Shen Hao knew that there was a side technique in the cultivation world called puppet technique, and monks who were good at this type of technique were generally called puppet masters.
There are very few people who practice side arts. Anyway, Shen Hao has never seen a puppet master. I have only read about the puppet master from some essays and books.
It is said that the puppet master also needs to practice martial arts, but the technique is weird and unique: he gave up the research and utilization of the five elements and instead explored the mysterious reconstruction of formations and objects themselves.
From Shen Hao's understanding, the puppet master is a bit like an applied scientist and a hands-on maniac.
The mysterious magic theory coupled with various weapon refining methods and whimsical ideas, and the complex knowledge threshold are the biggest obstacles to becoming a puppet master. It can be said that a puppet master is both a weapon refiner and a theoretical master in practice, and he must also have enough fantastic ideas. Each of them is a top figure in the cultivation world.
The book said that puppets made by puppetry can be used for entertainment and combat. Almost everything that people can think of can be done by puppets.
It was also the first time for Shen Hao to see a puppet, and it was completely different from what he imagined.
Although these tomb beasts look strange as a whole, they definitely don't look man-made. They are more like monsters than "items".
Nie Yun did not continue walking forward, but kept a distance of nearly twenty feet from the entrance of Zhuangzi.
"As long as they don't enter Zhuangzi's range, they won't take the initiative to attack."
"Are you so stupid? Then you can easily kill them by standing outside and bombarding them from a distance?"
"It's a beautiful idea. You'll know after you try it."
Shen Hao glanced at Nie Yun and found that the other party didn't seem to be joking, and there was no ill intention, so he pulled out the Yanji knife from his waist again, walked forward a little distance, then held the knife with both hands while infusing the zhenqi and then slashed. Down.
In an instant, a blade of light flew out from the Yanji Sword, and its target was the hunched and slow-moving tomb beast that was more than ten feet away. But......
The sword light dissipated out of thin air just a few feet away from the blade.
"This..." Shen Hao's eyes widened. He couldn't believe that his sword light would disappear like this. He immediately slashed several times with the same result. All the sword lights disappeared a few feet after leaving the blade. invisible.
It was probably because Shen Hao's surprised and horrified expression was full of joy that Nie Yun burst out laughing when he saw it. He even bent over with laughter.
"Hahaha... Brother, do you know now that you can't take advantage of long distances? Not to mention your sword light, even the object-controlling magic won't work here. Unless you can enter the tomb, otherwise you can only Able to fight at close quarters."
"Brother Nie, what on earth is going on?"
"The magic that prohibits true energy from leaving the body is prohibited in the Cloud Sword Domain. To use it, you must enter the entrance of the tomb."
"What about Zhuangzi?"
"Zhuangzi is only the entrance to the tomb. Only when you officially enter can you leave the Yunjian Domain and can you use various spells normally."
"Then do we still want to go in?"
"I want to go in. The Yunjian inside is more suitable for my trial. You can follow me and I will take you in. The closer you are to the entrance, the overall quality of the Yunjian will be better than the outside."
Shen Hao thanked him, followed closely behind Nie Yun, and started walking forward.
He didn't really have much choice. If he doesn't go to Zhuangzi, he will only have some emergency dry food in his storage bag, and he can stick to three meals at most. If anything happens in the future, he will be too hungry to handle it.
So even though Shen Hao still didn't let go of his vigilance towards Nie Yun at this moment, he still followed Nie Yun honestly.
In such a dangerous place, if you have big thighs and don’t hold on, why don’t you increase the difficulty and put a single line? First settle down and survive before thinking about anything else.
As the distance got closer, the tomb beast at the intersection of Zhuangzi reacted. It roared as if to warn Nie Yun not to get close. Its body also changed from its previous lazy look. It hunched over and had ten sharp arrows popping out of its hands that were longer than the knees. Claws, a grinning mouth full of fangs.
Nie Yun did not stop and continued to move forward, but Shen Hao noticed that wisps of white mist appeared on Nie Yun's palms, slowly flowing around in the shape of water ribbons.
Is this the Five Elements Water attribute technique? Is this mist-like water vapor? Or ice slag?
Before Shen Hao could think about it, Nie Yun had already stepped into the intersection of Caiyuanzhuang. Almost instantly, the eye-catching tomb beast rushed towards him. The speed was too fast to see clearly. In just a blink of an eye, it was in front of Nie Yun, with its claws reaching forward and its big mouth biting.
Nie Yun's steps were neither hasty nor slow, and he took two staggered steps, moving smoothly, seemingly slow but actually fast. He actually avoided all the attacks of the tomb beast with just one step sideways and diagonally.
Shen Hao was a little stunned when he saw it, and a word came out of his heart inexplicably: elegant.
There were no dazzling spells, and all he used was a close combat style. A pair of fleshy palms with the blessing of ice and fog dexterously slapped the tomb beast one by one.
Shen Hao's eyesight was a little weak. He could only count from the muffled sound of slapping, and judged that Nie Yun had slapped the tomb beast three times in total.
Bang... In such an instant, the Tomb Beast hit the ground without stopping and stopped moving. After two breaths, the entire Tomb Beast's body quickly melted into an ink-like liquid and quickly immersed into the ground. not see.
Is this the "return to the core" method of immortality for tomb beasts that Nie Yun mentioned before?
"Let's go in. You stay with me and don't leave a foot away. I'll protect you." Nie Yun's tone was still calm, but his steps were a little faster than before.
The road behind is still not smooth. Although the number of tomb beasts is not large, it is still quite a lot. Basically, you will encounter one or two at about 20 feet. However, it was completely unable to affect Nie Yun. He could kill a tomb beast with three palms and easily protected Shen Hao as he moved forward, even his speed was not affected much.
So much so that Shen Hao could only keep reminding himself through the speed of the tomb beasts, the explosive force when kicking the ground, and the whirring sound of tearing the air when swinging his claws. These tomb beasts are definitely very strong. The reason why they are so easy now is just that Nie Yun is too powerful. .
After entering Zhuangzi, I saw corpses. They were all dead recently. They were all dressed as villagers. Their death conditions were miserable. The corpses were discarded everywhere. It was conceivable that these were the people of Caiyuanzhuang. They were probably all dead when something happened.
Moreover, there are more cloud swords in Zhuangzi, bigger and denser. Of course, there are also fist-sized ones. They stay in an inconspicuous corner, and the total number is much more than outside.
Nie Yun pointed to a large house in the distance ahead. Said: "The big room in front is where we will stay. There are few tomb beasts around, and it's close to the entrance so it's easy to get in. You can also try your luck with a Cloud Sword."
"Are you near the entrance to the tomb?"
"Yeah. There used to be a fish pond behind the big house, and the dead one was dug right at the entrance to the tomb."
Shen Hao said nothing and continued to follow Nie Yun all the way into the big house. Compared with the outside, the house is much cleaner. At least there are no corpses. I don't know if Nie Yun has simply cleaned the place before.
