Chapter 9

'Indeed, it worked.'

After seeing Daiduosi Sect instantly crush Kuang Hua out of nowhere, Lin Cheng shifted his attention to the system panel inside his mind.

As Lin Cheng had predicted, the sudden shift in the battlefield had indeed stirred the emotions of the three present, granting Lin Cheng a substantial amount of emotional value.

If there had not been just three people present, but thirty, three hundred, three thousand, or even thirty thousand.

Surely, the scene of Daiduosi Sect instantly crushing Kuang Hua would have shocked many, granting Lin Cheng a massive influx of emotional value.

'But the perfect solution would have been to let Kuang Hua display his strength first, then crush him.'

'If Kuang Hua's strength isn't known, the shock of such a crushing defeat is reduced by many times over.'

Lin Cheng wasn't thinking.

Although Kuang Hua's entrance had seemed powerful, he had never once had the chance to demonstrate his true strength before Lin Cheng, controlling Daiduosi Sect, used its ability to ambush him.

After all, under circumstances where he himself might be in danger, Lin Cheng dared not hold back at all—he immediately controlled Daiduosi Sect to unleash one hundred percent of the Invisible Hand.

There was no time for anyone present to savor the moment.

From the opposite direction where Kuang Hua had stood, a rapid series of footsteps approached.

The dense footsteps drew the attention of Eclair, who had been frozen in shock, unaware of what had happened, and Kuang Hua, whose bones were mostly shattered but whose consciousness remained clear.

'Did you shatter over seventy percent of my bones in just an instant?'

'Who the hell are you?'

Feeling his ruined body, Kuang Hua's brows furrowed deeply.

The physical pain meant nothing to Kuang Hua; what he cared about far more was who had ambushed him.

Speaking, Kuang Hua turned to look at the group of figures in black robes, standing in perfect formation on the other side.

And at the front of the group, the green-haired man who clearly was no ordinary person.

Kuang Hua's expression grew even more grotesque.

'Ah, right!'

'I forgot to introduce myself—how terribly lazy of me.'

This green-haired man was none other than the A-rank puppet, Daiduosi Sect, summoned by Lin Cheng the instant he encountered Kuang Hua.

Upon hearing Kuang Hua's voice, Daiduosi Sect replied in an equally eerie tone.

Unconsciously, he shoved his mangled fingers into his mouth and bit down.

Then, everyone present clearly heard the sound of flesh and skin tearing apart, one after another, as crimson blood seeped slowly from Daiduosi Sect's lips.

Eclair, who was close by, twitched her lips, as if wanting to say something.

But the situation was obvious: neither Kuang Hua nor this green-haired man were normal people; silence was the wisest choice right now.

'I am Monu Sect, Dazuisi Sect!'

'Pettichius Romanemondi, the Daiduosi Sect!'

As he introduced himself, Daiduosi Sect's tone became utterly serious for the first time.

Paired with the bizarre expression on his face and the madness nearly filling his eyes, the eerie atmosphere in the vicinity rose another notch.

'Monu Sect, Dazuisi Sect, Daiduosi Sect?'

Kuang Hua frowned at Daiduosi Sect, his face unusually serious, his mind racing with wild guesses.

The combat power Daiduosi Sect had just displayed was more than enough to warrant Kuang Hua's serious attention.

Kuang Hua was aware of the Seven Sins.

Daiduosi Sect was merely one of the Seven Sins—meaning Monu Sect had at least six other Dazuisi Sects like him.

Such power was absolutely not to be ignored.

But the names Monu Sect, Dazuisi Sect, and Daiduosi Sect were all unfamiliar to everyone present except Lin Cheng.

Yet now, Daiduosi Sect was enough to make them all remember.

At this moment, everyone's attention was fixed on Daiduosi Sect, so no one noticed the faint smile in Lin Cheng's ordinary-looking eyes.

'Good, good, remember well.'

'When you die and return, discuss it properly with your Death King.'

Clearly, the emergence of a new, powerful faction had triggered significant emotional fluctuations among everyone present, and the suspicion toward Monu Sect would be lasting.

The demons of Mingfuzhi Sect, due to the special spell of Death King Ma Er, possessed the ability to resurrect.

When Kuang Hua died and returned, the name Monu Sect would almost certainly spread through Mingfuzhi Sect, granting Lin Cheng a new wave of emotional value.

As for Eclair, it was unremarkable.

It was obvious she was a person immersed in her own world, unlikely to speak easily to others.

Once enough emotional value had accumulated, Lin Cheng could draw a new puppet.