To be honest, just looking at that Iron Puppet, Yu Sheng felt a strange aura of danger looming—its white metal-cast smiling face had no emotion that belonged to a living person, yet he clearly felt this thing was staring intently at him, emitting a pure desire to attack devoid of any emotion.

But "she" did not rush up immediately. Instead, she maintained a distance of several meters, adjusting her posture in short movements like an odd dance, as if searching for the most suitable angle of attack.

The sharp Fingertip Blades of the Iron Puppet stirred the thin mist in the air, occasionally flashing a cold glint.

Yu Sheng's nerves were taut, and during the brief exchange earlier, he had already sensed this thing's astonishing speed and strength. That seemingly slender "Fingertip Blade" could block the Wolf Fang Club in his hand. Just by this point, this thing was more dangerous than most of the Evil Wolves in the Black Forest back then.

Hu Li also slowly approached, with a fierce beast's posture ready to strike, staring intently at the bizarre humanoid figure wearing a black veil, the golden-red light gradually filled his eyes, and Fox Fire quietly bloomed in the air.

"Erin, is this your relative?" Yu Sheng couldn't help but murmur softly.

"How could it be!" the little puppet instantly became furious, "I am a noble and elegant ball-jointed doll—this thing is clearly an evil C-type clasp, how could it possibly be related to the Alice Puppet?"

Yu Sheng tugged at the corner of his mouth, he just casually asked, but he didn't expect Erin's rebuttal to come from this direction—and almost at the same time, he noticed a momentary pause in the footsteps of the steel humanoid figure.

The Spiritual Intuition suddenly alarmed him, without having time to consider any moves or responses, he directly raised his hand to block by instinct, and almost as he lifted his hand, the tall and slender "female" had already rushed forward like a ghost, Fingertip Blades sliced through the air in short, deadly arcs.

Metal clashed, sparks flew, Yu Sheng felt numbness in his arm, and in the blink of an eye saw the Iron Puppet leap back in a dance-like manner. Despite the whole body appearing to be made of hard and heavy metal, this thing flexibly avoided his subsequent counterattack like the wind, then another afterimage swept through the air, "she" advanced again, sharp Fingertip Blades ceaselessly slashing, stabbing forward like a storm that was continuous yet too fast for the naked eye to capture!

The mist echoed with constant metal clanging and the sharp hiss of blades slicing through the air, Yu Sheng barely managed to fend off the initial barrage of attacks, retreating a few steps, while a barrage of Fox Fire exploded in front of him, intertwining into a web of fire around the Iron Puppet, immediately followed by Erin locking onto the target, layers of black Spider Silk appeared out of thin air, enveloping the monster like a sinister web!

However, just as the silk was about to entangle the Iron Puppet's limbs, the monster twisted its body fiercely to the side, its joints seemed broken as it snapped into impossible angles, escaping through the only gap in the spider web, with several consecutive shadowy evasions, "she" again found a tiny opening in the barrage of Fox Fire, Fingertip Blades stabbing straight at Yu Sheng's chest!

Swift, silent, filled with strength, without blood or tears.

This Iron Puppet accurately targeted the "leader" among the enemies in front, every attack clearly directed at Yu Sheng, "she" made no superfluous movements, no sound apart from body motion.

An elegant and perfect killing machine.

Yu Sheng was sweating now, he was dealing with this thing for the first time, relying solely on his body enhanced far beyond human limits and the assistance of Hu Li and Erin to barely keep up with its pace, and at such close range and fast confrontation, Hu Li's powerful moves were of no use, even Erin's Spider Silk summoned from thin air couldn't match the speed of the monster's ghostly movement!

What on earth is this thing? Is this also a physical entity formed in the dense fog? But "her" movements were unlike the muddled, instinct-driven entities he had seen before, instead clearly demonstrating professional combat techniques and thinking, yet this thing was obviously not human—Erin's attitude also made it clear that this monster with puppet characteristics was definitely not the "Alice Puppet."

"What the hell is this!"

Yu Sheng swung the Tetanus Wand high, and perhaps luck was on his side, as this strike finally hit the monster's shoulder, slightly disrupting its continuous ghostly "dance," taking advantage of the enemy's momentary stumble, Erin seized the opportunity, and strands of black silk wound around the opponent's joints.

"Who knows! I really don't recognize this thing!" the little puppet shouted somewhat frantically.

"Anyway, let's tear it apart first!"

Yu Sheng yelled, taking advantage of the Iron Puppet still slowly struggling to break free from the spider web, already charging forward with the Wolf Fang Club in hand.

However, just as he was about to charge at the enemy, the Iron Puppet suddenly raised its head, its pale face still wearing a "gentle" smile, but the metal plate between its chest and abdomen abruptly opened—

A cluster of dark red light pulsated within the metal substance like flesh, a screen-like device lit up by the red glow, the numbers on the screen rapidly counting down.

Yu Sheng: "...What the hell?!!?"

At this point, it was difficult for him to stop, but instinctively he tried to halt his forward charging steps by stamping the ground hard, Erin also reacted immediately, upon seeing the red glow emerging from the monster's belly, withdrew the Spider Silk and instantly rewove them into ropes that pulled both herself and Yu Sheng back forcefully, followed by the rushing Hu Li from the side…

But in the next instant, Yu Sheng saw the countdown within the Iron Puppet's belly suddenly stop.

In the blink of an eye, the metal on the Iron Puppet's abdomen closed, and while Yu Sheng, Hu Li, and Erin were caught off guard, "she" broke free from the restraints and arrived in an instant.

Yu Sheng only had time to slightly adjust his posture, using his hand to protect a vital spot, then felt a sharp pain in his arm.

The two sharp blades had already deeply pierced into his flesh, even straight through his arm, fatally nailing into his chest.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still, and the scene was eerily quiet.

Yu Sheng looked up, at a very close distance, he was staring directly into the elegant yet terrifying killing machine—its smiling pale face almost within reach.

"Can you really take back a damn self-detonation?"

Yu Sheng's facial muscles twitched as he said in disbelief.

The Iron Puppet, of course, did not respond; "she" merely tilted her head, seemingly confused by Yu Sheng's calm demeanor at this moment.

Yu Sheng lowered his head, looked at the two "fingers" already stabbed into his chest, pondered for a moment, and figured it should be a fatal injury.

But perhaps having died so many times, he's resistant to it, and the "symptoms" of death hadn't kicked in yet.

"Your blade is very good," he said seriously to the Iron Puppet, "give it to me."

Blood began to seep into the blade.

The Iron Puppet finally sensed something, though there was no change in expression, "her" subsequent reaction clearly carried a hint of panic. The creature pulled the two "fingertip blades" out of Yu Sheng's body in an instant, and with two clicking sounds, jumped back nearly ten meters.

Yu Sheng reached out to intercept, but only managed to snatch off the "nun's veil" from the opponent's head.

Not far away, the Iron Puppet raised its arm again, seemingly wanting to assume a combat stance—yet one of its arms reacted half a second slower.

"She" hesitated for a moment, then started waving that arm as if something dirty was on it, desperately trying to shake it off.

However, the uncontrollable range expanded rapidly; initially, it was just the fingers, then the whole hand, forearm, elbow...

Yu Sheng started feeling a bit dizzy, his body swayed, and a white figure immediately came to his side—Hu Li cautiously supported his shoulder, her face full of worry, "Savior, dying again?"

Yu Sheng waved his hand, his eyes still fixed on the creature trying to break free, "Wait a bit, just a bit more."

"Next time you face something like this, don't even fight, just rush to sell blood," Erin mumbled, "saves a lot of effort."

"At least try a few moves first to see the situation, and I must show what I can do, what if I can win!" Yu Sheng glanced at her, but then took a sharp breath due to the severe pain from his chest and arm, realizing he might not hold on much longer, he quickly stuffed the "nun's veil" he had just pulled off into Hu Li's arms and spoke quickly, "You two quickly go back, I'm afraid that if I die that guy will break free and I don't know what weird stuff might pop out in this fog, it's not safe for you two to keep wandering out here."

"Huh?" Erin was surprised, raising her hand to point at the Iron Puppet who was still temporarily trapped, "Aren't we taking this chance to dismantle her?"

"...No," Yu Sheng just shook his head slowly, "I feel this guy is weird, not like a normal 'entity,' don't kill, let my blood seep a little more..."

Before he finished, Hu Li and Erin nodded simultaneously, "Okay!"

Yu Sheng didn't delay either, raising his hand to open a door to No. 66 Wutong Road.

Hu Li and Erin rushed in without hesitation.

This was the tacit understanding built within the travel agency, no unnecessary entanglements at critical moments, no "rear guards" pushing and shoving, no time-wasting fuss, only unwavering trust—

Yu Sheng believed in Hu Li and Erin's calm decisiveness at this moment, Hu Li and Erin believed Yu Sheng was doomed.

And just as the door disappeared, Yu Sheng heard an ear-piercing metallic cracking sound from the opposite side.

He looked up in shock to see that the tall Iron Puppet was actually frantically tearing at its gradually losing control arm, and after several pulls, the arm was barely hanging on, then "she" decisively raised the still functional hand and directly inserted the blade fingers into the joint, and without hesitation, snapped the arm right off!

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