Clack, clack!
The wooden puppet twisted its arms, pulling out the fist embedded in the ground, but beneath that fist...
There was no sign of Bai Ye!
Suddenly, Bai Ye appeared above the wooden puppet.
Teleportation could not only locate ground positions, but also aerial ones!
"Poison Dragon!"
Bai Ye grunted and raised his fist, smashing downwards.
Large amounts of venom surged from Bai Ye's body, rapidly condensed, and soon formed a giant poison dragon, which crashed downwards.
Bang!
The poison dragon hit the puppet's back and exploded.
The surrounding bandits, soldiers, and chosen ones clearly didn't know what was about to happen, so the moment the venom splashed out.
"Ah, my hand, my hand..."
"Help, help, someone save me..."
"It hurts, it hurts so much!"
...
Those touched by the venom cried out in agony.
A bandit fell from his horse, looking at his arm in terror. The flesh and blood on his arm were rapidly decaying, revealing white bones.
A chosen one was directly drenched in venom. His entire body was soaked, and he trembled madly, rolling on the ground. His flesh and blood gradually dissolved, quickly turning him into a skeleton with scraps of flesh hanging from it.
But...
A wisp of white smoke rose from the puppet's back. The back was scorched black, and then...
The wooden puppet turned and punched towards Bai Ye again.
Bai Ye quickly crossed his arms to block, then felt a huge force strike him, and he was punched straight out of the air by the puppet.
"Damn it, this thing has poison resistance!"
Bai Ye gnashed his teeth, got up from the ground, and spat a mouthful of blood to the side.
The venom from the Mera Mera no Mi was not entirely useless against the wooden puppet, but its effect was not obvious. The materials used to make the puppet were clearly resistant to poison.
However, Bai Ye had a solution!
Standing up straight again, the puppet stomped its foot down towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye didn't dodge, but instead...
Ghost!
The puppet's giant foot stepped directly onto Bai Ye, but Bai Ye did not turn into a pulp as most would have expected. The giant foot passed directly through Bai Ye's body.
Bai Ye used the flying ability of his Ghost form to float into the air.
The puppet punched again, but it was useless. The moment it hit Bai Ye, it passed straight through him.
"Just as I thought!"
Bai Ye grinned. The attack method of this wooden puppet seemed to be limited to close combat, meaning...
Only physical attacks!
And Bai Ye's Ghost form could ignore all physical attacks!
However, the Mera Mera no Mi ability, Bai Ye's trump card, could no longer be used.
In Ghost form, Bai Ye could not launch physical attacks either. Although the venom from the Mera Mera no Mi was not a physical attack, the venom had to be secreted from Bai Ye's body. Currently, Bai Ye was in Ghost form, his body completely ethereal, and naturally could not secrete venom.
But the Phoenix's abilities could still be used!
The flying swords could also be commanded by spiritual power!
"Seven-Colored Sword Qi!"
Bai Ye grunted, and then seven-colored flying swords surged into the sky, emitting a "buzzing" sword hum, and then slashed downwards in the air.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
Seven-colored sword qi rained down from the sky, continuously slashing at the wooden puppet, emitting loud noises and forcing its giant body to retreat.
Bai Ye floated in the air, his hands crossed, rapidly changing sword seals.
Seven Rainbows Pierce the Sky (Seven swords merge into one, attacking the target)
The seven-colored flying swords soared into the sky again, dancing continuously in the air, chasing each other, their emitted light constantly intertwining.
Soon, the seven-colored light intertwined, forming a magnificent rainbow light, six or seven zhang long. After sweeping through the air, it stabbed downwards.
Boom!
The magnificent rainbow light fell, hitting the puppet's chest. After a loud bang, it directly opened a hole in the puppet's chest.
Bai Ye immediately raised his fist at this moment and smashed downwards.
Although the Mera Mera no Mi ability couldn't be used, the Phoenix's superpower was still viable!
Heat waves rolled around, and scorching flames appeared, burning in the air like a sea of fire. Then, with Bai Ye's punch, the surrounding flames condensed and plummeted downwards.
A giant pillar of fire formed, directly striking the puppet's chest, and blasted in from the broken area.
Then...
"Flame Burst!"
Bai Ye clenched his fist in the air, and immediately, the sound of an explosion rang out. A huge fireball suddenly exploded in the puppet's chest!
The immense impact force made the wooden puppet retreat continuously, and finally, unable to withstand the impact, its body crashed to the ground.
With a bang!
The wooden puppet fell to the ground, shattering a large area of the earth and kicking up countless dust.
On its chest, the wooden puppet had a large gaping hole, surrounded by a scorched black circle. Black smoke continued to billow out from the hole.
Bai Ye de-activated his Ghost form and landed back on the ground.
Done?
It should be done!
Bai Ye felt that after being hit like this, it shouldn't be able to move anymore...
Suddenly...
The dim red light in the wooden puppet's eyes suddenly flared again, becoming more intense and profound. Then, the wooden puppet once again crawled up.
The wooden puppet swept its arm across, and the people around were instantly blown away. Then the puppet got up from the ground and kicked towards the crowd.
The bandit leader, seeing the puppet approaching him, was terrified.
"No, no, no, I activated you, you are my servant, you should help me..."
Bang!
The puppet raised its foot and stomped down on the bandit leader, crushing him and his horse beneath its foot.
"No, I..."
Blood continuously spilled from the bandit leader's mouth. He was still trying to struggle when, at this moment, the puppet exerted more force.
With a crack, the bandit leader's chest bones were pulverized, and his chest and below turned into a pulp. Blood quickly flowed out from under the puppet's foot.
Bai Ye couldn't help but be stunned. The wooden puppet seemed to have suddenly become berserk. Its attacks were previously quite methodical, but now they seemed to be random attacks.
"Is this going berserk because its body is damaged?"
Bai Ye muttered, then quickly ran forward, raising his fist, intending to blast it with fire again.
Just then...
"Whirlwind Blade!"
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