area51novel 935. Craft combat puppets
935. Craft combat puppets
After listening carefully, Xiao Yan had to admit that although Xiao Xuan's proposed changes had not yet been implemented, he could feel the effects. His ancestor's insight was truly terrifying.
Finally, Xiao Xuan sighed softly, lamenting with regret, "What a pity. My body was shattered in that battle, otherwise I would have been the best material for you to refine battle puppets."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan shook his head without hesitation and said, "If the Ancestor's body and soul are still intact, then Xiao Yan will do everything in his power to revive the Ancestor."
Looking into Xiao Yan's eyes, Xiao Xuan knew that Xiao Yan was speaking from the bottom of his heart: "Of course I know you have this intention. You can start refining the battle puppet now. I will protect you."
Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing this, then sat cross-legged and took out the body of a one-star Dou Sheng stored in his storage ring.
This person has only been dead for less than a day, so there's no rush. Even without the recorded secret methods to preserve it, the body of a Battle Saint will not lose its vitality within a month. This month is the best time to refine the battle puppet.
Of course, crafting a battle puppet requires more than just a body; other precious herbs are also needed. As an eighth-grade alchemist, Xiao Yan naturally had no shortage of these resources. Not to mention, many forces sent Xiao Yan a lot of herbal materials during his wedding, and Little Fairy Doctor had already prepared, supplementing the materials she had collected at the wedding with even more, ultimately handing them all over to Xiao Yan, saving him the trouble of collecting materials.
In Little Fairy Doctor's words, if Xiao Yan were to organize an organization and handle all the tedious matters, he would not only lack the time, but he might not even be able to do it perfectly. Therefore, Little Fairy Doctor has already taken care of these things for Xiao Yan.
Then Xiao Yan tapped his storage ring, and dozens of herbs with healing properties that had been pre-counted flew out of the ring. Xiao Yan released the Eight Desolate Star Lotus Flame to refine these herbs into medicinal liquid.
The herbs Xiao Yan used were all required for eighth and ninth-grade pills, and their effects were extremely potent. Even with the Eight Desolate Star Lotus Flame, it took Xiao Yan a full ten days to refine them. However, the time flow in the Heavenly Tomb was much slower than in the outside world, so Xiao Yan was not in a hurry at all.
Ten days later, a fist-sized ball of emerald green liquid took shape, and as the liquid churned, it displayed unimaginable vitality.
The potency contained in this medicinal liquid is far greater than that of other eighth-grade pills that Xiao Yan refines. After all, it is for use by Dou Sheng-level battle puppets, so there is no need to be as careful as when treating ordinary people.
Xiao Yan spread his five fingers wide, pointing towards the medicinal liquid. Under the guidance of the soul power released by Xiao Yan, the medicinal liquid continued to expand, eventually spreading out to form a green film that completely covered the body of the Soul Clan Dou Sheng and slowly adhered to it.
The moment these medicinal liquids came into contact with the body, they quickly absorbed into it. The powerful life force directly removed the wisps of death energy that had arisen on the body, allowing the Battle Saint's body to regain its vitality, his heart to start beating again, and his blood to begin flowing.
Xiao Yan knew very well that this was just the medicine forcibly restoring life to his body, not a real revival. This phenomenon would disappear once the medicine wore off.
What he needs is to temporarily "come back to life" in this body!
As blood resumes flowing through every inch of the body, life returns, and the first step in crafting the battle puppet is complete.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan's caution eased slightly. After all, it was his first time, and he had no experience whatsoever, so he could only follow the instructions in the inheritance step by step. However, with Xiao Xuan overseeing the process, it proved that the method was indeed effective!
Xiao Yan took out several precious metals from his storage ring. These metals were some of the treasures he had accumulated over the years, and they were all extraordinary items. Xiao Yan threw them all into the Eight Desolate Star Lotus Flame. These precious metals were all melted in the strange fire, turning into blackish-gray metallic liquid, which finally covered the surface of the Dou Sheng's body like a medicinal liquid.
With the addition of these high-grade metals, Xiao Yan's battle puppet can gain even more terrifying defensive capabilities than it did in life.
Xiao Yan guided the molten metal into the pores of the battle puppet's body, forming the first layer of protection on its surface. As the molten metal flowed over the battle puppet's body, an unusual aroma of meat wafted out. It was only because the body belonged to a Dou Sheng that it could withstand such destruction; otherwise, an ordinary body without Dou Qi defense would not be able to endure such devastation.
It took Xiao Yan five days to complete the metal equipment.
Finally, energy needs to be injected into the battle puppet. The most fundamental difference between a battle puppet and a normal person is that although it can absorb and utilize battle energy, it cannot use any battle techniques and can only rely on the fighting instincts within its soul.
However, Xiao Xuan had just seen the craftsmanship of this battle puppet. The most important modification he made for Xiao Yan was to allow Xiao Yan to charge the battle puppet with a different kind of fire. Xiao Yan's current Eight Desolate Star Lotus Flame is no weaker than the top five different kinds of fire. With the enhancement of this fire, the battle puppet's power can be further increased, giving it the ability to rival a true Dou Sheng!
Under Xiao Yan's control, the three-colored flames flowed over every inch of the battle puppet's body, causing the Dou Sheng's body to continuously radiate light and a richer aroma of meat, even faintly smelling of burning.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan showed no mercy and did not slow down the speed at which he inputted the Eight Desolate Star Lotus Flame.
Xiao Yan needs a battle puppet that can be effective at the Dou Sheng level. If it can't withstand this kind of impact, the battle puppet will be of little use even if it is made!
Ultimately, under the continuous onslaught of Xiao Yan's Eight Desolate Star Lotus Flames, the body of that one-star Dou Sheng was completely filled with three-colored flames. The surface of his body was extremely hot, constantly emitting a faint blood-red mist. It could be said that only because the Dou Sheng's physical body was strong enough did it not completely collapse.
"That's about enough." Seeing this, Xiao Yan also sat cross-legged and activated the Burning Technique to replenish the Dou Qi consumed over the past ten days.
Having recovered considerably, he used the Soul Transfer Technique to once again elevate his soul power to its peak state.
The final step in creating a battle puppet is to control the soul of the Heavenly Realm, leave a soul imprint, and gain complete control of the battle puppet!
This step is the most important and was left until last, because only by mastering the soul body from the beginning can the battle puppet be prevented from being used by others in battle. Of course, completely controlling a Heavenly Realm soul is not only very difficult, but there is also a possibility of being devoured by it, which is one of the reasons why Ling Fengzhui gave up on refining the battle puppet in the first place.
However, this step wasn't so troublesome for Xiao Yan, because he could use the Soul Transfer Technique to raise his soul power to the peak of the early Heaven Realm. As for safety, with Xiao Xuan personally protecting him, a mere Heaven Realm soul couldn't cause any real trouble.