Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 289 Third-Order Limitless Puppet, Dragon Armor Demon Lizard
Su Qing admitted that in his puppet-making career, in addition to his own diligent efforts, he could not have done without the help of his good friends.

The essence of the Blazing Fire given by the witch allows the Demon Lizard Puppet's dragon head to spew forth fierce Blazing Fire, delivering a sudden blast to the enemy cultivator. The enemy cultivator is caught off guard and probably cannot defend against it.

The dragon root that Brother Lion gave me, when ground into powder, contained even more dragon energy than the dragon bone powder, and was also more compatible with the third-tier spirit wood.

The third-tier Blood Spirit Crystals accumulated by the Lin family.

The third-tier Earth Obsidian Stone given by the evil spirit of the pavilion before its death.

The oversized Tier 2 armor, modeled after a demon lizard, was hastily cut and sewn by Shao Delong.

Although the sixth fellow Daoist was not very willing, he was forced by circumstances to send over the dragon skin in a very sensible manner.

Helian Xian's coffin money could be exchanged for a shop in another area, allowing him to make a comeback.

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I have many friends and a lot of materials.

Thanks to the selfless dedication of his friends, the main structure of the Demon Lizard Puppet was completed the moment it was finished.

Even though it hasn't been branded with runes yet, it might not be Su Qing's strongest puppet, but it's definitely the most expensive puppet Su Qing has ever created!
"There are advantages to being expensive. A total of five coatings were applied, and each coating is compatible with the corresponding rune, which can maximize the effect of the rune."

"With such actions, if this puppet doesn't reach the peak quality of a third-tier monster, either the stats are wrong, or fate is against me, Su!"

It absolutely won't go wrong!
Looking at the half-dragon, half-lizard sculpture that embodied the hard work of his friends, Su Qing took a deep breath and began to draw runes.

The first layer is a mythical beast coating made primarily of earthworm root powder mixed with dragon skin.

The fourth-tier divine beast rune is drawn here, which can maximize the effect of the rune and also mobilize the dragon blood in the demonic lizard puppet to evolve into the divine beast he wants.

This is also a lesson learned when refining the Leopard Head Runner. Meng Ji is indeed a divine beast, and it can't be said to be bad, but since divine beast runes have been drawn, who wouldn't want a superior divine beast and who would want a inferior divine beast!

The divine beast runes cannot be allowed to function on their own; the puppeteer must guide them with appropriate materials.

This time, the guidance was very successful.

Once the fourth-tier divine beast runes are drawn.

The dragon scales on the Demon Lizard Puppet's body changed from dark gold to brilliant gold. In addition, many more dragon scales grew out of the original sparse ones, as if it was wearing a golden armor, making it look even more majestic and domineering.

On its dragon head, a small dot protruded. Using divine sense to magnify and examine it carefully, it was indeed a dragon horn. Although normal people would not notice it, the presence of a horn signifies a qualitative change, and its length is not important!

If a dragon has horns, it's no ordinary dragon. And these horns are even golden, so it must be even more powerful.

"A divine beast, a true dragon, a golden dragon species?" Su Qing asked uncertainly, looking at the demonic lizard puppet that was radiating golden light.

It's no wonder he was so ignorant; there were just too many true dragons.

There are different kinds of dragons: golden dragon, white dragon, green dragon, and black dragon.

There are dragons that are born from wombs, dragons that are born from eggs, dragons that are born from moisture, and dragons that are born through metamorphosis.

There are also dragons such as gulong, yinglong, jiaolong, and xianglong, as well as tianlong, dilong, wanglong, and renlong, and fish-turned-dragon, horse-turned-dragon, elephant-turned-dragon, and toad-turned-dragon.

Dragons are known for their lustful nature and their prolific breeding across the land. No one in the cultivation world can clearly predict what species they will mate with and what kind of dragon species will be born. After all, in the Westernmost part of the Western Sea, in the Land of Return to Nothingness, the true dragons are still tirelessly and energetically wreaking havoc on the sea beasts of the Western Sea, and new dragon species may be born every day.

Let's just consider it a golden dragon for now!

The Golden Dragon, the royal bloodline of the True Dragon race, can give birth to a Royal Dragon species when it combines with a superior member of the Demon race or the Human race. Like the Demon Lizard Puppet, it may not be the most powerful among the True Dragons, but it is certainly the most noble.

That's a good fit.

The second layer is a smart coating made primarily of Tier 3 Spirit Wood.

Once the fourth-tier intelligent rune is drawn, if there is an opportunity to acquire dragon combat skills in the future, it may be able to cultivate and grow on its own.

As Su Qing's puppet, once it is created, it's best not to have any thoughts of lying down and slacking off. It should always be cultivating and occasionally fighting; this is the normal state of its future work.

The third layer is a Blood Spirit Coating made primarily of Tier 3 Blood Spirit Crystals.

On this coating, he can use the healing power of the Blood Crystal to draw Spring Wood Runes on it, enhancing the Demon Lizard Puppet's recovery ability.

It's a pity he doesn't know the Springwood rune.

If you don't know how, then you don't. You can draw Blood Killing Runes instead. The best defense is offense!

His proficiency with the Blood Killing Rune was only at the third level. After trying dozens of times, the Blood Spirit Coating was blown thin. Feeling sorry for it, he took out the Blood Spirit Crystals that the Lin family had saved, crushed them into powder, and brushed on another layer.

The Lin family had saved up very few third-tier blood spirit crystals for him to begin with, and after applying another layer, he only had three to five pounds left. He dared not waste any more, so he held his breath and prepared himself for battle. Finally, he completed the drawing in one go.

After drawing this rune, the Demon Lizard Puppet can stack a layer of blood rune with each attack. Each layer of blood rune increases attack power by 20%, and it can be stacked a total of eighteen times. The nineteenth explosion will unleash three to four times the damage.

Extremely ferocious, and can coordinate with his true form to use the Blood Killing Technique, stacking up the number of layers together!

The fourth layer is a weapon coating made primarily of Tier 3 Obsidian.

Obsidian, as the main material for crafting refined puppets and a common material for weapon refiners, is easier to obtain compared to other materials.

He obtained some third-tier Earth Obsidian from the evil spirit in the pavilion, from the Lin family's treasure vault, and from the witch.

Therefore, although the process of drawing the runes for the battle tools was not smooth and he lost some Earth Stones, he was not too upset.

I'm not that heartbroken, but I still feel heartbroken, since it's a third-tier material, and one Earth Obsidian Stone is worth over a hundred spirit stones!
Once the weapon runes are successfully drawn, the Demon Lizard Puppet will be able to skillfully use Tier 3 weapons.

Su Qing originally wanted to use the second-tier combat equipment obtained from the evil spirit of the pavilion to make up the numbers, but then she cleverly thought that the second-tier combat equipment was really not worthy of the demonic lizard puppet's prestige.

He then respectfully took out the Vajra Buddha Relic from his storage bag.

"Master, Master, please don't blame me. You are a precious material for puppet making. If you truly have a spirit after death, please bless me so that I may obtain a third-tier battle weapon in the future and replace this leg bone with yours!"

After apologizing to the Vajra Master, who had been dead for who knows how many years, Su Qing used all her strength to forcefully break the master's leg bone.

The master didn't seem very willing and wasn't very cooperative, so Su Qing had to use a lot of effort to remove his two thigh bones.

When the golden-haired demonic lizard puppet held two golden leg bone clubs, Su Qing was finally satisfied.

A Tier 3 Vajra Leg Bone might not be any less effective than a Tier 3 combat weapon when used to strike someone!

At this point, only the final layer of damage reduction coating remained, made of second-tier Heavenly Spirit Gold, third-tier Blood Spirit Gold, and third-tier Earth Obsidian applied together.

According to Su Qing's original plan, this last fourth-tier rune should be a damage reduction rune, giving the Demon Lizard Puppet a powerful damage reduction ability, which would greatly increase its survivability on the battlefield.

These puppets, each one a treasure trove, would cause Su Qing immense heartache if they were lost in battle, let alone if they were damaged. Just thinking about the materials needed to repair them made Su Qing's heart tremble.

The Demon Lizard Puppet will undoubtedly be fighting on the front lines in the future. In frontline battles, to minimize damage, Tier 4 damage reduction runes will be indispensable.

His original plan was correct.

But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

Isn't this demonic lizard puppet now wielding the Vajra Bone?
The master has been dead for thousands of years, yet his body is still radiating Buddhist light. He must have been a highly virtuous monk who accumulated good deeds and subdued demons during his lifetime.

If you take someone's leg bone, you must carry on their legacy.

After only a moment's thought, Su Qing did not ask the master for his consent.

He then took out a bone-shaving knife and began shaving diamond bone powder all over the master's body.

The Vajra Bone Powder was mixed with third-grade spiritual spring water to create an exorcising coating, which was then applied to the master's leg bone.

As expected of a master's bone powder, the applied protective coating shines with a Buddha-like glow, truly captivating.

Immediately, he drew fourth-order exorcism runes on it.

Looking at the haphazardly drawn leg bones, and then at the master who had been thinned out, Su Qing felt slightly apologetic.

But this is not a disgrace to the master; rather, it is a tribute from later exorcists to their ancient exorcist ancestors.

"With the exorcising talismans drawn on it, the leg bone probably can't be put back into the master's body. I suppose that with the master's magnanimity, he won't blame you!"

The master is dead and cannot speak. Since he doesn't speak, Su Qing assumes that he has not blamed her.

They then turned their attention to the remaining rune choices.

Damage reduction runes were superseded by exorcism runes, downgrading from tier four to tier three. While tier three damage reduction runes are far less effective than tier four, they are better than nothing. At least with the coating, they can provide the defensive capabilities of a tier two high-grade battle armor. After the damage reduction runes came the Fire Coating, created using Fire Essence, which was applied to the abdomen of the Demon Lizard Puppet.

After the Fire Rune was drawn on its belly, the dragon scales turned red and scalding hot. Although it was strange that the dragon head spewed phoenix fire, it was not scary that it was strange, but that it was scary that it was not strong. Although it could only spew one mouthful of Fire each day, the taste of that mouthful of Fire was something that even a third-level body cultivator could not withstand.

At this stage of rune drawing, he had basically utilized all the materials already on the Demon Lizard Puppet using the corresponding runes.

For the remaining rune selection, there's no need to be restricted by materials; just draw whatever you know how to draw, and whatever you think is suitable.

Although the Golden Dragon is capable of flying, what's wrong with drawing a flying rune to make it fly even faster?
Tier 3 Shadow, Tier 3 Shadow won't do. The Demon Lizard Puppet is too dazzling. Its appearance alone is enough to fill the room with color. The Shadow Runes can't hide its brilliance.

With a Tier 3 Imperial Chariot Rune, under special circumstances, it's perfectly fine to switch from riding a Leopard-Headed Steed to a Dragon-Headed Steed.

For a third-tier Mountain Moving Rune to be truly powerful, it needs sufficient strength.

The third-tier cloud rune, with clouds following the dragon and wind following the tiger, has transformed from a lizard into a golden dragon. It's not an exaggeration to have some cloud effects when it appears.

A third-tier spirit explosion rune—this is unacceptable. If this thing explodes, it will not only kill him, but also Su Qing.

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Busy from day to night, and then busy from night to day.

The sun sets in the west and the moon rises in the west, repeating this cycle seven or eight times.

He drew a total of five fourth-tier runes, ten third-tier runes, and thirty-six second-tier runes.

The Dragon Armor Demon Lizard, a Tier 3 ultimate puppet that can be called a full rune warrior, has finally been completed.

[Puppet Name: Dragon Armor Demon Lizard]

[Puppet Type: Mythical Beast-type Combat Puppet]

[Order: Third-order limit]

[Ability 1: Golden Dragon Armor. This armor combines the dragon blood from the Demon Dragon Lizard with the dragon energy nurtured within the Earth Dragon's root, creating golden dragon scales that form a biological armor comparable to a Tier 3 Ultimate Battle Armor.]

[Ability Two: Dragon Scale Strike, which can unleash golden dragon scales that can penetrate the protective aura of a third-tier body cultivator within ten miles, as well as the protective spiritual light of a Golden Core cultivator within a hundred miles. It can also accurately strike second-tier body cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators. Below the Qi Refining level, it is unstoppable.]

[Ability Three: Dragon Breathing Fire. The golden dragon's head spews forth phoenix-shaped fire, the dragon's blood giving birth to the phoenix fire. Its power is limited to a range of three zhang (approximately 10 meters). Within this range, the fire is extremely powerful.]

[Ability Four: Blood Dragon Dance. The Dragon Armor Demon Lizard can use its twisting waist and hip-swaying movements to mobilize the Blood Spirit Crystals on its body to repair damaged parts, allowing it to fight for a long time on the battlefield without retreating, and to remain on the front line even with minor injuries.]

[Ability Five: Vajra Hammer. The Dragon Armor Demon Lizard, having been enlightened by the Vajra Leg Bone, has mastered its myriad uses and can unleash the Earth-level combat skill, Vajra Hammer. Any enemy cultivator who suffers damage from the Vajra Leg Bone will be rendered stiff for three breaths to a moment, depending on their individual resistance. This effect is significantly enhanced when facing evil spirits and demons.]

[Sixth Ability: Arhat Formation. For unknown reasons, Heaven and Earth regard the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard as the reincarnation of a high-ranking Buddhist cultivator from the past. It is born with the Arhat Formation technique learned by that high-ranking Buddhist cultivator. If eighteen Dragon Armor Demon Lizards form a team, they may be able to set up a fourth-tier exorcising formation—the Eighteen Arhat Formation.]

[Seventh Ability: Golden Dragon's Might. The Dragon Armor Demon Lizard can unleash the oppressive might of a superior divine beast, the Golden Dragon. All demonic beasts, not considered divine beasts, will grovel before this might. Even third-tier body cultivators at the Golden Core stage will be subdued by the dragon's might. Only fourth-tier True Kings, Nascent Soul cultivators, and powerful body cultivators are exempt.]

[Ability Eight: Dragon Head Rush - A function that a puppeteer developed during the forging of the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard, allowing the user to ride a dragon's head, support its horns, and soar through the skies.]

[Ability Nine: Ironclad Dragon Turtle. The Dragon Armored Lizard wears a cold, tortoise-shell-like armor, a second-tier battle armor. It can combine with the dragon blood within its body to transform into the Ironclad Dragon Turtle form. In this form, the Dragon Armored Lizard's defensive capabilities are increased by 50%.]

[Ability Ten: Blood Slaughter Technique, the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard's attacks can stack blood runes, and when stacked eighteen times, it can unleash four times the damage!]

[Review: An all-around puppet that's almost too comprehensive.]

Dragon Armor Demon Lizard!

Decathlon!

Although it did not transform into a true superior divine beast, the Golden Dragon, as Su Qing had wished, it remained in a half-dragon, half-lizard form.

However, because he was willing to invest the money and draw the runes, the puppet did not disappoint him. Once it was made, it became a third-tier ultimate puppet.

Looking at the puppet's heroic appearance, Su Qing felt a surge of heat in her heart and body.

The fire in his heart was because with the help of this puppet, Su Qing could no longer be considered a nobody in the battle for the Nascent Soul Cave. He could even perform alongside the witch and become a star, a famous star!

The fire on its body was the jealousy of Tiger Egg, who had just established itself as the first puppet under its master's command, and hadn't even had time to settle in before this seductive and shameless woman stole its place.

Tiger Egg secretly resolved to work even harder in the future. Its master had once said that the Heavenly Sword Crossing the West had long taken a liking to it. Although it had no interest in the talisman, Tiger Egg decided that after this matter was over, it would have to grit its teeth and get close to the talisman. If it could comprehend a level-one sword technique from it, it could make the throne of the master's number one puppet change hands again.

Su Qing was unaware of Tiger Egg's thoughts for the time being; if she knew, she would surely be overjoyed.

That's how puppets should be. They should be ambitious and competitive. They shouldn't rely on their masters for everything. They should become stronger by providing them with materials and runes. Wouldn't it be more fulfilling to work hard to become stronger on their own?
Su Qing herself feels a great sense of accomplishment right now.

There are three days left in the fifteen-day period.

Through his efforts and those of the Big and Little Wood Spirits.

Not only did they successfully create three third-tier puppets: Earth Tyrant, Leopard Head Runner, and Dragon Armor Lizard.

Furthermore, they crafted over twenty second-tier spirit explosion quick-formation puppets and over a hundred first-tier spirit explosion quick-formation puppets.

The puppet arsenal was replenished even further, and the combat power more than doubled.

The number and strength of the puppets determined the puppeteer's courage.

This is absolutely true.

For the past two weeks, Su Qing had not dared to venture into the Witch's Cave.

That night, roused and with heads held high and tails wagging, the tiger leaped into the witch's cave.

It is called the Witch's Cave, but the avian beasts call it the Phoenix Cave.

Clearly, the avian race had long interacted with human cultivators, but due to the technological blockade imposed by humans, they had not learned much about cultivation arts. However, as demons, they had mastered the art of flattery and sycophancy to the fullest extent.

The Tiger King leaped into the Phoenix Cave.

Thinking they had summoned a demonic cloud, they concealed their presence and sneaked around unnoticed.

However, this could not be hidden from the several flying demon kings who had been keeping a close eye on the movements of the Divine Phoenix Cave.

"I knew this Tiger King couldn't escape the clutches of our Fire Phoenix King. Even if he goes to the beast tribe, he'll have to come back obediently sooner or later!"

"The Fire Phoenix King may appear aloof, but he is passionate at heart. In the past few days, none of us flying beasts have been allowed to enter the Divine Phoenix Cave. But as soon as the Fierce Tiger King arrived, the Fire Phoenix King took the initiative to remove the restrictions outside the cave!"

"Isn't this a bit too unreserved? The union of a fierce tiger and a fire phoenix is ​​a novel event that has never happened in my demon race before. I am also very curious whether their offspring will be a tiger-phoenix or a phoenix-tiger. But the Fire Phoenix King should still have the proper reserve. Otherwise, the Fierce Tiger King will think that all birds are so casual!"

"Look! Flames are billowing and loud noises are coming from the cave. Something's up!"

"Wow, that was a loud noise!"

"Stop looking, or you'll get a sty!"

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Inside the Divine Phoenix Cave, Su Qing and the witch were getting very aroused.

It's not as vulgar as the birds and monsters think.

However, it was a way for the two to verify each other's strengths, increase their understanding, and cultivate tacit understanding.

This is also appropriate.

After all, one of them had a mysterious background, many experiences, and unfathomable skills, while the other was working hard to create puppets. No one knew how many puppets he would be able to create in a few days.

In order to cooperate seamlessly and better collude in their schemes, the two chose to be completely honest with each other, allowing the other to see their naked selves, so as to avoid misjudging the situation when cooperating.

Su Qing was afraid that the witch was too impulsive and wouldn't be able to stop herself when she saw her enemy.

The witch was too afraid of Su Qing, so she ran away whenever she encountered a formidable enemy.

The two rummaged through each other's belongings, giving each other confidence.

"I have five Tier 3 puppets here. They are available for regular combat, self-destruction, professional exorcism, and escape. They can handle all kinds of complex situations."

Having just fought the witch with the Dragon Armored Demon Lizard and tested the quality of the puppet, Su Qing raised his head in front of the witch for the first time.

It's easy to bow your head, but difficult to raise it. If you can raise your head, you can raise your head sooner or later.

Indeed, strength is the best aphrodisiac for men, even surpassing the best tonic!

(End of this chapter)