Chapter 3871 Four Puppets

In the empty stone hall, the footsteps were amplified, so clear at this moment.

For so many years, there was no sign of human activity in a stone hall, but footsteps were heard at this time. What was going on?

Xiao Yi clenched his fists, and his nerves were tense at the moment. Xue Yaoyue held her breath, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they were about to appear in front of him.

"Xiao Yi..."

"Don't be afraid, let's see what it is first."

The ice layer at the entrance of the cave outside was more than ten meters thick, proving that no one had come to such a place in recent years.

It can be ruled out that there are no living people here, so what else could it be besides living people?

The footsteps became hurried, and just at the supporting pillars in the stone hall, four figures slowly appeared in front of Xiao Yi. The four people were wearing armor and holding long swords, sandwiching Xiao Yi and Xue Yaoyue in the middle.

The strange dress was like a war scene in a costume drama. The armor was covered with dust. It can be seen that it was very majestic when it was worn, but now it looks a bit dilapidated, like a terracotta warrior dug out from the ground.

"Dead man!"

Xiao Yi did not feel the breath of living people from the four people who appeared in front of him. These four people had been dead for many years.

Or there might be a secret that he did not know. Just when he was thinking, four people holding long knives came in an instant and chopped at Xiao Yi and Xue Yaoyue. Xiao Yi pulled Xue Yaoyue's arm and dodged in a hurry.

However, the speed of these four people was not inferior to Xiao Yi at all. Before Xiao Yi and Xue Yaoyue could stand firm, the four long knives were already on the way. Xiao Yi hurriedly circulated the Taoist Qi, and something surprised him.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Yi realized that his Dantian seemed to be blocked. No matter what he did, he could not mobilize the Taoist Qi.

Faced with such a situation, the original practice method was their strongest means. Now the Taoist Qi could not be used, which was equivalent to no difference from ordinary people. Xiao Yi exclaimed.

"Get out of the way!"

Xiao Yi pushed Xue Yaoyue's body away. Xue Yaoyue also realized that something was wrong. He could not circulate the Taoist Qi, and the practice method could not be used at all.

"What's wrong with Xiao Yi? Why is his Dantian sealed? He can't even gather a trace of Dao Qi."

At this moment, Xiao Yi can only rely on the strength of his body. He punched one person away. Fortunately, after being tempered by the Milk of the Earth's Core, his physical strength has been increased several times, which came into play at this time.

One of the four people who appeared after being hit by a punch stood up from the ground without hesitation, making a creaking sound, as if the joints were rusted.

"My apprentice, these four are not living people, or not people."

Zixu noticed the abnormality. When Xiao Yi's fist hit these things, there was obviously something different.

"Not people? What are they?"

"Puppets, they are not made of people, but wood."

Xiao Yi remembered that his master had said before that there was an advanced technique, which was to use metal, wood, leather and other materials to make some puppets that can be manipulated. The simplest derivative of these puppets is the shadow play that people see today.

Shadow puppetry is usually operated by people behind the scenes with a stick. Puppetry is much higher than shadow puppetry. It uses the manipulation of Taoism to make puppets move. People with high skills can manipulate puppets and they are no different from living things.

The strongest puppetry can use puppets to manipulate weapons to kill enemies. Because puppets do not know fatigue, let alone pain, they can move endlessly with the manipulation of the master.

People cannot be resurrected after death, but it is different for puppets. If a puppet suffers a fatal blow, it can be discarded directly. For ordinary cases, it only needs the puppeteer to repair it again to restore its previous function.

Therefore, in the world where Zixu is, the puppeteer's skills are very strong, but there are not many people who really learn to manipulate puppets. This requires extremely high talent, coupled with constant training, especially the control of mental power, which can be said to be extremely meticulous.

However, there is another point. Even if your puppetry has been practiced to the extreme, because of this perverted killing method and shameless behavior, usually in a battle, once there is a sign of puppeteer's action.

Then this puppeteer will soon be on the list of must-kills. As the saying goes, you can lose the war, but the puppeteer must die. A good profession has become the target of everyone. The puppeteer's survival is very difficult.

"These four are all made of wood, and the parts connected to their bodies are mechanical mechanisms. They are covered with armor for defense. It seems that the owner of this stone hall does not want others to break in here."

Zixu floated around Xiao Yi's body and carefully studied this stone hall. The stone hall should be a place for a strong man to practice. The formations and mechanisms set up are all to prevent others from breaking in.

"But Master, you said that if you want to use this puppet technique, you need the operation of the puppeteer, but I am not here and feel the breath of a living person."

Xiao Yi jumped up and kicked a puppet away. Although the puppet was made of wood, it moved very quickly and did not seem stiff at all.

The moment he fell to the ground, he used a long knife as a support, stood up immediately, moved his arms to make a creaking sound, and continued to rush towards Xiao Yi.

"Damn it! They can't use their Dao Qi, otherwise these puppets would have torn them apart long ago!"

"You hit the nail on the head, these puppets are not operated by humans. There is a big formation in the stone hall, and the owner of this place has already arranged means. Once an outsider breaks in, the formation will open the puppets and manipulate them to kill the invaders."

At the same time, Zixu told Xiao Yi a very important point, that is, this stone hall is under a ban. Except for the owner of the stone hall, anyone who breaks in will be blocked from the Tao Qi, and their cultivation will be lost here.

Unless your strength realm exceeds that of the owner here, you will not be bound by this ban, otherwise you should be honest and be an ordinary person here. It can be seen that the owner of this stone hall is definitely not a good person.

"No wonder you can't circulate the Tao Qi. This is to trap all the people who break in here to death."

Xiao Yi now believes the words that appeared before, those who break in without permission will die, this place is very dangerous, but people often ignore the warning of this sentence and treat it as wind around their ears.

I always thought that I was a strong man, so how could I care about such a threat? In addition, this stone hall is full of temptation. Anyone would want to enter it and see what's going on.

"Risks and rewards are often proportional. Are you going to retreat when you encounter some difficulties? Master, I can feel that there are good things in this stone hall."