SWNOVELXO Chapter 415: Danger
The result would be a killing machine that only knew to fight till their enemy died.
'Thankfully, I don't need to use this now; even though they are stronger than my current method, what I use is far more versatile.
And who knows what Ming Hao would think if he knew I used such an evil method for my puppet? Will he hate me?
What am I even thinking? Now is not the time for this.'
Xue Fang shook the weird thoughts out of her mind and then focused back on the battlefield.
"Do you still have the material to make another one?"
"We have a spare, but it's on his storage ring," the formation elder pointed at one of his comrades.
The body was located close to the ghoul that was now pursuing the other elder. His face was pale, etched with panic and fear.
He didn't want to die. Not now, when he had just found a way to become stronger. He had tried to contact the sect elder, but there was no reply.
His only hope was the strange enemy that had attacked them out of nowhere.
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Swosh! The ghoul's sharp claw passed through empty air as the elder ducked to dodge the attack.
With a ragged breath, he activated a talisman that teleported him a distance away, giving him some chance to breathe.
He had one to run far away, but the elder didn't even try using it as he knew the formation locking the city down would stop it.
Xue Fang hadn't ordered them to make a move yet, as she thought right now it was useful for them, to make sure no one escaped. With their current enemy, different from Ynayu, she felt they would provide no help at all.
The elder then pointed his palm forward, and his qi churned as he shot out a blue fire in the form of a dragon. The blue fire was their sect's signature.
It had intense heat and unique properties that allowed them to easily mold it into other attacks or infuse it into weapons.
The blue dragon shot out like a projectile, meeting up with the ghoul. The heat burned its skin, but the ghoul didn't feel anything. With a guttural growl, it started clawing in succession, trying to rip it apart.
Dark qi covered its hand, giving it unique properties that somehow allowed the ghoul to attack the dragon as if it were a real living being.
Seeing this fight, Xue Fang shook her head, 'No matter how strong, he still fights like a beast. Maybe I should try to trap him instead, rather than using the formation to seal him.'
Her finger then danced in the air, sending commands to her puppet. Two of them moved forward as they took out a sword and shield.
The formation elder looked at them with curiosity. The sword was a normal weapon, but the metallic object in the puppet's hand was something new for him.
He knew it was a shield, something that civilians often used in their conflicts. But for cultivators, he had never seen anyone use one.
The puppet with the shield dashed toward the ghoul. At high speed, with a loud bang, it tackled him away, crashing into a nearby house. The bleeding elder used the time to quickly gulp multiple pills.
His qi was nearly depleted, blood kept dripping from the stump, and his life-saving talisman was all used. He really almost died now.
The second puppet began its move, walking toward the corpse to pick the formation material. At the same time, Xue Fang also started ordering other puppets to move, gathering the storage rings of the others.
The formation elder could only shake his head, as there was nothing he could do. He walked toward his comrade to help him recover faster.
Meanwhile, the ghoul started fighting back. With unnatural movements, it climbed the shield and then pierced its nails into the puppet.
With its sharpness, it was like putting a needle through butter.
Xue Fang's face quickly changed the moment this happened. She could feel it. In that instant, the dark energy of the ghoul corrupted the puppet; it even moved and tracked her location.
'This energy is not like qi,' she commented as she ran out of her hiding, trying to move to a new place.
The energy she felt was like a million ants moving; it gave her a creepy feeling like they were alive. But unfortunately, she was too late.
After she cut the connection, the puppet moved by itself, losing its combat effectiveness. Normally Xue Fang would make it go back down and tackle back while making sure to avoid all attacks from the ghoul. But without her control, the last set-up command was attacking every enemy in the vicinity.
The ghoul's hand easily pierced through the puppet's head. It then started biting and tearing it into shreds. Within seconds, the puppet was turned into scraps.
Its eyes then locked toward Xue Fang's direction. Like a leopard pouncing on its prey, the ghoul shot through like a bullet, destroying everything blocking its path.
Five puppets quickly appeared beside Xue Fang. She could sense the ghoul was coming in her direction. The five were holding huge towering shields; they raised them forward, creating a barricade preparing to block its attack.
But like a bowling ball scoring a strike in a single shot, the puppets were knocked out into the air. Xue Fang frowned and sent out dozens of puppets, making them run in formation to block its path.
'Dammit, it's learning!' she cursed in her mind while she moved the other two on the ritual site to fix the formation array.
The ghoul's attacks became more ferocious. If before it just used its bones to pull at the target, this time it transformed into a sword, and the being did swordplay.
Xue Fang didn't know who to curse. When fighting against the elder, the ghoul didn't evolve and just kept going with the same pattern. But the moment it attacked her, it started to change.
Later on, she would learn the cause of this, and it would make her fuming with anger.