"Oh, so you're here for the Demon Embryo too?"

Yang Tian asked coldly.

"Yes, I was originally cultivating inside the Puppet, but sensed the aura of the Demon Embryo, and immediately emerged!" The Puppet Beast's face seemed icy cold: "The Demon Embryo has cultivated Demonic Technique, right? With it, I can break through the Celestial Mandate!"

"But with your mere Demon Beast, you dare to lay a hand on my child?"

Yang Tian said coldly.

"You look down on me?"

"Wang Yue's" body transformed instantly, turning into a Puppet.

The Puppet looked like a clown, its head made of stacked wood, the nose, mouth, and eyes appeared carved by a knife, with a line of red liquid at the mouth's corner, making it look quite terrifying.

"Yang Tian, this is a Human Spirit Demon Beast, be extremely cautious!"

Wang Lingzhan said solemnly.

Almost feeling Wang Lingzhan's gravity, a trace of mockery flashed in the Puppet Beast's eyes: "Are you afraid? I'll give you one chance now, hand over the Demon Embryo voluntarily, and I might let you leave alive!"

"Afraid of a mere Human Spirit Demon Beast like you?"

Yang Tian sneered coldly.

He dared to offend even terrifying existences like Wang Jie, the trio elders, and the Witch, would he fear a mere Human Spirit Demon Beast?

Utterly ridiculous!

Clang!

Yang Tian drew the Holy Sword, his body flickered, charging towards the Puppet Beast.

In mid-air, Yang Tian already performed the first move of the Holy Sword, Sword Wandering the World!

Sword Aura bloomed in the air, transforming into countless stars, while the Puppet Beast didn't even dodge but instead opened its hideous mouth, absorbing strongly, instantly taking in all the Sword Auras. When Yang Tian descended, he found sword marks engraved on the Puppet Beast's belly.

"Kid, is this your attack?"

The Puppet Beast said coldly.

Then it opened its hideous mouth.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Sword Auras flew out from the Puppet Beast's mouth, striking back towards Yang Tian.

This was indeed Yang Tian's Holy Sword first move, Sword Wandering the World.

Unexpectedly, this Puppet Beast absorbed all of Yang Tian's attacks just by inhaling and returned them.

It truly was a high-level Demon Beast.

In that split second, Yang Kai avoided all of the Puppet Beast's attacks.

He rotated once mid-air, and a Heaven-shattering Palm Technique struck towards the Puppet Beast. This time, Yang Tian deliberately slowed down, wanting to see if the Puppet Beast would devour the Heaven-shattering Palm Technique.

And indeed it did.

The Puppet Beast opened its hideous mouth and absorbed Yang Tian's Heaven-shattering Palm Technique with a single inhale.

"Kid, you are no match for me!"

The Puppet Beast chuckled, opening its hideous mouth and released a Heaven-shattering Palm Technique aimed at Yang Tian.

Yang Tian swiftly dodged the attack of the Heaven-shattering Palm Technique.

Earlier, he had already seen clearly, this Puppet Beast had no Spiritual Breath.

In Huaxia's Ancient Martial Realm, any being would have Spiritual Breath once they cultivated.

But this Puppet Beast had no Spiritual Breath; instead, Yang Tian sensed a crimson Demon Qi on it, very different from the Demon Qi of the Ninefold Heaven, appearing as though refined by the Puppet Beast.

And this Qi was the reason enabling the Puppet Beast to rapidly absorb Yang Tian's attacks and convert them.

Destroy this Qi, and this Puppet Beast wouldn't be so frightening anymore.

Boom!

Yang Tian landed on the ground, another Palm Technique struck upwards.

Before the Palm Technique reached the Puppet Beast, it had already exploded, shrouding the Puppet Beast in Spiritual Breath.

"Kid, are you courting death!"

The Puppet Beast said coldly.

Suddenly, Yang Tian sensed the Puppet Beast mobilizing its Demon Qi to dispel the Spiritual Breath he had struck.

With that, Yang Tian extended his palm swiftly, gripping tight.

Instantly, the Spiritual Breath on the Puppet Beast rapidly absorbed back to Yang Tian, who explored it with Divine Sense, finding a small vortex within the Demon Qi of the Puppet Beast.

This vortex was precisely why the Demon Qi of the Puppet Beast could absorb Yang Tian's attacks.

"Yang Tian, we can't defeat it, retreat quickly!"

Wang Ying said anxiously.

"That's right, this Puppet Beast is terrifying; it can clone human attacks. Let's take a temporary retreat!"

Wang Lingzhan couldn't help but say.

But at that moment, Yang Tian's figure flickered upwards, he shook his hand, and a Spirit Talisman struck out.

Bang!

The Spirit Talisman landed on the Puppet Beast, burning furiously.

"Kid, it's useless! I'm an existence you cannot resist!"

The Puppet Beast said coldly, but soon its expression changed, feeling its internal Demon Qi ignited by Yang Tian's Spirit Talisman.

Its Demon Qi was refined from the earthly Demon Qi.

This was the fundamental reason it could clone Yang Tian's attacks, but at that moment, Yang Tian's Spirit Talisman ignited the Demon Qi on it.

Bang!

The Puppet Beast burned fiercely, sword auras bursting out from its belly, swirling in mid-air, and piercing heavily into its body.

These Sword Auras were gathered on the belly by absorbing Yang Tian's Sword Wandering the World.

When the Demon Qi within the Puppet Beast was completely burned by Yang Tian's Spirit Talisman, all absorbed Sword Auras surged out.

With such a strike, the Puppet Beast fell to the ground, barely breathing.

"What's the situation? You defeated it in one hit?"

Wang Ying asked in surprise.

Not only Wang Ying, but Wang Lingzhan was also greatly shocked, clearly knowing the terror of this Puppet Beast, how could Yang Tian defeat it with one attack?

"Kid, don't celebrate too soon!" The Puppet Beast suddenly gazed stubbornly at Yang Tian: "I'll tell you, soon hundreds of Human Spirit Demon Beasts and dozens of Ghost Spirit Demon Beasts will come to kill you and seize the Demon Embryo!"

"Hundreds of Human Spirit Demon Beasts? Dozens of Ghost Spirit Demon Beasts?"

Yang Tian couldn't help but laugh.

Honestly, on the sixth continental layer, there are only a few Emperor Level Spirit Beasts and one Human Spirit Demon Beast, but they're all eliminated by the Witch.

Are there really hundreds of Human Spirit Demon Beasts and dozens of Ghost Spirit Demon Beasts here?

That's utterly ridiculous.

"You don't believe?"

The Puppet Beast asked coldly.

"Honestly speaking, throughout Ninefold Heaven, at most a few Human Spirit Demon Beasts exist, and only one per continental layer. If there really were hundreds of Human Spirit Demon Beasts, wouldn't the Witch have already regained her power?"

Yang Tian questioned.

"Are you referring to the Ninefold Heaven's owner, Nuwa's Inheritor?"

The Puppet Beast suddenly asked.

"Oh? Even you know of Nuwa's Inheritor?"

Yang Tian showed interest.

"If it's Nuwa's Inheritor, she would be afraid of so many Demon Beasts attacking simultaneously, because even she didn't know so many Demon Beasts were in the Ninefold Heaven!"

The Puppet Beast said coldly.

Yang Tian furrowed his brow: "The Ninefold Heaven was created by the Witch herself; if there were indeed so many Human Spirit Demon Beasts, wouldn't she know?"

"She indeed didn't know! But saying this is pointless, soon these Demon Beasts will flood forth!"

The Puppet Beast insisted.

Yang Tian was about to speak, when Wang Lingzhan suddenly asked: "Where are these Demon Beasts attacking from?"

"From the Ghost Vault!"

The Puppet Beast said coldly.

"Ghost Vault?"

Upon hearing Ghost Vault, Wang Lingzhan's expression changed...