Chapter 791: Chapter 788: The Lost Yu Emperor City!

“Whoo, whoo!”

The Ghostly Infant, upon sighting Wuo Jie, immediately let out a strange crying sound, seemingly threatening him.

Wuo Jie was taken aback at first, but upon realizing that the Ghostly Infant appeared to have suffered significant injuries, he couldn’t help but feel overjoyed.

“Ha ha, fortune truly favors me. If I can devour this Ghostly Infant, I’ll be able to restore my essence and switch to cultivating as an Independent Immortal. When that time comes, I’ll seize that brat Li Chen’s body and let him experience the taste of a life worse than death!”

…

At this moment, Li Chen and Lian Hongshang had just escaped the pursuit of ghost creatures and were resting beneath a giant stone.

Lian Hongshang looked around and asked, “Chen, where are we now?”

Li Chen shrugged his shoulders, and gave a very straightforward answer: I don’t know!

Just then, the sky suddenly darkened, turning pitch black.

Lian Hongshang was surprised, and asked, “What’s happening, why has it become dark?”

Li Chen looked up, only to see the giant stone they had been resting against starting to move, obscuring the light from the Blood Moon above.

“Hongshang, be careful!”

Li Chen shouted explosively, swiftly picking up Lian Hongshang and rolling away on the ground with a spin.

“Boom!”

The earth shook violently, and the spot where Li Chen and Lian Hongshang had been resting had turned into an unfathomably deep pit.

“How could it move? Could stones also cultivate into spirits?”

Lian Hongshang exclaimed in shock while looking at the gigantic stone that resembled a small mountain.

Li Chen shook his head and said, “It’s not a stone spirit; it’s an Earth Demon Puppet!”

Puppets were roughly divided into three levels: Human Demon Puppet, Earth Demon Puppet, and Sky Demon Puppet.

The puppet that Li Chen produced using the corpse of Zhang Xiaolin was a Human Demon Puppet with combat power comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

And this Stone Monster in front of them, clearly a level above, was an Earth Demon Puppet with combat power on par with Golden Core Experts.

“Boom!”

Cracked weathered stone on the Stone Monster’s body split open, revealing a giant wielding a huge stone axe.

Upon seeing the true face of the Stone Monster, Lian Hongshang brandished her Purple Shadow Immortal Sword and struck with a “Phoenix come with grace,” slashing swiftly.

“Clang!”

The sword struck the Stone Monster’s arm, chiseling out a deep gash.

If it had been another person or Demon Beast, this strike would have caused great pain, making them stop their attack rhythm promptly.

But this Stone Monster was just a puppet, lacking self-awareness, impervious to pain. Whether its arms were slashed or its head cleaved, it would still continue its forward charge.

“Hongshang, fall back, leave this big fellow to me!”

Li Chen urgently called out, his fingers tightly clenched with fine strands of lightning twirling around his knuckles.

“Thunderbolt Fist!”

This fist, mighty as thunder and overwhelming as the seas, struck directly at the Stone Monster’s abdomen.

“Boom!”

The Stone Monster’s chest was violently smashed open, creating a hole.

Yet even so, it continued swinging its giant axe, chopping toward Li Chen’s head.

Even though Li Chen’s Domineering Longevity Body had reached a small success, it was still a body of flesh and couldn’t directly withstand the stone axe.

Hence, when he saw the Stone Monster swinging its axe, he teleported in mid-air, circling to the monster’s rear.

“Thunderbolt Fist!”

Another punch, as formidable as a thunderclap and Bomb Fist, smashed the Stone Monster, creating another large hole in its body.

The Stone Monster, sensing its enemy appear behind it, instinctively turned to strike.

However, as soon as it made the turn, Li Chen teleported again and delivered an Iron Fist to its body.

After repeating this process over a dozen times, the Stone Monster’s body was riddled with holes, large and small, like a sieve.

But even so, the Stone Monster still stood strong.

Seeing this scene, Li Chen couldn’t help but curse out loud.

“Damn, it really is like a cockroach that can’t be killed!”

After saying that, his gaze swept towards the head of the Stone Monster as he spoke with focused intent, “Hongshang, lend me your sword!”

“Okay!”

Lian Hongshang answered and tossed her Purple Shadow Immortal Sword to Li Chen.

Li Chen caught the Immortal Sword, stepped on the void, creating lotus blossoms with each step, and when his figure rose level with the Stone Monster, he infused True Yuan into the sword and swung it forcefully in a sweeping motion.

“Crack!”

With that sword strike, like Sweeping Thousands of Army, it directly severed the Stone Monster’s head.

And to be on the safe side, Li Chen abandoned the sword and punched with his flesh piercing through the sound barrier, overwhelmingly smashing down.

“Boom!”

The Stone Monster’s head exploded in the air like it was hit by a Tomahawk Missile, with tiny stone pieces scattering everywhere like a meteor shower.

The Stone Monster, having lost its head, was as good as dead; its huge body loudly crashed to the ground.

“Chen, are you okay?”

Lian Hongshang, seeing the Stone Monster destroyed, hurriedly ran to Li Chen.

Li Chen flexed his fists and replied, “I’m fine.”

Then he went forward to closely inspect the unfortunate creature, which he had peppered with holes and beheaded.

Lian Hongshang also came over to take a closer look.

“Chen, is that thing on its body armor?”

“Armor?”

Hearing the reminder from Lian Hongshang, Li Chen suddenly felt a shock in his heart.

“Not good, retreat fast!”

Li Chen grabbed Lian Hongshang’s arm and quickly moved backwards.

“Boom, boom…”

Like a massive earthquake, the whole mountainous region collapsed on the spot. The smoke and dust filled the air, blocking out the sun.

Once the dust settled, what appeared in front of Li Chen and Lian Hongshang’s eyes shocked them immensely.

In their sight, there was a dense mass of Stone Monsters.

And it wasn’t just humanoid Stone Monsters; there were also beastly ones like lions, tigers, mammoths, and so on. Furthermore, there were chariots and various sorts of blades, axes, and halberds.

Clearly, this was an army!

Such a terrifying army would be a headache not just for Li Chen and Lian Hongshang, two Foundation Establishment cultivators, but even two Nascent Soul Great Powers would find it extremely troublesome.

Luckily, these Stone Monsters only stayed in their designated areas, attacking instinctively. As long as you weren’t within their attack range, they completely ignored you.

Li Chen and Lian Hongshang retreated hundreds of feet to ensure they were out of the danger zone before they stopped.

Lian Hongshang patted her chest with her hands, still frightened.

“That was really close just now. Why are there so many Stone Monsters here?”

“It’s because of that thing!”

Li Chen said with a grave expression, pointing into the distance.

Lian Hongshang followed the direction of his finger and saw a city suspended in the void in the far distance. Despite the distance, they could still be shocked by its majestic splendor.

Gazing at the Sky City ahead, Li Chen spoke with a heavy tone, “If I’m not mistaken, this should be Yu Emperor City. These Stone Monsters were all specially made by Emperor Yu before his ascension to guard this place. Actually, not just these, but the Black Fog Barrier we encountered before, they’re all his masterpieces!”

“Wow, Emperor Yu is so powerful!”

Lian Hongshang clutched her hands to her heart, her eyes full of longing and admiration.