“After recognizing the master with a drop of blood, you can activate it. Its size can be controlled by you and can currently expand to the size of two adults,” continued Ancestor Inferno.
“It has two core functions. First, it can defend against enemies with combat power comparable to the late stage of the Supreme Ancestry Realm. Second, it can devour ghostly souls and warrior spirits.”
“The most crucial part is that, like a warrior breaking through in cultivation, it can continuously upgrade!”
“As long as there are enough powerful or numerous souls for it to devour, its combat power can increase indefinitely!”
“Oh?” Billy’s eyes lit up slightly.
If what the other party said was true, this was indeed a valuable treasure! Even without considering other factors, its current combat power could already be of great help!
“Can it speak?” Billy took the Dark Puppet.
“No!” Ancestor Inferno shook his head. “At least at its current level, it cannot communicate with people and can only be controlled through spiritual power.”
“As for whether it can speak after reaching a certain level, I do not know!”
“Let’s try!” Billy said and then dripped a drop of blood onto the Dark Puppet.
The next moment, an extremely chilling aura burst forth from it, making one shiver.
Immediately after, it opened its eyes like a living person, but its pupils were pitch black, like two bottomless pits. At the same time, its hands and feet moved nimbly a few times.
Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly as he saw the Dark Puppet’s body expand at a visible speed, growing to the height of an adult in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, Ancestor Inferno waved his hand, and nearly a hundred phantom figures appeared a thousand meters away-those lonely ghosts from before.
Under Billy’s control, the Dark Puppet flashed over like a specter.
Then, opening its mouth to inhale, it immediately absorbed those hundred souls into its body and smacked its lips with a satisfied expression.
“Interesting!” Billy squinted his eyes again.
The next moment, the Dark Puppet quickly charged at Ancestor Inferno and threw a punch, causing the void to crack inch by inch.
Ancestor Inferno frowned slightly and met the punch with his own. After a loud bang, both sides were thrown back a thousand meters.
“Hmm?” Seeing this, Tommy and the others exclaimed in surprise.
Was this combat power really comparable to the late stage of the Supreme Ancestry Realm?!
After stabilizing itself, the Dark Puppet didn’t pause and charged at Ancestor Inferno again.
However, it stopped halfway, shrank back to palm-size, and flew back to Billy’s hand.
Billy was clearly just testing the Dark Puppet’s combat power and had no intention of letting it fight Ancestor Inferno for real.
“Is that enough?” Ancestor Inferno asked Billy after catching his breath.
“Not enough!” Billy shook his head after putting the Dark Puppet into his storage ring.
“What else do you want?” Ancestor Inferno frowned.
“Inferno’s Flower!” Billy replied.
“No way!” Inferno’s Lord shouted from the side. “That Inferno’s Flower took us nearly ten thousand years to cultivate…”
“Give it to him!” Ancestor Inferno interrupted him.
“Ancestor…” Inferno’s Lord spoke again.
“If we lose our lives, what’s the use of keeping the Inferno’s Flower?” Ancestor Inferno said sternly. “You brought this upon yourself; don’t blame others!”
Inferno’s Lord opened his mouth but had no words to retort.
A quarter of an hour later, Billy and Tommy left Inferno and returned to the canyon.
This trip to Inferno had been quite fruitful!
Then Casey and Harleen emerged from the Nine Dragons Cauldron Space.
Billy recounted what had happened in Inferno, leaving everyone astonished as they surrounded the Dark Puppet for a long time.
“Casey, this spear is for you!” Billy handed the Nether Flame Spear to Casey.
“Boss, you should keep it…” Casey hesitated.
“Take it!” Billy insisted. “I have the Dark Puppet.”
“Alright then!” Casey accepted without further ado.
“Boss, where are we going now?” Azure Dragon asked Billy.
“To find Sanaa!” Billy replied and led everyone towards the town.
Half an hour later, they landed at the courtyard gate, only to find it locked with no sign of Sanaa.
“You must be Mr. Billy?” A woman’s voice sounded just then.
Billy and his group turned to see a woman approaching with two elderly men behind her.
The woman appeared slightly older than Harleen but just as beautiful and graceful, exuding a mature charm.
Billy roughly assessed their cultivation levels and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The two elderly men were at the early stage of the Supreme Ancestry Realm, but he couldn’t sense any aura from the woman!
“What’s your business?” Billy asked.
“I’ve long heard of Mr. Billy’s reputation. It’s an honor to meet you today,” the woman smiled.
“Little missy, you’re not here to rob my boss of his Nine Dragons Cauldron and Skystone, are you?” Stout asked.
“Rest assured, I am not a bandit,” the woman smiled again.
Then she looked at Billy. “Mr. Billy, would you be willing to visit Skylight City?”
“You’re from Skylight City?” Billy narrowed his eyes again.
“Indeed!” The woman smiled. “Mr. Billy need not worry; I mean no harm. I just wish to befriend you.”
“Skylight City’s people once massacred millions in a sixth-tier star domain. And now you say you mean no harm?” Azure Dragon retorted.
“Hehe, that was a long time ago. Best not to mention it,” the woman replied.
“If there’s nothing else, we’ll take our leave. We’re not on the same path,” Billy said and turned to leave with his group.
They hadn’t walked far when one of the elderly men blocked their way.
“Resorting to force now?” White Tiger asked the elder.
“Without Miss’s permission, you can’t leave,” the elder replied.
“Move!” Annalise said coldly and struck with her palm.
“Overestimating yourself!” The elder responded and met her palm with his own.
After a muffled sound, both retreated two or three hundred meters, and the shockwave pushed White Tiger and others back several dozen meters.
“Impressive. Let’s go again!” The elder steadied himself and launched another attack with increasing momentum.
Just then, an overwhelming aura swept in from the side.
The elder’s attack dissipated instantly as he spat out a mouthful of blood and was thrown a thousand meters away, unable to get up for a long time.
With one move, he was rendered powerless!
“You Skylight City people are getting bolder by the day. Daring to act here-do you have a death wish?” A childish voice sounded.
Billy and his group looked over to see Sanaa approaching with Rose.