"Senior, those demigod puppets — are they only first-rank demigods, or are there ones of even higher realms?"
Chu Feng pressed further.
After all, if they were only first-rank demigods, no amount of them would matter.
Even second-rank demigods might not be enough to stop the Pill Dao Immortal Sect.
"Five hundred first-rank demigods."
"Two hundred second-rank demigods."
"One hundred third-rank demigods."
"And thirty-two more puppets whose exact realms are unknown, only that they are demigods," Yao Cheng replied.
"Such power?"
Hearing this, Chu Feng was overjoyed. He finally understood why Yao Cheng had said this puppet army could save the Nine Soul Heavenly River.
With such fighting strength, if they could be unleashed, they would indeed be able to deal with Sima Xiangtu and the people of the Pill Dao Immortal Sect.
But at the same time, Chu Feng still had some doubts.
"Senior, could it be that the Spirit Demon Clan cannot control this puppet army?"
The reason Chu Feng asked this was that he felt the Spirit Demon Clan should hate the Nine Soul Sacred Clan to the bone.
And this puppet army's fighting strength was more than enough to flatten the Nine Soul Heavenly River.
Why hadn't the Spirit Demon Clan used this puppet army for revenge?
There were only two possibilities.
One was that the current Spirit Demon Clan no longer wished to take revenge.
The other possibility was that the Spirit Demon Clan simply could not control the puppet army.
"The one who forged the puppet army eight hundred years ago left behind a formation when he departed."
"He said that whoever could break the formation would be able to control the puppet army."
"But only the younger generation could attempt to break it."
"For these eight hundred years, the younger generation of our Spirit Demon Clan has continuously challenged that formation."
"But obviously, no one in our Spirit Demon Clan has been able to break it."
"So for a full eight hundred years, this puppet army has remained a force beyond our Spirit Demon Clan's control."
Yao Cheng gave his answer, and it was much as Chu Feng had guessed.
"Then Senior, would the Spirit Demon Clan be willing to let us break the formation and take control of the puppet army?"
"Or would you take us there to break it secretly?"
Chu Feng asked again, and his concern was entirely reasonable.
Think about it from another perspective — setting aside the grudge between the Spirit Demon Clan and the Nine Soul Sacred Clan — simply having such a powerful puppet army meant one could dominate the Nine Soul Heavenly River. Who wouldn't want to control it themselves?
Who would willingly hand it over to someone else?
Any normal person would refuse to let outsiders attempt the formation.
One need only look at the Zhuge Family — for a single inheritance formation, they resorted to scheming rather than allow outsiders in, fearing... that someone else would seize that power.
"Normally speaking, they would indeed not agree."
"However, the one who forged the puppet army eight hundred years ago left instructions: if any member of the younger generation entered this place, even if they were not of the Spirit Demon Clan, they could attempt the formation to control the puppet army."
"But the Spirit Demon Clan is resistant to outsiders, and they may not follow this rule."
"You could even be killed if you're discovered," Yao Cheng said.
"Then what should we do?" Wang Yuxian asked.
"Although our Spirit Demon Clan rejects outsiders, we also respect the strong."
"Your cultivation, compared to our Spirit Demon Clan's younger generation, is actually already extremely powerful. But that is still not enough."