Whoosh!
A smear of dark light streaked across space like a bolt of lightning, heading towards the Spiritual Puppet above the rock island. Although Mu Chen's actions were concealed, it was impossible for him to escape the senses of the Divine Pavilion Master.
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"Hmph!"
Although he wasn't clear about the meaning behind Mu Chen's actions, the Divine Pavilion Master was, after all, experienced and cautious. Thus, he wasn't willing for any changes to occur at this moment. Thus, he coldly snorted and made a grabbing motion with his hand. Space distorted in an attempt to obstruct that dark light.
Boom!
But at the same time when the Divine Pavilion Master made his move, a cold light flashed in Mandala's golden pupils and her slender finger abruptly stretched out, pressing down in the sky.
In that instant when her finger pressed down, boundless Spiritual Energy swept out, forming into a Spiritual Energy finger that was a few thousand feet in size. On the finger, there were layers of Spiritual Energy crystals that looked indestructible.
When the Spiritual Energy finger appeared, it had directly shot towards the Divine Pavilion Master. At the same time, the other Earth Sovereigns had also made their moves without any hesitation, executing their own means. Powerful attacks that contained destructive power enveloped towards the Divine Pavilion Master from every direction.
Facing the sudden attacks of Mandala and the rest, the Divine Pavilion Master had slightly knitted his brows and had no choice but to give up on obstructing that dark light. He had flipped his hand and pressed it down in space.
Boom!
When his palm pressed down, the entire space collapsed. If one were to look down from the nine heavens, one would realise that this space had collapsed into an incomparably huge palm.
That palm could annihilate mountains and rivers.
Under that palm, regardless of whether it was Mandala or the other Earth Sovereigns, they had all collapsed under that palm.
All of them had been shattered by a single palm.
They had turned into sparkles of light in the sky.
Mandala and the rest had all let out a groan at the same time. They must have suffered some injuries.
Shortly after, their faces had turned even more unsightly. They never expected that even after joining hands, they still couldn't confront the Divine Pavilion Master.
A Greater Earth Sovereign was truly terrifying!
"Hehe, stubbornly resisting is just courting death."
The Divine Pavilion Master stood on the torrential black aura with a faint smile on his face. His gaze that was shooting over was filled with disdain.
It was enough for him to run amok in the Northern Region.
The faces of the Earth Sovereigns were pale as they clenched their fists. Facing this situation, they could only put their lives on the line. Right now, they could only hope that the Divine Pavilion Master hadn't fully grasped the strength of a Greater Earth Sovereign. If they went all out, they might have a chance of survival, as long as they could escape this place.
At that time, when the news spread, the Divine Pavilion would definitely be digging its own grave.
Standing behind Mandala, Mu Chen's face slightly changed from the might of the Divine Pavilion Master, before squinting his eyes.
In the distance, the dark light finally appeared above the rock island.
However, what made Mu Chen's heart sink was that …
When the ghostly light approached, the Soul Puppet sitting cross-legged above the stone island remained motionless.
It was as if he couldn't sense it at all.
"How could this be?"
Mu Chen tightly knitted his brows. That item was extremely mysterious.
According to his speculations, there was a high possibility that it was left behind by the Fourth Palace Master back then. But why couldn't he get any reaction from the Soul Puppet?
Mu Chen's gaze flickered, before he clenched his teeth and flicked his finger, detonating the Spiritual Energy that enveloped the dark light before shooting it towards the forehead of the Soul Puppet.
Facing the dark light, the Spiritual Puppet did not have any reaction. In the end, it allowed Mu Chen to ruthlessly shoot the dark light at its forehead. Instantly, sparks flew as it embedded itself in the centre of its brows.
Initially, Mu Chen had no choice but to give it a try. But unexpectedly, when the dark light embedded itself into the centre of the Soul Puppet's brows, the Soul Puppet's eyes, which had been shut, slowly opened.
A dim light blossomed from the space between the Soul Puppet's eyebrows. Ancient runes crawled out and formed a strange and ancient rune on the Soul Puppet's forehead. In the end, the rune wriggled and drilled into the Soul Puppet's hollow eyes.
When those runes entered the Soul Puppet's eyes, a peculiar lustre started to gather in the initially empty eyes and a peculiar fluctuation started to spread out from the Soul Puppet's body.
The fluctuation that suddenly burst out from the Spiritual Puppet was swiftly sensed by the Divine Pavilion Master and the rest. Immediately, he knitted his brows and looked at Mu Chen with a dark gaze. Clearly, it was due to Mu Chen's previous actions that caused such a change to the Spiritual Puppet.
Mu Chen felt slightly relieved in his heart. It looked like his guess was right, this mysterious item was indeed left behind by the Fourth Palace Master. However, he had no idea what use it had …
The sudden change of the Soul Puppet had caused the confrontation to briefly come to a standstill. Facing the Soul Puppet that had inherited the majority of the Fourth Palace Master's power, even the Divine Pavilion Master did not dare to belittle it.
Although he had broken through to the Greater Earth Sovereign Realm and was on the same level as the Fourth Palace Master back then, there was still a considerable gap between the two of them.
Buzz!
Buzz! Under the gazes of everyone, the lustre in the eyes of the Soul Puppet grew even more intense. In the end, a powerful lustre shot out that even caused space to distort from the light.
When the lustre dissipated, the Soul Puppet appeared once again. But what left everyone disappointed was that there weren't any changes to it.
"Something's not right, its eyes!" Mu Chen suddenly squinted his eyes as he solemnly said.
When everyone heard his words, they immediately directed their gazes over and realised that the emptiness in the Soul Puppet's eyes had disappeared and was replaced with blankness and vicissitudes of life …
At this moment, there seemed to be a trace of vitality in the Soul Puppet!
In front of everyone's shocked gazes, the Spiritual Puppet slowly lowered its head and looked at its own palm. A moment later, the lost expression within its eyes began to disappear. At the same time, everyone could feel a majestic and unfathomable aura beginning to spread from within the Spiritual Puppet's body.
"This aura …"
When Mandala and the rest sensed that aura, they immediately squinted their eyes and exclaimed in the next instant, "It's the Fourth Palace Master!"
Mu Chen's heart trembled as he sucked in a mouthful of chilled air. "So this item actually contained a strand of consciousness left behind by the Fourth Palace Master …"
Clearly, Mu Chen had accidentally shot the black metal into the centre of the Soul Puppet's brows, allowing the consciousness to flow out and enter the Soul Puppet, allowing that strand of consciousness to control the Soul Puppet and cause the aura of the Fourth Palace Master to appear.
"I never expected that after tens of thousands of years, there would still be someone that could awaken this strand of consciousness of mine."
While they were shocked, the Soul Puppet, or the Fourth Palace Master, slowly raised his head and his gaze pierced through space, locking onto Mu Chen with a dignified gaze.
"Mhm?"
But when the Fourth Palace Master looked at Mu Chen, his gaze abruptly changed and fixed onto the torrential black aura. The power that was spreading out from the black aura made him feel familiar and disgusted.
"The power of the Skyeater Evil Emperor?!"
The space around the Fourth Palace Master exploded under his enraged voice and countless spatial fragments gathered around him like a storm, looking extremely terrifying.
A torrential killing intent had spread out from his aged eyes at this moment. He waved his hand and the torrential black aura was torn apart, revealing the Divine Pavilion Master's silhouette.
"As someone of the Great Thousand World, you actually dared to absorb the power of the Fiend Clans. You cannot be tolerated!"
Although it was only a strand of consciousness, the Fourth Palace Master was still sensitive to the power of the Skyeater Evil Emperor. Immediately, his gaze, which was filled with killing intent, locked onto the Divine Pavilion Master.
Sensing the Fourth Palace Master's gaze, the Divine Pavilion Master's face turned a little unsightly. But despite feeling fearful, he wasn't overly fearful and sneered, "Boasting shamelessly. If your main body was here, perhaps I might be slightly fearful. But right now, it's just a strand of consciousness that's borrowing the power of the Soul Puppet. You want to kill me?"
At this moment, he was a Greater Earth Sovereign, so even if he was facing the main body of the Fourth Palace Master, he could still confront him. So he did not panic in this situation.
However, the situation, which was initially within his grasp, had become even more troublesome, which undoubtedly gave the Divine Pavilion Master a headache. Immediately, his ferocious gaze was directed at Mu Chen. He must be filled with hatred for the latter.
Facing the ferocious gaze of the Divine Pavilion Master, Mu Chen felt his scalp going numb, but he felt relieved in his heart. With the Fourth Palace Master joining in, the current situation had probably started to break away from the Divine Pavilion Master's control. If that's the case, then even if they couldn't defeat the Divine Pavilion Master, they should have some confidence in escaping.
Mandala had also cast a glance at Mu Chen and felt relieved. Right now, Mu Chen had opened a path of survival for them. Right now, they should see if the Fourth Palace Master still had any cards up his sleeves. At that time, they could make a move and join forces to kill the Divine Pavilion Master.
As thoughts circulated in everyone's hearts, the Fourth Palace Master coldly looked at the Divine Pavilion Master and coldly smiled. "A junior that has just broken through to the Greater Earth Sovereign Realm dares to speak such nonsense before this Palace Master? What a joke …"
"If we're outside, perhaps this Palace Master might not be able to do anything to you. But this is my burial ground, so I'm afraid that you're not allowed to be impudent!"
"Since you like the power of the Fiend Clans so much, then stay here forever and be buried with the Skyeater Evil Emperor!"
When the Fourth Palace Master's cold voice landed, he stretched his hand out and the black triangle that was embedded in the centre of his brows slowly floated down and landed on his palm.
Seeing this scene, the corner of Mu Chen's eyes uncontrollably twitched. Could it be that this item that he had viewed as useless had other profundities?
(To be continued …)