Chapter 275: Rebirth

That hand did not look like a human hand; the arm was long and slender, ghastly pale, with obvious seams at every joint.

When the first hand touched the shore of the Dock, the second hand, third hand, fourth hand… a full ten arms grabbed the coast, pushing the body below the sea surface up.

The monster emerging from the sea had a body pieced together from countless Puppet heads, and countless eyes without highlights stared fixedly at the two people not far away.

The head above the neck still looked somewhat human, but after being soaked in seawater, the hanging black hair almost covered the face, revealing only a pair of eyes with a dangerous look.

“Excellent, I am gradually understanding everything.”

As if sensing their puzzled gazes, the Puppeteer took the initiative to brush aside the troublesome hair, revealing the core at her chest.

Lu Yunze had pierced it through with one sword strike, but it still emitted a faint red glow, contributing meager strength to sustaining this body’s operation.

“I no longer need this.”

The Puppeteer grabbed the core at her chest, tore it off, and tossed it aside.

“The current me has completely gained a new life!”

With every step she took forward, heavy footsteps echoed in the hearts of Jiang Sui and Lu Yunze.

“What’s wrong, are you surprised by how I look now?”

The Puppeteer let out a laugh like ice rubbing against ice.

“Before, I created art alone, but now I have gained God’s approval, and He has granted me a brand-new creative form.”

The five arms on her left side rose at the same time, slender fingers pointing at them.

“You two, you are the first work after my rebirth. Rejoice.”

‘What rebirth? She’s just high as a kite, isn’t she?’

From the hollow in the Puppeteer’s chest, what flowed out was not red blood, but purple liquid.

This woman had clearly taken too much Boiling Blood, and combined with Lu Yunze’s heavy injury, the body’s fusion with Boiling Blood had produced an unexpected mutation.

“Lu… Young Master, put me down.”

“Why?” Lu Yunze was somewhat surprised.

“I can walk by myself.”

“…Really?”

“Of course.”

Jiang Sui felt that her body was full of strength. As long as Lu Yunze put her down, she could find a way to first take Lu Yunze and escape this place.

He had just fought a great battle; he could not bear a second high-intensity fight at all.

When it came to running away, Jiang Sui was a professional. As long as she caught him off guard and knocked him unconscious…

“All right then, you’d better protect your head later.”

“Huh?”

Before she could react, Lu Yunze changed his posture and lifted her up.

“What are you doing?!”

Jiang Sui panicked at once.

“Remember, run as far as you can.”

Jiang Sui’s heart skipped a beat, and she understood what he was about to do. “Then what about you?”

“You don’t need to worry about me. Don’t you know I’m famous for being hard to kill?”

“No, you can’t do this to me, Lu Yunze! Don’t you dare…”

Before Jiang Sui could finish speaking, Lu Yunze threw her high into the distance.

Pushed by the Force Accumulation Anchor, Jiang Sui flew straight out of the Dock area and fell toward the Small Forest.

Jiang Sui did as he said, protected her head, and crashed into the thicket.

Jiang Sui clutched her dizzy head, got up, and berated Lu Yunze’s brutality:

“You actually dared to throw me like a ball, Lu Yunze. Just you wait until I…”

Before she finished speaking, Jiang Sui remembered that that guy was still in danger.

If she did not hurry back, there would be no chance to take revenge on him in the future.

At the thought of this, Jiang Sui’s heart couldn’t help but clench, and she touched her wrist at the same time.

Because the situation when she left was too urgent, she had not even brought her Storage Bracelet, and none of the refined Flash Crystals were with her.

But so what?

Jiang Sui merely pressed her lips together and set off on her way.

The battle that started again did not take long to reach a conclusion.

The Puppeteer, who had gained even greater power, and Lu Yunze, whose stamina was exhausted, were far too mismatched.

After the Puppeteer’s rebirth, her recovery ability became even more terrifying, and she had lost her only weakness.

No matter where Lu Yunze attacked her, she could quickly repair it.

In contrast, although Lu Yunze had black armor that the Puppeteer found difficult to penetrate, he had just obtained this ability and could not use it freely, only covering a small part of his body.

Bang!

Lu Yunze thrust the Heavy Sword into the ground, supporting his body and consciousness.

“Do you want to surrender?”

The Puppeteer laughed.

“Although I have never tried it before, I can remodel you into a Puppet that retains consciousness. While becoming a loyal follower of the King in Black Robes, you will keep a bit of emotion and thought.”

“…”

“That way, after I catch that little girl and remodel her too, she will become something that belongs only to you.”

“You’re saying you’ll turn her into something that belongs only to me?”

The Puppeteer’s heavy steps stopped in front of him; the three-meter-tall monster was quite imposing before him.

Slender fingers pinched Lu Yunze’s cheek. The touch was hard and cold, with no softness of flesh at all.

“Of course. Don’t underestimate my craftsmanship.” The Puppeteer grinned.

Lu Yunze lowered his head and let out a heavy sigh.

“What do you think? It’s a good deal, isn’t it…”

Before she could finish, Lu Yunze suddenly jumped up and slammed a headbutt into the Puppeteer’s face.

Crack!

The retreating Puppeteer’s cheek shattered directly, and the motion of her glaring eyes made the fragments on her face fall off and drop to the ground.

“You…!”

“What are you dreaming of?” Lu Yunze looked at her appearance and couldn’t help laughing. “I don’t want to become your thing, and Jiang Sui wouldn’t want to become my thing either.”

This kind of thing had never been a benefit to them.

“Then I’ll kill you now, turn you into a Puppet, and go find them, letting you personally kill every person you value.”

‘How vicious.’

The bad thing was that Lu Yunze now had no strength to resist.

He could only imagine the Puppeteer’s plan failing, either the remodeling failing, or when she brought him, turned into a Puppet, to find the Luo Family, one of them would eliminate her before she could do evil.

As for Jiang Sui, he was very sorry for lying to her.

“I still wanted to go back with you.”

Lu Yunze closed his eyes.

“No matter how many times I rehearsed with Mr. Yan Chen, I wanted to say those words to you in person.”

The Puppeteer’s face recovered again, and she stepped toward him.

Just then, the Puppeteer suddenly noticed thick Black Mist rising around her, and the whole world became pitch-black; nothing could be seen clearly.

‘How long can this trap her?’

Jiang Sui herself did not know either. After shrouding her with Black Mist, she came to Lu Yunze’s side.

“Young Master, Young Master?”

Jiang Sui called twice before realizing that this guy was still standing, yet had already fainted.

“A man’s knees are precious, huh? You really are good at showing off.”

Just as Jiang Sui lifted him onto her back, she heard a strange noise.

A Puppet wearing no clothes at all, like a child who had just learned to walk, stumbled up in front of her.

The Puppet stopped, raised its hand, and pointed its finger at Jiang Sui, as if silently declaring: Found you!

The next second, the Cat Tail generated by Jiang Sui’s Beast Transformation sense trembled violently, catching a rapid vibration in the air.

Something was rapidly rushing toward her!

Jiang Sui quickly ducked and dodged the white afterimage that flew past with a swoosh.

Looking up, it was actually the Puppeteer’s arm.

‘This thing can extend and retract freely?’

“Don’t think small tricks can deal with me.”

The Puppeteer’s voice rang out.

“I have plenty of things that can replace my eyes!”

The heads on the Puppeteer’s body fell off. After rolling twice on the ground, they grew bodies and limbs and ran in all directions.

The Puppets’ senses were the Puppeteer’s senses. She believed Jiang Sui definitely could not run far.

But it was very strange. After finding Jiang Sui the first time, no matter how many Puppets she released afterward, she could no longer discover Jiang Sui’s traces.

“Where is she?”

‘Found her!’

‘Why is there only one person? This is… this is not Jiang Sui, this is Lu Yunze!’

‘The person lying on the ground, and a man at that!’

Focusing only on the distance meant neglecting what was near.

Jiang Sui’s form arrived behind the Puppeteer as Black Mist and raised the Scythe.

But the next second, two of the Puppeteer’s arms suddenly moved on their own, directly grabbing Jiang Sui and pushing her away.

With a bang, Jiang Sui’s back hit a Container, and various parts of her body were tightly gripped by the Puppeteer’s extended arms.

“Since my body is a Puppet to begin with, they will protect their master on their own without me controlling them.”

The Puppeteer’s body twisted, facing Jiang Sui.

Those terrifying eyes stared fixedly at Jiang Sui.

Jiang Sui tried to break free from the restraint, but she could not move at all.

Her mouth was even gagged, so she could not speak.

“I’ve decided. I will remodel you first, then make that boy watch you while he undergoes my remodeling. Then I’ll take you both to kill the remaining lackeys of the Luo Family here.”

‘Is that so? I quite agree with the last part. But can’t we skip the earlier steps?’

Jiang Sui’s brows were tightly furrowed. She looked at Lu Yunze in the distance and sighed slightly.

She still had one last method she had not used: that Ancient Book.

Jiang Sui had once recklessly tried to tear out a page from the Ancient Book, but just as she tore a corner, the power that erupted directly blasted her away.

Fortunately, she had not been in her Bedroom at the time, otherwise the entire room would have been thrown into chaos by the power erupting from the Ancient Book.

Once the Puppeteer got close, Jiang Sui would try to use this method to severely injure her.

Although there was a risk of mutual destruction, Jiang Sui did not think it was much of a loss.

At least with this way of dying, Lu Yunze would truly remember her for a lifetime.

‘In the end, the victor will still be me.’

‘All right, come quickly. I’m going to make my move.’

Just as Jiang Sui’s eyes became sharp, a cold gleam flashed before her, and then all of the Puppeteer’s arms shattered in that instant.

Jiang Sui fell to the ground, still a bit dazed.

The Puppeteer retreated repeatedly, also very dazed.

“What happened to you guys? I was gone for only a moment, and you ended up like this?”

Jiang Sui heard the Black Cat’s voice, but what appeared before her was not a cat, but a woman wearing a long black dress.