Capítulo 1055: Chapter 128: Puppet (Part 2) Helplessly, he had no choice but to abandon the weapon in his hand, grab Bai Jie, and run towards the area with the fewest people, intending to force his way through. Around him, those young noblemen who were enthralled also awakened because of the commotion. Some instinctively stopped, turned their faces with confusion towards the commotion happening on Ye Lin’s side. Immediately after, a piercing scream resounded. Read complete versıon only at 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲·𝗻𝗲𝘁 These noblemen were all frightened by the scene in front of them. Those dancing girls who were originally stunningly beautiful, now seemed like puppets wearing human skin, behaving strangely, causing fear in those who saw them. Especially one girl whose head had fallen off yet continued moving, became the main source of terror for this group. The screams of these noblemen were more dreadful one after another, and soon everyone on the scene came to their senses through mutual panic. “Help! Help! Don’t come near us!” “Move away! My father is Landlord Chen! How dare you harm me!” “Damn it! Who just pushed this nobleman! Wait for me, if I escape, you’ll pay for this!” Crying out for their parents, the group retreated in fear, terrified of being caught and eaten by those eerie dancing girls, creating utter chaos. However, as they moved back, those dancing girls did not continue to pursue them after approaching a certain distance but instead stared from afar as if awaiting something. At the same time, behind the crowd, a woman in yellow had stopped her dance at some point and stood silently with her head lowered. Now seeing the crowd approach, she suddenly lunged, quickly grabbing the nearest unfortunate person and swiftly returned to the stage. Immediately after, a large tree behind the stage suddenly began to sway. Dozens of branches grabbed the young noble’s body, tearing his flesh apart, letting blood and internal organs spill onto the ground before the tree. Afterward, the emptied man’s body was stuffed with numerous leaves and dry twigs. After a burst of Spiritual Energy was infused, he miraculously opened his eyes as if alive, and slowly walked towards the remaining people. Everything happened so fast that no one reacted before he was turned into a puppet. Now everyone finally understood what was going on with the dancing girls and attendants in front of them. They must have been ordinary people who fell victim to the Tree Demon’s deadly hands, rather than monsters. Ye Lin also witnessed this scene. Even as a martial arts expert, he was so frightened that a chill ran through him and he quickened his pace to break out of the puppets’ encirclement. It was unfortunate, however, that he had Bai Jie as a burden beside him. Just halfway through the escape, Bai Jie was grabbed by the arm of a puppet, unable to advance an inch further. Ye Lin kicked the puppet with the intention of sending it flying. The puppet did not dodge, taking the full force of the hit, but the outcome wasn’t as expected. If it were a regular person, Ye Lin’s kick would surely have made him release Bai Jie. But this puppet was made by the Tree Demon, and like a machine, it had no sensation of pain. Once it grabbed something with its hand, it was extremely difficult to make it let go. The puppet’s body was kicked almost parallel to the ground, yet it continued to firmly grasp Bai Jie with its right hand, making it difficult for Ye Lin and Bai Jie to escape. Immediately after, puppets from all directions surrounded them, blocking this final route of escape. Seeing the path blocked, Ye Lin couldn’t help but roar angrily, attempting to burst through with all his strength. But by now, several puppet hands had grabbed him, making even moving difficult, let alone breaking through. Ye Lin was extremely loyal to the City Lord; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been held back by a young master here and missed his own chance to escape. At that moment, he regretted it. He should have escaped earlier and informed the City Lord of what had happened here. Now it seemed unlikely this message would get through. As a swordsman, losing his movement technique and weapon made him no different from a regular third-rank martial artist, making escape almost impossible. But just when he was most desperate, a loud sword hum suddenly echoed in his ears. A flash of white light cut down all the arms holding him. Ye Lin, hardly able to believe, lifted his head, looking towards a direction behind the crowd. Only to see an old man in green standing up slowly, surrounded by dozens of puppet corpses cut into pieces. His eyes at this moment were emitting frightening silver-white light, sharply gazing in their direction. A word subconsciously shouted out from Ye Lin’s mouth. As the saying goes, where there’s evil, there’s righteousness. After witnessing those terrifying monsters, cultivators no longer seemed an unattainable existence. At this moment, Pei Laoliu had activated the Spirit Detection Technique. In his perception, every truth was revealed without omission, and visual deception could no longer hinder him. Those puppets did not have much Spiritual Power at all. Even the woman in yellow was nothing but a shell filled with dead branches and leaves, only effective against regular people. The truly troublesome presence was the large tree behind. Its Spiritual Energy was abundant and demonic power formidable, the strongest monster Master Liu had encountered so far. “Foundation Establishment-stage demon beast, blood energy surging, I wonder how much blood food you’ve absorbed… No matter, today let Master Liu eliminate this evil for good, take this Flowing Shadow Divine Sword!” Pei Laoliu shouted and executed the Sword Control Technique. The silver-white sword light swiftly flew throughout the room, slicing the puppets encircling Ye Lin into dozens of pieces. Although the puppets had Undying Bodies, after being thoroughly shattered, they couldn’t avoid being extinguished, eliminating their threat. In the arena, the large tree began to twist madly. Countless branches shot into the crowd, pulling noblemen one by one, quickly devouring their flesh. Seeing this, Master Liu was furious. Since the monster began harming people, he had started to take action. However, he was delayed by the numerous puppets surrounding him, making it difficult to save these people. The piercing sword hum reverberated through the Drunken Immortal Tower. White light flew towards the tree’s branches, severing each one. Several figures screamed as they fell from the air, ignoring their pain, scrambling to escape the monster’s attack range. The Tree Demon’s body made a loud noise, and tens of twisted branches came forth. It sacrificed a large number of branches, forcefully pulling down the Flying Sword. The Mountain and River Sword emitted a series of buzzing sounds, trying to fly further, but couldn’t manage to break free temporarily. Seeing this, Ye Lin grew anxious. Though he felt excited witnessing a legendary Sword Immortal for the first time, the current crisis left him no time for such thoughts. The old Sword Immortal’s Flying Sword, the Flowing Shadow Divine Sword, was constrained by the monster; it was similar to the predicament he faced earlier! He silently thought this was bad. If this senior Sword Immortal lost his combat ability, it would spell doom for them. The remaining puppets over there encircled, targeting Pei Laoliu who posed the greatest threat to Tree Demon. Seeing this situation, everyone broke out in a sweat, fearing their sole hope might perish.