Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

Cui Ming handed two of them to Xu Xin and Dong Chang, who were still in a daze.

"All external sentry posts and patrols have been cleared out."

"There are many people in the village, so I'd like you to help me test the effectiveness of this newly modified assassination crossbow and the various types of crossbow bolts."

Cui Ming's tone was calm, as if he were merely inviting his companions to conduct a routine test firing.

Xu Xin and Dong Chang took the crossbow. It was heavy and cool to the touch. The ingenious design made them take a second look.

"After you two finish using it, please give me some feedback, both the advantages and disadvantages."

As Cui Ming spoke, he picked up a crossbow and aimed it at the mountain stronghold.

Just then, a thief came out of the house rubbing his eyes...

Whoosh!

A soft whooshing sound.

The bandit was pinned to the door frame, a short crossbow bolt almost completely embedded in his forehead.

It was silent, the wound was small, and there wasn't even much blood splattering around it.

"This is a silent armor-piercing cone, and it looks quite effective."

Cui Ming calmly reported the data while his hands continued to work.

Click.

The crossbow automatically reset, and Cui Ming loaded another bolt.

Xu Xin and Dong Chang no longer hesitated. Their youthful spirits were ignited by this novel and powerful weapon, and they both picked up their crossbows.

Whoosh whoosh!

The sound of crossbow bolts piercing the air suddenly became more frequent.

"Poison Mist Arrow, capable of creating a poisonous mist that can kill instantly upon contact with blood."

"Explosive Arrow can cause a small-scale explosion, and can also be combined with Poison Mist Arrow."

"The curved arrow can bypass obstacles and hit the target directly."

"Poisonous Insect Arrow: Upon hitting a target, it releases poisonous insects stored within the crossbow bolt."

As Cui Ming called out the names of the bandit leaders in the stronghold one by one, he gave a brief explanation of the types and effects of crossbows.

Xu Xin and Dong Chang, on the other hand, were completely immersed in the precise long-range kills and the novel experience brought by various crossbow bolts.

This threw the bandits in the mountain stronghold into complete chaos.

First of all, given their abilities, they had no idea where the enemy was; they could only hear faint whooshing sounds as their companions inexplicably fell to the ground and died.

Sometimes it's a single arrow that kills you, sometimes it's a sudden poisonous fog that kills you, sometimes it's an exploding arrow that blows you up, and sometimes it's countless tiny poisonous insects crawling all over your body and making you writhe in agony.

Anyone who tries to escape will be killed by a mysterious ghost that appears out of nowhere before they even take a few steps out of the house.

Their deaths were all gruesome, some were beheaded, some had their limbs severed, and some had their throats cut.

This is nothing short of a massacre.

In particular, after Xu Xin and his companion discovered that several types of crossbow bolts could be used in combination, the massacre became even simpler and more convenient.

When poisonous fog and explosive arrows are fired together into a house, an explosion will occur, and the resulting flames will even be an eerie green.

This combination greatly reduced the bandits' living space, constantly forcing them out of the houses.

Even if you find cover outside, you'll either be blasted apart by exploding arrows or targeted by arcing arrows that ignore cover.

If they hide underground, they will be attacked by a combination of poisonous insect arrows and poisonous fog arrows.

Under such a combined attack, ordinary people have no power to resist.

Gradually, some people broke down crying, some flew into a rage, brandishing their weapons, and some knelt on the ground begging for survival...

However, none of this could stop Cui Ming and his two companions.

After the last bandit in the stronghold fell, Cui Ming controlled the Shadow Spider to patrol and see if there were any remaining fugitives.

"wrong!"

Cui Ming suddenly frowned. Through the Shadow Spider, he sensed that behind the wall of a warehouse located at the foot of the mountain stronghold, which was actually empty.

The scattered items around were also different from those in other places, as if they had been deliberately cleaned up.

"what happened?"

Xu Xin asked.

"There's a suspicious place over there; there might be a secret room behind it."

Cui Ming pointed in that direction.

"The other bandits have been cleared out, but the leader has not been found; he may be hiding inside."

The three approached cautiously and indeed found the metal gate that was almost integrated with the mountain, with many fresh impact and chopping marks on it.

Clearly, some of the bandits had tried to hide inside, but failed.

The three lay in ambush in the shadows, and Cui Ming manipulated three Shadow Spiders to constantly probe their surroundings.

Despite the efforts of the three, they could only manage to slightly dent the door, leaving some white marks that made it appear exceptionally sturdy.

"This is definitely not something an ordinary bandit den should have."

Dong Chang stared solemnly at the marks on the gate.

"Try other methods."

Cui Ming calmly considered the situation and offered his suggestions.

"A barrage of poison mist arrows and explosive arrows at the dented part of the gate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the three men began firing continuously.

Poisonous mist filled the gate, followed by a barrage of exploding arrows.

A series of muffled explosions rang out, and the entire mountain stronghold began to tremble.

Finally, with a crack, the door couldn't withstand the torment any longer and was blasted open, creating a fissure.

"Shoot all the poisonous insect arrows in! Then use poisonous mist to block the retreat, forcing the insects to burrow inside!"

Cui Ming continued to offer advice and suggestions.

"Haha! What a brilliant plan!"

Xu Xin laughed heartily, his hands still moving.

The three finished unleashing the remaining poisonous insect arrows and then blocked their retreat with poisonous mist.

A moment later, terrified screams came from inside.

The space inside doesn't seem very large, which unexpectedly amplifies the effects of the poisonous insects.

"Get ready! They're coming out!"

Through the Shadow Spider's senses, there was a commotion inside, but the door showed signs of opening.

Rumble!

With a whirring sound of a mechanism turning, the gate slowly opened, and several figures rushed out in a disheveled state.

Many people were coughing violently and incessantly, and some even had tiny poisonous insects crawling on their bodies.

The last few who came out were even firing back continuously.

The crisp, continuous gunshots made Cui Ming frown.

Submachine guns? Do bandits even have that kind of equipment?

But when the people inside rushed to the warehouse door, they found it filled with purple poisonous fog and immediately started cursing.

"Baka Yalu!"

Japanese?!

Cui Ming and the other two exchanged a silent glance, their eyes turning cold.

Chapter 6 Prisoners

A short while later, seven people dressed in tattered clothes and wearing fly-head-shaped gas masks broke through the poisonous fog.

He was either holding a samurai sword or a Type 1 Nambu submachine gun.

really!

These people were not ordinary bandits, but a Japanese special task force disguised as bandits!

This explains why ordinary bandits are only after money.

How could they start indiscriminately killing merchants as soon as they found a place?

After careful observation, Cui Ming and the others discovered that these people were just ordinary people, and their suspected bandit leader, who appeared to have some martial arts skills, had not yet appeared.

Is it a guiding stone or bait?

Who cares! His eyes turned cold.

Cui Ming and the others exchanged glances and then raised their crossbows.

shhhhhh!

A barrage of crossbow bolts rained down like a storm, primarily targeting the two men wielding Type 1 Nambu submachine guns.

At this distance and in this environment, submachine guns pose the greatest threat.

Fortunately, although the six or seven people were much stronger than ordinary bandits, they were still just ordinary people after all.

Under the combined attack of three Tang Clan assassins, the seven people were dead almost instantly.

Two gunmen were shot through the head and pinned to the rock face. The remaining five bandits, armed with samurai swords, put up only a little resistance before being riddled with crossbow bolts.

When the last bandit was shot through the throat with a crossbow bolt, the scene fell into a deathly silence.

Just after the toxic fog that blocked the road dissipated.