I couldn't continue calling him Paige. So I named him Bakaluo. The system pinged.
[Puppet Renamed: Bakaluo]
[Chakra Bloom Level 5. Flame techniques. Physical combat. 100% energy.]
Dawn broke over the free, quiet mines. We had some time before 2,000 Meridians at Level 10 arrived.
They'd be here by nightfall so we had twenty four hours to thin out those who remained.
"Remember," I said, "we're going on a full killing spree. No stopping until we finish.
The system will automatically take the bodies and everything, categorize it. Let's get to killing."
We started with the Insect Race.
They were by far the largest their strength was in numbers.
Even if they were weak individually, they'd be troublesome in a swarm.
Bakaluo launched thirteen walls of fire, trapping the insects in an encirclement.
Then he launched it as a meteor bloodbath.
He moved with super efficiency, throwing balls of fire as if playing badminton or tennis.
Each fireball was the size of a miniature sun.
He launched thirteen at a time from low, from the top with fire walls crashing them all together at once.
Escape was impossible.
The system scanned and auto-collected all the dead, every treasure, every coin they had.
I and Makena moved through like the Four Horsemen slicing and grinding our way through the survivors.
[Beast Heart acquired.]
[Queen Wings acquired.]
[Queen Fragment Essence acquired.]
I ignored the following notifications while creating piles of bodies.
I launched forward and sidestepped the Beast Kin leader.
I hit his crippled leg hard until I heard the crack.
I punched his head in, then broke into his chest and ripped his heart out myself. I ate it.
They became disorganized.
They were in a state of fear and that's exactly what I needed.
Makena stole the spotlight with her golden blade slicing through fur and claws like paper, like a knife through bread.
She launched and performed Phoenix Reborn. Her blade traced a downward arc. Thirty Beast Kin died instantly.
Then she jumped again, performing Thunder Clap.
Two horizontal slashes the second one faster and stronger.
Fifty more fell.
Bakaluo stayed beside her, covering her blind spots and shooting slow fire arrows at anyone trying a sneak attack on Makena.
[Beast Heart acquired.]
[Claws acquired.]
[Furs acquired.]
We had killed about 10,000 by midday.
We went after the Scale Touched next.
Their weird reptilian eyes blinked sideways.
They had the common sense to try and run.
But I was letting them go.
Bakaluo threw ten flame arrows that formed an offensive arrow attack.
Then he added 1,000 more fire arrows.
On my command, he launched all at once ten huge arrows forming an array, trapping them.
Most turned to crimson ash.
Those who survived were sliced in half.
Their leader begged for mercy.
I reminded him how he'd said the strong eat the weak.
I broke into his chest and ripped his heart out for my special use.
[Scale-Touched Leader Heart acquired: Super rare material.]
Next, we moved to the Shadow Walkers.
They were a lot more difficult to handle super agility, easy glitching.
But they could be killed by a blade in physical form.
You just had to time it and hit accurately.
Darkness was their domain.
So Bakaluo turned the whole place crimson with flames.
Anytime they tried merging into darkness, they got burnt unless they dodged or fought.
They couldn't mask their heartbeats either. With three of us, they were all killed in thirty minutes.
[Shadow Essence acquired.]
[Glitch Core acquired.]
One escaped. Bakaluo caught it by the throat and ripped its head off.
"Oh, who's a good boy? Bakaluo is!"
He didn't understand my praise beyond eating and results.
With the Flame Born, Bakaluo wasn't useful in fighting.
So we had him make sure no one escaped while we sliced and diced them.
Cutting them into so many pieces so fast they couldn't regenerate in time before their cores were ripped out.
[Ember Heart acquired.]
[Flame Heart acquired.]
Makena quickly killed the few remaining after surviving fire arrows and fireballs.
"If we continue this pace, the guards will reach here with some races still left.
Let's speed this up."
Then we got to the Frost.
I had Bakaluo prepare 10,000 fireballs I had to feed him 20,000 spirit stones.
He delivered an Oscar worthy killing cinematic performance.
The system auto stole everything, and we didn't waste time on them.
[Ice Core acquired.]
[Frost Essence acquired.]
The Iron Blood were the true headaches immune to blades and fire unless you hit their delicate points.
Bakaluo had to go toe to toe before I figured out their joints were weak points.
We focused there and finished them.
[Metal Vein acquired.]
[Iron Blood acquired.]
Following Makena's movements, in thirty minutes they fell like dominoes.
The Crystal Race were the strangest and most annoying to face.
Their bodies were crystal similar to the Primordial Crystals we'd worked so hard digging out.
Their strength multiplied like 100 times 100, not 100 plus 100.
Fighting them in groups was crazy.
I tapped Bakaluo.
He got Gold Body for one hour.
He went on a rampage smashing and eating the crystal bodies up.
The system signaled that Bakaluo could now eat all the races, grow stronger, and gain all their abilities.
The leader attacked. Their fists crashed the leader losing his arm.
Then Bakaluo launched through his heart, taking out his core. He was dead.
[Crystal Shard acquired.]
[Purple Core acquired.]
Bakaluo asked permission to go hunt the Titans and Goblins alone, saying we should follow and enjoy the show.
We said yes before he could finish.
He held us and jumped. We landed, crushing the Goblin King into paste.
I was a maniac but Bakaluo was a killing machine.
He ripped Goblins up like paper, slicing through them as if they were onions.
He cut them up like a killing machine who was also a serial killer.
In five minutes so fast, so alarming that if I couldn't control him he had cleared the Goblin race.
[Goblin Ear acquired.]
[Goblin Blood acquired.]
[Goblin King Heart acquired.]
Bakaluo mutated stronger with all the hearts Iron Blood, Scales.
He manhandled the Giants.
We're talking giants that could step on you and turn you to paste.
He sliced. Broke Titan bones as if breaking regular stone.
Tearing out their arms in one swift motion.
It wasn't a fight it was a one sided serial killer slicing and ripping body parts off.
I nearly vomited.
He looked like a serial killer getting a load of victims to eat. He broke Titan bones with his teeth, tearing up their skin and eating their flesh.
He sliced their necks and ate greedily like a pig.
I never knew a puppet could be this savage. He cracked each Titan and ate their brain.
I watched in awe. I was mortified.
"It's okay, Bakaluo.
You can continue your cannibalism in the pocket dimension."
Makena was disgusted. I teased her for it.
"Yes, Master."
"Go wash your face and mouth. Seeing the brain you're eating is disgusting."
"Okay, Sire." He jumped to go wash down.
[System Notification: 500,000+ enemies eliminated.]
[Pulse Awakener Hearts: 540,000/100,000 (Over reached)]
[Meridian Hearts: 2,027/1,000 (Over reached)]
[Special Materials: 50,000 materials]
Bakaluo returned cleaned up, and I put him in my pocket dimension.
Zhao Kun had witnessed and recorded everything.
He would send it to both families to see how they'd react.
He slipped into darkness not knowing I'd seen him.
I dropped asleep with Makena. Bakaluo dropped to rest.
No matter what happened, we'd face it and come back on top.
HARVEST UPDATE
Category Amount
Pulse Awakener Hearts 10,000 (GOAL MET)
Meridian Hearts 2,027 (GOAL EXCEEDED)
Insect Race Killed 300,000+
Beast Kin Killed 50,000+
Scale-Touched Killed 40,000+
Shadow Walkers Killed 30,000+
Flame Born Killed 20,000+
Frost-Touched Killed 20,000+
Iron Blood Killed 15,000+
Crystal Born Killed 10,000+
Goblins Killed 10,000+
Titan killed 10,000+