“The Eternal Heart! What has happened inside the Eternal Heart!? Why has it erupted?”
Seeing the Eternal Heart volcano suddenly erupt, spewing a towering pillar of fire, and Jarvis faintly visible within that pillar, bathing in the flames, the puppet elder asked in a voice full of shock. Their clan had guarded the Eternal Heart for five hundred years, yet they had never seen it in this state.
Ye Chui was also somewhat surprised inwardly. Jarvis was supposed to activate the Eternal Heart, but what was happening now? In his surprise, he suddenly felt the ground begin to tremble.
The tremor was not large in amplitude, yet it seemed to carry terrifying power, as if it was not just a small area shaking, but the entire earth. In the distant dim night sky, something suddenly blocked the view. Vaguely, the shape of a massive hand could be seen. It was the hand of the Puppet God’s body!
That hand lifted slightly before falling back down again, as if merely making an unconscious movement.
In the Puppet Graveyard, the body of the Puppet God had come alive!
However, this body still lacked consciousness.
While everyone was looking around in astonishment, Jarvis suddenly flew over from the distant pillar of fire. His entire body was enveloped in flames, trailing a long streak of fire behind him. His originally black body had turned fiery red, with flames constantly pouring from his eyes and mouth. His appearance was as if supercharged flame effects had been added. In a domestic game from Ye Chui’s previous life, this would definitely be a legendary pay-to-win skin.
Amid the shocked gazes of Ye Chui and the others, Jarvis landed in front of them and stood up. His movements were incredibly cool, but immediately afterwards, they heard him flinging his arms and saying, “Fuck, I’m on fire all over. Master, can you find a way to put it out for me?”
Ye Chui: “”
So these flames weren’t appearing because your power had greatly increased?
“It looks like these flames won’t harm you. Did you succeed in activating the Eternal Heart?” Ye Chui asked, stunned.
Before Jarvis could reply, the puppet elder beside them asked in surprise, “Activating the Eternal Heart. What are you planning to do? Are you also here for the Eternal Heart?”
Ye Chui turned to the puppet elder, knowing there was no way to hide their purpose any longer. He said, “You mentioned that the Faceless God once told you he was guarding this place for an old friend.”
“Yes.” The puppet elder nodded. He suddenly recalled that when he mentioned this, Jarvis had cried. Could it be…
“I am the old friend the Faceless spoke of,” Jarvis continued. “I am the Puppet God of the Gods Clan. The ground beneath our feet is my former body. Back then, I was severely wounded by the Devil and fell into slumber. For some unknown reason, my soul left this body and merged into my master’s magic book. This time, I simply want to reclaim my own body.”
The puppet elder stared blankly at Jarvis. He said incredulously, “This, how is this possible? The Gods Clan? How could you be from the Gods Clan…”
They had guarded this place their entire lives. When they first saw Ye Chui’s group, they had always placed Ye Chui in the category of “much weaker than us”. Yet just now, facing the ghost-faced puppet assault, they had been utterly crushed by the enemy, while Ye Chui’s group had effortlessly wiped out the puppet army. This had completely shattered his worldview.
And that was not all. Now Ye Chui’s group was telling him that this place actually belonged to them?
That puppet person was the Puppet God from the Gods Clan?
Fine, he no longer wanted his worldview.
Not only was the puppet elder incredulous, but Kerrigan and Fazhe also showed surprised expressions towards Jarvis. Especially Fazhe, as the patriarch of the Puppet God Phantom Beast Clan, he understood even better the vast gap between a puppet god and the Puppet God. Suddenly, the slight regret he had felt about repeatedly suffering losses at Ye Chui’s group’s hands no longer mattered.
Seeing the puppet elder’s incredulous expression, Jarvis smiled and shook his head. He said to Ye Chui, “Master, I have absorbed the immense power of the Eternal Heart. However, as your summoned Heroic Spirit, I cannot use this power myself. To utilise it, we need to fuse and enter the Divine Guardian Armour mode.”
“Great. I’m eager to see what Divine Guardian Armour 2.0 looks like,” Ye Chui said, his eyes lighting up. He immediately activated the Divine Guardian Armour mode.
Immediately afterwards, the flames on Jarvis’s body became intensely fierce, as if his entire body had begun to burn. In an instant, he completely transformed into a mass of flame. The flame spun in a circle in the air before landing on Ye Chui with a whoosh. Changes occurred on Ye Chui’s body accordingly as he entered Divine Guardian Armour mode. Lines resembling electronic circuits appeared on his body’s surface, and the magic book vanished, merging into his body.
The style was similar to the previous Divine Guardian Armour, but it had turned fiery red. Additionally, a layer of flames covered Ye Chui’s body surface, with flames even burning in his eyes.
Ye Chui could float in mid-air without needing spells. He examined his current phoenix-like divine appearance and felt very satisfied. Debbie and the others were nearly blinded by the brilliance. Who could blame him for looking so dazzling with flames?
As Jarvis fused, Ye Chui instantly understood how to control the power of the Eternal Heart that Jarvis had just absorbed.
He raised a palm towards the puppet elder, opening it and then clenching. A layer of flames enveloped the puppet elder’s body. Within the flames, the puppet elder’s body floated up. Accompanied by soft chants from his mouth, his damaged body began to repair rapidly.
His broken leg and arm quickly restored to their original state. The terrifying scars on his body healed visibly to the naked eye. In just a short moment, the puppet elder returned to his peak condition.
He looked at his body in trembling shock, feeling this vibrant form. “Mr Ye Chui, you, you can control the Eternal Heart with such precision? In the past, even when we bathed in the Eternal Heart to restore our bodies, it took a long time. Moreover, the intervals between entering the Eternal Heart had to be lengthy, or we simply could not withstand that intense power.”
“I told you, this was originally mine. Of course I can control it effortlessly,” Ye Chui said with a chuckle. Then his eyes suddenly turned to Kerrigan, who was squatting beside her brother.
His already flaming eyes brightened even more.
Miss, shall we discuss the Blade Queen transformation plan?
Just as Ye Chui was about to speak, a sudden rustling sound rang out. The puppet elder shouted in surprise, “My arm, what’s happening to my arm?” Everyone looked over. The puppet elder’s right arm was rapidly deforming. The original arm quickly retracted, transforming into a cylindrical object.
As the puppet elder cried out, banging sounds followed continuously from that cylinder. Flying Demon Missiles!
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
The missiles landed in the distance, producing massive explosions.
“Don’t panic. I just gave you a little power. Your arm can transform into Flying Demon Missiles through mental activation,” Ye Chui hurriedly explained. The current Divine Guardian Armour allowed him to borrow the Eternal Heart’s power and perform various interesting modifications without needing the Scientist Quintet’s assistance. So just now, he had integrated a Flying Demon Missile into the puppet elder’s body.
As he spoke, the puppet elder looked at everyone in shock. The Flying Demon Missiles in his hand were even aimed at them. “How did this happen? How do I control this power?”
“Fuck, don’t point it at us,” Ye Chui quickly dodged. “You’ll get the hang of it once you’re familiar with the feeling. It’s easy, just like taking a piss!”
“We haven’t pissed in five hundred years since becoming puppets…” the puppet elder said with a tearful face.
“” Ye Chui broke into a sweat. “First, point the Flying Demon Missiles in another direction. You’ll master this power once you’re familiar with it. You’ve lived five hundred years. There’s no reason you can’t do something like pissing. Believe in yourself.”
“Alright, I’ll try my best,” the puppet elder said with an expression as if his five hundred years had been wasted.
After settling the puppet elder, Ye Chui instructed him to bring the other puppet warriors, who had been reduced to scraps, here. He would help repair their bodies. Guni, Salome, Green, and the others also went to assist.
At this point, Ye Chui walked over to Kerrigan with a grin, preparing to propose his plan to this young lady.
But at that moment, Fiore, bound by Ye Chui’s magic, suddenly let out a wail and began vomiting large amounts of blood. His body started trembling. Even more terrifying, Fiore’s limbs and body, already twisted from Fazhe’s heavy blow, gradually began turning to ash and crumbling.
“Haha, this body has reached its limit. His flesh cannot bear my power and is gradually collapsing under my corruption. He will die soon!”
A dual voice shouted loudly from Fiore’s mouth.
Kerrigan’s brows furrowed tightly. She looked at Ye Chui somewhat anxiously.
Ye Chui narrowed his eyes. Fiore’s flesh was utterly ruined. He knew the Devil spoke the truth. Fiore would soon die completely, and this death would not just corrupt the body. Even Fiore’s soul would likely turn to ash.
“We must save him. But how?” Resha had been trying to purify the Devil since earlier, but to no avail. She wiped sweat from her forehead and asked Ye Chui.
Ye Chui knew what to do.
He waved his hand, releasing the magical restraints on Fiore.
With a sharp scream, a black shadow rushed out from Fiore’s body and swiftly vanished. The Devil had left Fiore’s body!
The only way to save Fiore was to let the Devil depart and then repair Fiore’s body.
Devils were selfish, greedy, and incredibly tenacious. Though it had claimed earlier to perish with Fiore, Ye Chui knew that if given the chance, it would not let go. By releasing the restraints, Ye Chui allowed the Devil to leave, though this would let it escape and cause trouble. But for now, there was no choice.
After the Devil left, Fiore’s body suddenly lost its original vitality. The body shattered, and blood began spraying out continuously. Resha’s healing holy words quickly enveloped him, yet this still could not stop the crumbling.
“Fiore’s body is already sixty percent destroyed. Even his soul has suffered immense damage. Healing magic cannot restore him,” Resha said wearily.
“Let me handle it.” Ye Chui waved his hand, summoning a mass of flames that enveloped Fiore completely.
Kerrigan looked worried. “You, are you planning to turn Fiore into a puppet?”
“No, I can reshape his flesh,” Ye Chui explained. “The Eternal Heart gathers power from many divine clans, including the life power of the Elf Goddess. I can use life power to help Fiore reform his flesh.”
As Ye Chui spoke, Fiore, enveloped in flames, floated up with his ruined body. His clothes dissipated into nothing, revealing a pale form covered in wounds and severely damaged. Debbie and Resha, remaining there, thought about seeing a boy’s body and quickly turned their heads away. Fazhe also awkwardly turned his head aside. Only Kerrigan watched Fiore in the flames worriedly.
Under Ye Chui’s power, Fiore’s ruined body rapidly recovered, like a phoenix undergoing nirvana and rebirth in fire. His limbs regrew, wounds healed visibly at a rapid pace, and long black hair danced wildly in the flames.
The flames soon subsided. Fiore’s body fell back to the ground from the flames. Kerrigan hurriedly caught her brother in her arms.
At this moment, Kerrigan’s expression held joy, but as her eyes scanned the body in her arms, she showed some confusion.
Though Debbie had turned her head, the little girl was actually full of curiosity. She had grown up without ever seeing what a boy’s body looked like. The time she flicked the old emperor’s didn’t count. Thinking this, she turned her head for a sneaky peek, reasoning that just one glance should be fine. Besides, Fiore was only twelve or thirteen, still a child.
However, upon looking, the girl suddenly froze, even forgetting to turn her head back.
Reshaping flesh was more exhausting than repairing a puppet body. Ye Chui was panting at this point. Then he heard Debbie whisper in his ear, “Ye Chui, did you forget something?”
“Hm? What did I forget?”
“Fiore is a boy, right?”
“Fuck!”
Fiore woke up in Kerrigan’s arms. He stood up in surprise, instinctively examining his body. When he saw below his abdomen, the youth could not help roaring in horror, “Where did it go!???”
