Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 68 Mantis Swordsman, Lizard Captain
Having made a breakthrough in his cultivation, Su Qing patted the group of black children with satisfaction, encouraging them to keep up the good work.

They'll only suffer for a short while. Once they become Foundation Establishment experts, they can retire and enjoy their old age.

After reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining, the daily limit of mana that can be absorbed increases dramatically.

In order not to delay his own cultivation, he had no choice but to temporarily stop making other puppets.

After diligently crafting two more Black Babies and getting them to work immediately, he turned his attention to the Lizard Warriors.

The modification idea for the lizard warriors is exactly the same as that for the dual-stick war bears, except that they are each equipped with dual sticks made from the legs of small spiders.

It's worth mentioning that three lizard warriors were lost in battle today. Not counting the lizard warriors he kept in his storage bag for takeout, he now only has thirteen lizard warriors left for his own use.

Today, I have just broken through my cultivation level, which has increased the number of puppets that my divine sense can control.

He then crafted eleven lizard warriors, completing two double-stick lizard squads.

After processing the spider legs of the Spider King and its offspring.

He turned his gaze to the mantis.

This sickle-toothed mantis was the one that was killed by the double-bladed lizard.

Apart from numerous sword slash marks on its back, the rest of the body is relatively intact.

He planned to transform the entire thing into a puppet.

First-tier superior puppet - Mantis Swordsman.

Like the Ironclad War Bear, this type of puppet is widely circulated in Baiyunfang City.

With his current puppeteer level and expertise in runes, as long as he gets the blueprints, crafting this puppet won't be too difficult.

Because the corpses of the scythe-mantis are relatively difficult to obtain, this puppet does not have the potential for large-scale production and sale. Therefore, the blueprint is not expensive, costing only seven thousand spirit crystals.

Su Qing reluctantly took it down, preparing to personally craft a Mantis Swordsman for herself.

The materials required to craft the Mantis Blademaster are far less than those required to craft the Ironclad War Bear.

As long as the mantis's corpse remains intact, its wounds can be repaired by mixing spirit wood with black iron essence.

After creating an energy supply slot on its back and applying a layer of color-changing camouflage powder, the puppet's main body is complete.

This puppet is known for its agile movements and its sharp, scythe-like forelegs.

Su Qing positioned it within the puppet team as an agile warrior, used to protect her daily needs and to be able to escape with her at any time.

Therefore, it's not advisable to apply too much Xuan Tie Jing to it, lest it affect its speed.

After the main body was completed, he tried to imprint it with weapon runes (dual sword mastery, second tier).

Unexpectedly, it was a success on the first try. As a result, this puppet will be several times more powerful than the ordinary Mantis Swordsman.

He's a mantis swordsman who knows how to use cultivator combat techniques!
The bionic runes are a must-have. The requirement for the intelligent rune puppet blueprint is Tier 1, so Su Qing directly uses Tier 2 runes. The same goes for the combat runes and monster runes, which are all one tier higher than the requirements.

Thus, once the hind legs are upright, the Mantis Swordsman, who is as tall as a bear with two sticks, is activated.

Its ability to understand and execute its master's commands, its ability to use its foreleg scythes, its ability to seize opportunities in battle...

In almost every aspect, it surpasses the regular Mantis Blade Master.

Su Qing optimistically estimated that this mantis swordsman might possess the combat power of the first-tier limit.

"Probably not. Although I have slightly modified the scythe forelegs, it is still no match for the weapon. It does not have the armor-piercing, immense strength, speed and other effects contained in the weapon."

Aside from the fact that the combat power is above the top grade but the limit has not been reached.

This puppet did not trigger any panel prompts. According to the panel's assessment, this Mantis Swordsman, although it has some innovative features, has not yet broken free from the constraints of the original puppet and cannot be considered a new type of puppet.

Send the Mantis Swordsman to patrol outside with two squads of Lizard Warriors.

Under the cover of night, Su Qing prepared to expand his arsenal of dual-bladed lizards. "With my current remaining spiritual energy, should I still be able to control four dual-bladed lizards?"

As early as when he was forging the Twin-Staff War Bear, Su Qing had purchased twelve more battle swords from the Baibao Shop.

He originally planned to use all the remaining supernatural power to forge the Twin-Blade Lizard if the Mantis Blademaster failed to be forged.

But now that the Mantis Blade Master has succeeded in one go, we can only temporarily forge four more.

Perhaps the process of creating the puppet went too smoothly.

So much so that all the bad luck accumulated on the two-bladed lizard.

The success rate of crafting the dual-blade lizard was even lower than before.

It took more than thirty main body materials to finally complete the forging of the four dual-blade lizards.

The three figures, each wielding a battle sword, were no different from the ones forged previously, so we won't go into detail about them for now.

The most striking one is a dual-bladed lizard that is larger and has thicker scales than the others, and wields a green mantis blade.

The Mantis Blade was left behind by another scythe-wielding mantis. He gave it to Helian Xian to roughly refine, but was swindled out of more than a thousand spirit crystals for the refining fee by that old man.

This mantis knife was used to replace the ordinary battle knife.

This knife is dark green all over, with its forelimbs and hindlimbs forming a V-shape. The two lizard claws grip the joints of the forelimbs and hindlimbs, making it look more like it has grown two longer claws. It would be more appropriate to call it a claw knife.

To make it compatible with the Mantis Blade, he had to modify the body of the dual-bladed lizard, making it taller and more robust. With the Mantis Blade, its combat power far surpassed that of other dual-bladed lizards.

"Lizard Captain, from now on you will lead the Dual-Blade Lizards and the Lizard Warriors!"

With the Lizard Captain completed, Su Qing, who had been busy for almost half a month, finally finished the puppet-making work.

This is perfectly normal.

For combat cultivators like Tang Wanqing, the time they spend cultivating their Daoist arts and combat skills may not be less than the time he spends refining puppets.

As a puppeteer, Su Qing even had puppets to do his magic cultivation, so naturally most of his time was spent on puppets.

With this batch of puppets fully assembled, he already had the strength of one team, and now, roughly calculating, not counting the Explosive Hammer War Bear and the swarm of hummingbirds hiding in his storage bag, he also had the strength of two teams.
"Anyway, there shouldn't be any problems going to Black Tiger Mountain!"

Su Qing confidently pushed open the door.

His own combat power has already reached its current limit. If he wants to improve it further, he can only work on external things such as magic artifacts and talismans. This would require him to be ruthlessly exploited by Helian Xian and others, which he is reluctant to do.

Alternatively, practicing the Immovable Heavenly King Technique or Taoist arts can also improve one's strength.

But Su Qing knew his own limitations. His talent lay not in combat skills or Taoist arts, so he shouldn't expect to have an explosive burst of comprehension in a short period of time and defy fate.

"Our current combat strength is more than enough. We can almost take down Black Mountain Tiger single-handedly. What more do you want from me?"

It's been a while since I've earned spirit crystals. Let me earn enough to build a second-tier spirit house first!
He walked out of the shrine with great confidence.

But then I realized that in the past two weeks, when I hadn't gone out much, the entire forward camp had been completely transformed.

The once chaotic camp has now been divided into squares, with bluestone-paved roads between them and various stalls selling goods on both sides.

Two or three miles away from where he was, rows of houses seemed to have been built overnight, and the simple tents that used to be everywhere had disappeared.

Squads of Yunshan Sect disciples, clad in armor and armed with weapons, patrolled the camp.

There were also quite a few spiritual plant cultivators riding iron horses, training their troops in an open space, which seemed to be called the Iron Horse Knights.

In a daze, Su Qing even thought she had returned to the market town.

It wasn't until he saw the anxious and murderous aura on the faces of the rogue cultivators that he suddenly understood.

This place has not been transformed into a peaceful market town, but a military stronghold facing the onslaught of monsters!
(End of this chapter)