Published: January 7, 2025
The Ancient Craftsman Venerable disappeared, and Qin Chen, along with the other two, stood in the grand hall. Naturally, a servant stepped forward to lead them aside.
"This is... a puppet?"
Qin Chen looked at the servant leading them, revealing a look of surprise.
Because this was actually a puppet, a product of ancient times crafted by a refiner, extremely archaic, made entirely from a special type of metal, its secrets impossible to probe.
The aura emanating from this puppet was at the venerable level.
Hiss! A venerable-level puppet.
Qin Chen gasped in awe. Venerables are the top-tier powerhouses in the universe. Despite the many venerables on the Myriad Races Battlefield, for some smaller races, a venerable is already quite formidable. The fact that Tian Gong has a venerable-level puppet left Qin Chen astonished.
If such a puppet were placed in some minor races, it might drive them insane.
"This is the Ancient General Puppet from Tian Gong, a product of ancient craftsmanship. Although its aura is only at the venerable level, in actual combat, it possesses combat power on par with the peak of the human race, after all, puppets are fearless in battle."
The venerable true word had been to the Heavenly Work Headquarters Secret Realm and naturally knew some details.
Qin Chen and the Radiant Light Saint Master both nodded in agreement.
Indeed, in a life-and-death struggle, puppets are far crazier than actual races, as puppets do not feel pain. As long as their energy core is intact and the formations can still operate, they can fight without fear, even to the point of mutual destruction.
In contrast, even the most frenzied races would instinctively feel fear when facing death.
Moreover, puppets are not made of flesh and blood and do not possess a sea of souls. The usual methods of venerable powerhouses against puppets are ineffective, making them even more terrifying.
"If only we could continuously produce these puppets in Tian Gong, then we wouldn't have to worry about the War of the Ten Thousand Clans."
The Radiant Light Saint Master lamented that if there were tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of venerable puppets, what would there be to fear from the Demon Tribe?
A Venerable Puppet Army could easily crush them.
"That's natural; otherwise, the Demon Tribe wouldn't be fixated on the ancient craftsman's works."
The venerable true word sighed and continued, "Do you know which force the Demon Tribe attacked first during the War of the Ten Thousand Clans in ancient times?"
"Which one?"
"The Craftsman Works!"
The venerable true word stated, "The Craftsman Works is the holy land of many refining forces in the ancient universe. All refining forces in the world are affiliated with the Craftsman Works, forming an alliance. The method to create venerable puppets is also owned by the Craftsman Works. Therefore, the first thing the Demon Tribe did when they initiated the War of the Ten Thousand Clans was to destroy the Craftsman Works."
"In that battle, the Demon Tribe mobilized a vast army and launched a fierce attack. Although the Craftsman Works was strong, they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. The Craftsman Ancestor died in battle, and many treasures were lost. The very source of this puppet's creation was destroyed by the Demon Tribe during that conflict."
"Creating venerable puppets requires a large number of origins. After all, the power to invoke the might of venerables is extremely rare. The Craftsman Works had such an origin, which became a primary target for the Demon Tribe and was directly destroyed by them."
"This also led to the Craftsman Works being unable to refine many venerable puppets after the war broke out. Many puppets that originally existed were destroyed, leaving only a few that were preserved and later found by the Divine Artisan Heaven Venerable."
"For countless years, the Divine Artisan Heaven Venerable has been looking for ways to refine venerable puppets again, but has never succeeded."
The venerable true word sighed, "Otherwise, if such puppets were to appear in greater numbers, our human race wouldn't have fallen into such a predicament, and the War of the Ten Thousand Races wouldn't have caused the heavenly realm to collapse."