Chapter 675: The Heart

Just after shouting, she shook her head, her pretty face flushed, and quickly shook her head: 'How could it be...'

They had been fleeing and walking for no less than several kilometers into the underground palace, and there were so many puppets here, and that guy had even entered another underground palace—how could he possibly appear here?

It must be an illusion!

Just as she thought she wouldn't like that shameless guy, she imagined his voice and even thought he would come to rescue them... How embarrassing!

'I just shouted casually, none of you heard anything... got it?'

Her pretty face burning, Yu Fei'er snorted.

'Ahem...'

Wu Zhen and the others exchanged glances, unable to help looking over: 'Princess, it seems... we also heard someone talking!'

'You heard it too?'

Yu Fei'er was startled and quickly looked around. Apart from the two puppets tirelessly attacking the light membrane, there was no one else in sight.

'I heard it too. Since we all heard it, it shouldn't be an illusion...'

Xing Yuan also nodded.

Although he really disliked that Zhang Xuan, in this situation, suddenly hearing his voice still made him very excited.

'Alright, it's not an illusion. I am Zhang Xuan, here specifically to rescue you. I'm using a secret technique to transmit my voice; I'm still outside...'

Seeing that they didn't believe him even after he spoke, Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly and continued transmitting his voice.

He was currently a soul avatar; if he materialized, not only would he scare these people, but he would also be attacked by the puppets. So he could only transmit his voice.

'Outside, transmitting voice over a thousand li?'

Xing Yuan and the others widened their eyes.

Being able to transmit voice over several kilometers with such clarity was difficult even for a Mortal Transformation Realm Level 8 expert!

Could it be... Zhang Xuan already had such strength?

'How will you rescue us? Do you have a plan?'

Knowing that Zhang Xuan was aware of their situation and intended to rescue them, Yu Fei'er breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help asking.

Although this guy was very annoying, he did have real skill.

Otherwise, he couldn't have repeatedly made her suffer while she could do nothing about it.

'I don't have a plan, that's why I'm discussing it with you...' Zhang Xuan transmitted.

He really didn't have any plan.

This place wasn't large, with over twenty Saint-level puppets. His soul avatar could slip in and out silently, but if he tried to take these people out, they would be surrounded before they got far, and they would die without knowing how.

'Discuss? If we could get out, we would have left long ago...'

Xing Yuan said.

He thought Zhang Xuan had a plan, but it turned out he was also clueless.

'Alright, tell me in detail about the situation, what you encountered when you came here, so I can think of something. Also, I saw many puppets just now. Normally, they should have come to besiege you and kill you all, but instead they left, leaving only two to attack. Why?'

Zhang Xuan voiced his doubts.

If so many puppets had attacked together, the light membrane would have shattered long ago, and these people would have died. How could they still be alive?

Although puppets lacked intelligence, they could still attack. For instance, the one that had chased him earlier wanted to tear him to pieces. Why would they let them off so easily?

If he could find out the reason and exploit it, he might find a way to rescue everyone.

'When we entered here, we encountered those alien clan corpse puppets and fought while retreating...'

Ye Qian recounted what had happened in detail.

After they came down the stone steps and saw this underground town, they were initially excited. But before they had gone far, they encountered the alien clan puppets.

This should be the place where Zhang Xuan had seen signs of battle.

Here, they were besieged. Naturally, they were no match for Saint-level puppets.

Fortunately, Xing Yuan and Princess Yu Fei'er had many treasures on them. They retreated while fighting, but even so, they were all severely injured.

They fled all the way here, found Senior Wu Yangzi's corpse, triggered the mechanism he left behind, and thus gained shelter, getting some relief.

In other words, this light membrane was actually left by Senior Wu Yangzi to protect his body from being destroyed by the alien clan. Unexpectedly, two thousand years later, it saved a group of juniors who came to find him.

However, judging by the state of the light membrane, it could collapse at any moment. Even if they wanted to hold on, they couldn't last much longer.

'Who said those guys didn't besiege us? Just now, over twenty puppets were all attacking here. Otherwise, the light membrane wouldn't have become so thin. But... we don't know why they left!'

After Ye Qian finished, Yu Fei'er snorted.

Those big guys had indeed attacked, but they left because they couldn't break the light membrane. Who knows when they might come back!

And once they left the light membrane, they would lose their shelter. They had used up most of their trump cards, and even with help, it would be very difficult to escape!

'You said they attacked for a while and then left?'

Zhang Xuan frowned.

Logically, if those puppets had persisted, the light membrane would have broken, and Yu Fei'er and the others would have been doomed. Why did so many puppets leave at the critical moment, leaving only two to continue?

Everyone nodded.

'About when did they leave?'

Zhang Xuan frowned.

'Just now, about ten minutes ago,' Ye Qian said.

'Ten minutes ago? At that time, Luo Qiqi and I had just come out of that other underground palace...'

His brows knitted into a knot. Suddenly thinking of something, Zhang Xuan's face darkened: 'Could it be...'

Could it be... these puppets knew he had broken into another underground palace and were rushing to help?

Damn!

If so, his physical body was still sitting on the stone steps at the entrance of the underground palace. Once discovered, wouldn't it be torn to pieces?

'Wait here. I'll think of something...'

His physical body was naturally more important than anyone else; it must not be lost.

After saying this, he no longer cared about these people and turned to fly back.

'Hey... hey!'

Seeing his voice disappear with no further sound, Yu Fei'er quickly called out. After a few calls with no response, she angrily slapped the ground, nearly exploding.

What the heck!

He said he came to rescue them, but before rescuing anyone, he disappeared. What was he up to?

...

Ignoring her complaints, Zhang Xuan flew at top speed, his figure like a gentle breeze.

Earlier, to avoid being discovered, he flew very slowly. Now, fearing for his physical body, he flew extremely fast and soon returned to the stone steps.

'No puppets came...'

On the stone steps, his physical body was still sitting cross-legged, motionless, with no signs of attack.

'Did I guess wrong?'

He thought the puppets had gone to help because they knew he had broken into another underground palace, but it turned out not to be the case. Zhang Xuan scratched his head, feeling embarrassed.

'Clone!'

Whoosh!

He released his clone, thought for a moment, took a ring, and placed his physical body inside.

Without a soul, the physical body didn't need to breathe and wasn't considered a living being. It could be placed in a storage ring like the clone.

Putting it in the ring and having the clone carry it would be much safer.

Although the clone was unreliable and sometimes 'dumb,' the Nine-Heaven Lotus Fetus was no joke. No matter how powerful these puppets were, killing him would be very difficult.

Having him watch over the main body would at least ensure its safety.

'Wait here. I'll go in and see what those puppets are up to. If anything happens, I'll respond accordingly...'

After instructing the clone, his soul avatar flew back into the underground palace.

Since these puppets didn't go to the other underground palace, they must have something to do. Otherwise, they wouldn't have stopped besieging Yu Fei'er and the others.

So he would go see what these guys were up to!

After flying for a while, he saw the first group of puppets again. They had left the main road and were heading toward a corner of the 'town.'

'What are they going there for?'

The corner of the town was dark without the illumination of night pearls. But these puppets didn't stop; they walked straight in and soon disappeared into the darkness.

'Eye of Insight!'

Patterns swirled in his eyes, and the Eye of Insight shone forth. The pitch-black area became transparent.

The Eye of Insight could not only see through falsehoods but also pierce darkness.

Seeing the surroundings clearly again, Zhang Xuan continued to follow.

The puppets soon left the town and arrived at a river.

'It should be the river I saw above...'

Zhang Xuan raised an eyebrow as he looked.

This river should be connected to the one above, winding its way here.

But why did they come to the river instead of besieging Yu Fei'er and the others?

Splash!

Just as he was wondering, he saw a puppet enter the river first.

Creak! Creak!

As soon as the puppet entered, a sound of springs and gears rang out, and then a small round platform slowly rose from the center of the river.

The platform rose, and a murderous aura swept over.

A fierce killing intent that made one feel as if falling into an abyss surged up, causing Zhang Xuan to involuntarily sink.

'It can even attack the soul?'

His soul quickly activated the Heaven's Path technique to recover, and his pupils involuntarily contracted.

He was currently a soul avatar, formless and intangible. Yet the platform nearly made him fall; the murderous aura within was terrifying.

Compared to this, the living alien clan member that Hong Shi had found earlier was nothing.

'What is it?'

More and more patterns appeared in his eyes as he continued to look at the platform, and then he saw something unusual.

On the small platform, a watermelon-sized object was constantly writhing and slowly pulsating like muffled thunder.

'A heart?'

Zhang Xuan's body shook.

At the center of the stone platform was a bright red heart!

How could there be a heart here? And most importantly... it was still beating!

Just as he was wondering, he saw the first puppet that had entered the pool kneel before the platform.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As the heart beat, the spiritual energy in the pool was drawn out and poured straight into the puppet's body. The puppet, which had seemed a bit weak moments ago, was soon full of energy and vigor again.

'This is... replenishing power?'

Zhang Xuan clenched his fists.