Chapter 468: Earth Demon Puppets, Pill Chamber
"The Nine Heavens Thunder can actually absorb the power of these thunderbolts?"
Feeling the changes within his body, Mo Yu was taken aback, then a look of joy flashed across his face.
The Nine Heavens Thunder was born from the highest skies, a terrifying mysterious thunder that grows by absorbing natural lightning. It ranks quite high on the list of twelve mystical thunders. Previously, it had only absorbed eighth-grade artifact lightning to grow, but now, the thunder in this Thunder Path was having the same effect. This was an unexpected delight for Mo Yu.
Since that's the case, why not take this opportunity to strengthen the Nine Heavens Thunder even more?
With this thought, Mo Yu didn't hesitate. He found a suitable spot to sit cross-legged and summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder. Although the primary objective was to seek the inheritance of the Nine-Winged Purple Gold Serpent, Mo Yu realized that this inheritance palace was far from simple. There was no need to rush, better to seize the benefits at hand first.
In the next moment, a dazzling blue thunderbolt appeared in Mo Yu's palm. It looked like a cloud, but the terrifying aura it emitted was bone-chilling.
It was the Nine Heavens Thunder!
"Devour!"
As the mysterious thunder emerged, all other thunder submitted!
Under Mo Yu's control, the Nine Heavens Thunder acted like a ravenous beast, greedily devouring the thunderbolts continuously released by the Thunder Path. Any one of these thunderbolts could severely injure a Douzong-level expert, yet they were effortlessly swallowed by the Nine Heavens Thunder without resistance.
As it absorbed the thunderbolts, the aura of the Nine Heavens Thunder grew stronger, its terrifying pressure and the constant crackle of electricity echoed throughout the corridor.
Seeing this, Mo Yu closed his eyes and waited quietly for the Nine Heavens Thunder to transform…
As time passed, when Mo Yu finally opened his eyes again, the crackling sound had disappeared.
The thunder in the Thunder Path had been completely devoured, and the Nine Heavens Thunder had grown several times stronger, like an inflated balloon.
"Oh, it has reached its mature stage."
Mo Yu was momentarily stunned, then joy spread across his face.
The mature stage of the Nine Heavens Thunder was just one step away from its peak. Once it reached that level, Mo Yu would control six pinnacle-level mystical thunders. If he broke through to the Dou Zun stage and unleashed the Black Gold Thunderball formed by the fusion of six pinnacle-level thunders, even high-level Dou Zun experts would find it hard to escape unscathed.
"This Sea Demon Sovereign truly had remarkable means to gather such a vast amount of heavenly thunder to create this Thunder Path," Mo Yu remarked with admiration.
Without the help of this Thunder Path, the Nine Heavens Thunder could not have grown to the mature stage so quickly. In a way, this was Mo Yu's good fortune.
Shaking his head, Mo Yu stopped thinking about it. Now that the thunder in the path had been consumed, it was time to search for the Nine-Winged Purple Gold Serpent's inheritance.
Retracting the Nine Heavens Thunder, Mo Yu didn't immediately absorb the mysterious thunder energy it returned to him. Instead, he headed deeper into the passage.
The corridor wasn't long, and with Mo Yu's speed, it took only a few minutes to reach the end. However, at the end, five entrances appeared, leaving Mo Yu momentarily confused.
"Five entrances?"
Mo Yu's silver eyes swept across the five nearly identical doorways, raising his eyebrows in surprise.
Even though it was hard to tell which entrance led to the true inheritance, Mo Yu had his own method. He took out the purple-gold scale he carried and tested it at each entrance. As expected, the scale glowed brightly at the third entrance.
"Here!"
Seeing this, Mo Yu's silver eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he dashed through the third entrance.
Unlike the Thunder Path, this entrance posed no danger, though it was incredibly long. Just when Mo Yu thought the passage might never end, after about ten minutes, he finally saw a faint light ahead.
Sighing with relief, Mo Yu quickened his pace and burst out, finding himself in a vast square.
At the far end of the square stood a massive, heavy stone door. In front of the door were ten tall, straight figures, standing like spears, their bodies silver in color, eyes hollow, faces expressionless like ancient corpses.
"Earth Demon Puppets?"
Seeing these corpse-like figures, Mo Yu's eye twitched involuntarily in surprise.
He wasn't unfamiliar with these silver puppets. He had a necro-puppet in his Beast Ring, which was different from the Earth Demon Puppets but operated on a similar principle.
The puppets outside the stone door, all gleaming in silver, were clearly at the Earth Demon Puppet level. According to Mo Yu's research, these ten Earth Demon Puppets should have the strength of peak Douzong experts, which was already quite formidable.
"It seems that behind this stone door lies the real relic," Mo Yu murmured, looking at the heavy door.
Ten peak Douzong-level puppets guarding the door clearly indicated this was no ordinary place.
"However, there's a faint spatial fluctuation on the stone door, which means it can't be opened by brute force. In that case, the method to open it must be linked to these ten puppets."
Mo Yu's brows furrowed as he scanned the puppets before focusing on the Earth Demon Puppets themselves.
Rubbing his chin, Mo Yu summoned his necro-puppet and commanded it to test the puppet on the far right.
With a single command, the necro-puppet raised its green sword and charged toward the Earth Demon Puppet.
"Crack!"
When the necro-puppet was ten meters away from the Earth Demon Puppet, a sound like creaking bones echoed from the previously motionless Earth Demon Puppet. Its hollow eyes locked onto the necro-puppet, and with a grip of its hand, a dazzling silver spear appeared.
"Whoosh!"
In a flash of silver light, the Earth Demon Puppet attacked like lightning, its spear slicing through the air toward the necro-puppet.
"Boom!"
The silver spear collided with the green sword, creating a fierce explosion in front of the stone door. Even the ground trembled, raising clouds of dust.
The necro-puppet, though only a seven-star Douzong, managed to hold its own against the Earth Demon Puppet thanks to the power of its green sword.
"Roar!"
Just as the fight reached a stalemate, the Earth Demon Puppet paused. Its silver eyes flashed, and a low roar came from its throat. At that moment, a powerful heavenly thunder erupted from under its feet, crackling around its body. Mo Yu watched in shock as the silver light on the puppet's body began to fade, slowly replaced by a golden glow.
In a matter of moments, the golden light fully replaced the silver.
"It's evolving!"
Seeing this, Mo Yu's eyebrows shot up in surprise.
Evolution from an Earth Demon Puppet to a Heaven Demon Puppet was no easy feat. In the original text, it took Xiao Yan's puppet countless thunder tribulations to achieve such an evolution.
"It must be the effect of the Thunder Path. It seems the Sea Demon Sovereign put a lot of effort into creating this inheritance hall!"
Mo Yu quickly calmed his surprise, muttering to himself.
"Whoosh!"
The now-golden Heaven Demon Puppet stamped its foot, sending cracks through the ground, and in a flash, it appeared in front of the necro-puppet, its golden fist slamming down.
"Boom!"
Even though the necro-puppet fearlessly met the blow with all its strength, the difference in power was too great, and it was forced to retreat.
After the necro-puppet was pushed back ten meters, the Heaven Demon Puppet retracted its fist and flashed back to its position outside the stone door, the golden glow fading as it returned to its silver Earth Demon Puppet form.
Just as the necro-puppet was about to challenge again, Mo Yu stopped it and stored it back into his Beast Ring.
He had seen enough to understand the Earth Demon Puppets' abilities, and a smile of delight appeared in his eyes.
A single peak Douzong-level Earth Demon Puppet might not seem like much, but ten together were a different story. Moreover, these puppets could temporarily evolve into Heaven Demon Puppets, doubling their power. Even a Dou Zun expert would struggle against them.
Because Earth Demon Puppets lack pain receptors, they are pure killing machines. If necessary, these ten puppets could potentially exchange their lives to take down a Dou Zun expert.
With this thought, Mo Yu squinted, his gaze fixed on the ten puppets with a hint of desire.
Though he didn't have a special method to convert the Earth Demon Puppets into Heaven Demon Puppets, he did have the Nine Heavens Thunder. Now that it had matured, it had enough energy to sustain these ten puppets.
If one day all ten puppets reached the Dou Zun level, Mo Yu would have struck gold.
The combined attack of ten Dou Zun-level puppets would force even high-level Dou Zun experts to retreat.
At this thought, a smile curled at the corner of Mo Yu's lips.
"Creak."
As Mo Yu stored the ten puppets into his Beast Ring, the heavy stone door made a creaking sound as it slowly opened a crack.
With the door opening, a sense of ancient desolation swept out, filling Mo Yu with a hint of reverence.
No matter what, ancient relics always carried a sacred weight to those in the present.
"Rumble!"
The stone door opened, and Mo Yu quickly rushed through before sealing the door behind him.
Ahead of him lay a spacious corridor.
On either side of the corridor stood neat and tidy pavilions, seemingly the living quarters of the Sea Demon Sovereign.
"Oh, the scent of pills!"
As Mo Yu walked down the corridor, he suddenly caught a familiar scent, causing his heart to stir.
"And a strong one at that. There must be quite a few pills here. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a pill storage chamber."
Ancient pills... now that piqued Mo Yu's interest.
Thinking of the various miraculous properties of ancient pills, Mo Yu's silver eyes sparkled. Without hesitation, he rushed toward the source of the medicinal scent.
He was almost certain now that the Sea Demon Sovereign was likely a Nine-Winged Purple Gold Serpent. If that was the case, this pill chamber might hold information about the inheritance.
The hallways of the palace were like a maze, but thanks to the scent of the pills, Mo Yu managed to navigate them. After about ten minutes, he finally slowed down.
In front of him stood an ancient hall, exuding a mysterious aura. On the hall were two large characters:
"Pill Chamber!"
(End of Chapter)
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