Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 663: The Suppressed Battle (Please Subscribe)

Weakness? What is the weakness of a Mechanical Puppet Master? Everyone in the world knows that it's the puppeteer himself! Compared to other cultivators, whether Qi Cultivators, Sword Cultivators, Body Refiners, or Demon Cultivators, all strive to push their personal strength to the extreme in some aspect, whereas Mechanical Mages rely more on external forces.

Although they have their own set of Cultivation Techniques, magic techniques, and talismans for self-protection, because they devote the majority of their life's energy to studying and controlling puppetry, once they abandon their vital puppet, their combat effectiveness plummets. This is why Bai Xuelin was easily subdued by Pei Yan with no capability to resist after regaining his body.

This doesn't mean Mechanical Mages are weaker than other sects. There are both pros and cons. A matured Mechanical Puppet Master can organize a combat team far exceeding those of the same realm's cultivators while consuming minimal Spiritual Qi. Moreover, once they enter the Human Dao Realm and refine a vital puppet, compensating for their low combat strength, they become one of the most unkindly entities major sects wish to provoke.

However, all this power is founded on the premise that they can summon their puppets! Yet now, this kid before him doesn't even give his side a chance to summon the puppets!

How did he see through the weak point of the vital puppet? How could he be so fast? How could he possibly possess such an astonishing speed! Staring at the sky at Pei Yan, who stood arrogantly above all others, Sheng Hongxue was struck by countless doubts, and cold sweat poured from his forehead. The Daoist Plane is not devoid of cultivators pushing speed to the extreme, nor is it without experts specializing in spatial magic. But this kid is different—it wasn't just spatial magic. At that moment, he himself transformed into a bolt of lightning, going back and forth in an instant, effortlessly taking someone's life! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Sheng Hongxue could feel it—if he made the slightest movement, Pei Yan would be upon him in the blink of an eye, taking his life away!

"Disciples, step forward and release the puppets; use your lives to buy time for the Pavilion Master and Grand Elder to release their vital puppets!" Shi Yuansi, who had been rendered combat ineffective in midair, also immediately identified the problem, shouting out the command regardless of whether he would be killed by Pei Yan.

This statement awakened everyone from their dreams. The Asura Path Elders and disciples snapped out of their daze, hastily reaching for their waist pouches, and together they released a large number of puppets, aiming to attract Pei Yan's attention and buy time for the sect's true masters.

Faced with the sky filled with summoned Mechanical Puppets, Pei Yan remained unmoved, his gaze tightly locked on the three Heavenly Dao Realm Puppet Masters, including Sheng Hongxue. As long as they couldn't combine with their vital puppets, the others were not to be feared!

"Go! Kill him!" Feeling Pei Yan's killing intent lock onto him, Huai Mincai, the Grand Elder of the Linglong Residence, roared, retreating while loudly ordering.

Upon the command, countless puppets summoned by the Celestial Secret Pavilion rushed towards Pei Yan, yet they still miscalculated. Although Pei Yan loudly claimed he could fight an entire sect alone, this battle was not limited to him but was a contest between the Investigation Team and the Celestial Secret Pavilion. Hence, as the other side launched their offensive, the Investigation Team also moved.

Puppets were blocked and shattered one after another by Pei Yan's companions, while Pei Yan, at the center of the battlefield, remained unmoved, searching for the flaws in the three Heavenly

Dao Mirror Elders' maneuvers.

Realizing that he couldn't escape this calamity, Huai Mincai glanced at Sheng Hongxue and another Heavenly Dao Realm Elder. Now, only a simultaneous attack by the three of them, sacrificing one to combine with their vital puppet, could turn the tide.

With no hesitation, the three reached for their waist pouches. Just as Huai Mincai was about to succeed, Pei Yan moved—another bolt of lightning flashed, and in the next second, Pei Yan was at his side. Huai Mincai, having anticipated this, knew he was doomed, but he resolved to buy more time for the other two. As Pei Yan appeared, he detonated all his Spiritual Qi within, releasing the maximum power of Heaven and Earth Cage, attempting to trap Pei Yan in mutual destruction.

Unexpectedly, Pei Yan treated his attack as a mere touch, briefly lingering by his side before flashing to the back of another Heavenly Dao Realm Elder. This Elder, seeing Huai Mincai release Heaven and Earth Cage, slightly relaxed from his tense state and was about to focus entirely on transferring his Primordial Spirit into his vital puppet, only to feel a chill in his chest as an iron hand pierced through his chest, shattering his heart.

"You little beast! How dare you mock me like this! Oh! Pah!" Forcibly interrupting the process of Primordial Spirit infusion into the vital puppet and detonating Spiritual Qi to release Heaven and Earth Cage ended in failure. Watching helplessly as Pei Yan killed a Grand Elder before him, Huai Mincai, suffering internal injuries and humiliation, spewed a mouthful of old blood. When he turned to check Sheng Hongxue's situation, who was most likely to release the puppet, his vision darkened, thinking, it's the end for our sect!

At this moment, Sheng Hongxue's face was equally ashen. The precious time bought by sacrificing two elders had been wasted for nothing. Watching the transparent threads around him continuously drawing his Spiritual Qi and the various strange characters appearing around his feet and in every direction, his heart sank to the abyss.

He was too careless! Any previous cultivator could not have launched such an obvious attack without him noticing, but the Investigation Team did it! It wasn't that they were extraordinarily strong, but at the moment the battle began, Sheng Hongxue had focused all his attention on Pei Yan, neglecting the true enemies he should have prioritized—those three Tier Nine Awakened from the Investigation Team!

"Everyone, stop!" Sheng Hongxue, like a defeated rooster, ordered loudly as Pei Yan, holding Huai Mincai, slowly descended before him. Continuing to fight would be meaningless, only adding to the sect's casualties.

Seeing the Pavilion Master and Grand Elder either dead or captured, the other Elders and disciples of the Celestial Secret Pavilion exchanged glances of resignation, complying with the Pavilion Master's command and ordering the Mechanical Puppets to cease combat.

"Didn't you say you'd fight us alone! I thought you were bold! In the end, didn't you rely on the power behind you?" As the losing side, Sheng Hongxue could only seek some solace in arguing verbally.

Pei Yan casually pocketed the Hundred Treasures Pouches from the corpse of the Celestial Secret Pavilion Elder, then grabbed the pouch from Huai Mincai's waist despite his venomous glare. Weighing it in his hand, he looked at Sheng Hongxue and said, "You stubborn duck, you said what you want—how could anything I say convince you? If I told you to die, would you? You're just making excuses to annoy me. I'll be honest with you—I informed my teammates through the earpiece before the battle began. We only needed to keep an eye on you; leave the rest to me. Are you dissatisfied?"