie Weilou’s smile was sinister. Playing petty tricks in front of him? Then don’t blame him for black-eating-black.

“Since you don’t know what’s good for you, then I shall grant your wish.”

The evil god’s eyes were fierce, and his body transformed into a blood soul, suddenly pouncing towards Xie Weilou.

“Joke!”

Xie Weilou’s tone was cold. He took a step forward, and demonic might erupted, instantly shattering the blood soul……