The sword light split and converged, unpredictable in its movents, each strike leaving deep, bone-revealing lacerations on its extraordinarily resilient dark golden fur.
More terrifying to it was the ground; a Fourth Rank Middle Grade Rat Demon, whose cultivation far surpassed its own, was firmly suppressing it.
"Slash!"
Xu Ping’s mind stirred, his finger pointed.
The grayish sword aura descended like the heavenly judgnt blade, unimpeded, penetrating through the Gold-Eating Rat King’s open maw, erging from the back of its neck!
Splurt!
The Gold-Eating Rat King’s eyes, filled with brutality and despair, instantly lost all their brilliance.
Its massive body suddenly stiffened, then collapsed like all its bones had been removed, crashing onto the rock-filled black reef.
The earth quivered, dust mixed with demon blood soared skyward.
The battle ca to an abrupt end.
In the eyes of Water Lake Rat, however, shone excitent and fierceness, scampering up to the Rat King’s corpse.
Then, it skillfully broke open the chest, retrieving a radiant golden Essence Soul Pill imbued with pure gold earth energy.
"Master, here!"
Although Water Lake Rat was very covetous, it still presented it before Xu Ping.
Xu Ping took the still subtly pulsating golden pill, then glanced at the massive mountain-like, bones like iron body of the Rat King on the ground.
Seven years of fighting, wandering the Middle Sea territory, the third Fourth Rank Demon Beast, was slain.
It wasn’t particularly laborious to kill a Fourth Rank Demon Beast, the main challenge was tracking them.
In the Endless Sea, it was exceedingly difficult for humans to trace the whereabouts of Fourth Rank Demon Beasts.
Fortunately, with Water Lake Rat around, thanks to its Tier Four Middle Grade Demon Beast rat’s scent, searching beca significantly easier.
With this thought.
Xu Ping’s gaze fell on Water Lake Rat, a hint of approval in his eyes: "You’ve done well these years, here’s your reward!"
He snapped his fingers, and the Essence Soul Pill of the Gold-Eating Rat King burst forth.
"Thank you, Master!"
Water Lake Rat’s eyes lit up and imdiately swallowed the Essence Soul Pill in one gulp.
This Essence Soul Pill from a fellow rat offered great benefits to its own cultivation, and it had long coveted it.
Now, it finally got its wish.
"Hmm."
Xu Ping nodded slightly and then began pondering his next moves.
"Now there are already three Fourth Rank Puppet materials, and the quasi-Fourth Rank Puppet materials are basically gathered, it’s ti to stop hunting demon beasts and turn to repairing the Puppet Array."
The Puppet Array, being one of his aces, naturally needed repairing as soon as possible.
Moreover, utilizing these three Fourth Rank Puppet materials would upgrade his Puppet Array again.
"However, crafting puppets is ti-consuming and labor-intensive, so a hidden location is necessary."
With this in mind, Xu Ping took Water Lake Rat to find a secluded island.
One month later.
Xu Ping descended on a desolate island in the bay.
After modifying the island and establishing a cave mansion, Xu Ping began refining puppets.
...
Ten years of ti, like the unending tides outside the island, silently flowed by.
Deep within the mansion, isolated from the noises of ti.
Xu Ping sat in ditation at the Artifact Refining Array’s core, his face serene, yet his gaze astoundingly bright.
Before him stood ten towering figures, silent and still.
Each of these puppets stood over ten feet tall, exuding an invisible pressure.
The pressure intertwined and overlapped, dense like lead rcury, filling every inch of space within the cave mansion, making even the air seem to thicken.
"Great success... accomplished!"
Looking at his masterpiece over the past ten years, Xu Ping’s lips couldn’t help but curve into a smile.
During these ten years, he crafted two Fourth Rank Puppets, six quasi-Fourth Rank Puppets, and incidentally repaired two damaged Fourth Rank Puppets.
This level of efficiency far exceeded that of a typical Fourth Rank Puppet Master.
"Let’s test the Puppet Array’s power!"
Suppressing the anticipation in his heart, Xu Ping began controlling the puppets to form an array.
"Rise!"
Xu Ping executed his magic technique.
The aura of the ten previously silent puppets instantly rged into one.
A colossal virtual phantom array map, covering the entire cave mansion and exquisitely intricate, unfurled at the ten feet of the puppets.
An invisible pressure spread in all directions, even Water Lake Rat felt the vast stress.
This Puppet Array’s power completely reached the level of a top-tier Mid-stage Nascent Soul.
Even surpassing the average top-tier Mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator by a notch.
As for defensive power, it’s needless to say, Puppet Arrays are renowned for their defense.
"Good, truly good!"
Feeling the power within the Puppet Array, Xu Ping’s smile on his lips grew uncontrollably, bursting into laughter.
With the Puppet Array upgraded, it did not disappoint him.
With this Puppet Array, his combat and survival abilities enhanced further.
He now eagerly anticipated the full version of the Fourth Rank Puppet Array’s formidable power, how astonishing it would be.
However, the one downside is that the current Puppet Array has reached the limit of his control, requiring enhancent in cultivation and his Qi Blood Power.
"The road, after all, needs to be walked step by step." Xu Ping suppressed his turbulent emotions, his gaze returning to calm.
"The urgent task is still accumulation!"
With a wave of Xu Ping’s sleeve, ten steel warriors exuding vast pressure transford into streams of light, entering the storage ring at his waist.
The suffocating pressure in the cave mansion suddenly eased.
Nonetheless, Xu Ping did not imdiately depart.
Ten years of sleepless and tireless extre refining had consud an enormous amount of mind and mana.
Even as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he felt deeply fatigued.
"Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay the work of chopping wood."
Xu Ping sat cross-legged, beginning to exercise to restore mana and recover from the fatigue in his mind and spirit.
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