Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant

Chapter 977: Chapter 707: Thunder Peng Puppet

"Buzz!"

With a deep, resonant hum, the Thunder Peng Puppet’s eyes suddenly lit up with a crimson glow. Its wings unfurled, and it shot up violently from the ground!

Ascending, circling, diving, sudden halts, flips...

A series of smooth and rapid aerial maneuvers were perfectly performed amidst the mountain peak’s sea of clouds.

The fierce wind howled, blowing True Master Miao Lian’s hair wildly.

Her beautiful eyes widened, her heart filled with indescribable shock.

This level of control far surpassed any flying spiritual artifact or puppet she had ever seen!

However, this was just the appetizer.

Soon after, Shen Xuan controlled the puppet to demonstrate its attacks.

Its sharp claws fell, chilling light ripped through the air, leaving three grooves several feet deep on the rock wall below.

The sharp beak pecked down, a point of cold star shot forth, instantly penetrating a boulder weighing ten thousand pounds!

The power of the blow was strong enough to rival a full-force strike from an ordinary True Pill True Master!

True Master Miao Lian watched with surging emotions.

Finally, the main event took the stage.

The Thunder Peng Puppet suddenly hovered high in the sky, and the vertical mark on its brow opened.

What was revealed was not an eyeball, but a pitch-black, rune-covered cannon barrel!

Shen Xuan slightly moved his divine thought.

From deep within the barrel, violent blue arcs of electricity crazily concentrated and compressed.

"Boom!"

A flash of blinding lightning as thick as a barrel tore through the sky with terrifying force and blasted a distant lone mountain peak!

The earth shook; the roar was deafening.

At the point of the lightning explosion, rocks and trees within dozens of feet radius were all pulverized into powder, leaving only a scorched giant pit, its edges lined with jumping, flickering electric snakes.

Sitting on the puppet’s back, True Master Miao Lian instinctively covered her lips, her eyes filled with incredulous joy.

From such close range, she felt the power of the raging thunder cannon.

Because she was seated on the Thunder Peng Puppet, the distance was extremely close, the power of the divine soul consumed was not much.

Shen Xuan estimated that with True Master Miao Lian’s Golden Core Early Stage divine soul strength, partitioning it into three parts would allow for smooth control.

Even better, the puppet’s core contained a remnant soul of the Thunder Roc which would instinctively cooperate with the controller, performing the Thunder Roc lineage’s combat techniques, maximizing its combat power.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator would never be likely to have the necessary power of the divine soul, unable to control it.

Demonstration completed, the Thunder Peng Puppet landed stably atop the peak.

Shen Xuan jumped down, handing a Jade Scroll detailing the control spells to the awestruck True Master Miao Lian.

"Mission accomplished."

True Master Miao Lian took the Jade Scroll, her charming face slightly flushed with excitement.

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Guo! I am very satisfied with this item!"

She eagerly inserted her divine sense into the Jade Scroll as if envisioning herself piloting the Thunder Peng Puppet, soaring the skies, intimidating all around.

Shen Xuan stood quietly to one side, his expression as calm as an ancient well.

The effect of this "prototype" was incredibly dazzling, enough to make True Master Miao Lian and the Bright Flame Sect she backed brighten eyes.

But this was far from meeting the demands of the Spirit Control Sect and the Bright Flame Sect.

What they required was a mass-produced Tier Three Puppet that Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators could pilot.

That meant extremely low requirements for the controller’s divine soul and spiritual power, as well as very low production costs.

That would be the disruptive force capable of changing the demonic beast battlefield’s configuration.

Shen Xuan had tried secretly.

He only managed to slightly reduce the controller’s burden.

The distance to that goal remained vast.

The days are long; there’s no need to rush.

The intertwined interests and mutual calculations between him and the sects within Qin Country were destined to form a prolonged chess game lasting several decades.

At the very least, it must wait until his Fire Technique Golden Core breaks through the middle stage, when the ice and fire dual forces within him truly merge, become primordial as one, and his strength ascends another tier.

At that time, the chips he held would truly become weighty.

For now, he only needed to let the fish see the bait.

And then, patiently wait.

...

The chamber was deep.

Shen Xuan sat cross-legged.

Suspended before him was the inner core of the Molten Fire Divine Turtle.

It exuded a heavy, scorching aura, faintly carrying an ancient pressure akin to towering mountains.

The Molten Fire Divine Turtle, rumored to possess the bloodline of Ba Xia, favored dwelling where the lifeblood spirit fire converged, living by devouring the essence of the earth’s molten fire. It stood as one of the top-tier entities among the earth-fire dual-system demon beasts, with particularly astonishing defense capabilities.

Shen Xuan focused his mind and spirit and cut off two percent of the core.

In his ocean of consciousness, the mysterious jade talisman burst into golden brilliance.

Inside his dantian, the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus quietly extended its petals, casting a gentle glow.

The core fragments rapidly dissolved amidst the gold rays and lotus light, transforming into a cluster of dark red mist.

The mist surged, faintly sketching out the silhouette of a miniature divine turtle, head raised to the sky, majestic in presence.

Before long, golden script flowed over the surface of the jade talisman, line by line in ancient elegance:

[Stealable Talent: Molten Fire Divine Armor, Earth Vein Resonance, Return to Ruins Shell Realm, Molten Fire Domain, Molten Fire Breath, Explosive Fire Meteor, Mountain Collapse Earth Split, Lava Incarnation, Bearing of Fiery Veins, Longevity Turtle Breath, Earth Vein Prophet...]

A total of eleven talents!

Shen Xuan skimmed through, his heart not without a tremor.

No wonder it’s a top-tier descendant of a divine beast.

He swiftly eliminated some options.

Having similar longevity talents, he first eliminated those.

Many fire-based attack divine powers, like [Molten Fire Breath] and [Explosive Fire Meteor], though formidable, offered no advantage compared to the [Spirit Flame Firebird] he was already cultivating.

Ultimately, Shen Xuan’s gaze settled on three defensive talents, weighing them back and forth.

[Molten Fire Divine Armor]: Evoke molten fire power to cover the body, forming all-around armor with built-in [Retaliation] and [Continuous Burning] effects, integrating offense and defense.

[Return to Ruins Shell Realm]: Retract into the shell, sealing oneself from the outside, with ancient divine patterns emerging on the shell, drastically enhancing defense while inside transforms into a high-temperature furnace, destroying all intrusive forces. It’s an absolute defense.

[Lava Incarnation]: Temporarily transform the body into liquid magma, evading physical attacks, capable of stealth or ambush through magma environments.

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