Chapter 238: Besiege and Kill

Under the mysterious patterns' illumination,

this person seemed unlike a True Person.

Instead, he resembled a puppet meticulously crafted.

Seeing this person's appearance up close, True Person Vast Sword's pupils constricted, and an ominous premonition flashed through his mind.

His previous casual sword strike, aimed at this puppet,

had not left any mark on its body.

From this, it was evident that the materials used to create this puppet were exceptionally precious, capable of withstanding techniques from a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Moreover, observing the puppet's movement speed, it did not seem any slower than a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In other words,

this was a Foundation Establishment realm puppet.

At the very least, it was a Foundation Establishment puppet capable of enduring against a Foundation Establishment cultivator for a considerable time.

How could a mere Qi Condensation stage cultivator possess such a puppet?

Scanning the puppet's surroundings, True Person Vast Sword felt his body hair stand on end, a wave of mortal danger instantly surging into his heart.

Could it be that the person he was chasing was not Qi Condensation,

but Foundation Establishment?

Only now did True Person Vast Sword, who had been toying with his prey like a cat with a mouse, finally realize the truth.

From the initial speed He Song had displayed,

to the two formations He Song had set up later,

and now, the appearance of this Foundation Establishment puppet.

These methods, which a Qi Condensation stage cultivator could never employ,

caused True Person Vast Sword's heart to sink abruptly.

Casually recalling his magic sword, True Person Vast Sword's expression turned stern, and golden light flashed in his eyes.

"Falling Sun Golden Radiance Sword!"

With a loud shout, True Person Vast Sword used magical power to control his magic sword, fiercely swinging it towards the approaching spirit puppet.

In the blink of an eye, a streak of reddish-golden sword energy surged from True Person Vast Sword's magic sword, carrying intense sharpness, and directly slashed towards the spirit puppet not far away.

At the same time, beside True Person Vast Sword, a shield-shaped magical artifact also appeared, slowly rotating around his body.

Ahead,

when the Falling Sun Golden Radiance Sword's energy arrived, the spirit puppet, controlled by He Song to attack True Person Vast Sword, also flashed its figure at this moment, dodging to the side.

This sword energy was clearly not to be trifled with.

Although the materials used to make the spirit puppet were extremely sturdy, He Song did not want the puppet to be damaged.

Therefore, upon seeing this scene, He Song immediately controlled the spirit puppet to dodge.

However,

just as He Song controlled the spirit puppet to evade the sword energy,

a voice came from True Person Vast Sword's mouth.

"Fellow Daoist, I wonder what grudge you hold against Vast Sword, that you would set up an ambush here to attack me."

"Are you unaware of the Golden Sword Sect's reputation?"

"Why not withdraw the formations now, and Vast Sword can let bygones be bygones."

As he spoke, True Person Vast Sword performed a hand seal and cast a spell, and the magic sword beside him immediately swung again, slashing another sword energy towards the spirit puppet controlled by He Song.

In response, He Song controlled the spirit puppet to dodge, and continued to attack True Person Vast Sword.

True Person Vast Sword's words were unclear whether he was trying to trick He Song into removing the formations or to delay for time.

But since they had already started fighting, there was naturally no reason to stop.

He Song, who had cultivated from the very bottom to this day, would naturally not remove the formations because of a few words.

If he really removed the formations, what if True Person Vast Sword took the opportunity to escape?

Moreover, after escaping, True Person Vast Sword would most likely call for friends and frantically surround and block him within the Golden Sword Sect's sphere of influence.

At that point, it would be difficult even to wish for death.

Rather than that,

it would be better to kill him first, and then go kill his disciple,

to resolve the hatred in his heart.

Then take this opportunity to thoroughly disrupt the Golden Snake Immortal Market.

Afterwards, taking advantage of the chaos, leave the Golden Sword Sect's sphere of influence at the fastest speed, and return to the Earth Sect's sphere of influence.

When that time came, He Song's safety would naturally be guaranteed.

Before leaving the Golden Snake Immortal Market, He Song had already planned what to do after killing True Person Vast Sword.

This place was not far from the Earth Sect.

It would not be difficult to escape into the Earth Sect before the Golden Sword Sect reacted.

Therefore,

after hearing True Person Vast Sword's words, He Song directly chose to ignore them.

He was not one of those Foundation Establishment True Persons who had grown up under the sect's protection. He had not forgotten the meaning of "human hearts are treacherous."

Within the Seven Kill Skyfire Array,

after slashing out several sword energies, which were constantly dodged by the spirit puppet, and He Song also gave no response, True Person Vast Sword immediately realized something was wrong.

With the spirit puppet constantly approaching from the front,

and skyfire constantly burning from behind,

the magical power within his body began to constantly deplete.

True Person Vast Sword's face quickly became extremely gloomy.

His original thought of wanting to take advantage of He Song removing the formations to fight him head-on was also discarded at this moment.

He Song was not fooled, and at this moment, he could only continuously use magical power to resist the skyfire's burning and repel the approaching spirit puppet time and time again.

He also knew that continuing like this was not a solution.

But being within the Seven Kill Skyfire Array and the Mist Veil Formation,

his divine sense was useless, and at the same time, skyfire was constantly burning his magical power.

Under the combined effect of these two, True Person Vast Sword only felt his own condition constantly declining.

Yet, he still could not find He Song's location, forcing him to move around like a headless fly within the Seven Kill Skyfire Array, unable to find a way to break the formations.

However,

seeing True Person Vast Sword starting to become anxious, He Song's face revealed a hint of a smile.

Using the Mist Veil Formation's ability to create illusions to trap the enemy within the Seven Kill Skyfire Array, constantly burning the opponent's magical power with skyfire, causing the opponent's strength to decline every moment.

It could also prevent the enemy from escaping the Seven Kill Skyfire Array's range due to the Mist Veil Formation's illusions.

They could only constantly endure the skyfire's burning,

and simultaneously control the spirit puppet to harass the enemy, and if necessary, also control the spirit puppet to attack.

This was to consume the enemy's magical power.

Moreover, He Song was also glaring like a tiger beside them.

Now,

they only needed to wait until True Person Vast Sword's magical power was nearly exhausted, revealing a flaw, and He Song could then strike, killing the opponent with thunderous force.

He Song had always kept a respectful distance from directly fighting a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Otherwise, he would not have refined puppets, learned the Earth Dragon Art, and purchased the Black Tiger Seal.

Spirit Puppet Technique.

Earth Dragon Art.

Black Tiger Seal.

Each of these three Foundation Establishment techniques could give He Song the battle power of one, or even several, Foundation Establishment realms.

Now, True Person Vast Sword was already trapped within the Seven Kill Skyfire Array.

Naturally, it was time for He Song to use these Foundation Establishment techniques and gang up on him.

With a thought,

He Song released all three remaining spirit puppets from his storage pouch.

He had a total of four spirit puppets.

Clear Wind Bright Moon, Carefree Cloud Wild Crane.

These four spirit puppets had extremely sturdy bodies, capable of withstanding attacks from Foundation Establishment cultivators.

At the same time, their own offensive capabilities were also not weak, capable of posing a certain threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

With all four spirit puppets attacking together, they could at least suppress True Person Vast Sword.

After releasing all the remaining three spirit puppets from his storage pouch, and controlling these three spirit puppets to enter the Seven Kill Skyfire Array, starting to launch attacks against True Person Vast Sword,

He Song performed hand seals and cast a spell, beginning to use the Earth Dragon Art.

Along with streaks of magical power surging out, the mountain rocks below the valley quickly transformed into a giant earth dragon, condensing and appearing before He Song.

The earth dragon transformed from mountain rocks was actually not fragile.

Under He Song's magical power enhancement, the earth dragon's entire body seemed to be wrapped in golden light, looking majestic and extraordinary.

At the moment of its formation, the earth dragon looked up to the sky and roared, its imposing manner shaking the heavens!

He Song's current cultivation level was Mid-Foundation Establishment.

A Mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator displaying Earth Dragon Art, the earth dragon formed was full of imposing manner.

It was likely that its offensive ability would not be weaker than the spirit puppets, and might even be stronger.

After glancing at the earth dragon, He Song casually pointed a finger, then controlled the earth dragon and the four spirit puppets to gang up on True Person Vast Sword.

After finishing all of this,

He Song summoned the Black Tiger Seal.

Throwing the Black Tiger Seal forward, it immediately grew in size against the wind, until it became the size of a house, then slowly stopped, no longer growing larger.

Black Tiger Seal,

refined using Foundation Establishment realm black tiger bones, plus various precious materials, its power was enormous.

After summoning it, he could control the black tiger to attack and kill enemies.

At the same time, the Black Tiger Seal's main body could enlarge and shrink at will, to attack enemies or protect oneself when retreating.

After summoning the Black Tiger Seal, He Song immediately injected magical power into it.

Under the urging of He Song's magical power,

a black tiger with a body length of over ten feet, entirely black, with only a black skeleton, jumped out from the Black Tiger Seal.

After letting out a tiger roar,

this black tiger with only a black skeleton, also under He Song's control, joined the battle.

And the Black Tiger Seal's main body,

landed beside He Song, protecting him from external attacks.

After completing all of this, He Song finally turned his gaze to True Person Vast Sword.

At this time,

True Person Vast Sword was already going all out, golden light shining around his body, his whole person seemingly wrapped in golden light, appearing particularly dazzling.

The magic sword he controlled had also transformed into a giant sword, constantly slashing out streaks of sword energy, resisting attacks coming from all directions.

The shield-shaped magical artifact around his body was even more constantly blocking the incoming attacks, emitting bursts of mournful cries.

He Song looked intently, but discovered that True Person Vast Sword had already faintly revealed signs of defeat.

There was no way around it.

In the beginning, He Song had only released one spirit puppet, and even though he was within the Seven Kill Skyfire Array, True Person Vast Sword had dealt with it quite easily.

He even felt in his heart that He Song was nothing much.

Just a petty person who liked to hide and launch sneak attacks by controlling puppets.

But later, three more spirit puppets appeared from the side, and the four spirit puppets ganged up on him, causing True Person Vast Sword to feel immense pressure.

Under He Song's control,

the four spirit puppets coordinated tacitly.

Constantly launching attacks against True Person Vast Sword, forcing him to be exhausted from running around, constantly responding to the incoming attacks.

Attacks that the magic shield could block could be ignored.

But attacks that could not be blocked could only be blocked by him controlling his magic sword.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about counterattacking.

But when he swung his sword energy, wanting to kill one of the spirit puppets,

when the sword energy landed on the spirit puppet,

it only left a not-too-deep mark on the spirit puppet's body.

The appearance of that scene almost made True Person Vast Sword's heart collapse.

Fortunately, he was a Foundation Establishment True Person, and only then did he forcibly suppress the thought of wanting to vomit blood in his heart, and continued to resist the four spirit puppets.

However, the good stuff was yet to come.

(End of this chapter)