Chapter 519 - 389: Basic-level Pill Puppet
What place is this?
After realizing that she had separated from everyone else and entered this mysterious cave, Ye Lingyue looked around with a vigilant expression.
The Jade Carving in her hand still retained the warmth from her touch.
This piece, isn't the Jade Carving that leads to Cave No.3, Ye Lingyue carefully compared and saw that though this carving also had the character "three" engraved on it, upon closer inspection, it was recently made and the craftsmanship was cruder.
"Who's there?"
Ye Lingyue, vigilant, her gaze accurately landing on a corner.
"Little wretch, you do have some abilities, actually discovering my whereabouts so quickly," a person emerged from hiding.
Although no longer in magnificent palace attire, Ye Lingyue recognized her at a glance—it was Noble Princess Consort Luo.
It had only been a few months since the loss of her child, and Luo Wan, formerly a pampered Noble Princess Consort in Xia Palace, was a changed person.
Her face looked haggard, with premature graying hairs at her temples.
"You are indeed from the Dan Palace, let me guess, the one who managed to deceive the elder outside Xingxiu Cave and sneak you into Xingxiu Cave must have been Xue Pianran." Ye Lingyue understood when she saw Noble Princess Consort Luo that the person who tampered with this Jade Carving was none other than Noble Princess Consort Luo.
"You are indeed clever, but it's a pity that cleverness can lead to your own misfortune. Ye Lingyue, this cave was prepared especially for you. It has special prohibitions, without my permission, you absolutely cannot escape. There are none of your annoying friends here either, and I do want to see how you will die today."
The Noble Princess Consort Luo had towering hatred towards Ye Lingyue.
She was originally hopeful that Chen Hongru could personally kill her.
However, Chen Hongru had allowed Ye Lingyue to enter Xingxiu Cave instead.
Just as Noble Princess Consort Luo was in despair, Xue Pianran unexpectedly came to her.
She promised that she could help Noble Princess Consort Luo enter Xingxiu Cave and could even find a way to use the special exclusive prohibition to bring Ye Lingyue alone to this place.
As long as Ye Lingyue was alone, Noble Princess Consort Luo was confident that she could kill her.
"Where do you get the confidence to think you can deal with me?" Although Ye Lingyue spoke dismissively, her gaze was searching the narrow, sealed cave.
There didn't seem to be any mechanisms or secret passages; it seemed like what Noble Princess Consort Luo said was true.
Only she knew the way to leave.
Ye Lingyue's gaze then fell on Noble Princess Consort Luo, who although also came from the Dan Palace, seemed to have not very strong spiritual cultivation, probably no more than Fifth Rank.
"Hehe, are you figuring out how to force me to let you out?" Noble Princess Consort Luo laughed, shaking all over. "Useless, Ye Lingyue, do you think I would give you a chance to capture me? Let me tell you, you must die today."
As she spoke, Noble Princess Consort Luo quickly retreated a few steps, her hands throwing out two oddly colored Elixir Pills.
Once the two Elixir Pills hit the ground, they instantly produced two plumes of green smoke.
As the smoke dispersed, the Elixir Pills rapidly transformed.
Two humanoid monsters, each over two meters tall with fierce faces, appeared before Ye Lingyue.
"Let you also experience the power of a Basic-level Pill Puppet from the Dan Palace," laughed Noble Princess Consort Luo.
Pill Puppets, humanoid monsters refined by Chen Hongru, even a Basic-level Pill Puppet is comparable to a master of the Reincarnation First Path.
Noble Princess Consort Luo, intent on dealing with Ye Lingyue, had secretly stolen the Pill Puppet from Chen Hongru.
Under her drive of spiritual power, the two Pill Puppets walked towards Ye Lingyue.
Ye Lingyue dared not hesitate.
"Little Infinite Finger, Shattering Heaven."
Ye Lingyue shouted loudly, and several streams of finger wind broke through the air, striking a pill puppet. However, the pill puppet remained unmoved and not even a scratch appeared.
On normal days, the Little Infinite Finger could shatter stones and split metals, but upon hitting the pill puppet,
there appeared only a tiny crack on the body of the pill puppet, merely a moment later, the crack returned to its original state.
Ye Lingyue had never fought against a pill puppet, and she had no idea that such monsters were crafted by Chen Hongru using wasted elixirs.
Those wasted elixirs were all eighth-grade elixir pills.
After being forged by the Solid Rank "Red Snow", they were repeatedly hammered and tempered, making their body extremely sturdy, far surpassing ordinary Martial Artists, comparable to the Reincarnation Realm.
Ye Lingyue's Little Infinite Finger was only at the Second Layer, and her cultivation was merely at the Primordial Elixir Realm, naturally, she could not shake the pill puppet.
"Just give up, you little wretch. Even if you exhaust all your Primordial Power, you won't be able to defeat the pill puppet. Today, I will watch as you are torn to shreds by the pill puppet," Noble Princess Consort Luo said with glee.
Such a troublesome monster.
Ye Lingyue inwardly gasped in shock, swallowing her saliva covertly while her mind rapidly considered how to break the current deadlock.
In an instant, Ye Lingyue thought of something.
With a movement of her Divine Sense, something pitch-black appeared in her hand.
Seeing what was in Ye Lingyue's hand, the earlier triumphant expression on Noble Princess Consort Luo's face quickly peeled away.
"How do you have the Nirvana Cannon!"
"Heh~ It seems I guessed right, Xia Houhong's father is indeed Chen Hongru, and this Nirvana Cannon must also be crafted by Chen Hongru. Tell me, with the Nirvana Cannon crafted by Chen Hongru, what do you think will happen when I use it to kill a pill puppet also made by Chen Hongru?" A playful smile curled at the corners of Ye Lingyue's mouth.
The Nirvana Cannon in her hand clicked, a thousand Candle Dragon Elixirs transformed into terrifying power, bursting like a flood and resembling a meteorite from outer space, followed by a loud bang, the entire chamber swayed.
A violent impact occurred, the body of the pill puppet soared high like autumn leaves caught in a strong wind and then heavily fell.
The original extremely hard pill puppet quickly had its surface covered with spiderweb-like cracks, which grew larger and with a loud bang, finally exploded into pieces.
Without a moment of hesitation, Ye Lingyue quickly fired another shot.
In an instant, two pill puppets, comparable to Martial Artists in the Reincarnation Realm, were blasted to pieces.
Having used two shots of the Nirvana Cannon to kill the pill puppets, the strong recoil of the Nirvana Cannon caused her hands to numb, and her heart still palpitated with residual fear.
The Nirvana Cannon and the pill puppets were both refined by Chen Hongru.
But there was a gap in the strength between the two, if Noble Princess Consort Luo brought two intermediate-level pill puppets today, perhaps Ye Lingyue would not have been able to kill them so easily.
But those were just two basic-level pill puppets, so she could easily defeat them.
Although Ye Lingyue had killed the two pill puppets, there was an intermittent ache in her heart.
The Elixir Slot of the Nirvana Cannon pitifully dropped to "one."
Damn, two thousand Candle Dragon Elixirs, those were obtained through blood, sweat... err, using someone else's blood and sweat in Yan City No.9.
When she breaks through the Fang Venerate in the future, she definitely must also refine a hundred or eighty pill puppets for fun.