The Master of Beasts-Chapter 707 - 210

Ten years later.

Standing atop the city wall of the First Exploration City, Chen Jiuge gazed into the distance at the city that once belonged to the Thunder God Temple but is now occupied by the Five Elements Sect, a trace of bewilderment in his eyes.

"Abandoning the Five Elements Sect's city and occupying the Thunder God Temple's city? What's the rationale behind this?"

Chen Jiuge really couldn't comprehend. The Exploration City of the Five Elements Sect was the city they were most familiar with; they had the highest control over the Great Array here, and the strongest influence as well.

Why would they choose to occupy Thunder God Temple's city to defend against his invasion? All the while having to guard against a counterattack from Thunder God Temple — this clearly seems like a fruitless endeavor!

"My Lord."

Hei Mu hurriedly flew over.

"Hei Mu? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be helping Xiao Hong defend against the cultivators of the Puppet Sect?" Chen Jiuge asked in surprise.

Hei Mu steadied his emotions and said with some urgency, "My Lord, something happened over there!"

"Did the Puppet Sect attack?"

"No, it's the cultivators of the Puppet Sect—all dead!" Hei Mu replied, eyes filled with horror.

"Dead? How's that possible?"

Chen Jiuge was utterly incredulous. Not to mention Zi Nü's possible capability of wiping out the entire Puppet Sect, but she and Li Sheng had left in a direction that was no longer in the area of the Puppet Sect.

"It was done by those underworld ghosts!"

"Underworld ghosts?" Chen Jiuge paused. Indeed, he had not seen any underworld ghosts for some time.

Due to the underworld ghosts' originally weak power in the Golden Desert, coupled with the cultivators having devised methods to deal with them, Chen Jiuge thought these spectral creatures had been entirely eradicated. Yet, unexpectedly, he was blindsided now!

"I'll go with you to take a look!"

.........

Former Puppet Sect Exploration Main City.

Faint Yin Qi turned into chilly mist wafting in the air, with substantial condensations present in the dark corners.

"Whew."

Inhaling deeply, Chen Jiuge frowned and said, "This aura does feel like the underworld ghosts!"

"But to wipe out the entire Puppet Sect all at once, without even causing much commotion, how many ghosts would it require!"

Chen Jiuge grappled to understand—within the Golden Desert, where even the power of a Golden Immortal couldn't manifest, neither he, possessing a supreme treasure, nor Li Sheng could achieve this magnitude!

"Is the individual strength of ghosts really that strong?"

With a trace of perplexity, Chen Jiuge continued walking down the street, searching for clues.

"My Lord, come and take a look!" Xiao Hong, who was scouting in another direction, suddenly transmitted a message.

After a short while, Chen Jiuge and Xiao Hong squatted in the corner of a street, their faces showing subtle peculiarity.

"How did you find this?" Chen Jiuge asked curiously.

Xiao Hong grinned awkwardly, "I just leaned against here, and then heard some rustling sounds and saw this!"

"Haha."

Silver-white liquid flowed incessantly on the ground, forming large characters.

"Ghosts have changed, escape quickly!"

This liquid was the exceedingly precious Golden Immortal Spirit Ore—Star Flowing Water!

Not only did it have the character of being extremely difficult to destroy, but it also possessed very potent restorative capabilities, and could carry the divine thought of a cultivator, leaving behind some special signals.

The large characters formed by the Star Flowing Water in front of them were evidently a warning issued by Puppet Sect cultivators who noticed something amiss with the ghosts. However, perhaps due to the urgency at that moment, they couldn't elaborate on the details, leaving behind only this simple text.

"Maybe, the ghosts haven't vanished but have been collected by the Puppet Sect." Chen Jiuge entertained a conjecture.

The Puppet Sect might have used these ghosts for some secretive affairs, but an accident occurred midway, leading to the outbreak recently, resulting in the death of all Puppet Sect cultivators, leaving no chance to convey any information.

"But what could the Puppet Sect want with collecting ghosts? Their puppets are all refined with spiritual ore!" Xiao Hong questioned, puzzled.

"Perhaps the Puppet Sect wants to create puppet life!" Chen Jiuge considered a possibility!

In the Heavenly Realm, creating life only requires reaching Dao Yi level, equivalent to a True Immortal in the True Realm, but in the True Realm, creating life is something that a True Immortal cannot accomplish.

Even a Golden Immortal can only create some basic life forms, and these life forms are actually not considered complete life as they lack the ability to reproduce, and their intelligence is likely very weak!

"Creating life?" Xiao Hong exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah, though the Puppet Sect is thriving now, they may have reached a pinnacle; in the art of puppet refining, even those Holy Lands dare not claim to be stronger than the Puppet Sect!"

"Puppets, in essence, are cannon fodder that will eventually have their weaknesses exposed, even those carefully refined puppets; if the Puppet Sect does not change, their downfall is inevitable, a fact any cultivator with a bit of insight can discern!"

"The ghosts might have offered a glimmer of hope to the Puppet Sect, but it seems they failed!" Chen Jiuge shook his head slightly.

"My Lord, we've found something!" Hei Mu's voice carried a tone of disbelief and fear.

......

In the location where the City Lord Mansion originally stood, a gigantic pit had appeared, with Hei Mu's body stained with visible black blood.

"What happened here?" Xiao Hong queried.

Hei Mu showed a bitter smile on his face, "I led people into the City Lord Mansion to investigate the situation, looking for any clues. Somehow we triggered some mechanism, and the mansion collapsed, leading to the appearance of the pit."