Chapter 300: Corpse Puppet Girl

After lifting the coffin lid, a girl puppet wearing gorgeous clothing appeared; she walked out from the coffin.

The entire inner lining of the coffin was black, crafted from high-quality gloomy wood.

It was evident that the Corpse Speaker treasured his corpse puppet quite dearly.

She stood under the hazy moonlight like the brightest star in the night sky, her skin emitting an unnatural white glow, so white it was frightening.

Her jet-black long hair danced lightly in the wind, brushing past her shoulders and cascading down like a waterfall.

Her eyes were meticulously carved from fine sapphires, deep and bright under the illumination of the hazy moonlight.

Her eyebrows were long and slender like willow leaves; a light arch of her brows revealed an air of unruliness.

Her figure was lithe, and she wore a tight-fitting, gorgeous black outfit that embodied a heroic and spirited bearing.

The two slender, long swords in her hands were as black as ink; she performed a set of sword flourishes, emitting streaks of cold, biting sword light.

She was like a rose blooming under the moon, beautiful yet thorny, making one intoxicated by her appearance while fearing to approach her easily.

This feeling was as if a living person were standing under the moon, rather than a corpse puppet filled with the stench of death.

"Shocking, isn't it? This is one of my finest masterpieces, the shadow assassin under the moon, Long."

"She is also one of my personal bodyguards."

"You must be very curious why Long is just like a living person; it is because she was refined into a corpse puppet while she was still alive."

"I discovered that this method can fully unleash her potential."

"Even all of her Pet Beasts have been refined by me into parts of the corpse puppet."

"The ornaments in her hair are the bones of her Pet Beasts, and the clothes she wears are the pelts of her Pet Beasts."

"Even the slender bone swords in her hands were crafted by extracting and polishing the spine of her Shadow Wolf."

"Her Shadow Wolf was still alive at that time; it died only after howling for a long time, and I stripped its wolf soul to attach it to the bone sword."

"This way, the Shadow Wolf can once again guard its Pet Beast Master."

The Corpse Speaker laughed toward the sky again, his turbid eyes measuring Zhang Lingxue's body.

"Such a perfect work of art as you should have your Pet Beast's wings ripped off and inserted into your butterfly back."

"You don't seem to have any equipment-type Exotic Beast; no matter, as long as I extract your Pet Beast's tendons, I can craft them into a butterfly bow."

"How about I call you Butterfly Beauty then?"

The Corpse Speaker was conceiving how to refine Zhang Lingxue into a corpse puppet.

He seemed not at all afraid that Zhang Lingxue's Pet Beast was staring at him with an angry gaze.

He continued to plan as he pleased.

"Is that so?"

Zhang Lingxue arched her eyebrows.

"I am the Heart Moon Fox, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, a Tier 7 Beast Tamer."

"Relying on you is not enough to make me submit."

"You foolish thief who desecrates the heroic spirits, accept my judgment!"

"Go, Poison Dragon Butterfly, use Poison Breath."

The Poison Dragon Butterfly's massive compound eyes stared fixedly at the Corpse Speaker; the mere fact that the Corpse Speaker had just desecrated Zhang Lingxue was enough for the Poison Dragon Butterfly to tear him into ten thousand pieces.

"Go, Long, let me admire your heroic posture under the moon."

Long was expressionless; she was now merely a puppet.

Ye Bai used his True Sight Eye and saw the black threads connected behind the puppet, extending from the Corpse Speaker's fingertips.

It seemed the Corpse Speaker was personally taking the field to manipulate Long.

Long was like a character in a game, and the Corpse Speaker was the player controlling this character.

This was far more formidable than simply using machine-assisted manipulation.

"Come, make me even more excited."

"Shadow Power-Accumulation Sword, Butterfly Beauty, come quickly into my bowl."

Long raised the long sword in her hand and assumed a power-accumulation stance.

She thrust heavily toward the front, and a sound of tearing through the air rang out.

A black sword arc several tens of meters long appeared.

The arc light dispersed in mid-air, splitting into fragments only as thick as a thumb, flying toward the Poison Dragon Butterfly like a rain of pear blossoms.

The Poison Dragon Butterfly flapped its wings unhurriedly, and purple scales fell from its wings.

The scales emitted a dreamlike purple, spreading out in mid-air to form a thick purple fog.

The black arc light rushed into the purple fog and actually vanished in an instant.

This made the Corpse Speaker feel exceptionally surprised.

He stroked his chin.

Did this thick fog have some kind of effect?

"Interesting, but I still have time."

"Once more, Long, Long Sword Thrust."

Black shadow-type energy gathered in the long sword again, and she stabbed fiercely toward the sky.

A black sword arc even larger than the previous one appeared.

The arc light charged straight toward the purple fog, seemingly wanting to split the fog in two.

However, the moment the black arc light collided with the purple fog, a sizzling sound came from the air.

The black arc light dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye, its volume shrinking rapidly.

By the time it reached the front of the Poison Dragon Butterfly, the black arc light was only the size of a thumbprint, and it was blown away by the gusts of Gale stirred up by the Poison Dragon Butterfly.

"This mass of purple thick fog is corrosive?"

"Your Exotic Beast has actually condensed a Domain this early?"

"A Domain with corrosive properties?"

The knowledgeable Corpse Speaker discovered the clue at the first moment.

Zhang Lingxue smiled without a word and did not reply to the Corpse Speaker.

"However, even if you have condensed a Domain, so what? It won't last long if you haven't reached the eighth rank."

"If you were an eighth-rank Pet Beast Master, I would turn around and leave immediately without a second word."

"You are only seventh-rank now, the same rank as me, and I have many seventh-rank corpse puppets in my hands. Little girl, what do you have to fight me with!"

"Just obediently let me craft you into a butterfly beauty."

The Corpse Speaker said with extreme ferocity, and a hint of ruthlessness appeared in eyes that were already incomparably insane.

"Your Pet Beast is a seventh-rank light-attribute Pet Beast, and the corpse puppets I have refined are also seventh-rank Pet Beasts."

"Although light and dark are not opposites, when the dark attribute is powerful to a certain extent, it can also steadily suppress the light attribute."

The Poison Dragon Butterfly's huge compound eyes stared fixedly at the Corpse Speaker, its head shaped like a dragon's.

A melodious dragon roar was emitted from its mouth, and at some unknown time, some blood-red thick fog had appeared in the Yingxiong Muyuan.

The Corpse Speaker's attention was focused on the battle, and the surroundings were also dark; plus, the thick fog did not emit a bloody smell, so the Corpse Speaker had not discovered the clue until now. The Ten Thousand Blood Gu Butterfly appeared silently, releasing a large amount of blood gu.

Blood gu can enter a person's body through the nasal cavity, mouth, etc., thereby parasitizing the person.

As for Exotic Beasts like corpse puppets, they naturally would not feel anything from the invasion of blood gu.

The blood-red thick fog surged straight into the corpse puppets' bodies.

It is a pity that there is no blood in the corpse puppets' bodies, otherwise the blood gu could instantly spread throughout the corpse puppets' bodies through the blood.

Ye Bai watched as the Thunder Sword Li Qinglei and Dahui were fighting for their lives.

Many scars had already appeared on the Thunder Sword's body, but these scars were quickly entangled by black air currents, turning into black lines wrapped around Li Qinglei's body.

This is the unique feature of corpse puppets; as long as they are transformed into corpse puppets, even if they suffer damage during the battle, they will instantly heal.

The Thunder Sword was fighting more and more fiercely, thunder wrapping around the precious sword, emitting a deafening pressure.

The violent thunder and lightning rushed out like a dragon emerging from the sea, but just as it was about to fall on Dahui, the thunder dragon let out a whimper, and its body also dispersed.

Dahui's thunder armor and Thunder God Axe absorbed this violent thunder and lightning completely.

The Thunder God Eye was being slowly repaired.

Ye Bai felt that he had found a way to deal with the Thunder Bird's attack.

He could completely utilize the power of the Thunder God Eye to absorb currents of ten million volts of thunder and lightning.

I wonder if such violent current can repair the Thunder God Eye and let the Thunder God Axe recover its true posture.

The Sun Flower Emperor was already lying in ambush nearby, waiting for Ye Bai's command.

Once Ye Bai issued the command to attack, the Sun Flower Emperor would turn this vicinity into a paradise of light.

All dark-type Pet Beasts would have their bodies eroded as if by strong acid in this holy light, eventually vanishing into thin air.

This was the hidden hand Ye Bai had left behind.

The moon was shrouded by dense dark clouds, and streaks of violent thunder and lightning danced in mid-air, emitting bursts of deafening thunder.

Ye Bai looked up at the sky; it seemed the Thunder Birds could no longer hold back and were about to launch a total offensive.

Hopefully, the Nantianmen Fortress can hold up against this wave of offensive.

It seems the Corpse Speaker's side will not end this battle easily.

Above the Nantianmen Fortress, Thunder Light Flicker.

The Thunder Birds gathered together, and golden electric arcs radiated from their bodies.

The entire sky was suddenly illuminated.

The current fell from the sky with the momentum of an avalanche, turning into a violent thunder dragon.

The protective shield of the Nantianmen Fortress had already been activated.

Horn Wood Wolf secretly broke into a cold sweat; even he did not know if this protective shield could withstand the violent strike of the Thunder Birds.

The thunder dragon fell from the sky and smashed heavily onto the protective shield.

The protective shield emitted a violent shaking, and the entire Nantianmen Fortress was swaying.

Horn Wood Wolf and the others felt as if they were a lone boat in a Rainstorm night, struggling to resist.

The protective shield also became incomparably dim several times, and just when it was about to shatter, it recovered with the replenishment of energy.

The thunder dragon lasted for a long time before it completely dissipated.

Many Thunder Birds had emptied the current in their bodies and would need a while to recover.

Soon, Horn Wood Wolf received the report on the damage to Nantianmen from this attack.

He sighed secretly, having already prepared for the worst.

This was only the first wave of attacks; judging by the posture of the Thunder Bird flock, they should be able to launch dozens more attacks.

Whether the Nantianmen Fortress could hold on, Horn Wood Wolf expressed doubt.

But he could not say it out loud; he had to believe that the Nantianmen Fortress could hold on. If he, as the commander, despaired, it would severely damage morale.

"Lord Horn Wood Wolf, in this attack, the overall damage to Nantianmen is not very large. Except for one Earth Wall that collapsed quite a bit due to violent shaking, other places were undamaged."

"However, our stored thunder stones have encountered a small situation."

Upon hearing this, Horn Wood Wolf's eyes widened immediately; thunder stones were a very important link.

This concerned the defense of the entire Nantianmen and could not afford any mistakes.

"What problem occurred with the thunder stones? Don't dawdle, report it quickly," Horn Wood Wolf said sternly.

"This charging of the thunder stones was very successful, but we can only fully charge fifty thunder stones at a time."

"Currently, our Nantianmen Fortress has only stored a total of one thousand Thunder Stones. If we continue at the current intensity of attacks, we estimate that we won't last long before the protective shield fails to withstand the Thunder Birds' attacks and is breached by lightning," a subordinate reported.

Upon hearing this report, Horn Wood Wolf also wore a troubled expression; manufacturing a Thunder Stone is not that simple, as it involves numerous processes and requires a large amount of rare resources.

Otherwise, there wouldn't only be one thousand Thunder Stones in Nantianmen Fortress.

After Han Yan and Zhang Dashan heard the news, they walked in.

"Do not be afraid. Besides the Thunder Stones, we also possess an underground power storage device; this device can withstand hundreds of millions of volts of current."

Han Yan said with the air of someone who had everything under control.

However, he also had not expected that a single wave of attacks from the Thunder Birds would almost shatter the protective shield.

"There is no time to manufacture Thunder Stones now, but we can take advantage of the moment when the Thunder Birds are lacking follow-up strength to bring the Thunder Birds into the Secret Realm Space."

"The Imperial Capital Research Institute has already developed bait capable of luring the Thunder Birds, and the specific formula has already been sent over."

"As long as we follow this formula to make the bait, the Thunder Birds will naturally enter the Secret Realm obediently."

"By then, we can begin the experiment of secretly taming the Thunder Birds."

"Everyone, hold on for a little longer; victory is right before our eyes."

"In order to be able to absorb more Exotic Beasts, we have also specifically cleared out several large Secret Realm Spaces, and we will find ways to lure these Exotic Beasts into them."

"This can minimize everyone's casualties to the greatest extent."

Han Yan brought a piece of good news.

Nantianmen Fortress also possessed a specialized team of Breeders.

Thus, the team of Breeders worked overtime to research and create a palm-sized, blue-purple bait according to the formula.

This bait was ethereal, carrying faint electric arcs.

Jiao Mujiao gave a look to a Pet Beast Master nearby, and he immediately released a Thunder Wolf.

After the Thunder Wolf saw the bait, it immediately went into a frenzy.

It pounced forward like a madman and swallowed the bait into its belly; the speed was so fast that even the Thunder Wolf's Pet Beast Master could not stop it in time.

After the Thunder Wolf ate the bait, its four legs could no longer stand straight; it collapsed on the ground, revealing a very intoxicated expression.

At the same time, a thick, exotic fragrance emanated from the Thunder Wolf's body.

"This formula contains God-Drunken Stone, which is said to be a gemstone that even gods find intoxicating, and it also contains fragments of Thunder Crystals."

When one of the Exotic Beasts swallows the bait, its body will also emit a strong fragrance, luring more Exotic Beasts.

Jiao Mujiao felt that this bait would definitely be able to attract many Thunder Birds.

Once the Thunder Birds are lured into the Secret Realm, it will definitely be able to reduce quite a bit of pressure on Nantianmen Fortress.

(End of this chapter)