The power of the ancestor god and the witch both belonged to the Puppet God. Ancestor god power was the power of the Eternal Heart. Witch power was the power of the soul magic array. The Witch clan could restrict ancestor god power because the soul magic array could control the Eternal Heart. Now fused as one, it amounted to the complete version of the Puppet God power. Calling it Witch God was not inappropriate.
Of course, Ye Chui privately thought Defiler God sounded more interesting, but everyone seemed unaccepting.
At this moment, all Tidal Empire citizens present were shocked by the palm appearing in the sky. Some timid ones knelt on the ground. A few even prostrated fully, weeping bitterly.
“Ancestor god, you have not abandoned us!”
“Heaven blesses Tidal!”
“Ancestor god and witch have descended in the Tidal Empire’s hour of peril!”
They shouted hoarsely in excitement.
These days, the capital had suffered unprecedented calamity. People were panicked. Seeing the power Fiorre displayed, everyone felt hope for the future. Of course, these reactions fully built momentum for Fiorre’s ascension as Emperor. Now, even if Ye Chui did not suggest making Fiorre the new Emperor, these Tidal citizens would likely propose it themselves.
While everyone’s gaze fixed on the giant hand, only a few noticed Ye Chui quietly extending his left hand, index finger outstretched. Debbie, Green, Resha, and others could clearly tell that Ye Chui’s left hand now synchronised perfectly with the massive palm in the sky.
When Ye Chui’s finger moved, the great hand above moved. When his hand extended forward, the great hand above extended forward.
This was Ye Chui’s ability to summon the Puppet God. After summoning, he could fully synchronise control over this powerful divine frame. Of course, now Ye Chui had no need to summon the complete Puppet God. One hand sufficed to resolve the current crisis.
Unfortunately, the Tathagata Divine Palm seemed impossible. If that massive palm slapped down, it would likely flatten the entire Apex Palace solidly.
The Puppet God’s frame appearing in this great world triggered forbidden rules. Countless thunderbolts struck the palm incessantly. Dense lightning resembled white fur growing on the back of the hand, but the dazzling effects only heightened the awe. Amid booming sounds, some damage appeared on the huge palm, though not severe. In the puppet graveyard, such wounds could self-heal.
“Mr Ye Chui, my hand extended outside can last at most a little over five minutes. Please make good use of this time. Control of the palm is now fully in your hands,” Faceless’s voice emerged in Ye Chui’s ear.
Ye Chui quickly recovered from his delight. Business first. He manipulated the massive sky palm, descending towards the Apex Palace walls, dragging trails of thunder. The huge palm’s index finger crushed towards the wall.
Mad beast followers perched on the walls roared at the descending giant finger. Lacking much intellect or even fear, sensing the danger in the finger, they madly clustered together like zombies piling up, attempting to attack it.
The finger crashed down, like a person using a finger to squash a heap of gathered ants.
Terrifying roars no longer human rang out. Red mist erupted from there. It was the mad beasts’ Life Return. Their power consumed too much life force. Upon death, burning life force formed a vortex, absorbing surrounding life energy.
But this Life Return had no effect on Jarvis’s frame.
Some mad beasts climbed onto the huge finger. Ye Chui lifted it, rubbing thumb and finger together, like dealing with ants crawling on his finger. Another burst of blood mist followed.
In Ye Chui’s sensation, it was like a cake crawling with bugs and ants. He had to carefully squash those ants and bugs. The process required utmost care. Slightly larger movements might ruin the cake completely. Yet even with great caution, crushing the mad beasts still damaged much of the wall.
Fortunately, most Apex Palace buildings remained unaffected.
“Achoo!” Gu Ni suddenly sneezed, her head bumping Ye Chui’s left arm.
To make others believe the sky palm was truly controlled by Fiorre, Gu Ni, Debbie, Green, and others surrounded Ye Chui, blocking sightlines. Gu Ni, curious, even poked her small head near his arm. The sneeze caused an accidental collision.
Ye Chui’s left hand trembled involuntarily.
With a crash, half of Apex Mountain directly collapsed.
Apex Mountain itself was a volcano, its body covered in palace structures. Now the huge palm’s finger plunged directly into the mountain below, scooping out a large chunk. To the terrifying Puppet God palm, the mountain was fragile like cake. Flowing lava resembled syrup. chapter_content();
Apex Mountain’s interior held volcanic magma, firmly controlled by powerful magic arrays preventing the volcanic heart’s eruption. Originally, even exposing the body would produce little lava. But now the volcanic heart seemed fully activated. With collapsing mountain, flames and lava poured out like an opened faucet. Rolling smoke and dust spread everywhere, like doomsday.
Before the Apex Palace main hall, several believers knelt, ceaselessly chanting scriptures. Faith power summoned through the imperial prison integrated underground. When Ye Chui’s group saved Neil, they had slightly stimulated the volcanic heart. Magma would only flood the prison, not fully erupt. But now these deranged believers attempted to fully ignite Apex Mountain volcano for mutual destruction.
These mad believers attacked the Apex Palace precisely to trigger the volcano.
Seeing the eruption, Ye Chui froze. With companions, he stared wide-eyed at Gu Ni.
They did not realise that even without Gu Ni’s small action, the volcano would still erupt.
Gu Ni also froze momentarily. She quickly realised what she had done. But this girl was no longer the naive country bumpkin fresh from Buried Sword Ground. Though not clever, she had gained some wits.
“Oh dear, my mistake,” Gu Ni said with coy innocence, rubbing her small nose, selling cuteness like Ye Chui.
“I’ll settle with you later!” Ye Chui growled angrily low, hurriedly remedying. Using the finger to block lava flows. In the process, due to large movements, another crash. More mountain sections collapsed, falling into lava, rushing towards crowds below.
Citizens shouted and fled in panic.
Ye Chui could only hastily use the palm to block lava directions. Sweat soon beaded on his forehead. It felt like a clumsy child building a sandcastle on the beach, ending in utter mess.
Lava and dust spread everywhere. Some burning rocks hurled by immense force smashed in all directions. Puppet army and Mad Dragon city guards mobilised, protecting citizen evacuation while resisting surging lava. Tidal Empire had few magi, almost no ice specialists, but many water magi. These summoned water floods to cool lava. Hissing sounds filled the air as white steam rose skyward.
With a mighty roar, an elder appeared mid-air. He summoned a huge sea phantom beast. Inherently water-attributed, it plunged into lava. Amid steam, lava rapidly cooled.
It was Zask, the sea phantom beast among the twelve.
Days ago injured by Fazer, guarded by puppet forces. Puppet master Laigen knew his power useful against lava, quickly releasing him.
Neil also summoned his falcon beast, flying to rescue citizens trapped by lava.
Eternal puppet warriors all mobilised.
“Do not worry. Everything is under control. I have blocked the lava here,” Ye Chui consoled his companions effortfully.
“Lava is bubbling from over there!” Resha, sharp-eyed, spotted something and shouted urgently.
“Rest assured. I will block it now.”
“Crash.”
“You used too much force. The other side’s mountain collapsed too. The main hall atop Apex Palace seems about to give way.”
“Damn.”
The capital suffered its greatest calamity in centuries. Apex Mountain erupted. Lava overflowed. Burning rocks flew. Smoke rolled.
Fazer watched the chaos worriedly. Gravely to Ye Chui, “Are you here to help or cause trouble?” He now suspected Ye Chui might have secret Star Empire orders to destroy Tidal.
“…” Ye Chui looked bitterly aggrieved. How could this be his fault?
He glared fiercely at Gu Ni, directly retracting Jarvis’s huge palm. Solving the volcano required his own efforts. “You stay here. Protect Fiorre well. Dragon Baby, take me to the volcano top!” he said gravely.
Dragon Baby agreed. With a great roar, transforming into true dragon form. Ye Chui leapt onto the massive dragon back, flying towards the lava centre.
“Dealing with lava indeed requires ice. This adventure yielded few points, but consumed points are nearly depleted. So, to comprehend powerful ice magic…”
