Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

Yongen and Gaogen each led a team, while Lü Ci and Wang Ai followed Yongen's previous arrangements.

Each group followed behind the others, and the two groups sped off like arrows, heading in different directions outside Shenji Town.

The night wind swept past the masks of Lü Ci and Wang Ai, and the town lights were quickly left behind, with the dark jungle shrouded in the hazy moonlight ahead.

The excitement of acquiring new equipment was quickly replaced by this somber atmosphere.

Lu Ci and Wang Ai could only follow their respective groups closely, their hearts pounding involuntarily.

'Judging from this situation, it doesn't seem like a patrol; it looks more like... they're on an assassination mission...'

Lu Ci frowned as he thought of the members from various sects who had left early that day.

...

Inside the workshop.

Cui Ming has already disassembled and studied all seven of Tomie's clones.

At the same time, Cui Ming also tried his best to restore them, after all, they were victims of the Japanese massacre.

After collecting their remains, they sent people to carry them all out for burial.

They were compatriots after all, not like those bastards from the Quanxing Sect who deserved to die. So it was better to let them go in peace.

Sooner or later, he will wipe out every single one of the people who committed these atrocities.

After this research, Cui Ming has managed to figure out a little bit about Tomie's innate ability.

Tomie is less of a parasite and more of a puppeteer.

However, her ability to control puppets is different from that of ordinary puppeteers.

Her so-called treatment involved using her own Qi to completely remove the nerves from these corpses.

The usual puppeteer is on the outside, controlling the strings suspended from the puppet's joints.

Tomie, on the other hand, controls the nerves within these clones.

Especially if a person has just died, there is a high probability that Tomie can preserve the person's abilities if she disposes of the body properly in time.

The core of all this comes from Tomie's innate Qi, which has the characteristics of replacement and simulation after her innate awakening.

This Qi can deceive a person's body and brain, allowing the corpse to remain active for a certain period of time and to accommodate Tomie's differentiated soul.

"It's more complicated than I expected..."

Cui Ming muttered to himself, but there was no discouragement in his eyes; on the contrary, his interest only grew stronger.

Tomie's approach to this matter is quite commendable.

Even without Tomie's unique Qi, Cui Ming could replace most of the methods by using his own radiating true Qi and Dan Shi power.

but...

Things concerning Tomie need to be put on hold for now.

Yongen and Gao Gen are probably about to start their operation, so Cui Ming will have to work hard to control the mechanical puppets in the vicinity and carry out a hunt.

Chapter 132 Practical Classroom

Cui Ming's soul uses the disguised puppets scattered in the mountains and forests as nodes.

Through the invisible spider web woven from the power of Dan Shi, he rapidly transmitted his soul to a distant place.

Soon, Cui Ming found the team led by Yong En and Gao Gen.

They were already engaged in battle.

The battle suddenly broke out in the darkness.

The sounds of clashing weapons, the muffled thuds of colliding qi, the thuds of sharp blades piercing flesh, and the short, agonizing screams of the dying instantly shattered the silence of the entire forest.

On Yone's side, the twin swords in her hands transformed into two dazzling yet deadly streaks of light. Her figure was like a ghost, and with each flash, countless limbs and heads fell to the ground.

As for Gao Gen, he was like an insurmountable mountain.

The heavy-duty Xuanji armor specially designed for him endowed him with powerful defense and strength, and the Qi blades extending from his arms moved with great force, tearing apart the enemy's formation.

With the intention to outmaneuver the unsuspecting, and with all team members equipped with the Mysterious Armor.

The disparity in strength was too great. These elites from their respective organizations were quickly dealt with by the True Members, who outnumbered them and eliminated them like chickens and dogs.

Their movements were very skillful; they would target the limbs whenever they had the chance.

Alternatively, they might strike someone from a distance until they are severely injured and fall to the ground, then have other close-combat members come forward and break their limbs.

Before assessing the situation, these true members never easily step forward to take control of the enemy.

Lu Ci and Wang Ai were deliberately placed on the periphery of the battle, and did not directly participate in the core fighting.

Instead, they would work from the rear, assisting in controlling the enemy.

Whether it's Lü Ci's Ruyi Jin or Wang Ai's Shen Tu, both are types that are impossible to defend against for these Japanese monsters.

So even though they were assigned to the rear, far from the center of the battlefield, the two still played a significant role.

Cui Ming sensed their condition through the Shadow Spider. Although Lü Ci had a look of reluctance and eagerness on his face, he still obeyed the command.

After all, he understood that it was hard to say whether the sudden addition of members, who joined on their own, was a good thing or a bad thing.

If they can cooperate, that's fine, but the problem is that if they disrupt the rhythm of others, they might expose their weaknesses and cause harm to others, which would be difficult to handle.

Wang Ai was even simpler; the Divine Path was inherently elusive, and it was nighttime.

Wang Ai used his brush to draw various axes, halberds, hooks, and forks—the eighteen kinds of weapons—and then projected them out.

Surprisingly, these drawn weapons did not affect the real members, but instead directly impacted the enemy.

In a short time, the teams that Yongen and Gaogen had discovered were quickly wiped out.

With a slight thought, Cui Ming summoned several Shadow Spider puppets that silently crept into the shadows near the two of them.

This is both for protection and for surveillance.

Subsequently, Cui Ming focused his main energy on his work.

His target was not merely the enemies currently fighting against Yongen and Gaogen's teams.

Rather, they were all the Japanese supernatural beings lurking around Shenji Town, preparing to ambush the representatives of various sects who had left the Shenji Alliance.

This was also the most insidious backup plan that Cui Ming had unearthed from the memories of the Onmyoji leader.

These Japanese soldiers knew very well that if they took action directly within the Divine Machine Alliance, the risks would be extremely high, and they would likely end up with nothing.

Therefore, they chose to ambush and kill the extraordinary individuals who came to attend the meeting on the only way around the perimeter.

They may not be able to predict when you will arrive.

But when you leave is all too easy to control.

Once the interception is successful, there is ample room for maneuver, whether to flee far away or to directly pin the blame on the Divine Machine Alliance.

If Tomie's abilities are not discovered, she could even use this opportunity to infiltrate various factions and then carry out more brutal sabotage.

This is also one of the fundamental purposes for Cui Ming to gather the help of Zhenxing, Diyouxian, Miaojiang, Tangmen, and even the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Cui Ming not only wanted to wipe out all the Japanese strongholds in Shenji Town, but also to eliminate the elite force composed of various infiltrated Japanese organizations.

Tonight, the hunt has only just begun.

Those who were just about to attack the returning supernatural beings were instantly ambushed and killed by the various factions' hidden troops who had been lying in wait.

In a short time, numerous battles broke out in various places near Shenji Town.

Various traps and mechanisms, puppets and hidden weapons; golden light flashes, lightning bolts appear; snakes, insects, rats, poisonous fog...

The True Nature Squad's attack was like a starting gun, igniting all sorts of battle cries throughout the mountains and forests.

As Cui Ming's Dan Shi power connected to the puppet.

In the darkness, countless Shadow Spiders and Puppet Swarms were instantly activated, and like true predators, they began their slaughter.

The teams of the Curse Binding Society and the Higanbana Yin-Yang Bureau had already been eliminated by Cui Ming.

Therefore, those scattered in the forest at this moment are mainly ninjas from the Hira-nin and swordsmen from the Tsukimi Shinjuku.

Higanbana is skilled in concealment, can use all kinds of weapons, has a distinctive appearance, and his aura blends almost seamlessly into the environment, making him difficult to detect.

But the werewolf swordsmen of the Moon View Academy almost never let go of their swords, and they all exuded an aura as sharp as a blade.

Under Cui Ming's keen spiritual perception, it stood out as conspicuously as a firefly in the dark night.

Moreover, this operation was also to test the communication ear hook and communication glasses developed by Cui Mingxin.

At this moment, Cui Ming was like a satellite hanging in the sky, marking every enemy hiding around them in the eyes of the members participating in this operation.

After marking all the enemies, Cui Ming joined the slaughter.

A swordsman from the Tsukimi Shinjuku school, crouching behind a bush, was intently watching the direction from which the sounds of fighting were coming from in the distance.

Unaware of what was happening, the tree branch overhead began to deform, extending a blade as thin as a cicada's wing that swiftly sliced ​​across his throat.

Another ninja, who was guarding against the giant rock, suddenly felt a void behind him.

Suddenly, the rock's interior opened like a giant beast's gaping maw, revealing sharp, rotating teeth inside.

In a single bite, it enveloped the ninja's head and cruelly severed it in the blink of an eye.

On the ground, a ninja lurking among fallen leaves and withered branches suddenly felt a chill on his ankle. Before the excruciating pain could reach his brain, he was already riddled with countless sharp thorns that emerged from the ground, turning him into a hedgehog.

In an instant, screams rang out from different directions, only to be drowned out by the sound of the wind in the forest and the distant sounds of battle.

What was initially thought to be a simple task now feels like being in hell.

These short, agonizing screams from all directions were heard by the Japanese soldiers and other people who were fighting with others.

It was like a bolt from the blue, instantly plunging their already low morale, which was already dampened by the surprise attack, into despair.

"What's going on?!"

One of the team leaders was a swordsman from the Tsukimi Shinjuku.

He looked in the direction from which the screams came with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Isn't that direction...our second line of defense?"