Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1036 - 1036 0613 Emperor Chaoyangs Backup Plan_2

Chapter 1036: Chapter 0613: Emperor Chaoyang’s Backup Plan_2 Chapter 1036: Chapter 0613: Emperor Chaoyang’s Backup Plan_2 To know that even a true Half-step Nascent Soul level cultivator cannot ensure that each of their attacks reaches the peak of their capability is like saying a high jumper can’t expect to hit their personal best every single time. However, what is impossible for others is possible for this puppet wolf, and that is the marvel of the driving magic array within it.

What’s more lethal is that this driving magic array is not exposed on the outside but hidden within the body of the puppet wolf. Although the puppet wolf’s body is not covered in fur, it’s forged from precious materials. Its body surface is also laid out with numerous runes and magic arrays, providing the puppet wolf with a tenacious defense. Any notion Qi Tian had of destroying the puppet wolf by targeting its driving magic array was extinguished right from the start.

The puppet wolf glared fiercely at Qi Tian. It was one of the secret weapons Emperor Chaoyang had in ambush outside the Treasure Pavilion, and there were several of these fail-safes spread throughout Chaoyang Palace. Among them, two were particularly formidable: one here at the Treasure Pavilion, and the other within the main hall of Chaoyang Palace. Emperor Chaoyang was confident that he could keep Qi Tian trapped within Chaoyang Palace forever precisely because of these hidden arrays.

This particular puppet wolf had cost Emperor Chaoyang a hefty price to acquire, and in the entire Chaoyang Palace, fewer than five people were aware of its existence, all of whom were the Emperor’s most trusted confidants.

This puppet wolf was not only powerful but also highly intelligent; otherwise, it wouldn’t have hidden in a small space to launch a sneak attack on Qi Tian. However, what it hadn’t anticipated was that Qi Tian would discover the existence of this small space so quickly, let alone find a way to force it out. This slightly exceeded Emperor Chaoyang’s expectations. But with his proud nature, even if he knew Qi Tian had the means to drive out the puppet wolf, he didn’t believe Qi Tian had the capability to escape from under its claws and ascend to the skies.

The puppet wolf wasn’t a true living creature, but the intelligent being still felt the pressure brought by the Heavenly Tribulation. It roared at Qi Tian and then opened its wide mouth, unleashing a surge of power straight towards him.

It was precisely this kind of power that had ambushed Qi Tian from behind just now, and it was attacking again. But the puppet wolf’s onslaught on Qi Tian was not limited to this single blast of energy; after releasing it, the puppet wolf fearlessly lunged towards Qi Tian.

Meanwhile, the long-anticipated ninth wave of the Heavenly Tribulation had finally begun its prologue. The next moment was both within and beyond Qi Tian’s expectations, as the Heavenly Tribulation underwent yet another transformation.

During the eighth wave, the Tribulation involved Tribulation Fire, Tribulation Clouds, and Tribulation Thunder. This time, before Tribulation Wind and Tribulation Fire could attack Qi Tian, a new element was added. A few small Tribulation Clouds flew out from the larger mass, enveloping the area with dark smoke. As they flew, they wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves, quickly merging into the shape of a demon—clearly a Tribulation Demon, the mere mention of which could strike fear into the heart of any cultivator.

A Tribulation Demon is a type of fiendish entity and a pure spiritual creature designed to attack the mental strength of cultivators directly. Without specific measures to counter its attacks, cultivators risked deviation into demonization: mild cases involve severe damage to one’s mental strength, while severe cases could lead to confusion and loss of control, dying miserably under the Heavenly Tribulation or, if lucky to survive, completely losing their sanity and becoming a demonic being hunted by everyone in the Cultivation World.

Qi Tian had not anticipated the Heavenly Tribulation to even involve a Tribulation Demon. If it were any other practitioner, the chances of a positive outcome were slim, but Qi Tian didn’t show a trace of fear. To him, the threat posed by the Tribulation Demon was negligible compared to what the puppet wolf could inflict, even if ten of them banded together.

Although the Tribulation Demon was fearsome, it was still purely an entity of energy, albeit with demonic attributes and high intelligence. Qi Tian might have limited methods against other things, but what he least feared was such pure energy-based creatures, even if they possessed considerable intelligence. They could not cause any panic in him.

Qi Tian raised his hand, and several Transporting Whirlwinds flew out of the black hole in his palm, heading towards the Tribulation Demons that were falling at high speed. During this process, Qi Tian didn’t even bother to give the Tribulation Demons, which made other cultivators turn pale, a proper glance. His main focus was on the puppet wolf that was pouncing towards him.

If there were no other disturbances at this time, the best way to deal with this puppet wolf would be to use the flying swords in his hand. However, Qi Tian had just used his flying sword once, and in order to command it, he had depleted much of the mana within his body. Within a short period, unless he overdrew his mana, he would not be able to control the flying sword again, not to mention that controlling the flying sword required a period of time to infuse mana into it, but obviously, neither the Heavenly Tribulation above nor the puppet wolf on the ground would grant him this time.

Qi Tian’s expression remained remarkably calm. At this moment, he made a choice that would be very difficult for others. He casually tossed the flying sword in his hand as if throwing a dagger, aiming precisely at the puppet wolf and then hurling it with force.

This was a flying sword of a Nascent Soul Master, whose value was inestimable, yet Qi Tian threw it away with such nonchalance.

The puppet wolf dared not collide directly with the flying sword. The material used for a Nascent Soul Master’s flying sword was not ordinary; it was of a higher grade and more resilient than the material of the puppet wolf’s body. Even though the puppet wolf had Defense Magic Arrays inscribed on its body, the defensive limit of these arrays was not infinite. They could at most withstand a full-force strike from a Half-step Nascent Soul Cultivator, nothing higher. This flying sword truly possessed the thinness of its blade, which allowed it to break through the puppet wolf’s highest defense.

At this moment, all the puppet wolf could do was dodge. Under no circumstances could it collide head-on with the flying sword, for if it dared to do so, what awaited it would definitely not be any good.

Qi Tian was waiting for just this. The moment he threw the flying sword, he had already separated a Transporting Whirlwind to tightly wrap around the sword, carrying it closely behind the puppet wolf, ready to clash head-on.

This method was quite shameless, but it was the most effective and simplest way for Qi Tian at the moment and required the least expenditure of his energy.

The puppet wolf posed the greatest threat to Qi Tian, and with this method, he could almost effortlessly neutralize the puppet wolf’s threat. Then, he dispatched all the Transporting Whirlwinds, beginning to form a blocking net around him.

No sooner had the blocking net formed than the ninth wave of Heavenly Tribulation’s Tribulation Wind and Tribulation Fire descended, launching a 360-degree assault on Qi Tian with no blind spots. Despite their immense power and being impenetrable, these attacks had already been used on Qi Tian in the previous wave of Heavenly Tribulation and no longer posed any threat to him.

Qi Tian commanded these Transporting Whirlwinds, selectively dragging several strands of Tribulation Fire into the storage chamber of the Heavenly Dao Engine, ready to let the Engine digest and absorb them. As for the remaining Tribulation Wind and Tribulation Fire, the Transporting Whirlwinds controlled by Qi Tian guided them with precision and directed them towards the puppet wolf.

The puppet wolf was powerful, but it had one fatal weakness: Emperor Chaoyang had strictly limited its mission to staying within a certain range of Treasure Pavilion.