Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Those who have encountered evil spirits or undead know that undead cannot speak.

Especially the undead controlled by evil spirits, from their bodies to their souls, have been completely transformed into the likeness of the evil spirits, making them dare not go east or west, and making them die again is no problem at all.

Thus, as Huang Mie, Jiu Kong, and Lun Che Mo frantically drove their respective armies of demons and undead to accelerate their attacks, the entire battlefield appeared extremely bizarre and strange.

On one side, countless demons and undead attacked from all directions, riding on rolling demonic clouds and bombarded by magical cannons and missiles. They fell from the sky into the sea in droves like dumplings, resulting in devastating casualties.

If any sect or immortal kingdom in the world were to suffer such casualties, even the most valiant and warlike martial kingdoms of the Central Plains, their soldiers and cultivators would be terrified and shrink back, wondering if it was truly a joke to risk their lives like this.

But these undead demons, once they die, they're gone. It's not like they haven't died before. They were blasted into dust by magic cannons and missiles without uttering a sound. They're all tough guys.

Meanwhile, the puppets on Su Qing's treasure ship opposite were completely oblivious, life and death meant nothing to them. Even when they encountered the magical attacks from the demonic undead, none of them let out a single scream.

The entire battlefield was ablaze with fierce fighting, a grand spectacle reminiscent of a decisive battle between two celestial kingdoms, but apart from the howling of demons and undead magic and the roar of cannons and missiles, there was no other sound on the battlefield.

This is a great battle between inanimate objects.

It was also a war of attrition that put Su Qing's wallet to the test.

At this moment, Su Qing felt as if two rows of numbers were constantly flashing on her forehead.

Eliminating one demonic undead will grant you +100 merit and luck...

One magic cannon missile was fired, resulting in a loss of 100 spirit stones...

From a purely financial perspective, exchanging spirit stones for merit is neither a gain nor a loss for him. If it were his elder brother, Erqiang, he certainly wouldn't feel like he was losing out. After all, he earns merit by spending money to build temples, and killing demons and undead is also merit. Compared to long-term investments like building temples and collecting incense offerings, the short-term gains from acting on behalf of Heaven are much more considerable.

Su Qing, however, was not involved in the divination of gods. Although the old Taoist Tong had warned him with certainty that after this great calamity began, the intangible merit and fortune would be many times more valuable than spirit stones and mundane objects, and that when he had the opportunity to seize merit and fortune, he must not lose sight of the bigger picture and should take as much as he could.

Su Qingshi didn't distrust Tong Laodao. He knew that accumulating more merit and fortune would definitely be a good thing. As long as he accumulated enough, he would be well-known in the world in the future, and whatever benefits this world might offer, they would think of him first.

Furthermore, his use of the divine pattern mask to demonstrate the power of the gods requires sufficient merit and fortune to support it, and the Four Imperial Dao Pattern Lotus Seal also requires merit and fortune to activate.

While the incense of merit and fortune may be fragrant, are spiritual stones not fragrant as well?

Since Su Qing rose to prominence, he has weathered many storms, resorting to deception and fraud—or rather, hard work and struggle—to accumulate his current wealth, which he plans to use as his first pot of gold to make a big splash in the far west.

The battle has only been going on for half an hour, and the magic cannons and missiles fired by the dragon ships and treasure ships have already amounted to hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. Not only have they destroyed most of his hard-earned stockpile, but on the Pixiu, thousands of tool puppets, together with the intelligent wood spirits, are still constantly producing new magic cannons and missiles to maintain the firepower of the front-line battlefield.

"Hiss!" Su Qing, who was already feeling the pinch of the spirit stones, saw an extremely damned demon spewing out foul-smelling water arrows that dissolved several treasure ships at the forefront into a pool of pus. He felt even more heartbroken. The third-tier treasure ships he equipped for his fleet were all fully equipped, super-luxury models. The cost of one ship was equivalent to more than ten ships sold abroad. In the previous battles, he had only lost about ten ships in total. But now, this battle had only just begun, and the casualty rate was already close to the cumulative total of the previous battles. Su Qing was very worried that after this battle, his treasure ship fleet would still be able to be fully assembled!
"My lord, what is lost can be regained! As long as we don't lose this battle today and you are safe, we can earn back any amount of spirit stones we have!"

The wicked, cunning creature sensed that its master might be thinking of risking his life for money, and immediately stepped forward to stop him.

Su Qing smiled upon hearing this, not expecting that the villain could see through his thoughts and know that he wanted to take the Xing Tian Blood Axe forward and risk his own life to minimize the losses of his puppet.

Come at me! Don't bully my puppet!
Su Qing knew that her idea was unreliable. After being reminded by the villain, she gave up with a wry smile and focused all her attention on the battlefield ahead.

The three demon commanders, the wheeled chariot demon army, the pirate necromancer army, and the myriad demon miscellaneous army, surged toward his treasure ship fleet from three directions. At first, the pirate necromancer army was the closest to him, and the two were no more than a hundred miles apart. If there were no magic cannons and missiles to stop them, the two sides would probably have to engage in close combat within half a quarter of an hour.

Despite his constant barrage of cannon fire and missiles, there were simply too many demons and undead. It was impossible to completely stop them from entering the battle line. At this moment, Su Qing missed his General Xiong and General Hu immensely. If these two generals were leading the Arhat Buddha Bear Legion and the Demon God Legion at the front, no matter how many demons and undead came, they would only be blasted into dust by the magic cannons of the treasure ships he left behind.

Su Qing saw that the wheeled chariot legion was currently the closest to the treasure ship fortress. With rolling wheels, beating drums and raising flags, one after another four-wheeled chariots rumbled down from the sky. These chariots were either creations of ancient humans or immortals, comparable to third or fourth-tier chariots in the present world.

Whenever a missile or cannonball came flying, the soldiers and generals inside would cower inside the vehicles, providing excellent defense against the missiles. Even though the enemy's firepower was too intense, the continuous barrage of missiles and cannonballs eventually overwhelmed the vehicles, causing them to disintegrate in mid-air and annihilate all the exposed soldiers, generals, and demons.

However, compared to the pirate undead and the myriad demon soldiers, this chariot legion is protected by chariots, making it more difficult to deal with. In addition, the chariot demon is even more fanatical than Huang Mie and Jiu Kong, the two superior demons who still want to preserve their strength. He is willing to be the vanguard and the vanguard general, disregarding casualties, and hysterically urging his soldiers to move forward, forward, and forward.

At this moment, although nearly 90% of the four-wheeled chariots had been destroyed, there were still thousands of chariots carrying ten times more soldiers and demons, charging onto the treasure ship puppet.

"Kill them all!!!"

A mid-level demon, still possessing its own sentience, brandished a blue crescent blade, licked its tip with an evil aura, and drove its chariot onto a giant whale-shaped ship. It then charged forward, killing any puppets it encountered! Behind it, other demon soldiers also drove their own chariots, fighting and rampaging across the treasure ships.

The strength of Su Ji's treasure ships lies in the numerous magical cannon puppets deployed on them, but the ship's guard forces pale in comparison. In the past, it was mostly Tiger Egg and Bear Two leading the Exorcist Ghost Child and the Arhat Buddha Bear Group that served as guards. Later, after Su Qing refined the Demon God Legion and the Mobile Force, the guard forces of these treasure ships were even three points stronger than their long-range bombing capabilities.

Unfortunately, at this very moment, none of the close-combat guards he had prepared for the fleet were by his side!

Seeing the Wheel Chariot Legion rampaging invincibly on the outer treasure ships, sinking one treasure ship after another without giving Su Qing a chance to recover materials, and because of the Wheel Chariot Legion's rampage, the treasure ship fleet fell into chaos, and the artillery and missile attacks were not as fierce as before, allowing the slightly lagging demon soldiers and pirate undead to take the opportunity to continuously rush onto the treasure ships, thus causing even greater chaos.

Su Qing's expression turned solemn. "Lizard Knights, prepare!"

At a command, the lizard knights, led by their captains, drew their spears and swords, stood ready, awaiting their master's orders. Their armored, rainbow-colored steeds puffed out heavy breaths, their hooves creating rainbow-yellow smoke as they hit the ground—a sign that their power gauges were at maximum capacity. In silence, the lizard knights, with dozens of captains as their vanguard, prepared to charge into battle.

"All troops, attack! All who encounter us are our enemies. The one who slays the bravest enemy will be granted the title of general!"

Su Qing shouted. Although these lizard knights did not have independent consciousness and seemed a bit silly in their pre-battle morale-boosting efforts, he suddenly felt like saying it. Whether the lizard knights felt it or not was another matter, but he certainly did.

"Master, are you joking? What's the origin and quality of these green-skinned lizards? It's a waste of money to refine them into fourth-tier puppets. It would be better to save the money and install an extra antenna for my villain. Listen to me, the more antennas you have, the wider your search range. If Master hadn't been so stingy and not installed a few antennas for me, my villain would have already made contact with General Bear and General Tiger!"

Bad Guy knew that after this battle, his master's already meager finances would be further strained. The competition among these puppets for upgrade materials would be fierce, and since it concerned their own interests, even in life-or-death situations, Bad Guy didn't forget to slander his opponents, hoping his master would understand that lizards were not meant for serious people. They could be cannon fodder, but not main force. The ones truly worth cultivating were doll-type high achievers like Bad Guy, and geniuses like Tiger Egg and Bear Two!

"You're too afraid to go into battle, but you're eager to claim credit and rewards. Have the mobile units reached their designated positions yet?"

Su Qing turned her head and glared at the scoundrel, then asked in a deep voice.

"We've already arrived at the designated location. We're just waiting for our master to give the signal, and they'll move out immediately!" the villain said, patting his chest to demonstrate his worth.

Su Qing nodded slightly upon hearing this, not in a hurry to mobilize the ambush force. He planned to let the Lizard Knights and the puppets such as the Golden Roc Mothership fight the undead demons who had attacked the treasure ship first.

Ten thousand horses galloped, lizards wielded spears, and the Xuanjia Rainbow Horses, weighing over ten thousand catties, possessed a force that no demon or undead below the third rank could withstand when they charged. After this cavalry charged, the wheeled demon soldiers who had been invincible on the treasure ship finally found their match.

Ancient war chariots, embodying the cultivation techniques and battle wisdom of ancient cultivators, were exploited by evil spirits many years later, becoming their tools and henchmen for wreaking havoc.

The Lizard Knight is the culmination of the skills of modern puppeteers and one of Su Qing's main tools for accumulating wealth in the early stages of his cultivation.

At this very moment, ancient wisdom and modern skills clashed violently on the not-so-spacious battlefield connected by treasure ships.

The ancient war chariots, with their triangular fronts and square bodies, are topped with a transparent membrane over six feet high. This membrane allows the soldiers inside to observe the outside world and hurl spears and arrows, while the cultivators outside cannot see them. Their vision is blocked by the membrane, and their attacks are hindered by the chariot's structure. Although the armor of these chariots is rusted and worn down by time, revealing even the internal runes, their power is far less than it once was. However, when the four wheels beneath them roll wildly, their triangular fronts become like spears and swords, enough to tear apart anything that dares to stand in their way.

In addition to the chariot's impressive offensive and defensive capabilities, each chariot is equipped with two spear throwers and two archers as the main offensive force, four spearmen to guard the chariot and prevent anyone from breaking into it, a flag watcher to observe the general's flags and orders so that the chariot always serves the entire battlefield and acts according to the general's will, and finally, the chariot commander, who is responsible for operating the chariot and commanding the chariot soldiers.

Even though a single chariot is not as good as it used to be and has not been maintained for many years, it still has offensive and defensive capabilities of around the third-tier Golden Core level. With its third-tier chariot commander and nine second-tier demon soldiers each performing their duties, its individual combat power is no less than that of a well-coordinated Golden Core team. And now, the Lizard Knights need to face hundreds of such chariots!
No one shouted any particularly rousing or heroic slogans. The lizard riders only knew that their master's command to them was to kill any enemy they encountered and to be invincible!
The opposing chariots also formed their battle formation. The chariot demon directing the battle from afar was thrilled, but he waved his command flag with remarkable composure.

"With thirty of the most fully armored chariots as the vanguard, we must block the first wave of enemy cavalry charges. Twenty chariots will be positioned on both sides to break through the enemy cavalry lines from the flanks. The remaining ten chariots will be used in conjunction with the other chariots to finish off the enemy cavalry after their offensive has been halted."

"All remaining chariots, continue destroying the treasure ship's cannons. If the treasure ship cannot be scuttled immediately, destroy all the missiles fired from its cannons. Once we deal with these missiles, we will surely win this battle!"

The Wheel Demon transmitted his instructions to all the chariots through the command flag. Seeing that the chariots acted in an orderly manner, the whole process was efficient, unified, and without any hindrance, which made the Wheel Demon nod in satisfaction.

This is something only demons can do, because their soldiers and generals are all controlled by their demonic thoughts, making them easy to command. They can unite thousands of troops into a single entity and unleash their ultimate power.

mortal!

You think you can mess with me!
However, this group of lizard riders was quite impressive. The fact that they could compete with such cavalry after their resurrection was quite exciting.

Come on, let's have a duel of knights, a clash of true men!
Let blood and fire begin here, and I will step on the bones of these lizard knights to spread the art of war once again throughout Tianyuan and even to all the myriad worlds!

The Chariot Demon looked smugly at its commander, Su Qing, with a smug expression. In its eyes, Su Qing was already a dead man the moment its chariot army landed on the treasure ship! (End of Chapter)