After obtaining the Corpse Puppet of the Giant Claw Lord, Ma Lu had thought about using it to launch a surprise attack on Sanrew.
However, Black Horn was, after all, part of the Golden Hunting Group, and a beast like the Giant Claw Lord obviously wouldn't be able to kill Sanrew.
Moreover, after testing it, Ma Lu found that the Corpse Puppet in its current state only retained about 70% of the Giant Claw Lord's base attributes, especially the speed, which had halved.
But this was understandable; after all, it was dead and certainly not as agile as when it was alive.
Luckily, this wasn't a problem, as Ma Lu had compensated for the lost attributes with other blessings. Not only had he compensated for them, but he had even exceeded them a bit.
Furthermore, the Purple Blessing [Full-Body Hardening] granted the Corpse Puppet immunity to all attacks on its weaknesses, except for decapitation.
But relying on these alone wouldn't be enough to kill Sanrew.
In addition, the problem was the small female Hunter with telekinetic abilities near He Yueji; her hearing was exceptionally sharp, making it difficult for approaching beasts to escape her ears.
With her around, an assassination would not be easy.
So after some thought, Ma Lu decided to move the Corpse Puppet of the Giant Claw Lord away.
It seemed a waste to let go of such a powerful Corpse Puppet so easily.
It would be better to use it to create more Corpse Puppets.
That's what Ma Lu was doing now; he set the Giant Claw Lord's Corpse Puppet to attack mode without a specific target, and the Corpse Puppet would automatically attack all living creatures nearby.
With another Purple Blessing [Infection], any creature killed by the Giant Claw Lord's Corpse Puppet had a 33% chance of turning into a Corpse Puppet, and currently, there was no shortage of beasts near Giant Curtain.
A rampaging, plus version of the Giant Claw Lord would transform into an armory, continuously producing corpse soldiers for Ma Lu for over ten minutes.
These corpse soldiers could then hunt other beasts, turning those beasts into Corpse Puppets as well, eventually assembling a large puppet army.
Not only that, but during this process, Ma Lu could continue to collect blessings.
Enhancing the squad's and Corpse Puppets' strength even further.
What is a win-win situation?
Boggy's expression remained very calm, "We won't fail."
She spoke with confidence because she felt the power inside her body rising continuously.
In fact, even without He Yueji's orders, Boggy was planning to take on the task willingly, because indeed no one was more suited to be the bait than them.
"Hmph." He Yueji felt like she was punching cotton but said nothing more. However, it was clear that she did not trust the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group much, as she not only ordered people to start setting traps but also prepared for an encounter.
The five members of the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group continued on their way. This time they were without others around them, and Ma Lu also freed up a bit, starting to use his Destroyer more diligently to blast at the wild beasts along the road.
In less than five minutes, he had generated 13 more Corpse Puppets.
As for the places behind Ma Lu where he couldn't see, 14 minutes had passed, and the Giant Claw Lord had completed its mission, turning back into a corpse. However, the sweat it tirelessly sowed had begun to harvest.
The red light was almost breaking through the sky. Ma Lu issued a movement command to the army of Corpse Puppets behind him, but those guys moved very slowly.
Mainly, they had to accommodate the ones with short legs in the team, and along the way, some Corpse Puppets reached their time limit and fell face-first.
To prevent their painstakingly assembled army from dwindling by the time they arrived, Ma Lu would give them the order to attack after every short distance, having them recruit some more able bodies from nearby to replenish fresh blood into their ranks.
Overall, the size of the army was still growing. However, when Ma Lu looked back this time, he noticed that the number of red lights was rapidly declining.
The rate of this decline clearly exceeded the natural reduction that occurred when Corpse Puppets reached their time limit and suggested they had met a formidable opponent.
Ma Lu was not worried but pleased, as there were already enough regular soldiers in the army. If he could trade some of them for a strong general, that deal would certainly be very profitable.
On the other hand, Ma Lu called on the 13 new recruits he had just gathered to lead the way, continuing their search for the Six-armed Ancient Ape.
Soon, a huge figure with six arms appeared on the sand dune ahead.
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There an enormous yellow wall, impossible to see the end of, was rapidly approaching from afar.
"What is that?" Ma Lu asked.
"A sandstorm." Mai Mai looked concerned.