Chapter 515 - 468: Celestial Tier Upper Grade

Chapter 515: Chapter 468: Celestial Tier Upper Grade

Within his Sea of Consciousness, a faint, restless stirring began to emerge.

Sensing it carefully, he could even detect an ineffable chaos and evil within that restlessness. Though it was only just budding, it carried a tyrannical urge to usurp its master.

"Hmph!"

Chu Mu’s expression turned cold. With a snort, a sliver of sharp, fierce intent descended upon his Sea of Consciousness.

In the ethereal plane, it was as if a terrified roar sounded out. Within the blood cocoon, the motionless Corpse Puppet seemed to tremble slightly. Immediately after, a fawning sensation flooded Chu Mu’s mind.

Chu Mu’s eyes narrowed, threads of his sharp intent locking onto the blood cocoon.

This Corpse Puppet was certainly worthy of being called an evil creature.

It hadn’t even fully formed, yet it already had the instinct to devour its master!

But as the saying goes, while the devil grows a foot, the Dao grows ten. Naturally, he had not left himself unprepared.

In its previous life, the creature’s body was powerful, but its Divine Soul was weak.

Therefore, he had used his Sword Intent’s Soul Cutting ability to directly annihilate its Divine Soul.

After much consideration, he had decided to preserve this weakness when refining it into a Corpse Puppet.

This Corpse Puppet also had a powerful body and a fragile Corpse Soul.

On top of this fragile Corpse Soul, he had planted a Slave Seal and erected a barrier with his Sword Intent to protect it, preventing the puppet’s weak soul from becoming a fatal flaw.

He was confident that with a barrier formed from his Sword Intent, almost no one in the Golden Core Realm could break through his protection.

Of course, this Sword Intent Barrier that protected the Corpse Puppet’s lifeline could also instantly transform into a cage to dominate its fate when necessary.

And he hadn’t hidden these measures in the slightest.

Although the Corpse Puppet’s Spiritual Wisdom was low, its cultivation was at Tier Three. The instinct to seek fortune and avoid disaster was ingrained. Upon sensing the threat, it would naturally submit to him.

Even if its instincts rebelled, wanting to devour its master and escape its fate of being controlled, it would be much more obedient under such a blatant and deadly threat.

Of course, the hidden danger might also become more deeply buried. After all, this Corpse Puppet would never willingly be commanded by him.

In secret, it was bound to probe and resist instinctively. If its Spiritual Wisdom were more developed, it might even bide its time and plot in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to launch a Thunderous Strike, usurp him, and escape its fate of enslavement.

However, as far as he was concerned, if it really came to that, the Corpse Puppet would no longer have any reason to exist.

A cold glint flashed in the depths of Chu Mu’s eyes. He could hide traps within traps even in a Tier Four Soldier Puppet, let alone this Corpse Puppet, which he had almost entirely conceived and refined himself.

Leaving a few hidden, controllable weak points was hardly a difficult task.

At that moment, as if in response to the deterrent of Chu Mu’s strike, the shriveled blood cocoon began to slowly transform.

Faintly, the blood cocoon could be seen shrinking further, the form of the Corpse Puppet within becoming ever clearer. As time passed, the shriveled cocoon became like a suit of bloody clothes, fitting almost perfectly against the Corpse Puppet’s body.

Finally, with a flash of bloody light, the blood-clothes merged into the Corpse Puppet’s body, and its towering form was completely revealed to Chu Mu.

The Corpse Puppet was still nearly a hundred meters tall. The Scale Armor that had evolved from its original black spikes had now turned a grayish-white, billowing with Evil Qi.

The four horns on its head were tinged with wisps of an alluring, deep blue. And this touch of deep blue wasn’t limited to its four horns.

Instead, following the curve of the four backward-swept horns, wisps of Qianlan Ice Flame spread like mystical runes from its head, down its arms, and finally extended to its two chilling Giant Blades.

Its lower limbs were completely humanoid, with legs still seven or eight meters thick. Its massive tail, as thick as a battering ram, was now covered in countless sharp, grayish-white spikes. Each spike was not only terrifyingly sharp but also wreathed in corpse poison and Evil Qi. A single strike, whether for offense or defense, would undoubtedly cause immense trouble. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

On the Corpse Puppet’s chest, a deep blue Heart-Protecting Mirror flickered. When necessary, it could directly channel the Qianlan Ice Flame, transforming it into a Qianlan Ice Pillar that would erupt from its chest—a surprising trump card.

At this moment, the towering, terrifying Corpse Puppet slowly rose. Its grayish-white eyes opened, and a billowing, tyrannical Evil Qi emanated without concealment. Like a monstrous demon that could blot out the sky, it gazed down at Chu Mu, who seemed no more than an ant.

For a moment, a faint struggle and unwillingness could be seen in the Corpse Puppet’s grayish-white eyes. But in the end, all the unwillingness and tyranny in its gaze receded, replaced by a docility of uncertain sincerity.

The Corpse Puppet slowly knelt on one knee, bowing its head to Chu Mu in a gesture of submission.

Chu Mu’s gaze was calm; he was not surprised.

’No matter how low its Spiritual Wisdom is, it still understands fear.’

’And resisting me would instinctively trigger the fear of death.’

"Celestial Tier Upper Grade potential, hmm..."

Chu Mu sensed it briefly. As he murmured, he took a step and, in the next instant, landed on the Corpse Puppet’s shoulder.

Wangcai followed close behind, landing beside Chu Mu.

The Corpse Puppet’s body was so immense that a single shoulder was like a rugged, spike-covered island, with more than enough room for Chu Mu and Wangcai.

At this show of contempt, the Corpse Puppet seemed to stir restlessly, but it quickly calmed down. The massive corpse slowly rose to its feet, awaiting Chu Mu’s command.

The Corpse Puppet leaped, bursting from the sea at incredible speed. It ran upon the waves like an ancient giant, its thundering footsteps carrying it toward Earth Demon Island.

This commotion naturally triggered a series of alarms on Earth Demon Island, but when they saw Chu Mu, the newly sounded alarms went silent.

The towering Corpse Puppet stepped onto the island, only stopping its thundering advance when it reached the True Understanding Base.

Chu Mu leaped down from the Corpse Puppet’s shoulder and disappeared into the True Understanding Tower. Wangcai followed close behind, not forgetting to bark a couple of times at the Corpse Puppet in a show of dominance before impatiently darting into the tower.

The Corpse Puppet, however, stood motionless outside the True Understanding Tower like a towering statue.

Its ice-blue twin blades rested on the ground, their tips sinking into the earth. The mere wisps of chilling, bloody Evil Qi that emanated from it were enough to make passing Cultivators tremble, hastily turning and fleeing without daring a second glance.

This commotion naturally alarmed more than just the Low Tier Cultivators on the island. The moment the Corpse Puppet emerged from the sea, countless perceptive gazes had already gathered upon it.

On Earth Demon Island, He Fengshan and Chi Shan, who had made a pact with Chu Mu to form an offensive and defensive alliance, now stared at each other in stunned silence.

After a long moment, He Fengshan finally managed to speak, his voice strained. "Fellow Daoist, you’re a Corpse Cultivator. You should be familiar with Corpse Puppets, right?"

"It’s definitely a Celestial Tier Corpse Puppet!"

"Tier Three Late Stage... or even Perfection?"

"How terrifying!"

Chi Shan muttered to himself. Amid his unconcealable shock, there was an even greater sense of fervent, almost covetous desire.

After a while, Chi Shan seemed to sober up slightly. He shook his head with a bitter expression. "Just this Corpse Puppet alone... even if we joined forces, I’m afraid we would struggle to defeat it."

He Fengshan was clearly shocked and doubtful, blurting out, "For real?"

"I wouldn’t joke about something like this."

Chi Shan’s expression was grave as he pointed to the statue-like Corpse Puppet. "In its previous life, this creature must have had a cultivation at the Tier Three Late Stage, or even Tier Three Perfection."

"Moreover, Fellow Daoist, take a look. Its limbs, head, chest, and back have all clearly undergone puppet modifications."

"To create puppet modifications that fit such a Demon Body... given Fellow Daoist Chu’s skill, one can only imagine how powerful those modifications must be."

"Not to mention, this is a Corpse Puppet. Demon Beasts are already physically powerful, and a Corpse Puppet’s body is even more so."

"Combined with these modifications, the power of its physical body is surely beyond our imagination!"

"A single one of our attacks probably wouldn’t even be able to scratch it."

"And that wisp of deep blue... surely you recognize it, Fellow Daoist?"

"Fellow Daoist Chu even fused a rare Spiritual Object like the Qianlan Ice Flame into this Corpse Puppet..."

"This Corpse Puppet’s grade is Celestial Tier Lower Grade at a minimum. Such potential, such cultivation... Fellow Daoist Chu... what a tremendous opportunity he’s found..."

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