Chapter 102: Tianyang's Furious Beast Roar

As Li Fan was feeling puzzled, he suddenly noticed something. His expression subtly changed as he looked around.

In the deep sea, tiny blue lights converged from all directions.

They flew towards the Heavenly Sun Cavern.

Li Fan reached out, intercepted a blue light particle, and examined it in his hand.

“Pure water spiritual energy…”

In an instant, something clicked for Li Fan, and he understood.

He immediately made the most correct decision.

Activating the Shadow-Following Art instantly, his figure became like a phantom as he rushed into the volcano.

The others were still marveling at the increasing number of blue light particles.

“A Water Spirit Body! This Zhang Haobo actually has a Water Spirit Body!”

Someone finally reacted and exclaimed in surprise.

“I get it now! A Water Spirit Body means spiritual energy affinity. As long as he’s above this vast ocean, he won’t have to worry about spiritual energy. Even if he expends it quickly, the omnipresent water-attribute spiritual energy around him will quickly replenish it!”

“Doesn’t that mean…”

“Damn it, someone got there first!”

“Fellow Daoists, charge!”

The qi-refining cultivators who had caught on, one after another, like Li Fan, rushed into the volcano, vying to be first and seeking opportunities and good fortune.

Li Fan, who was a step ahead of them, had already passed through the lava inside the volcano and arrived in the Heavenly Sun Cavern.

Passing through the battling puppets and Zhang Haobo, Li Fan swept his divine sense, attempting to find traces of He Zhenghao’s remains.

But…

After several major battles, the place was already a mess.

With seventeen Nascent Soul puppets fully unleashed, their power was truly terrifying.

Even the hard ground of the cavern seemed to have been scraped away by some monstrous force. Forget complete remains; not even storage rings or similar items were visible.

Only some residue on the ground could barely be identified.

Li Fan’s eyelids twitched. Seeing that the cultivators behind him had already caught up, he couldn’t care less about much else at the moment and simply gathered all the residue in one go.

He then rushed deeper into the cavern, hoping to see if there was anything else of value.

Just then, he suddenly heard an ancient and mechanical voice resound from within the cavern.

“Heav…”

Li Fan’s figure paused, and a sudden sense of unease welled up in his heart.

He looked towards the source of the sound; it was one of the mechanical puppets.

Having been suppressed by Zhang Haobo’s “Water Dragon Roar,” these dark red mechanical puppets seemed to undergo some change.

Anger accumulated within them.

Like a volcano that had slept for a thousand years, it suddenly awakened.

Cracks began to appear on the puppets’ bodies, revealing a slightly eerie blackness inside.

“Sun…”

Upon seeing this, Zhang Haobo instead intensified the attack of his Sea-Calming Sword.

It seemed that he still had reserves of strength during the previous intense battle.

The puppets were still at a disadvantage, but the unease in Li Fan’s heart grew stronger.

So he decisively moved against the flow of people, trying to retreat.

“One…”

More and more cracks appeared on the puppets’ bodies, like shattered porcelain, as if they would shatter at any moment.

“Life…”

With a bang.

Under the Water Dragon Roar, those mechanical puppets, said to possess Nascent Soul stage strength, astonishingly shattered one after another.

Like vases smashed on the ground, they instantly broke into countless tiny fragments.

The water swords flying everywhere suddenly stopped.

Zhang Haobo stared at the scene before him in astonishment, stunned on the spot.

“How is this possible?”

Not just Zhang Haobo; all the cultivators present were stunned by this scene.

Their gazes moved back and forth between Zhang Haobo and the scattered fragments on the ground, their hearts filled with doubt.

Were these mechanical puppets merely outwardly impressive, or was Zhang Haobo, outwardly a qi-refining cultivator, secretly a powerful figure concealing his true cultivation?

Li Fan was also shocked by this unexpected turn of events and stopped in his tracks.

Staring at the puppets scattered on the ground, his thoughts raced.

In the midst of the silence, all the fragments began to vibrate.

“Not…”

The mechanical sound reappeared.

This time, it was emitted by all the fragments together.

Thousands of voices rang out simultaneously, echoing throughout the Heavenly Sun Cavern.

“Weaker…”

Amidst the bone-chilling sound, these black and red fragments trembled as if alive, slowly moving and converging into one spot.

With faint creaking sounds, these fragments slowly merged together.

“Than…”

A strong sense of crisis surged in Li Fan’s heart.

He suddenly accelerated, flying towards the cavern exit.

As he passed by the dazed Zhang Haobo, he slightly changed direction and grabbed him.

To prevent him from struggling, he instantly activated the Insect Binding divine ability, restraining him.

Zhang Haobo, still staring blankly at the strange phenomenon of the puppet fragments, only felt a voice suddenly appear, and then his entire body lost control.

Extremely alarmed, he heard what the other person said, and then felt a little relieved.

He looked towards the other person, only to see that their appearance was concealed and their figure indistinct.

Yet, the other party could restrain him with just a gesture, leaving no room for resistance.

Their strength must be…

Unfathomable.

Zhang Haobo’s heart was filled with awe, and he allowed this mysterious person to take him through the lava, flying out of the volcano and back to the seabed.

“Man…”

As the puppet fragments finished reassembling, a massive black hand, full of cracks, appeared before everyone.

Dazzling and vibrant dark crimson light flowed within the cracks of the giant hand.

A mechanical yet furious roar emanated from the giant hand.

“Heavenly Sun, Unique Creation!”

“Not Inferior to Man!”

Amidst a roar like that of an ancient fierce beast, the giant hand’s five fingers closed, and it violently clenched into a fist.

It swung forward.

Li Fan, who was rapidly fleeing with Zhang Haobo, had his expression change, and he accelerated even more.

A tremendous roar, like an exploding thunderbolt, erupted from the volcano.

Amidst the violent explosion, rolling thick smoke shot skyward.

It instantly burst from the seabed to the surface of the sea.

Reaching high into the heavens.

After a brief silence.

An even more violent roar came from the seabed.

Rolling black clouds emerged from the seabed, exploding and churning, spreading in all directions.

Like a stampeding herd of beasts, pressing forward relentlessly, surging wildly.

Explosions continuously resounded; with each sound, the black cloud’s range doubled.

Within the smoke pillar that pierced the heavens and earth, streaks of crimson light shot out in all directions.

Li Fan raced all the way, finally bringing Zhang Haobo to a safe zone.

Looking back at the raging ground fire, he couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear.

However, all of this seemed to be just the beginning.

Heaven and earth shook; the entire Cumulus Sea seemed to tremble.

Like beacons lit one after another, volcanic smoke pillars erupted with a roar, one after another, centered around the Heavenly Sun Cavern!

Amidst this world-destroying scene, the mechanical puppet’s roar could nevertheless drown out the sound of the submarine volcanoes erupting.

“Heavenly Sun, Unique Creation!”

“Not Inferior to Man!”

A mechanical puppet, buried deep within the earth’s veins for thousands of years, ceaselessly absorbing geofire energy day and night to temper its own body, tore open the layers of submarine mountains and, in the Cumulus Sea, stood up!

Reaching for the heavens and standing firmly on the earth, it roared defiantly!