Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

A chilling, deathly power instantly eroded his body.

The colonel raised his right hand at the same time, and an almost invisible thin thread shot out from between his fingers, wrapped around the major general's neck, and tightened suddenly!

The major general's eyes widened, and his hands futilely reached for his neck.

But the fine threads that were digging into the skin and flesh gradually tightened.

He made a gurgling sound in his throat, and his face quickly turned purple.

The colonel remained expressionless, exerting force with both hands.

Click.

The thin wire severed the throat bone and blood vessels, causing blood to spurt out.

The corpse fell limply to the ground.

The Onmyoji followed closely behind, collapsing to the ground, lifeless.

From the initial outburst to the double kill, it took only two breaths.

Clean, efficient, and without any unnecessary movements.

The colonel glanced at the two corpses on the ground, then at the charred body of Koizumi Jiro on the operating table, his eyes completely unmoved.

He crouched down and quickly searched the major general and the Onmyoji, taking away any items that might identify them or carry confidential information, including the Onmyoji's cypress fan.

Then he took out a Devouring Pouch from his person and put all the items into it.

Then, he took out two Devouring Pouches and collected all the corpses of the Major General and the Onmyoji.

Yes, this colonel.

It was the puppet, Thousand Faces, who was under Cui Ming's command and infiltrated the Japanese after the Battle of the Medicine Immortal Gathering.

After being modified by Cui Ming multiple times, Qianmian not only gained a high degree of autonomous action capability.

In terms of infiltration and penetration, it combines the abilities of the Japanese imposters and Yohei Aoyama.

Leaving aside ordinary agents, even among superhumans, he is unmatched.

That night, Chimpanzee, disguised as a fellow Japanese soldier, followed Ishikawa Ken to the Japanese military camp.

Taking advantage of his position, he secretly stole Ishikawa Ken's identity when reporting information to him alone.

As for the Japanese soldier who reported the intelligence?

The official explanation given was that he had been assigned to carry out a secret mission for the Emperor.

They gradually and continuously utilized the imposter's abilities, along with Yohei Aoyama's ability to perfectly replicate the voice and appearance of his subjects.

As his identity rose higher and higher, he eventually obtained information that the Japanese were planning to target the San Yi Sect.

They even infiltrated the Japanese officers on the aircraft carrier beforehand.

That's how we were able to intercept this Japanese pilot's intelligence today!

Qianmian straightened his military uniform and instantly transformed into the appearance of a military doctor, also erasing any traces he might have left behind.

He walked to the door and listened intently for a moment.

Then, with a normal gait, he pushed open the door and walked out, his expression unchanged, into the depths of the passage, disappearing around the corner.

The next day, the aircraft carrier's high command discovered the disappearance of the rear admiral and the senior Onmyoji.

In the end, all they could find was the operating room where they finally entered together.

Inside the operating room, however, they found only the charred body of pilot Jiro Koizumi.

There were no signs of a struggle at the scene, and the door lock was intact.

The person simply vanished.

The investigation has reached a stalemate.

Ultimately, the case could only be hastily closed with the explanation that the perpetrators were either assassinated by enemy infiltrators or that internal personnel had rebelled for unknown reasons, and the information was strictly suppressed.

The top-secret information about beam anti-aircraft weapons was buried with the death of the person who knew it.

At the foot of Sanyimen Mountain.

A group of over thirty Japanese spies is quietly approaching.

The leader was a middle-aged man dressed in purple Onmyoji attire, with an arrogant expression and holding a bat-shaped fan.

Behind him were five or six attendants dressed as Onmyoji, followed by more than ten agile ninjas and seven or eight ronin with samurai swords at their waists and fierce auras.

They received instructions for subsequent cleaning.

After the air force bombing, they went up the mountain to confirm the results of the battle, wiped out the remaining resistance forces, leaving no one alive.

When the team arrived at the foot of the mountain, they found that the battlefield had been largely cleared.

But the strong smell of blood and the acrid odor of burning in the air still lingered, making people nauseous.

The leader of the Onmyoji sniffed and gave a mocking smile.

Is this a deliberate attempt to create a false impression?

He gently waved his bat-shaped fan.

"Or are you trying to scare us away with this tactic? Ridiculous."

He looked up at the faint outline of the palace deep in the mountains and forests, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Regardless of what happened up there, we have been ordered to come here, and we shall thoroughly clean it up."

He paused, then his voice turned stern:

"on!"

"Remember—leave no one alive!"

Once the order was given, the team immediately took action.

Five or six Yin-Yang Masters simultaneously formed hand seals and chanted incantations, their bodies radiating various colors of spiritual light.

The ground churned and several shikigami, resembling hyenas and entwined with withered vines, emerged.

A cold wind swirled in the air, coalescing into two or three translucent, vengeful spirits with sharp claws and teeth;

Two Onmyoji summoned enormous stone giant shikigami, who strode forward with heavy steps to clear the way.

More than ten ninjas moved swiftly, turning into streaks of black shadows, using trees and rocks as cover, and stealthily made their way up the mountain from the flanks.

The ronin let out a low growl, drew their swords, and followed closely behind the shikigami and the stone giant, advancing head-on along the mountain path.

They moved extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had rushed up the mountain path for dozens of feet.

The mountain path was lined with dense, silent trees, with only the sound of their own footsteps and the rustling of their shikigami moving about.

The Onmyoji leader followed in the middle of the group, gently waving his bat fan, looking relaxed.

In his view, after a round of bombing, even if there were still survivors on the mountain, they would have suffered heavy casualties and their morale would have collapsed.

This trip is nothing more than cleaning up the battlefield and reaping the rewards.

Chapter 231: Frustration in the Study of Firepower Advantage?

On the mountain path of Sanyi Gate, several Japanese soldiers and their shikigami led the way, advancing all the way up.

But just as the stone giant shikigami at the very front stepped onto a relatively open slope—

A sudden change has occurred!

Several craters suddenly exploded in the ground on both sides, and seven or eight black metal golems shaped like cheetahs rushed out and crashed directly into the stone giant's leg joints!

Click!Click!

The ear-piercing sound of metal tearing and rocks shattering rang out simultaneously.

The stone giant shikigami's legs were twisted and shattered by the impact, and its massive body lost its balance, crashing to its knees and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Almost simultaneously, dozens of crossbow bolts silently shot out from the treetops above, accurately targeting the swift-moving ninja shadows!

Several muffled groans were heard. The three ninjas were caught off guard and were hit in the shoulder and leg by crossbow bolts, staggering and falling to the ground.

The other ninjas hurriedly dodged or parried with their swords, halting the attack.

The ronin were filled with shock and rage, and they brandished their swords to cut down the leopard-shaped puppets that had pounced and then retreated quickly.

But the puppet was extremely fast, striking once and retreating immediately, disappearing into the shadows of the forest in the blink of an eye.

"There's an ambush!"

A ronin shouted angrily.

The Onmyoji leader's face darkened, and he abruptly stopped using his bat fan.

He looked into the depths of the forest, where all was still silent, as if the attack had been an illusion.

But the fallen stone giant, the wounded ninja, and the faint creaking of mechanisms in the air all proved that it was not an illusion.

It seems that the Sanyi Sect is not as weak and easily bullied as they imagined.

They had only advanced a short distance when they were met with a fierce attack from the puppets.

However, this group of Japanese spies was clearly different from the previously scattered Quanxing.

Faced with the leopard-shaped puppet's surprise attack and the crossbow bolts, they were initially confused, but quickly regained their composure and adjusted their tactics.

The Onmyoji leader waved his bat fan and gave a stern order.

"Shikigami advance! Ronin and ninja forces retreat! Protect the flanks and rear!"

The commands are clear and executed quickly.

The summoned hyena shikigami, vengeful spirits, and the stone giant that was slowly rising after being knocked down were all driven to the front of the group.

They ignore physical damage, are tireless, and are excellent trailblazers.

The ronin and ninja quickly shrank back, forming a tight protective circle around the five or six Onmyoji.

They no longer rushed to charge, but instead focused entirely on defense, vigilantly watching every corner in the mountains and forests where attackers might be hiding.

This adjustment immediately put the puppet forces of the Divine Machine Alliance in a difficult situation.