?Chapter 1004: Volume 6 Heavenly Skill Spiritual Treasure Chapter 1000 Stone Puppet Chapter 1004: Volume 6 Heavenly Skill Spiritual Treasure Chapter 1000 Stone Puppet “What’s happened, fellow Daoists?


    Why such panic?” Qian the devil was taken aback as the white shadow, initially appearing ready to attack, flickered back to its original position and abruptly turned halfway around to take up a defensive stance.


    Because the cultivators who had flown out of the light screen were all in a sorry state, yet without exception they possessed Nascent Soul stage, even Qian the devil, arrogant as he was, dared not treat them lightly.


    Furthermore, the explosive sounds that had come from the light screen just a moment ago gave him an ominous premonition.


    “Brother Qian has truly astonishing divine skills to have arrived here before us.


    Eh, isn’t that Brother Fu from the Nine Nether Sect?


    And these two area€|?” The cultivators were none other than the four elders from the Poison Holy Gate along with five other Nascent Soul cultivators, with True Man of Dispersal skulking among them.


    However, Hua Tianqi was taken aback upon seeing Han Li and the others.


    “So it is Brother Hua, what a coincidence.


    But, what exactly happened just now with that explosion?” The elder surnamed Fu was anxious about the matter at hand and, without bothering to explain, promptly asked.


    “Hmph!


    We should be asking that of a few fellow Daoists here.


    Since you arrived before us, surely it was you who laid down that Illusion Array.


    Just now, the array exploded and blocked the passage again, presumably also part of your arrangements.” One of the large Nascent Soul cultivators remarked with a cold snort.


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    Upon hearing this, the other cultivators’ expressions changed slightly as they stared at Han Li and his group, their faces growing unfriendly.


    “Fellow Daoists, please don’t misunderstand.


    When we three arrived, there were already other cultivators here.


    The Illusion Array you speak of has nothing to do with us.


    If you’ve suffered a loss, do you intend to vent your anger on me?” The elder surnamed Fu’s expression darkened immediately as he said without any politeness.


    In such complex circumstances, one could not afford to show weakness readily, for that would only invite being seen as vulnerable and potentially lead to being ganged up on by others.


    “There are others here?” This prompted a start not just from the Poison Holy Gate elders, but also from Qian the devil.


    “Hmph.


    We three were unwittingly transported here by an ancient Array, and heard sounds of a restriction being broken above the mountain.


    It’s just that afterward, we were trapped by a restriction for several days, preventing us from promptly finding those people.


    It seems that what you’ve described about the Illusion Array should be connected to this group of individuals.” The elder surnamed Fu, not a mere nobody himself, explained the situation thoroughly in just a few sentences.


    “Is it truly so?” The large man showed a hesitant look, and the other cultivators also began to doubt.


    “Brother Fu is a Law Enforcement Elder of the Nine Nether Sect, he wouldn’t deceive us over such an obvious matter.


    Moreover, if it was indeed the Nine Nether Sect that had dispelled this seal, then Senior Brother Gu from the sect would certainly have come to oversee it in person.” Hua Tianqi relaxed a bit and seemed to entirely believe the elder’s words.


    “That is also true!” The large man pondered and then agreed, seeing the logic.


    “But when you flew in just now, there was something off between you three and Brother Qian.


    Could it be that Brother Fu has in some way offended Brother Qian?” Hua Tianqi’s eyes shifted slightly before he suddenly brought up the matter.


    After all, everyone had clearly seen the tense and confrontational posture between Han Li’s trio and Qian the devil just before.


    “About thata€|” The elder’s face showed a moment of hesitation.


    As the elder surnamed Fu was internally weighing how to answer the question, somewhere in the upper part of Kunwu Mountain within a massive hall, the large man, Vivid Glass Beast, wielded a golden hammer and swung it down, instantly sending out a silver-white arc of electricity that shattered an approaching Stone Tiger Puppet into pieces.


    Behind him, the Ye Clan cultivators each manipulated their own Daoist paper talisman, wildly attacking the various Stone Puppets before them.


    All these puppets, modeled after beasts and birds, were not only extraordinarily hard-bodied but could also spit out various simple spells, making them incredibly fierce.


    They poured out from the four corridors that ran around the hall, seeming endless and unrelenting.


    Yet, the Ye Clan cultivators remained composed, busy maneuvering their paper talismans, each appearing confident in their control of the situation.


    After a short while, a loud crash came from a distant corridor which then completely collapsed, causing the Stone Puppets from that direction to cease emerging.


    The Ye Clan cultivators, hearing this sound, showed a hint of joy on their faces.


    Before long, the corridors in the other three directions also collapsed amidst thunderous noises, and with no new puppets joining, the remaining puppets in the hall were soon cleared out by the Ye Clan cultivators.


    “What are these bizarre things?


    They seem quite different from the puppets of today.”


    The Ye Clan cultivators finally relaxed, each taking out Spirit Stones and sitting down cross-legged on the spot.


    Although the situation seemed not very perilous, they had been using their talismans at full strength for an extended period, causing a significant depletion of mana.


    At that moment, from the last destroyed corridor, a streak of light shot out, arriving in front of everyone in the blink of an eye.


    The light receded to reveal a white-robed scholar.


    “Senior Han, you were right.


    At the end of those corridors, there indeed was a hall, and the puppets came from within.


    Following the method you suggested, I broke through the restrictions and destroyed the cores of several halls,” said the scholar with a smile to one of the figures.


    “It’s nothing significant.


    I happened to read about these puppet Arrays in ancient texts years ago and thus knew how to handle them.


    Otherwise, just staying put and persistently enduring, even a cultivator with heavenly skill would be worn down to death by these relentless assaults,” replied the seemingly unflappable ancient devilish techniques practitioner.


    “Haha, it seems quite beneficial for the Ye Clan to have directly sought out Senior Han to come here.


    I fear there might be much more we’ll have to rely on you for in the future,” the scholar said with a pleasant countenance.


    “Great Elder is too kind.


    Even without saying this, I would still do my utmost,” the ancient devilish techniques practitioner replied with a slight upturn of his mouth, uttering a polite phrase.


    This led the scholar to nod appreciatively, quite satisfied.


    Just then, the eccentric with the large head suddenly let out a ‘hehe’ with a smile and said:


    “Judging by the time, the fallback we set up in the Illusion Array should be taking effect soon.


    If we’re lucky, it might even buy the Ye Clan some more time.”


    “Indeed, someone must have attempted to break through the Array by now.


    As soon as someone enters, they’ll naturally trigger it, causing the Illusion Array to self-destruct in an extremely short time.


    However, the obstacles caused by such destruction will dissipate after five or six days at most.


    The entrance will be accessible again.


    Besides, without this, the entire seal will begin to loosen after a while,” the scholar said with a focused expression.


    “From the start of the weakening to the complete collapse of the seal, there is still a long time.


    It should be enough for us to extract the treasures.


    The question is where we are now on Kunwu Mountain and how far we are from the main structures,” the eccentric with the large head asked the scholar.


    “Hmm!


    It should be around here.


    But now we’re encountering restrictive formations more frequently, which suggests we are getting close to the crucial areas of Kunwu Mountain,” the scholar speculated after a moment’s thought.


    “That’s good.


    But there’s another issue, quite troublesome indeed.


    That Silver-winged Yaksha keeps following behind us ominously.


    What exactly is its intention?


    Could it be waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack?” The eccentric with the large head finished speaking, then turned his head to glance at the entrance on the other side of the great hall, his face showing some concern.


    Hearing this, the others also instinctively looked in the same direction, only to see it completely empty as if there was absolutely nothing there.


    But the cultivators of the Ye Clan were well aware that somewhere over there, the Silver-winged Yaksha was most likely lurking, watching them from a distance.


    This left these cultivators rather uneasy for a moment.


    Had it not been for the presence of two late Nascent Soul cultivators with them, ordinary cultivators would truly dare not stay collected under the gaze of such a high-grade beast.


    “This Flying Corpse is indeed troublesome.


    If we had time, with Seventh Uncle’s and my ability, we could possibly lay a trap to heavily injure or even eradicate it.


    But we’re currently pressed for time, every second counts.


    Recklessly attempting to drive it away might provoke its wrath instead.


    Now we can only hope to lead it into some restrictive formations down the path and trap it there,” the scholar pondered for a while, only to conclude with this.


    Hearing his words, the others also generally found them sensible and nodded in agreement.


    After all, with the Silver-winged Yaksha’s extraordinary escape technique, getting rid of it using their own strength seemed highly implausible.


    Therefore, after recuperating some mana, they immediately left the stone hall to appear at the exit.


    But the cultivators of the Ye Clan were taken aback by the view before them, looking with amazement at the sight in the distance, remaining dumbstruck like wooden chickens.


    What stood in front of them was a large series of stone steps, big and small, spanning upward in rugged undulations, leading towards different parts of the mountain.


    Yet, each path was veiled in the same white mist at the far end, making it impossible to discern where the steps ended.


    This, naturally, left the people of the Ye Clan somewhat stunned.


    “What should we do?


    Even if we each explore one place, we simply cannot survey them all,” an elder exhaled lightly, turning his face toward the scholar with a forced smile.


    “No need to be anxious.


    This means that we have entered the core of Kunwu Mountain.


    It’s why there are so many branches.


    Splitting up certainly won’t do.


    Ourselves spread thin, we’ll not even be able to defend ourselves.


    We’ll decide which path to take after we go to that platform first to see if there’s any signage or something,” the Great Elder of the Ye Clan quickly recovered his composure and came up with a solution.


    And the platform he referred to was the White Jade Plaza, where all the stone stairs converged, only a few miles from them, appearing to be quite vast.


    Hearing the Great Elder’s plan, the others had no better suggestions and agreed to go check out the plaza first!


    Thus, they all summoned their streaks of light and shot towards that place, but just as they took off, they all “plop, plop” tumbled down from the sky.


    “A sky restriction?


    There’s actually such a formation set up here?” the eccentric with the large head blurted out in surprise.


    Luckily, the cultivators of the Ye Clan hadn’t flown high, so while their landing was somewhat embarrassing, no one was injured.


    However, it came as a surprising relief to them all.


    While the existence of a sky restriction significantly delayed their progress, it also indicated that they had indeed stepped into an important area of Kunwu Mountain.


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