Chapter 121 Skin peeling scissors and bone removal needle
It’s night.
The streets in Yudai City are lonely and deserted.
The large and medium-sized shops in Fangshi closed their doors early and no longer accept customers.
Not to mention that every household has closed its doors and windows, hiding at home and not daring to go out.
Lin Chen also stayed in the inn and asked the inn waiter to bring some food, wine and snacks upstairs early in the morning.
Take out a palm-sized instrument, and a virtual projection falls in front of you.
The images being projected are clearly two martial arts puppets, Long Ba and Feng Jiu.
I saw Long Ba and Feng Jiu walking on the deserted street, their bodies swaying like a pair of drunken Taoist couples.
With such a good goal, Lin Chen didn’t believe that the Puppet Hall hiding in the dark would be willing to give up.
"Well, according to Jade Ghost, those skinned monks are only at the Foundation Establishment stage... they pose almost no threat to Long Ba and Feng Jiu..."
Lin Chen simply ate snacks and watched. The situation in the projection is waiting quietly.
About half an hour later, he was getting bored of waiting.
At this moment, two illusory black shadows flashed across the screen...
Lin Chen immediately cheered up and observed carefully.
After giving instructions to Long Ba and Feng Jiu and slowing down the shared perspective, Lin Chen finally saw the two black figures clearly.
The whole body was wrapped in mist, revealing a pale grimace.
It moves so fast that it is almost difficult to see with the naked eye.
"It seems to have the ability to pass through walls...Tsk, tsk, the person responsible for skinning is the ghost raised by the Ghost Exorcist Sect?"
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, this means that the Puppet Hall We have reached a certain level of cooperation with the Ghost Exorcist Sect.
He continued to look at the screen.
I saw the two black shadows walking along the ground, slowly approaching Long Ba and Feng Jiu, and finally sprayed out a ball of black mist, surrounding Long Ba and Feng Jiu.
Then, the black mist turned into a black line in the air, floating in a certain direction.
“Is this a psychedelic spell?”
Lin Chen touched his chin. As Long Ba and Feng Jiu were puppets, they naturally would not be fascinated.
But Lin Chen planned to take advantage of his plan.
After giving orders to Long Ba and Feng Jiu, the two puppets followed the black fog in a certain direction to the south of the city.
After about a quarter of an hour, the two groups of black mist hiding in the corner gradually emerged.
It turned into a human-shaped black mist and attacked Long Ba and Feng Jiu.
The black mist enveloped two magic weapons that shone with strange light. Lin Chen saw it clearly and nodded:
"Skin-peeling scissors, bone-removing needles... these are consistent with the two magic weapons mentioned by Jade Ghost!"
According to Jade Ghost, he is not the only one responsible for skinning in the city.
A total of more than ten people are responsible for skinning in the Puppet Hall and the Ghost Exorcist Gate.
The monks responsible for skinning are equipped with these two magic weapons.
Skin peeling scissors can pluck out the skins of mortals and even monks without anyone noticing.
By the time he reacted, he had lost too much blood and was in great pain...
The bone-removing needle can penetrate directly into the flesh and blood of the human body, allowing the bones to be sewn together and better refined into a puppet.
This is why, after the strange skinning incident occurred in the city, only a complete skin bag was left, but the flesh and bones were missing.
"Expelling ghosts and deceiving people, I finally found the rightful owner..."
"Judging from the current situation, the monk responsible for skinning is indeed a foundation-building practitioner."
"It seems that I have to go and take a look..."
Lin Chen glanced at the positions of Long Ba and Feng Jiu, climbed out of the window onto the street, and then hurried away.
At the same time, Long Ba and Feng Jiu also faced the two monks responsible for skinning on the screen.
I saw a strange red light flashing on the peeling scissors, poking straight towards Long Ba's Dantian.
This is to start peeling the skin from the belly button until the entire skin is completely peeled off.
Bang!
However, after the skin-picking scissors hit Long Ba’s body, there was a sound of fighting.
Long Ba was not injured and just kept walking forward.
But in the distance, the monk using the peeling scissors was stunned.
"What's going on? Why is this guy's skin so thick? Even the peeling scissors can't peel it off..."
This is the first time he has encountered this situation.
In the past, whether it was a mortal or a Qi-refining monk, after encountering these skin-peeling scissors, the skin could be peeled off as easily as a piece of paper.
But this time, the peeling scissors have lost their effectiveness?
“No, something’s wrong!”
The monk was stunned and tried to peel off Feng Jiu’s skin with the skin peeling scissors, but it also failed.
"Don't be stunned, try using your bone-removing needle!"
The monk reminded.
The other shadow monk on the side nodded after hearing this, summoned the bone-removing needle, and stabbed Long Ba directly.
Ding!
There was just a crisp sound, and the bone-removing needle failed to penetrate the skin, but was ejected far away.
Both Long Ba and Feng Jiu's skin and bones are made of high-grade exotic metals.
It is much stronger than this magic weapon, so how can the skin and bones be removed?
The successive defeats also made the two skinned monks react.
"Something's wrong! There's something wrong with these two people... Stop picking on each other, let's run away!"
After a while of whispering, the two monks wanted to run away.
But how could Lin Chen let them go so easily?
So he quickly issued an attack order to Long Ba and Feng Jiu...
I saw Long Ba and Feng Jiu turning into afterimages and quickly rushed towards the two foundation-building monks.
The two monks also reacted quickly, took out their magic weapons and attacked Long Ba Feng Jiu.
But when the magic weapon hit the puppet, it only made the sound of gold and steel clashing, leaving one or two shallow scars.
The puppet is not afraid of pain and will not stop.
As long as the core power system is not damaged, Long Ba and Feng Jiu can continue fighting.
After a fierce charge, Long Ba and Feng Jiu were already close to the two foundation-building monks.
The fierce fist blast hit the body-protecting essence of the foundation-building monk.
Boom!
Boom boom!
Punch power exceeding 50,000 kilograms fell like raindrops without stopping at all.
The body of flesh and blood must eventually dry up.
But the puppet didn't.
Ten punches, a hundred punches...
After being bombarded by hundreds of punches, even the foundation-building monk's body-protecting essence was completely shattered.
The two foundation-building monks were startled, but they still wanted to fight to the death.
A dazzling flame erupted on the deserted street, sweeping towards Long Ba and Feng Jiu.
The high temperature of thousands of degrees almost caused the houses along the street to be burned down...
However, in the fierce fire, Long Ba and Feng Jiu were not disturbed in the slightest, and they moved towards the two The famous foundation-building monk continued to attack.
After all, the materials used to forge Long Ba and Feng Jiu are high-grade exotic metals that can withstand temperatures of hundreds of thousands of degrees.
“Weird...monsters!”
“These two guys...they are not human beings!”
The two foundation-building monks also discovered this, their faces It was full of fear.
"It's a puppet! A high-level puppet... Damn it, besides the puppet door, how come there are other puppets?"
However, they will never get the answer to this question.
With the joint efforts of Long Ba and Feng Jiu, the two foundation-building monks were eventually injured and fell to the ground. Their limbs were removed and they were no longer able to resist.
A moment later.
Lin Chen hurried over, looked at the two foundation-building monks who fell to the ground, and said slowly:
"Okay, now tell me everything you know!"
"Give up! We won't tell you!"
These two foundation-building monks still seem to have some backbone. I don't know if they are die-hard loyalists of the Puppet Hall or the Ghost Exorcism Sect.
Lin Chen smiled when he saw this, and said with some distress:
"Alas, there are no soul-searching techniques..."
"However, Veritaserum That’s okay! ”
Lin Chen took out two pieces of truth serum from the storage bag.
This thing is specially prepared by Daxia for monks in the world of immortality.
The strength of the monk's soul is far higher than that of ordinary people, so he is very resistant to such ecstasy drugs.
However, no matter how strong you are, there is a limit.
These two doses of truth serum contain strong ingredients...
A moment later, the two foundation-building monks collapsed on the ground, rolling their eyes and foaming at the mouth. They were already unconscious.
It is no exaggeration to say that under the influence of truth serum, these two people even knew the color of their underwear.
After getting the information he wanted, Lin Chen did not hesitate and killed the two foundation-building monks.
After that, Lin Chen took away the storage bag, erased the traces of the battle and returned to the inn.
……
In the inn room, Lin Chen frowned and thought, sorting out the information he had just received.
"Two foundation-building monks, one from the Puppet Hall, the other from the Ghost Exorcist Sect... Did you not expect that the strength of these two demon sects has been connected to such an extent?"
< br>These two foundation-building monks are the backbone of the Puppet Hall and the Ghost Exorcism Sect respectively.
But now they are able to cooperate and complete the soul stealing and skinning...
The reason is that after all, the two demonic forces are inextricably linked.
The monks of the Ghost Exorcist Sect focus on driving ghosts and monsters, and value the power, lightness and physical body of the soul.
The monks of the Puppet Hall drive the puppets to fight without the need for souls.
If the two cooperate, the threat posed will increase several times.
“According to what these two foundation-building monks said, they came to Jade Belt City half a year ago and began to perform the skinning task.”
“And the Black Dog Gang is indeed the Puppet Hall. After several years of accumulation, hundreds of dog-skin puppets have been created! ”
Lin Chen frowned. According to these two people, the dog-skin puppet is very strong.
Puppets made from mortals and dog skins are comparable to monks in the middle or even late stages of Qi refining.
But if it is made into a puppet by a monk... it can even be compared to the perfection of Qi refining and the early stage of foundation building!
As for these refined puppets, most of them were sent to the Purple Smoke Kingdom...
The Purple Smoke Country is the battlefield where the Spirit Beast Sect is located.
The reason why the Spirit Beast Sect is retreating steadily and the situation is critical is inseparable from the performance of these dog-skin puppets on the battlefield.
“You can refine dog-skin puppets, so it seems that there is no need to seal off the city...”
“There are still few clues about the large formation outside Jade Belt City.”
Lin Chen murmured.
He didn't get many clues about the city sealing formation from the two foundation-building monks.
It seems that even they are not aware of this...
However, one of the foundation-building monks mentioned that a ghost exorcist came to Jade Belt City some time ago. big shot.
"The person who can be called a big shot by a foundation-building monk... must at least be a pill-forming monk, right?"
Lin Chen thought silently, becoming more and more wary.
"Currently, there is still no way to escape from Jade Belt City... Is it possible that we really have to try to dig out the Ascension to Heaven?"
Lin Chen touched the storage bag, which contained the drill ground he brought from Daxia Kingdom. machine.
Judging from the power, it is not a problem to dig forty to fifty feet in one day...
"Judging from what the two foundation-building monks said, I am afraid that the city sacrifice matter It won't be long..."
"Whether it's to level the city or to dig out the world, we have to make preparations early."
Thinking of this, Lin Chen tidied up and left Jade Belt City secretly.
In a ravine east of Yudai City, Lin Chen took out the earth drilling machine.
But instead of rushing to excavate, a simple sound insulation array was first deployed.
After the soundproof formation is deployed, it covers a radius of ten feet, and creatures outside the formation cannot hear the movement inside.
Afterwards, Lin Chen called out Long Ba and asked him to enter the earth drilling machine and start digging.
By the next morning, they had dug to a depth of a hundred meters underground.
Afterwards, Lin Chen returned to the inn and asked Long Ba to dig outside the city alone.
For the next two days, Lin Chen continued to practice in the city and occasionally went out to gather information.
But as time passed, Lin Chen became more and more restless.
The entire Jade Belt City gave Lin Chen a strange feeling at this moment.
Lifeless, it seems that there is no hope...
"There is no way to continue like this...Longba also dug hundreds of meters deep underground. Although he has not yet left the range of the formation, it is enough to avoid a nuclear strike. ..."
"Ten thousand steps back, we can also neutralize Yudai City and prevent the city from being sacrificed..."
Lin Chen touched his chin, he still did not intend to sit still and wait for death.
"Let's go to the Black Dog Gang in the south of the city first..."
With this in mind, Lin Chen set off for the Black Dog Gang.
......
At the same time, in the east of Yudai City.
Hundreds of feet deep underground, a figure is digging rapidly.
After digging dozens of feet easily, he emerged from the ground with a disgraced face and returned to the surface.
"It's so unlucky...Who blocked this Jade Belt City?"
"There are millions of mortals and nearly 10,000 monks in the entire Jade Belt City! They were so surrounded by the formation without anyone noticing. Get up..."
"It's better now, I can't get out, I can't escape... Why did I think about going back to Yudai City in the first place?"
Speak? The man is the jade belt scholar.
At this moment, he already looked like a scholar.
Covered in dirt and unkempt, he looked like an old man working in the fields.
After he was frightened by the demon armor, he ran all the way back to Jade Belt City.
But on the second day after arriving in Jade City, he felt something was wrong.
I wanted to leave Jade Belt City, but found myself in a huge formation.
There is no way to escape!
So, like Lin Chen before, he kept looking for loopholes in this formation, but had no way to escape.
In desperation, he could only place his hope on his earth escape technique.
It is a pity that he has not mastered the earth escape technique. In the past, he could dig up to a hundred feet underground without worrying about being tracked by the enemy.
But now, he just hates that he didn't dig deep enough. He wants to dig thousands of feet all the way until he escapes from Yudai City...
The Jade Belt Scholar returned to the ground and rested for a while. After that, he continued to escape underground and started digging.
......
At the same time, south of Jade Belt City.
After passing through a group of low brick houses, Lin Chen arrived at the headquarters of the Black Dog Gang.
This is a place where poor people live.
Many beggars in tattered clothes huddled in the corner, begging from passers-by.
But obviously the current situation in Yudai City has also affected the beggar's career.
Pedestrians coming and going were in a hurry and did not stay too much.
Lin Chen found a random wine shop, went in, ordered some food and waited quietly.
Opposite is the headquarters of the Black Dog Gang.
While eating, Lin Chen saw many black dog gang members patrolling nearby.
Dog barking is also heard frequently.
Lin Chen called the waiter at the wine shop and asked about the situation of the Black Dog Gang, intentionally or unintentionally.
It was a little different from what he imagined.
The main members of the Black Dog Gang are all mortals.
At least he stayed in this wine shop for an entire afternoon, and all he saw were people without cultivation.
Moreover, their daily task is to raise black dogs.
As for the reason... naturally it is to skin the dog and make a dog skin puppet.
In the evening, Lin Chen watched as fewer and fewer gang members came and went.
He concealed his aura and sneaked into the hinterland of the Black Dog Gang.
……
At night, Lin Chen returned to the inn where he was temporarily staying.
Collate the information obtained today.
“The Black Dog Gang has internal and external members... The external members are just mortals, making a living by raising dogs and collecting protection fees...”
“It’s really a small gang that can’t take action... "
"But those who are really connected with the Puppet Hall are the inner core members of the Black Dog Gang..."
Lin Chen squinted his eyes and recalled the scene he saw at the Black Dog Gang's station today.
A huge dog farm with at least thousands of dogs.
And they are all five black dogs, that is, dogs with black hair, claws, eyes, tongue, and nose.
This dog is spiritual and is a house guard dog.
But the Puppet Hall took advantage of the magical properties of these five black dogs to refine those dog-skin puppets.
In addition, Lin Chen also saw several people with advanced cultivation walking around the Black Dog Gang's station.
They are all foundation-building monks...
"The only pity is that we couldn't find the dog-skin puppet... It seems that the place where the puppet is refined is not within the Black Dog Gang's station. ..."
Lin Chen shook his head.
Based on what he saw today, the Black Dog Gang is just a production place dedicated to raising dogs and skinning them.
To refine a dog-skin puppet, you need black dog skin and a skinned mortal or monk body...
Only by combining the two can you refine a dog-skin puppet.
"So, where is the place where the puppets are refined?"
After thinking about it, Lin Chen slowly said: "...the graveyard outside the city!"
Looking up at the sky, it was already dark.
"Huh, don't be in a hurry...wait until tomorrow to find the mass graves and search..."
Going to the mass graves to investigate at night is still very intrusive.
Besides, ghosts are stronger at night.
But during the day, he will be much weaker...
Although Lin Chen is a skilled and bold person, he obviously waits until day time to become more rational.
So, Lin Chen stayed in the room and practiced quietly.
A few hours later.
Before dawn, he suddenly received a message from Long Ba.
Looking at the projected picture, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment.
On the screen, Long Ba controlled the earth drilling machine and was digging the ground.
Due to the structure of the soil, it is impossible to dig straight down. All excavations are done in an arc, which is more efficient.
But the ground drill kept digging, and suddenly saw a long tunnel ahead.
About half a person wide, but bottomless...
The earth boring machine is too big to enter the tunnel, but it is just right for one person to pass...
Looking at this scene, some doubts flashed across Lin Chen's face.
"You actually dug another underground tunnel?"
"This is more than two hundred feet deep underground...600 meters above the ground? How could you dig a tunnel..."
Lin Chen His first reaction was that it was a lair like a snake demon.
But the picture doesn’t look like it, it just looks like a newly dug tunnel.
After thinking about it, Lin Chen got up and left the inn.
"Since you don't understand, then go and see for yourself..."
(End of this chapter)