Li Chengfeng walked into the arena amidst the thunderous cheers. The arbiter next to him repeated the rules of the match to both of them with a serious face. Reverend Yun and his mechanical puppet stood twenty meters away from Li Chengfeng, one sitting and the other standing across from him.
Li Chengfeng did not look at his archenemy, Reverend Yun. Instead, he looked at the puppet next to him.
The puppet was about 1.7 meters tall and had a thin body. However, its entire body was engraved with exquisite magic array patterns. Even from 20 meters away, one could see the faint red light emanating from the magic array, which flickered in and out of existence under the sun.
However, this puppet was no longer made of wood. Its entire body was made of steel that reflected the light, giving off a feeling that it was not an ordinary item.
But what Li Chengfeng was more concerned about was... was this really Zhao Xiaobao's soul?
When the arbiter finally finished his last word and left the arena in a flash, the cheers and shouts in the colossal Heaven and Earth Arena suddenly grew louder!
Without any hesitation, Li Chengfeng shook the Sunset Spear in his hand and smashed it into the ground with a buzzing sound. He unleashed the 'Penetrating Strength of a Thousand Catties' and instantly cracked the ground. The crack was about an inch wide, heading straight towards Reverend Yun.
Just when the crack was about to reach Reverend Yun, Reverend Puppet raised his right hand and spread his fingers. Immediately, an invisible barrier appeared in front of him. Li Chengfeng's energy blasted out along the ground and slammed into this invisible wall of energy. A loud boom rang out, and for a moment, smoke and mist filled the air, sand and pebbles were sent flying everywhere.
Before Reverend Yun could move again, countless trees, vines, and grasses began to grow crazily out from the crack, while countless dark insect beetles rushed out from it. They buzzed noisily as they charged crazily towards him and the puppets.
Reverend Yun sneered and clenched his fingers. Immediately, the vines and grasses that were pouncing towards him began to rot and wilt, as if he was surrounded by a terrifying barrier of death. Any living thing that came close to him would have their life force sucked away instantly and wither and wither rapidly.
The crowd could only see the raging tide of green plants and bug puppets leaping towards Reverend Yun. But, they quickly decayed and died. Soon, the decaying corpses of the dead green plants and bug puppets rolled back into the crevices, where more green plants and bug puppets were born, forming a never-ending stream of attacks.
Meanwhile, the puppet next to Reverend Yun was already entangled by the plants and insect puppets. Its body was surrounded by countless vines and grasses, while countless insect puppets crawled onto its body through the vines and grasses, then opened their huge mouths and began to crazily gnaw at every part of the puppet.
This mechanical puppet was soon swallowed up by the endless green plants and insects. In just a blink of an eye, it was almost impossible to see its human shape. The audience looked at each other and thought, "The mechanical puppets made by the puppet kingdom are certainly not as powerful as the cultivators of our Da Qi Kingdom, but... they are too useless, aren't they?"
Just as some of them were about to tear up the wager in their hands, they saw the green tide and insect swarm suddenly light up, followed by a ball of flame that burned fiercely in the middle.
Immediately after that, a shrill howl rang out, and the flame spread out like a ring of light. The audience could see with their naked eyes that a raging wave of flame was rapidly spreading across the entire arena.
In a flash, Li Chengfeng leaped up into the air, but the raging wave was still spreading in all directions. It only stopped when it hit the barrier at the edge of the arena. Only the raging wave of flame could be seen rising along the green ripples on the barrier, like a wall of fire.
The audience who were standing closest to the flame was shocked. They could even feel the heat coming at them, and their hair was curling from the heat. However, after a brief moment of shock, they soon began to shout excitedly.
Especially when they saw a puppet with red ripples standing in the middle of the raging wave of flame. Its body was clenched into fists, and its body was covered in raging red flames. The puppet threw its head back and let out a shrill howl. Their emotions had reached a new peak!
He was indeed Reverend Yun!
The puppet's power was incredible!
However, just as the puppet was howling, a black shadow silently emerged from the crack. It rushed out of the crack like a net, then crashed into the puppet's body. In an instant, it was as if a house had appeared out of thin air, trapping the puppet within.
This was Li Chengfeng's Hundred Three Clear Jade Tokens!
Although his hundred three jade tablets were not enough to completely surround the mechanical puppets, the magical energy link between them directly formed a spatial barrier, making it difficult for the air outside to quickly exchange with the air inside. Such a barrier quickly weakened the burning of the flames and the scorching temperature. At the same time, countless green plants and insects once again surged in like a tide, covering the blockhouse made of hundred three jade tablets. They quickly covered it, forming a dense and completely sealed space that blocked the flow of outside air.
Although the flames on the puppet's body were powerful, they were blocked by the Hundred Three Clear Jade Tokens and could not directly burn the green plants and insect puppets to death. As a result, the number of insect puppets and plants increased, effectively sealing the puppet in.
If someone had X-ray vision, they would see that the flames on the puppet's body had automatically extinguished in the blink of an eye.
Li Chengfeng knew his weakness very well. The green plants and insect puppets he controlled were very afraid of fire, so he had developed a way to deal with fire spells. This was especially true after he obtained the Hundred Three Clear Jade Tokens. This method of dealing with fire spells was already very mature, and it was very effective against Zhuo Zi.
After all … fighting and cultivation also required scientific theories!
As long as it was not the Samadhi True Fire that looked like fire but was not actually fire, Li Chengfeng had a way to deal with any kind of fire, as long as the temperature did not instantly reach a few thousand degrees or even tens of thousands of degrees.
Obviously, the temperature of the flames on the puppet's body would not be so high, because it could not withstand such a high temperature.
Everyone could see Li Chengfeng's battle plan now. The first step was to divide the battlefield, separating Reverend Yun from his puppets. Then, he began the second step of his battle plan: to capture the ringleader first!
Li Chengfeng descended from the sky. The Sunset Spear in his hand shone with a blinding light as it smashed down heavily. Facing the attack, Reverend Yun's face remained expressionless. He just quickly performed a finger incantation gesture. All of a sudden, a series of patterns lit up on the wheelchair beneath him, and both he and the wheelchair disappeared from where they were. Li Chengfeng's heavy attack had created a small pit on the arena stage.
On the other side of the arena, Reverend Yun instantly appeared at a corner of the arena, which was the furthest away from Li Chengfeng.
At this time, the 'bunker' that was tightly shut was being fiercely attacked by the mechanical puppets, shaking and shaking from the explosions. However, the strength of the Hundred Three Clear Jade Tiles lay in the fact that when there were enough of them, they could form an extremely powerful defensive fortification. They could be densely packed together to forcefully resist magic attacks, and they could also use the connection between magic power to create an extremely resilient protective net that could absorb powerful impacts.
Li Chengfeng only took a few glances to realize that the puppet could not break through the 'fortress' formed by the Hundred Three Clear Jade Tokens. Feeling relieved, he turned his attention back to Reverend Yun.
"Come on, let me see how powerful Reverend Yun is without his puppets!"
Li Chengfeng gritted his teeth and said in a low voice. But just as he moved, he suddenly heard a sharp noise that pierced through the air. His hair stood on end, and in a flash, he disappeared from where he was standing.
The audience could see it clearly. They saw a beam of green light piercing through the air, striking the spot where Li Chengfeng was standing just now like a bolt of lightning. When the green light stopped, they saw a strangely shaped longsword floating in the air. Then, a figure appeared next to the light, reaching out to grab the longsword. Then, another similarly shaped shortsword appeared behind him.
Those who could recognize it immediately recognized that it was the famous magical weapon of the Spiritual Mountain Sect, the Zimu Lightning Sword.
Li Chengfeng saw it all. His face was calm, but his heart was filled with rage. He gripped the Sunset Spear so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand bulged.