Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

Upon seeing her true form, the bound old woman's face instantly contorted with despair.

Cui Ming looked at the old woman and saw that her face was full of despair. His spiritual power stopped surging.

Then he explained to the crowd in the hall.

"This person belongs to a strange school of thought among the extraordinary people of the East, specializing in mental manipulation and physical disguise."

"They can divide their souls and control multiple specially treated bodies to act, while their true body remains extremely hidden."

"Last night, after our Divine Machine Alliance captured the leader of the Yin-Yang Masters, we followed the clues and learned of the existence of this extraordinary person, and were fortunate enough to find his true form."

"Otherwise, who knows how much trouble she would have stirred up at this meeting today."

Chapter 128 Cause and Effect

The hall was silent as everyone stared at the little girl's original body, which was imprisoned by the puppet, and her seven restrained avatars on the stage.

Recalling Liu Ruolin's performance of distorting the truth and trying to incite everyone's reactionary emotions, I felt a chill rise from the bottom of my heart.

The infiltration methods of these strange people from the East are unpredictable and impossible to guard against, which is truly terrifying.

The response from the Divine Machine Alliance... or rather, Cui Ming, exceeded everyone's expectations.

Not only did they see through the near-perfect disguise in a very short time, but they also captured the opponent's main body and all its clones, putting them under their complete control.

This insight and execution made many of the self-proclaimed knowledgeable elders present feel a sense of unease.

But they never dreamed that Cui Ming had a special way of finding what he wanted directly from people's minds.

Last night, after capturing the leader of the Onmyoji, Cui Ming immediately used his methods to forcibly pry open the man's brain and probe his memories.

Otherwise, they might not have been able to pinpoint the existence of Tomie, this mysterious parasite, so quickly and devise a counter-strategy to turn the tables on her.

While freely exploring all the information in the mind of that Onmyoji leader, he also provided Cui Ming with many surprises.

From the fragments of the Onmyoji leader's memories, Cui Ming learned...

Their team was only one part of the infiltration operation; in fact, it could be said that they were forced to come.

The core reason for this is actually related to the Onmyoji named Inahime from the team of supernatural beings that Cui Ming had previously eliminated in Xiangnan.

Sealed within Inahime is the primordial flame of a deity from Japanese legend, named Izanami... and only one-fifth of its original flame.

The flames of this deity contain an extremely terrifying power.

In Japan, generations of Onmyoji (yin-yang masters) sacrificed countless lives, ultimately only managing to maintain the seal by using human lives to fill the gaps.

The price to pay is that every so often, the most outstanding Onmyoji in the clan must be selected as a living sealer.

And for each person who has undergone the living seal, their life is essentially entering its final countdown.

The longest anyone persisted was only a year.

This was like a bottomless pit, constantly swallowing the burden of the family's descendants, gradually changing their mindset.

So, the higher-ups of this group of Onmyoji suddenly came up with a wicked plan.

They planned to take advantage of this act of aggression to dump this hot potato, this bomb that could explode at any moment, onto the East.

Their plan happened to overlap with a plan of the Japanese military, so they brought Inahime into it.

And these plans of the Japanese military were rotten to the core.

They planned to use the Earth Travel Technique of the Earth Wanderer lineage, so they prepared to send someone to weaken the Earth Wanderer's strength, but Cui Ming saw through their plan.

Then, they planned to complete two mission objectives simultaneously, inciting a conflict between Miao territory and the Earthly Immortals, and preparing to take control of the Earthly Immortals.

By threatening the lives of the entire clan, they forced Di Youxian to transport the sacred object stolen from Miao territory to the provincial capital of Hunan, where he then detonated it.

At the same time, Inahime forcibly broke the seal on Izanami's flames in the provincial capital, triggering a widespread and devastating disaster.

If this succeeds, it will be a win-win situation.

This would not only severely damage the power of the supernatural community in the Eastern Kingdom and disrupt its internal unity, but also undermine the morale and public spirit of the Eastern Kingdom, paving the way for their subsequent invasions.

Unfortunately, this seemingly meticulous plan encountered the variable of Cui Ming in the early stages of its execution.

Inahime and the entire Izanami squad were wiped out. The Izanami flame within her, which was considered the source of the disaster, was released in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Before it could even display its destructive power, it was completely incinerated by the special flames generated by Cui Ming using the power of Dan Shi mixed with uranium ore fragments.

In the end, only some wreckage remained.

This fragile stability was achieved only after generations of sacrifice by Japanese Onmyoji (yin-yang masters).

Less than half a year after Inahime set foot on the land of the East, she was completely defeated by Choi Myung in such a brutal manner.

This also means that the Onmyoji team, tasked with delivering bombs, was doomed to failure from the moment they set foot on the land of the East.

In Cui Ming's view, all their subsequent actions were more like a headless fly's dying struggle.

From the memories of this Onmyoji leader, Cui Ming also obtained all the information about the little girl Tomie, the parasite known as the Thousand Transformations.

First of all, Tomie is not an acquired superhuman, but a naturally gifted superhuman who has awakened to self-awareness.

Her abilities are somewhat similar to those of the legendary monster from the Eastern Kingdom—the Painted Skin.

But her abilities became even more bizarre and convenient.

After Tomie obtains the corpse, she can use her unique Qi to nurture it for a long time.

Then it can be transformed into a clone that can accept her mind and spirit.

Thanks to her innate abilities, Tomie can freely divide her mind.

At the same time, he can perfectly control multiple avatars, and his words and actions can even be indistinguishable from the original body.

Therefore, Tomie is known as the "Thousand-Faced Demoness" within the world of supernatural beings in Japan.

Tomie's mission to infiltrate the Divine Machine Alliance Conference was extremely insidious.

The military demanded that she expose part of her avatar at the conference in order to damage Cui Ming and the reputation of the Divine Machine Alliance.

The best-case scenario would be for the clone of the identity 'Liu Ruolin' to die at the hands of the Divine Machine Alliance.

Then, they launched a pre-prepared public opinion offensive.

They blamed the blood debts of the Northeast Dragon Sect and other Jianghu sects they had destroyed on the Divine Machine Alliance, thus exacerbating the internal divisions and trust crisis within the Eastern Kingdom.

This explains why 'Liu Ruolin' would engage in such seemingly foolish and provocative behavior.

His real purpose was simply to provoke Cui Ming into seeking death.

After learning all this, Cui Ming immediately came up with this plan to turn the tables on him.

Tomie and her alter ego were used as the most vivid and powerful anti-Japanese propaganda materials.

In front of many extraordinary people, the hypocritical and cruel true face of the Japanese supernatural beings was completely exposed.

Their ruthless and despicable acts of wiping out entire families to achieve their goals should be made public.

This is far more persuasive than any verbal accusation.

While digging into the mind of the Onmyoji leader, Cui Ming made another unexpected discovery.

That was the way Japanese Onmyoji summoned shikigami, which greatly interested Cui Ming.

Originally, Cui Ming did not value the combat power of these shikigami.

After all, in Cui Ming's view, most shikigami might have some strange abilities, but under the restraint of her absolute power and the power of Dan Shi, they were not very useful.

Whether it was the spirits encountered in Shonan or the shikigami such as the Mirage Tower, the Terracotta Warriors, and the Nurikabe that were slain last night, they all confirmed this point.

However, the way these Onmyoji stored and summoned shikigami caught Cui Ming's eye.

These Onmyoji do not keep their shikigami by their side at all times. Instead, they use special talismanic spells to seal the shikigami's original or projected power within specially made talismans.

When needed, one can activate it with their own Qi and incantations to quickly summon shikigami to fight.

This approach greatly reduces the burden and risks for Onmyoji, and also makes tactical combinations more flexible and varied.

This portable summoning technique instantly made Cui Ming think of many possible combinations.

Although the mechanical puppets of the Divine Machine Alliance are powerful, apart from those that are easy to use as hidden weapons and armor, there are also various heavy hidden weapons, large mechanical beasts, and so on.

However, they are difficult to carry, so most of the heavy machinery is stored in the sect's headquarters and within the Divine Machine Alliance.

But if it were possible to succeed through the summoning method of Onmyoji...

Does that mean that Cui Ming can carry an entire steel torrent with him at any time?

Fortunately, Cui Ming was still able to distinguish between what was important and what was not, otherwise he would have torn the Yin-Yang Master leader to pieces on the spot and thoroughly studied him.

Once he calmed down, Cui Ming immediately summoned Yong En, the strongest among them.

Because in his memory, Cui Ming had already obtained the location of Tomie's true form.

That was the mansion of a local wealthy merchant in Shenji Town.

According to the Onmyoji leader's memory, it happened about a week ago.

This wealthy merchant had already died tragically at the hands of the Japanese, and Tomie had created a clone of him.

Therefore, they reasonably hired many guards and servants from outside, thus bringing in a lot of equipment and supplies from the Japanese.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Japanese spies were able to quickly establish a stronghold in Shenji Town.

This demonstrates that a powerful spy can pose a tremendous threat to a country.

The wealthy merchant's home was guarded by more than a dozen highly skilled Japanese warriors.

The original servants were also driven out.

Those remaining in the wealthy merchant's mansion now are all Japanese soldiers.

So, before dawn...

Cui Ming then, along with Yong En, Ye Tu Gui, Xia, Lang, and other puppets, used a classic "catch the turtle in a jar" tactic.

The Japanese soldiers and other special forces inside didn't even have time to react before they were eliminated one by one by these elite professional assassins.

Throughout the entire process, not a single unusual sound was heard from the entire mansion.

This solidified Cui Ming's resolve to cultivate his own assassination team within his own inner circle.

After all, there are many times when not having a white glove can be quite troublesome.