Wang Jixuan watched the only 'living person' in the cabin through the eyes of his clone.
After a moment's thought, Wang Jixuan casually swung his long sword.
Li Qiwei felt his hair stand on end, thinking he was about to die.
But as the sword light flashed, the porthole in front of Li Qiwei, along with part of the cabin structure, suddenly collapsed.
He stumbled forward, landing on soft, sandy soil. Before he could look up, the tip of a long sword was pressed against Li Qiwei's neck.
The desert night was somewhat icy, and the cold wind poured into Li Qiwei's neck.
The sword was only a few millimeters away from Li Qiwei;
His mind went blank, and he thought he was going to die just like that, but the sword didn't stab forward, instead pressing down on his shoulder to the left.
Li Qiwei's legs went weak, and he knelt down with a thud.
"What is your name?"
'Xing Dian's' voice was low and hoarse.
"Li, Li Qiwei... Leon."
"Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Wang Jixuan asked slowly through the clone's mouth.
Li Qiwei shook his head vigorously, then quickly nodded, his brain working frantically.
"You, you want to send a message to them..."
"Smart."
'Xing Dian' seemed to smile:
"Besides that, you don't have any resentment from killing on your body; your hands are relatively clean. Tell them that coming to die is fine, but don't involve the innocent civilians here. I have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and I am ashamed to be associated with them."
"Good, good."
Wang Jixuan didn't say much, controlling the clone to turn around.
Li Qiwei's hands trembled.
A crazy idea popped into his head - to sneak attack the person in front of him!
This was a good opportunity to prove himself!
But as soon as the thought came up, he suppressed it.
It's easy to seek death, but difficult to survive.
'Xing Dian's' figure burrowed into the ground and disappeared.
Li Qiwei sat down on the ground with a thud.
He raised his hand and touched his cheek, his body trembling constantly. He looked at the corpses lying everywhere, and the body of the strong man kneeling not far away, covered in wounds, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.
Was this really an enemy they could provoke?
This kind of combat power, only the rumored SS-level esper could match, right?
His way of using psychic energy, the mysterious methods...
'How can we fight this?'
...
Wang Jixuan controlled the clone to return to the seventh floor's workshop.
Switching his mind back to his main body, Wang Jixuan looked at the battle puppet's face, finding it more and more unpleasant. So he turned his head and called out, "Peony?"
Peony, who was adjusting her makeup at the chair, quickly put away her makeup board, her movements swift and a little flustered.
"Boss, Peony is here."
"Arrange a cosmetic surgery for my Battle Puppet No. 1 to get a new face. Wearing Xing Dian's face is a bit disgusting."
"Okay!"
Peony's fingers quickly tapped the air: "Then, boss, do you want something heroic or handsome?"
"Anything is fine, as long as it's not Xing Dian's original face. Also, put on an iron mask, the kind that's directly branded on the face. It's best if it looks like people will mistake it for a mechanical body."
Wang Jixuan said with a smile, looking at Xing Dian's mechanical arm and mechanical leg.
These were still the ordinary mechanical prosthetics that Xing Dian used.
He was already looking forward to the future when this clone would undergo cyborg modification. One hand with thunder magic, one hand with a destruction cannon, how powerful would that be?
However, he still had to deal with the current batch of enemies first.
'They won't just run away after being scared, will they?'
Wang Jixuan thought with some concern.
After several days of refining, the battle puppet's transformation was basically complete. The magical power within the battle puppet's body had stabilized. Although it was still a bit short of condensing the Golden Core, the total amount of magical power was basically equivalent to that of an ordinary cultivator in the early to mid-stage of the Golden Core stage.
The battle just now could be considered a small test of its abilities.
[Battle Puppet Mana] + [Dragon Python Different Soul] + [Mahayana Remnant Soul], and his own understanding of talismans, formations, pills, and weapons, even without using the Soul Refining Evil Technique to amplify the power of the different soul, he could easily wipe out ordinary S-level espers.
This refining of the battle puppet could be considered a complete success.
And his greatest gain was not a battle puppet with decent combat power in the current stage.
After all, the battle puppet was just an external force, a bit of a bonus brought by the Dragon Python Devouring Heaven Art. It could play some role before he entered the Golden Core stage, but once he entered the Golden Core realm, this battle puppet would seem useless.
No matter when or where, one's own cultivation is the foundation.
His greatest gain was still...
Wang Jixuan quickly formed hand seals, and the sound of water appeared in his body, like rivers flowing and torrents pouring down. A faint blue light appeared on his skin, and streams of aura rippled around him, condensing into a vortex, breaking through the surrounding screens and blowing through every corner of the room.
Return to Void Realm Perfection!
From this point on, the foundation was established!
In this life, he had finally stood in front of the gate of the Golden Core Great Dao again!
Next was to find a way to use this 'unique' stage of Return to Void Realm Perfection to try to improve his own aptitude.
The main conventional ways he could use to improve his aptitude were three: refining elixirs, formation tempering, and self-severing the Dao foundation.
Demonic methods could be used, but Daoist Wang was still relatively resistant to them.
The matter of self-severing the Dao foundation... was actively screened out by Wang Jixuan.
If he were in a peaceful cultivation environment, self-severing the Dao foundation would be possible, severing the Dao foundation nine times to forge a perfect Three Flowers True Body.
But unfortunately, he didn't have that much time. Even with the battle puppet in front of him, he needed to seize the time to cultivate.
If the battle puppet was more than the range his spiritual sense could cover, the different soul could only last for a moment, and the mental consumption would be enormous.
Wherever he went, the battle puppet could appear there.
Although he didn't need to charge into battle, his main body also needed protection, so the overall limitations were still quite a lot.
Wang Jixuan took a light breath and exhaled slowly.
The rules of the cultivation world: those who see it get a share.
A stream of light white mana transformed into spiritual energy;
Gao Huating, who was curled up asleep on the sofa, and Zheng Shiduo, who was dozing by the window, were both nourished by this aura and received some minor benefits in their dreams.
When Wang Jixuan was cultivating in the mountains, whenever he broke through, disciples from various peaks would come forward to congratulate him, so he was familiar with doing this kind of thing.
Peony sniffed her nose: "Boss, why do you have a strange fragrance on your body?"
"Is that so?"
Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly.
Did she understand the phenomenon of the initial establishment of the foundation?
The whole body is flawless and free from dust, the primordial spirit is strong, and the five internal organs are like jade, which can be the foundation for becoming a Dao.
With the foundation established, one can break away from the five grains and live only by nourishing spiritual energy.
Wang Jixuan stretched lazily, the various phenomena around him disappeared, his face returned to normal, and his expression was somewhat contented.
He looked at the sleeping Gao Huating and whispered, "Let's go to the command center on the third floor."
"I put earplugs in for them. Boss, you can tell me anything directly."
"Tell you what?" The Daoist felt a little strange.
"I feel like the boss is full of wanting to confide."
"How could that be," Wang Jixuan put his hands behind his back and assumed the posture of a senior expert, "It's just a little achievement in the first stage of cultivation, not worth mentioning."
That is, the smile at the corner of his mouth was a little uncontrollable.
When he arrived at the command center on the third floor and saw Dongfang Zhenghong and Zhou Zhengde, the smile on his lips finally subsided.
Dongfang Zhenghong raised his hand and gave a military salute, and Wang Jixuan returned the salute with a cupped fist.
Zhou Zhengde said with a chuckle, "Why are you all being so polite?"
"Just necessary etiquette."
Dongfang Zhenghong cleared his throat and immediately said:
"The signal of the escaped high-level espers has been lost. The other party has entered the underground, and we have sent a large number of drones to search underground."
"They don't know if there's something wrong with their brains, but they came to attack without knowing our basic arrangements and protection level. Their transport plane was locked by us before it even landed."
"Very backward holographic stealth technology."
Wang Jixuan smiled and said, "That's good. It's okay if they're lost. S-level espers are quite scary when they're running for their lives."
"Let's sit down and talk," Zhou Zhengde waved his hand, and several female signal soldiers pushed over chairs. The three sat down in front of the big screen.
Wang Jixuan asked, "How is D3 doing?"
"The initiative is still in our hands, and the situation is basically under control."
Dongfang Zhenghong sighed:
"This is a counterattack that is decades late."
"As soon as the war started there, the major comprehensive theaters began to pay close attention."
"After we achieved certain results, the major comprehensive theaters began to further liquidate espers, using the excuse that they had discovered brain-eating worms. Some places even directly adopted assassination methods."
"The great counter-offensive against the Esper Capital has begun to take shape!"
Zhou Zhengde clicked his tongue: "It is said that high-level mechanical bodies loaded with the Seven Star Sword Formation module and wielding psychic energy greatswords have appeared, posing a direct threat to high-level espers."
Wang Jixuan nodded and said seriously, "The psychic energy users who attacked us this time were quite strong. If they are frustrated here, is it possible that they will go to support D3?"
Zhou Zhengde introduced: "Don't worry, we have prepared enough reserve forces there, and the four comprehensive theaters are acting simultaneously."
Dongfang Zhenghong also said: "We have received intelligence that the Destruction Group, the Judgment Group, and the Investigation Group, the three major violent institutions of the Spirit Management Council, have dispatched a large number of elite divisions. Their target should be here, and there should be no changes."
"We opened a battlefield in D3, and they tried to open a battlefield here."
Zhou Zhengde said:
"A very clever strategy."
"This..."
Wang Jixuan couldn't help but smile:
"Is it possible that they actually came to kill me? They didn't consider strategic matters at all?"
He gently moved his right hand like a sword, and a Soul-Seizing Talisman unfolded, on which the illusion of the strong man appeared.
Wang Jixuan merely displayed his power, casually crushing the remnant soul of the strong man, and ignited the Soul-Seizing Talisman with a wisp of true fire.
The surrounding communication soldiers watched curiously, each not daring to breathe loudly.
Daoist Wang explained:
"They dispatched nine squads, plus a dozen S-level spirit-energy users, overseen by three members of the Spirit Management Committee's fifteen-person council, led by Angel, the Vice-Captain of the Destruction Squad, an awakened S-level, at least three awakened S-levels, on par with Huo Rong.
"This is indeed the elite of the Spirit Management Committee.
"The group of spirit-energy users I encountered today was just their vanguard, mainly for probing."
Dongfang Zhenghong quickly recorded this information: "I'll have them send more high-end combat power over! Should we go somewhere else to hide?"
"No need to hide," Wang Jixuan said, "They're targeting me, and since this is D5, they're in the shadows and we're in the light, always at a disadvantage. My idea is to challenge them to a fight."
"A challenge?" Dongfang Zhenghong was a little puzzled.
Even if these spirit-energy users aren't too bright, they probably wouldn't be foolish enough to jump out and openly accept our bombardment, right?
Zhou Zhengde suddenly said, "I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible."
"Young Master Zhou, please speak."
"Young Master? Where did you get so many strange titles?"
Zhou Zhengde pointed at the map several times:
"We can openly let you transfer, to see if we can lure them out!
"Moreover, that puppet Xing Dian you brought back... I heard from Captain Zheng that you can control Xing Dian's body, but the intelligence says they want to eliminate the traitor Xing Dian.
"Traitor Xing Dian! Listen to that! What a great opportunity!
"Why don't we have Xing Dian make a public appearance, abandon darkness for the light, and admit the crimes of Spirit Energy City? Xing Dian is a student of the Six Elders, and for a while, he was the controller of the D2 Comprehensive War Zone. He has a huge influence on D2!"
Wang Jixuan leaned back.
Good grief, Little Zhou has made great progress recently.
This idea is really not bad.
"Peony, don't give my battle puppet a makeover yet!"
Peony hurriedly agreed: "Okay, Chief, we've only just started designing the surgical plan here."
Dongfang Zhenghong looked at Zhou Zhengde with satisfaction and said solemnly: "This matter can be pushed forward as soon as possible. At the same time, we must not relax our defense in Fortress 76. Its strategic position is very important."
Wang Jixuan smiled: "It seems I'll have to keep Spirit Energy User No. 5 hanging for a few more days."
He thought of the Mountain Guarding Formation he had been longing for, and after taking a closer look, Wu Man had almost finished the formation base.
This young man is really working hard when there's work to do.
Then, he'll set up the Mountain Guarding Formation first and teach Wu Man how to control it.
In this way, Fortress 76 will be his 'mountain gate' for a period of time in the future, and the safety factor can be greatly improved.
"Let's move in three hours. As for the public appearance, make some special arrangements for me."
Wang Jixuan transmitted his small request, and Dongfang Zhenghong revealed a somewhat profound smile.
Zhou Zhengde sighed: "Alas, your relationship with Lieutenant Colonel Ling Tong is getting hotter and hotter. I haven't seen my girlfriend in half a year. Should I get one too?"
"Does Doctor Wei Na have a new relationship?"
"Well, I didn't dare to ask."
Wang Jixuan blinked: "I have a friend, her name is Mai Xiaomei, she's been losing weight recently, not much older than you, about the same age, and hasn't been in a relationship... Would you like to give her some life lessons?"
Zhou Zhengde: ...
"I'm very loyal in relationships!"
"She should be in pretty good shape after losing weight, and her appearance is about three-tenths similar to Doctor Wei Na."
"Well, since you recommended her, I'll get in touch with her later."
Wang Jixuan snapped his fingers, turned around and ran, not forgetting to remind before leaving.
"Peony, remember to leave Mai Xiaomei's contact information for Brother Zhou!"
Peony, as a mechanical body, could easily control her emotions and nodded calmly at this moment.
"Okay, Chief."
Zhou Zhengde raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose, always feeling that there was something fishy about this.
Three hours later.
The second to thirteenth floors of Fortress 76 were enveloped in a layer of light film.
Wu Man and Zheng Shiduo stood in front of a huge stone tablet, sweating profusely as they chewed on the hundreds of words of incantation left by Wang Jixuan.
This was only the basic protective formation.
Subsequently, Wang Jixuan would also add killing formations and trapping formations to counter invaders.
Wang Jixuan took his battle puppet and flew to a military fortress on the border of the D5 Comprehensive War Zone in a stealth transport plane.
In his seat, he opened a small screen, watching the slender figure standing on the podium in the screen.
The picture flowed, and the edge of the projection screen quietly disappeared, that figure changed from detailed pixels to a real entity, standing gracefully, so charming.
