Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 2061: 547: Twist After Twist!

"Buzzing!!!"

The imposing frame of Qian Zhuyan, gleaming with a chilling metallic luster, thrummed relentlessly like a high-tech war engine revved to full power, unleashing intricate and arcane formation lights that morphed into a lethal puppet power array, poised to crush all within its grasp!

Back in the early days within the Vast Sand Illusion Realm, Qian Zhuyan commanded twelve Third Rank Puppets, positioning her among the elite powerhouses just shy of Nascent Soul.

Her puppet body has now evolved to the Fourth Rank.

Though the number of puppets under her control dropped from twelve to nine, each one's quality has risen a notch, hitting at least Third Rank Superior Grade, and four even reaching Third Rank Top Level!

Even without the Puppet Spirit advancing to Fourth Rank, the formidable spiritual pressure from her puppet power array rivals that of numerous Nascent Soul Cultivators.

"Puppet Battle Array!? Elder Xuanmu excels not just in talisman formations but puppet battle arrays too? No, this array isn’t under his command; it originates from the puppet herself!"

"Could a Puppet Master lurk inside this Fourth Rank Puppet? Transforming into a ghost cultivator and fusing with the puppet?"

As Nascent Soul True Lords, Shen Baishuang and the Six Paths Demon Consort possessed keen discernment.

Upon witnessing Qian Zhuyan deploy the puppet battle array, they instantly discerned key details and showed astonishment.

"Boom!"

Qian Zhuyan directed the battle formation, directing her nine Third Rank Puppets to assault the Jiao Snake Ghost King up front.

Suspended above, the puppet power array exploded with a ferocious and horrifying might.

"Bang!!!"

The Jiao Snake Ghost King bellowed furiously, whipping up howling Yin winds to clash against the puppet power array and Qian Zhuyan, yet the nine remaining puppets swiftly formed up, gearing to intensify the suppression.

"Excellent, excellent, Elder Xuanmu, I’ll pin down this scum—you just focus on taking down this Ghost King!"

Joy lit up Shen Baishuang’s features, and she harbored no resentment toward Lu Changsheng for holding back such secrets until now.

This was clearly his ultimate trump card, after all.

Rarely would anyone reveal it short of a desperate life-or-death bind.

Plus, Lu Changsheng held only honorary elder status in the Goddess Palace.

His choice to deploy this ace now already demonstrated remarkable generosity.

Should she criticize or chide him, he might switch sides to Si Guihua, ruining all her prospects.

"Second Palace Master, I’ll give it everything I’ve got."

Lu Changsheng replied solemnly, avoiding any overbold assurances.

Regardless of his Xuanmu Taoist guise, he remained a mere Nascent Soul Cultivator versed in the Nourishing Life Technique.

With a Nascent Soul-tier puppet battle array and talisman formation at hand, he could at best hold off or overcome fellow Nascent Soul foes.

True elimination demanded more hidden aces and his real power.

Thus, he couldn’t project excessive poise or edge.

"Take these methods!"

Shen Baishuang understood full well that tasking Lu Changsheng to slay a Fourth Rank Ghost King was no small feat.

Yet her statement targeted the Six Paths Demon Consort’s ears, aiming to buy time until her sister arrived for aid or a path into the Demon Palace opened.

As she spoke, the crimson silk ribbon encircling her shot toward Lu Changsheng, delivering two Fourth Rank Talismans and a secret treasure to help him hold the line.

Next, the golden ancient sword she gripped flared with blinding pure gold radiance, resuming its onslaught against the Six Paths Demon Consort.

"Shen Baishuang, you believe this alone suffices to challenge this palace?"

Bathed in blood light, the Six Paths Demon Consort exuded seductive allure, her regal and imposing visage perpetually tinged with scorn.

Her gaze shifted to Lu Changsheng nearby, who was restraining the Jiao Snake Ghost King via puppets, and she addressed him: "Fellow Daoist, you’re no core figure of the Goddess Palace, right? Then why throw your life away for Shen Baishuang like this?"

"Simply cease your actions, and this palace won’t trouble you—in fact, she’ll bestow opportunities upon you. Forget fretting over the Goddess Palace; join my Six Paths Palace instead, serve as an honorary elder there. Whatever benefits and perks the Goddess Palace provides, my Six Paths Palace matches them, and offers even greater ones."

Her tone with Lu Changsheng lacked the prior mockery toward Shen Baishuang, brimming instead with an inherent, soul-enthralling grace and poise.

Lu Changsheng stayed steadfast, slotting the two Fourth Rank Talismans from Shen Baishuang into his talisman formation to tighten the Jiao Snake Ghost King’s suppression.

Gazing at the pale-faced, icy, and wrathful Shen Baishuang, the Six Paths Demon Consort pressed on toward Lu Changsheng: "What drives you to stake your life for Shen Baishuang? Some hidden motive? Fancy her, perhaps?"

"Should that be it, so long as Fellow Daoist submits and enters my Six Paths Palace, this palace vows to award her to you as your furnace cauldron for three years."

Shen Baishuang, Azure Ancient Mirror hovering overhead and Golden Ancient Sword in grip, quivered with rage at these words, her expression frosty as she snarled: "Si Guihua, one day I’ll rip that mouth off you."

Thereupon, her ancient sword hummed wildly, igniting her Nascent Soul Origin, with her magic power aura surging ceaselessly.

"Hehe, Shen Baishuang, if your power equaled your biting tongue, things wouldn’t stand like this."

Enveloped in spectral phantoms and flowing blood, flanked by twin blood-red Jiao Snakes, the Six Paths Demon Consort kept jeering: "I’m curious how the Second Palace Master’s Memory Stone, circulating across the Starry Sky Sea, will shape the world’s opinion of the Goddess Palace?"

"..."

Lu Changsheng observed the two Nascent Soul True Lords clashing fiercely while trading barbed insults, left thoroughly dumbfounded.

To think that even Nascent Soul True Lords bickered like mundane secular women.

Still, the Six Paths Demon Consort’s barbs proved highly potent.

Provoked by the mockery, Shen Baishuang’s emotions roiled, destabilizing her magic power aura somewhat.

Should the Six Paths Demon Consort exploit this psychological lapse, peril loomed.