Chapter 97 – The Thousand Mechanism Battle
The silver puppet vanished after shattering the stone statue, reappearing inside its original box.
Li Guanqi stood with his head lowered and his eyes bloodshot. He now understood that the statues were likely tied to his life. The pain of destroying one far surpassed the agony of his first medicinal bath, but he had learned how to control the puppet below.
No longer bothering to restrain his wounds, he let his blood flow freely, trickling down the thorns and soaking into the platform.
Blood activated the mechanism, and divine consciousness guided the puppet. Li Guanqi sank his mind into the Thousand-Mechanism Array, and in an instant, a flood of information surged into his mind.
The corners of his lips curled up into a vicious smile as he took out a jade token with the carving of a sword and slammed it into the ground. Countless light patterns on the ground gathered on the token, which lit up with blinding light.
A sword materialized in the puppet’s left hand. Now wielding a blade in each hand, it charged forward. As soon as it stepped from its box into the first of its opponent’s, the other man suddenly twitched, as if he was moving something.
Li Guanqi made his puppet step back quickly, just in time to dodge a treacherous bobby trap.
The box the puppet was going to step on suddenly cracked open, dividing it into two halves. Countless metal thorns shot out of the opening, and the two halves snapped shut like a clapping book.
Thud!
If not for his quick reaction, the puppet would have been crushed. The puppet sprang forward, lunging toward the other statues. The jet-black puppet struck with blades in both hands, but the silver puppet caught the blow with its own sword.
Li Guanqi made his puppet circle behind and plunged its sword through the silver puppet’s head from the back. The puppet disappeared into motes of spirit light, and the statue behind also exploded.
“Ahhh! Ahh!!!”