“Welcome to my puppet slaughterhouse!”

A touch of ferocity overflowed from Suren's eyes.

He had never understood why, but every time he cast [Hundred Ghost Night Parade], he felt a violent agitation in his heart that made his body incredibly excited.

That feeling of controlling countless puppets with his fingers, of controlling the life and death of his enemies, filled him with surging battle intent.

It also brought a morbid pleasure to his body.

Previously, he thought it was an anomaly caused by the separation of his emotions and tried to suppress that state.

But it didn't work, and instead, it produced more negative emotions.

Later, after going to the Dalu tribe and hearing Chief Deer's words, he understood that this was part of human nature, a root that even gods could not abandon.

Later, he also learned from Mr. Mirror that the pleasure of killing to "斩心中不平" (cut down the injustice in one's heart) was also part of the Qi he condensed.

Suren vaguely understood something.

At this moment, as he looked at the enemies in front of him, the invisible aura that controlled the entire field suddenly erupted.

.......

The enclosed space and the sudden appearance of hundreds of puppets on the battlefield gave the enemies from the "Iron Crocodile Pirate Crew" an extremely strong sense of oppression.

Behind Suren, the eight-armed spider spears trembled at high frequency, precisely controlling each puppet.

He had previously peeled off some soul fragments from the royal knights of the Holy Judgement Legion and learned a lot about army impact battle formations.

It was equally applicable to the puppet group, maximizing the advantages of numbers.

[Blast-Proof Dolls] were at the front like shield warriors, resisting dense firepower, with smiling faces, fire-breathing, cutting, lead-sinking, voodoo, and healing… There was output, control, and healing.

Various dolls with different functions cooperated with each other, like a well-trained army.

His ability to multitask allowed Suren to perfectly control the entire battle situation.

Without giving the enemies any time to react, those bizarre dolls with various functions charged into the crowd, bringing a bloody storm.

Compared to the enemies he had encountered before, Suren felt that the pirates had the lowest group combat power.

Even with the entry of the puppets, the enemy's seven or eight hundred men were still two or three times the size of the Dawn Troupe.

But when the fight really broke out, the pirates who had been swarming up were scattered in one encounter, with no formation whatsoever.

This small pirate crew displayed the word "rabble" to the fullest.

Most pirates are low-level professionals who are greedy for pleasure. They have no systematic training, no good equipment, and haven't accumulated much alchemical knowledge. Many are afraid of death, cunning, and try to slip away when they see the situation is bad.

Their combat power was far worse than the slave-catching groups they had encountered before.

Therefore, Suren's puppet army dealt with them with ease, scattering their siege of the "Grey Dolphin" with lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, the besieged situation was forcibly turned into a counter-kill.

In fact, if the pirate cluster had resisted head-on, Suren's puppet army would not have been able to break the situation so easily.

After all, due to material and financial constraints, most of his puppets were only at the level of second-tier professionals.

If those seven or eight hundred people had fought fearlessly, it wouldn't have been impossible to fight.

At least, they wouldn't have been scattered in one encounter.

But now, the defeat was like a landslide, and it was irreversible.

Of course, from beginning to end, Suren didn't think these pirates had a numerical advantage.

After all.

If a puppet dies, it dies. After smashing dozens of them, Suren could pull out another space scroll and replenish hundreds of new ones.

He hadn't been idle since leaving the Silent Forest. He had used the materials he bought to make a large number of bizarre dolls. He didn't lack combat puppets at all.

As the tide turned, the pirates' numerical advantage would become smaller and smaller.

After the first wave of pirates who rushed onto the "Grey Dolphin" were scattered, the pirates behind them began to flee in all directions.

Qiantiao was holding back the fourth-tier combat power, so Suren didn't feel any pressure at all.

He stood on the deck, controlling the puppets to focus their firepower on chasing down those third-tier squad leaders who still had combat power and those who were trying to break the [Cocoon World].

In this space, he controlled everything.

Even if the pirates hid in the cabins, it was useless.

In his soul perception, no flame of soul in any of the ships could escape.

.......

This dramatic turn of events stunned the Dawn Troupe.

Originally, they had prepared for a desperate battle. But they didn't expect that the mysterious man the captain brought would reverse the battle situation alone!

Puppet masters were rare, but not unseen.

But how could there be a puppet master who could control hundreds of puppets?

Moreover, this man also took the time to throw out a few puppets emitting a green healing aura, allowing the injured crew members of the Dawn Troupe to receive much-needed treatment. With a chance to catch their breath, the crew members also began to fight back. They followed the puppet army, jumped over the deck, drilled into the cabins, and chased down the fleeing enemies.

.......

Suren's pressure became smaller and smaller. While controlling the puppets and silk threads to fight, he could also take the time to focus on another battlefield.

Qiantiao was fighting five against one, without losing any ground.

Her six arms and six knives waved with sword light all over the sky, like thousands of knives and ten thousand knives. The tornado of knife Qi that filled the sky made people's scalps tingle even from a distance.

"Sister Qiantiao is so strong..."

Suren couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he watched.

Several fourth-tier pirate captains were powerful, but they couldn't do anything to Qiantiao.

"One-Eyed" Suoke was able to fight Qiantiao with two arms back in the gambling den, but now he was completely being suppressed. If it weren't for their numbers, he would have been killed by the knives long ago.

"Iron Wall Bear" Huoen was the same. This veteran pirate with a bounty of more than 50 million, whose indestructible mechanical body could even withstand artillery fire, now barely had the ability to protect himself under the sharp knife light.

"Golden Hook" Charles did use a good knight swordsmanship, but his strength was far inferior to Qiantiao, and he wasn't much of a threat...

Together with the other two first mates, the five of them barely managed to protect themselves.

Qiantiao is a pure swordsman, with no fancy spells or formulas, just chop chop chop.

But when her body strength and swordsmanship reached a certain level, it was completely unreasonable. (Note: Single-edged sword, can be called a knife or a sword.)

For example, her current state of Kenhō (swordmaster).

The most obvious difference between a "Kenhō" and an ordinary swordsman lies in the sword Qi.

In her full state, her current slashing sword Qi can overflow thirty or forty feet. Sword Qi is extremely effective in breaking Qi, armor, and elemental barriers unless it is a full-coverage mech, otherwise, there is a fatal threat.

The second stage [Rakshasa Woman] also gave her a huge physical boost, nerve response, speed, agility, strength… all of them.

This was completely crushing almost any fourth-tier.

In this state, it was difficult for the enemy to hurt her, but if she cut them with a knife, it would be a broken leg or arm.

.......

Under normal circumstances, if the battle couldn't kill the enemy in seconds, then the battle had to be gradual.

Otherwise, if the enemy saw no hope of survival at all, they would do something crazy like trying to die together.

Seeing Qiantiao gaining the upper hand, Suren didn't plan to take out the Black Scythe or anything to sneak attack. He wanted to wait until the minions were killed and the overall situation was settled before revealing other means.

But while watching the excitement, those pirate captains turned their eyes to him.

Those guys also knew that they couldn't do anything to Qiantiao for a while, but if they continued to consume like this, the crew members would be killed by Suren instead.

As long as they weren't stupid, they would know that to deal with a puppet master, they must first kill the controller's main body.

And those third-tier squad leaders had no ability to kill him at all.

Therefore, they could only take action.

It was during this battle that five fourth-tiers suddenly broke out, and Qiantiao couldn't spare herself for a while.

One of the fourth-tier assassins skillfully disengaged from the battlefield and disappeared into the air with stealth.

Seeing this, Suren wasn't flustered at all. He just raised his eyebrows slightly and muttered, "Tsk tsk... Only one came, underestimated me."

The assassin's stealth skills and movements were pretty good. He skillfully integrated himself into the shock wave of the battle, making it difficult to be detected.

But in his soul perception, this guy's movement trajectory had no secrets at all.

Suren sensed that the guy was already ten meters away from him, looking like he was planning to kill him with one blow. He then leisurely picked up the black umbrella next to him.

Using the cursed object [Rune Human Skin Umbrella] previously required worrying about the curse backlash, but now with the holy text totem, Suren used it without any pressure. The influence of the whispers was minimal.

With a "pop", the umbrella opened.

He formed a hand seal with one hand.

"Night Curtain Domain - Open!"

Suren himself was a puppet master, how could he not have guessed that the other party would definitely send a master to kill him?

From the first moment he took action, he knew that the minions couldn't do anything to him, and those captains would definitely find a chance to strike.

He had prepared the black umbrella in advance, just waiting for this moment.

Not everyone had [Omniscient Eyes] that could know what this human skin black umbrella was for at the first moment. The fourth-tier assassin didn't think he had been discovered when he saw Suren take out the black umbrella and still charged straight at him. But as soon as the umbrella opened, he realized that his five senses had been stripped away in an instant. He couldn't perceive his body or anything around him at all, and his stealth immediately failed.

Before the resentment in the umbrella could attack, a sharp silk thread appeared on the assassin's neck.

Losing control of his body, the elemental barrier naturally collapsed.

Suren slightly bent his finger and easily cut off the head of this fourth-tier assassin.

.......

"Thud", the head landed on the ground.

The fourth-tier assassin hadn't even reacted before his head and body were separated.

This scene once again added a bit of bizarre atmosphere to this already strange battle.

Everyone looked at Suren holding the black umbrella as if they had seen a ghost.

He just opened the umbrella, hooked his fingers, and then a fourth-tier master was killed so easily?

This method was incomprehensible, so… there was an unspeakable strangeness.

If everyone was just shocked by the number when they saw the puppet army,

Then at this moment, they knew that the main body combat power of the black umbrella man was also so terrifying!

The Dawn Troupe naturally rejoiced when they saw this. They realized that their captain's friend was really strong beyond reason.

The faces of the crew members and captains of the "Iron Crocodile Crew", "Flamingo Crew", and "Iron Hammer Crew" on the opposite side were ashen, and they cursed inwardly.

Where did this monster come from…

Damn it, a "Thousand Knife Rakshasa" was already as strong as a monster, and now another perverted puppet master appeared?

Until the fourth-tier assassin died, they thought they still had a chance to fight.

Now, all hope was completely cut off.

Even Qiantiao, watching Suren kill the enemy so easily, showed a moment of surprise, and couldn't hide the shock in her heart: "This kid, it's not just killing third-tier like cutting melons and vegetables, he's clearly not even afraid of ordinary fourth-tiers..."

Thinking of this, a strong sense of relief appeared on her face.

Looking at the remaining four pirate captains again, her eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and the power of her slashes suddenly increased by another three points.

.......

Originally, they planned to drag it out for a while and slowly devour them, but now this change suddenly made the battle extremely fierce.

The pirates had no way out and could only fight desperately.

"Forget it, we can only make a quick decision..."

Seeing this, Suren let out a slight breath and spread out two more scrolls.

"Bang" "Bang" two sounds.

The scrolls exploded.

A living corpse holding a black scythe and a battle mecha appeared on the deck.

With these two great weapons appearing, the Dawn Troupe was once again added two heavy chips to the balance of battle.

The battle had completely lost its suspense.

.......

Not long after, two more fourth-tiers were killed by Qiantiao, and the battle was coming to an end.

Seeing that there was no hope of survival, "One-Eyed" Suoke, who was covered in wounds, finally panicked.

In the retreat, he begged bitterly.

"Wait! We can talk! Whatever you want, I can give you. Even, I can surrender to your Dawn Troupe..."

"You can't kill me, my dad is..."

"..."

How arrogant this guy was before, how embarrassed he was begging for mercy now.

But Qiantiao didn't give him a chance to live and ended his life with one knife.

Suren walked over, and the two exchanged a simple look.

He looked at the corpses all over the ground, and a phantom of a god of death rose behind him.

Although Qiantiao knew that his ability had awakened, she narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw the appearance of this phantom and the pressure of the law of death descending, and murmured, "The death law talent is very powerful."

She didn't look much and led the crew members to clean up the enemies hiding in various parts of the cabin.

.......

Suren looked at the corpse of "One-Eyed" Suoke on the ground. There were traces of solidified runes in his bones and flesh.

Because of these runes, "Iron Wall Bear" Huoen, who was fully mechanically modified, was killed by Qiantiao, and this guy survived to the end.

Just this point, this lineage of secrets does have unique features.

Without delay, Suren harvested the soul fragments of "One-Eyed" Suoke.

Not too surprisingly, he didn't find the rune knowledge he needed.

「You have stripped the soul of ‘Suoke Lionheart’ and obtained some ‘water, fire, and metal law fragments’」

「You have obtained some information about ‘The Mountain Hidden Kingdom in the Tarin Islands’」

「You have mastered some secret information of the Lionheart family: ‘Our family is from the Lu Ying Imperial Capital…’」

「You have obtained some low-level inheritance knowledge of ‘Rune Warlock’」

「Spirit +5.7」

This guy only knew a little bit of superficial knowledge. The amount of knowledge related to "Rune Warlock" that was stripped out was far from enough to be used to refine [Imitation Original Rune].

However, Suren did get some useful information from this guy.

"So, this line of Rune Warlocks also came from the Lu Ying Imperial Capital?"

Suren digested the information and understood.

Suoke's old man, nicknamed "Rune Old Man", was actually a talented apprentice under the Rune Grandmaster of the Imperial Capital thirty years ago. Then, something happened, and he defected with a very special cursed object. He had been chased and killed all these years, so he hid in the Northern Continent Four Kingdoms and then gradually became the lord of those natives.

"This plot is a bit ridiculous… That Rune Old Man can advance to the sixth level, saying he's a genius is not an exaggeration, why steal things and defect? Also, what cursed object is worth him stealing?"

Suren looked at the corpse in front of him, and he didn't understand some things.

He lacked some necessary information and couldn't figure out many things for a while.

But the good news was that he had determined that the "Rune Old Man" did have the inheritance of the Rune Warlock in his hands.

"It seems that I really have to go."

Suren said to himself softly.

But he also felt that it didn't matter.

Anyway, the Northern Continent Four Kingdoms were not far from Pirate City, and it was convenient to take a trip. Although that Rune Old Man was a bit troublesome at the sixth level, he should be able to find a breakthrough when he thought about it.

However, in Suoke's memory, there was a lot of mysterious information about the "Mountain Hidden Kingdom", one of the Northern Continent Four Kingdoms.

The situation there was very complicated.

"One hundred and eight thousand gods? Tsk tsk… It's another fragmented civilization left over from a brilliant ancient civilization."

At a glance, he knew it was a very interesting sea area.

Suren was also very interested in seeing it.

While thinking, he had already stripped the soul fragments of the other fourth-tiers.

Now that he could use the god of death phantom at will, he reaped a full harvest with one wave.

.......

Suren released the [Cocoon World], and the silk threads covering several pirate ships receded like a tide.

The enemy's three pirate crews were almost wiped out on the ships. Even if a few successfully jumped into the water and escaped, the probability of surviving in this sea area with cold seawater and strong winds was also very low.

The Dawn Troupe had slight casualties, and the loss could be said to be negligible.

Now that the battle was over, they were happily cleaning up the spoils on the ship. They cleaned up the corpses, equipment, and alchemical materials and then moved the supplies from the "Grey Dolphin" and the other two ships to the light frigate of the "Flamingo Pirate Crew".

This was a new ship.

This type of ship was already the fastest among small pirate ships.

This time, the Dawn Troupe had really replaced their shotguns with cannons. If they encountered a strong enemy in the future and couldn't beat them, at least the chances of running away were also much greater.

Not long after, Qiantiao, covered in blood, walked over.

There were no wounds on her body. It was all the blood of the enemies.

"Hey, I tried to restrain my slashes as much as possible, but I still cut through some of the ship. It will cost a lot of money to repair it..."

Although Qiantiao complained, she looked like she was in a good mood.

Although the pirates didn't have much wealth, the spoils of the three ships were enough for them to consume for a long time.

She looked at Suren and asked, "Did you find what you wanted?"

Suren shrugged and said truthfully, "No. But I got some information, and I still have to go to the Northern Continent Four Kingdoms."

Qiantiao said again, "Oh. I also plan to go to Pirate City to take a look. Want to go together along the way?"

"I have a better idea. I might have to go back to Blizzard City..."

Suren said his plan, "I plan to sneak into the fleet of the King of the North Sea to find out the source of those void colonizations. If I go to Pirate City and then try to find a way, without a reasonable identity, it will be easier to be suspected."

This was also the plan he had thought of before.

"Oh."

Qiantiao's mouth showed a slight regret when she heard this. She wasn't too surprised and didn't say much.

She looked at Suren and smiled slightly, "Want me to send you off?"

Suren shook his head: "No need. It's not far from the coast here. Give me a ship, and I can go back by myself."

Qiantiao seemed to realize something at this time, "Oh, I almost forgot. With your ability, you can sail a ship alone."

Suren smiled.

After a pause, Qiantiao said again: "Then be careful. If something happens, use the communication device to notify me. If I have time, I will come to help you."

Suren grinned, revealing his neat white teeth, "Yeah."

The two already had a tacit understanding in their eyes.

They had only met for a short time, and the farewell was just a few simple words.

.......

Not long after, a fire burned the two pirate ships full of corpses.

The Dawn Troupe sailed north, and a dilapidated empty ship sailed south towards Blizzard City.

Suren stood on the deck.

He happened to see Qiantiao sitting lazily on the mast of the ship that was getting farther and farther away in his sight, letting the breeze blow her robe, her blue hair scattered and fluttering.

Looking at the setting sun,

She was so proud.