Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 192 Heavenly Demon Puppet

Inside the secret chamber, Lin Feng took out the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique, which he had exchanged with the Demon Ancestor of Demon Flame Valley, and began to study it once again.

Nearly two months have passed since Lin Feng obtained the secret technique. He has naturally studied it thoroughly and is now simply reviewing it as usual to check for omissions and fill in any gaps.

Before long, Lin Feng put the secret technique for creating the Heavenly Demon Puppet back into his storage ring. Then, he picked out a storage ring from among the many storage rings on his wrist to hold the materials for refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

"For the first attempt, to be on the safe side, it's best to use a Dou Huang-level body first!"

Lin Feng stroked his chin and said calmly, "After all, there's only one body at the Dou Zong level so far, and that was the big gift from that kind-hearted Scorpion Bi Yan. And if we fail, even if we obtain some Dou Huang level Heavenly Demon Puppets later, they probably won't be able to withstand the Pill Lightning, making them useless!"

"I've chosen you!"

With a wave of his hand, Lin Feng's storage ring flashed, and the corpse of Fan Lao, the Blood Sect Master, appeared in the secret chamber. It turned out that when he destroyed the Blood Sect, Lin Feng had a flash of inspiration and thought that although the level of the corpse was low, it could still be used for experiments, so he put it away.

Afterwards, Lin Feng took out a sixth-order water-attribute magic core and a large mass of processed sixth-order magical beast blood essence. Of course, the strange metal and, most importantly, the soul were also included.

Actually, the secret method for crafting the Heavenly Demon Puppet does not require the use of essence blood. However, Lin Feng was curious whether adding the essence blood of magical beasts would enhance the Heavenly Demon Puppet's potential and increase its initial strength.

"Bang!"

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame slowly rose from his palm, and with a wave of his hand, it instantly erupted, completely enveloping Fan Lao's corpse. Enhanced by Lin Feng's Dou Zong-level Dou Qi, this already intensely hot flame unleashed unparalleled power, and Fan Lao's body visibly began to melt.

Seeing this, Lin Feng was not alarmed at all, because this was the process of refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet. As time went by, wisps of black energy floated out from Fan Lao's corpse, but in the blink of an eye, they were burned into nothingness by the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

Before long, the black energy representing Fan Lao's remaining will dissipated completely. However, Lin Feng did not stop. He continued to burn for an hour before finally making a small hole in Fan Lao's head with a wave of his hand.

As for the location of the magic core in his chest, since Lin Feng had already spoken a few heartfelt words to him, there was no need to do it again now.

At this moment, what appeared in front of Lin Feng was a Fan Lao, whose entire body was dried up and had shrunk several sizes.

At this point, the true refining of the Heavenly Demon Puppet began. Lin Feng waved his hand, and a sixth-order water-attribute magic core floated to Fan Lao's chest. Then, he took out Fan Lao's soul from a jade bottle beside him. There was no unusual reaction; after all, he was just a mere Dou Huang. How strong could his soul power be? After glancing at it briefly, he stuffed it into Fan Lao's original mind.

Next came Lin Feng's innovative step: gradually lowering the temperature of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, just enough to prevent Fan Lao's flesh and blood from solidifying. Then, he controlled Fan Lao's mouth to open and slowly let the essence blood of the sixth-tier magical beast flow into his body.

The deceased's body naturally lacked the ability to absorb and digest. Therefore, after all the essence blood was devoured by Fan Lao, Lin Feng increased the temperature of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame again, causing the demonic beast's essence blood to slowly merge with Fan Lao's body.

"Zzzzz."

As the flames intensified, the five elements—body, soul, magic core, essence blood, and metal—were forced to seek an opportunity to merge under the powerful heat, in order to prevent themselves from disappearing into the world.

During this time, Lin Feng slowly closed his eyes and began to refine the essence blood of the Dragon Emperor within his body. After all, the time required to refine the Heavenly Demon Puppet was not short.

While the secret chamber where Lin Feng was located fell into silence, the area outside was unusually lively.

Many elders who received Lin Feng's pills were already unable to suppress their desire and quickly went into seclusion to consume them, attempting to advance further. If they failed, they would take advantage of Lin Feng's presence to request the sect to lend them a sum of money and ask Master Lin Feng to refine another pill.

With so many high-quality pills available, quite a few elders successfully advanced in their cultivation. Of course, those who emerged from seclusion were all elders who had consumed Royal-grade pills. After all, the energy required to break through to the Dou Zong realm cannot be accumulated in a short period of time.

Of course, for every person who succeeds, there is someone who fails. Because a person can only take a Royal-grade pill once in their lifetime, the very few elders who failed are now completely wasted.

However, this has nothing to do with Lin Feng, since the quality of the pills he refines is obvious to all.

Amidst this strange atmosphere of mixed joy and sorrow, ten days passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, an opportunity slowly emerged in the secret room where Lin Feng was.

"Buzz"

Lin Feng, who had been refining the Dragon Emperor's essence blood with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. His hand seals changed rapidly, and then a strange syllable came out of his mouth.

As the syllable was uttered, Fan Lao in front of Lin Feng seemed to have received some kind of command, and suddenly, his whole body began to emit a crystal-clear and dazzling light.

At this moment, the demonic core and soul within Fan Lao's body suddenly trembled and began to spontaneously form a cycle. With each cycle, the energy around him gradually increased.

The crystalline, dazzling light seemed to be affected by the cycle, gradually dimming until, as if the power had been cut off, it turned pitch black after a few flashes. The aura emanating from its body, however, exceeded Lin Feng's expectations, reaching the level of an eight-star Dou Huang, far surpassing Fan Lao's power in his lifetime.

"It seems that adding the essence of magical beasts can indeed fully stimulate the power of the magic core and unleash its full potential!"

Of course, this was just an experiment for Lin Feng. According to the description in the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique, there are three levels of demon puppets: Heaven, Earth, and Man, and three colors: gold, silver, and bronze. Although Lin Feng innovated the refining method of the Heavenly Demon Puppet, due to the limitations of Fan Lao's physical body, he could only reach the level of an eight-star Dou Huang. Even if he later received nourishment from Dan Lei or other strange energies, he would never reach the level of Dou Zun.

It might even reach the strength of a seven or eight-star Dou Zong at most; any further improvement would cause it to crack. With Lin Feng's current level, he could roughly estimate the strength of the Heavenly Demon Puppet within the Dou Zong realm.

"It doesn't matter much. This was originally intended as an experiment, and," Lin Feng smiled slyly, "before heading to Central Continent, we can use this to extort another sum from that old fox, Yao Chen!"

(End of this chapter)