"You took care of the country music, how is that possible?" The Puppet Master's voice changed.

"A First Tier bug that can be crushed at will, how could it ever kill my dear lead singer!"

"So much nonsense." Chen San dismissed the Puppet Master's surprise and stepped to the edge of the platform.

Xiaoyou had just slain a puppet from the band, and immediately another puppet crawled out of the swamp behind her. A hand full of mud suddenly grabbed her ankle, and a large mass of black fog spread to attack!

She forcefully lifted her leg, but found the puppet's power was surprisingly strong. It pounced on her with scarlet puppet eyes reflecting her face.

More puppets started running from all directions, seemingly ready to drown her in a wave of puppets.

A gunshot rang out, and a bullet hole appeared in the puppet clutching Xiaoyou's right leg. With several more shots, the surrounding puppets all fell and disintegrated into rotten mud, reappearing in the distant swamp, their bodies trembling.

Xiaoyou knew that it was Chen San and Tang Xin above helping to alleviate her pressure. Seizing the opportunity, she swiftly used her long blade to cut open a breach and dashed madly towards the Puppet Mother.

"Chen San, Tang Xin, keep covering me."

With a flash of cold light, she again slashed horizontally with her long blade, cutting through the puppet blocking her path, her eyes catching sight of Lin Xing's puppet rising from the ground and charging in her direction.

Xiaoyou immediately shouted, "Lin Sheng, control your brother!"

After shouting, she continued her sprint towards the Puppet Mother.

In the midst of a bloody battle among the puppets, Lin Sheng heard and drew himself away, ignoring the pursuing puppets behind him, and charged towards Lin Xing's puppet with his Beheading Great Saber.

Two Snake Fang Daggers clashed with the Beheading Great Saber, sparking wildly.

After several exchanges, the crisp sound of weapons colliding echoed.

It was only when engaging with Lin Xing that Lin Sheng realized how ruthless and swift this usually carefree guy could be, with every move and attack aimed at fatal spots, offering Kidney Strikes, Backstabs, Stealth, Bleeds, Shadow Strikes—almost every move carried a boundless killing intent.

The growth of Shadows often accompanies blood and sin. Cosmic Heavy Industries lets them slaughter each other in a dark, sunless arena with only death and brutality, like poisonous insects in a jar, where only the most insidious, fiercest, and most vicious children survive to the end, sharpening their claws on the bones of other larvae, feasting on flesh and blood, letting poison flow through every vein, all to become the most valuable Shadow Gu.

Lin Xing's moves were incredibly fast and unpredictable, launching attacks from every conceivable angle, quickly dragging Lin Sheng into a bitter struggle.

During this time, Xiaoyou was infinitely closing in on the Puppet Mother's direction.

"Argh!" The Puppet Mother emitted a third wailing.

Jazz roared, suddenly throwing the Guitar Axe towards Xiaoyou's direction.

The giant axe was like a cannonball, whistling through the air, swiftly arriving in front of Xiaoyou.

Her expression remained unchanged, several [Wind Tight Pulling] cards lit up with golden patterns in her hand, merging into a [Thief Dance] card.

At the moment she activated the skill card, her entire body instantaneously flashed in mid-air, dodging the thrown Guitar Axe.

The whistling giant axe did not miss, directly slicing into the Rock music knight's helmet behind, creating cracks accompanied by exploding blood flowers.

The gigantic Rock music figure fell straight down, issuing a muffled sound.

Jazz scratched his head, realizing too late and roaring again to charge towards the girl, but it was already too late.

Xiaoyou swung the Chaotic Fire Blade in her hand, weaving through the battlefield like a Dawn Dancer amidst the raging flames, her dazzling blonde hair flying.

She broke through repeatedly, and all enemies blocking her path turned into souls howling in the flames.

Suddenly she slashed out, a frenzied fiery round dance severing all the suspension threads around the Puppet Mother. Amidst the spiraling fiery pillars, ashes rolled, and the girl's silhouette emerged, her long blade piercing through!

In the collective gaze, a fiery pillar pierced the Puppet Mother's heart, emitting a dazzling white light, rushing towards the dome.

The Puppet Mother's wailing echoed deeply within the underground church.

Is it over?

This thought simultaneously appeared in everyone's mind.

But in a flash, the scene before them cast a shadow over their hearts, a silent despair rising.

Beside the Puppet Mother's massive body, the golden-haired girl's face dimmed, her eyes vacant, her limbs suspended in mid-air, colliding, making a crackling sound, presenting a marionette-like controlled appearance.

Whereas the Puppet Mother, tears streaming down her sorrowful face, beneath the giant rib cage, at the burst heart, fleshy buds grew, slowly wriggling, connecting together, healing with visible speed.

That heart was not the Puppet Mother's fatal weakness; it was also just a deception from the Puppet Master.

The Puppet Master's uncontrollable mad laughter echoed in the underground church.

"Indeed, a bunch of idiots."

"An utterly hopeless bunch of idiots, to actually jump into the flame trap I designed."

"Animal's hardest bones always protect their weakest organs." The Puppet Master laughed incessantly, "How could there possibly be a fatal weakness exposed outside?"

"There's no such convenient stupidity in the world!"

Everyone looked at the puppets surrounding them, their expressions changing repeatedly.

"Just as well, I'm tired of this game too."

"I'm the rule maker; everything is dictated by me."

"No need to search desperately; I certainly wouldn't be among those hundred puppets." The Puppet Master's voice turned calm. "Let this boring game end."

"Checkmate, fools."

The Puppet Mother suddenly extended two claws, mourningly inserting them into her head, tearing her face along with the skull open, revealing the figure of the Puppet Master emerging slowly, all five eyes squinting, casting a teasing gaze.

The aura on him was identical to the one they'd seen behind the curtain; there was no mistake, the man before them was indeed the Puppet Master, the ultimate target of their mission, the perpetrator of countless tragedies.

"Yorick!"

Lin Sheng, upon seeing the Puppet Master, roared violently, sweeping away all the puppets around him, glaring tearfully and rushing towards the man.

The latter merely looked at him with contempt like an ant, and with a lift of a hand, the Puppet Mother's sharp legs pierced Lin Sheng's chest, pinning him fiercely to the ground!

"So noisy, all that shouting." The Puppet Master's eyes curved.

"You'll soon reunite with your brother; you should feel happy about that."

"And you all, these days on the snowy plains indeed left a deep impression on me; I guess I'll never forget you for life."

Countless puppets rushed forward again, pushing Tang Xin and Chen San off the high platform, encircling them and launching continuous attacks.

Soon both were marked with more or less injuries, making their last struggles, with the defeat seeming inevitable.

The Puppet Master spread his hands, adopting the pose of a victor, ignoring everyone's final struggles, approaching the golden-haired girl, intending to appreciate this greatest harvest; to him, she was like a fine artwork.

Suddenly, he heard a disdainful sneer.

At this moment, a bronze dice flew into the air before his horrified eyes.

A factory-like intricate design kept spinning, with blue mist-like numbers frantically changing on the hundred-sided dice, finally stopping at a number.

50! 50! 50!

—Moment of Destiny!

"Fortunes and misfortunes: All creatures within a 200-meter radius are released from control, with a slight enhancement to all attributes, entering a frenzy."

The dice was like an opened Pandora's Box, bursting with an endless nightmare-like black aura!

The entire world shattered into screens, a gigantic scarlet eye opened, gazing at him, filled with gleeful mockery!

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