Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

The snake-woman in mid-air suddenly shuddered, as if she had been struck head-on by an invisible giant hammer!

Her maniacal laughter froze instantly, transforming into utter astonishment and pain, and she flew backward at an even greater speed than when she had leaped.

A gaping hole the size of a bowl was clearly visible in her chest, and wisps of eerie blue energy swirled around her body, constantly eroding her flesh and meridians.

The God of War leaps, the God of War sleeps.

She flew in a bright red arc like a tattered sack, crashing heavily onto the edge of the battlefield where Gao Gen and the puppets were fighting. She twitched a few times and then fell silent.

This sudden turn of events left all the survivors stunned.

The ease on Lan Wanhuo and Ma Gengfu's faces froze instantly, replaced by utter horror.

They didn't even see where the attack came from before the Snake Woman was...gone?

However, the deadly Grim Reaper did not give them much time to think.

boom!boom!

Two more heart-stopping sounds followed.

Lan Wanhuo felt an irresistible force slam into his abdomen, and his protective qi was torn apart like paper.

He was thrown backward uncontrollably and crashed hard into a large tree behind him that was as thick as three people could hug.

With a cracking sound, the tree trunk shook violently, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with pieces of his internal organs, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The watchman next to him fared even worse. He tried to block with the gong in his hand, but the eerie blue light pierced through the gong and shattered his shoulder.

Like Lan Wanhuo, Ma Gengfu was slammed into another large tree by the enormous impact, and the bone club in his hand flew out of his grasp. He was already barely breathing.

But before the two could even recover from this terrifying blow—

boom!boom!

Two more familiar yet terrifying voices rang out.

The pursuing streak of light hit its target precisely once again!

This time, having lost most of their ability to resist, the two, along with the tree they were leaning against, were torn apart by the violent force!

The thick tree trunk snapped in the middle and collapsed with a crash.

Lan Wanhuo and Ma Gengfu's bodies were severed in two, their limbs and wood chips mixed together, their deaths were extremely gruesome.

From the moment the mad snake woman leaped up to the moment these three elites, who were considered skilled even within the Quanxing sect, died, the entire process took only two or three breaths!

The moment the eccentric snake woman was knocked away, Gao Gen was already on high alert.

His single eye was as sharp as an eagle's. After sending the substitute puppet flying with a single palm strike, he had been trying to pinpoint the source of the attack.

In his perception, there was only a faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation of Qi in the distance, and a dark blue streak of light that moved so fast it seemed to exceed the limits of visual perception.

Too fast! And too far!

Yet its destructive power is terrifyingly high!

This is not the method of an ordinary superhuman!

Just as Gao Gen was shaken by the sudden deaths of his three subordinates and instinctively wanted to retreat...

Bang! ×3

Three shots were fired simultaneously.

Three streaks of dark blue light ignored Gao Gen's surging protective qi and struck his chest precisely.

Gao Gen felt an unparalleled force coming at him, and his whole body was as if he had been hit by a battering ram. His feet left the ground and he was thrown backward uncontrollably!

His vision spun around him, and he was thrown high into the air by this tremendous force.

Gao Gen was still dazed as he fell from a great height.

A strange, highly corrosive type of true qi was rampaging through his body, like countless tiny poisonous insects, frantically destroying the foundation he had cultivated for many years.

He desperately urged his own true qi to resist the erosion of the foreign true qi.

But he discovered that not only his true qi, but also his strength was rapidly depleting, and his meridians were burning with intense pain, making it impossible for him to put up any resistance.

Is it over...?

The thought involuntarily surfaced in Gao Gen's mind.

At that moment, he inexplicably thought of the explanation his master had given him when they talked about Quanxing years ago.

“Master, you always taught us that we should use our skills to punish evil and promote good. I wholeheartedly agree, but... there isn't a single one in the Quanxing Sect…”

Young Gao Gen was asking his master why he was so ruthless in exterminating the Quanxing sect.

"Stop! I know what you're trying to say."

Master Gao waved his hand to stop Gao Gen from saying what he was about to say.

"Yes! There may not be any truly good people in the Quanxing sect, but there are definitely acts of kindness. Among them are many great acts of kindness that help the world."

"Doesn't doing good deeds make someone a good person? Then why do we have to define them all as..."

As soon as Gao Gen said this, he noticed that his master had his head down.

His face was covered in shadow as he spoke in a low voice.

"No, it's not that we defined them as anything, it's that they defined themselves."

After saying that, Gao Gen's master took out an account book from his pocket and threw it to him.

"Your master here likes to keep accounts. This ledger doesn't contain detailed records, but it basically records the major incidents committed by Quanxing in recent years."

Gao Gen took the ledger, and after turning to the first page, his face darkened.

He suppressed his anger and silently turned the pages one by one.

The veins on Gao Gen's face bulged, his hand holding the ledger trembled uncontrollably, and his expression became increasingly terrifying.

The contents of the ledger were bloodstained and filled with hatred.

The entire ledger records all the blood debts committed by Quanxing.

Not only the Yi Qi Sect, but also all the sects in the martial arts world, whether they are well-known or not, whether they are still around or have been wiped out... are all in this small ledger.

Chapter 56 A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity

Until the very last page was turned, the initial rage gradually gave way to numbness…

After calming down, Gao Gen solemnly returned the account book to his master.

He then told his master about his ideals and the ultimate goal he wanted to achieve in this life.

Master Gao glanced at him, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but simply grunted twice.

"Then you're better than me. I like you because you're stubborn and have a tenacity that others don't have!"

However, he changed the subject, sighed, and said something pointed.

"But people who plan to live like that will probably have a hard life."

Gao Gen just stubbornly refused to back down.

"I only want to do the right thing. I may not be able to do it now, but I hope to be able to do it in the future, to be meticulous and discerning in every detail."

...

"Haha...hahaha..."

As Gao Gen plummeted out of control, he chuckled softly, a laugh tinged with endless self-mockery and bitterness.

That's spot on, Master.

The path he chose, he indeed chose, and he went straight down a dead end.

Over the years, he betrayed his sect and went deep into the filthy mire of Quanxing, measuring good and evil by his own standards, and killing many people who deserved to die.

He believed that he was putting his inner Tao into practice, and that only by delving into the whole nature of humanity could he see more clearly and kill more accurately.

But looking back now, hasn't he himself been tainted by this quagmire long ago?

In order to infiltrate their ranks, did he turn a blind eye to certain atrocities? In order to gain their trust, did he indirectly cause the deaths or injuries of innocent people?

In his pursuit of villains like Night Slayer, will he also implicate this ordinary caravan?

'Unfortunately... we still didn't kill enough...'

This was Gao Gen's last thought before he was plunged into boundless darkness.

If there truly is an afterlife, and if the world remains the same, perhaps... he will still walk the same path...

boom!

Gao Gen's body finally landed from the air, crashing heavily to the ground and raising a cloud of dust.

On a distant mountaintop, Cui Ming slowly withdrew the radiant true qi emanating from his body.

The eight slender gun barrels gradually cooled down, losing their supply of true qi, and the runes' light dimmed.

Cui Ming quickly confirmed the situation at the scene through the vision of Night Slayer and the substitute puppet.

First, the first to be hit by the Dan Shi bullet was the mad snake woman.

Breathing stopped, heart stopped beating, death confirmed.

The fatal wound was a penetrating wound caused by the Dan Shi bullet, but in reality, the Dan Shi bullet had already entered her body when it hit her.

The so-called penetrating wound is actually the propulsive force generated when the highly compressed radiation Qi bursts out, further accelerated by the spiral pattern of the long gun barrel and enhanced by the runes.

With this series of enhancements, unparalleled acceleration was achieved.

Therefore, when hit by Cui Ming's Dan Shi bullet, there will be two magical instances of damage.

The first part describes how, upon hitting a target, the Dan Shi bullet immediately merges into the target's body, damaging the target's meridians and severing the target's vital energy flow.

The second part describes the impact resulting from a series of accelerations. With so many enhancements, hitting the target is practically a matter of luck.

Just then, the mad snake woman leaped into the air and was hit by Cui Ming's spear.

In addition, her physical strength was slightly weaker, so she was directly pierced through, and the huge impact sent her to the edge of the battlefield.

Although it looked like he had suffered a lot, he actually passed away peacefully.