Chapter 273: Not Afraid to Die

Ah…

As the man in her arms slowly released his arm, Jiang Sui’s expression became flustered.

“Lu Yunze?”

She wanted to hold him, but she didn’t have full control of her body, and could only watch helplessly as he fell.

The knife stabbed into Lu Yunze’s body slowly pulled out as he fell backward.

The blade was already soaked in blood, and blood kept dripping, blooming little crimson flowers on the ground.

“Lu Yunze, Lu Yunze?!”

Jiang Sui’s voice was so anxious it was almost breaking.

“Are you stupid?!”

Jiang Sui clearly remembered that he had Black Scales protecting him, and an ordinary fruit knife shouldn’t have been able to hurt him at all.

But why did this guy approach her without any guard, when he himself understood that Jiang Sui couldn’t fully control her body right now and would involuntarily hurt him?

‘Is it to show me his feelings?’

Jiang Sui bit her lower lip hard. She would rather Lu Yunze stay far away from her and treat her as a jinx than see him foolishly throw his life away.

‘If you die, what am I supposed to do?’

Ring ring.

‘Hmm, what’s that sound?’

It sounded like a mobile phone was ringing.

“Of course I’m not stupid.”

“…Hmm?”

Unexpectedly, the man lying on the ground spoke again, stunning Jiang Sui.

“If I don’t get close to you, how can I comfort your current emotions?”

Lu Yunze suddenly raised his head.

“And how can I fool that enemy?”

“Ah?”

He just stood up like that. Even though the wound at his heart was still dripping blood, he acted as if he saw nothing.

“You, what’s going on with you…”

“Sorry, though I shouldn’t lie to you at a time like this.”

Lu Yunze showed a very unfamiliar smile.

“But to save you, and to buy him time to defeat that enemy, I have to do this.”

What a strange feeling, Jiang Sui blinked.

“You’re not Lu Yunze. Who are you?”

“Who I am doesn’t matter. The point is that I’m indeed on your side.” The fake Lu Yunze smiled again. “Since the bell rang, that means that kid has already found the enemy’s location. I don’t need to keep pretending anymore.”

“…”

Jiang Sui stared fixedly at the person before her.

“I’m sorry, I still can’t face you with my true appearance. But next you need to cooperate with me well. I will remove the remaining Secret Art on you.”

The fake Lu Yunze said, then walked toward her again, easily dodging the swinging fruit knife.

He raised his hand and placed it on Jiang Sui’s forehead.

Accompanied by warm light spreading through the girl’s whole body, her body was no longer stiff, but gradually relaxed.

“Who exactly are you…”

“You’re very tired too. Sleep for a while first. Once you wake up, everything will be fine.”

An irresistible drowsiness struck. Jiang Sui’s figure swayed, and her eyelids became very heavy.

“By the way, the things I said at the beginning were all what he wanted to say to you.”

Before her eyes closed completely, what she saw was the doting smile on the fake Lu Yunze’s face, as if he were taking care of his own child.

At this moment, the connection between Jiang Sui and the hostile Secret Arts Practitioner snapped with a crack.

Someone far away at the dock let out a faint scream.

Ever since Jiang Sui arrived at the dock, she had been staying on this rooftop.

With only the naked eye, it was impossible to see through layer after layer of obstruction and spot this mastermind hiding far away.

“My Secret Art, it failed?”

The Puppet Secret Technique Master looked at her broken index finger, her face full of disbelief.

Her Secret Art could not only control puppets, but also turn people into her own puppets.

However, this usage had many restrictions.

The stronger the person, the harder they were to control.

Moreover, unless she voluntarily disconnected the link with the controlled person, once it was forcibly cut by someone else, she would suffer a backlash from the Secret Art.

This time she had reacted quickly, only losing one finger. She still had nine fingers she could use.

“Who exactly is that man?”

Just as the Puppet Secret Technique Master was thinking this, a bang suddenly came from behind her, making her turn her head to look back.

Behind her, a person had appeared at some point, and it was actually Lu Yunze as well.

He dragged the Heavy Sword, the blade scraping against the ground and sparking a few embers.

Whether it was because his back was to the moonlight, the expression on his face seemed especially gloomy.

The confused expression on the Puppet Secret Technique Master’s face quickly disappeared.

She took a deep breath:

“Where did you find this helper?”

As the Bishop of the Black Star Cult in charge of Donghai City, the Puppet Secret Technique Master had long investigated the Execution Division and the Luo Family thoroughly, and understood exactly what combat forces they had that could be considered threats.

But neither the Execution Division nor the Luo Family had anyone capable of disguising themselves so perfectly.

“That’s none of your business. Anyway, you’re about to go to hell.”

From the Grand Theater to what happened tonight, the culprit behind everything was this woman before him, the Bishop of the Black Star Cult.

Hearing this, the Puppet Secret Technique Master couldn’t help but laugh.

“You?”

Lu Yunze didn’t answer, and couldn’t be bothered to. Instead, he would use actual actions to tell her whether he was qualified or not!

Lu Yunze slightly crouched, leaped to her front, and slashed down heavily.

The Puppet Secret Technique Master didn’t dodge, but raised her hand and directly caught this jumping slash.

Lu Yunze widened his eyes, but soon noticed something odd.

The shockwave from the Heavy Sword shattered the Puppet Secret Technique Master’s sleeve, and the arm revealed inside was completely different from a normal person’s.

Pale and slender, with obvious signs of assembly at the joints, it was exactly like a puppet’s arm.

In order to abandon her fragile flesh, this Bishop had remodeled her own body into a puppet.

Lu Yunze recalled what Mr. Yan Chen had said, and only now did it feel real.

The Puppet Secret Technique Master gripped the Heavy Sword tightly, formed a fist with her other hand, and punched directly at Lu Yunze.

Lu Yunze’s expression turned serious. Black flames ignited along the blade of the Heavy Sword, scaring the Puppet Secret Technique Master into letting go quickly.

Although she had reacted very quickly, the flames still devoured her palm and spread toward her arm.

The Puppet Secret Technique Master directly disconnected the joint at her elbow, then kicked the burning forearm off the roof.

“How about it? I am qualified, right?”

“Hmph, don’t be too arrogant.”

The Puppet Secret Technique Master snapped her fingers with her other hand.

Two puppets ran out from somewhere and disassembled themselves beside her, turning into a long, brand-new arm.

She only needed to pick up that new arm and attach it to the broken joint, and soon she had a brand-new arm.

Seeing this, Lu Yunze frowned, thinking that if this was the case, then this battle would indeed be very difficult.

But he would not retreat. Especially when he thought about how this person before him had hurt Jiang Sui, he absolutely would not forgive her.

So what if she was a strong enemy?

It wasn’t as if he had never encountered one.

Compared with those strange and bizarre enemies, the Puppet Secret Technique Master was still too human.

Lu Yunze began to step forward. The Puppet Secret Technique Master sneered.

“Not running away, but approaching me instead?”

“If I don’t get close, how can I beat you flat?”

“Then you might as well come even closer.”

Both of their footsteps quickened. From running to dashing, then they jumped up together and collided in midair.

In that instant, the burst shockwave even blew the building’s roof open.

What seemed like an evenly matched collision actually became one-sided after two seconds of stalemate.

The overwhelmed Lu Yunze fell toward the warehouse beside them.

He smashed through the ceiling and created a deep crater in the ground. When the dust cleared, the Puppet Secret Technique Master found that the person beneath her was gone.

Rapid footsteps sounded behind her. She turned without thinking and swung her arm at the same time.

Don’t be fooled by how slender this puppet arm was; the strength it contained was not small at all.

Otherwise, Lu Yunze wouldn’t have been overwhelmed just now.

This punch didn’t hit Lu Yunze, but smashed into the ground.

The real Lu Yunze had circled behind her and slashed at the puppeteer’s lower body, successfully cutting her lower half into two.

But the puppeteer, having lost her legs, seemed unaffected in her movements. She turned to pounce on him, forcing Lu Yunze to retreat.

After the two once again widened the distance, the Puppet Secret Technique Master summoned puppets again and assembled new legs for herself.

Seeing this, Lu Yunze licked his somewhat dry lips and charged forward again.

Time and again, he shattered the Puppet Secret Technique Master’s limbs, but each time the damage he caused was quickly filled in by her puppets.

Even if he cut off her head, this person’s body would run over in a bizarre posture to catch the head, then reattach it.

‘Does she really have no weakness?’

Lu Yunze’s strength was limited. The longer the battle dragged on, the more disadvantageous it was for him.

He couldn’t hurt her, but if she threw even a casual punch, even if Lu Yunze blocked it, he would be sent flying out of the warehouse and crash into the containers at the dock.

“Hiss, that really hurts.”

Lu Yunze looked down and found that the Black Scales on his chest had actually caved in.

A sharp laugh came from inside the warehouse. The Puppet Secret Technique Master slowly walked out, surrounded by many puppets.

By then, after several replacements, her body had become somewhat inhuman.

Her limbs were slender, and her head swayed left and right, as if the screws weren’t tightened.

“Wasting your strength. How much longer can you hold on?”

Lu Yunze stood up and stared fixedly at her.

“After I kill you, I’ll go find them. The Execution Division of Donghai City and the Luo Family will cease to exist. Only the Black Star Cult will remain.”

“…” Lu Yunze raised his sword again.

“Aren’t you afraid?”

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Lu Yunze scoffed.

Rather than fearing death, what he feared more was the people around him being killed.

When he was young, he had already lost his family. Now he would no longer let the people he cared about leave before him.

Especially since that person was Jiang Sui.

Mr. Yan Chen should have already taken her to a safe place. The only thing left was to deal with this person.

Although the odds of victory were slim, Lu Yunze did not feel afraid.

Even if the Heavy Sword couldn’t cut her down, and the Black Scales couldn’t defend against her strength, Lu Yunze would not stop.

As he stepped forward again to face the puppet army, the cracks on the Black Scales on his chest began to repair, and even the color of the scales became deeper, undergoing a change that Lu Yunze himself didn’t know about.