My Silly, Sweet Wife

"What? I heard the Third Elder went to the Northern Wilderness, and after he came back he flew into a rage. Was it all because of this brat?" someone below cried out in shock.

When the Third Elder heard Ye Guichen’s words, his face instantly turned ashen.

"Brat, you actually dare be rude to my uncle? Looks like you’re tired of living." Fang Hai bared his teeth, waved his left hand, and the Iron Armor Man took a running start, leaping into the air to lash out with a kick.

Ye Guichen ignored the incoming attack and directly summoned Gui Yi. Gui Yi rapidly swung the Impermanence Sword in his hand.

"Swish swish swish!"

Countless clanging pieces of metal fell; the Iron Armor Man had already been hacked into innumerable fragments by the Impermanence Sword and scattered across the ground.

"Impossible!" Fang Hai stared woodenly at the pieces of metal on the ground, shouting with a stunned expression.

"Isn’t that Uncle Qin Fang?" someone below pointed at Gui Yi holding the Impermanence Sword and said.

"Yeah, why would Uncle Qin Fang help that brat? Could it be Uncle Qin Fang has already been bewitched by those Evil People?" exclamations rose up from below.

Seeing the scene before them, the people around all subconsciously took a few steps back.

The Third Elder saw the panic on their faces and flew into a rage, bellowing, "What are you afraid of? Form the Thousand Mechanism Formation for me!"

The people around, hearing the Third Elder’s words, all summoned their own puppets.

At the same time, the Third Elder also suddenly summoned a Copper Armored Man from his storage ring, its cultivation shockingly already at Golden Core Peak.

When Ye Guichen saw the appearance of the Copper Armored Man, his expression tightened; from the Copper Armored Man’s heart he actually sensed wisps of demonic power seeping out, filling him with doubt.

Meanwhile, the puppets around formed a pentagonal pattern, encircling the Copper Armored Man within.

"Mr. Ye, be careful!" In the distance, Chen Liu saw the situation before him and grew anxious to the point of burning up.

One must know the Thousand Mechanism Formation is divided into Ten Formations, Hundred Formations, and Thousand Formations according to the number and power of puppets. The stronger the puppets, the stronger the formation’s might. It’s said that at its peak, the Thousand Mechanism Formation was composed of a thousand Silver-armored Men, with a Golden Armored Man as the formation puppet; even Divinity Transformation Realm experts fell within it.

Though the current Thousand Mechanism Formation only possessed the might of Ten Formations, its formation puppet was still a Copper Armored Man; even an ordinary Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator was no match for it.

"Hahaha, Ye Guichen, today I’ll bury you in this Thousand Mechanism Formation!" The Third Elder laughed wildly.

Countless puppets joined hands and transmitted power into the Copper Armored Man. Golden light erupted from the Copper Armored Man’s body, and its eyes actually began to move, as if it possessed Spiritual Sense.

The Third Elder chanted incantations non-stop. The Copper Armored Man drew a Heavy Sword and slashed straight down toward Ye Guichen, its might overwhelming, as if it could cleave a mountain in two.

Ye Guichen’s expression grew solemn as he drew the Immortal Slayer Sword from his ring.

"Heaven and Earth One Slash!"

Ye Guichen also slashed out with a sword. The pitch-black blade of the Immortal Slayer Sword was wrapped in countless strands of True Qi, and a three-meter-wide sword light surged toward the Copper Armored Man’s Heavy Sword with unstoppable force.

"Boom!"

The surrounding houses were instantly blown away by the shockwave generated by the Immortal Slayer Sword, and a deafening roar exploded out.

Ye Guichen hadn’t expected this Copper Armored Man to be so powerful. Gripping the hilt of the Immortal Slayer Sword, he used his Shifting Godstep to constantly swing the sword at the Copper Armored Man. But every time he wounded it, the puppets behind it infused it with power, fully restoring its injuries, leaving Ye Guichen with a throbbing headache.

Seeing this, Ye Guichen stopped attacking and flashed backward, suddenly widening the distance between himself and the Copper Armored Man.

The Third Elder, seeing Ye Guichen unable to do anything to the Copper Armored Man, wore a face full of mockery. "Brat, stop wasting your strength. You can’t break my Thousand Mechanism Formation. I’m going to squeeze you dry bit by bit."

"Mr. Ye, as long as you destroy the Thousand Mechanism Formation behind it, the Copper Armored Man’s power will be greatly reduced." Behind him, Chen Liu said anxiously.

"Traitor, shut up!"

The Third Elder seemed to have forgotten Chen Liu’s existence at his side. Enraged, a sword light shot out and struck Chen Liu, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

"Hm?"

Ye Guichen stared at the Thousand Mechanism Formation before him, calculations spinning in his heart.

It seemed this formation puppet was the main combat power of the Thousand Mechanism Formation, but as long as he destroyed the Thousand Mechanism Formation behind it, the formation puppet’s combat strength would no longer be what it was.

With that thought, Ye Guichen already had a countermeasure in mind.

He lifted the Immortal Slayer Sword, sank his mind, and darted rapidly toward the Copper Armored Man, repeatedly unleashing the Six Immortal Slayer Swords on its body. Under Ye Guichen’s ferocious onslaught, the Copper Armored Man was battered to the point it couldn’t respond, losing any ability to fight back for a moment.

"A hundred swords as one!"

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Guichen gathered a hundred swords and shot toward the puppets behind the Copper Armored Man.

"Extermination Immortal Sword Formation!"

Ye Guichen split his focus in two—continuing to attack the Copper Armored Man while simultaneously activating the Extermination Immortal Sword Formation.

The hundred swords seemed to possess their own intelligence, spiraling through the air and carving line after line of sword marks across the puppets.

"Exterminate!"

Ye Guichen shouted, and the hundred swords rampaged madly within the Thousand Mechanism Formation. Countless puppets collapsed in an instant, and the Thousand Mechanism Formation shattered on the spot.

The people around all spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, their auras weakening sharply.

The Copper Armored Man felt the power behind it being cut off, and the strength in its hands gradually faded.

Seeing this, Ye Guichen surged forward with the Immortal Slayer Sword and swung fiercely at its head. The Immortal Slayer Sword, carrying a vast, towering momentum, hacked down toward the Copper Armored Man’s skull.

The Copper Armored Man hastily raised its Heavy Sword to block in front of it.

"Bang!"

The Heavy Sword snapped cleanly in two, and the Immortal Slayer Sword cleaved directly into the Copper Armored Man’s head.

The head fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and stopped at the Third Elder’s feet.

"This...."

The people around were struck dumb by the scene, staring at Ye Guichen in terror as if they were looking at a Demon King.

The Third Elder stared at the head before him, soul nearly fleeing his body, gazing at Ye Guichen in utter disbelief.

"Impossible, this is impossible...." the Third Elder muttered to himself.

Ye Guichen walked up to the Copper Armored Man and swung the Immortal Slayer Sword at its chest. A blood-red heart throbbed incessantly in the Copper Armored Man’s chest cavity.

Sensing the demonic power emanating from the heart, Ye Guichen picked it up and walked to the Third Elder, pressing the Immortal Slayer Sword across the Third Elder’s neck.

Feeling the chill at his throat, the fear in the Third Elder’s heart toward Ye Guichen ran bone-deep. Trembling, he stared at Ye Guichen and stammered, "Y-You... what do you want?"

"Tell me, what is your relationship with the Demon Clan?" Ye Guichen’s face was cold and severe, as if a single wrong word from the Third Elder would see his head sent flying.

"The Demon Clan?" Hearing those words, the Third Elder’s pupils shrank abruptly, his brows furrowing as if he’d recalled something terrifying. He shook his head hard.

"No... I can’t say it... If I talk, they’ll kill me." Whatever he thought of, the Immortal Slayer Sword before his eyes suddenly seemed to lose all deterrent power.

"If you don’t talk, you die now!" Looking at the Third Elder’s terrified expression, Ye Guichen realized the matter was far from simple.

"Why is there a Demon Clan heart on a puppet? Speak!" Ye Guichen slid the Immortal Slayer Sword a little further forward. Fresh blood immediately seeped from the Third Elder’s neck.

"There’s a Demon Clan..." Before the Third Elder could finish, blood began gushing from his seven orifices.

Ye Guichen quickly grabbed the Third Elder’s hand and circulated the Evergreen Art of Yi Wood, trying to repair his body, but discovered the Third Elder’s insides had already been eaten clean by countless gu worms, leaving only an empty shell in the blink of an eye.

Hearing the Third Elder’s words, Ye Guichen’s brows knit tightly as he sank into thought.

"The Demon Clan? Why is there a Demon Clan? Weren’t they already sealed above the Hidden Gate? Could it be..." At this thought, Ye Guichen’s face changed drastically.

It seemed things had taken a turn for the worse.