270: The first person to master puppetry

ps: I had something yesterday and took leave in the backend. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't post without 1,000 characters. My apologies!

It wasn't that Gu Qingtian was cowardly, but the situation was truly off. The Demon Clan didn't just send Yuan Jiansheng from the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan; behind Yuan Jiansheng, there were dozens more Demon Clan Heavenly Pride.

The Starry Sky Gu Family also had dozens of Heavenly Pride, but upon clashing with these Demon Clan Heavenly Pride, only five immediately remained.

Could the Gu Family Heavenly Pride, who could set up a killing array and nearly trap and kill over a hundred Demon Clan members, be weak?

Of course not, it was simply because these Demon Clan Heavenly Pride were stronger, and also because Yuan Jiansheng from the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan was present!

Lu Chen ignored the tugging Gu Qingtian and instead looked at Yuan Jiansheng from the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan, liking him more the more he looked.

This monkey will be a Dao Soldier seed no weaker than that little Red Dragon!

Lu Chen was looking at Yuan Jiansheng, but Yuan Jiansheng was looking at Gu Wenhai and Gu Pingyang. As for Lu Chen and Gu Qingtian, Yuan Jiansheng naturally saw them too, but there was nothing worth paying much attention to.

Gu Qingtian and Lu Chen combined were not even as good as one peak Nine-Tribulation Yang God. What was there to pay attention to?

And those metal Puppets, most were Yang God Puppets of the First, Second, and Third Tribulation stages. Puppets like these, let alone Yuan Jiansheng, even a random Demon Clan Yang God Heavenly Pride could defeat hundreds. They were completely useless.

Therefore, Yuan Jiansheng didn't spare them another glance, only focusing on Gu Wenhai and Gu Pingyang.

These two were actually not bad either, with peak Nine-Tribulation Yang God cultivation and strong power. Together, they could even briefly contend with Yuan Jiansheng. If not for this, the last five Gu Family Heavenly Pride would not have been able to escape here.

However, at this moment, a 'Dong!' sound of a bell came, forcefully pouring into Yuan Jiansheng's ears. No, not just in his ears, even his Divine Soul heard the bell chime, as if it wanted to completely suppress his Divine Soul and separate it from his Yang God.

'Divine Soul Attack?!' Yuan Jiansheng was startled. Among all techniques and Divine Powers, those related to the Divine Soul were always the hardest to guard against and the most difficult to cultivate. But once someone mastered them, they were the ultimate killing moves, impossible to defend against.

When the bell sound appeared, Yuan Jiansheng instantly became vigilant, wanting to see clearly which great cultivator it was...

However, a 'Dang!' sound of a gong followed, and then a 'Ding-a-ling' sound of bells. All of them resounded within Yuan Jiansheng's Divine Soul. One made his Divine Soul feel as if it was about to leave his Yang God, while the other directly caused his Divine Soul intense pain, as if it was being ground into pieces.

Even more terrifying, this was just the beginning. Next, wave after wave of Divine Soul attacking Divine Powers came consecutively, violently impacting Yuan Jiansheng's Divine Soul, making it feel as if it was about to shatter.

'Damn it!' Yuan Jiansheng was Yuan Jiansheng after all. He roared in his heart, and a shocking Sword Intent suddenly erupted from his entire body, protecting his Divine Soul, attempting to completely isolate the Divine Soul attacking Divine Power.

'As expected, not inferior to that little Red Dragon!' Lu Chen secretly praised.

That little Red Dragon resisted the Dao Soldier's Divine Soul attack with its special Bloodline. The Sword Intent on Yuan Jiansheng was unusual and should also be related to the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan's Bloodline. At this moment, he was actually not severed by the Dao Soldier's Divine Soul attack.

But Lu Chen wouldn't give him another chance. As Yuan Jiansheng erupted with astonishing Sword Intent and protected his Divine Soul, the wind thunder dao soldier formed from the Qi Water Divine Irrigation Spear also transformed into a shocking spear light, like light reflected in water. In a flash, it had already pierced through Yuan Jiansheng on the spot, killing him.

Although the entire process sounds long, it actually only took a brief moment.

The Demon Clan Heavenly Pride who were behind Yuan Jiansheng had even just arrived.

'Yuan Jiansheng from the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan is dead?!' Gu Pingyang, Gu Wenhai, and the other five remaining Gu Family Heavenly Pride, who had already resigned themselves to death and wanted to fight to the death, were all stunned for a moment!

Fast, too fast, he died too quickly!

So much so that the Gu Family Heavenly Pride didn't even realize it was Lu Chen's Dao Soldier that had already attacked. In their eyes, the Dao Soldier just transformed into its Spirit Treasure true form and was then pierced by a spear, dying on the spot.

As for how perilous the process truly was, they were completely unaware.

'This Lu Chen from Dongming Sect, I still underestimated him!'

He is even more terrifying than what I saw before!

Even someone like Yuan Jiansheng, who could contend with Dragon Wu Dao's younger brother, couldn't withstand Lu Chen's Puppet. Then, among the younger generation who came to Azure Underworld, who else could withstand him?

Dragon Wu Dao?

Dragon Wu Dao might not even be able to withstand him!

After all, Yuan Jiansheng wasn't much weaker than Dragon Wu Dao, but in Lu Chen's Dao Soldier's hands, he couldn't even last a few breaths. How much stronger could Dragon Wu Dao be?

It wasn't just Gu Pingyang, Gu Wenhai, and the others; even Gu Qingtian, who was already preparing to run, saw his pupils shrink again...

'Boom!' The remaining Demon Clan Heavenly Pride, stirring up boundless demonic energy, arrived!

But the scene momentarily fell into an eerie silence, because the remaining Demon Clan Heavenly Pride arrived at a very inopportune moment, happening to witness the scene where the Qi Water Divine Irrigation Spear pierced through Yuan Jiansheng with a single shot, instantly killing him!

Thus, the remaining dozens of Demon Clan Heavenly Pride only froze for a moment before scattering explosively.

'Run!'

Even Yuan Jiansheng was instantly killed. How many breaths could they withstand?

'Tsk tsk, since you're already here.'

How can you possibly leave so easily!

Lu Chen waved his hand, and seven hundred Dao Soldiers advanced in unison. In just sixty breaths, Lu Chen's Dao Soldiers returned, each dragging a Monster Corpse, and re-entered the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

Only the Void-Piercing Wind Thunder Dao Soldier remained, still under Lu Chen, serving as his mount.

This trip wasn't in vain.

Nearly two hundred more Monster Corpses were obtained, and among them was a Demon Clan Heavenly Pride like Yuan Jiansheng from the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan!

As for Gu Pingyang, Gu Wenhai, and the other five remaining members of the Starry Sky Gu Family, Lu Chen didn't even spare them another glance before gently patting the Void-Piercing Wind Thunder Dao Soldier and departing. Just as he was about to disappear into the void, he turned his head and said to Gu Qingtian: 'Qingtian brother, we will meet again.'

With that said, he had already vanished without a trace.

Only the six Gu Family members were left, looking at each other, silent for a long time.

After a good while, Gu Qingtian finally recovered and looked at Gu Pingyang, Gu Wenhai, and the other five, speaking lightly: 'Several clan brothers, are the Heavenly Pride of my Azure Underworld still to your liking?'

Said that everyone in Azure Underworld was a bumpkin?

Why don't you clash with Lu Chen?

Oh, you don't dare!

After this day, a bustling wind swept across the entire Northern Frontier.

Countless cultivators were spreading the word that another peak Heavenly Pride from Azure Underworld had made a move, and the person who acted was none other than Lu Chen from Dongming Sect, who had suppressed the entire Northeast Great Qian Dynasty during the Qing Ming Great Cleansing.

First, news came from within Yu Chan Sect that the Evil Dragon entangling Shen Qingyu from Yu Chan Sect was killed, and then news came from the Gu Family that Yuan Jiansheng from the Sword-Armored Demon Ape Clan was also annihilated, and all within the same day.

After that, more cultivators were spreading the word that this generation's Traveling Envoy of Dongming Sect, Lu Chen, was running rampant in the Northern Frontier, killing countless Demon Clan Heavenly Pride who came from the Starry Sky. He practically killed any demon he saw; whoever came would die.

The number and speed of demons he killed were already unmatched!

He was bestowed with the title 'Number One Person in Puppet Technique' by countless cultivators in Azure Underworld!