Clack, clack!
The wooden puppet twisted its arms, pulling out the fist embedded in the ground, but beneath that fist…
Bai Ye’s figure was nowhere to be seen!
Suddenly, Bai Ye appeared above the wooden puppet.
Instantaneous movement could not only pinpoint ground locations, but aerial ones as well!
“Poison Dragon!”
Bai Ye grunted and raised his fist, smashing downwards.
Vast amounts of venom surged from Bai Ye’s body, rapidly condensing and soon transforming into a massive poison dragon, which descended upon the target below.
Bang!
The poison dragon struck the wooden puppet’s back and then exploded.
The surrounding bandits, soldiers, and chosen ones clearly had no idea what was about to happen, so the moment the venom splashed outwards.
“Ah, my hand, my hand…”
“Help, help, someone save me…”
“It burns, it burns me to death!”
…
Those splashed by the venom cried out in agony.
A bandit fell from his horse, staring in horror at his arm. The flesh and bone were rapidly corrupting, revealing gleaming white bone.
A chosen one was directly doused in the venom, his entire body soaked. He trembled violently, rolling on the ground as his flesh and blood dissolved, quickly turning into a skeleton adorned with tattered remnants of meat.
However…
From the puppet’s back, wisps of white smoke rose. Its back was scorched black, and then…
The wooden puppet turned and swung another punch towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye quickly crossed his arms to block, immediately feeling a colossal force. He was blasted from the air by the wooden puppet’s punch.
“Damn it, this thing has poison resistance!”
Bai Ye gritted his teeth, got up from the ground, and spat a mouthful of blood to the side.
The venom from the venom-venom fruit was not completely ineffective against the wooden puppet, but its effect was not significant. The materials used to craft the puppet were clearly resistant to poison.
However, Bai Ye had found a way to deal with it!
Standing upright again, the wooden puppet stomped its foot down towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye didn’t dodge, but instead…
Spirit Body!
The wooden puppet’s massive foot landed directly on Bai Ye, but Bai Ye did not become a pulp as most would have imagined. The giant foot passed directly through Bai Ye’s body.
Using the spirit body’s ability to fly, Bai Ye floated into the air.
The wooden puppet swung another punch, but it was useless. As it hit, the puppet passed straight through Bai Ye.
“As expected!”
Bai Ye grinned. The attack methods of this wooden puppet seemed to be limited to close combat, meaning…
Only physical attacks!
And Bai Ye’s spirit body could ignore all physical attacks!
However, the venom-venom fruit ability, his trump card, was unusable.
In spirit body form, Bai Ye also could not launch physical attacks, and while the venom wasn’t a physical attack, it had to be secreted from Bai Ye’s body. Currently, Bai Ye was a spirit body, his form completely ethereal, naturally unable to secrete venom.
But the Phoenix’s ability could still be used!
The flying swords could also be commanded with mental power!
“Seven-Colored Sword Qi!”
Bai Ye shouted softly. Immediately, seven-colored flying swords shot up into the sky, emitting a humming sound, and then slashed downwards.
Rumble, rumble, rumble…
Seven-colored sword energy rained down from the sky, continuously striking the wooden puppet, emitting loud roars, forcing its massive body to retreat.
Bai Ye floated in the air, hands crossed, rapidly changing hand seals.
Seven Rainbows Pierce the Sky (Seven swords merge, attacking the enemy target)
The seven-colored flying swords once again soared through the air, dancing around each other, their emitted light intertwining.
Soon, the seven-colored light twisted together, forming a resplendent rainbow light, several zhang in size. After streaking through the sky, it pierced downwards.
Rumble!
The resplendent rainbow light descended, striking the wooden puppet’s chest. With a great boom, it opened a gaping hole directly in its chest.
Bai Ye immediately raised his fist and slammed downwards.
While the venom-venom fruit ability was unusable, the Phoenix’s powers were still available!
Heatwaves rolled around, and scorching flames appeared, burning in the air like a sea of fire. Then, with Bai Ye’s punch, the surrounding flames condensed and descended.
A massive pillar of fire took shape, striking directly at the wooden puppet’s chest, blasting through the broken opening.
Then…
“Flame Burst!”
Bai Ye squeezed his hand in the air, and immediately, the sound of an explosion rang out. A huge ball of fire suddenly detonated within the wooden puppet’s chest!
The immense shock force sent the wooden puppet reeling backwards. It ultimately could not withstand the impact, its body crashing to the ground.
With a bang!
The wooden puppet fell, shattering a large section of the ground and kicking up countless clouds of dust.
In its chest, the wooden puppet had a large, broken hole, surrounded by a charred black area. Black smoke continuously billowed from the opening.
Bai Ye de-activated his spirit body state and landed back on the ground.
Was it done?
It should be done!
Bai Ye figured that after being hit like that, it shouldn’t be able to move anymore…
Suddenly…
The dim red glow in the wooden puppet’s eyes suddenly flared again, becoming more concentrated and profound. Then, the wooden puppet once again crawled to its feet.
The wooden puppet swung its arm, sweeping away everyone around it in an instant. Then, the wooden puppet rose from the ground and kicked directly towards the crowd.
The bandit leader looked at the wooden puppet approaching him, his face struck with terror.
“No, no, no, I’m the one who activated you. You’re my servant, you should help me…”
Bang!
The wooden puppet raised its foot and stomped down on the bandit leader, crushing him and his horse beneath its heel.
“No, I…”
Blood continuously flowed from the bandit leader’s mouth as he struggled. At this moment, the wooden puppet pressed down again.
With a crack, the bandit leader’s chest bones were pulverized. Below his chest, he was utterly crushed into a bloody pulp, blood quickly flowing out from under the wooden puppet’s foot.
Bai Ye couldn’t help but be stunned. The wooden puppet seemed to have suddenly gone berserk. Its attacks had been quite methodical before, but now they seemed to be random.
“Is it out of control due to body damage?”
Bai Ye muttered, then quickly ran forward, raising his fist, intending to strike with flames again.
But at this moment…
“Spinning Blade!”