Chapter 71: Djinn

The Dark Magic Pen danced up and down, writing a huge character for ‘Puppet’. Immediately, a faint trace of black energy appeared in the air and silently seeped into the mind of a Harpy Witch. Suddenly, the latter trembled all over, her limbs stiffened, and her gaze became dull. Her Soul was engulfed and shrouded by a stream of black energy, and she instantly lost her self-awareness…

Grand Puppet Technique!

Hu Feng sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly comprehending the profound mysteries of the Grand Puppet Technique.

After plundering this Ancient Divine Ability from the body of the Witch Elder, he gained a preliminary understanding and finally realized how the Puppet Ancestor Igula had secretly tampered with things on Saintess Peak back then.

Compared to the sinister and vicious Great Dark Witchcraft, the Grand Puppet Technique was even harder to guard against, killing invisibly. The greater the disparity in strength between the two sides, the higher the chance of success in secret. With the right time and place, one could silently turn an enemy into a puppet to be manipulated at will. When cultivated to a high level, the controlled puppet would have a soft body and even possess extremely high wisdom, showing no sign of being a puppet at all. After being controlled, their combat power would not be weakened; on the contrary, it would be even stronger!

“That was close, luckily that old witch didn’t succeed!”

Opening the second page of the Seal Demon Record and looking at the lifelike Witch Elder who seemed about to push open the door and walk out, cold sweat oozed from Hu Feng’s palm.

Although they were prepared, no one expected that this bizarre Witch Elder would give up on herself and the powerful Holy Angel Taliana, choosing the Tree Demon behind them as her target. If she had succeeded in secret and controlled the Tree Demon to launch a Fatal Strike from behind, fear that none of the group would have been able to walk out of the Witch Temple alive.

In the battle for the Dark Dragon Vein, if Sword Saint Hei Mu had not helped at the critical moment, both he and the Tree Demon would have died at the hands of Igula, known as the Puppet Ancestor. At that time, encountering that sinister old fellow was unfortunate; however, after the battle of the Witch Temple, Hu Feng felt how lucky he was to have met him back then.

If he hadn’t witnessed the methods of the Puppet Ancestor Igula, how could he have discovered the Witch Elder’s conspiracy in time and luckily dodged a catastrophe?

Condensing a Demon God Phantom meant truly mastering an Ancient Divine Ability, but this was just the beginning; he was still far from comprehending the true essence of a Divine Ability. Legend had it that after an Ancient Divine Ability was cultivated to the top level, one could not only summon the consciousness left by the Ancient Demon God in the Void and condense a powerful Demon God Clone, but also directly devour the will and power left by the Ancient Demon God, gradually becoming a powerful Ancient Demon God.

The Demon God reappears!

At that time, it would truly be ‘kill a god if a god blocks the way, kill a Buddha if a Buddha blocks the way’!

“Condensing three thousand Demon God Phantoms and comprehending three thousand Ancient Divine Abilities, how powerful would that be?”

Hu Feng performed the seven Great Ancient Divine Abilities, such as the Grand Puppet Technique, Great Dark Witchcraft, and Great Devour Technique, one by one. With a thought, the Witch Puppet not far away exploded with a ‘bang’ and died. The Bone Explosion Technique, with its astonishing lethality, could not only be used on Skeleton Warriors but also on Witches and controlled puppets. Used in combination with the Grand Puppet Technique, it was impossible to guard against.

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Holding the Seal Demon Record refined from the Dark Heavenly Book, Hu Feng cultivated quietly for a full month and a half, reading the two simple paintings over and over again.

Old Ancestor Bone Demon and the Witch Elder could be said to have two completely different personalities, and similarly, two completely different lives. As old monsters who had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years or even longer, obtaining a fragment of their lives was enough to comprehend many things. Every time he looked at them calmly, he gained a little more insight.

Under the escort of Skeleton Soldiers, almost all the Cave Dwellers had rushed to the Witch Square, building checkpoints day and night under the leadership of Elder Navia. After annexing the power of the Harpy Witches, the strength of the Lich Legion had risen sharply. On one hand, a large amount of supplies were transported from the Lich Legion; on the other hand, relying on their powerful strength, they swept away the surrounding beasts and used local materials. A month and a half later, a majestic checkpoint guarding the passage had begun to take shape.

The semicircular checkpoint blocked the entrance of the passage tightly. The city walls were all piled up with huge stones, twenty-five meters high and about eight meters wide. Standing on the watchtower, the movements ten miles away were clearly visible; just for the crystals used to build the Magic Array, an army of one hundred thousand was mobilized to carry them for a day and a night. Even standing dozens of miles away, one could sense a huge fluctuation of Magic Power. No matter how powerful the beast was, it dared not approach, instinctively sensing a strong danger. After completion, relying on the solid fortifications, three thousand stay-behind elites could withstand the charge of an enemy army of one hundred thousand!

Seeing Hu Feng walk out from his closed-door cultivation, Yisu, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly went up to report the situation. “Lord, the Vampire Squad reported back. On a high mountain eight hundred miles west of the checkpoint, a Pillar of Flame was discovered, surrounded by a group of powerful Twelfth Step Djinn!”

According to the memory fragments of the Witch Elder, Blackwater City was still more than five thousand miles away from the Witch Square. The terrain along the way was complex, and no one knew how many beasts were entrenched there.

The situation in the Underground Passage was complex and changeable. The beasts entrenched here tonight might migrate to a thousand miles away early tomorrow morning. A perfectly good road might collapse halfway and turn into a dead end. No one knew what situations would be encountered along the way. To lead the army forward quickly, on one hand, a large number of scouts had to be sent out to detect the situation along the way; on the other hand, the Pillars of Flame along the way had to be lit to have a general understanding of the situation.

The Underground Passage was devoid of sunlight all year round. Firefly Stones could only illuminate a radius of a hundred meters. To understand the terrain of a large area, one could only look for the Pillars of Flame hidden in the darkness.

Each Pillar of Flame was built from blocks of pure Firefly Stones, engraved with ancient, weathered Runes. By inputting a large amount of Magic Power, it could be ignited, displaying the terrain within a radius of a thousand miles. No one knew who built these ancient Pillars of Flame, and no one knew how long they had existed. In many places, the Pillars of Flame were the totems of some tribes, heavily protected, preventing outsiders from approaching. After sending out all the Vampire Warriors, it took a full month and a half of exploration to find the first Pillar of Flame.

Twelfth Step Djinn?

Hu Feng pondered for a moment, then immediately ordered to set off. Leading the army, he left the checkpoint that was still under construction and stepped into the boundless darkness.

The Djinn, possessing incredible speed, were famous among Twelfth Step creatures. Their own attack power was not particularly strong, not as terrifying as Dark Knights or Eight-Armed Snake Demons of the same level, but their Innate Divine Ability of Mirror Image and Phantoms made people turn pale at the mention of their name. As long as there was enough Magic Power, they could use the most powerful creature on the battlefield as the main body to continuously replicate Mirror Puppets, possessing fifty percent, or even eighty percent of the main body’s strength, and quickly launch sharp attacks against the enemy.

One Djinn was manageable, but a group of Djinn fighting in cooperation was terrifying. In the blink of an eye, they could turn from a dozen individuals into a powerful legion!

Unfortunately, unlike many high-level creatures, the Djinn were not only powerful but also a social creature. Sometimes, their numbers reached several hundred. Let alone ordinary creatures, even a group of powerful Fourteenth Step creatures often had to detour from a distance when they saw them!

The injuries of the Holy Angel Taliana were becoming more and more serious. In order to quickly find medicine to heal her, Hu Feng hoped to capture Blackwater City as soon as possible. After stabilizing the rear area of the Lich Castle, he would return to the vast Wasteland, not wanting any complications on the road. But helplessly, the Pillar of Flame was too important. If the Lich Legion wanted to advance quickly, they had to ignite the Pillars of Flame along the way at all costs. No matter how powerful the Djinn entrenched nearby were, they had to be eliminated. There was no other way!