Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 1159: Chapter 439: Natural Martial Arts

Ao Pan was slightly taken aback, feeling quite surprised.

He thought for a moment, realizing that he had to be comrades with Tie Zheng in the future, then chuckled and said: "What do you mean by this? Fellow Daoist Tie Zheng, you and I both came here to participate in the Xingyun Trial, and we are naturally competitors."

"Isn’t forming alliances what should be done here?"

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being too strong, forcing me to unite the weak against the strong."

Tie Zheng’s forehead pulsed with veins: "I refuse to listen to your explanation, you vile person!"

Ao Pan: ...

Lu Zeng chimed in: "Ah, you’re from abroad, you don’t know his past. Why bother over this now, let’s team up to defeat him."

Even though Tie Zheng was a Loose Cultivator, he came from a prestigious family, having a very high starting point.

Unfortunately, he encountered betrayal from many people, including his parents, wife, and sworn brothers.

As a result, disheartened, he separated from his family, chose to become a Loose Cultivator, and wandered alone for a long time, cultivating in the wild.

Consequently, his character became eccentric and solitary, often immersed in past pain, and he would react severely to even the smallest betrayal.

Ao Pan took a deep breath, the long whip in his hand sliced through the air, emitting a piercing shriek straight at Tie Zheng.

Tie Zheng raised his weapon to defend.

Ao Pan’s arm and wrist trembled repeatedly, the long whip in his hand seemed alive, changing its trajectory and entangling Tie Zheng’s knife handle.

At the same time, Ao Pan swung out another Mysterious Armor with his other hand.

Bronze radiance exploded outward, and in the next moment, a massive Siege Hammer appeared in mid-air, crushing towards Ao Pan.

Boom!

Tie Zheng dodged, the Siege Hammer smashed onto the ground, causing the whole cave to shake violently!

At the same time, the bronze knife in his hand could not be guarded and was ensnared by Ao Pan’s long whip.

"Let go!" Ao Pan shouted coldly, exerting force suddenly.

Tie Zheng tried to grip it with all his might, but he couldn’t match Ao Pan’s strength, and had to let go, his hand torn, blood gushing.

Ao Pan was a Golden Core Level Body Cultivation, while Tie Zheng was a Martial Cultivator.

There was a difference between the two.

In terms of physical quality, Ao Pan was stronger than Tie Zheng.

"Well done!" Lu Zeng exclaimed joyfully.

Ao Pan, holding Tie Zheng’s weapon, gripped it tightly, suppressing it with all his strength, while simultaneously using his Divine Sense to retrieve the Siege Hammer.

This weapon was too large and heavy, suitable for battlefield use, but in single combat, it was of little use.

For the most part, Ao Pan didn’t expect it to create damage,

so when using it, he just saw it as a cover that must be attacked back, with the real offensive to be launched separately.

"Having seized one bronze artifact from Tie Zheng, next time he will be prepared. It won’t be easy to achieve this result with the Siege Hammer again!" Ao Pan’s eyes glinted with cold light.

Ao Pan then glanced at Lu Zeng, hesitated for a moment, and handed over the bronze knife he just seized.

"You lack weapons, refine this one!"

"I’ll hold him off first."

Lu Zeng was stunned, somewhat surprised.

Ao Pan’s decision was wise. In the previous two-against-one, many of Lu Zeng’s bronze artifacts were damaged, leaving him almost without handy weapons, severely diminishing his combat strength.

He was neither a Martial Cultivator nor a Body Cultivation but a Mechanism Cultivator. The more bronze artifacts he mastered, the more combat strength he could unleash.

Ao Pan’s cooperative sincerity made Lu Zeng look at him anew.

You know, Ao Pan could have easily kept the artifact for himself, adding another Mysterious Armor to his arsenal. Such items didn’t last long, and easily got damaged in fierce combat.

But he didn’t do that, instead willingly benefiting Lu Zeng.

This action immediately mended the previous rift from attacking Lu Zeng, making their temporary combat alliance several times stronger.

Tie Zheng was furious!

"Good! Good! Very good!" His eyes were red, the pain and disgrace imprinted deep within his life resurfacing again.

His arms suddenly spread to his sides, left hand wielding a bronze sword with sword light flickering, and right hand held a bronze spear measuring twelve feet. A bronze scythe with a ferocious shape hovered beside his left waist, and a bronze long rod completely rounded hung by his right waist.

Martial Arts—Golden Iron Clashing!

Instantly, sword light glistened like snow, spear shadows stood like forests, the scythe carved a lethal arc, and the long rod swept horizontally like a beast’s tail!

Around Tie Zheng, a storm of gold and iron arose.

Ao Pan and Lu Zeng were driven back step by step.

Lu Zeng was desperately refining the bronze knife and shouted: "Can you hold on?"

Ao Pan gritted his teeth, standing in front of Lu Zeng.

He summons the Siege Hammer again, crashing it into Tie Zheng.

Clang clang clang...

A continuous string of explosions, the Siege Hammer crashing into Tie Zheng’s surrounding storm of gold and iron, igniting countless sparks, instantly radiant.

The storm of gold and iron lost momentum sharply, while the Siege Hammer was battered beyond recognition. After a few breaths of support, it was teleported away by the Great Array of the Xuan Armor Cave.

But it successfully gained crucial time for Ao Pan and Lu Zeng.

Lu Zeng retreated swiftly, refining the bronze knife, distancing himself from Tie Zheng.

Ao Pan cautiously maintained distance from Tie Zheng, wielding his favorite bronze whip, swinging it continuously.

The whip snapped loudly, whip shadows flew like dragons and pythons, striking around Tie Zheng, forcibly stopping the storm of gold and iron.

Under Tie Zheng’s mask, his gaze was cold, his left shoulder slightly shook, releasing the sixth Mysterious Armor, a bronze bow.

The bronze bow floated above his head, automatically drawing back the bowstring, with two twangs, firing a rocket, then an Ice Arrow.