Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

In the Territorial Expansion Alliance Seat, Qiu Lei’s face turned extremely grim.

In the White Cloud Village Seat, You Yunshou sighed: ”Shi Heng has done his best.”

No one in the Nanming Village Seat mocked.

Putting oneself in the place, facing Shi Heng one-on-one would be difficult. Shi Heng is strong, but Pure Yangzi’s combat strength utterly surpasses him!

The Jade Chime sounded again.

The verdict echoed through the Thick Earth Martial Arts Arena: ”Second match, Pure Yangzi from Nanming Village wins.”

In the Nanming Village Seat, the suppressed atmosphere finally relaxed a bit.

Some people exhaled heavily; some showed joyful expressions. The shadow of the defeat in the first match was partially dispelled by Pure Yangzi’s victory at this moment.

Pure Yangzi sheathed the golden short sword.

Though death in martial arts is unrestricted, he merely glanced at the unconscious Shi Heng and did not strike a killing blow.

He turned and flew back to the Nanming Village Seat.

The first match, Nanming Village lost.

The second match, Nanming Village won.

One to one.

The real victory or defeat was yet to come.

Post-battle, in the Three Lights Heavenly Dao Cave Mansion.

Ning Zhuo closed his eyes, Luoshu slowly unfolded within the divine sea.

The terrain of the Thick Earth Martial Arts Arena, Shi Heng True Monarch’s footwork, the contraction rhythm of the yellow light rings, the earth energy flow of the Borrowing Vein Talisman, all replayed in Ning Zhuo’s mind.

”Earth Element is not just about heaviness.”

”It can carry, suppress, transfer, and accumulate strength.”

”Shi Heng True Monarch’s greatest advantage isn’t in slaughter, but in connecting himself with the arena. When one gets hurt, the earth shares it. When one’s strength wanes, the earth veins replenish. Truly gaining the — advantage of the land!”

Leveraging the power of the venue, accumulating the strength of thick earth, defending to exhaust the attack, pressing heavily on the light.

Ning Zhuo’s mind cleared further.

The first Earth Element Minor Technique formed in his mind.

Its name: Borrowing Ground to Share Damage.

This technique is not an exact copy of Shi Heng True Monarch’s talisman. That talisman is high-level, capable of temporarily borrowing earth veins, even transferring injuries into thick earth. Ning Zhuo’s insight at the moment only extracted its superficial principles.

Borrowing Ground to Share Damage technique allows a cultivator to etch Dharma Seals on the ground using Earth Element Power. When struck, it’s not empty transference of injuries, but utilizing the Dharma Seal to let the earth share them.

The strength of this technique lies in reducing blunt, shock, and heavy pressure-type attacks. Its weakness is the inability to share poison, five elements, curse, and other unusual damage.

The second Earth Element Minor Technique, derived from those stone columns and yellow light rings.

Its name: Ring Soil Binding Body Technique.

Shi Heng True Monarch formed forests of stone columns, which sprayed yellow rings, layered towards Pure Yangzi’s shoulders, wrists, and waist. This method lacked finesse but was perfect for restricting enemy movement techniques.

Ning Zhuo mimicked and simplified, improved it.

Once a cultivator casts the spell, low soil piles can immediately form. Yellow ring air emits between these piles, not forcibly binding but increasing the heaviness felt by enemies. If enemies move with nimble techniques, the rings follow their footsteps, slowing their evasion rhythm.

This technique’s advantage lies in low consumption and quick deployment, especially effective against opponents relying on agility, dodging, short-range maneuvering. Its flaw is the low defense of soil piles, easily broken.

Ning Zhuo doesn’t deeply feel the Pure Yang Technique.

Pure Yangzi’s pathway is direct, pure, and singular. Ning Zhuo carries mechanisms, Alchemy Dao, five elements, Fire Seed Blood Ash, and Luoshu deductions, alongside newly acquired White Cloud Nature.

Ning Zhuo primarily practices Mechanical Techniques, his cultivation path destined to be diverse and changeable, not suitable for following Pure Yangzi’s similar singular magic technique.

But Ning Zhuo can discern strength.

Pure Yangzi’s power clearly exceeded Shi Heng True Monarch’s. In their duel, he dominated with full force, neither dodging nor evading, crushed Shi Heng head-on, asserting Nanming Village’s prestige and dispelling the negative impact of Nine Fire Dragon Lord’s defeat, securing the position of Great Village Chief.