Chapter 102: Roar of the Angry Beast

Just as Li Fan was puzzled, he suddenly sensed something, his expression shifted slightly, and he looked around.

In the deep sea, tiny blue lights gathered from all directions.

They flew towards the Tianyang Grotto-heaven.

Li Fan stretched out his hand, intercepted a blue light spot, and examined it in his palm.

“Pure Water Spiritual Qi…”

In an instant, Li Fan thought of something and suddenly understood.

He immediately made the most correct decision.

The Shadowless Step was instantly activated, and his figure, like a phantom, rushed into the volcano.

The others were still surprised by the increasing number of blue light spots.

“Water Spirit Body! This Zhang Haobo is actually a Water Spirit Body!”

Someone finally reacted and exclaimed.

“I understand, a Water Spirit Body has affinity with Spiritual Qi. As long as he is above this vast ocean, he doesn’t need to worry about Spiritual Qi. No matter how fast it’s consumed, the ubiquitous Water Spiritual Qi around him can quickly replenish it!”

“Doesn’t that mean…”

“Damn it, someone got ahead of us!”

“Fellow Daoists, charge!”

The Qi Refining Cultivators who had come to their senses, like Li Fan, rushed into the volcano, eager to seek Opportunity and good fortune.

Li Fan, who was a step ahead of them, had already passed through the magma inside the volcano and arrived inside the Tianyang Grotto-heaven.

Passing by the Puppets and Zhang Haobo who were engaged in battle, Li Fan’s Divine Sense swept across, trying to find traces of He Zhenghao’s remains.

But…

The place was already a mess after several major battles.

The full power unleashed by the seventeen Nascent Soul Puppets was truly terrifying.

The hard Immortal Cave ground seemed to have been scraped away by some strange force; not to mention complete remains, not even a storage ring was seen.

He could only barely make out some debris on the ground.

Li Fan’s eyelids twitched as he saw the Cultivators behind him catching up. He couldn’t care much else and simply collected all the debris in one go.

Then he also rushed deeper into the Immortal Cave, trying to see if there was anything else of value.

Just then, he suddenly heard an ancient and mechanical voice echoing within the Immortal Cave.

“Tian…”

Li Fan’s body paused, and a sudden sense of unease welled up in his heart.

Looking towards the source of the sound, it was one of the mechanical Puppets.

Under the constant suppression of Zhang Haobo’s “Water Dragon Song,” these dark-red mechanical Puppets seemed to have undergone some kind of change.

Anger accumulated in their hearts.

Like a volcano that had slept for a thousand years, it awakened in an instant.

Cracks began to appear on the Puppet’s body, revealing a slightly eerie blackness within.

“Yang…”

Seeing this, Zhang Haobo increased the intensity of his attack with the Sea-Calming Sword.

It seemed that despite such fierce combat earlier, he still had reserves of strength.

The Puppet was still at a disadvantage, but the unease in Li Fan’s heart grew stronger.

So he decisively went against the flow of people, trying to return.

“One…”

More and more cracks appeared on the Puppet’s body, like broken porcelain, as if it could shatter at any moment.

“Life…”

With a bang.

Under the Water Dragon Song, those mechanical Puppets, said to have Nascent Soul Stage strength, shattered one after another.

Like a vase smashed to the ground, they instantly broke into countless tiny fragments.

The sky full of flying water swords suddenly stopped.

Zhang Haobo stared in shock at the scene before him, stunned on the spot.

“How is this possible?”

Not only Zhang Haobo, but all the Cultivators present were stunned by this scene.

Their gazes moved back and forth between Zhang Haobo and the scattered fragments, their hearts filled with doubt.

Was this mechanical Puppet merely for show?

Or was Zhang Haobo, who appeared to be a Qi Refining Cultivator, actually a powerful being who had concealed his cultivation?

Li Fan was also shocked by this unexpected turn of events and stopped his movement.

Staring at the scattered Puppet fragments, his thoughts raced.

In the midst of the silence, all the fragments began to vibrate.

“Not…”

The mechanical sound appeared again.

This time, it was emitted by all the fragments together.

Tens of thousands of voices sounded simultaneously, echoing throughout the Tianyang Grotto-heaven.

“Weak…”

Amidst the spine-chilling sounds, these black and red fragments trembled, like living creatures, slowly moving and converging into one spot.

Amidst the rustling and creaking sounds, these fragments slowly fused into one.

“To…”

Li Fan’s sense of crisis intensified.

He suddenly accelerated, flying towards the Immortal Cave exit.

As he passed the dazed Zhang Haobo, he slightly changed direction and pulled him along.

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, hurry!”

To prevent him from struggling, Li Fan instantly activated the Binding Insect Divine Power, subduing him.

Zhang Haobo, who was still staring blankly at the abnormal state of the Puppet fragments, only felt a voice suddenly appear, and then he completely lost control of his body.

Under immense shock, he heard what the other party said, and his heart felt a little relieved.

Looking at the other party, he saw that his appearance was concealed, and his figure was indiscernible.

However, the other party could subdue him with a mere gesture, leaving no room for resistance.

His strength must be…

Unfathomable.

Zhang Haobo’s heart was filled with awe, and he allowed this mysterious person to take him through the magma, out of the volcano, and back to the seabed.

“Man…”

As the Puppet fragments reassembled, a giant black hand, covered in cracks, appeared before everyone.

Dazzling dark-crimson light flowed within the cracks of the giant hand.

A mechanical and angry roar emanated from the giant hand.

“Tian, Yang, One, Life…”

“Not, Weak, To, Man…”

Amidst the roars like an ancient Vicious Beast, the giant hand’s five fingers closed, and it clenched into a fist.

It swung forward.

Li Fan, who was fleeing rapidly with Zhang Haobo, changed his expression and sped up even more.

A thunderous roar erupted from within the volcano.

Amidst the violent explosion, thick smoke billowed into the sky.

It instantly burst out from the seabed and reached the surface of the sea.

Reaching high into the heavens.

After a moment of silence.

An even more violent roar came from the seabed.

Rolling black clouds emerged from the seabed, exploding and churning, spreading in all directions.

Like a stampeding herd of beasts, they surged forward, one after another, sweeping wildly.

Explosions continued to sound, and with each sound, the range of the black clouds doubled.

Within the smoke pillar that pierced the heavens and earth, streaks of crimson lines shot out in all directions.

Li Fan ran wildly, finally bringing Zhang Haobo to a safe zone.

Looking back at the rampant earth fire, he couldn’t help but feel lingering fear.

However, all of this seemed to be just the beginning.

The heavens and earth shook, and the entire Congyun Sea seemed to tremble.

Like beacon fires lit one after another, one volcanic smoke pillar after another, starting from the Tianyang Grotto-heaven, erupted with a roar!

In this apocalyptic scene, the mechanical Puppet’s roar could still overpower the sound of the undersea volcano’s eruption.

“Tian Yang’s One Life!”

…

“Not Weak To Man!”

…

A mechanical Puppet, buried deep in the earth’s veins for thousands of years, absorbing the energy of the earth fire day and night to temper itself.

It tore open the layers of mountains on the seabed and stood up in the Congyun Sea!

Standing tall against the sky and earth, roaring defiantly!