Chapter 790 - 419: Tier Six Puppet
Finally, using illusory spiritual soil to refine the puppet’s skin, ..., when all the spiritual materials were perfectly fused into the puppet’s body, Li Mu formed a technique seal, concentrated spiritual power injected into it, activating the built-in Five Elements Array, and the Five Elements Array inside the puppet’s body gradually lit up, emitting a strong spiritual power fluctuation.
At the moment when the Five Elements Array was perfectly activated, the entire puppet’s body seemed to have completed its final transformation, the spiritual light radiated, densely packed puppet spirit patterns, numbering in the thousands, under this flowing spiritual light, as if summoned, quickly merged into one.
As the spirit patterns gradually disappeared, a wooden puppet body with its spiritual light concealed, appearing in gray-silver color, emerged in front of Li Mu, like a slumbering warrior, waiting for the moment to awaken.
Seeing this, Li Mu took a top-grade puppet core from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, along with eighteen top-grade spirit stones shimmering with mysterious light, placing them above the wooden puppet’s chest, as if conducting a mysterious ceremony.
The next moment, the puppet core and the eighteen top-grade spirit stones approached the wooden puppet, immediately attracted by a mysterious force, absorbed into the chest cavity, and slowly integrated within.
The puppet core steadily integrated into the puppet’s chest, the eighteen top-grade spirit stones dispersed throughout the body, and the eighteen top-grade spirit stones slightly brightened in various parts of the puppet’s body, a continuous stream of spiritual power emerged, swiftly forming a perfect spiritual power circulation system with the Five Elements Array and the puppet core, providing the puppet with an endless source of power.
A soft "zing!" sounded, and the entire puppet’s body suddenly trembled, as if it had gained life, floating in the air, emitting a five-colored spiritual light, it suddenly opened its eyes, awakening, a pair of hollow eyes stared directly at Li Mu.
Li Mu looked at the wooden puppet that had come alive, reached out to gently touch its face, feeling the powerful force hidden under that cold skin, a satisfied gleam in his eyes.
At this moment, Li Mu seemed to be able to feel the "heartbeat" of the puppet, a unique rhythm belonging to spiritual power and the array.
Under the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, the attributes of the substitute puppet were all displayed on the character panel.
[Unnamed]
[Grade: Tier Six High-grade Spiritual Puppet]
[Attributes: Shadow Puppet Illusion, Spiritual Concealment, Illusory Breath of Ten Thousand Changes, Power of the Five Elements, Five Elements Escape, Five Elements Body Protection.]
[Status: Puppet Spirit Rebirth, Spiritual Fulfillment]
[Using Tier Seven Taiyin Spirit Wood as core, Tier Seven Taiyin Spirit Wood as base, Tier Seven Unstable True Water as veins, combined with Tier Six Illusory Spirit Pill, Golden Essence Crystal, Red Flame Spirit Crystal to refine a Tier Six Five Elements Spiritual Puppet, this puppet excels in Five Elements Transformation, disguising its form, concealing its tracks, Five Elements Illusion Realm.]
Looking at the powerful attributes of the substitute spiritual puppet, Li Mu revealed a satisfied smile, the substitute spiritual puppet refined this time achieved the expected effect in both grade and attributes.
Next, it’s time to test the attributes of this substitute spiritual puppet, Li Mu formed a technique seal and injected divine thought, beginning to control the spiritual puppet, changing its form.
Observing, the substitute spiritual puppet’s surface flashed with a Five Elements spiritual light, its body structure, skin, and facial features began to undergo magical changes, the appearance gradually becoming identical to Li Mu, even the clothes it wore transformed, almost becoming a replica of him.
Li Mu attempted to link his divine thought with the substitute spiritual puppet, controlling it to perform various actions, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the substitute spiritual puppet’s flexibility and coordination were exceptionally outstanding, casting spells, gathering true essence quickly, battle actions almost identical to his, possessing roughly two to three-tenths of his combat power.
Looking at the puppet that was remarkably similar to himself, Li Mu frowned, sensing areas of dissatisfaction.
Although the substitute puppet’s appearance, aura, and true essence aura became highly similar to his, matching him even in external appearance, and even mimicking his demeanor largely accurately, as if it were his shadow, its gaze appeared slightly hollow, its eyes bright yet lacking the infusion of a soul, the gaze appeared somewhat dazed.
Clearly, this substitute puppet mimicked him remarkably in appearance and actions, yet its hollow gaze is a flaw it cannot conceal, this sense of emptiness is an insurmountable gap between the substitute puppet and a real person.
Li Mu pondered for a moment, had an idea in mind, deciding to refine two spiritual eyes to solve this issue,
Without delay, Li Mu found two ape demon eye spiritual materials from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, began condensing Five Elements Spiritual Fire, using a unique artifact refining technique to refine two crystal-clear, spiritually abundant Tier Four Spiritual Eyes, embedding them into the eye sockets of the substitute spiritual puppet.
With the insertion of the eyeballs, the substitute spiritual puppet’s eyes immediately became clear and spirited, rich with emotion, seemingly infused with a soul.
Li Mu carefully observed the changes in the substitute spiritual puppet, found that its eyes were no longer hollow and lifeless, but exuded a lively brilliance, which greatly delighted him, immediately revealing a happy smile, as if thinking of something joyful.
Further testing the utility of the substitute spiritual puppet, Li Mu attached part of his divine thought to the substitute puppet, as if bestowing it with life. Then, controlling the substitute spiritual puppet to leave the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, stepping out of the Sect Leader’s Mansion.
Under Li Mu’s control, the substitute spiritual puppet transformed into his likeness, moving through the air, its figure graceful, like an Immortal descending into the mortal realm, traversing the main peaks of the Seven Profound Sect, wherever it went, eliciting enthusiastic responses from the sect disciples, who reverently greeted it.
"Disciple - Chen Su, greets Sect Master!" a female disciple voiced excitedly.
"Greetings to the Sect Master!" the disciples echoed in unison, voices shaking the skies.
’Li Mu’ responded with a smiling nod, then slowly seated himself near the Sword Fighting Platform of the Golden Sword Peak.
At that moment, an intense duel was taking place on the Sword Fighting Platform.
Peak Master - Fang Shixin, agile in form, wielding a golden longsword, was locked in an evenly matched battle with a Jade-Eyed Golden Ape, the two golden afterimages intertwining in mid-air, sword light and ape roars weaving an intense battle scene.
Fang Shixin’s swordsmanship was sharp and precise, the sword momentum carried a thunderous force, while the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape was not to be outdone, retaliating with agile movements and great strength.
The spectators were deeply captivated by this duel, their eyes fixed on the Sword Fighting Platform, fearing to miss any exciting moment, while Li Mu multitasked, both preparing the puppet body within the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion and controlling the substitute puppet to experience the fierce battle in person.
As the battle continued, Fang Shixin and the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape seemed to enter a certain mystical rhythm, their figures swiftly moving on the Sword Fighting Platform, their actions becoming faster and more rapid, like wind and electricity, making it hard for the eyes to follow.
The longsword in Fang Shixin’s hand danced like a dragon, countless sword auras erupted forth, while the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape showcased its astonishing power and speed. Its fists were like two golden meteors, continuously swinging, striking out countless golden fist shadows.
The myriad golden fist shadows and thousands of sword auras violently collided in midair, producing deafening roars and dazzling light, weaving a splendid scene, the entire Sword Fighting Platform seemed to be torn apart.
Suddenly, Fang Shixin charged swiftly, merging with the spiritual sword in his hand, transforming into a golden light, thrusting straight at the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape’s chest, the golden ape roared, swinging its giant fist to meet the attack.
"Bang!" a loud crash, golden light splattering, Fang Shixin and the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape simultaneously retreated several steps.
The onlooking cultivators erupted into enthusiastic applause and cheers, celebrating the exciting duel.
Noticing Li Mu’s presence, Fang Shixin and the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape both restrained their battle intent, flying up to greet him.
"Greetings to the Sect Master!" Fang Shixin saluted Li Mu with his sword, appearing solemn.
"Master!" the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape addressed ’Li Mu’, affectionately, without the slightest suspicion that the ’master’ before it was a puppet body.
Within the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, ’seeing’ this scene, Li Mu couldn’t help but show a joyful smile, this substitute puppet not only successfully deceived everyone but even the close Xiaojin didn’t detect it, using it as a substitute for the true self in the future shouldn’t be a problem.
"Your fight was marvelous, there’s no need to mind me, continue with your competition." Li Mu controlled the substitute puppet, speaking.
Hearing Li Mu’s words, Fang Shixin and the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape were momentarily taken aback, but soon reacted, nodding in agreement.
They returned to the Sword Fighting Platform, resuming their intense duel, while ’Li Mu’ stood quietly on the side, continuing to watch the fierce battle on the platform, as if inspecting their combat prowess.