This powerful Demon Beast looks like an enormously magnified turtle, with a whole body as black as ink.

Moreover, on its shell, there are streaks of patterns faintly shimmering with a soft glow.

These patterns are connected end to end, seemingly forming a special Array.

"This doesn't seem like an ordinary Demon Beast."

Xie Yuya's eyes narrowed slightly as he murmured.

"Indeed, this is no ordinary Demon Beast, but a Puppet Beast."

Wang Ruoxie nodded slightly and said.

"A Puppet Beast?"

Xie Yuya and the people around him heard this and their eyes narrowed; they naturally knew what a Puppet Beast was.

Puppet Beasts are special entities crafted by Puppet Masters using specific materials. They don't count as actual living beings, but they possess nearly identical features to real creatures.

For instance, this Puppet Beast, which appears like a giant turtle, apart from lacking flesh and blood, is almost indistinguishable from a real giant turtle in every other aspect.

Most importantly, because a Puppet Beast's body is made from special materials, its defense is terrifyingly formidable, which makes it nearly impossible to destroy. Additionally, Puppet Beasts possess many unique abilities and their power is extremely strong.

Furthermore, Puppet Beasts are unafraid of injury; as long as they are not completely destroyed, they will continue to attack relentlessly, making them far more fearsome than actual Demon Beasts.

They'd rather face dozens of similarly powerful Demon Beasts simultaneously than battle with this Puppet Beast.

"What should we do?"

"This must be the Puppet Beast guarding the inheritance. Perhaps only by destroying it can we move forward."

"I presume the actual inheritance is likely inside the Inner Hall behind this Puppet Beast, so we must kill it to obtain the inheritance."

"Judging from the aura it emits, the Puppet Beast's power likely surpasses that of a standard late-stage Meridian Passage Realm, and even if we are numerous, we might find it hard to contend with it."

...

Everyone whispered among themselves.

"In the aura emanating from this Puppet Beast, there seems to be a trace of Black Tortoise Power. Could it be that the inheritance of the Divine Beast Black Tortoise truly exists here?"

Wang Ruoxie's eyes flickered as he silently pondered in his heart.

If the true inheritance in this Secret Realm is indeed the inheritance of the Divine Beast Black Tortoise, then he must obtain it at any cost.

"All of you go up together and deal with this Puppet Beast."

At this point, Zhou Wuji's gaze turned to those who weren't from the three major families and suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing Zhou Wuji's words, those not belonging to the three major families all showed a slight change in their expressions. They naturally understood that Zhou Wuji was intending to use them as cannon fodder, to test the Puppet Beast's power with their lives.

However, even though they understood, they were all angry but didn't dare to speak out, not a single person dared to stand up and oppose.

Zhou Wuji, the prodigy of the Zhou Family, was the only late-stage Meridian Passage Realm presence among everyone present.

The Zhou Family was one of the three major families, second only to the Xie Family in strength, completely beyond these people's ability to match.

Moreover, besides Zhou Wuji, there were dozens of Zhou Family experts present, each at least wielding Fourth Layer Meridian Passage Realm cultivation, enough to easily annihilate all of them.

Neither Xie Yuya and the people of the Xie Family nor the dozens from the Liu Family contradicted Zhou Wuji's words, obviously consenting to it all silently.

"It appears that the main reason the three major families brought these people into the Black Tortoise Secret Realm was to use them as cannon fodder."

Witnessing this, Wang Ruoxie couldn't help but mutter to himself.

If not for showcasing his formidable strength, he might have ended up as cannon fodder for the three major families just like these people.

"Zhou Wuji, don't you think this is too much?"

At this moment, a young man in purple, at the Sixth Layer of the Meridian Passage Realm, angrily spoke to Zhou Wuji, "We previously chose to join your Zhou Family's group, already surrendering sixty percent of our Treasure Resources."

"And now, you want us to act as cannon fodder. This Puppet Beast's strength must be extremely terrifying. Asking us to make a move is no different than sending us to death."

Upon hearing the purple-clad youth's words, Zhou Wuji sneered and said, "Perhaps making a move against this Puppet Beast won't necessarily lead to death, but if you choose not to, your only fate would be death since I'll just kill every one of you directly."

"Don't doubt my words. Even if you lot of worthless beings worked together, I could effortlessly kill every single one of you."

Upon hearing this, the purple-clad youth stayed silent. Although his expression became even more unpleasant, he no longer argued against Zhou Wuji.

Other non-three-family members likewise didn't dare utter a word in defiance of Zhou Wuji.

"I'll give you all the time of three breaths to consider—either I kill you right here, or you go deal with the Puppet Beast."

Zhou Wuji coldly looked at everyone, slowly uttering words full of icy murderous intent.

Hearing this, they hesitated for a moment, then exchanged looks full of bitter resignation before lifting their steps cautiously toward the Puppet Beast.

Nearly a hundred people soon encircled the Puppet Beast. Being able to survive until now meant their Cultivation Power wasn't weak, with at least Third Layer Meridian Passage Realm cultivation.

If it were a typical late-stage beast in the Meridian Passage Realm, they might have some hope of killing it together, but against this terrifying Puppet Beast, they had no confidence whatsoever.

"Let's act together and kill it."

Looking at the Puppet Beast still squatting there, the purple-clad youth urged everyone.

"Alright, we're dead either way, might as well fight and snatch a slim chance of survival."

"Though the Puppet Beast is terrifyingly powerful, we number nearly a hundred; it's not impossible we could kill it."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Immediately, they sprang into action without hesitation, simultaneously unleashing their strongest lethal moves, aiming at the Puppet Beast.

"Boom, boom..."

Confronted by the onslaught from nearly a hundred assailants, the Puppet Beast seemed impervious, silently remaining perched there, unmoving, letting all the attacks fall upon its body.

After a long time, as the space gradually returned to normal, everyone hastily gazed at the Puppet Beast, each reflecting an inconceivable expression in their eyes.

Astonishingly, they discovered that the Puppet Beast, which endured everyone's attacks head-on, was utterly undamaged, without even a single crack on its shell.

This meant that the strongest attacks from nearly a hundred people had not inflicted any harm on the Puppet Beast, or, they hadn't even managed to break through its defense.

"This..."

The people from the three major families stood there in astonishment, staring at the hulking form of the Puppet Beast.

Although they were mentally prepared, they hadn't anticipated that the Puppet Beast's body would be so sturdy, and likely they couldn't break through its defense either.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the Puppet Beast suddenly moved, and with a deep roar, everyone saw an enormous shadow appear above them.

"Boom!"

With a deafening crash, the gigantic body of the Puppet Beast descended from the sky like a small mountain, pressing down toward the nearly a hundred people.

"Not good, run quickly..."

The purple-clad youth's expression changed dramatically in horror, hastily yelling as he retreated without any delay.

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