Chapter 61: Annihilating the Human Puppet Emperor

Upon hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Hong Feng was stunned for a moment, then let out a scoff.

"Bluffing!"

"I have now gathered the strength of all the human puppets; even if you were a Peerless War Emperor, you would have to retreat three times over. Below the Venerable Realm, I am invincible!"

"What do you have to fight me with!"

Before Hong Feng's voice had even faded, his aura climbed once more. That water-elemental Dharma Image reached several thousand zhang in height, appearing like a god descending to the world, radiating endless majesty.

With a wave of his hand, the surging water transformed into a great river, pouring down toward Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan's lips curled, and her own Dharma Image emerged behind her.

It was likewise a giant composed of liquid water, yet it radiated a chilling, biting cold aura.

Its appearance was seventy percent similar to Liu Ruyan's, its figure was incomparably proud, and it looked extremely bewitching.

"Extreme Cold Descent!"

A gentle female voice emanated from the Dharma Image's mouth as she raised her hand and pointed abruptly.

The rivers surging toward her were instantly frozen, the ice spreading inch by inch onto Hong Feng's Dharma Image.

"What!"

Hong Feng's breath hitched; he immediately severed his own spiritual power, and only then did the spreading frost stop.

"You also have a water-elemental Dharma Image, how could you possibly freeze my spirit technique? This is unreasonable!"

Hong Feng was extremely bewildered.

Liu Ruyan, however, chuckled lightly.

"Though both are water-elemental Dharma Images, mine is vastly different from yours. Mine is the Water of Extreme Cold; even ice-elemental Dharma Images of the same level cannot freeze it."

"And water-elemental Dharma Images of the same level will be frozen by me."

"If you were controlling a group of fire-elemental cultivators, I might be a bit wary, but unfortunately, these puppets of yours are all people from the Tianshui Sect."

"In front of me, you will have no power to fight back."

Liu Ruyan's tone was flat, yet the words she uttered were full of confidence.

Hong Feng's expression changed abruptly, his thoughts racing, and finally, he sneered.

"Is that so? I don't believe it!"

As he spoke, spiritual power erupted all around him, and the overwhelming liquid water surged madly, filling thousands of miles of airspace.

Looking up from the ground, it was as if there were a great lake in the sky, appearing particularly spectacular.

"I have now gathered the power of dozens of King Realm experts; the amount of spiritual power I can mobilize at once far exceeds that of an ordinary Emperor. I want to see how much you can freeze!"

It was clear that Hong Feng intended to use the sheer volume of his spirit techniques to crush Liu Ruyan.

In a pure contest of spirit techniques, he was completely suppressed by his opponent, so he had to find another way.

At this moment, bolstered by dozens of puppets, both his total spiritual power and his divine sense strength far exceeded Liu Ruyan's; this was not a bad tactical choice.

Watching the water curtain that covered the sky and engulfed Liu Ruyan and the others, Hong Feng's mouth split into a grin.

"So what if you can freeze my water-elemental spirit techniques? These techniques have already surrounded you; once frozen, they will become your cage!"

"I..."

Before Hong Feng's voice had finished, he felt a bone-chilling cold surge around him, and then his eyes widened as he looked at his own body.

Frost was spreading rapidly, climbing from the soles of his feet to his upper body in no time.

The body frozen by the frost felt as if it no longer belonged to him, and even the flow of spiritual power in that part of his body slowed to a crawl.

"Damn it, when did I get hit by your spirit technique!"

Hong Feng's eyes were filled with horror, and he immediately focused all his attention on resisting the erosion of the frost.

Without his divine sense and spiritual power to maintain them, the water curtains trapping Liu Ruyan and the others collapsed instantly, turning into countless raindrops falling toward the ground.

After the water curtains receded, Liu Ruyan actually put away her Dharma Image directly, as if, in her view, Hong Feng could no longer pose any threat.

Sure enough, even though Hong Feng was resisting the freezing of his body with all his might, it only slowed the speed at which the frost spread.

But even if the frost spread slowly, within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he would be completely frozen.

"Liu Ruyan, how on earth did you do it!"

Hong Feng stared wide-eyed at Liu Ruyan, his eyes full of incomprehension.

Liu Ruyan smiled slightly.

"You say I don't understand your Tiankui Sect, but do you understand me?"

"Don't you know that the strongest characteristic of my physique isn't freezing water-elemental power of the same level, but controlling the liquid within a human body?"

"The longer you stay within my domain, the higher my control over the liquid in your body becomes."

"So, killing you is as easy as turning over my hand!"

Hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Hong Feng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and a sense of despair emerged in his heart.

He looked at Liu Ruyan and revealed a miserable smile.

"I was a move behind. I didn't expect that in this small Qingzhou territory, there would actually be someone like you."

"I've learned my lesson this time. Next time, I will definitely wash away today's shame!"

Before Hong Feng's voice had finished, a stream of light flew out from his body and merged into one of the puppets.

The other dozens of King Realm puppets did the same; dozens of streams of light flew out from their bodies, all merging into that one puppet.

These streams of light were the Primordial Spirit Origin that the Human Puppet Emperor used to control those people. Now that they had all merged into that puppet, the opponent did not hesitate, immediately gathered the power of the domain, and fled into the distance.

However, before he could even begin his escape, he suddenly discovered that this body of his was also beginning to be rapidly frozen.

At the same time, Liu Ruyan's voice came from behind him.

"You, why are you so greedy? Even at this point, you're still thinking about preserving your Primordial Spirit main body."

"If you had urged these puppets to flee together, perhaps you could have escaped with a wisp of your Primordial Spirit Origin."

"It's a pity, you made the most wrong choice."

Liu Ruyan's voice was like a devil's whisper, and the Human Puppet Emperor's eyes were already filled with horror.

He knew that this time, he was truly finished!

This woman seemed to have anticipated his actions long ago and had locked onto this main body of his in advance.

She was just waiting for this moment!

Waiting for him to draw all his Primordial Spirit Origin back and merge it into this body, and then catch them all in one net!

Damn it!

The Human Puppet Emperor was terrified in his heart; he thought rapidly, a ruthless look appearing in his eyes.

Boom—

His Primordial Spirit immediately left this puppet body, abandoning the physical shell, and fled toward the distance.

Without the support of the physical body, the Primordial Spirit began to burn rapidly, like a flame.

The physical body is the boat, the soul is the ferryman.

Abandoning the physical body is like a ferryman without a boat; the soul can only struggle in the sea of bitterness.

As long as he cannot find a body or a special object to attach to within a certain time, his Primordial Spirit will burn out completely.

However, Hong Feng was confident that he could find a host very quickly.

Seeing him abandon his physical body and flee, Liu Ruyan could only sigh helplessly.

Only Primordial Spirit power can harm a Primordial Spirit; this Human Puppet Emperor's soul power far exceeded hers, and her methods could not possibly harm his Primordial Spirit.

However, Liu Ruyan did not sit idly by; she put away her domain and chased after the place where the Human Puppet Emperor had disappeared.

As long as she didn't let the Human Puppet Emperor's Primordial Spirit possess other living beings, he would naturally perish between Heaven and Earth.

One person and one soul, one chasing and one fleeing.

The Human Puppet Emperor's Primordial Spirit fled at an extremely fast speed; without the constraints of a physical body, he had certain advantages in many aspects.

For example, the Human Puppet Emperor could ignore the terrain and dive directly into the ground, while if Liu Ruyan wanted to follow, she had to use spirit techniques like the Earth Escape Technique.

Liu Ruyan mainly cultivated the Water System Great Dao and was not skilled in earth-elemental spirit techniques at all, so she couldn't hope to catch up with the Human Puppet Emperor underground.

However, Liu Ruyan could still use her divine sense to probe and lock onto the direction of the Human Puppet Emperor's Primordial Spirit's escape.

Wherever the Primordial Spirit passed, it would leave behind some residual soul power, which would not dissipate for a period of time.

Liu Ruyan chased all the way and discovered that this fellow had fled into a city of the Chihuo Dynasty.

This city had hundreds of thousands of people and was filled with chaotic human aura everywhere, causing the Primordial Spirit traces left by the Human Puppet Emperor to be destroyed quickly.

Although the power of mortals is small, under absolute numbers, it is like continuous drizzle washing away, always able to wash away many traces left by strong experts.

"Damn guy, he really knows how to hide!"

Liu Ruyan flew above the city, her divine sense scanning constantly.

Unfortunately, the Human Puppet Emperor was too good at hiding, and for a moment, she could not find his tracks at all.

Liu Ruyan's eyes narrowed slightly, and she could only cast a spirit technique, her voice echoing throughout the city.

"Everyone listen, from this moment on, no one is allowed to leave the city!"

Even a fool could see Liu Ruyan's strength and dared not defy her will, so they could only stay in the city obediently.

Among the crowd, a seemingly ordinary commoner had cold eyes, cursing angrily in his heart.

"Damn Liu Ruyan, you're really going to wear me out, aren't you!"

"Fine, fine, fine, I want to see who can outlast whom!"

"As long as I don't expose myself, with your divine sense power, even if I stood in front of you, you wouldn't be able to find me!" ===== CHAPTER 62 =====