Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 241 Cloud Roc Mothership, Roc King Puppet
Yunpeng's body was well preserved, with his bones and flesh intact, and his skin and fur covering it.

Aside from the fact that he ate the demon core and used it as fuel for his furnace.

The only damage to this monster's body was the two rows of bloody holes on its back caused by Liu Yin's bite, which he needed to repair using the Blood Spirit Crystals he collected from the remains of the Lin family's Blood Demon.

A relatively complete corpse of a second-tier demon king is extremely rare.

In addition to carving out a space about thirty feet long and more than ten feet wide in its abdomen to accommodate other puppets and set up formations,

Su Qing didn't make many changes, only using Heavenly Spirit Crystal mixed with Blood Spirit Crystal to cover a thin layer of blood-red coating on the surface of his body, which he could then draw runes on later.

Because the Cloud Roc King lacks the Demon Pill, the upper limit of the runes this puppet can hold is not as high as that of the Flying Dragon; it can only hold four third-tier runes and one second-tier rune.

After careful consideration, Su Qing made a decision in an instant.

They abandoned their own combat capabilities and compensated for them with formations and other puppets.

It was designed entirely to function as a transport platform that allows for concealment and movement through the air.

"The Cloud Roc King has the ability to summon clouds and hide within them. In addition, his physical body remains intact. To activate this ability, one only needs to draw a third-tier demon beast rune."

The third-tier demon beast rune allows the corpse of a second-tier demon king to inherit some of its past abilities.

His current proficiency with this rune is only at level two.

However, he had prepared three bottles of third-tier demon beast talisman water, so even if he failed a few times, it wouldn't matter much.

He stuffed a spirit stone into Shuangquan's hand. The magic power he had used up to refine the flying dragon still needed to be restored. At this time, he could only use the spirit stone to supply the consumption of Shuangquan's hand and draw the third-order demon beast runes with his hand.

What pained him was that all five attempts to draw the demon beast runes ended in failure, blasting Yunpeng's feathers flying everywhere and causing it to bleed profusely. He could only urgently fill the holes with blood spirit crystals. This operation inevitably damaged some of Yunpeng's resources.

However, this was a last resort. If one's rune proficiency was insufficient, forcing oneself to use third-tier runes would inevitably result in failure.

Luck was neither good nor bad; on the sixth attempt, he finally managed to imprint the damned third-tier demon beast rune onto Yunpeng's body.

As soon as the demon beast runes took effect, a chilling demonic aura emanated from King Yunpeng.

However, it lacks a demon core. Although its demonic energy is strong, its demonic power is only comparable to that of a first-tier demon king.

"They may also have the ability to command the Yunpeng clan of demonic beasts, but at most they can only make the lower-middle-grade first-tier Yunpeng submit."

Su Qing nodded to herself.

Since we are no longer planning to involve the Cloud Roc mothership in the battle, whether or not it possesses a second-tier pressure is no longer so important.

As long as he can master the Yunpeng clan's ability to summon clouds and cover the sky, and deceive the heavens and cross the sea, that will be enough.

Since the third-tier demon beast runes were drawn, making it seem like a second-tier Cloud Roc King reborn, there is no need to draw third-tier bionic runes.

If it were truly bionic, it would be the Cloud Roc King, which would be redundant and serve no great purpose other than occupying a rune slot.

The second one arranged was a third-tier flight rune.

Yunpeng King's talent lies entirely in his ability to summon large clouds of mist using demonic energy, which he uses to obscure the divine sense of Foundation Establishment cultivators and the qi sense of Second-Order Body Cultivators.

Its ability to escape through the air is inferior to that of flying beasts such as the Wind Sword Falcon and the Golden Roc, which are known for their speed.

Therefore, it is necessary to draw third-tier aerial runes on it to enhance its ability to travel through the air.

There's not much to say about the process of drawing the third-tier flight runes.

However, Yunpeng Yao had more than ten more blood holes on his body, his Double-Handed Technique had consumed another spirit stone, and he had used up two bottles of third-tier Sky-Soaring Talisman Water.

These were all necessary expenditures during the puppet-making process. Although Su Qing felt a pang of heartache, he finally managed to draw these runes after a day and two nights of hard work.

According to his calculations, after drawing the third-tier aerial runes, the puppet's speed in the air would be about three thousand miles per hour. This means that if he wanted, he could instantly deploy the puppet to any nearby location for combat.

This requires him to imprint a third-tier intelligent rune onto the puppet.

Although his own divine sense can now control a distance of over thirty miles, this distance is clearly insufficient to unleash the full power of the Cloud Roc mothership.

Therefore, it is necessary to give it the same level three intelligence as Tiger Egg Silver, which can still fight and command independently without other control.

He was already very familiar with the third-tier intelligent runes, and there were no problems during the drawing process.

The personality template that was imprinted on her was Tang Wanqing.

He realized that if he wanted a puppet to be reliable, he shouldn't make up its personality himself, but rather choose a template from people he knew, which was the safest approach.

Tiger eggs are a negative example, while flying dragons are a positive example.

Tang Wanqing is reliable, and the Flying Dragon and Yunpeng mothership, which are modeled after her, are also reliable.

For his last tier-three rune, he chose a tier-three space rune paired with a tier-two cloud and mist rune.

These two runes allow the Cloud Roc mothership to dart through the clouds and mist, preventing any reckless second-tier body cultivators from sneaking into the clouds and killing the Cloud Roc mothership. With this dart ability, the Cloud Roc King can dart freely through the clouds and mist, making him even more survivable.

Once all the runes on the Yunpeng mothership were drawn, a spirit stone was placed into its charging slot, and the puppet was successfully activated.

There were no surprises. According to the panel's assessment, this puppet is a combination puppet of the monster type, not a new type of puppet. Its own grade is only mid-grade of the second tier.

Su Qing was not surprised, because he had not yet equipped the puppet with combat units.

The Falcon King Flying Swordsman, whose wings are like swords, was created by refining the demon bones and body of the first-order ultimate demon king, the Wind Sword Falcon King!
The Falcon King Flying Swordsman is branded with five types of second-tier runes, including bionics, combat skills, and aerial maneuvering. His entire body is plated with armor made of Heavenly Spirit Gold and Profound Iron Essence, and he is equipped with two Flame Fire Magic Cannons.

Long-range artillery fires in rapid succession, while close-range attacks involve slashing from both wings.

This brings its overall quality to the limit of the first order.

He crafted twenty of these first-tier ultimate falcon king puppets in one go.

Mixed with them were forty Cloud Roc Hidden Bombs.

The Cloud Roc Hidden Bomb is made primarily from the demonic bones and body of a first-tier ultimate Cloud Roc, mixed with Hidden Wing Powder and Heavenly Spirit Crystal to create stealth armor.

By utilizing the demonic aura and mist of the Yunpeng mothership to obscure cultivators' senses, it can freely release whole explosive stones loaded within the mist.

To enhance the explosive effect, Su Qing thoughtfully drew second-tier spirit explosion runes on the exploding stone, creating a brand-new puppet, the Exploding Stone Puppet!
When the Exploding Stone Golem self-destructs, it not only ignites the chaotic spiritual energy within itself, but can also trigger a chain reaction of explosions in the surrounding spiritual energy.

The explosion's epicenter can injure even second-tier cultivators, and its blast radius extends for several miles in a circular pattern, causing varying degrees of injury or death to all beings below the second tier within this area.

Extremely cruel!

But it's very powerful!
Besides these twenty Falcon King Flying Swordsmen and Yunpeng Hidden Bomb.

The original space carrier has now been demoted and become a space subsidiary of the Yunpeng carrier, and has also been loaded onto the Yunpeng carrier.

Even at this stage, the modification of the Yunpeng mothership was not yet complete.

He then took out a puppet blueprint from his storage bag.

Thunder Dragon Crossbow!

The Sky-Shattering Dragon Crossbow, a large-scale combat puppet, together with the Gale Cannon and the Flame Cannon, forms the air defense system of White Cloud Immortal City.

The bowstring is made of the sinews of a second-tier serpent dragon, and the crossbow bolts are made of a first-tier dragon spear.

The dragon crossbow is surrounded by a defensive shield made of spirit-repelling stones that can block and neutralize Taoist attacks, and celestial spirit crystals that can neutralize the impact of combat techniques.

Just to pull this dragon crossbow, he would need to forge five armored war bears to exert their power together. Such a dragon crossbow would be so powerful that even a second-tier body cultivator would suffer greatly if shot at without any warning. As for foundation-building magic cultivators and first-tier body cultivators, they would only be destined to be blasted to death by it.

This puppet was already a first-tier ultimate puppet, and Su Qing added spirit explosion runes on top of its original runes.

This causes the dragon spear to explode upon hitting an enemy, multiplying its destructive power.

In other words, he hasn't accumulated enough materials to gather enough Tier 3 materials for the time being. Otherwise, he would be confident that he could refine the Sky-Shattering Dragon Crossbow into a Tier 2 Limit Puppet, giving it the ability to damage Tier 3 Body Cultivators.

He forged a total of twelve Thunder Dragon Crossbows, giving the Cloud Roc mothership the ability to kill second-tier beings at long range.

At this point, according to the panel's assessment, the Yun Tianpeng ship had already achieved the combat power of a second-tier superior ship.

But this is not enough.

Ask Tiger Egg downstairs to invite Yuan Tianye and Liang Haishun over, with their assistance.

Inside the Yu Yuntian Peng ship, eighteen first and second tier array flags were erected.

It is based on the second-tier superior formation, Cloud Mist Formation, and mixed with seventeen first-tier formations such as Thick Earth Formation, Yellow Sand Formation, Black Light Formation, and Golden Knife Formation.

Inside the mothership, a complete second-order formation system was created that could confuse the opponent's senses and combined defense with offense.

According to Yuan Tianye, the array system he had previously built for the forward camp was only slightly larger in scale than this one. In terms of small-scale capabilities, this array system was even more powerful than the one for the forward camp.

He was extremely satisfied with the entire array system. In addition to spending more than a million spirit crystals on array materials, he also owed Yuan Tianye four Phantom Leopards and Liang Haishun a team of twelve Lizard Knights.

I feel a little sorry for him!
But since we've already committed, let's commit to it with all our might!

He invited Helian Xian to help him reforge the Serpent Dragon Jade Pendant.

This Serpent Dragon Jade Pendant reduced the number of Serpent Dragons that could be summoned, but strengthened the combat power of each Serpent Dragon.

Then, this jade pendant was transformed into a puppet-type golem—Snake Dragon Nest.

The Serpent Dragon Nest is placed within the formation; should any external enemies intrude into the Cloud Roc mothership...

Four serpent dragons wielding dual swords will emerge from the serpent dragon's lair, each leading a squad of dual-sword lizards. With the help of formations, they can handle even one or two second-tier body cultivators boarding the ship.

This modification improved the safety of the Yunpeng mothership so much that Su Qing even felt an urge to make it her home.

At this point, the Yunpeng mothership had already reached the second-tier limit of quality.

Due to limited materials and the inability to draw fourth-order runes, we are currently unable to refine third-order puppets.

The modifications to the Yunpeng mothership can only go so far.

He then began to create the demon body and demon core of the Little Peng King.

In his vision, the Yunpeng mothership would be responsible for ground attacks, while the Pengwang puppet would be used to dominate the air.

As expected of the offspring of the third-tier Golden Roc King, even after being stripped of all its feathers, the little Roc King's corpse still exuded a chilling demonic aura.

Legend has it that the Golden Roc clan has ancient Dao patterns—"Speed ​​of the World"—branded on their demon bones and demon cores.

But Xiao Peng Wang had already looked at himself hundreds of times when Su Qing plucked his feathers.

However, not a trace of Dao patterns could be seen.

Su Qing could only attribute this to either impure bloodline or insufficient cultivation level.

I killed it too early, before it could awaken the bloodline patterns branded on its body, and I stabbed it with my spear.

The absence of Dao patterns is not a big deal. The demon body and demon core of the Golden Roc clan are among the best of flying beasts, second only to the bloodlines of royal divine beasts such as the Luan, Phoenix and Azure Bird.

These are such excellent materials for crafting puppets that there is no need for him to add unnecessary materials.

Using only Heavenly Spirit Gold and Hidden Wing Powder, a thin film is coated on its body, allowing it to bear the runes while also adding some defensive and stealth capabilities.

The main attraction is the runes drawn for it.

Unlike the approach used to create the Cloud Roc King, the Roc King Puppet needs to maximize its combat capabilities.

Therefore, after drawing the necessary third-tier demon beast runes, giving it some of the Golden Roc clan's innate abilities: disappearing into the void without a trace and moving as fast as golden light.

The three tiers of runes he then drew for it were combat runes, weapon runes, flight runes, and intelligence runes.

Because it will be fighting alongside the Yunpeng mothership in the future, it is extremely important to draw intelligent runes on it so that it can fight independently without relying on its own divine sense.

The third-tier flight rune further enhances the speed on top of the original escape speed, surpassing even the speed of the resurrected Little Peng King.

The reason for drawing the runes on the battle tools was that since the Roc King had lost all its feathers, it could not use the sword-wing battle skills of the Little Roc King. As a last resort, they could only insert eighteen first-tier battle swords into each of its wings, so that it could have the ability to fight with wing swords like the Little Roc King.

There's not much to say about the combat runes. Little Peng King was easily killed by him and the Mountain Demon Burial Spirit because he lacked combat experience, engaged in close combat with him too early, and ignored the risks behind him. The Peng King Puppet he crafted cannot make such a mistake in battle.

Thus, the Peng King Puppet, with five third-tier runes painted on its body, is also a second-tier ultimate puppet of the five-star general level.

[The Peng King Puppet.]

[Type: Monster-type combat puppet]

[Quality: Second-Order Limit]

[Ability 1: Infinite Sword Combo. The Roc King Puppet can utilize its speed to rapidly change positions and strike opponents, with power comparable to a second-tier physical cultivation combat skill.]

[Ability Two: Pengtian Speed. The Peng King Puppet unleashes its full power, achieving a speed comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.]

[Ability Three: Superior Demonic Might, releases the aura of a second-tier superior demon race, capable of suppressing avian demonic beasts below the second tier. Those lacking intelligence can be controlled by the Peng King Puppet.]

[Ability Four: Peng Body Afterimage - The Peng King Puppet uses its speed to leave countless afterimages in the air, making it difficult for opponents to distinguish between reality and illusion.]

[Ability Five: Beware of What's Behind You. Having learned from the lessons of its predecessor's demise, the Peng King Puppet pays extra attention to what's behind it. It can react instantly to any hostile behavior from behind.]

[Evaluation: With the speed of the Golden Roc, it dominates the second-tier space.]

Flying dragon.

Yunpeng mothership.

Pengwang Puppet.

Three second-tier ultimate puppets.

He compressed the workload that an ordinary second-tier puppeteer might not be able to complete in several years into a single month.

The hardships and toil involved need no further explanation.

But the harvest was indeed sweet!

Currently, he has only second-tier puppets at his disposal.

There were eight powerful puppets with different functions and clear division of labor: Tiger Egg, Flowing Silver, Mountain Demon Burial Puppet, Red Robe, Earth Bear King, Flying Dragon, Roc King, and Cloud Roc Mothership.

Combined with the enhanced lizard knight he crafted for himself.

It is no exaggeration to say that the talent pool is abundant.

Besides the puppets, he himself also made significant progress during his month-long seclusion and puppet-training.
(End of this chapter)