Chapter 1516 - 1077: Puppet City

Chapter 1516: Chapter 1077: Puppet City

One person and two puppets, just like that, riding a tall mech flying around the desolate Mingqi Star, following the pale blue arrow which seems endless.

Flying over mountains, flying over deserts, and past decaying, collapsed cities. The color of the land beneath gradually turned yellow, and after more than an hour, they entered the desert.

The fierce wind swept up the yellow sand, turning the sky dark and dim.

"Look, what is that ahead?" Yun Shu pointed to the distant rolling yellow sand, hesitating, "Is it a mountain?"

"Looks more like a person? A very large, tall person!" Yun Ying observed for a moment and gasped, "Could it be a giant that was originally living on Mingqi Star and didn’t manage to evacuate?"

She paused for a moment and asked uncertainly, "There should be giants in the world, right?"

"It could also just be a demon beast that looks human-shaped, or some other species." Yun Shu whispered, "Or maybe a living being from the Demon Race, honestly, its appearance is a bit eerie."

Listening to their murmurs, Jiang Yuan squinted slightly, also feeling a "giant" within the rolling yellow sand.

Honestly, this figure may not compare to the Fiery Evil Demon Monarch, but in this environment, it is indeed quite creepy.

[Ten Thousand Puppet Sect Puppet City: The Ten Thousand Puppet Sect uses the mountain as a base to expand outward and create a representative Puppet City. At its peak, it could accommodate millions of people. In crucial moments, the Sect Leader could command this Puppet City for defense, attack, and even detach from the mountain, carrying the sect’s cultivators away.

Disciples of the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect forge various types of puppets, many are sold to the Otherworld and are well received. The sect grew large and wealthy, and before the invasion of the Demon Realm, they received the news and gradually migrated to the Otherworld.

Due to its massive size and inability for long-distance flight or transmission, this Puppet City, combining years of effort from the sect, was not taken away. Also, due to the loss of its most vital core—the Puppet’s Heart—demonic energy invasion and long-term disrepair, the entire city was left with only its astonishing overall structure]

The mech was fast, and shortly after, Jiang Yuan saw the details pop up from the system.

"It’s really a person! Someone cultivating!" Yun Ying and Yun Shu were still in awe.

Through the yellow sand, they could vaguely see it was a colossal, sky-reaching humanoid figure, sitting cross-legged with open hands, seemingly running a cultivation technique.

"It’s a puppet city shaped like a human." Jiang Yuan finished reading the details, feeling a mixture of emotions.

Using puppets as a city, no wonder it was a sect focused on puppet creation!

It’s a pity that this enormous entity can no longer regain its former glory; more regrettable is that the system did not indicate to which Otherworld the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect migrated. Now they can only hope in the Secret Realm in Qing Niao’s memory, and wonder what kind of relationship she had with the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect that allowed her access to the sect’s Secret Realm.

They were getting closer while talking.

They could clearly see the large, ragged holes exposed after parts fell off. From a distance, it looked like a complete "person," but when closer, it was seen as colorful, incomplete, yet still able to spy the grandeur of its heyday from the remaining frame.

Jiang Yuan directed the mech to stop on the cliff exposed on the shoulder of the puppet city, then stored it away with a flick of his hand. ℴ

"From the scale of the city, the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect was practically the overlord of this Little World, larger than many sects above the Wilderness. Moreover, using puppets to create a city, it’s bold and intriguing!" Yun Ying noticed immediately the remnants of large characters on the tall, majestic city walls—Ten Thousand Puppets.

Only eroded by demonic energy, the barely standing characters were somewhat incomplete as well.

Yun Shu was too shocked to speak, carefully touching the broken components beside her, and after a while, she exclaimed, "Such a big and intricate puppet, how many people had to forge it for how many years to craft such a magnificent sight?"

Both she and Jiang Yuan were outsiders admiring the spectacle, while the puppet master Yun Ying was the insider understanding the method.

"In fact, when it was first forged, they probably didn’t expect it to become this large scale." She pointed to rusty parts exposed beneath a hole, explaining patiently, "At first, they probably only intended to forge a few Sect Guardian Puppet Beasts.

Look over there, you can still see traces of beast shapes, and from the forging technique to the appearance, it’s evidently more ancient. But the brilliance lies in the subsequent expansion and design of the sect, able to integrate the initial puppet beasts with new designs, capable of integration and separate usage!

If I’m correct, this human-shaped puppet city gradually expanded and fused step by step, ultimately forming what it is.

It can be used as a complete human-shaped puppet, while the various small puppets integrated during the expansion can also be individually controlled. Together they are a whole; separated, they are independent puppets. So clever and ingenious!"

For puppet masters, being able to closely inspect and study the treasure built by countless predecessors over unknown years, even though it’s a dilapidated, incomplete version, it’s still a rare treasure trove.

Regrettably, the forging materials originally filled with spiritual energy have been destroyed by demonic energy invasion, making it impossible to find valuable materials for recovery.

"Its heart area is hollow!" Yun Ying excitedly moved around the Puppet Mountain, taking endless photos with the Memory Stone.

Then she discovered a cavity. From the remaining traces, this should be some kind of power source for the colossal human-shaped puppet city.