No strange things are allowed to evolve!

Looking at Jiang Shu, whose face was cold and whose domineering aura was barely concealed.

The abbot was shocked.

How could he have made such amazing progress in just one day?

What did he get from that mysterious incubator?!

But in an instant, the abbot calmed down.

He not only has a higher rank than Jiang Shu, but also has more experience.

He immediately saw Jiang Shu's fatal weakness—

"No matter what methods you use, you can only use it once, right?"

The abbot sneered:

"Such heaven-defying methods can't be without limitations, otherwise you would have killed me in one fell swoop, wouldn't you?"

"Smart." Jiang Shu nodded approvingly, without hiding anything.

"And..." The abbot's eyes were deep, as if he could see through everything about Jiang Shu: "You have such a high strength value at level three, but you are not level four. This means that the experience points you obtained from the hatchery are not enough to allow you to level up to level four. Therefore, you do not have enough evolution points to improve other ability values. Your speed and physical strength are practically non-existent!"

“That’s right, but so what?” Jiang Shu seemed unconvinced.

"So what...hehe..." The abbot couldn't help but laugh: "If I dodge your attack, you're just an ordinary person with strength but no ability to strike anyone!"

After he finished speaking, brownish-yellow hair suddenly grew on the abbot's fair skin.

Although he had not fully sublimated, he could still use some of the characteristics of his spiritual root to undergo transformation, which alleviated the pain caused by Jiang Shu and restored him to a certain state.

"Faced with absolute power, your design, which you just put all your effort into, will be so easily erased."

The abbot wore a smug smile, his voice becoming low and hoarse:

"Now, for me, everything is back to square one, but what should we do now that you've lost that ability?"

Even if you were lucky enough to land a hit on me, I'd only suffer minor injuries, not fatal ones. But while I can withstand two or three of your punches, can you withstand even a single claw strike from me?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu tilted his head and gave a meaningful smile.

"What if I punch you four... no, eight times?"

"You think I'd let you hit me?"

"Why don't you look behind you?"

Seeing Jiang Shu putting on a show of force, the abbot couldn't help but burst into maniacal laughter.

You think I would...

He didn't finish his sentence.

Numerous terrifying attacks, making him feel that his life was threatened, came from all directions.

No blind spots...

There's no way to avoid it!

Exactly, eight attacks.

Every attack was aimed at his vital points—his temples on both sides, his heart, his abdomen, his ribs, his face, and...

Click.

The sensible scissor puppet cut off his Demon Orb and Supreme Bone in one go, making up for Jiang Shu's regret that he couldn't strike his Demon Orb.

But the excruciating pain all over his body and the enormous damage caused by the blows to vital organs made the immobile abbot completely unaware that he was missing something.

He just stared at Jiang Shu in disbelief.

"I told you to look behind you." Jiang Shu sighed, somewhat regretfully, "With your speed, you could have dodged it."

But then he seemed to suddenly remember something and changed his words, saying, "Oh, I forgot, you can't see them without a Stand user."

This is the final part of the monkey show—

[Undead Puppet Technique] shares power and all buffs with Jiang Shu.

So what if you can't keep up in terms of speed and physical strength?

Am I fragile? Anyway, I'll only hit you once, and you're done for.

I can't hit you? The puppet can appear out of thin air within a certain range.

This is my skill set!

Hearing Jiang Shu's sarcastic words, the abbot finally understood what was going on.

“That rat was never your reliance…” he said with difficulty.

As soon as he opened his mouth, foul blood containing shattered organs flowed out.

“In fact,” Jiang Shu glanced back at the unconscious rat-headed beast, his face full of disdain, “I only temporarily controlled it by threatening it. If you hadn’t used your skills on it, I might have had to be distracted to prevent it from turning against me.”

Upon hearing this, the abbot lost all composure and finally broke down.

So, I've personally destroyed the only variable?

"you..."

The abbot wanted to say something more.

But just like when faced with a huge confirmation button, Jiang Shu couldn't wait for the staff to help him select the difficulty level and couldn't help but press it.

Faced with the abbot who was unable to move after being hit in a vital spot by the Four Heavenly Kings, he couldn't help but swing his iron fist of justice.

"Jag finger! Oh no, jag fist!"

With his throat ruptured and the clear sound of his cervical vertebrae breaking inside his skull echoing in his mind, the abbot, who was gradually approaching the end of his life, had only one sentence left in his hazy consciousness.

Damn it, it's that same trick again?!

Chapter 86 A loud bang in the sky, Shen Mo makes a dazzling appearance (Fifth update, 3600 words)

With the abbot's death.

The catastrophic skill effect he had applied also completely disappeared, leaving no trace, as if it had never existed.

Therefore, the Rat-Headed Beast did not lie down all night like the Snow King. At the same time as the abbot died, its power level returned to normal at an extremely fast speed.

It slowly opened its eyes, its gaze filled with confusion.

What am I doing?

Suddenly, it remembered something, and its gaze sharpened.

correct!

He was affected by the bald man's strange abilities and lost consciousness.

What's the situation now?

It cautiously raised its head from the ground and peeked at the scene.

It did not see the abbot, but only Jiang Shu kneeling on the ground.

Did we really lose after all?

Yes, that bald guy has those weird skills, so it's normal that he lost.

So...

A sly glint flashed in its eyes.

It's time to show off!

I have to pretend I don't know the current situation, and then show my anger after getting rid of that kid, so that the bald guy knows that I really have no choice in the matter, and thus make him believe that I haven't betrayed him.

It didn't hesitate, and it didn't even have time to think.

It knew that if the abbot realized that it had acted after waking up and observing the situation, then even if it was truly forced, the abbot would not easily forgive it.

I must do my best to mend the broken relationship with the abbot, and take this opportunity to kill that brat and offer my pledge of loyalty!

Thinking this, it started to move.

Harboring personal grudges—"I'm a level six evolved being, yet you treated me that way and forced me to do those strange things"—the rat-headed beast showed no mercy.

It opened its mouth wide and bit down hard on Jiang Shu's neck.

But at that moment...

Boom!

The hammer-wielding puppet that had been standing beside it, watching out for the hammer that would strike, was now ready to fall.

The rat-headed beast immediately rolled its eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Before it lost consciousness, it saw Jiang Shu turn around.

"You woke up so quickly? I thought I'd have to wait a while."

After Jiang Shu turned to the side, it was able to see clearly what Jiang Shu had just been doing.

He was kneeling there, actually installing a magic pill onto the corpse of a weasel!

Wait... where did this weasel come from?

Seeing the rat-headed beast faint, Jiang Shu said as if he had expected it, "You can be so cruel even to your own descendants. I knew you weren't a good person."

The hammer puppet asked, "Master? Kill him?"

"Keep it, I still have a use for it," Jiang Shu said casually.

He couldn't control the abbot, but he could control the rat-headed beast. He needed to bring it back to the Bureau of Heresy, firstly to complete his mission, and secondly to understand the rebels through it.

Although the abbot is now dead, the rebels lurking in the shadows remain a threat.

The enemy's friend is the enemy. If someone gets so close to the abbot and has a history of conflict with him, then that person is naturally his enemy.

Furthermore, they may even have infiltrated the Bureau of Heterodoxy.

Aside from Shen Mo and Ba Wang, who are both "dedicated," Jiang Shu trusts no one now.

Therefore, he had to tell Shen Mo about this.

The rat-headed beast might just be the breakthrough point.

It's just a pity... the abbot was clearly more valuable, but I didn't dare to hold back at all.

He has already revealed all his cards and is no longer able to handle any unexpected events.

After using his smooth combo, he appeared to be unscathed and had achieved a complete victory. However, he knew very well that if the rat-headed beast hadn't weakened the abbot, the opponent might have actually been able to withstand the combined attack of the Four Heavenly Kings.

If he survives that round, he will be the one who dies.

Combos have significant limitations; they can only be used once against the same person. If they fail, whether blocked or dodged, there will be no second chance.

Aside from the fact that the [Pocket Watch of the Dead] can only be used once a day, the [Undead Puppet Technique], which shares values ​​with oneself, can only be used by surprise. If one is on guard, with their speed of two points the same as one's own, even if the opponent cannot see them, they can easily dodge them by sensing them, and may even directly send the Four Heavenly Kings back to the factory for repair.

Therefore, this is a combo that completely disregards risk. Going down this combo is all about self-destruction; it's either a complete victory or a crushing defeat—there are only these two extremes.

This is a combo that gambles everything on a single opportunity!

Therefore, the abbot could only die on the spot.

Otherwise, if we let him recover...

Jiang Shu didn't want to gamble on the other party's recovery ability.

Because Jiang Shu had a clear understanding of his own strength, even though he was secretly pleased with himself for a while after defeating the abbot, he quickly calmed down.

He didn't think that this meant he had the ability to face a level six evolver head-on.

Even with the rat-headed beast, Jiang Shu asked himself if it weren't for the Great Wilderness Heart perfectly countering its strengths and him always gaining the upper hand, he might not have been able to defeat it in a head-on confrontation.

This is all the result of favorable timing, location, and human factors.

So until he leveled up and gained more evolution points to make up for his shortcomings in speed and physical strength, he would only think it was a fluke.

Hmm...it seems like it's time to wake up Bai Lian and the others.

With them around, I don't have to keep an eye on this rat-man all the time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shu got up and walked out of the cave.

"Master, I can spare its life, but it just tried to ambush you. How about I cut off its scissors too?" The scissor puppet, as if it had somehow unlocked some strange meridian, asked Jiang Shu.