Chapter 1359

There was no way to send a message from such a long distance, but it could barely send a location. "Don't engage with him!" He Lingchuan reminded, "No one knows how many trump cards he still has!"

When he fought Dong Rui back then, this guy had quite a few demon puppets, with a set prepared for sea, land, and air. Who knew how many things the demon puppet master outside had up his sleeve.

"Understood." Dong Rui said excitedly, "I'm going over right now!"

His interest in other demon puppet masters was much stronger than his interest in the Wuma clan.

After speaking, he chose the terrain, observed that there was no one around, summoned the Snail-Toad, and plunged into the underground.

Just now, that was how he had brought He Lingchuan and the two Black Armor Knights over.

Before long, Dong Rui said excitedly:

"Spot him, he's sitting on the pavilion of Wuma Xu's courtyard! But I can't see his true face; this guy is also wearing a mask! Hey, could it be that we led the trend of wearing masks?"

He Lingchuan rushed out of the alley and jumped onto his horse: "Keep a close eye on him, we'll be there soon."

"When he jumps back to the ground, I'll try to catch him with the Snail-Toad."

In Wuma Xu's courtyard, there was a large rockery maze, with artificial layers of mountains piled up. The demon puppet master was sitting on the spire of the rockery pavilion, overlooking the battlefield, nearly two zhang high from the ground. This narrow and rugged terrain was too unfriendly for the large-bodied Snail-Toad; Dong Rui wasn't sure he could succeed in one strike and was afraid it would get stuck on the rockery.

But he was very patient; this guy would always have to jump back to the ground, right?

Dong Rui sat in the space of the Snail-Toad; the shell was transparent to him, and he could also zoom in through the Snail-Toad's two top eyes. Observing the enemy like this was quite safe, and the masked man frequently looked around, not forgetting to observe Wuma Xu's courtyard, his vigilance very high.

The Snail-Toad used camouflage as soon as it reached the ground, but just now it retracted its tentacles, which seemed to have startled him.

"Oh, he stood up!"

Both demon puppets were coming toward Wuma Xu's courtyard, and there were pursuers behind; it was impossible for the masked man not to see.

Now that the master of Greenery Manor was dead, if he stayed any longer, he would also become a target for the Black Armor Army.

Shouldn't a shrewd hunter retreat as soon as possible before becoming prey? Dong Rui manipulated the Snail-Toad, also putting in twelve points of spirit.

He was waiting for this moment; as soon as the opponent jumped back to the open ground, the Snail-Toad would immediately pounce.

Who knew this guy wouldn't jump down, but instead took out a piece of wood.

Before Dong Rui could distinguish whether it was deep-sea wood, the masked man patted the wood against his palm, and a thing the length of a finger was patted out of the wood and landed in his palm.

Fortunately, it could still crawl, and the Snail-Toad's gaze locked onto it and magnified:

It was a black ant.

The masked man threw it forward, and the black ant grew rapidly until it was six feet long.

This size was already comparable to a small horse, and the top of the pavilion suddenly looked very crowded.

This black ant also had two pairs of wings on its back, thin as cicada wings.

"Not good, this guy released a large flying ant, intending to escape by air!" Dong Rui's eyes shone, "Insects aren't good materials for making demon puppets; this guy really has some skills."

Insects were a large family, with those running on the ground, swimming in the water, and flying in the sky.

Flying ant! Why hadn't he thought of it when he made flying puppets before? Ants could run on the ground, fly in the sky, and were themselves especially light.

He Lingchuan said irritably: "Is this the time to praise the enemy?"

That's right, Dong Rui patted his head, reminding himself to get back to business: "But this flying ant doesn't look like it can fight; I'll use the Bat Demon Puppet to bring it down."

"Don't! All your demon puppets have been publicly exposed; it's better not to show them in front of people." He Lingchuan immediately stopped him, "If one strike doesn't succeed, the trouble will be great. Just follow him."

They were also rushing there.

During the conversation, the masked man indeed jumped onto the black ant's back, and the latter spread its wings and took off on the spot.

It had two pairs of wings, flapping at a high frequency that the naked eye couldn't see clearly; it was a completely different flight method from birds and bats.

It flew into mid-air and headed west without looking back.

Just from this point, Dong Rui could see the masked man's caution.

On the ground, the two demon puppets followed the direction of their master.

Dong Rui was itching: "They'll be here soon, right? At least let me catch one!"

Other people's demon puppets, he really wanted to catch them and dissect them!

Wanzai Feng suggested: "The porcupine is a good target; it's not flexible enough!"

That yellow tiger ran too fast, while the pillbug porcupine only had four short legs, and even running desperately, it lagged far behind. When encountering a downhill slope, it would shrink into a ball and roll for a while to save leg strength.

"They are about to pass the north wall of Wuma Xu's courtyard!"

Dong Rui said to the crowd while driving the Snail-Toad to dive, "Drive them to the north; there is a cliff there!"

"Understood." He Lingchuan also rode like lightning, "And then?"

All the Yangshan cavalry rushed in this direction. He Lingchuan gave simple instructions, and these black phantoms split into several routes to travel through the forest, like shepherding sheep, driving the two demon puppets toward the direction Dong Rui specified.

"There is a white stone cave entrance on the cliff." Dong Rui instructed, "You must force them into the cave!"

"Where?" He Lingchuan had just circled over from the north and was the first to see the cliff, where there was a large area of cracked mountain rocks, "I'm here, but I don't see any white stone cave entrance."

Dong Rui chuckled and drove the Snail-Toad to the surface: "Now there is!"

The two demon puppets often wanted to break through, but the Black Armor cavalry crisscrossed, still forcing them back to their original track. In the most intense conflict, He Lingchuan directly used the Soaring Dragon Spear to flip the yellow tiger, making it do a front flip.

Few people understood the habits and movements of a fierce tiger better than him.

Gradually, the two demon puppets got closer and closer to the bottom of the mountain cliff, and the scene ahead became clear:

A tall rock wall stood in front, looking steep and severe, but there was a cave at the bottom of the cliff—the cave entrance was wide and large, irregular in shape, the cave was surrounded by white stones, and two dense clusters of bamboo grew in the rock crevices above.

Having reached this point, the two demon puppets either had to rush directly into the cave or turn around and fight the Black Armor Knights to the death.

They wandered around for a while, turned their heads, and roared at the Black Armor Knights surrounding them from all sides.

The crowd remained unmoved, still cautiously narrowing the encirclement.

The two demon puppets became increasingly irritable, and the porcupine shot two rounds of sharp thorns. But the forest here was dense with many obstacles, and besides, the Black Armor Knights were also prepared, so the hard thorns didn't cause them too much trouble.

The yellow tiger had suffered several losses under He Lingchuan and didn't dare to get close to the Black Armor Knights again. It roared a few times, frequently looking back at the mountain wall, and suddenly turned and leaped.

This thing didn't burrow into the cave as everyone expected, but leaped onto the mountain wall and climbed all the way up, its speed surprisingly fast.

He Lingchuan watched and always felt that it probably also incorporated the characteristics of some leopard species; otherwise, a tiger wouldn't be so agile at climbing mountains.

(End of chapter)