Chapter 1055: Chapter 448: Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppet Successfully Forged; War Resumes_2
Moreover, with the assistance of a skilled panel, the efficiency and success rate of crafting Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppets far surpass that of ordinary Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppet Masters.
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Time flies by, days and nights alternate swiftly.
While the outside world shifts and changes, Blood Bone Island quietly develops, and in the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.
In the outer sea, deep within a region of space that is constantly distorted and shrouded in gray-black demonic mist.
The Ancient Demon Hall, pale and twisted, seemingly constructed from the bones of a giant beast, remains embedded like a tumor in the crevice between void and reality.
In the deepest part of the Ancient Demon Hall, atop a massive altar composed of countless skulls, towering a hundred meters high.
The Old Demon Hehuan gazes coldly, with demonic qi burning like black flames on his body.
Standing in the center of the altar, he forms strange and ancient spells with his hands.
As he casts the spells, around the altar, countless streams of gray-black energy, visible to the naked eye, filled with pain, resentment, and despair.
This is the vast amount of death energy he has collected over the years through the wars launched by the Star Palace.
These streams of death energy surge into the twisting, contracting spatial fissure above the altar like hundreds of rivers converging into the sea, which is the Ancient Demon Channel.
"Buzz Buzz Buzz!!"
The entire Ancient Demon Hall shakes violently with the frenetic infusion of energy.
The numerous low-rank ancient demons residing within the hall feel the more pure and terrifying demonic qi emanating from the other end of the channel, and they emit frenzied, bloodthirsty howls and roars, the demonic sounds piercing the ears and making one shudder.
The originally somewhat illusory and unstable Ancient Demon Channel, under the nourishment and stabilization of such vast amounts of death energy, becomes solid and stable at a visibly rapid speed, and its diameter seems to be slowly expanding.
More pure, more violent original demonic qi gushes out from it, abruptly elevating the density of demonic qi within the Ancient Demon Hall to a new level.
The Old Demon Hehuan looks at the increasingly stable channel, and a satisfied, greedy smile appears on his hideous face.
"Hehe.....Hahaha!" he can’t help but let out a low, frenzied laugh.
In fact, he long ago collected enough death energy to maintain the basic operation of the channel and summon an ordinary Divinity Transformation ancient demon.
He went to such lengths, continuously waging war through the Star Palace to collect far more death energy than needed, for reasons far beyond that.
Only with an even more enormous sacrifice of death energy can this channel withstand the descent of a more powerful being.
While an ordinary Divinity Transformation ancient demon can change the course of battle, it still falls short of his requirements.
This time, he intends to summon one among the elite of the ancient demons, whose power far exceeds the Early-Stage Divinity Transformation level.
The Old Demon Hehuan’s eyes glint with a light of mad ambition.
"Only in this way can I truly sweep across this realm, turning all eight domains into demonic power, earning me a higher status and rewards in the demon world."
"By then, what Star Palace Saints, what True Dragon Ghost Cultivators, what unparalleled sword blanks... all will tremble at my feet, becoming the sustenance for the Demon Lord’s descent."
Of course, for now, he definitely wouldn’t turn against the Dual Saints.
Everything will wait until the extermination of the Outer Sea Alliance.
When the opportunity returns, and the Dual Saints are preparing to break through, that’s when he’ll make his move.
Everything will wait until the extermination of the Outer Sea Alliance.
When the opportunity returns, and the Dual Saints prepare to use it to impact the Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation, that will be their best moment for a thunderous strike and to reap the benefits.
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Two years later, at Blood Bone Island.
In the underground sanctuary, the Artifact Refining Room.
The place is sweltering, with Gathering Spirit and Condensing Fire Arrays inscribed on the ground operating at full capacity, converging the earth’s fire and heaven and earth spiritual qi into the central large artifact refining furnace.
"Meld!"
Xu Ping’s eyes glisten as he casts the last spell.
"Buzz!"
The furnace trembles violently, and the lid bursts open.
A dark red beam of light shoots skyward, its powerful aura instantly filling the entire Artifact Refining Room.
Within the beam of light, the puppet, wholly forged from dark metal, suddenly opens its eyes, inlaid with blood-red gems.
With a humming sound, the runes on the puppet’s body light up in sequence, flowing like blood vessels with dark red light.
"The fourth Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppet, successfully refined!"
Xu Ping looks at the new puppet radiating a formidable aura, and a contented smile finally appears on his lips.
For twelve years.
He has invested nearly all his efforts into refining these four Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppets.
This efficiency, if spread outside, would leave any Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppet Master astounded.
After all, crafting a complete Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppet typically takes an ordinary master ten to twenty years, with high failure risk throughout.
But Xu Ping, through the precise control of his Divinity Transformation Divine Sense, mana vastly beyond the same rank, and the assistance of the skilled panel, managed to drastically shorten this time while maintaining an extremely high success rate.
"With four Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppets assembled, setting up a Puppet Array with them, its might... theoretically should reach the Divinity Transformation level."
Xu Ping’s eyes can’t help but flash with burning anticipation.
He doesn’t hesitate any longer; with a thought, the Third-rank Fourth-rank Top-grade Puppet and six Tier Four Middle-grade Puppets fly out from the Storage Ring, standing alongside the newly refined puppet in a profound formation.
"Array, activate!"
Xu Ping’s vital energy bursts forth like raging rivers, transforming into countless fine scarlet threads of light, instantly linking the cores of the four puppets together.
Boom!
A terrifying pressure far more potent than the single puppet, akin to an awakening primordial beast, suddenly descends.
