Li Chengfeng's strategy involved quietly retrieving those seemingly broken and useless puppets under his skillful control.
He instructed the Substitute Puppets to quickly assemble, throwing the discarded parts into the Blood Pool. After processing, the Substitute Puppets would rapidly assemble them into new puppets.
This process could be completed in less than an hour, and the new puppets could be deployed into battle immediately after assembly.
Therefore, Li Chengfeng's losses were actually minimal, with the missing parts simply being filled in with other components.
This was also the means by which Li Chengfeng could quickly strike at his opponent.
He knew very well that the longer the battle lasted, the more he could remain calm, because he had abundant resources in his hands, enough to support him in a prolonged fight.
Faced with such dense and comprehensive attacks, Xu Huixin's expression changed drastically in an instant. She anxiously said to Zhang Xingzhu, "Senior Brother, this Li Chengfeng is definitely a major threat to our Tianhai Sword Sect.
This person is resourceful, meticulous, and possesses strange and ruthless methods."
Zhang Xingzhu smiled slightly, his eyes revealing firmness and confidence. He comforted Xu Huixin, "Junior Sister, have you forgotten our belief? To advance courageously and cut off everything in our path.
What do these attacks amount to? Any conspiracy or trickery is nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs in the face of absolute strength."
As he spoke, he summoned the Departing Fire Sword into his hand with a wave.
He looked at Xu Huixin and said, "Watch carefully, the name of my sword technique is 'Heaven and Earth Wind and Fire.' I hope it will inspire you."
Zhang Xingzhu's sword energy surged out like a waterfall, blocking all incoming puppets.
However, under this dense barrage, the barrier formed by the sword energy was constantly denting inward, seemingly on the verge of shattering.
But Zhang Xingzhu did not panic. He smiled again and said, "The best defense is offense."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly unleashed a powerful force, and a surge of magic power poured into the sword. The sword began to spin directly, sweeping across in a refined and ethereal manner.
The powerful sword energy swept back all the attacks like an overwhelming force, instantly turning forty or fifty puppets into a pile of scrap.
The residual force did not dissipate, and it overturned more than a dozen puppets before stopping.
Then, with a flip of his wrist, the sword light flashed, and the sword energy transformed into a stream of light, piercing directly at the center of Li Chengfeng's Substitute Puppet's brow.
He said coldly, "Go to hell, you clown. Your performance has lasted long enough. I find it disgusting."
Li Chengfeng felt a powerful crisis of life and death. He did not expect the opponent to be so powerful, truly worthy of being the number one junior of the Tianhai Sword Sect. His reputation was indeed well-deserved.
Liu Ruyan's eyebrows also shot up, and she was so shocked that her soul almost left her body.
Although this crisis of death was not directed at her, it caused her unbearable pain, a feeling of something stuck in her throat.
She watched nervously to see how Li Chengfeng would respond. She saw Li Chengfeng smile slightly, grab Liu Ruyan's hand, and then take a step of the Life-Death Steps, instantly disappearing from the spot.
When he reappeared, he already possessed all of Liu Ruoyuan's spells and power, perfectly imitating him and dodging Zhang Xingzhu's fatal blow.
Then, he once again roused his spirits, driving ninety puppets to frantically fill the gap, launching an attack on Zhang Xingzhu.
Afterward, he slowly concealed himself, disappearing into the surrounding mist, leaving only the sounds of ghostly wails echoing in the night sky.
Xu Huixin said angrily, "It's this trick again! His mist talisman is indeed evil.
As long as he throws it out, it can block divine sense, allowing him to take the opportunity to escape far away. This bastard, he's willing to risk his life for the Nine Desires Celestial Flower.
If he escapes now, we will still be helpless. But if he continues to entangle, Senior Brother, what should we do?"
Zhang Xingzhu smiled slightly and said confidently, "Just a clown. I said, no matter how much he struggles, he will face certain death in front of me."
He slowly held the Departing Fire Sword in his hand and looked at the ninety puppets around him, saying, "Let's fight again!"
Powerful sword energy surged out, and these puppets were instantly destroyed in large numbers.
Zhang Ruichu, Meng Biao, and others watching the battle from a distance felt a chill in their hearts. They shook their heads, believing that Li Chengfeng was truly overestimating himself.
Zhang Xingzhu was already at the Foundation Establishment stage. Don't underestimate him just because he is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but his sword techniques are enough to kill cultivators in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
Under the circumstances where these disciples did not have the assistance of magical treasures, Zhang Xingzhu was the sky in this secret realm.
Li Chengfeng also exploited the loopholes in the rules of this secret realm. If it were in the past, experts of this level would not be able to enter at all, or they would be directly killed by the rules.
However, the other party sealed his aura inside the coffin, and after entering, the rules changed again, allowing him to swagger around here.
It can be seen that the other party is also an extremely intelligent person. Sure enough, none of the disciples of the great sects are pedantic.
Liu Ruyan and Li Chengfeng were hiding behind the mist not far away on a hilltop.
Li Chengfeng's divine sense was controlled by the puppets. The puppets were destroyed so quickly, but there was actually no trace of grief on his face. Instead, he smiled slightly and said, "I'll see how many more swords he can swing."
Li Chengfeng waved his hand again, and another ninety puppets rushed out frantically, like an overwhelming force.
Xu Huixin was slowly recovering her magic power. She was furious, thinking, "Does this bastard want to exhaust me to death? Then let's see how much wealth you have."
But Li Chengfeng was quietly urging the power of space, approaching Xu Huixin from the side.
This was his real target.
Xu Huixin cautiously observed the movements around her. She knew that this Li Chengfeng was definitely not an ordinary person and must still have hidden methods.
Therefore, she chose to wait, in case Li Chengfeng took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Senior Brother Zhang Xingzhu.
In Xu Huixin's view, the disciples of the Demonic Sect were mostly timid as mice, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Once they knew their strength, they would hide like rats.
However, she did not completely classify Li Chengfeng as such. Li Chengfeng's performance and temperament made her deeply feel that this person was different and must have a backup plan.
At this time, Xu Huixin faced Li Chengfeng's Substitute Puppet and said to Liu Ruoyan, "Fairy Liu, please do me a favor and get as far away from here as possible, creating some commotion."
As she spoke, she handed Liu Ruoyan a puppet. This was an explosive puppet, without any energy fluctuations. As long as it was detonated outside a hundred miles, it could create enough commotion.
Liu Ruoyan took the puppet, nodded, and said, "Okay, I understand. You must be more careful."
After speaking, she turned and left, looking for a suitable place to detonate the puppet.
Li Chengfeng watched as his ninety puppets once again turned into scrap metal, but he was not discouraged.
When he threw out the puppets again, he finally leaked a trace of his aura.
Although this trace of aura was subtle, it could not escape Zhang Xingzhu's divine sense.
Zhang Xingzhu gripped the Departing Fire Sword in his hand, stepped into the air, and used a "Flowing Cloud Flying Immortal" technique, his figure transforming into a bolt of lightning, quickly rushing towards Li Chengfeng's location.
When Xu Huixin saw this, she knew that Senior Brother had already captured Li Chengfeng's hiding place.
She stared intently at Senior Brother's elegant and ethereal movements, her heart filled with admiration and envy.
She knew that this battle was about to end. No matter how cunning Li Chengfeng was, he could not escape Senior Brother's sword.
Sure enough, not long after, a scream came.
