Chapter 641

Chapter 641: Battle Scraping

Xu Fan waited for an entire day, so bored that he ended up playing chess with Grape.

But it turned out that once his computing power reached a certain level, chess became pointless because every possible move could be predicted.

Just as Xu Fan was about to lose his patience, a beam of light finally appeared.

Seeing the cultivator’s tired expression and shabby clothes, Xu Fan couldn’t help but remark, "You really can hold more than a plastic bag!"

Xu Fan watched as the cultivator stepped into the grand formation he had prepared, a smile creeping onto his face.

"I wonder if I can take you down."

As soon as he said this, the cultivator, now at the center of the formation, suddenly sensed a wave of killing intent.

"Which friend is here? Please show yourself," the disguised cultivator said calmly, though his face showed a hint of surprise.

Xu Fan ignored the act and activated the formation, ready to fight.

At first, Xu Fan had planned to play around, but after waiting all day, his patience was completely gone.

Two hundred Core Formation Stage Puppets and twenty thousand Void Refinement Stage Puppets set up the Absolute Void Spirit Formation.

A Great Ascension Stage Puppet teleported above the cultivator, holding the Heavy Water Source Blade, and unleashed its most powerful attack.

Four other Great Ascension Stage Puppets were also in position, ready to strike.

"Roar!"

As the Absolute Void Spirit Formation activated, the cultivator revealed his true form.

A golden giant beast with wings, resembling a lion, appeared.

The Law Form Golden Body was also summoned, blocking the puppet’s strongest attack.

"How did the human race find me?" the Invincible Beast King roared angrily, retreating to the edge of the formation, feeling like his act had been wasted.

"Enough talk, let’s fight," snapped the puppet holding the Heavy Water Source Blade.

Five Great Ascension Stage Puppets formed a semi-circle around the Invincible Beast King.

They charged at him.

Blades slashed, axes chopped, swords sliced, whips cracked, and hammers smashed.

The Absolute Void Spirit Formation was draining spiritual energy from the battle, leaving the Invincible Beast King in agony.

He felt like a trapped beast, struggling to survive.

The golden giant beast’s wings glowed with golden light as it slashed at the surrounding puppets, forcing them back and trying to break free from the formation.

But the formation had sealed the space tightly, making it nearly impossible to escape.

The ten-zhang-long golden giant beast glared fiercely at the five puppets surrounding it, a look of determination flashing in its eyes.

"Bang!"

The golden giant beast transformed into golden light and shot through the puppet that posed the greatest threat.

The puppet wielding the Heavy Water Source Blade exploded into countless pieces.

Xu Fan’s expression remained calm as he controlled the other four puppets to continue their assault. One of the puppets, wielding a Spiritual Sword, deftly caught the Heavy Water Source Blade, now holding both a sword and a blade, charging at the Invincible Beast King with an imposing aura.

"Human, your tricks are impressive, but you can’t kill me," the Golden Giant Beast said, transforming into a streak of golden light and darting toward the weakest point of the formation.

*Crack!*

A small fissure appeared where the golden light struck, but it was quickly sealed. The giant beast was flung back, only to be surrounded by the four puppets, which inflicted more wounds on its body.

The battle had reached a deadlock. The shockwaves from the fight reverberated through the grand formation, causing the space within to hum. The area covered by the formation had already been reduced to ruins by the combat backlash. Outside the formation, Xu Fan stood calmly, manipulating the puppets.

"It’s like trying to scratch an itch—this is really annoying," Xu Fan muttered.

As the battle dragged on, Xu Fan realized he couldn’t keep the Invincible Beast King trapped. After the initial transformation into golden light to destroy one Great Ascension stage puppet, the Invincible Beast King had stopped attacking. Instead, he was probing the formation for weaknesses, looking for a way to escape.

Xu Fan soon grew bored with the fight and sensed a beam of golden light breaking free from the grand formation. He had considered firing a few shots from the railgun in the sky, but then decided against it, thinking it would be a waste of spiritual energy. Such an attack would barely faze the Invincible Beast King.

It was just like the Nine Sword Respected Elder back then—even with the support of the Hidden Spirit Sect’s Spirit Gathering Formation and the railgun, they hadn’t been able to deal significant damage. As the golden light burst out of the formation, the Invincible Beast King’s voice echoed through the air.

"Human cultivators, I will remember you and your sect," he said, his tone laced with a hint of humiliation.

"Remember all you want—it won’t do you any good," Xu Fan retorted dismissively.

"It seems the Invincible Beast King is stronger than I anticipated. I need to speed up the production of the sword formation puppets," Xu Fan remarked, glancing at the shattered battlefield.

"Grape, how long will it take to repair the destroyed puppet?" Xu Fan asked.

"The treasury has a backup core. We just need to reassemble the remaining parts," Grape replied.

"Good thing I overengineered it during the initial crafting. Otherwise, this battle would’ve been a huge loss," Xu Fan said with a faint smile.

A spatial teleportation formation appeared beneath Xu Fan’s feet. With a flash of spiritual light, the puppets vanished, leaving behind a vast expanse of ruins caused by the combat backlash.

Back at the Hidden Spirit Sect, in Xu Fan’s courtyard, he turned to his first clone.

"First Clone, do you think the celestial tool from your older brother’s treasury could kill someone in the invincible realm?" Xu Fan asked.

"Not likely. At best, it could injure them. In a life-or-death situation, it might work, but it wouldn’t be enough to finish them off," First Clone replied after a moment of thought.

"Our enemies have reached the level of the Invincible Beast King, but all our current methods only scratch the surface. We need to create a big weapon that can truly threaten him," Xu Fan said, addressing both First and Second Clone.

"A big weapon? We could modify the railgun into a particle cannon or an antimatter cannon," Second Clone suggested.

"Or we could just build a stellar cannon outright," Second Clone added.

"A particle cannon might work, but the other ideas are too impractical. If the battlefield were near Lin Sen Fairy City, a single shot would obliterate everything," First Clone pointed out.

"If we have to, we could forge more energy-gathering plates to absorb and concentrate the power of the Great Sun Golden Crow. That should pack a punch," Second Clone said.

Xu Fan shook his head. "Those would be too noticeable. To injure the Invincible Beast King, we’d need an absurd number of plates, and they’d be easy for the enemy to detect."

"Are you suggesting we use a celestial tool instead? That would be too expensive," First Clone said.

"I think we should focus on improving the railgun. Once the sword formation puppets are ready, we can test their effectiveness," Xu Fan said.

"If the sword formation works well, we won’t need to go to such extremes," First Clone added.

"Too bad the sun in this world—the Great Sun Golden Crow—is just a projection. Otherwise, we could build a Dyson sphere. With that kind of energy, no one would dare mess with us," Xu Fan mused.