Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

The Grand Elder breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems we were overthinking it. The main camp is safe and sound."

Ken Ishikawa, however, was still uneasy.

"Send a team in to investigate first."

A ten-man squad was ordered to enter the main altar.

Half an incense stick later, the team sent someone back to report.

"Everything is normal inside. The disciples are all performing their duties, and the Fourth Elder is on duty in the front hall."

Ishikawa Ken's expression softened slightly.

He ordered most of his troops to move into the main altar, leaving only twenty people to guard the perimeter.

The group passed through the entrance one by one and entered the cave complex.

The passageway was dimly lit, and the doors to the stone chambers on both sides were tightly closed. Occasionally, disciples would hurry by, bowing their heads in greeting.

Inside the front hall, the "Fourth Elder," disguised with a thousand faces, hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully greeted them.

"Elder, Mr. Ishikawa, you're back. How did the operation go?"

The Grand Elder nodded.

"We encountered some defeated soldiers, but we've already gathered them back. Is there anything unusual at the main headquarters?"

"It's business as usual."

A thousand faces bowed their heads.

"Only the western outpost reported suspicious traces in the afternoon, but a search yielded nothing; it may have been caused by a wild animal."

Ken Ishikawa scanned the front hall, where six disciples stood in their positions, their expressions natural.

He then used his mental perception technique and found no abnormal emotional fluctuations.

"Let's go to the Holy Child Nurturing Room first."

Kenjiro Ishikawa. His primary concern was the experimental subjects.

Guided by a thousand faces, the group headed towards the bronze gate in the rear area.

The guards opened the door, and the group entered the cave.

More than thirty stone pits remain in their original locations, where children still immerse themselves.

Three disciples were recording data; they were all puppets modified by Cui Ming.

The tools on the stone platform were neatly arranged, and the record books were placed in an orderly manner.

Ken Ishikawa walked to the stone platform and opened the notebook.

The data is unchanged from yesterday, and progress is stable.

He walked to a stone pit, reached into the medicinal liquid, and sensed the fusion status of the Gu seed in the child's body.

The instant his fingers touched the liquid—

At the top of the cave, a stalactite quietly broke off and fell.

Ken Ishikawa reacted extremely quickly, withdrawing his hand and stepping back.

Stalactites crashed into the pit, splashing medicinal liquid everywhere.

"careful!"

The Grand Elder shouted.

But this is only the beginning.

Almost simultaneously, the fluorite on the four walls of the cave went out, plunging the cave into darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a rumbling tremor came from the ground, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared at the edge of the stone pit, from which black poisonous mist gushed out.

"trap!"

Ishikawa Kenji shouted, and his body shone with a bright silver light, forming a protective barrier.

The poisonous fog hissed as it touched the silver barrier, but it was unable to penetrate it.

But others weren't so lucky.

Several disciples of the Medicine Immortal Society inhaled the poisonous mist, screamed and collapsed to the ground, their skin rapidly ulcerating.

The Grand Elder waved his sleeve and released dozens of poison-repelling Gu worms. The Gu worms rushed towards the poisonous mist, but they stiffened and fell upon contact.

The poisonous fog contained Cui Ming's unique Dan Shi power.

"Quickly! Get out!"

Ken Ishikawa made a decisive decision.

The crowd retreated in panic toward the bronze gate.

However, the gate was already tightly closed, and two guards lay dead by the gate, their throats slit.

"Break down the door!"

Ken Ishikawa ordered the four Japanese soldiers who accompanied him to attack.

The four men drew their swords, their sharp blades slashing towards the door, but only leaving faint white marks.

This door had been modified and reinforced by Cui Ming from the inside out long ago.

But at this moment, the half-human puppets that had been scattered among the various teams and modified by Cui Ming began to move.

A flash of eerie blue light appeared in their eyes, and their movements suddenly became incredibly swift.

Completely ignoring his own injuries, he charged straight at the nearest disciples of the Medicine Immortal Society and the Quanxing demon.

Once the opponent is under control, the core of the earth vein stone buried inside the body will be detonated directly.

However, because Ishikawa Ken had previously scattered them among various squads, it actually made it easier for the puppets to attack.

Boom boom boom!

In an instant, countless blast waves raged within the narrow cavern, sending debris flying everywhere.

Several disciples were killed on the spot, and many others were seriously injured.

"They've been taken into custody!"

The elder roared, and several golden thread Gu flew out from his sleeve, wrapping around the half-human puppet.

But these half-human puppets neither dodged nor avoided, allowing the golden thread gu to pierce their bodies, yet they still pounced on their target.

Another explosion rang out, and two Quanxing demons were caught in the blast.

Ken Ishikawa's face turned ashen.

He realized that these people's control methods were extremely sophisticated. They not only preserved the original memories and behavioral patterns, but also stimulated potential at critical moments, even to the point of self-destruction.

This goes beyond the scope of ordinary witchcraft or illusion.

"Concentrate your firepower and clear a path!"

Ken Ishikawa gave the order.

Four Japanese soldiers, all extraordinary individuals, joined forces to form hand seals and unleash a combined attack technique.

The four blade energies converged into a spiraling gale, blasting towards the stone wall beside the bronze gate.

The stone wall cracked, revealing a gap.

The crowd rushed toward the gap.

But outside the gap was not a passageway, but a trap ditch filled with spikes.

The first few were unable to stop in time and fell into the ditch, where they were pierced by the ground spikes.

They didn't even have time to scream before their lives were taken, clearly indicating that these spikes were also highly poisonous.

The people behind managed to stop, but the pursuers were already upon them.

The half-human puppets pounced like madmen, willing to exchange injuries for injuries, and lives for lives.

Another explosion, and two deacons of the Medicine Immortal Society and a half-human puppet perished together.

Ken Ishikawa gritted his teeth, activated his Mind Mirror ability to its fullest extent, and silver light spread like a tide, enveloping the entire cave.

The half-human puppets froze in unison, their souls invaded by the silver light, causing a brief disruption to their movements.

"Now's the time, let's break out!"

The elder led the way, rushing out of the gap and using his agility to cross the trap.

The others followed closely behind.

After rushing out of the cave, the group found that the situation inside the passageway was even worse.

The stone chamber doors on both sides were wide open, and the disciples who had been diligently guarding the place had become the most deadly blades in Cui Ming's hands.

Armed with weapons, they charged out from all directions of the main altar.

Their eyes were vacant, but their movements were ruthless and precise, completely disregarding their own safety.

At the same time, traps and mechanisms buried in various places on the top, walls, and ground of the passageway were triggered one after another.

Poison arrows, throwing knives, traps, explosions... one after another.

The screams of agony were incessant.

Ishikawa Ken fought and retreated, protected by four Japanese soldiers.

Protected by a silvery aura, traps and hidden weapons could not get close, but the Mind Mirror's special ability was greatly depleted, and he already felt his soul was exhausted.

The Grand Elder was not so lucky.

He was tightly entangled by three half-human puppets. Although the Golden Thread Gu killed one of them, the other held his legs.

Although it only hindered him for a moment, it was destroyed by the Gu worms.

However, this still made things easier for the third half-human puppet. He rushed straight at the Grand Elder's face, his short blade gleaming with a dark blue light, clearly imbued with the power of the Pill Devouring Technique.

The elder roared and smashed the half-human puppet's head with a palm strike, but the short blade had already pierced his right shoulder.