45: Earthly Demon Puppet

The mysterious woman shot arrows very quickly; Lu Xingchen only took five seconds to cover a distance of 50 meters, and in that time, she fired five arrows in quick succession.

However, Lu Xingchen had taken the invincible potion, so the mysterious woman's feathered arrow could not cause him any harm.

Five seconds later, Lu Xingchen arrived in front of the mysterious woman.

The mysterious woman was puzzled by her missed arrows and didn't have time to react before Lu Xingchen struck with a Heaven Obliterating Seal.

A Dou Qi Shield appeared on the mysterious woman, but it was immediately shattered by Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen's Dou Qi Hand Seal slammed into the mysterious woman's chest, sending her flying backward, crashing hard against the wall of the main hall, and then spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Lu Xingchen immediately pursued her, raising his shadow sword, but he did not strike.

This mysterious woman had also come for the treasure chest, and they had no enmity between them.

Although Lin Jing was severely injured, she would recover after a period of rest, so there seemed to be no need to kill her.

Seeing Lu Xingchen raise his shadow sword, the mysterious woman was greatly frightened.

But she had just taken a direct hit from the Heaven Obliterating Seal, and all her Dou Qi had been dispersed, her body limp and utterly powerless to resist.

She shouted loudly, "You can't kill me! I am the Saintess of the Cangxuan Sect! If you kill me, the Cangxuan Sect will not let you off. Your Sect, your family—the Cangxuan Sect will settle accounts with them one by one!"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen paused.

Cangxuan Sect?

He hadn't heard of it.

But this woman was so powerful, single-handedly taking down eleven Great Martial Masters; she definitely wasn't someone a Third-Grade Sect could cultivate.

Her Dou Qi Shield was automatically triggered, a rare and precious Spiritual Artifact.

All of this indicated that the mysterious woman in front of him was not someone he could afford to offend.

Should he just let her go?

He had just made her suffer a setback, and with her domineering personality, wouldn't she chase after him once her injuries healed?

After a moment of thought, Lu Xingchen took out the hunyuan umbrella and sealed her within it.

The hunyuan umbrella could be used for defense in retreat and for trapping enemies in advance.

Once sealed within the umbrella, it would be very difficult to break free unless an external force damaged the hunyuan umbrella.

After the mysterious woman was sealed, she immediately cursed loudly, continuously scolding Lu Xingchen from inside the umbrella.

Lu Xingchen ignored these sounds and put the hunyuan umbrella into his Storage Ring.

Then, Lu Xingchen came to Lin Jing and handed her a rejuvenation pill.

Lin Jing took the rejuvenation pill, swallowed it in one gulp, and then said with a shocked expression, "Lu Xingchen, did you deal with the archer?"

Lu Xingchen gave a wry smile and said, "You could say I dealt with her."

Receiving the affirmative answer, Lin Jing's face was filled with admiration.

The archer woman had suppressed dozens of elite Disciples by herself, yet Lu Xingchen had easily dealt with her.

Lu Xingchen was simply too strong!

What was his limit?

Lu Xingchen gripped the blue-purple feathered arrow in Lin Jing's chest and said in a deep voice, "What should we do about this arrow?"

"Pull it out, of course. What else can we do?"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen was somewhat shocked.

"Just pull it out? It will hurt a lot!"

Lin Jing chuckled and said, "I've been entangled with the Five Elements Sect for so many years; I've had worse injuries than this. If I were afraid of pain, I wouldn't have lasted this long."

Lu Xingchen no longer tried to persuade her, gripped the arrow's fletching, and abruptly pulled out the feathered arrow.

In an instant, blood splattered, and Lin Jing let out a grunt.

Then she used Dou Qi to control the wound, and it stopped bleeding.

Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Your injury is too severe; it must be bandaged immediately. There's a difference between men and women, so it's not very convenient for me. You hold on for a bit; Hu Junfeng and the others are waiting for us at the Dao Comprehension Plaza."

Lin Jing chuckled and said, "My injury isn't a big deal; you go open that treasure chest first. It's what you deserve."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly and walked towards the treasure chest.

Along the way, he saw many Great Martial Master Realm Disciples who had been struck down, and he pondered to himself.

This mysterious woman still had some conscience; she hadn't killed them, only severely injured them.

Lu Xingchen took out his shadow sword and came before Qin Tian.

Qin Tian looked at Lu Xingchen with a terrified expression and said nervously, "You, what do you want to do?"

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, "Your Heavenly Demon Sect has done many harmful things over the years. Today, I'll start with you to collect the debt!"

Hearing this, fear arose in Qin Tian's heart, the fear of death.

"You can't kill me! I am the Saint of the Heavenly Demon Sect! If you kill me, the Heavenly Demon Sect will surely pursue you relentlessly!"

Lu Xingchen snorted coldly.

"A mere Heavenly Demon Sect is not enough to make me wary."

His hand rose and the blade fell.

Congratulations to the host for killing a Three-Star Great Martial Master, gaining three hundred experience points and three hundred exchange points!

Congratulations to the host for advancing to the Nine-Star Martial Master Realm, gaining nineteen talent points!

After killing Qin Tian, Lu Xingchen walked to the treasure chest.

The treasure chest was not locked, and Lu Xingchen easily opened it, only to see a scroll inside, with the three characters "Earth Fiend Puppet" written on the cover.

Lu Xingchen reached out and touched the scroll, and the System helped Lu Xingchen acquire all the content within the scroll.

The scroll recorded a method for refining Puppets, which could only be used by Advanced Alchemists who were deeply versed in Alchemy.

Most importantly, there was no upper limit.

As long as one's Soul Power was strong enough and the Materials were good enough, Puppets of various Realms could be refined.

After receiving the contents of the scroll, Lu Xingchen was overjoyed.

As long as he possessed enough Puppets, his combat power would undoubtedly increase significantly.

Of course, the number of Puppets a single person could control was limited.

But that was still a very strong fighting force.

The primary Material for refining an Earth Fiend Puppet was the corpse of a Martial Artist; the Martial Artist's strength during their lifetime would directly determine the Puppet's strength.

So Lu Xingchen put Qin Tian's corpse into his Storage Ring, then picked up Lin Jing and walked towards the Dao Comprehension Plaza.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Xingchen arrived at the Dao Comprehension Plaza and immediately handed Lin Jing over to Gu Zheng.

"Gu Zheng, please bandage Senior Sister Lin Jing. You are both girls, so it will be more convenient."

Gu Zheng nodded heavily.

"Okay, Senior Sister Lin Jing is in my care."

The other five formed a circular human wall, surrounding the two to prevent their privacy from being seen by irrelevant people.

Hu Junfeng said with shock, "Junior Brother Lu, did you really deal with that archer woman?"

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "I managed to deal with her."

Hu Junfeng gave a thumbs-up: "Awesome, as expected of you!"

The Disciples from the other three great Sects and the Heavenly Demon Sect nearby were all extremely shocked.

"Lu Xingchen came back with Lin Jing! Did he defeat that mysterious woman?"

"Impossible, that woman was too strong; she's not someone a Martial Master Realm Disciple can contend with."

"She probably opened the treasure chest and left on her own."

"I guess so too. Since the mysterious woman has left, we can also go rescue our respective Saints."

As soon as this person finished speaking, everyone else reacted and rushed towards the main hall.