ATPnovel #401 - Seven War Puppets
#401 - Seven War Puppets
Looking at the rewards given by the system this time, Liang Jin couldn't help but feel puzzled, muttering to himself:
“Array formations? Battle puppets?”
“Which is it, an array formation, or a battle puppet?”
He wasn't completely ignorant about array formations.
His Western Desert doppelganger had once seen the Great Snow Mountain Sect display the Snowflake Grand Formation. At that time, the scene was magnificent and its power was truly astonishing.
It was just a pity that the Snowflake Grand Formation encountered the Evil Slaughtering King, whose strength crushed everything, and ultimately fell short, becoming a swan song.
He also understood that the army was quite skilled in array formations.
Even the Imperial Guards where his main body was located often practiced array formations, but unfortunately, his main body had never witnessed the power of the Imperial Guard's array formations in actual combat.
With a heart full of curiosity, Liang Jin couldn't wait to look at the [Item Bar].
Sure enough, there was a brand new item inside—[Array Formation Battle Puppet (Seven Stars Sword Formation)].
He hurriedly clicked on the description to check the details.
[Array Formation Battle Puppet (Seven Stars Sword Formation): Battle puppets are puppets born for battle, incomparably loyal, and only obey the master's orders. Array formation battle puppets have ordinary combat power, possessing the limit of a fifth-rank martial artist, but after forming an array formation, they can exert amazing power. (The seven people are connected in their hearts, walking the seven stars, and have used this formation to kill countless evildoers. But now, their own faces are only left with dark, empty holes... Attack power: good, defense power: good, movement power: good.)]
[Note: Seven Stars Sword Formation: Eldest brother, he can use himself as a puppet, controlled by his fellow apprentices, to display the Sword Intent of Despair.]
After reading these introductions, Liang Jin finally had a bottom line in his heart.
In short, this so-called array formation battle puppet is essentially still a battle puppet, but it's just seven special battle puppets who can use array formations.
The strength of these battle puppets is at the fifth rank, one level higher than the battle puppet Desolate Walker, but two levels lower than the battle puppet Iron Mad Butcher.
According to the system's consistent style of producing high-quality products, they may be able to compete with fourth-rank martial artists in reality.
At first glance, this strength seems to be a bit unsatisfactory.
After all, Liang Jin's current strength has long since ceased to care about fourth-rank martial artists. In his heart, only third-rank experts are qualified to become his opponents.
But if you think about it carefully, there is another world.
After all, this time, the system gave a full seven battle puppets at once!
More importantly, these battle puppets can also form the powerful Seven Stars Sword Formation.
What's even more unexpected is that the battle puppet called "Eldest Brother" actually possesses sword intent!
You must know that Liang Jin has gone through countless battles along the way, but he has never encountered anyone with martial intent.
But now, this battle puppet actually possesses a martial intent called "Sword Intent of Despair", which undoubtedly means that their combat power may be far from as simple as it seems on the surface.
“Is it a mule or a horse? Just take it out for a walk and you'll know.”
Liang Jin's heart was full of expectations, and he couldn't wait to see the true power of this Array Formation Battle Puppet Seven Stars Sword Formation.
Of course, now that he has the special existence of [Nine Empty Realms], he doesn't need to avoid Lei Zhen and Xiao Liu to try it secretly.
Immediately, Liang Jin's divine sense moved, and he unhesitatingly chose to enter the [Nine Empty Realms].
In an instant, the scene in front of him seemed to be shrouded in a mist, becoming blurred.
When everything became clear again, Liang Jin was already in the Nine Empty Realms.
The location he was in was right on the square in front of the Palace of the Wrongfully Dead City.
Here, it was also the battlefield where he had fiercely fought with many ninth-rank martial artists before.
“Come out, seven fellow apprentices!”
With an excited mood, Liang Jin released the Battle Puppet Seven Stars Sword Formation from the [Item Bar].
In an instant, seven figures appeared out of thin air in front of him.
I saw these seven people wearing long shirts, with white vests and cloaks outside, and scarves on their heads. At first glance, they looked like seven refined scholars.
Only the wrist guards that tightened the sleeves on their wrists, and the sharp long swords tightly held in their hands, could reveal their identities as martial artists.
However, what was creepy was that although their heads were wrapped in white cloth, their faces... had no faces!
Instead, there was a deep, dark hole, as if it could suck in people's souls.
If the battle puppet Desolate Walker exuded a cold, murderous aura, and the battle puppet Iron Mad Butcher revealed a domineering, violent temperament.
Then the feeling that the Battle Puppet Seven Stars Sword Formation gave people was weirdness and agility.
Among these seven battle puppets, one person seemed particularly different.
His vest and cloak, and the scarf on his head, were all blue, forming a sharp contrast with the other six, and the aura he exuded also seemed more strange and powerful.
“It seems that you are the so-called Eldest Brother.”
Liang Jin looked at this unique battle puppet and already understood his identity.
“Okay, let me see how powerful you are.”
“All seven of you can attack me with all your strength. In this Nine Empty Realms, you don't have to worry about my safety. I won't really die here.”
Liang Jin issued an order to the seven people.
Upon hearing this, the seven people immediately took action.
Their movements were agile and flexible, and they were obviously good at exquisite footwork.
In the blink of an eye, the seven people quickly changed positions around Liang Jin.
The next moment, they formed a Big Dipper constellation.
Liang Jin stared at the seven people, not in a hurry to attack, but thinking in his mind, what kind of strength should he use to fight them.
After all, these seven battle puppets are only fifth-rank strength. If Liang Jin makes a full effort, he will inevitably be suspected of bullying the weak.
“Let's use fifth-rank strength.”
After thinking for a moment, Liang Jin made a decision.
He immediately lowered his realm and only used fifth-rank power to deal with these seven people.
The next moment, the seven people moved.
I saw the long swords in their hands dancing together, displaying gorgeous sword flowers, as if brewing some kind of powerful starting move.
Seeing this, Liang Jin clenched his fists and waited in full battle.
Suddenly, the seven people's figures suddenly disappeared in place, leaving only afterimages, like ghosts.
Liang Jin was slightly stunned, secretly calling out that something was wrong, and immediately wanted to defend.
“Shua!”
But at this moment, the seven battle puppets had already appeared around Liang Jin, maintaining the posture of stabbing straight with their long swords. The long swords in their hands actually pierced Liang Jin's body from four directions at the same time!
“Bang!”
Seven muffled sounds were issued at the same time, as if it were one sound.
Thanks to Liang Jin taking the Scarlet Blood Body Refining Pill before, and fusing the essence and blood of the divine beast, his physical body was extremely powerful, and ordinary knives and swords could hardly hurt him.
Otherwise, just now, he would have lost his life!
This sudden attack surprised Liang Jin:
“What a fast speed!”
At that moment, these seven people were almost as fast as teleportation. In the blink of an eye, they had already stabbed in front of Liang Jin.
Although it was only a high-speed movement within a short distance, this strange footwork was really shocking.
Liang Jin thought to himself that perhaps only by opening the 《Wind Walking Foot Shadow》 could he suppress them in speed.
If I were to rely on a Profound-grade light skill like "A Soldier Values Clumsy Speed," it would still require a brief acceleration process, making it impossible to reach maximum speed instantly like these seven.
“Get out of my way!”
Regaining his senses, Liang Jin immediately shook his entire body, sending out a surge of internal force, and punched at the battle puppets around him.
The fierce fist energy spread out in a fan shape in front of him.
However, the short-range movements of these battle puppets were extremely agile and nimble. They didn't confront Liang Jin head-on but quickly changed their positions and launched another attack.
The strongest senior brother took the lead, using his long sword to engage Liang Jin directly.
The remaining six quickly coordinated using a formation, launching attacks on Liang Jin from all directions.
“Swish!”
In the next moment, the six disappeared again, using the same instantaneous thrust they had used before to suddenly close in and stab directly at Liang Jin.
Liang Jin was restrained by the senior brother in front, and he didn't have time to prepare his defense against the other six.
So, when the six long swords pierced towards him, Liang Jin could only block four of them, and the remaining two still managed to stab his body again!
“Don't you think you're too fierce?!”
After being stabbed twice in a row, a surge of anger welled up in Liang Jin's heart.
If his physical body wasn't strong enough, he would have been as good as dead twice by now.
Immediately, Liang Jin stopped holding back and fully unleashed the Profound-grade martial art, "Great Demon Subduing Fist."
Because he only used the strength of a Fifth-Rank realm, although the fist energy of the "Great Demon Subduing Fist" was fierce, the attack range was limited by his realm.
As Liang Jin threw punches, the surrounding battle puppets were all shaken away.
“I'll eliminate you one by one!”
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Liang Jin immediately locked onto a battle puppet, closed in quickly, and punched towards it.
This battle puppet had just been shaken by Liang Jin's fist energy, and its steps were momentarily unsteady. Facing Liang Jin's fist, it seemed impossible to avoid.
Suddenly!
Several red lines descended from the sky, entangling the battle puppet and instantly lifting it up.
This sudden change caused Liang Jin's fist to miss its target.
“Hmm?”
Liang Jin turned his head to look and saw that the red lines were actually shot out from other battle puppets.
They were using red lines not only to rescue their teammates in time but also to skillfully adjust their positions and even suddenly appear behind Liang Jin to attack.
At the same time.
The senior brother jumped over again, engaging Liang Jin with his sword.
This senior brother's swordsmanship was superb, but he mainly focused on defense, as if he wanted to stall Liang Jin.
The remaining six battle puppets had already flourished their swords again.
In the next moment, three of the battle puppets thrust forward instantly again!
“Swish!”
But this time, they stabbed at empty air.
It turned out that Liang Jin had already leaped up into the air at the first moment, dodging their thrust.
“You want to use the same trick a third time?”
“I've already seen through it!”
Liang Jin snorted disdainfully in mid-air.
But in the next second, three sword energies shot out through the air.
It turned out that only three of the six battle puppets had thrust forward, and the remaining three had taken the opportunity to gather internal force and injure people from afar with sword energy.
Obviously, they had also anticipated that Liang Jin would break their thrust this time, so they had prepared a backup plan in advance.
The three sword energies attacked from three directions, and the timing of the attack was very precise, just as Liang Jin had just leaped into the air and had not completely stabilized his body.
“You can't stump me!”
Liang Jin punched fiercely at the sword energy with both fists.
Along with a violent collision, the sword energy had already been shattered by Liang Jin's fist energy.
But at the same time, the three battle puppets suddenly placed their long swords together, and the senior brother jumped up and stepped on them.
The three battle puppets raised their long swords sharply, and the senior brother used this strong force to display that strange movement technique again, making his figure instantly reach an extreme speed!
He almost flew into the air in an instant, appearing in front of Liang Jin.
Just as Liang Jin's fist had shattered the sword energy, the senior brother spun rapidly, and the long sword in his hand continuously chopped at Liang Jin.
A series of sparks burst out from Liang Jin's body.
“This combo is too much, isn't it?”
Liang Jin secretly cried out in his heart, knowing that he had "died" again.
He looked at the senior brother in front of him, a sharp look flashing in his eyes:
“You're asking for death!”
His fist punched out fiercely.
But the other battle puppets also had a backup plan, and the red lines in their hands were wrapped around the senior brother's body.
Just as the senior brother's move was completed and Liang Jin was about to punch, the six battle puppets pulled the red lines sharply, pulling the senior brother in mid-air back at an extremely fast speed.
Liang Jin's punch missed again!
This feeling made Liang Jin very uncomfortable.
His fist energy was clearly fierce and powerful, and these battle puppets couldn't resist it at all.
But the problem was, his fist always missed.
These battle puppets cooperated seamlessly with the formation, and their agile movements and strange moves not only always allowed them to dodge Liang Jin's attacks but also allowed them to counterattack when Liang Jin's attack had just ended.
This had caused Liang Jin to suffer many substantial attacks.
“I'll hit you!”
At this time, Liang Jin had roughly guessed that this senior brother was probably the formation eye of the Seven Stars Sword Formation.
As long as the senior brother was defeated, then this formation would collapse on its own.
Immediately, a strong wind raged around Liang Jin, and he had activated "Wind Stride Shadow Foot!"
Since the opponent was agile, then Liang Jin would be even more agile!
With the blessing of "Wind Stride Shadow Foot," Liang Jin rushed in front of the senior brother almost instantly and punched him!
But at this moment, the red lines in the hands of the other six battle puppets had already connected to the senior brother's body.
At this moment, the internal force of the six battle puppets was transmitted to the senior brother along the red lines, just like relying on wires to transmit electricity.
And the long sword in the senior brother's hand also sharply blocked in front of him.
“Boom!!!”
A loud noise deafened the ears, and the blade of the long sword in the senior brother's hand actually blocked Liang Jin's mighty punch.
Moreover, the senior brother's footsteps were steady, and he didn't move at all.
Relying solely on the senior brother's own strength, it would be impossible to resist Liang Jin's punch.
But at this moment, the senior brother was no longer fighting alone.
He had already received the internal force of the other six junior brothers, making his combat power reach a terrifying level.
He not only easily resisted Liang Jin's punch but also pushed hard.
The powerful internal force swept in, and Liang Jin was actually pushed back by the power of these seven people.
“So fierce?”
Liang Jin stabilized his body in mid-air, his brows furrowed tightly.
He had already seen that if he only relied on the power of the Fifth-Rank realm, he would not be able to defeat these seven battle puppets.
After these seven battle puppets formed a formation, their offense and defense were orderly and seamless.
If they were in the same realm, even Liang Jin would only be destined to be annihilated by them.
Even if he only used the power of the Fourth Rank, he still wouldn't be guaranteed to win.
“No more playing around.”
“It's time to use full strength!”
Liang Jin didn't plan to continue suppressing his realm.
He was going to fight with all his strength!
These seven battle puppets were worth him using his full strength!