211: The Yellow Sand Emperor's Puppet, a First Attempt

In the Western Regions, an endless golden sand sea, silence was the eternal theme of this place. However, today, this ancient land of tranquility was abruptly shattered by a sudden terrifying pressure!

"Boom—!!!"

An ancient pyramid, hidden beneath a quicksand vortex, suddenly… broke out of the sand! Billions of tons of yellow sand were sent flying by the violent force, like a sandstorm sweeping across heaven and earth! The pyramid was built entirely of some dark yellow giant stones, its surface covered with twisted hieroglyphs, exuding an ancient and evil aura.

At the top of the pagoda, space twisted, and a figure in a green robe… quietly appeared. It was Xiao Chen, who had tracked the soaring death qi and imperial might all the way!

His gaze was as sharp as a blade, fixed on the pyramid below. His Saint Realm Soul clearly sensed that the cold, violent will of destruction contained within the pagoda was… purer than any enemy he had encountered before! Moreover, this power seemed… not entirely from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s fate techniques, but carried an ancient, savage… Imperial Dao charm!

"Emperor Puppet… it really is this kind of thing!" Xiao Chen's eyes were cold. There were scattered records in the ancestor inheritance that in ancient times, some demonic emperors would refine their own or their opponents' imperial bodies into puppets using secret methods, retaining part of their combat instincts and Imperial Dao laws from before death, with terrifying power! He didn't expect that Pavilion Master Tianji could even refine such a forbidden object!

"Roar—!!!"

As if sensing Xiao Chen's arrival, a dull, thunderous roar came from inside the pyramid! Immediately after, the giant stone gate on the front of the pagoda body… collapsed inward with a crash! A sandstorm mixed with decay and sharp metal qi… gushed out from within!

As the dust settled, a tall figure, with heavy and firm steps, walked out of the pyramid step by step!

It was a humanoid skeleton, dark gold in color, as if cast from some divine metal! On its bones, dense, earthy yellow imperial patterns were naturally imprinted, exuding a majestic pressure as heavy as a mountain! In the skeleton's eye sockets, two clumps of earthy yellow soul fire… burned fiercely, their flickering causing the surrounding space to slightly twist! It held no weapon in its hands, but the tips of its bony fingers flashed with a sharp light… capable of tearing through space!

The aura it emitted had actually… reached the peak of the Sixth Revolution Dou Saint! In fact, it was even a notch stronger than veteran Sixth Revolution Fighting Saints like You Yu and Ming Gu! The pure imperial pressure it exuded made people's… hearts tremble!

"Intruders… of the Imperial Tomb… die!" A hoarse and blurred mental fluctuation emanated from the Emperor Puppet, filled with endless killing intent and… dead silence!

"A mere remnant dares to call itself an Imperial Tomb?" Xiao Chen sneered, but there was no hint of disdain in his eyes. He could feel that the threat of this Emperor Puppet far exceeded that of an ordinary Sixth Revolution Dou Saint! The Imperial Dao laws contained within its bones were extremely condensed, making it probably… very difficult to destroy!

"Just right… I'll use you… to test my true strength… after reaching the Sixth Revolution!" Xiao Chen took a deep breath, and Chaos Qi… erupted around him with a roar! The five-hundred-zhang Chaos Sacred Realm… once again… descended!

"Buzz—!"

The power of the world… suppressed everything! The ten thousand li of yellow sand below… was instantly… pushed down… by three feet! The space around the Emperor Puppet also let out a groan… of unbearable pressure!

"Roar!" The Emperor Puppet let out a roar, and the soul fire in its eye sockets… flickered violently! It seemed extremely resistant to the suppression of the Chaos Sacred Realm! The imperial patterns on its dark gold bones… suddenly lit up! An extremely heavy… power of earth laws… spread out from its center! It actually… forcibly… opened up its own… law domain under the suppression of the Chaos Sacred Realm!

"Hmm? As expected… it has some tricks!" Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed. This Emperor Puppet could actually use its remaining Imperial Dao laws to resist his world power!

"Die!" The Emperor Puppet moved! It took a step, and the void beneath its feet… seemed to solidify into real ground, emitting a dull thud! The next moment, its figure… disappeared from its original spot!

"So fast!" Xiao Chen's pupils constricted slightly, his Saint Realm Soul capturing a blurred golden light, tearing through space at a speed beyond lightning, heading straight for his face! Those sharp bone fingers, carrying a sharpness that could pierce through everything, were already… close at hand!

"Chaos… Barrier!" Xiao Chen's mind moved, and the space in front of him… instantly… folded and compressed layer by layer, transforming into a hundred-zhang thick Chaos Crystal Wall!

"Hiss—!"

The Emperor Puppet's bone finger jabbed fiercely onto the Chaos Crystal Wall! There was no earth-shattering explosion, only an extremely sharp… piercing sound! The crystal wall, which was enough to withstand the full blow of a Sixth Revolution Dou Saint, was actually… dented deeply by this one finger! Cracks… spread instantly!

"Such… condensed power?!" Xiao Chen was slightly surprised, and his figure… retreated violently! At the same time, he pointed his fingers like a sword, and a Chaos Sword Qi… swept out!

"Clang—!!!"

The sword qi struck the Emperor Puppet's bones, emitting a huge clang of metal on metal! Sparks flew everywhere! The Emperor Puppet's figure… paused slightly, and on its bones… only a shallow white mark was left! Its defensive power… was terrifying to this extent!

"Roar!" The Emperor Puppet, struck by this blow, became even more ferocious! It clasped its hands together violently, and then… pushed them forward… with all its might!

"Imperial Art… Yellow Sand… Burial of Heaven!"

"Rumble rumble rumble—!!!"

The yellow sand of the entire Western Regions seemed to be agitated! Countless grains of sand… shot into the sky, condensing into billions of earthy yellow sand swords, sand spears, and sand axes! Like a destructive sea of sandstorm soldiers, they covered the sky and obscured the sun… sweeping towards Xiao Chen!

Every grain of sand contained heavy earth laws and sharp metal keenness! Its power… was enough to easily tear apart… an ordinary Fifth Turn Dou Saint!

"Good timing!" Facing this earth-shattering blow, Xiao Chen's eyes… instead erupted with… blazing battle intent! He… advanced instead of retreating!

"Chaos Sacred Realm… Devouring Heaven… Swallowing Earth!"

The five-hundred-zhang Chaos Sacred Realm… suddenly… expanded! Like a giant mouth devouring everything, it actively… met the endless sea of sandstorm soldiers!

"Chi chi chi chi—!"

Countless sand weapons crashed into the Chaos Sacred Realm, but instead of causing an explosion, they were like mud oxen entering the sea, rapidly… decomposed, assimilated, and devoured by the Chaos Qi within the realm! They transformed into pure earth and metal energy, feeding back… the Sacred Realm itself!

"What?!" In the Emperor Puppet's blurred consciousness, there seemed to be a moment of… stunned silence! Its instinctively powerful attack was actually… so easily… resolved by the opponent?

"Your attack… is over?" Xiao Chen's figure, at some unknown time, had already appeared above the Emperor Puppet's head! He looked down from above, his eyes cold, "Now… it's… my turn!"

"Chaos… Heaven-Opening… Fist!"

Xiao Chen's right fist clenched tightly, and the power of the entire Chaos Sacred Realm seemed to condense into this one punch! On the fist's edge, it was no longer simple Chaos Qi, but… a hazy scene of creation… appeared! A supreme fist intent… to break free from restraints and redefine the universe… erupted with a roar!

"Roar!" The Emperor Puppet sensed a fatal threat, and the soul fire in its eye sockets… flickered madly! It crossed its arms, protecting itself, and the imperial patterns on its bones… glowed to the extreme! It tried… to resist head-on!

"Dong—!!!!!!"

It was as if… an ancient divine mountain… had collided with… the world barrier! An indescribable… huge sound… reverberated throughout the entire Western Regions! At the point where the fist and bones met, space… shattered inch by inch… like a mirror! Revealing the dark void… behind it!

"Crack… crack…"

A subtle but clear… sound of cracking… rang out! The Emperor Puppet's indestructible dark gold bones… starting from its arms, appeared… with spiderweb-like… cracks! And… rapidly… spread… throughout its entire body!

"Impossible…" The blurred mental fluctuation was filled with… unbelievable… horror!

"Break!" Xiao Chen exhaled, and his fist power… erupted a second time!

"Boom—!!!"

The dark gold Emperor Puppet… exploded with a roar! Turning into countless fragments! The remaining Imperial Dao laws and soul fire in its bones were completely… annihilated under the crushing force of the Chaos Heaven Opening Fist intent!

The guardian of the fifth ancient pagoda… the Sixth Revolution peak Emperor Puppet… fell!

Xiao Chen slowly retracted his fist, standing in the air. Feeling the slightly consumed Saint Power in his body, and the subtle increase in the Chaos Sacred Realm's foundation due to devouring the opponent's attack, his eyes… became even deeper.

"Emperor Puppet… is nothing more than this," he whispered, his gaze… turning to the distance. "Next… it should be… the Ice Puppet… in the Northern Region!"

His figure flickered, and he… disappeared into the void once again.

And not long after he left, in the ruins of the pyramid, a faint, almost imperceptible dark yellow light quietly… seeped deep into the earth, as if… transmitting… some kind of information… to a distant existence.

The real storm… was far from… over!