Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

Chapter 156 Clash

Seeing Zhao Pingshan's powerful and heavy blow, Li Muxuan dared not be careless.

He made a sweeping motion with his hands, and an invisible, distorting force field instantly expanded.

The target was the spear in Zhao Pingshan's hand, and the invisible force was like countless chains rushing straight towards the spear.

Zhao Pingshan felt a powerful force coming from the spear in his hand, as if the spear was about to slip out of his grasp at any moment.

But Zhao Pingshan was not in a hurry. Instead, he activated the Qi within his body and poured it further into the spear in his hand.

Under the pull of Zhao Pingshan's true qi and Li Muxuan's reversal of directions, the spear, which originally looked fragile, began to crack as expected.

And as their two forces intensified, cracks quickly spread across the gun.

Li Muxuan realized something was wrong and quickly withdrew his strength, but it was too late.

With Zhao Pingshan's true qi pouring in, the entire spear finally shattered completely.

In an instant, the entire spear shattered into countless fragments, which then fell to the ground and transformed into streaks of golden light that merged into the earth.

"Wh...what?!"

Li Muxuan's movements slowed down, and he was so surprised that he couldn't react for a moment.

When I came to my senses again, it was already quite late.

Zhao Pingshan was filled with excitement, and the heavy, mysterious armor he wore, known as the Mountain-Suppressing Armor, transformed in a series of movements.

The armor beneath his feet penetrated deep into the ground, stabilizing Zhao Pingshan's body while allowing him to move freely through the mud.

Streams of yellow earth energy were continuously drawn into the Xuanji Armor, and a thick and solemn aura emanated from Zhao Pingshan's body.

Zhao Pingshan chuckled at the astonished Li Muxuan, pointing his index and middle fingers together at Li Muxuan in a mock gesture.

Li Muxuan immediately used the Reversal of Eight Directions technique and slammed the object hard onto the ground!

In the instant he leaped high into the air using the force of the recoil!

The spot where I had just been standing has now become a huge pit.

Before Li Muxuan could even feel relieved, a sharp stone spike suddenly protruded from the pit and attacked him.

Fortunately, Li Muxuan had already become more vigilant by this time.

He unleashed his Qi energy, shattering the stone spikes while simultaneously using the force to escape, moving far away from Zhao Pingshan.

But the ground beneath their feet seemed to come alive.

A series of spikes followed in quick succession, giving Li Muxuan no time to catch his breath.

Li Muxuan used his "Reversal of Eight Directions" technique to borrow force from others and dodge in a sorry state.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Zhao Pingshan was able to partially submerge underground in his mysterious armor and keep getting closer to him.

Fortunately, Zhao Pingshan seemed unable to move freely, and the Xuanji Armor's mobility was extremely limited.

Otherwise, things could get complicated.

Li Muxuan was careful to dodge, which prevented him from being touched by any of the ground spikes.

According to rumors circulating in the martial arts world, the Divine Machine Alliance has an alliance with the wandering immortals of Hunan and the Gu masters of Miao territory.

Judging from the way Zhao Pingshan manipulates the earth's energy, could he be a wandering earth immortal from southern Hunan?

wrong...

If he were truly a wandering immortal, he would have been able to control these earth spikes to attack long ago.

Moreover, he seemed to be deliberately trying to close the distance...

Li Muxuan's eyes darted around, and he once again used the Reversal of Eight Directions technique to deflect the continuous barrage of earth spikes.

He gathered a large amount of Qi in his hand and unleashed a powerful Qi attack on Zhao Pingshan, who was fleeing towards him.

Li Muxuan took the opportunity to drift backward, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield once more.

The two disciples of the Heavenly Craft Hall had already been injured by Li Muxuan's Reversal of Directions and were recuperating on the side, with no ability to resist anymore.

Li Muxuan quickly began to calculate in his mind.

This metal shell is not easy to deal with; if we continue to entangle it, we may not be able to gain the upper hand.

Moreover, it seems another group has already gone to chase after Wei She and the others, and judging from the situation, the central area is in a precarious state...

Li Muxuan looked at Zhao Pingshan, who had barely dodged the inverted eight directions, and suddenly grinned, shouting loudly.

"You're quite the kung fu master, Iron Turtle Shell! But I don't have time to play with you today! See you later!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Muxuan suddenly pressed his hands out to the sides.

Several large stones, about the size of washbasins, suddenly flew off the ground without warning, not heading towards Zhao Pingshan, but crashing hard into the already loose rock wall at the edge of the mine pit.

Boom—!

A small section of the rock wall collapsed, and a large amount of rubble and dust rolled down, instantly obscuring the view of the area.

At the same time, Li Muxuan retreated rapidly.

However, he did not flee in a straight line, but instead darted away in an unpredictable trajectory in the opposite direction from the center of the ley line village.

"You little thief! Trying to leave?"

Zhao Pingshan brushed away the dust, saw the direction Li Muxuan had fled, and hesitated slightly.

Instead of heading straight for the central area of ​​the Earth Vein Village, the enemy fled directly to the outer perimeter, which surprised Zhao Pingshan.

Was this petty thief pretending to escape, or did he have other plans?

Zhao Pingshan glanced at the two disciples who were temporarily incapacitated and decisively gave the order.

"You two, adjust your mechs on the spot, then stand guard and wait for the reclamation team to return."

"I'll go after that petty thief alone!"

Zhao Pingshan then chased after the direction in which Li Muxuan had disappeared, but Zhao Pingshan knew in his heart that...

Given the abilities Li Muxuan had previously displayed, it was unlikely that he would be able to capture this slippery creature in the complex mountain forest.

But at the very least, we can't let that thief get away so easily. We must put pressure on him and try to figure out his abilities and intentions as much as possible.

At that moment, faint sounds of fighting and a few short alarms could be heard from the direction of the Earth Vein Village.

It seems that Zhao Tianhai's side has already clashed with the Quanxing disciples who were trying to break in.

Meanwhile, Cui Ming was constantly monitoring everyone's situation through a vast energy network built from underground ley line power piles.

Li Muxuan's response was much more decisive than Cui Ming had anticipated.

The split-pronged attack, while Zhao himself stayed behind to hold off the enemy, disrupted the Zhao brothers' initial plan.

After realizing something was wrong, he decisively chose to escape.

"He's quite clever."

Cui Ming muttered to himself.

He wasn't worried about the safety of the central ley line village, where the defenses were much tighter, with not only more puppet mechanisms but also Yongen, Gaogen, and the True Nature disciples guarding it.

With the help of the Miao Gu masters and the镖师 (bodyguards) from the Yanwu Hall on the periphery, Zhao Tianhai and his men were more than capable of dealing with the Quanxing (all factions) as they pursued them.

As for Li Muxuan, who fled all the way...

"Hirayama has gone after him... Good, let him collect more data."

Cui Ming did not mobilize other forces to surround Li Muxuan.

The practical experience of Tiangongtang disciples such as Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Tianhai still needs to be honed. Dealing with a cunning and flexible opponent like Li Muxuan is a good opportunity.

Cui Ming simply controlled the surrounding puppets to keep a close watch, and as long as there was no danger to his life, Cui Ming did not intend to intervene for the time being.

Cui Ming's attention was focused more on the guys mingling among these Quanxing members.

Chapter 157 Encirclement

The chaos in the southeast did not last long.

The Quanxing group, who had set fire to the mountain, had only managed to ignite a few trees and bushes when the fire was extinguished by numerous mechanical puppets that had been lying in ambush.

Meanwhile, nearby Miao Gu masters also drove a large number of poisonous insects and snakes to surround them;

The bodyguards from Yanwu Hall on the other side also rushed out from the side, their swords flashing and their teamwork seamless;

Immediately afterwards, dozens of Tang Clan disciples wearing uniform light Xuanji armor emerged from the shadows, their mechanical hidden weapons shooting out like raindrops.

Combined with the stealthy Shadow Spiders and the massive, relentless puppet soldier bees, they swiftly divided and annihilated this rabble.

The battle has been one-sided from start to finish.

The Xuanji Armor's protection makes it difficult to be harmed by ordinary swords and knives, and the precision and ruthlessness of the Tang Clan's hidden weapons are far beyond what these lower-level Quanxing members can withstand.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, more than half of the forty or fifty Quanxing members had fallen.

The remaining Quanxing disciples, seeing the situation was not good and wanted to surrender or escape, were firmly blocked by the well-prepared encirclement.

In the end, only seven or eight Quanxing members who had been poisoned earlier were captured alive; the rest were all killed on the spot.

Meanwhile, the clash between Zhao Tianhai's Tiangong Hall disciples and the sixteen Quanxing masters was even more intense.

These Quanxing individuals employ various methods, with some specializing in long-range Qi attacks;

Some have unpredictable movement techniques and are tricky in close combat;

Some people practice mind-controlling techniques, their eyes gleaming with an eerie light that can disturb the mind.

Several disciples of the Heavenly Craft Hall were momentarily caught off guard and misled by his gaze, causing their movements to falter.

Fortunately, this time, all the disciples were wearing full-coverage Xuanji armor.

Otherwise, several disciples of the Heavenly Craft Hall would have been injured by other members of the Quanxing Sect.

Therefore, Zhao Tianhai immediately ordered the formation to be contracted to facilitate mutual rescue.

They planned to rely on the protection of the Xuanji Armor to withstand several waves of attacks in order to send a message for reinforcements.