Chapter 324: Sudden Turn!

When Ye Yuan spoke, Li Changyu's face was full of disdain.

But in the next moment, before his eyes, eighteen sword puppets appeared out of thin air.

The expression on Li Changyu's face became very interesting; the disdain turned into shock, and then he felt his face burning.

Without looking, his face must now be as red as an apple.

What had he just said?

That unorthodox methods were useless? Let Ye Yuan see his strength?

Before him were eighteen puppets, each with strength no less than his own!

Dealing with one or two of these puppets was fine. But all eighteen together would definitely beat him into a pulp!

Clearly, these sword puppets were unorthodox, yet this unorthodox method was far stronger than him!

What Li Changyu had said to Ye Yuan now sounded like he was slapping his own face.

The others were also greatly shocked when they saw the eighteen sword puppets.

Eighteen puppets at the late Condensation Crystal stage were undoubtedly an extremely powerful force. The Tianqian Sect originally had the advantage in numbers, but now the Youyun Sect outnumbered them by more than ten!

Seeing these sword puppets, Wu Zhao's expression also turned very unpleasant.

This kid Ye Yuan had endless tricks, actually pulling out so many late Condensation Crystal puppets at once.

Just then, Zhao Yuyang, who had been unconscious, slowly woke up. Seeing the tense standoff between the Tianqian Sect and the Youyun Sect, he was quite surprised.

He thought the Youyun Sect people had already gone to the upper levels, not expecting them to still be on the first floor after so long.

But when his gaze fell on the eighteen sword puppets, he was startled!

As an array master, he could tell at a glance that these sword puppets were different.

Struggling to his feet and coming to Wu Zhao's side, Zhao Yuyang said softly, "These puppets are probably not ordinary puppets; they are puppets that can perform arrays, and their combat strength is likely not weak!"

Hearing this, Wu Zhao's expression turned even worse.

But Zhao Yuyang's expression shifted, and he added, "Brother Wu, I no longer sense the presence of that great array in this hall! If I'm not mistaken, you should now be able to use the power of the Sea Transformation stage!"

Along the way, Zhao Yuyang had seen scenes of other sect elders being struck dead by the Heavenly Thunder Locking Yuan Array, and only then did he realize that this secret realm was shrouded by a mysterious great array!

This great array was very concealed; if not triggered, martial artists could hardly detect it!

But Zhao Yuyang was an array master after all; if he carefully sensed it, he could still feel traces of array fluctuations.

"Really?" Wu Zhao was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Zhao Yuyang was a bit uncertain, closed his eyes to sense again, and then nodded affirmatively: "I'm eighty percent sure!"

Wu Zhao laughed wildly: "Haha... I don't know where you got a bunch of broken puppets, but you think you're something? Today I'll smash these puppets of yours to pieces!"

Wu Zhao had great trust in his junior brother Zhao Yuyang.

The fact that he could lead them out of the Absolute Blazing Barrier Array showed Zhao Yuyang's skill.

With that, Wu Zhao released his aura, and the pressure of the Sea Transformation stage was fully displayed!

"Haha, this place no longer restricts cultivation levels! Ye Yuan, prepare to die!"

Wu Zhao moved and engaged the eighteen sword puppets in battle.

Seeing Wu Zhao make his move, the other Tianqian Sect disciples naturally did not stay idle and charged together at the Youyun Sect side.

Wu Zhao was initially full of momentum, intending to rely on his Sea Transformation stage strength to blast these sword puppets to pieces.

But as soon as he clashed with these puppets, he was greatly shocked!

With his strength at the triple pinnacle of the Sea of Transformation, he could not gain the slightest advantage against these sword puppets!

"Are these puppets really only at the late stage of Crystal Condensation? This... how is this possible?" Wu Zhao grew more alarmed the longer he fought.

Wu Zhao was not the only one astonished; everyone present, except for the disciples of Nether Cloud Sect, was shocked beyond words!

"No way? What am I seeing? Eighteen late-stage Crystal Condensation puppets fighting to a draw with a triple Sea of Transformation powerhouse?"

"This is utterly incredible! I thought the Nether Cloud Sect people were doomed, but I never expected they had such a formidable trump card!"

"Look, all the disciples of Heavenly Qian Sect are engaged with these puppets! The puppets are about the same in number as the Heavenly Qian Sect, and they even have a triple Sea of Transformation cultivator, yet both sides are evenly matched! Is this for real?"

Zhao Yuyang stared fixedly at the eighteen sword puppets, his expression growing increasingly grim!

"Junior Brother Zhu, these puppets have formed an extremely powerful formation! Don't worry about me; go help Senior Brother Wu! Circle around from the side and be sure not to enter the formation. As long as you kill Ye Yuan, those puppets will be useless!"

Another Sea of Transformation elder of Heavenly Qian Sect had been tending to Zhao Yuyang and had not yet moved.

Originally, they all thought Wu Zhao alone would be sufficient, never expecting such a situation to arise.

Even if Elder Zhu knew nothing about formations, he could tell these sword puppets were extraordinary.

He nodded slightly, using the puppets and Heavenly Qian Sect disciples to block the view, and quietly approached Ye Yuan!

At this moment, Ye Yuan's entire mind was focused on controlling the sword puppets. Wu Zhao's strength surpassed that of Mei Zhen, so Ye Yuan naturally dared not be careless.

Elder Zhu made a wide detour and finally closed the distance to Ye Yuan!

Then, he suddenly burst forth, thrusting his sword straight at Ye Yuan's side.

Unfortunately, Mei Zhen had long been watching Elder Zhu!

The moment Elder Zhu made his move, Mei Zhen also exploded into motion, charging forward even faster than Elder Zhu!

The two soon clashed fiercely!

Elder Zhu was also at the triple Sea of Transformation, but he had clearly just broken through to that level not long ago, and was somewhat inferior to Mei Zhen and Wu Zhao.

Of course, it was unlikely that Mei Zhen could finish off Elder Zhu in a short time.

Just then, the cries of the less capable Heavenly Qian Sect disciples rang out incessantly.

"Chi!"

A sword puppet pierced through a disciple at the fourth level of Crystal Condensation with one thrust!

"Ah!"

That disciple let out a miserable scream, clearly on the verge of death.

Even at the moment of death, he stared incredulously at the sword puppet. He probably never imagined he would die at the hands of a puppet, did he?

The sword puppet remained expressionless, as it was incapable of any expression.

Leaving behind a cold corpse, it once again swung its long sword and charged at the others!

Lu Linfeng's Small Nine-Turn Linked Rings Formation was so exquisite that the tactic of human wave was utterly useless.

These Heavenly Qian Sect disciples entering the formation only served to disperse some attacks, doing little to help Wu Zhao.

Where there was one, there was a second!

Soon, another Heavenly Qian Sect disciple was killed by a sword puppet!

For a time, cries of agony filled the air!

And at that moment, a sudden change occurred!

A blur shot past the edge of the formation, its target unmistakably Ye Yuan!

Mo Yuntian was greatly startled, but it was too late to come to the rescue!

"Ye Yuan, watch out!" Mo Yuntian cried out in alarm.