336: Chapter 337 Break it!

Yet, when it struck the opponent, it only sparked faintly, failing to even pierce the skin or flesh, let alone cause any substantial damage!

"Roar—!"

The Corpse Puppet roared at the sky, the ghostly green flames in its hollow eye sockets flickering violently, as if it had been enraged.

It turned its head abruptly to look at the silver-white Puppet, its feet kicking off the Void Realm—

"Boom!"

The Void Realm shook, and the Corpse Puppet, like a cannonball fired from its chamber, lunged fiercely toward the silver-white Puppet!

"Bang!"

The two behemoths collided with a deafening crash!

The Corpse Puppet's grey-green fist slammed heavily into the silver-white Puppet's chest, emitting a dull metallic clashing sound. The Puppet staggered back several steps, leaving a fist-sized dent in its chest as sparks flew everywhere.

The silver-white Puppet was not to be outdone; its right hand swung its long blade horizontally, the blade light like a bolt of silk, slashing fiercely onto the Corpse Puppet's shoulder!

"Clang—!"

A metallic clashing sound rang out. The Corpse Puppet's shoulder was cleaved open with a deep wound, dark red flesh turning outward, yet no blood flowed out. It seemed not to feel pain; its left hand reached out, grabbed the Puppet's blade-wielding arm, and gave it a violent twist!

"Crack!"

A teeth-gritting sound of metal twisting came from the Puppet's arm joint, and the arm was actually twisted out of shape!

The silver-white Puppet rallied to counterattack, its left fist slamming hard into the Corpse Puppet's face!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Punch after punch, each carrying the force of a thousand jun, slammed into the Corpse Puppet, forcing its head back and cracking its grey-green skin with numerous wounds.

Yet the Corpse Puppet was completely unafraid; instead, it became even more frenzied!

It opened its large mouth and bit down onto the Puppet's shoulder, its sharp teeth grinding against the metal, emitting a piercing "creak" sound!

"Bang!"

The Corpse Puppet punched the Puppet's abdomen, leaving a fist-sized dent!

"Crack!"

The Puppet retaliated with a blade strike, carving a long wound across the Corpse Puppet's chest!

The two behemoths engaged in close-quarters combat, every punch landing solidly. Each collision emitted a deafening roar, making everyone on Lake Heart Island terrified.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could see—

That silver-white Puppet was no match for the Corpse Puppet.

The Corpse Puppet's Physical Body was too formidable; it knew no pain, feared no death, and every strike was a desperate, life-risking move. Although the silver-white Puppet was also Second-Order, it was ultimately an inanimate object without intelligence, capable only of fighting on instinct.

Moreover, Lu Shiqing was clearly not very skilled in the method of controlling it.

After Ye Changge handed this object to her, she had only found it novel and played with it a few times, never having truly used it in actual combat.

Controlling it now, her movements were stiff and her reactions sluggish. There were many attacks that could have been dodged, but she was unable to control the Puppet to evade them in time, forced to endure them head-on.

With one waxing and the other waning, the silver-white Puppet was pushed back step by step, its body covered in wounds, its silver-white frame riddled with fist-sized dents and marks from blades and axes.

"This won't do... If this continues, the Puppet won't last much longer..."

Lu Shiqing bit her lip, fine beads of sweat seeping from her forehead as she desperately channeled her spiritual power to control the Puppet and defend.

Yet her control techniques were far too unpracticed; she was always half a beat too slow, watching helplessly as the Puppet was forced back, punch by punch, by the Corpse Puppet.

"Bang!"

The Corpse Puppet slammed a fist into the Puppet's head, forcing its head back violently, while a piercing "creak" came from the neck joint and sparks flew everywhere!

Lu Shiyin felt a tightening in her heart seeing the Puppet's head heavily damaged. She hurriedly channeled the control technique, and the silver-white Puppet staggered to steady itself before brandishing its long blade to meet the attack once more.

Yet her control techniques were far too unpracticed; she was always half a beat too slow, watching helplessly as the Puppet was forced back, punch by punch, by the Corpse Puppet.

"Bang!"

The Corpse Puppet slammed a fist into the Puppet's head, forcing its head back violently, while a piercing "creak" came from the neck joint and sparks flew everywhere!

...

Just as the Second-Order Puppet was entangled with that Second-Order Corpse Puppet—

Xiao Caiyue seized the opportunity!

"This is it!"

A cold glint flashed in her beautiful eyes, and the spiritual power she had long been holding in reserve surged like floodwaters from a breached dam into the Formation Plate in her hand!

"Rise!"

That ancient Formation Plate suddenly erupted with a fierce light, and streaks of profound runes shot out from the plate, merging into the Void Realm!

In an instant, the Grand Array shrouding the entire Lake Heart Island trembled violently!

An invisible force converged from all directions, like the sky collapsing, carrying a terrifying might that suppressed everything, bearing down fiercely upon the Black-robed man!

"What?!"

The Black-robed man's expression changed abruptly.

Before that invisible force had even reached him, he felt as if a great mountain had pressed onto his shoulders; his bones creaked, and even breathing became difficult!

He looked up abruptly, staring at Xiao Caiyue, a flash of shock and anger in his eyes.

"A Second-Order Array Master?! You sickly wretch, you've hidden yourself well!"

He gritted his teeth, desperately channeling the Devilish Qi within his body to resist the suppressing force, yet his figure was still being pressed down slowly.

Xiao Caiyue's face was pale, fine beads of sweat seeping from her forehead, yet she gritted her teeth and persisted. With her current frail body, controlling this Grand Array was already an overload, but she could not retreat!

At the same time—

Her free left hand flipped inside her sleeve, and a purple Talisman exuding a terrifying aura appeared in her palm!

The Talisman was entirely purple-gold, its surface runes flowing, with faint lightning flickering within. The pressure it emitted was even more heart-palpitating than the suppressing force of the Grand Array!

Third-Tier Talisman—Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Talisman!

This was one of the trump cards Ye Changge had left for her before he departed; at this moment, she sacrificed it without hesitation!

"Go!"

The moment the Black-robed man saw that Talisman, the arrogant expression on his face finally underwent a subtle change.

His pupils constricted violently, his expression changing abruptly!

"A Third-Tier Talisman?!"

He exclaimed in shock.

A Third-Tier Talisman, that was something equivalent to a full-power strike from a Core Formation Stage Cultivator! As a Late Foundation Establishment Stage devil Cultivator, how could he block it?

Even if his Physical Body were stronger, if struck head-on by this Talisman, he would only end up annihilated!

The shadow of death instantly enveloped his heart; the Black-robed man dared not hold back the slightest bit anymore!

"Rise for me!"

He roared, the Devilish Qi within his body surging crazily, his hands rapidly forming seals in front of him!

"Netherworld Ghost Barrier!"

In an instant, a mass of thick, impenetrable black Qi erupted from his palms, rapidly condensing in front of him to form a jet-black light barrier about a zhang in radius!

On the surface of the light barrier, countless hideous ghostly faces were vaguely visible, flickering in and out, emitting shrill shrieks that made one's scalp tingle.

This was his trump card for survival, a defensive Secret Art condensed by using his own Essence Blood as a catalyst and the evil ghosts and resentful spirits he had refined for many years as the frame. Even a full-power strike from a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator could be blocked for a moment!

But just at this moment—

On the other side of the Grand Array!

"Break for me!"

A thunderous shout came!

Li Xuanfeng held a pitch-black Flowing Moon Scimitar, his spiritual power surging wildly around him, as he slashed fiercely at a weak node on the edge of the Grand Array!

"Crack—"

That array base finally could not withstand it, splitting open a gap!

The radiance of the Formation instantly dimmed, and the suppressing force shrouding the entire Lake Heart Island also experienced a momentary loosening!