104: Chapter 104 This King is indeed a genius

"Mm, it's good that you're alright."

Chun Xiaobai nodded and casually tapped a finger on Xiao Zhang's chest.

Xiao Zhang instantly froze in place, unable to move a muscle.

Chun Xiaobai kicked him into the Puppet's skull before crawling in himself. He picked up the control Formation Plate and excitedly extended a thread of Divine Sense to communicate with it.

However, the giant Puppet only swayed slightly before falling silent again.

"Oh right, I broke the core Formation."

Your sister!

Chun Xiaobai glanced at the stiff Xiao Zhang beside him.

He thought about having him repair it, but then he remembered his Sky-Tearing Hand.

Since he could perceive the Formation patterns, maybe he could fix it himself.

Thinking of this, he climbed out of the cockpit, activated his Sky-Tearing Hand, and circled the Battle Puppet meticulously.

He quickly found the Formation nodes he had shattered with a single punch.

He had some understanding of the Dao of Formations.

This path was similar to Alchemy; both required a certain level of talent.

Alchemists had extremely high requirements for Fire Control Techniques, while Formation Masters needed an extraordinary understanding and memory for Formation diagrams as complex as the stars.

But ultimately, these disciplines shared one thing in common: they demanded immense Divine Soul power. Only those with exceptional natural talent could achieve anything.

And the one thing Chun Xiaobai didn't lack was Divine Soul power!

His current Divine Soul was comparable to a Peak Foundation Establishment existence!

Chun Xiaobai directly located the damaged Formation nodes and locked onto them with his Divine Sense.

Then, he pulled several Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch, carefully controlling the Spiritual Qi to guide the broken Formation lines and slowly reconnect them.

In the blink of an eye, he had reconnected a faded line.

"Holy crap! This Great King really is a Genius!"

He had originally thought it would be strenuous, but he hadn't expected it to be so easy.

Following that, he used the same method to reconnect all the broken nodes one by one.

After a meticulous final check to ensure nothing was missed, he crawled back into the cockpit.

He immediately used his Divine Sense to communicate with the Formation Plate and issued a command to jump!

Boom!

The three-zhang-tall Battle Puppet suddenly soared into the sky, jumping over a dozen zhang before crashing heavily onto an open space a hundred zhang away, kicking up clouds of dust and making the ground tremble!

Inside the cockpit, Xiao Zhang's stiff head hit the hard metal inner wall with a thud, immediately forming a large bump.

"Hahaha! This Great King really is a Genius!"

Chun Xiaobai's grin stretched from ear to ear as he issued another command, controlling this brand-new "big toy" to gallop toward the central region of the Wanling Mountains!

He had been piloting the Battle Puppet for less than twenty li when he happened to run into a group of scattered Righteous Alliance Disciples.

When those Disciples saw this giant steel beast rumbling toward them, they were first stunned, then scared out of their wits. With a whoosh, they scattered and fled in all directions.

"Run! It's a Tiansha Valley Battle Puppet!"

“Uh!!!”

Chun Xiaobai, watching through the observation port in the cockpit, was stunned on the spot.

This... this... This Great King was planning to ask for directions!

Aren't they being a bit too cowardly?

Chun Xiaobai curled his lip, too lazy to give chase, and continued piloting the Battle Puppet forward.

But after another twenty li, the Battle Puppet's footsteps suddenly halted, and it froze in place.

He used his Divine Sense to communicate with the Formation Plate and found that the big guy was completely unresponsive.

"What's going on?"

Chun Xiaobai climbed out of the cockpit and looked around but didn't find any restrictive Formations he might have stepped on.

He jumped down from the Battle Puppet and used his Sky-Tearing Hand to meticulously inspect the Puppet's Formation nodes, but he didn't find any damage.

For a moment, Chun Xiaobai was at a loss.

He had no choice but to run back to the cockpit, tap Xiao Zhang's chest, and unblock his acupuncture points.

"Ah!" Xiao Zhang let out a sudden cry of pain, clutching the large bump on the back of his head as he looked at Chun Xiaobai with a face full of terror.

"Big brother! Big brother! Please just let me go, I've already given you my greatest treasure!"

"Cut the crap!" Chun Xiaobai glared at him. "Tell me, why did this Battle Puppet stop moving?"

“Uh!!!”

Xiao Zhang was stunned. He had originally thought this guy was somewhat proficient in Puppetry, but now it seemed... he truly, definitely, absolutely didn't know a thing!

But then, how did he fix his Battle Puppet?

Noticing Chun Xiaobai's murderous gaze, he pushed his thoughts aside and carefully explained.

"Big brother, any Puppet needs an energy supply."

"This one of mine is a Profound Rank Low Grade Battle Puppet; it consumes one thousand Spirit Stones every hour."

"I put two thousand Spirit Stones in earlier, so now... they should be used up."

As he spoke, he pointed to the large iron box beneath Chun Xiaobai's rear.

Hearing this, Chun Xiaobai was also stunned.

Your sister, how did I forget about the law of conservation of energy!

With such a large size, how could it move without eating anything?

But... one thousand Spirit Stones an hour?

This thing is way too expensive!

"Fine, fine, I get it."

Impatiently, Chun Xiaobai tapped Xiao Zhang's chest again to freeze him and tossed him aside.

He stood up and opened the iron box, finding it indeed empty.

With a pained expression, he counted out two thousand Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch and threw them in.

Then he used his Divine Sense to communicate with the Formation Plate again. Sure enough, as soon as the command was issued, the Battle Puppet lunged forward.

But after lunging only dozens of meters, an identical Battle Puppet suddenly rushed toward him from the front.

That Battle Puppet chugged along until it reached him and then stopped.

The lid on its head opened with a click, and a Tiansha Valley Disciple emerged.

Without even looking inside the cockpit, that Disciple immediately shouted at Chun Xiaobai's Puppet.

"Junior Brother! Hurry over there, over five thousand Righteous Alliance Disciples are fleeing in that direction!"

"The higher-ups have ordered us to flank them immediately!"

Chun Xiaobai peered through the gap in the cockpit, sizing up the Puppet opposite him.

He noticed that the guy's Puppet was actually a whole size larger than his own. Its overall color was deeper, and the metallic luster at the joints was restrained and heavy; one look and you could tell it was a higher-level Puppet.

"What quality is that?"

Chun Xiaobai looked it over but couldn't analyze its quality.

However, if his was Profound Rank Low Grade, then the one opposite was likely at least Profound Rank Medium Grade!

At the thought of someone else's Battle Puppet being a higher Rank than his, Chun Xiaobai instantly felt a sense of imbalance.

"Your sister! With This Great King's current status, I'm only worthy of using a Low Grade one?"

"Wouldn't it be embarrassing if word got out!"

He glanced back at the stiff Xiao Zhang in the corner and noticed the guy's build was similar to his own.

His eyes darted around, and he stood up. In a few quick motions, he stripped the purple Tiansha Valley Daoist robe off Xiao Zhang and quickly threw it on himself.

He checked his reflection in a piece of polished metal on the inner wall of the Battle Puppet.

Sure enough, when a person is handsome, they look like they're wearing dragon robes even in a burlap sack. Whether it was the Righteous Path or the Evil Path, nothing could hide this overwhelming handsomeness.