They counted their numbers; there were fifteen of them.
"Hmph..."
Just as Chu Tian and the others entered the formation.
A cold snort reached everyone's ears.
*Hiss...*
At the same time, from the direction of the Qionglou Ge Yu.
A sound that vibrated the air erupted.
"Explosive Shot..."
*Bang...*
The instant the voice sounded, a charming voice came from behind Chu Tian.
Following was the sound of a bowstring being drawn.
An arrow made of energy, glowing with light, shot out.
*Boom...*
The two arrows met in the air in the distance.
Like sharp points meeting.
They collided.
After a dull thud, the entire air vibrated.
The shockwave of the explosion, the whistling wind,
Swept through the jungle below.
The trees in the forest shook.
As if a strong wind swept across the land.
"Huh?"
A voice of doubt came from outside the Qionglou Ge Yu.
Chu Tian turned back and gave a thumbs-up to Luo Luo, who had shot the arrow.
Luo Luo's arrow had reacted incredibly fast.
Even Gao Kai, standing nearby, couldn't help but praise her.
At that moment, Gao Kai's sniper rifle was already raised.
But before he could fire, Luo Luo had already made her move.
"You sneaky coward, ambushing and attacking! Black Lord demands you come out for a great battle of three hundred rounds!"
The moment Luo Luo intercepted the distant arrow.
Xiao Hei, at Chu Tian's feet, boomed with thunderous words.
The others also floated in the air. They had arrived here but hadn't seen the main culprit.
After the opponent's attack, there was no further action.
A few seconds later, there was still no response from the opponent.
"Hmm...?"
However, at this moment.
Miao Zuo let out a soft "hmm?"
"What?" Chu Tian asked.
"There's a fluctuation in the formation!" Miao Zuo replied immediately.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw the green mountains and waters beneath their feet disappear.
In their place was a vast expanse of white mist.
The mist was extremely dense and was rising at an astonishing speed.
In the blink of an eye, the scene before their eyes became a blur.
They couldn't even spot their own people three meters away.
"It's a mist formation... I wonder if there are any accompanying attack formations," Miao Zuo shouted.
"Can it be broken?" Chu Tian also shouted.
"Should..."
"Purify..." Just then.
Before Miao Zuo could finish his reply to Chu Tian, a small voice.
Like heavenly music, like divine sound, faintly appeared.
*Whoosh...*
A warm, moist breeze swept past.
Everyone's vision cleared again.
They watched as the mist, as if carried by some energy, began to rapidly descend, faster than its ascent.
When everyone looked in the direction the sound came from.
They discovered that behind Chu Tian.
A little fish-man, about a foot tall, was floating there.
A starry, water-blue mark shone between her eyebrows.
The word "Purify" had just come from her mouth.
Chu Tian also looked back. He had forgotten.
Princess Xing'er of the Merfolk was still following him.
Due to her extremely small stature, everyone had overlooked her.
Chu Tian only remembered now.
He had seen Xing'er use this "Purify" once before in the sea.
But that time, the seabed's silt had been boiling, and the visibility in the water had vanished.
It was she who had used this ability, instantly settling the silt in the water.
He hadn't expected that her ability could dispel mist and break formations.
*Clang...*
The roar of clashing weapons.
"Holy crap... you bunch of old schemers! Trying to ambush Grandpa Ma, are you?"
The crowd discovered that in the instant the mist appeared and disappeared.
In less than a minute.
At Ma Deju's position in the front.
More than a dozen strange creatures had appeared.
They were attacking him.
Ma Deju controlled his mecha, wielding a sword in each hand.
*Clang, clang, clang,* he blocked their围攻.
At this moment, those few individuals, seeing the mist dissipate.
They retreated after a single blow.
However, at this very moment, Chu Tian noticed.
It wasn't just at Ma Deju's location.
Around them, there were also a group of strange things.
They resembled humans... but lacked a human aura.
Nor did they resemble spirits or monsters.
Their eyes were hollow and very peculiar.
"They're puppets!" Lin Ran suddenly spoke.
"Puppets?" Chu Tian's eyes widened.
He recalled that among the five people Xiao Hei had defeated earlier, the last one had shouted sternly.
"The Island Master will turn you into puppets, enslaved for eternity!"
Could it be that these strange things were puppets refined from human bodies?
Chu Tian frowned, it seemed...
Orange's fiancé was truly not a good person.
Thinking of this, Chu Tian felt a lot more at ease.
If that was the case, he wouldn't feel uneasy killing him.
*Boom...*
Seeing the mist dissipate, they retreated after a single strike.
Without Chu Tian's order, the others did not pursue.
However, Gao Kai, holding his Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle, raised it and fired.
The sound of the shot was like that of a cannon.
If a human were to use it directly, the recoil would likely shatter their shoulder.
However, Gao Kai was currently wearing a mecha.
His body was still in a floating state, and this shot.
The mecha's posture didn't even waver.
But where he aimed, it was a different story.
*Crack...*
With a bang, the head of one of the puppets exploded.
Something resembling a brain first shot out before the head exploded.
This scene stunned everyone.
What was going on? This guy flung his brain out before being attacked?
"Holy crap... Boss, doesn't this feel very similar to that thing we encountered in the Qinling Mountains before?"
Zhao Lei stared at the puppet's flying brain, its form in the air gradually stretching.
It transformed into something like a water monkey.
The ghost-faced monkey body, which everyone had initially thought was nerve strands connected to the spine below the brain.
It turned out to be its tail.
Before Zhao Lei's shout, Chu Tian had already sensed it.
He had seen that thing more clearly than anyone else that time.
And when his divine sense spread, he had seen its true form.
It was this thing right here.
At that time, after they came out of Limeow Village, they were attacked while camping at night.
Finally, they controlled a female ability user.
That guy's head suddenly exploded, and what sprang out from inside was this very thing.
So, the so-called puppets were something Chu Tian and the others had already encountered.
It was just that they didn't know if the previous incident was also orchestrated by the Island Master here.
Thinking of this, his determination to eliminate him grew even stronger.
"Hmph... You all dare to cause trouble on Dengxian Island, have you ever considered the consequences?"
Finally, at this moment.
Someone spoke.
"You're bullshitting! Black Lord fancies your doghouse and wants to use it as a latrine. Do you have a problem with that?"
Chu Tian's lips curled.
When it came to arguing, he was truly not that skilled.
Xiao Hei, however, was his good helper.