Immortality Cultivation

Chapter 243: Golden Puppet Unleashes its Power

Seeing Sun Tianlin’s ghostly claws, accompanied by his sinister grin, about to crush his throat, the biting wind made his skin ache.

Nearby, Mu Fenghua’s two guards were tightly entangled by the other four from the Sun Family, barely able to protect themselves.

Mu Fenghua wanted to rescue him, but was firmly locked onto by the aura of the Late Stage Golden Core Sun Family Elder, daring not to act rashly, her face turning pale with anxiety.

A desperate situation! A true desperate situation! In Fang Hao’s current state, let alone Sun Tianlin at the Great Perfection of Golden Core Stage, he could not even defeat a Middle Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

At this life-or-death moment, a fierce glint flashed in Fang Hao’s eyes, and he no longer hesitated! Damn it, if you all want my life, then don’t blame me for flipping the table! Forget about exposure or not, surviving comes first!

"You want my life? Do you even deserve it?!" Fang Hao let out a low roar, and at the instant Sun Tianlin’s ghostly claws were upon him, he slammed his right hand onto the storage ring at his waist!

Hum—!

A terrifying Spiritual Pressure, far exceeding that of a Golden Core and even vaguely touching the Middle Nascent Soul Stage, erupted like a sleeping Vicious Beast suddenly awakening! With a flash of golden light, a metal Puppet, standing a zhang tall, entirely dark gold, with precise joints, a blurred face, and holding a dark golden halberd, appeared instantly in front of Fang Hao like a divine soldier descending from heaven, firmly protecting him behind it!

It was exactly his trump card—the Middle Nascent Soul Stage golden puppet!

Once the golden puppet appeared, that terrifying Nascent Soul Level pressure, like an invisible tsunami, instantly swept across the entire clearing in front of the cave! Everyone who was fighting suddenly froze, their faces revealing expressions of disbelief and extreme horror!

"Nascent... nascent soul puppet?! How is this possible?!" The sinister grin on Sun Tianlin’s face instantly froze, turning into boundless fear and disbelief! The ghostly claw he had extended was only three inches away from the golden puppet’s chest, yet he dared not advance even a fraction, as if it were not a Puppet, but a volcano ready to erupt at any moment!

Mu Fenghua and her two guards were also stunned, their mouths agape, looking at this suddenly appeared metal giant emitting a suffocating aura, their minds blank. They could never have imagined that Fang Hao was hiding such a terrifying trump card! A Middle Nascent Soul Stage Puppet! How many could there be in the entire Mingling Empire? What on earth is this kid’s background?!

"Kill!" Fang Hao did not waste any words, enduring the intense pain in his Divine Soul brought about by controlling the golden puppet (his injuries were not yet healed, and forcibly controlling a Nascent Soul Level Puppet was a huge burden), and issued the coldest command to the golden puppet. The target—Sun Tianlin, and all the Sun Family Cultivators he brought! Since he had used his trump card, not one of them could be allowed to leave! Otherwise, there would be endless trouble!

Hum—!

Two points of scarlet light lit up in the golden puppet’s empty eye sockets. The dark golden halberd in its hand, without any fancy moves, turned into a golden lightning bolt that tore through the air, slashing down directly at Sun Tianlin, who was close at hand and still in a state of shock and stupor! The speed exceeded the limit of reaction for a Golden Core Cultivator!

"No—!" Sun Tianlin only had time to let out a short, high-pitched scream filled with endless fear and unwillingness. Several life-saving spiritual lights on his body lit up one after another, but under the full-strength strike of the Middle Nascent Soul Stage golden puppet, they shattered instantly like soap bubbles!

Puchi—!

The halberd slashed down without any hindrance! Sun Tianlin, this direct descendant Genius of the Sun Family, a Great Perfection of Golden Core Stage Cultivator, did not even put up a decent resistance before being split in two from head to toe! Blood mixed with internal organs splattered all over the ground, the scene was extremely bloody! On his face, there even remained that frozen look of terror and disbelief.

Silence! A deathly silence!

Everyone was shocked to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering by this bloody, violent, and extremely abrupt scene!

"Young Master!!" The Sun Family Late Stage Golden Core Elder who had been watching Mu Fenghua, his eyes splitting with rage, let out a shrill, sorrowful cry. Sun Tianlin was dead! One of the two Geniuses most valued by the Sun Family had just died in front of him! How would he explain this to the Family head when he returned?

"Monster! Run!" The other four Middle Golden Core Stage Sun Family Cultivators who were besieging the guards were scared out of their wits, and dared not continue the fight! It was unknown who shouted first, but the four of them, like frightened rabbits, instantly fled for their lives in four different directions! Even that Late Stage Golden Core Elder, after his sorrowful cry, did not hesitate to turn into a grey light and flee desperately toward the distant dense forest! Facing a Middle Nascent Soul Stage killing Puppet, they had no thoughts of resisting, only wanting to get as far away from this god of slaughter as possible!

"Want to run? Too late!" Fang Hao’s eyes were cold, and enduring the tearing pain in his Sea of Consciousness, he once again urged the golden puppet. The golden puppet’s figure flickered, appearing like a ghost behind a Sun Family Middle Stage Cultivator who was slightly slower in escaping, and with a sweep of its halberd, cut him in half at the waist! Then, it chased after another.

But the golden puppet was, after all, a Puppet. Although it was powerful, it was ultimately inferior to a real Nascent Soul Cultivator in terms of flexibility, especially when chasing multiple scattered targets simultaneously. Coupled with Fang Hao’s severe injuries, making him unable to control it effectively, the golden puppet’s movements were noticeably sluggish.

In the time it took for this delay, the Sun Family Late Stage Golden Core Elder and the two other fastest-escaping Sun Family Middle Stage Cultivators had already turned into escape lights and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest, leaving no trace. Only two unlucky, slower Middle Stage Cultivators were caught up by the golden puppet and killed as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

The battle, from start to finish, took no more than a few breaths. Of the six Sun Family members, including Sun Tianlin at the Great Perfection of Golden Core Stage, three were dead and three had fled! The scene left only four incomplete corpses and the pervasive smell of blood.

After the golden puppet killed the last person, it automatically flew back to Fang Hao’s side, its scarlet eyes dimming, returning to its cold, metallic appearance, but that Nascent Soul Level pressure still made one’s heart palpitate.

Puff—!

Fang Hao could no longer hold on, fiercely spitting out a large mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning as pale as gold paper, his body swaying, nearly collapsing. Forcibly controlling the golden puppet had caused a secondary impact on his already severely injured Divine Soul. At this moment, he felt as if his Sea of Consciousness was about to explode, his vision blacking out in waves, and his spiritual power was once again exhausted.

"Fellow Daoist Ning!" Mu Fenghua exclaimed, hurriedly stepping forward to support him, her eyes filled with shock, lingering fear, and a hint of indescribable complexity. She looked at Sun Tianlin’s miserable corpse on the ground, then at the silent metal giant, her heart churning. She finally understood how much trouble Fang Hao had caused, and also understood that his survival before was definitely not due to luck. This person was even more mysterious and... dangerous than she had imagined.

"Your Highness... this place... is not suitable for a long stay." Fang Hao said weakly, his voice intermittent, "The Sun Family... three escaped... they will definitely... attract more people... must... leave immediately."

He knew that the trouble was huge. Sun Tianlin was dead, and he had died under his nascent soul puppet; this grudge was completely set in stone, with no room for maneuver. The Sun Family would absolutely go crazy and pursue him at all costs, perhaps even inviting a Nascent Soul Stage old monster to take action. Moreover, the secret that he possessed a nascent soul puppet had also been exposed (at least the three who escaped knew), which would attract more greedy eyes.

He must leave immediately, find a safer, more hidden place, recover his strength as soon as possible, and then... find a way to leave the Secret Realm, or even leave the Heavenly Capital, and leave the Mingling Empire!

"I understand." Mu Fenghua also realized the seriousness of the matter. She took a look at Fang Hao, then at the golden puppet, gritted her teeth, and said, "I will take you away from here first! This Puppet..."

"I will put it away." Fang Hao said with difficulty, and with a thought, he retracted the golden puppet into his storage ring. The metal giant turned into a streak of golden light and disappeared.

"Let’s go!" Mu Fenghua did not hesitate any longer and shouted to the two guards who were still in a state of shock, "Take Fellow Daoist Ning, we are leaving immediately! Head deeper into the Secret Realm and find a more hidden place!"

The two guards came back to their senses, hurriedly stepped forward, one on each side, and supported the almost exhausted Fang Hao. Mu Fenghua quickly cleaned up the scene, erasing some obvious traces (although it was of little use), and then the four of them did not linger, chose a direction opposite to where the Sun Family members had fled, leading deeper into the Secret Realm, and quickly left, soon disappearing into the dense forest and thick fog.

Less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn after they left, several powerful auras swept in rapidly from afar, landing on the clearing in front of the cave. The person in the lead was none other than the Sun Family’s Third Elder who had previously been searching for Sun Tianqi, followed by several Sun Family experts, as well as that Late Stage Golden Core Elder who had luckily escaped, his face pale and still shaken.

When they saw the miserable corpses of Sun Tianlin and the other three Sun Family Cultivators on the ground, they were all stunned.

"Tianlin!!" The Third Elder let out a sorrowful roar like an injured beast, throwing himself before Sun Tianlin’s corpse, which was split in two, his whole body trembling violently, old tears streaming down his face. Sun Tianlin, one of the future hopes of the Sun Family, had actually died just like this? Died in this Secret Realm?

"Who?! Who did this?! Was it that little bastard Fang Hao?!" The Third Elder turned his head abruptly, his blood-red eyes staring fixedly at the Elder who had escaped back, his voice hoarse and filled with boundless killing intent.

"It... it was Fang Hao!" The Elder, still fearful, said with a trembling voice, "He... he has a Middle Nascent Soul Stage metal Puppet! Young Master Tianlin was caught off guard and was... killed by that Puppet in one strike! We... we only escaped to report the news by risking our lives!"

"nascent soul puppet?!" The Third Elder and the other Sun Family experts gasped, a flash of horror also appearing in their eyes. But immediately, this horror was replaced by deeper hatred and greed.

"Ning! Hao!" The Third Elder roared at the sky, his voice filled with bone-deep resentment, "Killing my Sun Family’s Qilin child, this grudge is irreconcilable! Pass on my order! All Sun Family disciples, including those left behind outside the Secret Realm, block the Secret Realm exit at all costs! Notify the Family head, and request the use of the Family’s secret treasures and the Old Ancestors! Even if I have to scour the heavens and earth, I will drag him out, smash his body into ten thousand pieces, extract his soul and refine it, so he will never be reincarnated! And that nascent soul puppet must be seized!!"

A more frantic and uncompromising net against Fang Hao was rapidly unfolding inside and outside the Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Fang Hao, with Mu Fenghua’s help, had once again disappeared into the depths of the Secret Realm, facing his severely injured body, exposed secrets, and the upcoming, more violent storm alone. He knew that from this moment on, it would probably be very difficult for him to have a foothold in the Mingling Empire, or even in the entire Western Region.