Chapter 664: Ochre-Robed Holy Envoy!
"Hm?"
Suddenly, a sense of alarm rose in Li Yun’s heart.
All the hairs on his body stood on end, as if something extremely dangerous was about to happen.
He abruptly stopped moving and looked ahead. At the entrance of the Severed Blade Mountain Range, a yellow-robed cultivator was standing there, staring at him with a sinister sneer, as if he had already been waiting for him for a long time.
This yellow-robed cultivator was emaciated all over. His skin was wrinkled and cracked in many places, and his face was covered in folds and dark spots. He looked like a dried corpse that had crawled out of a grave.
But the aura he emitted was even stronger than Elder Chen Tianming or the Crimson-Robed Holy Envoy.
He was an expert who had reached the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm.
"Who are you?"
A guess flashed through Li Yun’s mind. His expression instantly became solemn as he spoke in a heavy voice.
"Jie jie! Who am I? Can you not guess?"
The yellow-robed cultivator sneered sinisterly, his voice incredibly sharp and piercing. "You have repeatedly sabotaged my Ironblood Sect’s grand plans and even killed that useless Crimson-Robed fellow. Do you think the Holy Son would let you enter the Annihilation Battlefield without concern?"
"It seems you are the Ochre-Robed Holy Envoy among the seven Holy Envoys under the Ironblood Holy Son."
Li Yun’s expression was cold.
The yellow-robed cultivator’s words confirmed the guess in his heart, but this person’s appearance was still far beyond his expectations.
Was it not said that the seven Holy Envoys under the Ironblood Holy Son were all cultivators under forty years old? Why did this guy in yellow robes look like an old man in his seventies or eighties?
"Kid, what kind of look is that?"
The Ochre-Robed Holy Envoy seemed to have guessed Li Yun’s thoughts, and his wrinkled old face suddenly contorted.
Because he cultivated a certain evil and malicious Puppet Art, the speed at which his appearance aged far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators. This was a scar in his heart. If anyone dared to expose it, it would trigger his frantic revenge.
His eyes were venomous as he sneered sinisterly. "Kid, I know you have a sword immortal puppet in your hands. Coincidentally, I also have a few little toys in mine. Let them experience the prowess of your sword immortal puppet."
After saying this, he gave a grim smile and shook the pitch-black human-skin bag behind him. Immediately, three puppets were tossed out from that human-skin bag.
Boom!
Evil qi permeated the area, and a cold, malicious aura instantly spread outward.
Three puppets appeared.
One had a human head and a snake’s body. Another was a five-meter-long centipede. The last had the upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse. Each of their forms was extremely bizarre, radiating an eerie and sinister aura.
Terrifyingly, the aura emanating from these three puppets had all reached the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm.
"Three puppets at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm."
Li Yun’s expression became solemn.
With a wave of his hand, the sword immortal puppet materialized by his side.
Fortunately, he had obtained one hundred Source Stones in the underground palace treasury. Because of that, he could briefly control the sword immortal puppet to unleash combat power at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm.
"Jie jie, so this is your sword immortal puppet?"
The Ochre-Robed Holy Envoy’s cold gaze fell upon the sword immortal puppet as he cackled sinisterly. "It looks quite decent indeed. Let me have some fun with you."
Amid his cold laughter, his palms flipped and moved, forming a series of strange seals. A black light diffused and fell upon the three puppets.
Immediately, all three puppets opened their eyes at the same time.
Whoosh!
A pitch-black light shot out from the eyes of the three puppets. It was as if they had come to life at once. Their bodies moved like ghosts, instantly appearing before Li Yun. From three different directions, they reached out to grab him.
"Get back."
Li Yun gave a cold snort and instantly funneled thirty Source Stones into the sword immortal puppet’s power source.
Immediately, the sword immortal puppet erupted with combat power at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm. It swung its sword, and Sword Qi howled out.
Boom!
The sharp and overbearing Sword Qi directly sent all three puppets flying.
Not only that, but several cracks appeared on the body of the human-headed snake puppet that had taken the brunt of the attack.
"What?"
The Ochre-Robed Holy Envoy’s expression changed instantly.
He had been full of confidence in those three life-bound puppets. In his eyes, even if they could not defeat Li Yun’s sword immortal puppet, they should at least have been able to hold it back without any problem.
Yet after only one clash, the three puppets had already fallen into a disadvantage.
"Interesting."
A savage grin spread across his face. "It seems these three little toys of mine cannot destroy your sword immortal puppet. But it does not matter. The three of them are more than enough to entangle it for a while. Once your puppet is occupied, killing you will not be much harder than crushing an ant."
As his cruel laughter echoed out, he flicked the human-skin bag behind him.
In an instant, another puppet shot out.
This puppet was three meters tall and nearly five meters long. Its body looked like a giant spider, but instead of normal spider legs, it possessed eight emerald-green mantis forelimbs. Each one was shaped like a scythe and reflected a chilling light.
The moment it appeared, an evil aura spread outward.
This spider puppet possessed the combat power of a peak 9th level Heavenly Core Realm expert.
Its eight scythe-like forelimbs sliced through the void with astonishing speed. In only a few breaths, it was already in front of Li Yun. Then, like eight heavy guillotines, those forelimbs slashed toward his head.
Li Yun’s gaze sharpened.
He did not panic. Instead, a faint fighting spirit appeared in his eyes.
He had only just broken through to the 7th level of Earthly Core Realm. Since the Ochre-Robed Holy Envoy had personally delivered such a useful opponent to his doorstep, Li Yun naturally had no reason to refuse.
This spider puppet was the perfect whetstone.
A peak 9th level Heavenly Core Realm combatant.
It was a perfect tool to test the limits of his current battle strength.