My wife is the stand-in.

The Taotie, struck by the cursed magic, froze for a moment, feeling weak.

Although the feeling of weakness was only momentary, it still caused him to misjudge the way he was trying to bite Amanosaki who had intruded into his territory.

A piece of Amanosaki's crystal armor on his back was bitten off, and then it quickly regenerated and covered it again.

Synchronization, Begin

The magical runes on Amanosaki's hands spread across the Spear of Longchinus, causing the entire spear to tremble and vibrate as if it were alive, yearning to pierce something.

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Amanosaki stomped his foot, twisted his waist powerfully, and mobilized all the muscles in his body, channeling a monstrous force—enough to stop a high-speed truck—into his spear.

For the first time, a hint of surprise and doubt appeared in Taotie's eyes as it faced Amanosaki standing in front of it.

That's too fast! Even faster than our previous encounters!

This guy's gotten even more skilled!

In a split second, the Spear of Longchinus burst through the air, piercing the air with a piercing sound, and plunged fiercely toward the throat of the Taotie!

"Fantastic! Fantastic! This is superb material! Bona! Wear it to the Chinese government! I'm going to edit this video into a short film and release it online for publicity!"

Spielberg trembled with excitement, as if he were in the throes of an orgasm.

Chapter 189: Wife! The team is in danger, return immediately!

Amanosaki raised his spear, like Runtu stabbing a badger under the moon, his sword-like eyebrows raised, exuding a chilling aura.

Seeing this, Taotie dared not resist. Before being released by its master, it had been solemnly reminded to avoid being hit by the divine weapon in Amanosaki's hand.

"That gun has a strange characteristic; the more unnatural the spirit and flesh are, the greater the damage. Your superpower was taken from humans, so being stabbed by it will be very troublesome."

In its memory, its master sat by a lake with lush vegetation, drinking and exchanging toasts with several human females who exuded "courtship" pheromones, and said this to itself.

So the Taotie mustered all its strength and suddenly shrank back!

"Damn! This beast has some wild ideas!"

Amanosaki watched as the cunning Taotie, resembling a harpy, opened its mouth and swallowed the foundation beneath him, gnawing its way through, carving a path for survival between Amanosaki's legs.

However, it wasn't entirely fruitless.

At least Amanosaki stomped on Taotie's head, severely humiliating it, while his left crystal claw left a wound on Taotie's back, from the right shoulder to the back.

Although the wound wasn't deep, it confirmed that the crystal claw, possessing the [Devour] magic property, was capable of breaking through its physical defenses.

The two sides switched positions and resumed their standoff.

Both sides are now hesitant to act rashly.

The Taotie's bite could undoubtedly ignore Amanosaki's crystal armor, since it directly affected space, making his close-combat defenses seem like a joke.

However, although Amanosaki did not understand why the other party was so wary of his weapon, the Spear of Longchinus in his hand was clearly the other party's main focus.

Taotie let out a low roar, and the Heavenly Fox Taoist in the shadows trembled as he controlled a soldier to step out. Before Amanosaki could stop him, Taotie made a grasping motion.

The soldier, who had been frozen in shock, had his ankles and above erased by an invisible force, leaving only a pair of blood-splattered feet and military boots.

The constant chewing of the gluttonous beast stretched its muscles and bones, causing the wounds on its back to heal rapidly.

"Healing itself through 'eating'..." Amanosaki was seething with anger. He ignored the remains of the soldiers and gritted his teeth as he continued to record the other's data in his mind.

Tricky, extremely tricky.

Amanosaki's plan to use the Spear of Longchinus to suppress the opponent, the Crystal Claw to devour the opponent's life force, and wear them down with endurance was ruined by Taotie's actions.

With our current resources, there's no guarantee we can kill the opponent alive. Trading blows is clearly not the way to go, so we'll have to resort to underhanded tactics.

Amanosaki had another idea in mind.

"You... are great, good enough to be the master's... ingredient."

The Taotie spoke human language in a bizarre tone.

"Me?" Amanosaki laughed angrily. "If you want to eat me, your master will probably die from overeating."

Before he finished speaking, Amanosaki plunged the Spear of Longchinus into the foundation, tensed all his muscles, twisted the tip of the spear to lock onto the steel bars in the concrete, and then pulled it upwards!

The steel bars, wrapped in concrete of all sizes, rolled over like a blanket, and Amanosaki pressed close to the surging waves of concrete, closing in on Taotie!

Taotie, on the other hand, changed its tactics. It pulled out a piece of yellow paper covered with runes from somewhere, the characters of which were not familiar to Amanosaki.

The Taotie spat out a mouthful of blood from its tongue, and the yellow paper, soaked in the blood, automatically jumped up and folded into the shape of a paper figure, which the Taotie swallowed in one gulp.

Immediately, the Taotie, which was originally clumsy and could only use its superpowers by grasping and biting, became agile!

Instead of retreating, it charged forward, rushing towards the rolling waves of concrete. With a single horizontal swipe, it opened its mouth and bit down, creating a gap that revealed Amanosaki behind it. Only then did it extend its other hand, adopting the starting stance of a tiger fist, attempting to subdue Amanosaki with a combination of blows and bites!

"Me!"

Amanosaki cursed loudly, his whole body trembled, and his crystal armor immediately disintegrated, shooting out like a torrential rain, forcing the Taotie to stop, and he used the recoil from disintegration to dodge.

After he landed, the crystal armor reappeared and covered his entire body.

"damn it."

Watching the Taotie, which had suddenly become dozens of times more agile and assumed a martial arts stance, Amanosaki's expression was so solemn it was almost dripping with water.

In "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", Hirohiko Araki once had a character describe "Bombardment Space" as something like "just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle". However, because the user, Okuyasu Nijimura, had an extremely low IQ, he was affectionately called "Big Smarty" by the audience. Therefore, despite the absurdity of the ability of "Bombardment Space", it could not be fully utilized.

The Taotie of today is as if Nijimura Okuyasu suddenly had the mind of a martial arts master. When they fight, they no longer simply grab and bite, but start to play with rules and techniques.

It's understandable that Amanosaki found it difficult to make a move.

After all, the initiative to activate superpowers is in the hands of others. Once you step into the domain, it is up to Taotie to decide when to use superpowers.

Amanosaki had to get close to kill his opponent, but now that Taotie had suddenly become enlightened, he could play tricks. He could swing his hands and decide when to use his superpowers and when to use deception. Amanosaki could even predict how Taotie would dodge his next move!

Amanosaki, however, dared not gamble on what his opponent's next move would be.

In addition, the enemy can heal itself by eating excessively, and there are dozens of soldiers in the camp controlled by the Heavenly Fox Taoist, who can be used as food at any time.

That means Taotie has more than a dozen more money to buy a living creature than Amanosaki.

"Aren't you coming?" Taotie tilted its head, licking its menacing teeth with its tongue, its pupils gleaming with excitement. "Then, I'm coming."

"Don't come any closer!" Amanosaki roared, moving in sync with the Taotie.

A strange creature and a man ran aimlessly around the military camp. Amanosaki dodged and weaved with all his might. The Taotie pressed closer and closer, just as Amanosaki had feared.

He kept hiding, but the objects around him were dug away one by one, and he was constantly in danger.

After throwing a punch, Taotie always uses the swinging of its body to reduce the gap between punches. Sometimes it will also use the turning and rotating motion to make its palms draw a curve, swallowing a large space into its belly.

This is the third time that Amanosaki has escaped by disintegrating his crystal armor.

He was completely convinced.

'This guy's current level has far surpassed that of a branch headquarters!'

"Of all the branch-level individuals I've encountered so far, only Amber Lord could use his all-around hot-melt amber to subdue the Gluttonous Beast before it could even make a move!"

'But I'm just a low-level gangster. How can Liu Nu, who relies on trickery to kill, possibly stand against such a monster?'

'The Eastern Leaf Knight said he would help, but the battle has lasted for over ten minutes and he hasn't shown up yet; he must be watching from the sidelines…'

Just as Amanosaki's mind was racing, Taotie grabbed the watchtower beside him, bit off a piece, and spat it out!

'Can you still throw up?!'

Amanosaki dodged, his movement restricted by the shattered parts, while Taotie swung around the watchtower a few times to gather strength before swinging over!

Close!

"You are already dead."

The Taotie opened its mouth and stretched out its hands to block all of Amanosaki's routes.

"die!--"

It bit off Amanosaki's upper body from a distance and crunched away. Amanosaki's lower body simply fell to the ground and stopped moving without struggling.

'That's all there is to it,' it thought, and turned to leave.

The chewing sound was loud, like eating something crunchy, but it was juicy yet didn't taste like meat.

"The texture is wrong."

Taotie's eyes narrowed, and it opened its domain to look around.

"Tianhu! Tianhu! Come out here!"

It growled, spewing brown crumbs from its mouth.

Taotie looked closely and saw that it was broken wood.

"Oh my, the lamb can even eat wood so happily. Its owner must be really strict."

A gentle female voice, tinged with anger, rang out in the military camp.

With a wave of its hand, the Taotie devoured the roof of the military camp, revealing its true form.

A tall, elegant woman wearing a white and purple hoodie was holding a bewildered Amanosaki, her eyes bulging with veins, and looking at Taotie with a mocking expression.

Hinata Hyuga, a member of the Hyuga main family and a Chunin.

Upon discovering the gluttonous beast's incredulous expression at seeing Amanosaki still alive, Hinata "thoughtfully" explained:

"This is the 'Substitution Technique'. It's a very basic ninjutsu, the kind that anyone can do."

Chapter 190: Husband and Wife United in Heart

Hinata Hyuga put Amanosaki down, tossed her long hair back, and let it sway in the wind, showing off her dashing and heroic figure.

Taotie felt a pang of panic.

It watched as those wooden soldiers fell one after another, unable to hold on and fainting, and its connection with the Heavenly Fox Taoist was also severed.

Hidden in the darkness, the Heavenly Fox Taoist was now hanging by a rope with a noose around his neck. His face was pale, and he was foaming at the mouth. He was already dead.

"I forgot to tell you, ninjas are very good at stealth and capturing people. Your friend was tied up by me a minute ago."