Chapter 40

Just as the Corpse Puppet Daoist had thought.

Chen Ku's strength had indeed long surpassed the Golden Immortal of the Great Luo realm, enough to rival a half‑saint.

Moreover, this was also because Chen Ku deliberately suppressed himself and had not severed corpses.

Otherwise, if he wished, severing corpses would be easy, allowing him to instantly ascend to the half‑saint realm.

The Corpse Puppet Daoist also finally understood that Chen Ku was far from as simple as he appeared.

He constantly spoke of suffering, yet once he acted, he was indeed ferociously unmatched, overwhelmingly dominant.

To say he was feigning weakness to eat the strong could not be more fitting.

However, even after understanding these, the Corpse Puppet Daoist showed no trace of fear or worry.

Earlier, it was merely that I had been overconfident and looked down on Chen Ku, which caused me to be caught off guard.

Furthermore, although he had previously spat blood profusely, appearing gravely wounded, for a half‑saint expert a single thought can quell his qi and blood, restoring him instantly.

"Hmph, brat, let you see this venerable one's true methods!"

"This time, let's see how you block it!"

The Corpse Puppet Daoist said in a deep voice.

Immediately after, he let out a loud shout.

"Corpse Puppet, appear!"

His wide sleeves billowed, releasing a mist of calamitous light that spread across millions of miles, blazing brilliantly, terrifying beyond compare.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Only the sound of violent tearing through the air could be heard echoing.

Immediately thereafter, puppet after puppet appeared.

As far as the eye could see, there were over a hundred of them, densely packed, shadowy and indistinct.

Each puppet was huge and extraordinary, filled with deathly stillness, eyes hollow, giving a feeling of scalp‑tingling eeriness.

Even more horrifying, each of the over a hundred puppets emanated the aura of a Golden Immortal of the Great Luo.

This is precisely the path cultivated by the Corpse Puppet Daoist!

He refines corpses into puppets, controlling them to fight in his stead.

The Corpse Puppet Daoist's epithet comes from this!

Seeing this, Chen Ku frowned slightly.

Faced with the approach of over a hundred Golden Immortal‑level puppets, he also found it quite troublesome.

After all, these puppets are already dead things, feeling no pain and fearing no death.

Only by utterly annihilating them can the problem truly be solved.

"Ah… suffering…"

"Looks like I have to force myself to use more means."

Chen Ku let out a low sigh.

Then, without hesitation, he moved his mind and the Six Roots of Purifying Bamboo were immediately offered.

For a moment, a jade light glimmered faintly; the Six Roots of Purifying Bamboo burst forth with endless divine radiance, illuminating the universe, its divine might vast and mighty.

The aura of the supreme innate spiritual treasure circulated, complementing Chen Ku's own qi.

This was the first time he had used this natal companion spiritual treasure!

Boom—rumble!

The Six Roots of Purifying Bamboo displayed their might, massive and heavy, ferociously domineering, causing a thunderous roar throughout the heavens, deafening.

Bang!

Bang!

Wherever the Six Roots of Purifying Bamboo passed, each Golden Immortal‑level puppet exploded, shattering into severed limbs and flesh, scattering beyond the Chaos realm.

At the same time, Chen Ku's flesh shone brightly, his qi and blood surging, overturning the high heavens!

His unparalleled physical power manifested, making the Corpse Puppet Daoist, in a daze, feel as if he faced a Wu Clan expert.

Shaking heaven and moving earth!

Surging seas and lifting mountains!

Under such a terrifying outpouring of force, the might of the Six Roots of Purifying Bamboo grew even greater.

Once unleashed, a puppet would shatter instantly, without a doubt!

Instant kill!

Undoubtedly an instant kill!

Chen Ku was ferocious and unstoppable, nearly an incarnation of a killing god, seizing hearts and souls.

On the other side, watching Chen Ku unleash his natal companion spiritual treasure, the Corpse Puppet Daoist's eyes lit up.

"Hiss… another supreme innate spiritual treasure?!"

"Just how much accumulation does this kid have?"

The Corpse Puppet Daoist clearly knew that these Six Roots of Purifying Bamboo were not obtained by Chen Ku beneath the Dividing Treasure Rock.

In other words, they were originally part of Chen Ku's own accumulation.

In an instant, the Corpse Puppet Daoist's eyes burned with desire, his face full of covetousness and greed.

Chen Ku's foundation is too profound, deeper than even this half‑saint expert of his!

Thinking this, the Corpse Puppet Daoist became even more resolved to capture Chen Ku, to kill him and seize his treasure.

However, he also knew that with the six stalks of purity bamboo in hand, relying on these Great Luo-level puppets was somewhat insufficient.

On the contrary, if he continued, he would only waste these painstakingly refined puppets for nothing.

After a moment of contemplation, the Corpse Puppet Daoist's eyes turned sharp, as if he had made some kind of decision.

"Quasi-Sage puppet, emerge!"

As the Corpse Puppet Daoist's thoughts stirred,

In an instant, the remaining Great Luo puppets vanished immediately, returning to the Corpse Puppet Daoist's sea of consciousness.

But taking its place, a puppet with a larger stature and even denser deathly aura emerged.

And the aura it emitted also reached an even more terrifying Quasi-Sage level.

Without a doubt, this is indeed a Quasi-Sage-level puppet, and one of the Corpse Puppet Daoist's trump cards.

At this moment, the Corpse Puppet Daoist couldn't help but feel stifled in his heart, feeling extremely depressed.

To deal with merely a Great Luo Golden Immortal, he was actually forced to unleash such a trump card.

Pathetic!

Truly pathetic!

However, upon further thought, if he could suppress Chen Ku and seize all his opportunities, it would still be worthwhile.

No longer hesitating, the Corpse Puppet Daoist formed hand seals, and the Quasi-Sage puppet immediately erupted, launching another astonishing assault.

Although it was merely a Quasi-Sage puppet, its momentum completely surpassed the combined might of all previous Great Luo puppets.

At the same time, seeing this, Chen Ku couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

"Again?!"

"Damn, how is this old ghost so perverted?"

"Ah, suffering… too much suffering……"

Chen Ku's face fell, and he muttered in a low voice.

A few words of suffering, the Primordial True Classic began to circulate, gradually restoring the energy Chen Ku had previously expended to its original state.

Immediately afterward, he gathered his scattered thoughts and fixed his gaze upon that Quasi-Sage puppet.

"Hehe, although perverted."

"However, a Quasi-Sage-level puppet is rare indeed; this is a precious treasure."

"If I could seize it……"

Thinking this, a hint of a sinister expression flickered in Chen Ku's eyes.

Afterward, he thought no more and directly struck out.

"Buddha Kingdom in the Palm!"

"Heavenly Dao law!"

Having chosen to act, Chen Ku naturally would not continue hiding his clumsiness.

First, it was Chen Ku employing the great supernatural ability of Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.

Second, it was him deliberately mobilizing the Heavenly Dao law he had previously comprehended and infusing it into the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm great ability.

With the law infused, the supernatural ability's power surged dramatically, its qi mighty and vast.

Around him, countless cosmic stars stirred, rumbling incessantly, on the verge of collapsing.

The mighty power poured down like a divine peak of the nine heavens pressing down, causing the Corpse Puppet Daoist to feel his scalp tingle and his heart tremble with fear.

The power of the Heavenly Dao law is such that even a Quasi-Sage expert cannot match it.

Immediately, the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm great ability descended, enveloping the Quasi-Sage puppet in one fell swoop, about to take it away directly.

In the blink of an eye, the Corpse Puppet Daoist's face changed dramatically!

"You dare?!"

He let out an angry roar, his entire body's mana surging even more violently, desperately suppressing the Quasi-Sage puppet, trying to keep it.

However, Chen Ku's palm shook violently, and another series of order divine chains stretched out, binding the Quasi-Sage puppet.

Clang!

Accompanied by a sound like metal and iron piercing gold and splitting stone.

The next moment, the Quasi-Sage puppet directly broke free from the Corpse Puppet Daoist's control and flew irrevocably toward Chen Ku.

The Corpse Puppet Daoist was struck as if by lightning, frozen on the spot!

After a moment, his face flushed red.

"You… ah……"

He immediately spat out a mouthful of old blood, staining the Chaos universe.

Numbed!

Completely numbed!