Chapter 953

"If everyone is ready, then let's go in." Chen Yang looked at the green stone door in front of him and said.

"I can deal with those puppets, but if those talisman spirits appear again, I'm afraid that Fellow Li will have to put in more effort." Sun Tu said to Han Li with a smile.

"City Lord Sun, don't worry, I will spare no effort." Han Li said.

Sun Tu nodded and then gave a look to Fang Chan who was beside him.

Fang Chan did not say anything and took a step forward. She pushed open the door of the temple and leaped into it. The others followed closely behind and entered one after another.

After everyone had entered, Sun Tu waved his sleeve, and a powerful force surged out, closing the doors of the hall.

Han Li frowned slightly. He glanced at the door and then turned around to look at the inside of the temple.

There was a "hu" sound.

On the four walls of the temple and on the dome above, a huge flame rose at the same time. The flame burned fiercely and illuminated the entire temple.

The center of the temple was relatively low, and in the middle stood a strange-looking ancient bronze tree. On the main trunk, there were seventeen or eighteen branches, which were engraved with patterns of stars.

What was strange was that on almost every branch of the Ancient Bronze Tree, there was a statue that was completely covered in bronze armor. At first glance, it looked like seventeen or eighteen corpses that had been hanged. It was extremely strange.

Han Li frowned and looked up along the branches of the ancient bronze tree. At the top of the ancient tree, there was a white beam of light. Within the beam of light, there was a blood-red light. Inside the light was another blood-red key.

Seeing this, Shi Chuankong could not help but look at Han Li.

Han Li looked at him and secretly shook his head, indicating that he should not make a sound.

But at this moment, the blood-red key on the ancient bronze tree suddenly flashed and there was a burst of blood-red light.

Han Li was also struck by a scorching sensation from his chest, and he was caught off guard as he let loose a muffled groan with furrowed brows.

Seeing this, a puzzled look flashed in Chen Yang's eyes. He frowned and asked, "Fellow Li, what's wrong?"

Hearing this, the rest of the crowd also looked over.

"I suffered some internal injuries on the way here. Now that I'm suddenly involved, I feel a sharp pain in my chest. It's not a big deal …" Han Li calmly waved his hand and casually explained.

Fortunately, the burning sensation only lasted for a moment before dissipating. The key hidden in his bosom didn't emit any strange light, so it didn't attract too much attention.

Chen Yang frowned and said, "We're safe for now. Fellow Li, why don't you sit down and properly recuperate? If you ignore your injuries, I'm afraid it'll be even more troublesome in the future."

"That's fine too." Han Li nodded. He walked to a corner of the hall and sat down cross-legged.

Shi Chuankong hesitated slightly when he saw this, and then he sat down cross-legged and started to recuperate from his injuries.

Seeing this, Chen Yang's expression changed slightly. He turned to look at the blood-red key at the top of the Bronze Tree with a solemn expression.

"Haha … Fellow Daoist Chen, it looks like the key you mentioned earlier is here.

It can be considered a blessing in disguise for us to be sent here by the tide of puppets. "Sun Tulang said with a smile.

"Fellow Sun is right. We've finally gotten our reward after all our hardships." Chen Yang said with a smile.

"Then … this key …" Sun Tu suddenly stopped. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Yang.

"As far as I know, there is more than one blood-red key. No matter who it is, it's meaningless to just take one.

If we meet someone else who also has this key, it's best to cooperate with them and seek benefits together. "Chen Yang's expression didn't change as he smiled.

Han Li pretended to recuperate with his eyes closed. As he listened to the exchange of words between the two, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

Putting aside the fact that Chen Yang and Sun Tu did not mention the blood-red key to the two of them, Sun Tu was now thinking of using his and Fang Chan's cultivation to take the blood-red key for himself. However, after Chen Yang's words, he had to think about it carefully.

"Castellans, this Bronze Tree is so strange. The 'Hanged Ghost' on it is most likely a puppet. I'm afraid it won't be easy to obtain the key." At this moment, Xuanyuan Xing suddenly spoke.

"Fellow Xuanyuan is right. Let's work together to obtain the blood-red key first." Sun Tu took the opportunity to speak.

"There's no time to lose. Let's do it now." Chen Yang nodded and said.

With that, he took the lead and leaped toward the Bronze Tree.

Sun Tu frowned and gave Fang Chan a look. The latter immediately moved and chased after him.

The two of them landed on the lowest branch of the strange Bronze Tree, one after the other.

As soon as they landed, Chen Yang realized that something was wrong. A strong suction force suddenly appeared under his feet, firmly sucking his body to the branch. He tried to lift his leg to move, but failed.

On the other side, Fang Chan was in a similar situation. His body was tightly bound by the strange Bronze Tree.

At this moment, the star patterns on the body of the Bronze Tree lit up one after another. They turned into threads of white light and spread out along the tree.

Han Li was attracted by the commotion. He opened his eyes and looked over. He saw the 'Hanged Ghosts' hanging on the strange Bronze Tree start to sway in the air one after another.

Not long after, they were like ripe fruits, falling from the branches one by one.

The moment they landed, the eyes of seventeen or eighteen puppets lit up with red light at the same time. They each took out a standard sword from their waists. Although there were no Star Apertures on the swords, they were engraved with Star Patterns. The bodies of the swords shone as if they were brand new and were covered with a layer of white starlight.

The puppets spread out. Except for two of them who jumped back to the lowest two branches of the strange Bronze Tree, the rest of them held their swords and rushed toward Han Li and the others.

Seeing this, Han Li sighed and stood up from the ground again.

The group then started to fight with the puppets.

Two puppets rushed forward with their swords in hand. Their speed was not slow at all. The long swords in their hands slashed horizontally and vertically, turning into two bright sword arcs that attacked from the left and right sides.

Han Li took out the white scimitar from his waist. The Star-Moon Boots on his feet flashed, and his speed was extremely fast. In a flash, he passed under the sword of the puppet that was slashing horizontally. Then, he swept the sword horizontally towards the puppet's legs.

"Clang!" A sharp sound was heard!

A large string of dazzling white sparks splashed from the puppet's body. The seemingly bronze armor was cut by Han Li's scimitar, leaving a striking white mark on it. However, it was not damaged in the slightest.

'What a powerful suit of armor!' Han Li was slightly astonished.

His figure turned and his feet slammed on the ground. He secretly operated the King Kong Secret Art. The Mysterious Apertures on his arms shone brightly. He clenched the scimitar and slashed it towards the puppet that was chasing after him.

The Star Apertures on the white scimitar also lit up. The blade seemed to be plated with a layer of starlight film. The cold light became even more intense.

Seeing this, the puppet raised its sword above its head and blocked Han Li's scimitar.

There was a crisp "Ka Ba" sound!

The long sword in the puppet's hand was broken. The white scimitar slashed down and fell on the left shoulder of the puppet.

Unfortunately, breaking the long sword had consumed most of the power of the scimitar. When the scimitar fell on the puppet's shoulder, it only cut an inch of the armor. It could not hurt the puppet at all.

Han Li frowned slightly. He suddenly pulled out his scimitar, trying to pull it back.

However, he found that the armor on the puppet's body had produced an extremely strong suction force. His scimitar was stuck on the armor and could not be pulled out smoothly.

At the same time, the other puppet had already arrived. It slashed its scimitar horizontally at Han Li's lower abdomen.

Han Li had no choice but to abandon his scimitar and step back to avoid it.

On the other side of the strange bronze tree, Chen Yang and Fang Chan were unable to move. They could only stand on the spot and fight against the puppets that were attacking them. At first, they were still able to fight with ease. However, when two more puppets leaped over, they were unable to resist.

Fang Chan, in particular, had been attacked by the two puppets from both sides. He had been slashed more than ten times and was bathed in blood.

However, there did not seem to be any pain on his face. Instead, his eyes were flowing with a crazed desire to fight.

"Ow …"

When he saw a puppet's long scimitar stabbing towards Fang Chan's heart in an extremely sinister manner, the pig-faced youth finally exploded. He let out a long, sharp cry that sounded like the cry of a beast.

Along with this cry, translucent sound waves that were visible to the naked eye directly crushed the void in front of the youth and rushed towards the puppet.

The long scimitar in the puppet's hand pierced into the sound waves. It was immediately blocked by a powerful force as if it had fallen into a swamp. It was unable to pierce through the sound waves immediately and its speed became extremely slow.

At the same time, the tree branch under his feet also shook violently. His and Chen Yang's bodies also regained their freedom.

Fang Chan took a step forward and pierced through the sound waves that he had roared out with one hand. He grabbed the puppet's neck with one hand and let out a violent roar. Then, he squeezed down heavily.

"Bang!" There was a strange sound.

The puppet's neck immediately burst open. Its head also fell to the ground and rolled to one side.

Chen Yang also took advantage of the fact that he had regained his freedom to move. He turned around and shot out an exquisite and slender white bone awl from his hand. It stuck close to the gap in the puppet's armor and drilled into it.

Immediately after, there was an explosive sound and the entire puppet exploded from the inside.

After that, the few people from Xuan Cheng's group gained more and more results. After spending about an hour, they finally defeated all the puppets.

Among them, other than Fang Chan who had suffered more than ten minor injuries, only Xuanyuan Xing's abdomen was pierced by a puppet's scimitar. The rest of them were almost unharmed.

After Sun Tu gave Fang Chan a simple treatment, he stood up and said to Chen Yang, "Who's going to take this key?

Who's going to keep it? "