Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

If someone dies after their connection is severed by Dan Shi, even the Holy Pool might not be able to save them.

"The pursuers will arrive in Okayama Prefecture soon."

Cui Ming grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth.

"I want them to know that pursuing me will come at a terrible price."

......

Meanwhile, about fifty miles away from Okayama Prefecture.

A team is struggling to make its way through the jungle mountain path.

The team, which originally consisted of more than 20 people, is now down to only five.

Leading the way was a thin man in a gray trench coat, none other than Crow Chaser, one of the "Five Smells".

His face was grim, and his eyes were filled with anger.

Following behind him was a man dressed in a black bodysuit, who was Shadow Stitch.

He looked alert, glancing around frequently, as if an enemy might pounce out of the shadows at any moment.

Behind them were three members of the Curse Binding Society, all covered in wounds.

One of them was deathly pale, with one arm severed at the elbow, and blood still seeping from the wound.

The other two weren't much better off; one had bandages wrapped around his leg, and the other had thick gauze wrapped around his chest.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The crow gritted its teeth and growled.

"Where did these people come from? How can they have so many insidious methods!"

In just three days since they began their pursuit, more than a dozen of their companions have died on the road.

The earthworm, resembling a giant hand, suddenly emerged from beneath their feet, grabbed one of their legs, and dragged him directly into the ground.

The earthworm's movements were so sudden and its strength so extraordinary.

When the group realized what was happening, only a short gasp remained in the air.

There wasn't even a hole in the ground; a living person just vanished suddenly.

This happened so fast that if they hadn't known it was their teammate, they probably would have thought they were hallucinating.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

But this eerie silence didn't last long.

Because the earthworm, in front of all of them, forcibly abducted another person and burrowed underground.

"Get away from the ground!"

Shadow Stitch reacted quickly and shouted out.

Everyone then seemed to wake up from a dream and jumped onto the surrounding trees.

Once everyone had landed on the big tree, they finally had time to carefully observe the ground.

"There it is!"

A member of the Curse Binding Society spotted the earthworm and shouted.

The others looked in the direction of the sound and saw the ground insect swaggering around, revealing half of its body.

From within that bizarre, giant, hand-like body emerged a gaping maw filled with serrated teeth, which gave them a mocking smile.

It turned around and disappeared into the ground in a flash, leaving no trace.

The ground remained intact; it all felt like a dream.

Only the two people who disappeared still reminded them that it was all real.

For the next period of time, the Cursed Guild's search team dared not move on the ground anymore and could only travel in the trees.

But then came their day of disaster.

Leaping through the trees to get there wasn't safe either. The Shadow Spider silently darted out from the shade and grabbed the enemy's entire head.

With a snap, juice splattered everywhere.

A pale blue light flashed and disappeared, flowing into the headless body.

Although they destroyed the shudder spider in time, exchanging one shudder spider for a life was an extremely worthwhile trade.

But in the eyes of their squad, the appearance of the Shadow Spider meant that even the trees were no longer safe.

They had no choice but to grit their teeth and move quickly across the ground.

But the crisis goes far beyond that.

A sniper-type Shadow Spider fired a crossbow bolt from a hilltop hundreds of meters away, accurately hitting a person.

Throughout the day, the relentless attacks from ground insects, shadow spiders, and sniper crossbow bolts tormented them greatly.

What's even more ingenious is the use of poison.

After a long and grueling day, they were finally able to catch their breath and rest for a while.

But when they got up in the middle of the night to take turns keeping watch, they didn't know when, several of their watchmates had silently died, bleeding from all seven orifices.

After such an event, how could they possibly feel sleepy, and who would dare to continue sleeping?

Even if you're not afraid of death, you can't just die like a stray dog ​​on the street, can you?

Although the Curse-Binding Society doesn't allow it openly, these new generation members still privately inquire about the cause of death.

Most of them can confidently say that they were attacked and killed by dozens of strange people or monsters.

What should they say when it's their turn?

Did you fall asleep and wake up?

Did you arrive at Shengtan in the blink of an eye?

So they would rather die from exhaustion, die in battle, and die like men, than die in such a humiliating way.

So they decided to forgo sleep and headed straight for the nearest town, Okayama Prefecture.

Even so, they still lost more than ten lives in the end before they could reach the vicinity of Okayama Prefecture.

In all his years of life, Zhuiya has never encountered such a formidable opponent.

"This style and rhythm of attack doesn't seem like that of the Monster Alliance."

"Shadow Stitch said in a deep voice."

"The Demon Alliance doesn't have such methods. This is more like... a ninja? Or an assassin?"

"Who cares who he is!"

Chasing the crow angrily said.

"Once I catch him, I will tear him to pieces!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a muffled thud came from behind him.

The four turned around and saw their companion with the missing arm lying stiffly on the ground.

Chasing the crow, he quickly walked over and crouched down to examine it.

The man's face was ashen, his breathing had stopped, and his pupils were dilated.

died.

"what happened?"

"Shadow asked."

Zhuiya examined the wound, and his expression grew even more grim.

"The wound is poisoned. He can't hold on any longer."

The other two wounded men exchanged a glance, a hint of fear flashing in their eyes.

Although they knew they could be resurrected at the sacred pool, no one wanted to experience the feeling of death.

Moreover, no one knows how much of their sanity they will retain after this resurrection.

"Keep going."

Zhuiya stood up and said coldly.

"He's right ahead. I can smell him."

He didn't look at the corpse again, turned around and continued walking.

Shadow Stitch and two others followed.

As for the dead man, someone will take care of him after the mission is over.

But...maybe we don't even need to wait for someone to handle it.

After they left, the earthworms that had been lurking underground quickly packed up the corpse and dragged it underground.

Everything returned to calm, without even a trace of blood left behind.

Deep in the mountains, Cui Ming suddenly opened his eyes.

"coming."

Yon and Bailian immediately went into battle mode.

Meifumon gripped Cui Ming's sleeve nervously, while Gui Tun stood silently beside Cui Ming.

Cui Ming closed his eyes and sensed for a moment.

"There are still five pursuers left. Two of them have very strong auras; they should be Crow Chaser and Shadow Stitcher."

The other three had very weak auras, suggesting they were ordinary members who had been injured.

Hmm? Now there are only four left. One was too badly injured and has already died.

Cui Ming's lips curled up slightly.

"It seems our little gadgets are working quite well."