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Chapter 539 Forcing Him to Show Himself, He Was Imprisoned Again

It was the gray-robed man who had been quietly sitting to one side since he came in, without moving or speaking.

This guy's presence is so weak it's almost frightening.

When no one needs him, he's no different from a rock in this cave.

But in critical moments, he can always get to where he is needed immediately.

To be honest, Jiang Hanying didn't really have any ill feelings towards him. At most, he was just a human tool with little independent thought, no different from the twenty-seven people who had been brainwashed since childhood and then worked for the people who had brainwashed them.

At most, his tool was more powerful and easier to use, so he wasn't left as cannon fodder at the end.

The tools themselves aren't the problem; what's truly despicable are the people who use these people as tools.

But seeing him blocking my way, looking like he'd have to step over me first if he wanted to stop me, there's nothing more to say.

Without saying a word, they started fighting.

After exchanging a punch and a kick, the previously calm flow of energy within the cave began to change.

Jiang Hanying turned her head and glanced at Yuan Qingzhuo, only to see that he had already placed his finger on the stone fetus's brow, closed his eyes slightly, and begun to forcibly fuse with it.

"I'll hold him off here." Li Chengxiao blocked the gray-robed man's full-force punch, took a step back to shake his slightly numb hand, and quickly turned his head to tell Jiang Hanying, "You go stop him."

“Ignore him,” Jiang Hanying said, turning her gaze away from Yuan Qingzhuo and looking at the gray-robed man who had just smoothed out the rough stone wall by merely rubbing the side of his fist against it. “Take care of this one first.”

Without waiting for the owner's reply, it raised its foot and rushed forward again.

However, the narrowness of the cave made it somewhat difficult to maneuver. Jiang Hanying turned her head to dodge the punch thrown by the gray-robed man, but the force of the punch still made one side of her cheek burn with pain.

However, seeing the gray-robed man's left cheekbone swollen from her punch made her feel much better.

Hearing Jiang Hanying take a light breath, Li Chengxiao kicked her from the side, striking the gray-robed man squarely in the kneecap, followed by a clear cracking sound.

But let alone utter a sound of pain, this person didn't even flinch. Considering their previous encounter where this person almost entirely attacked with no defense, Jiang Hanying couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you in pain?"

The gray-robed man slammed his back against a protruding stone wall, his eyes wide with confusion: "Does it hurt?"

Judging from this reaction, well, it turns out it doesn't even have pain receptors!
No wonder he didn't react at all after being hit so many times by her and his cheap master.

Li Chengxiao couldn't help but narrow his eyes as well. He had encountered people who couldn't feel pain before. Such people lacked self-protection mechanisms, but their ability to withstand blows was also terrifyingly strong.

It's tough and powerful; calling it a humanoid weapon wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Duanmu Sen stood in the corner with his back against the stone wall. He looked at Yuan Qingzhuo and Shi Tai, then at the three figures fighting fiercely, their battle creating a series of whooshing sounds and sending shards of stone flying everywhere. He dodged a flying stone, swallowed hard, and stepped back into the corner.

Just as the battle was in full swing, a crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out in the space.

The three figures fighting nearby paused almost simultaneously, and Jiang Hanying turned her head to look in the direction of the stone fetus.

Duanmu Sen could no longer hide in the corner. He still held onto a sliver of hope. Jiang Hanying had said that Yuan Qingzhuo wanted to silence him. Although Yuan Qingzhuo hadn't denied it, he hadn't admitted it either. Thinking this, he lifted his foot and moved forward, craning his neck to look at the stone fetus.

The initial cracking sound seemed to have turned on a switch, and as the cave quieted down, a series of cracks began to appear one after another.

Visibly, the surface of the stone quickly became covered with fine cracks.

However, while the crack on the stone embryo symbolizes its imminent birth, on Yuan Qingzhuo, it is a sign that his body is about to completely collapse.

His original, most perfect plan was to take advantage of the moment when the stone fetus was being forced to develop and its spirit was unstable, and seize control of the body directly.

However, with Jiang Hanying interfering, the stone fetus was essentially forced to grow halfway before being pushed back in. He couldn't wait and chose to forcefully fuse with it, which consumed a lot of energy, leaving even less for maintaining the stability of his body.

The cracks on the stone body were gradually widening, as were those on his body.

Duanmu Sen considered himself to be quite knowledgeable, but the changes in Yuan Qingzhuo were still beyond his comprehension. The physical reality of a person almost breaking apart was now truly happening right before his eyes!

Jiang Hanying's gaze shifted from the stone fetus to Yuan Qingzhuo, who had just opened his eyes.

Through his body, which is on the verge of collapse, we can see into the deeper depths that are about to be contained.

Finally, it reached his eyes. A faint blue halo swirled deep within his eyes.

"So that's where it was hidden."

“Ha,” Yuan Qingzhuo could still laugh, blinking slowly, “You found out.”

The moment the first piece of stone, the size of a fingernail, fell off from the center of the stone body's brow, a dark blue light emerged from Yuan Qingzhuo's eyes, about to penetrate the center of the stone body's brow at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

A flash of silver light was even faster!
Clear as autumn water, yet suddenly flashing like thunder.

This is the moment Jiang Hanying has been waiting for!
After enduring so much for so long, I've finally managed to force this guy to come out!

"You can't kill me."

Compared to Yuan Qingzhuo's original voice, this voice had an echo, as if it were ringing directly in the ears of everyone present.

"I know, your true form isn't here. I just want to see what you really are."

As Jiang Hanying spoke, she slashed with her sword, and saw the light spot shatter into a cluster of smaller light spots, which then coalesced again.

No physical entity?

So, does that mean the original body is like this too?
She further confirmed her hypothesis.

At the same time, he was equally meticulous with his hands.

I chop, I stab, I knock...

The sword light flashed, scattering the attack time and again, preventing it from getting close to the stone core and penetrating it.

Aren't you angry?!
Duanmu Sen felt like his brain had stopped working.

Who was speaking just now?

What is that blue dot of light?
And where did that sword that seemed to appear out of nowhere come from?
Li Chengxiao caught the body that was about to fall out of control and put it on the ground. He looked up at the blue light that was constantly being cleaved and reassembled under the crisscrossing sword light.

Just as Jiang Hanying was about to strike again with her sword, he instinctively reached out and grabbed the point of light that had dodged in front of him.

The sword light pierced through his wrist, yet he remained unharmed.

Jiang Hanying hurriedly looked at the hand of her cheap master, and when she saw the sword-shaped rune that suddenly appeared above the light spot, she couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"You already marked it a long time ago."

Seeing the cheap owner frown in confusion, he slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot you haven't remembered anything yet."

Li Chengxiao pursed his lips, hesitated as if he wanted to say something, then turned around and grasped the stone wrist that had completely shed its outer layer, pressing the light spot onto the back of its hand.

Because of the forced fusion earlier, the light spot entered the stone embryo's hand without any rejection.

Jiang Hanying raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.

She knew that her cheap owner wouldn't do this for no reason.

The light spot was still not satisfied and tried to move upwards along the back of the hand, but it was blocked by a silver sword-shaped rune just as it reached the wrist, so it had to retreat back to the back of the hand.

Jiang Hanying glanced at the blue light spots that appeared on the back of Shi Tai's hand, "I guess this counts as fusion?"

It's quite different from what I planned to do with the stone fetus's body.

From being forcibly occupied, he was imprisoned again.

The place where it was locked up was only the size of the back of its hand, and the key point is that it also contributed to this.

Tsk, as expected, the cheap owner is the worst at all!

This is worse than being killed.