Tianjin, starting with unorthodox methods to achieve immortality

The Soul-Sealing Woman didn't even look at the soldiers directly.

All her attention was focused on manipulating the remaining Yin energy, trying to reconnect the broken array nodes, while also keeping an eye on the battle between Butcher Liu and Wu Tong.

As long as the butcher can deal with the knife-wielding kid quickly, the situation is still under control.

As for that little beast playing with paper figures at the door, she glanced at the vague figure outside the door, her resentment deepening. Once she dealt with this one, he would be next!

Outside, Chen Mo pressed himself against the wall next to the door frame, only revealing half of his face as he observed the battle inside.

A paper puppet of a swordsman stands nearby, keeping watch over the surroundings.

"I can't hold on much longer... That butcher is too strong, we're not even in the same league." He frowned as he pondered, sensing that the situation was not good.

Although Wu Tong's knife skills were exquisite, narrowly missing Butcher Liu's vital points several times, the opponent had thick skin and flesh, and his greasy leather apron seemed strange, providing amazing defense, making it difficult for Wu Tong's attacks to cause fatal wounds.

On the other hand, Wu Tong himself was shaken so badly by each of Butcher Liu's heavy blows that his blood and qi surged, his arms trembled, and his wounds kept opening and bleeding. His movements had slowed down significantly.

"That old hag is still up to her old tricks... We can't let her reconnect the formation."

Chen Mo's gaze swept over the Soul-Sealing Granny's left hand, which was forming hand seals, and the faintly glowing traces of runes on the ground.

With a slight thought, the paper puppets of swords and weapons that had been hidden in the shadows since entering the room suddenly moved.

It suddenly darted out from behind a pile of tattered dyed cloth and rushed straight at the Soul-Sealing Granny who was trying to reconnect the array!

The paper puppet silently stabbed the left wrist of the soul-sewing old woman holding the banner with the broken paper knife in her hand!

This sneak attack was extremely cunning; an ordinary person would never have been able to dodge it.

However, the fact that the Soul-Sealing Woman was able to make a name for herself in the lowest of the low demonstrates that her vigilance and experience were by no means ordinary.

Although the paper puppet's actions were as concealed as possible, she still sensed its unique fluctuation of yin energy when it entered a three-foot radius around her!

"Hmph! You little beast, you dare to come again?!" A fierce glint flashed in her eyes. She hastily interrupted the half-finished incantation, and with a flick of her left wrist, she dodged the paper knife's straight thrust by less than a few centimeters.

At the same time, the withered, chicken-claw-like five fingers bent like hooks, carrying a foul stench, and grabbed at the paper puppet's knife-wielding arm in the opposite direction!

A faint black light flowed from his fingertips; if he were to grasp it firmly, the already damaged paper puppet would likely be torn to shreds immediately.

However, Chen Mo's sneak attack was not intended to harm the enemy.

All he wanted was to interrupt the other party's spellcasting.

Just as the Soul-Sealing Granny was distracted by the paper puppet's sneak attack, the runes that had just lit up beneath her feet suddenly dimmed, and the connection was severed.

The barrier of yin energy in front of her, which she used to block bullets, also wavered due to her distracted mind, and became much thinner.

"Pfft!" The Soul-Sealing Granny's fingers grabbed the paper puppet's arm, paper scraps flew everywhere, and the paper puppet's arm broke off with a sound.

But under Chen Mo's control, the paper body, using the force of the grab, surged forward and slammed its broken body into the waist and abdomen of the Soul-Sealing Granny!

The impact wasn't powerful, but it carried a chilling force, causing the already seriously injured Granny Fenghun to groan and stagger backward half a step, her breathing becoming even more disordered.

"You little bastard!!"

The Soul-Sealing Granny steadied herself, looked at the tattered paper puppet standing in front of her, trembled with rage, and her eyes were filled with resentment that almost overflowed.

She desperately wanted to rush out and tear Chen Mo to pieces, but at that moment, Butcher Liu and Wu Tong were locked in a fierce battle inside the house. Liu was not in good condition and was also blocked by this troublesome paper puppet, so she could not act immediately.

Outside, Chen Mo saw that the Soul-Sealing Granny's array had been interrupted, and he felt somewhat relieved.

Then his gaze fell on the slightly pulsating dark red tumor on the stone platform.

Although he didn't know what that thing was, it felt more dangerous to him than the injured old woman and the butcher combined!

Just sensing it from afar made Chen Mo feel uneasy.

The surrounding malevolent energy almost entirely centered around this tumor.

"We can't let it continue to exist!" A strong thought arose in Chen Mo's mind.

The reason why the Soul-Sealing Granny is so concerned about this stronghold, and even tries to reconnect the array at this time, is very likely to protect this strange tumor!

Destroying what seems so important to them might have unexpected benefits.

With that in mind, Chen Mo no longer hesitated and summoned a useful paper puppet with swords and weapons.

Instead of letting it rush in directly from the front, he maneuvered it to stay close to the shadow of the wall and circle around to a crack in the wall on the side of the main house that had been blasted by a grenade.

The paper puppet, like a thin sheet of paper, silently slid into the crack and blended into the deeper shadows of the room. Using the dim light inside to conceal its form, it slowly moved towards the altar.

When we were five or six steps away from the stone platform, we could see the details of the tumor more clearly. Its surface was covered with rough and twisted black sutures. With each pulsation, the sutures cracked slightly, revealing the dark red and purplish flesh underneath.

The paper puppet crouched low in the shadows, channeling all its Yin energy into its right arm, which held the knife. The paper blade gleamed with a barely perceptible purple light in the dim light.

It's now!

Taking advantage of the moment when the soul-sewing granny's attention was slightly diverted, the light and shadow in the room flickered briefly due to the oil lamp's swaying!

The paper puppet moved!

It burst forth from the shadows, its speed instantly reaching its limit, transforming into a blurry gray shadow as it hurtled straight toward the altar!

The paper knife in his hand, imbued with all his strength and carrying a pure, sharp aura, cleaved through the barrier of yin energy and then fiercely stabbed towards the core of the throbbing tumor in the center of the stone trough!

"What is that?!" The Soul-Sealing Granny's paper puppet sensed something the moment it sprang up, and turned around in shock and anger!

She saw the gray shadow rushing towards the divine child, and the purple light piercing towards the core of the tumor!

"No—! Stop!!!"

She let out a terrified scream, completely disregarding her own injuries, and lunged at the altar like a madwoman. Her left hand, with its five fingers surging with black light, reached out to grab the paper puppet from afar!

However, everything happened in the blink of an eye!

"Pfft—!"

A sound, as if piercing a sac full of thick, purulent pus, rang out!

The paper puppet's blade pierced deeply into the tumor!

It went straight down to the handle!

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

"Gurgle... Rumble... Roar—!!!"

A piercing scream, impossible for a human to utter, suddenly erupted from inside the tumor!

The sound was so sharp it almost pierced eardrums, carrying a strong mental pollution that caused everyone in the room to experience severe headaches and blurred vision!

The sarcoma that was stabbed swelled several times its original size instantly, and then contracted rapidly!

All the black stitching on the surface snapped instantly!

The dark red tumor writhed violently, as if countless things were struggling to break free inside!

A thick liquid emitting a strong stench gushed out from the cracked blade, splashing everywhere and making a hissing, corrosive sound as it landed on the stone platform and the ground!

A sinister and violent aura, far greater than when the Soul-Sealing Granny's array was activated, erupted from the ruptured tumor like an out-of-control volcano!

The temperature in the entire main room plummeted, and the flame of the oil lamp flickered wildly, almost going out.

The dark red runes on the ground uncontrollably lit up with a blinding blood light, and then shattered one after another!

The Soul-Sealing Granny, halfway through her attack, sensed the terrifying aura erupting from him. Instead of joy, her face was filled with despair: "No! No! It's not time yet! The Divine Child… the Divine Child has awakened prematurely! He's out of control!!"

Even Butcher Liu, who was engaged in fierce fighting, and Wu Tong, who was struggling to hold on, were affected by this sudden change. Their movements slowed down involuntarily, and they looked towards the altar with surprise and uncertainty.