Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

"Hayakawa Chihiro, the seventh chief of the Curse-Binding Society, possesses the special ability 'Soul Eye,' and is skilled in tracking and counter-tracking."

"Iwata Heavy Industries, known as 'Fudo Myoo,' has enhanced his physical body to the extreme."

"Yoshida Shuichi, a curse master, with the supernatural ability 'Word Power'. Should I continue reading?"

Hayakawa Chihiro's face darkened.

The other party knew everything.

As they had been traveling, they had indeed been under the surveillance of the Divine Machine Alliance the whole time.

"Master Cui, you have some impressive skills."

Hayakawa Chihiro relaxed a bit at this moment. Now that he had been discovered, there was no need to keep pretending, so he tentatively asked.

"We don't know where we have offended your alliance to warrant such a vicious attack?"

Cui Ming closed his folding fan and said calmly.

"What you're saying makes some sense."

“Your island nation invaded my Eastern country, committing all sorts of atrocities, including burning, killing, looting and plundering.”

“You are even spreading people along the way, preparing to establish a foothold in the East, which makes me very uncomfortable.”

"I'm a clean person, and I can't tolerate those swarming, fly-like people in my own house."

Hayakawa Chihiro was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"Master Cui, do you think you can stop us with just these puppets and gravity fields?"

Before he finished speaking, the purple mark between his eyebrows suddenly lit up.

A violent aura erupted from his body.

That was a power completely different from the Qi cultivated by otherworldly beings; it was more like some kind of primitive and violent, eerie energy.

Purple light burned around him like flames, and his body began to twist and expand.

The bones cracked and popped, the muscles grew wildly, and strange purple patterns appeared on the skin.

His face also began to change; his jaw protruded forward, his teeth became sharper, and his eyes turned into vertical pupils.

In just a few breaths, Hayakawa Chihiro had completely changed his appearance.

It was a half-human, half-demon monster, nearly ten feet tall, covered in purple scales, with its hands transformed into sharp claws and a pair of enormous bat wings growing from its back.

When he opened his mouth, wisps of purple flames emerged.

"Hayakawa!"

Iwata Heavy Industries exclaimed.

"Are you crazy?! Once you turn into a demon, there's no going back!"

Hayakawa Chihiro turned his head, stared at Iwata with his vertical pupils, and let out a hoarse laugh.

"Turning back? We can't turn back now! Even becoming a demon is better than dying here!"

"Iwata, Yoshida, you'd better transform into demons too! Otherwise, we'll all die here!"

Iwata Heavy Industries looked at his former colleague, a hint of struggle flashing in his eyes.

Transforming into a demon means completely abandoning one's human identity, means never being able to return to a normal life, and means being forever controlled by the Curse Society.

But can he survive without transforming?

He looked at Cui Ming.

The young man remained standing there, a smile on his face, as if Hayakawa's transformation into a demon was nothing more than a performance to him.

The surrounding puppets had stopped attacking and quietly formed a circle, trapping them in the center.

The gravity on my body continued to increase.

Iwata felt his bones creaking.

A sinister voice came from Yoshida Shuichi.

"Iwata, don't hesitate. Hayakawa is right, if we don't transform into demons, we'll all die."

He stretched his hands forward, and two purple lines spread out from his arms.

The same change happened to Yoshida.

His physique wasn't as exaggerated as Hayakawa's, but it was even more bizarre.

The skin becomes transparent, allowing you to see the blood vessels and bones inside the body;

His hands transformed into countless slender tentacles, each with an eye on it;

His mouth split open to his ears, revealing a dense array of sharp teeth.

Another demon is born.

Iwata Heavy Industries gritted its teeth and finally made up its mind.

He roared, and a burst of purple light erupted.

His transformation was the most direct: his body swelled to two zhang tall, his muscles expanded like rocks, his skin turned dark purple, and two curved horns grew on his forehead.

He clenched his fists and slammed them hard into the ground.

boom!

The ground cracked open, and even the gravitational field vibrated.

The besieged puppets were blasted away and shattered on the ground.

The three demons stood in a triangular formation, their six eyes fixed on Cui Ming.

"Master Cui!"

Hayakawa Chihiro's voice came from the demon's mouth, hoarse and frantic.

"You've driven us to this point, so you must pay the price! Today, let's die here!"

Looking at the three demons before him, Cui Ming showed no fear, but rather an interest.

"interesting."

"So the 'God Lord' of the Curse Binding Society is essentially this kind of thing. That purple energy is used to activate demon bloodlines?"

He recalled the scenes from Ryūjū Kōji's memories: the "gods" of the Cursed Guild would all undergo a kind of "awakening" after obtaining purple energy.

Those who successfully awaken gain greatly increased strength, but their lifespan is shortened;

Those who fail to awaken will die immediately.

So-called "awakening" is actually turning into this kind of demon.

"No wonder you are looking for a cultivation method that can withstand this energy."

Cui Ming seemed to be deep in thought.

"An ordinary physical body cannot withstand the cost of demonization, so I want to use the Reverse Life Triple to strengthen the physical body, or even directly avoid the cost after Qi transformation."

"The idea is good, but unfortunately..."

He raised his head, looked at the three demons, and smiled slightly.

"Unfortunately, you chose the wrong opponent."

Before he could finish speaking, Cui Ming made a move.

Instead of charging at the three demons, he took a step back.

With this step, the ground cracked open again, and a huge metal wolf leaped out of the earth.

It shattered into countless fragments in the air, which landed on Cui Ming and combined to form a full suit of armor.

At the same time, Cui Ming tossed his folding fan aside, and it scattered and flew around, transforming into twenty-four short swords that hung behind him.

The ground beneath his feet cracked open again, and dozens of ground golems burst forth, assembling in the air to form a giant moon that revolved around him.

Armor covers his body, a moon wheel surrounds him, and short swords hang in formation.

Cui Ming hovered in mid-air, his body surrounded by a deep blue light, like a god.

"Now......"

His voice came from his armor, carrying a metallic quality.

"Let me see how much you demons really are worth."

Hayakawa Chihiro's pupils contracted.

At that moment, he finally understood how Koji Ryūjū had died.

This opponent is indeed terrifyingly powerful.

"Let's do it!"

He roared and flapped his wings, transforming into a streak of purple light as he pounced on Cui Ming.

Iwata Heavy Industries followed closely behind, each step they took causing the earth to tremble.

Instead of charging forward, Yoshida Shuichi stood still, his countless tentacles growing wildly and wrapping around Cui Ming.

Three demons attacked simultaneously from three directions.

Cui Ming hovered in the air, neither dodging nor avoiding.

As the moon spun, twenty-four short swords whistled out, heading straight for Hayakawa Chihiro.

Hayakawa brandished his claws, unleashing a torrent of purple flames that clashed with the short sword, producing a piercing metallic clang.

The short swords were knocked away, but quickly changed direction and continued their attack.

The Fenrir armor glowed from its chest, and a beam of dark blue light shot out, heading straight for Iwata Heavy Industries.

Iwata roared and unleashed both fists, actually using his fists to block the beam of light.

The beam of light collided with the fist, bursting out with dazzling light. Iwata was knocked back several steps, leaving deep scorch marks on his fist.

As for Yoshida Shuichi's tentacles, they were all severed by the Moon Wheel before they could even get close to Cui Ming.

The tentacles tried to regenerate after being severed, but the cut ends were covered with a dark blue Dan Shi power, preventing them from doing so.