Book 8: Chapter 77: Second Plan (2)
Dyon would never be foolish enough to believe that an arrow created by him, a mere lower celestial, could fatally wound a higher dao expert, even if that expert was only of the 2nd grade. No, from the very beginning, Dyon had planned for the arrow to fail all so that the next phase could take advantage of the surging cold qi.When Dyon first awakened the sentinels, they only had two abilities. Though he didn’t name them then, he now knew them as [Qi Line] and [Switch]. The former allowed a line of destructive qi to be instantaneously drawn between the two sentinels. Its cutting ability couldn’t be underestimated. However, the second ability seemed almost… useless. In fact, Dyon had mentioned as such long ago.[Switch] allowed the sentinels to switch positions with each other in an instant. One could see how such an ability would be lack luster. If one puppet was in danger, wouldn’t switching them just put the other in danger? What was the point?Dyon only found two uses for this ability. The first was if he happened to be atop of one of the sentinels. That way, using [switch] actually protected himself. The second was a use that was no longer relevant. Back then, only one of the puppets were of the middle celestial realm while the other couldn’t cultivate past the lower celestial realm. In that case, switching a weaker opponent for an instantaneously stronger opponent did have its uses. After all, that was how Dyon killed Matriarch Niveus.It was only after the Mending Core brought the sentinels to their peak state that Dyon understood that this switching ability was actually incomplete. Due to the damage the sentinels received, they could only bring out a portion of their teleportation abilities.The true and complete ability was known as [Retrace]. It allowed the sentinels to instantly teleport back to a place they had been within the last 30 seconds. This could be accomplished once every ten minutes. However, [Retrace] had an even better application. It could teleport an object of its master’s desire, or even its master itself, to those locations as well!Of course, since the two puppets were linked, they could [Retrace] to areas the other had been in as well, this was where the [Switch] ability came from.Just moments ago, the numbered warriors had been in a heated battle with the two sentinels, in fact, they were winning. But, the two sentinels suddenly pulled back, only for the King jellyfish to take action in that instant.Dyon took advantage of this, sending a lethal arrow toward Twelve. Though this arrow was nothing to Twelve in his peak state, with his experience, he also knew that if he didn’t use his enigmatic qi, it could wound him severely. Due to the fact he had experienced a method of expelling cold qi just moments ago, he chose to take the risk and erupt outward with his full strength, crushing the arrow.But, who would have known that Dyon would use [Retrace] in that exact moment, sending an Immortal Puppet in the place of the sentinels?Twelve stood not a single chance. After his reaction time was slowed to terrible levels, he didn’t even register that his heart had been crushed even to the point of his death.The other five wanted to stop the puppet, but they were still under the effects of the neurotoxin lightning, they could only watch as it retreated into the shadows, suddenly feeling that the temperature had dropped once more. Just like that, a comrade they had fought with for countless years had fallen… and any one of them could be next.Soon, the lightning ran its course, leaving a silent circle of five numbered warriors and one lifeless corpse.Who didn’t know that the vitality of dao experts, especially dao beasts, were beyond imagining? Yet, Twelve died in a single blow?In the distance, Dyon’s eyes narrowed. He had taken one of them down, but he didn’t feel any sense of happiness. His calculations hadn’t accounted the numbered warriors learning the secret of cold qi so quickly. This was definitely not a good thing. If they put all of their strength into leaving the ocean waters, Dyon would likely lose his chance to kill them all.Of course, that wasn’t entirely bad. If they left the Dark Ocean, they obviously wouldn’t be able to stop the Jafari Clan Treasure from completing its task.However, what good was that to Dyon? It would be fine if they left entirely, but what if they didn’t? Wouldn’t that just mean that Dyon was trapped in here with them?The worst part was that the King Seahorses were above their heads. Dyon was under no delusions that the water density would be enough to stop five higher dao experts if they really tried.‘This is bad.’ Dyon said with a frown. ‘There’s also no guarantee [Retrace] will work again.’What Dyon didn’t say was that he knew the immortal puppets had a limit too. [Infinite Heart] could sustain 10 higher dao puppets for 5 minutes. The instant he used just now was negligible, especially considering he only used one puppet, but the time limit was a looming axe over Dyon’s head.Dyon could only send the sentinels in again as he waited for his next opportunity.To his despair, the five numbered warriors created air currents under the ocean, using their own strikes to expel the cold qi from themselves.Not only did they seem far more serious than before, but their reaction times grew faster and faster as the cold qi within them became less and less.The blows the sentinels began to take became more devastating, so much so, in fact, that their [Regeneration] couldn’t keep up any longer.The situation grew bleak. Maybe the only good was that they didn’t try to leave the ocean… maybe because they wanted to complete their mission, or maybe because they felt Dyon had a trap lying above and didn’t dare to act rashly. Either way, Dyon suddenly felt like he had become the hunted.Though they hadn’t said a word after Twelve’s death. He could feel it. He could feel their rage.