The vision went dark for a moment and then recovered immediately.
Because it was only a very short-distance teleportation array, the burden on all aspects was very small. None of the people present were ordinary foundation-building monks, and they recovered quickly.
However, there is still some impact after all.
Affected by this, Liu Yu's mind was a little scattered and unable to concentrate for a while.
However, after experiencing the pain of refining the gods for many years, his grasp of his own mental state has become extremely good.
In less than a breath, he forcibly restrained his mind, released his spiritual consciousness and spread in all directions, and clearly saw his current situation.
What comes into view are rows of buildings with Xisha characteristics, but many of the buildings have signs of decay and look like they have gone through a lot of time.
The air was slightly hot, the sky above was not blue, but brown stone walls, and the light seemed slightly dim.
"This is...deep underground?"
After clearly seeing the scene in the secret realm, Liu Yu flashed this idea based on various traces.
Then, he noticed the "puppets" of different shapes located on the streets between the buildings.
The shapes of these puppets can be roughly divided into two categories, humanoid and animal-shaped, but the surfaces are all covered with a layer of dust, and only the occasionally exposed bodies still shine with a cold light.
Before the puppet is turned on, if you are not a professional monk, it is difficult to judge the grade from the surface.
The teleportation array is placed in this small square. The line of sight is not very developed, and there are old streets in all directions.
The puppets on the street vaguely surrounded the small square, showing both defense and vigilance.
Liu Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, holding the Dark Moon Sword in his hand, and a small part of his mind contacted the spiritual weapon in the storage bag, ready to take action at any time.
At this time, Tang Tianbao, Uncle Yang, Zhou Ziwen and others also recovered.
"Uh~"
The teleportation seemed to bring some discomfort to some people. They shook their heads subconsciously and made sounds in their mouths to relieve the discomfort.
This move made very little noise, but in this extremely silent underground building, it was clearly audible and could be heard far away.
"not good!"
Tang Tianbao frowned as if he realized something.
Seeing everyone looking at him, he quickly patted his storage bag and took out the Holy Fire Token without explaining.
Immediately, he chanted a mantra and hit several magic formulas on it.
The Holy Fire Token is suspended in the air, and the flame mark in the center of the front shines with red aura, which looks beautiful in the dim light of the underground space.
But no matter how Tang Tianbao urged it, there was no further response from the Holy Fire Order.
This made him a little anxious and his face looked a little ugly.
"Click" "Click"
At this moment, noises came from the streets in all directions. It seemed that some mechanism had been triggered by the noises, and each puppet gradually came to life.
Various auras lit up in his eyes, and his joints mechanically rotated, making an unpleasant clicking sound.
"Use the token to control these puppets."
Zhou Ziwen seemed to know something. He glanced at the approaching puppets and reminded him loudly.
"Something is wrong."
"It seems that due to disrepair, some formations in the secret realm may have lost control. The Holy Fire Order is contacting the formations to confirm their identities."
"Cover me and buy me some time."
Tang Tianbao's face gradually became serious, he kept changing various magic formulas in his hands, and at the same time he spoke in a low voice.
It has been more than three thousand years since the Holy Fire Sect was destroyed and this secret realm was established.
Because the ancestor of Nascent Soul who established the secret realm did not give him enough authority for unknown reasons, and the power of the Holy Fire Sect was weakened, the latter were unable to effectively maintain the secret realm.
During such a long period of time, as early as hundreds of years ago, some formations were out of control.
It's just that this time it was so serious that I couldn't identify him immediately.
"yes."
After hearing the words of the "Holy Son", everyone's faces changed. They realized the seriousness of the problem and their faces became a little ugly.
If you can't be identified, wouldn't you be like a turtle in a urn?
Looking at it, the density of puppets around the square is not low, and those who can serve as guards of the secret realm cannot be all low-level things that are just fake.
Thinking about it, they were about to be chased by an entire layer of puppet guards, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little numb.
"Second level puppet"
Liu Yu's face darkened.
His spiritual sense is much sharper than that of ordinary monks, allowing him to detect the grades of these puppets faster.
Based on the energy fluctuations escaping from its body, the puppet's grade can be roughly judged. Although judging the grade purely based on energy fluctuations is a bit biased, it is not bad at all.
The level and strength of a puppet depend largely on the strength of its body. The more powerful the body, the more powerful the "energy" required to drive it.
If we judge it this way, we are almost inseparable.
However, some special circumstances cannot be ruled out. For example, some puppets are engraved with extremely clever magic circles and runes, which can very effectively restrain energy fluctuations. Then the above method will naturally not work.
"Papa pa pa"
Each puppet moved stiffly, causing dust to fly on the dusty ground.
Liu Yu's face was equally solemn, and his consciousness kept scanning the puppets near the small square, without any carelessness in his heart.
According to his induction, the lowest level of these puppets is the second-level low-level, which is equivalent to the level of monks in the early stage of foundation building.
But most of them are in the middle level of the second level, and there are not a few in the upper level of the second level. Occasionally, you can see the figure of the top level second level puppet. They are equivalent to the peak foundation-building monks, and they are not afraid of death.
A rough count shows that the total number of puppets near the square is close to thirty.
There are more shadows of puppets in the distance, but the consciousness is suppressed in the secret realm, and Liu Yu's consciousness can only spread outward for about six miles, so the specific number is not clear.
"What a big deal!"
He sighed secretly.
Even if there are only thirty or fifty puppets, it is still a large-scale effort that is unimaginable by ordinary monks. Can we only say that it is worthy of being a secret realm established by Yuanying monks?
What's more, it's still unclear how big this secret realm is.
"Zi Zi"
A wolf-shaped puppet with glowing red eyes, about one foot tall, opened its mouth and spit out a thick red beam of light.
The red light beam carries blazing heat and contains explosive energy inside, making crackling sounds along the way.
According to Liu Yu's estimation, this power is definitely not much inferior to that of a mid-stage foundation-building monk who controls a top-quality magical weapon.
"boom"
In the end, the red beam of light was easily blocked and eliminated by Uncle Yang with a shield.
Although the attack is equivalent to that of the middle stage of foundation building, the shortcomings of the puppet are also obvious, that is, it lacks flexibility and goes straight.
Therefore, as long as the difference in strength is not too large, it is basically impossible to be defeated by the puppet.
Liu Yu was running the technique, and his figure suddenly climbed and expanded, and did not stop until he was about ten feet tall. At the same time, his body was covered with a thin layer of silver and blue brilliance.
Facing a nimbly jumping ape-shaped puppet, he looked calm and had no intention of giving in.
The right arm waved along a mysterious trajectory, causing bursts of powerful air-piercing sounds, and the "Meteor Fist" was swung out calmly.
Compete with it!
"Boom!!!"
The ape-shaped puppet has thick limbs, its hands are much larger than humans in proportion to its entire body, and its thick fists are glowing with ghostly light.
But even this seemingly thick fist, as well as the thick arms and body, were knocked back by a simple punch.
After being pushed back five feet, he could finally stop.
"Bang"
The ape-shaped puppet landed on the ground with both feet, increasing the intensity of extracting the spiritual energy from the spiritual stones in the body. A new force was generated and immediately overcame the inertia.
There is no roar, no roar, it is just a ruthless tool. After overcoming the inertia, it immediately pounces on the target.
Fight until death!
In terms of physical cultivation, Liu Yu was only at the level of the second-level mid-level, but he could easily suppress ordinary monks and repel the ape-shaped puppet in a single confrontation.
The strength of "Star True Body" is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
“Bang bang bang”
Using the "Chasing the Stars and the Moon" footwork and wielding the "Meteor Fist", Liu Yu completely suppressed the ape-shaped puppet.
The puppet that looked cold and fierce was like a toy at this moment.
"Bang bang"
His eyes were calm, and his fists shone with blue light. The two punches hit the ape-shaped puppet's chest almost in no particular order, knocking it away directly.
Then, without waiting for him to land, he jumped up with both feet, pushed him to the ground and couldn't get up, and punched the position where the energy core was embedded with punch after punch.
"Bang bang bang bang"
After seven violent but unpretentious punches, the ape-shaped puppet's energy core was destroyed, the red light in its eyes gradually dimmed, and its struggling strength gradually decreased.
Finally, there was absolutely no movement.
Done!
"Sure enough, fighting violence with violence is a good way."
Liu Yu looked calm and casually put the puppet with its core destroyed into his storage bag.
As a physical practitioner, he had no pressure to deal with such a melee puppet. It was very simple to solve, and it only took a dozen breaths.
If you attack the puppet from a distance, it will be more troublesome.
Without the control of monks, no matter how high the level of the puppet is, it is just a dead object, unless the level is too high, or there is a certain numerical advantage.
Otherwise, it's not worth worrying about at all.
After dealing with the ape-shaped puppet, Liu Yu turned around and looked around. The result that caught his eye did not surprise him.
Zhou Ziwen, Uncle Yang and others easily repelled the first wave of puppet attacks. Some were even faster than him. They had already eliminated one puppet and were dealing with the second one.
The six people firmly guarded Tang Tianbao in the center. Because the puppets they felt in the first wave were of the highest grade, second-grade high-grade, and there were only nine of them, they did not feel particularly great pressure.
However, the expressions on the faces of the six people were still solemn.
There was little movement at the beginning, so only the nearest few puppets were attracted, but as the battle unfolded, more puppets were awakened, and the pressure would only increase.
In the distance, or even further away, puppets of different shapes are coming in a steady stream.
Facing such a large number of puppets, sooner or later they will be unable to resist. If they cannot inspire the tokens to become "friendly forces", they may just have to explore the secret realm and escape.
Apart from anything else, it is extremely difficult to get out of the small square.
Although Tang Tianbao has been stroking the magic formula, his spiritual consciousness has a panoramic view of the scene in the square. Seeing this scene, he can't help but move the magic formula a little faster.
"ding ding"
Liu Yu, Zhou Ziwen and others continued to resist the attacks of the puppets, resolving various forms of offensives one after another, and finally there were no accidents.
Among them, Liu Yu's performance made Zhou Ziwen and others secretly nod in admiration.
He is only in the middle stage of foundation building, but in terms of performance, he is no worse than any monk in the late stage of foundation building.
In this way, another twenty breaths passed.
The number of puppets surrounding the seven people has reached eighteen, of which six are long-range puppets and twelve are melee puppets.
The attack methods of the puppets are different, but their cooperation is not as rigid as imagined, even when no one is controlling them.
The pressure on the seven people is increasing, and they are about to be unable to hold on.
But at this moment, the Holy Fire Order finally reacted, a red light penetrated the stone wall above, and the hidden magic circle appeared.
"It's done."
Tang Tianbao breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.
As the words fell, a white light was projected from the stone wall above, submerged into the Holy Fire Order, and finally disappeared.
As if receiving some order, the puppets in the square immediately stopped their ongoing attacks and slowly returned to their original appearance.
"Let's go."
"Don't stay too far away from me, otherwise without the protection of the Holy Fire Order, you will still be attacked by the guards of the secret realm."
After giving the warning, Tang Tianbao glanced at the surrounding buildings, seeming to recognize something, and finally walked towards a street in the northwest.
"Holy Son, since you can control the puppets, why don't we collect these puppets?!"
"Using it can greatly increase the strength of the sect, and selling it can also alleviate the current resource pressure. Isn't it possible to kill multiple birds with one stone?"
A female cultivator in green robe asked, with confusion in her tone.
Through several contacts over the past year, Liu Yu knew that this girl was named Hou Qiaoyun. She was strong in all aspects in the late stage of foundation building and was not a "vase".
"presumptuous!"
"These guardian puppets are the arrangements of our ancestors. How can we make arbitrary decisions and undermine the long-term arrangements of our ancestors?"
"Don't mention this matter again, I will find a way."
"Besides, after entering the secret realm, there are legacies left by previous sects, so why should we act like this?!"
"Also, the Holy Fire Order can only protect us from the attacks of the puppets, but it cannot control these control puppets."
"If it is collected by force, there will be consequences."
After hearing his men's "rebellious" thoughts, Tang Tianbao scolded him with a cold look on his face.
"But."
Halfway through Hou Qiaoyun's words, he saw the cold eyes of the Holy Son and the bad expressions on several of his fellow disciples, so he finally stopped talking.
"Perhaps when leaving, we can collect a few of these puppets before they wake up, and then use the Shining Secret Technique to escape?"
After taking a deep look at the silent puppet, Liu Yu was also a little tempted, but she still quickened her pace to follow the team.
There was a restricted airspace in the secret realm and he couldn't fly, but he quickly thought of another way.
After the seven people left, the small square returned to its previous silence. However, this silence did not last long before it was broken by a wave of space fluctuations.
In the dim white aura, ten figures of monks in black robes appeared.
Immediately afterwards, there was another wave of space fluctuations that ordinary monks could not detect, and ten more black-robed monks appeared.
The puppets that stayed in place sensed the movement and immediately woke up, and a big battle broke out.
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PS: I’m too sleepy today, so I’ll start updating tomorrow.