Life Dungeon Game

boom--

The sword light collided with the fist, producing a crisp sound.

Using the force of the rebound from his attack, He Ao, like a fluttering leaf, performed a backflip and landed on the steps in front of the building.

His gaze fell on the figure that had just blocked his attack.

He was a young man with a straight posture, someone he knew, Gade.

At this moment, Gade stared at Heo somewhat stiffly, his hands covered with a thick layer of cut bone armor. The shadows from the surrounding courtyard kept pouring into his body, covering the rest of his body with the thick bone armor.

As the shadow continued to creep in, the visibility around them actually improved. Heo shifted his gaze from Gade to the person standing behind Gade.

He was an old man with a full head of silver hair, a beautiful beard, and dark silver eyes. He was leaning on a jewel-encrusted cane and dressed in a well-tailored tailcoat, as if he had just returned from a noble banquet.

He looked at the old man and asked softly in Tia, "Puppet master?"

"I heard that the Central Plains has sent a powerful C-rank expert to Ruodan; it must be you, young friend,"

The puppeteer gazed at He Ao, "I didn't expect you to be so young."

His face was warm and his tone gentle, just like an ordinary, kind elder.

boom-

Just then, a sharp crack of shattering glass rang out, and a huge black shadow crashed down from the sky, creating a dent in the thick concrete ground. It was Andrew, who had just been killed by Heo.

At this moment, the wound from which he was severed at the waist by He Ao was being covered by black, shiny skin.

The cover is stuck together.

Immediately afterwards, a figure with outstretched wings and covered in fine scales landed behind the old man.

Lyanna.

The two had lost their earlier vitality, and their movements were slightly stiff.

"It seems you had already left a contingency plan on them to turn them into puppets."

He Ao gazed at the puppeteer, gripping the bone sword, and spoke calmly.

"It's all in service of the great mysterious shadow; it's what they should do."

The puppeteer's expression remained unchanged, as if everything was perfectly normal. He stared at He Ao, while shadows continued to creep into the bodies of the three people surrounding him.

"Rose must have extended an invitation to you, young friend. With your abilities, becoming a follower of my Lord will surely bring you a brighter future."

Heo's gaze returned to Gade.

Theoretically, after he killed Rose, the out-of-control Gade should have been picked up by Moonlight.

It seems that the puppeteer's "outing" this time was to retrieve Gade's body.

Gade's state is also very similar to that of other controlled puppets.

Judging from the records left by Gade, he was looking for the help of the moonlight. Perhaps it was on his way to find the moonlight that he met the puppeteer and was turned into a puppet by the puppeteer.

He Ao also possessed a puppet crystal ball capable of controlling puppets, but he didn't know how much difference there was between the puppeteer's abilities and those of the puppet crystal ball.

The puppet crystal ball can control puppets without distance limitations. If the puppeteer's puppets also have no distance limitations, then it means that Gade, who was guarding the door, was under the puppeteer's control at the time.

This also explains why the puppeteer knew that Heo went to the Shadow Club that day.

The puppeteer should still be in contact with the World Tree, so he knows about 'Hao Yi'.

So after Rose lost control, the puppeteer gave up manipulating Gade and turned him back into a 'corpse' to avoid attracting Heo's attention and losing Gade.

Indeed, that was the case. For Heo, who owned the Verola, 'Gade' was not going to escape. The puppeteer could simply 'play dead' to preserve the integrity of Gade's body and have a chance to retrieve Gade's body from Moonlight.

However, the puppeteer's abilities are still somewhat different from those of the puppet crystal ball; the puppeteer seems to be able to control far more puppets than the puppet crystal ball.

However, the 'puppet' he controls cannot maintain the puppet's 'life' like a puppet crystal ball, allowing the puppet to exist like a living person.

After quickly reviewing the information in his mind, He Ao smiled at the puppeteer and said, "I'm sorry, I don't have any intention of becoming a monster for the time being."

"Oh?"

The puppeteer smiled slightly, "Then I'll have to borrow your body, young friend."

The two smiled at each other, and the next second, a huge figure appeared in front of He Ao.

Andrew, covered in black skin, charged over and punched Heo in the head.

He dodged to the side and swung his sword toward the wound on Andrew's waist where he had been cut.

Just then, Lyanna, who was behind the puppeteer, screamed as a mental influence invaded Heo's mind, attempting to hinder his movements.

Cloth

Gade, now fully armored, arrived in an instant and punched Heo in the back.

The puppeteer didn't hold back; he knew He Ao was very strong, so he had the three puppets attack simultaneously.

After being transformed into puppets, the three received even more support from the surrounding shadows. At this moment, shadows continued to pour into their bodies. Although their agility was not as good as when they were alive, in terms of strength alone, they had even gained a greater boost.

He took a deep breath and, inspired by Alifia, channeled all his strength into his hands.

A powerful force surged into his hands, and then he shifted his weight down, throwing a punch with his left hand directly at Andrew, who was throwing a punch at him.

At the same time, the sword light that was originally aimed at Andrew spun around and turned back towards Gade behind him, his divine sense flowing out from his fingertips and disappearing into the blade.

boom--

The two fists collided, and the intense force traveled outwards from the point where their knuckles met.

boom--

The cement floor beneath He Ao's feet made a loud noise and cracked open like a spider web in an instant.

Meanwhile, Andrew, who had exchanged punches with He Ao, was sent flying backward and crashed into a building, his arm going limp like cotton.

As Andrew flew out, the sword light from He'ao's other side also slashed past Gade's outstretched arm. The sharp light was like a sharp blade cutting into putty, easily cutting through Gade's hard bone armor, severing his arm, and slicing open his neck.

However, He Ao's actions did not stop there. He leaped up and slashed directly at the puppeteer who was not far in front of him.

The puppeteer raised his cane and dodged to the side, then watched helplessly as Heo's sword pierced through the puppet Lyanna standing behind him.

He threw Lyanna's body into the shadows, raised his bone sword horizontally, and looked at the puppeteer who had retreated to the side.

"Young friend, your power has truly broadened my horizons."

The puppeteer smiled slightly.

Three incomplete puppets crawled out again, and waves of pitch-black shadows surged out of the building, accompanied by a series of violent screams that reached He Ao's ears.

Those were the screams of the unspeakable monsters living in the shadows of the yard.

They gathered together, clustering around the three puppets.

The shadowy wind momentarily obscured He Ao's vision. He raised his sword, warily trying to detect any sounds from the pitch-black shadows around him.

The sharp cries quickly gathered together, eventually merging into a single, synchronized, massive vocalization.

The piercing sound carried a twisted mental power, attempting to invade He's consciousness.

In that instant, the surrounding shadows suddenly contracted, and He Ao saw the entire courtyard clearly for the first time, as well as the monster in front of him that was making distorted and strange noises.

It was a monster over ten meters tall, roughly humanoid in shape, with countless twisted and bizarre mouths covering its body.

A terrifying pressure emanated from the monster.

"Young friend, you have one more chance. Obey or die, the choice is yours."

The puppeteer stood atop the enormous monster's head, leaning on a cane, his legs below the knees embedded in the monster's flesh.

in.

He Ao calmly looked at the puppeteer. When he feigned an attack on the puppeteer, he was actually testing the puppeteer's strength.

The puppeteer's physical attributes are at the top of C-level, but not as good as Rose's, who suffered a backlash mutation.

The puppeteer's power lies in his ability to manipulate puppets and the twisted, shadowy forces within the building.

He Ao used his divine sense and super memory to take a look at the monster in front of him.

Countless twisted, dim shadows clung to the monster, and immense green energy surged within it. Shadows continuously poured out of the building, flowing into the monster's body and enhancing its power.

In terms of energy intensity alone, this monster is stronger than the monster that Rose transformed into that day, but weaker than the B-grade body that Genos cultivated using the Fountain of Youth in the dungeon world.

In terms of energy intensity, it has already surpassed the threshold of Grade B.

Like Rose, this monster also has dozens of energy cores densely packed on its body, and it does not have the same obvious weakness as Rose, which is the mismatch between soul and body caused by the backlash of the ritual.

This is a solid B-grade.

Even if it might be among the weakest of the B-class, it's still a B-class.

He looked at the behemoth and smiled. "I think I've already answered that question."

"I choose," he suddenly activated his super memory, leaping into the air, his body pressed against the wall, aiming straight for the puppeteer atop the giant monster's head, "Live!"

Strictly speaking, this monster does have a weakness, which is the puppeteer at the very top of the monster hierarchy who is only a C-rank puppeteer.

"Stubborn."

For the first time, an unpleasant expression appeared on the puppeteer's usually calm face.

The giant opened its mouth, and a stream of pitch-black smoke billowed out, rushing towards Heo in the air.

He Ao thrust his sword into the wall beside him, and with a sudden burst of force, changed his original direction.

A jet of black smoke billowed through the space beside him and shot into the concrete wall. In that instant, like hot iron falling into foam, the black smoke corroded a large hole in the solid concrete wall.

After its attack missed, the monster quickly turned its head, and a powerful plume of black smoke swept across the wall, heading towards the spot where He Ao had stuck his sword.

He Ao gripped the sword hilt, swung himself forward forcefully, then released his grip, letting his body fly along the top of the black smoke towards where the puppeteer was standing.

Then he reached out his hand.

Get things from the air!

The bone sword, which was stuck in the wall and about to be swallowed by black smoke, instantly appeared in his hand.

The billowing black smoke stopped at that moment, as if the time for the attack had come.

He Ao, wielding a bone sword, descended from the sky and swung it toward the puppeteer's body.

"Little tricks."