Volume 4, Chapter 54 – The Sixth Ancestor Genovis

“It’s, it’s you?!”

Looking at the man suspended high in the sky, looking at that detestable face that had tortured her dozens of times, Alice’s pupils suddenly contracted, and a trace of fear instinctively surfaced within them.

That’s right, this man who had come in pursuit was none other than the Sixth Ancestor of House Solrog.

Genovis Solrog.

Along with fear, Alice’s heart was also full of confusion.

“Aren’t you dead?!”

Alice was certain that her sneak attack at the time had been quite perfect, destroying Genovis’s brain with a single strike.

And to ensure he was dead beyond any doubt, Alice had even punched through the Primordial Core hidden in his heart.

He clearly had no life signs at that time?

Why had he appeared again now?!

On the other side, Genovis smiled playfully, looking down contemptuously as he said:

“You didn’t really think such a simple attack could kill me, did you? A single body is far too fragile… So, I have many, many backup bodies. Just you? Want to kill me? Dream on~ hehehe~”

Unlike the prosthetic bodies that Moande had used, Genovis’s bodies were all cultivated one-to-one using his own cells.

Each body could exert one hundred percent of his power, equivalent to each body being the main body.

“……”

Multiple bodies?

That’s too cheating!

Alice clenched her fists, muttering with a grave expression.

“How did you find me? I should have run quite far already…”

“What a foolish question.”

Genovis, with his black and red heterochromatic long hair, smiled contemptuously.

“To prevent precious test subjects from escaping, I naturally implanted tracking devices in your body long ago. How could you possibly escape?”

“Tracking device?”

Pressing her chest, Alice’s expression changed.

“So that strange feeling… was because of this…”

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“So just obediently—”

“In your dreams!”

Before Genovis could finish speaking, Alice, having recovered some of her stamina, snorted coldly and directly burst forth with spiritual power, charging toward the distance!

Alice wouldn’t be foolish enough to wait here for other Paradise Manor reinforcements to arrive.

“Oh? Hehe…”

Faced with Alice’s behavior, Genovis smiled contemptuously, then elegantly snapped his fingers.

Want to run to the Covenant garrison for help?

How could I let you escape?

This is a rare opportunity—let me call them out to play.

“Mystic Art – Puppet Dance~”

Accompanied by gray deathly light flickering and spiritual power spreading, Genovis’s ability was fully unleashed at this moment.

Instantly, the air seemed to be torn apart, countless blood-red summoning arrays suddenly appeared on the ground, in the air, on walls, and even in the void, responding to each other like chains, flashing with heart-palpitating red light. What followed was heavy, urgent roaring sounds, as if coming from the depths of hell.

The next moment, twisted, grotesque puppets suddenly burst from the arrays—those bodies that had once been human were now forcibly modified, with exposed bones, rotting flesh, machinery and blood vessels intertwined and coexisting, their faces retaining the pain and madness from their final moments. Their eye sockets burned with ghostly green flames, and though their movements were stiff, they possessed extreme destructive power.

These corpse puppets were like beasts released from their cages, emitting nauseating roars as they swarmed toward Alice. The ground trembled endlessly under their charge, killing intent permeating the air. Faced with this tide-like assault, the entire space seemed to be swallowed by death and blood.

“What are these?! What things?!”

Alice’s expression changed drastically, her beautiful eyes full of bewilderment.

However, Alice clearly had no time to think about these questions, because these corpse puppets had already rushed to her side…

“Damn it!”

Gritting her teeth, after dodging the first corpse puppet’s slash, Alice suddenly kicked toward it! Wanting to quickly eliminate these monsters approaching her.

However, the next moment, under Alice’s surprised gaze, the corpse puppet actually directly used its blade to block her attack?!

Then it even used redirecting force to deflect her power?

?!?

What?

These puppets had combat awareness?!

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Although she subsequently added another punch to blow off the puppet’s head, its blocking skill still left Alice greatly shocked.

However, with no time to think much, several corpse puppets pounced toward Alice.

Not simply rushing forward like zombies, but directly using various powerful skills.

“Rumble!!!”

Accompanied by a wave of terrifying energy conflict, various frightening skills swallowed Alice within them.

High in the sky, taking in this scene, Genovis couldn’t help but pleasantly curl up the corners of his mouth.

“Hehe, Miss Alice, don’t underestimate my puppets~”

They’re not those mindless guys like zombies.

They’re all masterpieces I’ve painstakingly cultivated.

Existences that inherited their original masters’ power and combat experience.

Although their comprehensive combat ability certainly doesn’t match what they had when alive, they can still exert about sixty percent of their strength.

Alice, as a powerful First Celestial Augur Knight, defeating Divine Martial Realm puppets wouldn’t be a problem.

But Divine Departure Realm ones?

One or two might be possible…

But what about ten, twenty?!

Not to mention… my puppets have other characteristics as well.

“Heh, hehehe, hehehehehe!!”

Looking at the blonde woman constantly struggling below, Genovis couldn’t help but laugh maniacally with excitement.

Several minutes later, after wave after wave of confrontations with the corpse puppets, Alice was already extremely weak.

She, whose power hadn’t recovered to begin with, was moreover not carrying any weapons.

When facing this group of corpse puppets, she appeared so powerless.

“Get away!!”

After kicking away one puppet, Alice was hit in the chest by another puppet’s magic bullet and sent rolling dozens of meters.

“Cough cough cough cough.”

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Pressing her chest, Alice barely climbed up from the ground, looking unwillingly at the corpse puppets once again surrounding her nearby.

After this wave of conflict, Alice was very clear…

These puppets were all made using the corpses of dead strong fighters.

Although they had no consciousness, they could still instinctively use the deceased’s ultimate techniques.

And what was even more troublesome was…

These puppets seemed impossible to completely destroy?!

At this moment, under Alice’s grave gaze, those several corpse puppets she had previously smashed and destroyed actually reassembled once again, completing their regeneration.

Restored to exactly the same state as before being damaged.

“These puppets… can’t be killed…”

Alice tightly clenched her fists, despair quietly spreading in her heart.

Glancing behind her, after seeing dozens of corpse puppets surrounding her, Alice also knew she couldn’t possibly escape.

Since the puppets couldn’t be killed and she couldn’t escape… then she only had one choice.

The next instant, spiritual power suddenly erupted beneath Alice’s feet, directly transforming her into a pale golden meteor shooting straight up into the sky!

Charging toward Genovis high above!

Kill this guy! Then these puppets could be eliminated!

Recalling the scene of killing Genovis earlier, Alice was quite certain…

This guy’s personal combat ability wasn’t strong.

As long as she temporarily killed this body of his, she would have a chance to escape!

However, Genovis had obviously already anticipated Alice’s thoughts. The moment Alice charged up, a black figure instantly descended from above with overwhelming spiritual pressure, blocking Alice’s path.

?!!

“It’s, it’s you!!”

The moment she clearly saw the man’s face, unprecedented rage immediately overflowed from Alice’s eyes.

Because this newly appeared corpse puppet was none other than… her former comrade.

Ninth Seat of the First Celestial Augur Knights, Santaya Lu.

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After scanning Alice with hollow, soulless eyes, the black-haired man deployed a massive defensive barrier that directly sent Alice flying!

She crashed heavily into a distant crater.

At the same time, the surrounding corpse puppets directly seized the opportunity to launch a storm-like energy bombardment on Alice.

“Rumble!”

World-destroying light immediately illuminated the dead night sky.

After the energy bombardment stopped.

“Cough cough cough cough!”

While coughing up blood, Alice barely climbed out of the crater.

Although still alive, Alice’s legs had been charred and her right arm was missing, undoubtedly having lost the ability to continue fighting.

But even so, Alice still endured the pain, raising her head to glare viciously at the corpse puppet made from her comrade high in the sky, as well as Genovis behind it who served as the controller.

Seeing her comrade’s corpse being so desecrated, overwhelming killing intent went mad within Alice’s heart.

“You bastard… I will definitely… kill, kill you…”

Alice muttered weakly yet with fierce hatred.

To this, Genovis high above shook his head dismissively.

“Even you at your peak couldn’t possibly defeat my puppet theater. Let alone you now. But don’t worry, Miss Alice. After you die, I’ll make you into a puppet too. Let you be with your comrade forever.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the eight Divine Departure Realm puppets surrounding Alice all charged forward together to attack…

Feeling the killing intent continuing to approach, Alice’s eyes also held despair.

Sorry, Xingwu, Auntie… I’ve disappointed your expectations.

It looks like I can’t leave…

Alice powerlessly closed her eyes.

But just then… a familiar yet strange voice quietly drifted into Alice’s mind.

“Thank you for making such a big commotion, Aunt Alice… Next, let Little Yi help you.”

Alice: ?!!