Immediately, Su Lingkou exclaimed in a low voice, "A Golden Core level Mechanical Puppet?"
Pi Fujie instantly furrowed his brows.
To this day, all the elite Mechanical Puppets Ning Zhuo created started at the Golden Core level.
The materials for Snow Color Female·Hui’s entire body were almost all Golden Core level treasures. The core mechanism supplying mana held a Ghost Dao Golden Core. The Golden Core burst forth with mana, which was converted into ice-element mana through an array. This conversion inevitably caused loss and delay.
But Ning Zhuo had already achieved the best he could for the moment.
He did not have a suitable ice-element Golden Core on hand.
Upon seeing Ning Zhuo directly releasing a Golden Core level Mechanical Puppet, the Tiger Demon cursed inwardly, "Damn tricky Human Clan brat! This is probably his strongest trump card. He said all that nice stuff, but in reality, to deal with me, he already went all out from the start!"
The Tiger Demon looked solemn, not daring to be careless.
He also had considerable combat experience and, seeing the dazzling and beautiful Mechanical Puppet, guessed it was primarily for long-range combat.
He roared, unleashing wind magic, significantly boosting his speed.
The Tiger Demon lunged at Snow Color Female·Hui, his claws like knives, tearing through the air, fast and fierce.
"Good, close combat!" The Tiger Demon, seeing Snow Color Female·Hui unresponsive and stationary, felt encouraged.
His two tiger claws struck Snow Color Female·Hui almost simultaneously.
Snow Color Female·Hui extended a pair of auxiliary arms, crossing them to block in front of her.
Clang!
The sound of metal clashing erupted, stinging the eardrums.
"What?!" The Tiger Demon’s pupils slightly contracted, showing a trace of disbelief.
Contrary to his expectation, the scene of the opponent’s Mechanical arms breaking did not appear. The tricolored enamel armor covering the arms flowed with brilliance, forcibly withstanding the strike that could split stones, without even a crack!
Instead, the Tiger Demon felt pain in his tiger claws.
Snow Color Female·Hui’s porcelain armor face remained expressionless, while another pair of auxiliary arms shot out like vipers, striking directly at the Tiger Demon’s waist and ribs.
"Ugh!" The Tiger Demon was hit, his heart shocked once more, "Such speed!"
He retreated several large steps, crouching as he did so, swinging his thick tiger tail.
The tiger tail whipped towards the puppet’s lower body like a steel whip.
Snow Color Female·Hui stepped nimbly, her movements graceful yet swift, easily evading.
She initiated close combat, her six arms becoming a blur of motion. Whether with fists, palms, or fingers, she struck precisely at the Tiger Demon’s joints, waist, and other points, forcing the Tiger Demon to retreat step by step.
Shen Xi, Pi Fujie, and others watching were all greatly astonished.
None of them had expected the Mechanical Puppet’s close combat ability to be so formidable, its movements so agile.
Shen Xi looked at Ning Zhuo, whose fingers moved rapidly, manipulating the mana threads controlling Snow Color Female·Hui into various combat postures, also exhibiting the beauty of martial combat.
The Tiger Demon roared repeatedly, his claw images flying, attempting to turn the tide.
But Snow Color Female·Hui’s enamel armor defense was astonishing, her six arms working together seamlessly, tireless and without pain.
Under Ning Zhuo’s control, she neutralized, blocked, and suppressed the Tiger Demon’s fierce attacks one by one!
The Tiger Demon’s massive body appeared clumsy and powerless before Snow Color Female·Hui.
The Tiger Demon, failing to counterattack, was battered and bruised, his heart terrified, "This puppet is so strong, it must be specialized for close combat! I don’t need to fight its strength head-on!"
He roared, emanating the demon power’s tiger might, momentarily intimidating the Mechanical Puppet.
Seizing this opportunity, the Tiger Demon retreated explosively, increasing the distance.
Ning Zhuo smiled, "You’ve made a wrong choice."
The Tiger Demon’s heart skipped a beat, "Could it be?"
In the next instant, Snow Color Female·Hui’s six arms rose, her delicate fingers aiming at the Tiger Demon.
Within her, the warm jade wheel as the core mechanism component began spinning rapidly! The tricolored enamel flowed faster, Golden Core level mana converting into ice-element, surging to her fingertips.
Various ice magic spells erupted, forming sharp ice cones and spears. Simultaneously, a biting cold wind blew forth, creating a strong ranged offensive.
Pi Fujie’s expression became quite unpleasant.
Even Shen Xi and Su Lingkou grew serious. Both realized that if they faced such an offensive, they would certainly prioritize evasion, unable to withstand it directly!
The Tiger Demon also chose to dodge.
But the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, also began to move, her figure danced like willow fluff, easily soaring several yards.
The Tiger Demon was pursued and attacked, quickly enveloped by various Frost Spells.
Pi Fojie, Shen Xi, and Su Lingkou watched with their eyelids twitching.
The defensive Magic Artifacts the Tiger Demon relied on soon couldn’t hold up, and were continuously destroyed.
"What kind of mechanism is this? It’s a ranged model?! If you want me dead, I’ll make sure you die first!!" The Tiger Demon, at the brink of life and death, was driven to madness, the blood light in his eyes surged. He fiercely slapped his chest, instantly activating the two Demon Talismans bestowed by Pi Fojie!
A tattoo appeared on his left shoulder, it was the Thousand-Layered Scale Talisman.
The Talisman emitted a blue-gray glow, then quickly condensed a layer of blue-gray light scale armor over the entire body of the Tiger Demon, greatly increasing his defense.
A Talisman also appeared on his right chest, this was the Burning Blood Rushing Talisman.
For a moment, the Tiger Demon’s Blood Qi surged, his speed skyrocketing several times, leaving a phantom at his original spot as his true form flashed like a specter.
The Frost Spell attacks were quite dense, but there were always gaps.
The Tiger Demon seized these fleeting gaps, paying the smallest price, and closed the distance with the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui!
Ning Zhuo thought: This might be for the best.
He intended to use this opportunity to let the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, engage in close combat more and cultivate her Spiritual Nature. However, the Spiritual Nature of the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, suddenly quivered.
A strong desire, an impulse, was transmitted to Ning Zhuo through the Mana Suspended Threads.
The Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, actually wanted autonomy, trying to wrest control from Ning Zhuo!
Ning Zhuo was taken aback, a flaw appeared.
The Tiger Demon, in his blood frenzy, keenly captured this flaw, and unfolded a ferocious attack.
His speed and defense surged, causing his battle strength to also increase significantly.
Yet at this critical moment, Ning Zhuo secretly relinquished control completely, causing the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, to become a mere punching bag, subjected to the Tiger Demon’s fierce assaults.
"Good!" Pi Fojie clenched his fist suddenly, shouting loudly, his face overwhelmed with joy beyond words.
Shen Xi and Su Lingkou’s expressions changed dramatically.
Shen Xi thought: "Indeed! Brother Ning specializes in the Five Elements, Mechanical Techniques are at most a side study."
Bam.
The Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, fell to the ground.
The Tiger Demon’s offensive succeeded, his ferocity intensified, and he let out a crazed laugh: "Break for me!!"
He aimed to seize this opportunity to dismantle the puppet in one go!
Ning Zhuo’s Divine Sense had long since retreated like a tide, and the Five Elements Mana Suspended Threads left behind were merely superficial, with no actual control.
In the instant the Tiger Demon’s claws reached the body, the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, lying on the ground, suddenly had her eyes light up.
A chill exploded from the Tiger Demon’s heart, and in that instant, he had a thought that even he found ridiculous — this puppet seemed to have come alive!
The core component inside the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, the Warm Jade Wheel, erupted with unprecedented splendid radiance! From its 360 apertures surged forth extremely cold ice mist.
Six palms were directly imprinted on the Tiger Demon’s body.
The overwhelming cold transformed into a cold current, enveloping the Tiger Demon.
Crack, crack, crack...
The "Thousand-Layered Scale Talisman" on the Tiger Demon’s body surface frantically flashed with light, its scale phantom rapidly covered with cracks and thick white frost!
The Blood Qi boosted by the Burning Blood Rushing Talisman was quickly frozen and consumed by the cold air!
The Tiger Demon was horrified to find: his speed was plummeting, his strength waning, and his Demonic Power becoming incredibly clumsy to operate! He wanted to retreat, but the cold wave storm held him fast like a quagmire!
The Tiger Demon let out a roar of despair.
He struggled frantically, burning Essence Blood and summoning Demonic Power, all to no avail against the ever-thickening ice layer and the increasingly bone-chilling cold.
A dozen breaths later, the Tiger Demon’s roars ceased, the final sound a wail full of unwillingness and fear.
He was completely frozen in place, transformed into a lifelike, terrified giant ice sculpture!
His life force entirely extinguished.
The Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, slowly ceased her action, gracefully stood up, letting her six arms hang down. The luster of the Warm Jade Wheel retracted, as the tricolored enamel armor shimmered with a cold glow amid the ice mist.
She stood quietly before the ice sculpture, slightly raising her head, the snowy porcelain face mask showing no expression, yet all the spectators felt the Snow-Colored Woman, Hui, was exhibiting a proud demeanor.