My Crazy Upgrade System

The National Preceptor’s sneak attack had backfired, and he was the one who ended up getting hit. This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard. They all thought Yi Tianyun was done for, but in the next instant, he had appeared behind the National Preceptor to counterattack. No one had any idea how he did it.

"H-How is this possible..." The National Preceptor’s eyes filled with disbelief. The sneak attack had gone so smoothly and was extremely covert. Who would have thought it would still fail? It was all too bizarre.

In the blink of an eye, Yi Tianyun was behind him, piercing his body with the Red Dragon Spear. It was a move that defied everyone’s expectations.

"Die!"

Yi Tianyun gave a savage twist, and the Red Dragon Spear in his hand spun rapidly. A torrent of ferocious, Soul-Dominating power erupted outward, shattering the National Preceptor into several pieces. However, as the pieces fell to the ground, they revealed not a single drop of blood—only a few blocks of wood. A puppet!

Puppetry Technique!

The Puppetry Technique was a mysterious ability, linked to the power of Divine Runes—an extension of it, in a way. By carving Divine Runes onto an object and infusing it with a piece of one’s own soul, one could create a controllable puppet. Though weaker than its creator, its advantage lay in being controlled at will. Furthermore, it emitted no aura, making it incredibly difficult to detect.

To put it bluntly, the real National Preceptor was still far away. The one Yi Tianyun had just killed was merely a puppet.

"So it was the Puppetry Technique. No wonder I couldn’t sense any aura. The sneak attack almost succeeded." Yi Tianyun’s expression darkened. While he had been clashing with the Dragon Chancellor, he hadn’t noticed the puppet’s approach at all. He only became aware of it the moment it attacked.

By then, the puppet had already set up a large formation to launch its vicious sneak attack. Fortunately, he had Instant Teleportation; otherwise, he really would have been hit.

The pillar of light it had shot out swept forward, turning everyone in its path to ash. Crucially, it also contained a restrictive power. If he had been hit, he might very well have been trapped.

’That power... could it be Teleportation?’ From a distance, the National Preceptor was reeling in shock, stunned beyond belief. His meticulously crafted plan had been shattered just like that.

But to have his meticulously crafted puppet destroyed just like that... his heart bled at the loss. A tearing sensation shot through his mind, causing his face to pale even further. Puppets were not easy to create. They required all sorts of precious materials, as well as a fragment of his own soul.

If the puppet was destroyed, the soul fragment within it would be annihilated, and he would suffer a certain degree of spiritual backlash in turn. The damage was still significant.

But more than the damage, he was concerned about that Teleportation. He had seen it with his own eyes: Yi Tianyun had vanished from his original spot in an instant.

"Th-This can’t be... It failed..."

Lying on the ground, the Dragon Chancellor’s eyes were also filled with disbelief. He had thought everything was going so smoothly. As long as they killed Yi Tianyun, all their problems would be solved. Who would have thought it would end in failure—complete and utter failure!

"Looks like it’s time to end this." Yi Tianyun’s gaze turned cold. A black aura erupted from his body, and in the next moment, he transformed into an Evil Dragon a hundred meters long, roaring as he shot forward.

The sudden transformation stunned everyone. When the even more massive Evil Dragon appeared, it seemed to block out the sky, casting a wide swathe of the ground into darkness.

So far, besides Ren Long, no one else had ever seen him transform into this giant Evil Dragon. Thus, when Ren Zhirou saw Yi Tianyun become this creature, she was deeply shocked, her eyes widening in astonishment. Her attacks faltered for a moment, but she quickly resumed fighting, fending off the swarming enemies.

ROAR!

Yi Tianyun let out a deafening dragon’s roar and pounced on the poisoned Dragon Chancellor. With a sweep of its claw, it pressed down on him. The enormous Dragon Claw was like a falling meteor, kicking up shockwaves all around and completely locking onto its target, leaving him no room to escape.

The Dragon Chancellor’s face was pale. He scrambled to his feet to flee, but after being afflicted with the Dragon Slayer Poison, his power had dropped drastically. He had also taken a direct hit from Yi Tianyun, making a swift escape impossible.

"National Preceptor, save me!" the Dragon Chancellor screamed in terror. His previous dignity was gone without a trace. Faced with the fear of death, the Dragon Chancellor could only swallow his pride and cry for help.

The next moment, the National Preceptor flew over swiftly. He threw several Divine Runes toward the descending Dragon Claw, which instantly formed a large array in the air. In the blink of an eye, it materialized into a massive shield, enveloping the area.

BANG!

As Yi Tianyun’s Dragon Claw came down, it was momentarily blocked. A cold light flashed in his enormous dragon eyes. "Break!"

CRACK!

The Dragon Claw pressed down, and the supposedly unbreakable shield was forcibly crushed. The claw continued its descent, not even delayed by a single second. The shield, which had seemed so sturdy, was shattered just like that. It wasn’t that the shield was too weak, but that Yi Tianyun was too strong!

Unleashing his full power, his Combat Power soared to 78,000,000. This was the absolute limit he could reach without burning his Essence Blood. This power was enough to crush everything, including the National Preceptor!

He didn’t want to drag this out any longer. After probing their true capabilities, he decided to suppress them with his strongest state and formally end this battle.

The National Preceptor’s expression changed. The Divine Runes he had thrown out hadn’t even lasted a single breath. This power was beyond his expectations. However, he had already reached the Dragon Chancellor’s side. Grabbing him, he tried to fly away at top speed, but the Dragon Claw was already descending. At this moment, it was impossible to escape its attack range.

"Break through!"

The National Preceptor roared, and a golden light erupted from his entire body. The clothes covering him instantly turned to ash, revealing countless Divine Runes across his skin. Each Divine Rune shone with golden light as he activated their power in an instant. By stimulating the full potential of all the Divine Runes, his power surged, exploding outward.

His whole body bulged, and he grew one to two times larger. From his original height of over six feet, he shot up to more than ten feet tall, like a small Giant. His bulging muscles looked terrifying, but also incredibly powerful.

A long saber appeared in his hand. It was over ten feet long, its thick blade also covered in Divine Runes. A high-grade Sacred Artifact-level saber had just materialized in his grasp.

He suddenly looked up, his pupils branded with golden Divine Runes. Gripping the long saber tightly, he swung it upward.

"God-Breaking!"

Along with his furious roar, the phantom of a Martial God appeared behind him. It, too, held a mighty long saber and swung it in unison.

VMMMM!

A blade of light over ten meters wide swept upward, like a rising full moon. The energy radiating from this mighty saber arc was powerful enough to slice through the Void!

The power of this strike had clearly reached a Combat Power of over 84,000,000. It could be said that he had pushed the power of a sixth-level Void Spirit Stage cultivator to its absolute limit, and furthermore, had unleashed the power of the Divine Runes on his body to their utmost potential. In that instant, his Combat Power surpassed Yi Tianyun’s!