Chapter 240 - Soul Pearl (1/2)

“To think that such cruel technique exists in the world,” Ye Chen said, feeling agitated. To fulfill their selfish desires, some people would resort to such cruelty to create Human Puppets. It was too inhumane!

“Even this Human Puppet technique isn’t the cruelest technique there is.” Great Emperor Mingwu frowned. If Ye Chen had seen for himself how some people had sacrificed tens of thousands of lives just to strengthen themselves, then he would not have said that.

“To create Human Puppets, apart from these conditions that need to be fulfilled, the person who casts the technique has to be far stronger than the ones which the technique is being cast on. Only then would the technique work,” Great Emperor Mingwu continued.

“What rank does one have to be to create a top Mystique Venerable rank Human Puppet?” Ye Chen asked.

“You would have to attain at least Godly Venerable Rank, even as far as achieving the peerless power in the legends to do so,” Great Emperor Mingwu said, suddenly realizing something. A look of astonishment came upon his face as he looked at Ye Chen and asked, “You’re saying that the two top Mystique Venerable Rank fighters guarding the Exclusion Zone are Human Puppets?”

Ye Chen nodded with a heavy look upon his face.

“So, that’s why they were able to stand guard at this place regardless of the circumstances. I’d thought that the Tribunal Hall had assigned people taking shifts routinely. It seems that I was wrong, I didn’t think that they’d be Human Puppets.” Great Emperor Mingwu suddenly realized. The mystery that had been troubling his mind had finally been solved. The tales were true – such a technique existed in the world. He only wondered how Ye Chen had found out.

When they thought of the process of creating Human Puppets, Great Emperor Mingwu and Ye Chen fell silent. Only someone who was extremely ruthless would create something like a Human Puppet. The Tribunal Council had always obeyed the Primordial God and they were the ones who had set the laws. Could it be that there was another side to them that no one knew of?

“This information mustn’t be spread around,” Great Emperor Mingwu whispered after he had composed himself.

“Hm.” Ye Chen understood as well. They did not know just how much influence the Tribunal Council had. If they had carelessly spread the information about the Human Puppet and the Tribunal Council found out, who knew how they would react to it. If the news they heard about the Tribunal Council holding extremely large influence was true, then at the present, it would be wise for them to avoid confronting them.

Why would the Tribunal Hall send two Human Puppets to guard this place? This was also very puzzling.

Whenever Ye Chen was at the Exclusion Zone, he felt very uneasy and he did not know why.

The diameter of this isolated island was quite large.

The restrictive spell that had enveloped the skies around the Exclusion Zone did not have any effect on the Astral Body.

Ye Chen used his Astral Body to extend into the central parts of the island. He scouted the entire island and within the thick forests there were no signs of any mystical beast. There were only some birds and common beasts.

If not for the fact that this was a battleground for fighters to duel to the death, any common person who saw the scenery would mistake this place for a secluded haven!

Ye Chen’s Astral Body did not detect anything abnormal.

Maybe Ye Chen was just being too paranoid.

‘Let’s remain here for five days. After five days, when the Exclusion Zone opens, we can decide what to do after we enter.’ Ye Chen thought about it as he helped the others set up the tents.

Everyone had settled down on the field outside the Exclusion Zone. They did not know if the people of the Nanman Kingdom were here yet as they would enter the Exclusion Zone from another entrance.

Everyone silently cultivated in preparation for the big battle. Great Emperor Mingwu even unhesitatingly gave out a Purple-Gold Divine Pill to each Earthly Venerable Rank fighter.

The Exclusion Zone was extremely quiet. The two top Mystique Venerable Rank Human Puppets made no movements as they only stood still like a statue.

Ye Chen stilled himself and felt the Celestial Chi around him. He had entered a form of trance in his cultivation state.

It was as if all the air around them remained still as well.

The restrictive spell around the Exclusion Zone was very strange. Usually, restrictive spells would at least slightly disrupt the flow of Celestial Chi. However, the restrictive spell around the Exclusion Zone seemed to not have any effect on the Celestial Chi. There were still some exceptions especially during nighttime where the Celestial Chi would have some slight fluctuations but it was very light and almost negligible.

Three uneventful days passed by quickly. The only thing that Ye Chen felt strange about was that there would always be a large flock of birds searching for food on the island during the day. When it was nighttime, they would fly in groups and leave this place.

Ye Chen found it strange that the birds would not choose to rest here during the night but instead, fly somewhere else.

Nightly, Ye Chen would use his Astral Body to investigate the situation in the Exclusion Zone. At nighttime, the forest was extremely quaint and there were no signs of any abnormalities.

Even though Ye Chen felt that something was off, he just could not make out just what it was.