Chapter 763 Puppets
The dark figure was wrapped tightly from head to toe, so Ye Qingchen couldn’t see what the person inside looked like at all. Now that night had fallen, the wisps of Demonic Qi it emitted gave it an incredibly eerie feeling.
As Ye Qingchen was carefully observing the figure, it suddenly moved, charging straight at him without hesitation.
Ye Qingchen didn’t hesitate either, quickly mobilizing the surrounding wood element. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! The wood element rapidly gathered in his hands before he slammed his fist into the dark figure.
Unfortunately, the figure completely ignored him, continuing its unhurried advance. BANG! Ye Qingchen’s fist struck the figure hard, but it caused no damage whatsoever.
The figure only paused for a second before resuming its approach. Seeing it was unresponsive to pain, Ye Qingchen’s expression changed dramatically. "Huh? What’s going on?"
It didn’t suffer any damage. Is it an act, or is this real?
Ye Qingchen had no time to think. He hastily gathered all the wood element within his body, rapidly condensing it into a Longsword before thrusting it at the figure. Unfortunately, the figure was completely unaffected and continued to advance on Ye Qingchen at an unhurried pace.
Its speed increased until, in the blink of an eye, it stood before Ye Qingchen. It reached out with both hands, grabbed the blade of the Longsword, and violently pulled it toward its own body.
Ye Qingchen never expected the figure to block his Longsword with its body. He couldn’t dodge in time and was pulled forward. The figure gripped the Longsword, spun, and flung Ye Qingchen away.
Ye Qingchen tumbled several times in midair before stabilizing himself. Once he landed, he found that the figure had vanished.
What in the world is this thing? It’s immune to my wood element!
Not daring to be careless, Ye Qingchen quickly drew his Longsword. The next second, the figure reappeared before him. This time, he didn’t hesitate, attacking the figure directly with his Longsword.
Both were very strong, especially Ye Qingchen. Although his Longsword couldn’t harm the figure in the slightest, each of his strikes managed to force it back. However, as time went on, Ye Qingchen began to feel the strain. He realized his attacks were useless, while his opponent was only growing more formidable.
"What on earth is going on? This dark figure is just like a puppet. It doesn’t feel pain, and my attacks don’t seem to damage it," Ye Qingchen murmured.
"Could it be... it *is* the puppet?" The thought suddenly popped into his head. But on second thought, that seems impossible. The figure’s voice was a little hoarse earlier, but it didn’t sound like a puppet at all.
Before he could figure it out, the figure attacked again. It used no weapons, instead gathering potent Demonic Qi in its hands and clawing straight for Ye Qingchen’s body.
"Damn it!" Sensing the danger from the attack, Ye Qingchen quickly mobilized the wood element to defend himself. His defense was formidable; it wouldn’t be easy for the figure to break through.
Ye Qingchen grew more anxious. If I can’t find this thing’s weakness soon, I’m going to meet my end here today.
With a great roar, his eyes wide with rage, Ye Qingchen swung his Longsword at the figure with all his might.
BOOM!
The two attacks collided, setting off a violent explosion.
BANG!
Ye Qingchen retreated several steps, and the figure was knocked back as well. After a brief stalemate, Ye Qingchen attacked again, this time using his killing move.
WHOOSH!
The Longsword instantly transformed into dozens of sharp blades that shot straight toward the shadow. The shadow seemed to sense the threat and retreated hastily, but dozens of the blades still pierced its body. It let out a piercing shriek and slowly tumbled from midair to the ground.
But before Ye Qingchen could even breathe a sigh of relief, the wounds on the shadow’s body were enveloped in Demonic Qi. In less than thirty seconds, they had healed completely.
Ye Qingchen’s expression changed. How on earth did this thing manage that?
"You... why won’t you just die!"
Just as Ye Qingchen prepared to attack again, he heard those words spoken right beside his ear.
"What!" Ye Qingchen whipped his head around, only to see the shadow slowly dissipating into a black mist.
Ye Qingchen frowned. What is happening?
He had no time to ponder, as the black mist lunged at him again. He hastily dodged, but the mist gave him no opportunity to escape, swarming him from all sides.
"Damnation!" Ye Qingchen cursed, quickly activating the wood element to form a protective barrier around himself.
The black mist slammed against the barrier and was repelled. Ye Qingchen didn’t remain idle and quickly summoned Teng Man to attack the black mist.
"Vines!"
Under his control, the vines shot out to entangle the black mist. The mist seemed to fear the vines, not daring to move recklessly.
"Hmph!" Ye Qingchen snorted, his fingers forming another hand seal.
"Go!" he commanded, and the vines swept continuously toward the mist. The black mist was steadily destroyed under the vines’ assault.
A cold smile touched the corners of Ye Qingchen’s lips.
After the mist was destroyed by the vines once more, its color slowly began to turn green as it reformed.
Ye Qingchen’s expression turned grim. This black mist can regenerate! If I don’t deal with this shadow quickly, it will eventually turn the tables on me.
Ye Qingchen raised his Longsword again and attacked.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Countless beams of sword light shot toward the shadow. The shadow was cunning, dodging with great speed, so Ye Qingchen’s attacks were not inflicting much damage.
So tenacious! Where in the world is its weakness? Ye Qingchen forced himself to calm down. He observed the shadow’s behavior carefully, but its movements were too bizarre. He was completely unable to guess its weakness and could only rely on his senses to pinpoint its location. However, the shadow was clever, always managing to evade his attacks just in time.
An idea struck Ye Qingchen, and he immediately put it into action.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Three vines shot out from his arm, wrapping tightly around the shadow and constricting ever tighter. The shadow struggled desperately but was completely unable to break free from the vines’ grasp.
"ARGH!" The shadow let out a painful howl. Ye Qingchen gave a cold sneer and commanded the vines to constrict even further.