Chapter 640

Chapter 640: The Disguised Invincible Beast King

"When did you notice that Linger has a crush on Following Shadows?" Xu Fan asked curiously.

"It started when Linger got really into controlling puppets," Wang Yulun replied, looking as if someone was stealing his prized cabbage.

"Worrying won’t help; let me check their fate," Xu Fan suggested after a moment of thought.

Two light curtains appeared, showing their birth details.

Xu Fan glanced at them and then closed his eyes.

"A good match, but it might take a while. Other than that, nothing to worry about," Xu Fan said with a smile.

"How long is a while?"

"Several thousand years, I’d say. The fate shows that the stars and moon will always be there. If you were an ordinary person, it might just be two or three years, at most ten."

"It’s hard to say for cultivators."

Wang Yulun nodded, then suddenly remembered something.

"Big Brother Xu, can I use my artifacts set on the puppets I control?" Wang Yulun asked.

Hearing this, Xu Fan immediately understood what his friend meant.

"Of course! You’ll get to meet your future son-in-law properly."

"However, your artifacts set includes a system for controlling puppets, similar to automatic combat," Xu Fan added with a laugh.

"Still, be careful when fighting. Following Shadows is our Hidden Spirit Sect’s First Tian Puppet Master. If you mess up, it could go badly; it’s best to use the fully automatic mode." Xu Fan warned, concerned about his friend’s success.

"You really know me, Big Brother Xu," Wang Yulun said, touched.

Just as Xu Fan and Wang Yulun were enjoying their conversation, he suddenly received a report from Grape.

"That Invincible Beast King didn’t go far; he’s trying to disguise himself as a human cultivator to sneak into Lin Sen Fairy City, just a hundred thousand miles away."

Hearing Grape’s report, Xu Fan instantly felt excited.

"When there’s a path to heaven, you don’t take it~"

Xu Fan immediately flew towards Grape’s location with five Great Ascension stage puppets and most of the Core Formation stage puppets.

At that moment, one hundred thousand miles away from Lin Sen Fairy City, the disguised Invincible Beast King wore a cold expression.

"When did a sect capable of challenging invincible respected elders appear in the human race?"

"Since I found this out, let this area become a hunting ground for the beast race," a hint of hatred flashed in the Invincible Beast King’s eyes.

The fleet of giant beasts he led was perfectly subdued by a human sect, and aside from himself, all the beast race he brought were wiped out.

If he returned, the beast kings of Four Phase City would surely devour him.

"Only good at playing with puppets, huh? Once I infiltrate your sect, I will personally exterminate you all."

As the Invincible Beast King spoke, he surveyed his surroundings, hiding his aura and showing several wounds on his body. He summoned a slightly damaged precious artifact Spiritual Sword and headed toward the distant fairy city.

This wasn’t his first time doing this; he was very confident in his disguise as a human cultivator.

Back then, he had searched the memories of many human cultivators to perfect this role.

Just as he was flying toward Lin Sen Fairy City in his best disguise, Xu Fan had set up a grand formation along his path.

Xu Fan stood before a light curtain, displaying the figure of the Invincible Beast King disguised as a cultivator.

"Grape, you did well! I thought you only had a vague positioning, making it harder for the Invincible Beast King to notice," Xu Fan said with a smile, observing the clearly visible figure of the disguised Invincible Beast King.

"Actually, my detection method has improved to a non-sentient mode with the aid of your Merit and Fortune, so he didn’t realize it," Grape explained.

"That’s great! I’ll have Number One create a celestial tool specifically for detection to integrate into your core when we have time," Xu Fan replied.

"Thank you, Master."

"I have to say, my grandson lent me this device at just the right time; it has proven useful in both instances."

Xu Fan had been able to teleport quickly to this location thanks to the cube given to him by Han Feiyu.

"Master, there has been a bit of progress on the cube research," Grape said.

"What progress?"

A small spatial teleportation formation appeared in front of Xu Fan, and a small jade ring materialized from it.

"Wear this ring, and it will shield you from spatial seals, allowing for unrestricted spatial teleportation," Grape said.

Xu Fan put on the jade ring and instantly felt the sealed space was unbound.

"This way, there’s no need to use computing power to support the teleportation," Grape explained.

"Then why didn’t you use it earlier?"

"Isn’t it because you were in a hurry, Master?"

At that moment, a beam of light moved slowly toward Lin Sen Fairy City from ten thousand miles away.

That beam of light seemed unsteady, as if a gust of wind could blow it down.

Xu Fan calmly observed the performance of the Invincible Beast King from within the grand formation.

"Honestly, it looks pretty convincing. If it were an ordinary fairy city, they might have been fooled," Xu Fan said with a laugh.

"Lin Sen Fairy City will never fall for such tricks. As per your instructions, both mortals and cultivators have been issued identification cards, each with a unique number."

"If any cultivator without an ID appears in Lin Sen Fairy City, an alarm will sound."

Hearing Grape’s boastful tone, Xu Fan chuckled.

"I don’t have any treasures in hand to help you level up," Xu Fan laughed.

"Master, our sect currently has three artifact-level Spirit Gathering Formation cores. It feels a bit wasteful; could one be allocated to Grape for computing power support?"

"Oh, is that all? Just take it; anyway, the Star-Swallowing Snake won’t be needing that much spiritual energy anytime soon," Xu Fan said casually.

Good things are meant to be used; keeping them around is a waste.

At that moment, a wave of thoughts swept over.

"This Invincible Beast King is relatively easy to deal with; he mainly focuses on physical strength while also refining his soul."

"In battle, it’s all about sheer strength, which is just how the beast race likes it," Xu Fan chuckled.

Five Great Ascension stage puppets stood ready behind Xu Fan.

"And that Nine Sword Respected Elder? I heard he ranks within the top twenty-five. I wonder where this Invincible Beast King stands in the Elder Council?"

As Xu Fan commanded the puppet to ambush the Invincible Beast King, the beast king merely dodged the attack of the puppet and then used spatial transfer to escape, showing no real combat strength.

"I doubt he’s too powerful; otherwise, he wouldn’t be controlling giant beast race warships," Xu Fan pondered.

Xu Fan had taken down many giant beast warships, and those who piloted them were usually of average strength.

Some even used secret techniques to forcibly elevate their status to beast king level.

Such beast kings could be easily defeated by the Great Ascension stage puppets or even Xu Fan’s previous Spirit Cuts.

This Invincible Beast King was the only strong beast king Xu Fan had encountered piloting a giant beast warship.

"Let’s wait a little longer. This beast king clearly intends to fly directly to Lin Sen Fairy City at this pace."