Chapter 322: Bai Lu’s Head

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Bai Lu’s Head

Feng Ling urged, "What’s its weakness?! I need to know the Cursed Puppet’s weakness!"

Li Qing asked, "Do you remember the Insect King from before?"

’What’s with all this nonsense?’ Feng Ling thought. ’Look at the time, and you want to take me on a trip down memory lane?’

"The relationship between the Cursed Puppet and the puppet master is just like the one between the Insect King and the Gu Insect Master. The Cursed Puppet is the puppet master’s most important and powerful creation. Think back on how you killed the Insect King. You can use the same method to kill the Cursed Puppet!" Li Qing said decisively.

Feng Ling tried to recall.

’How did we kill it back then?’

’Brute force. We just hacked away at it and burned it. The Insect King died, and the Gu Insect Master escaped to the harbor in the chaos...’

A sudden uproar erupted outside the Supervision Building’s courtyard. Cars parked temporarily on the roadside scrambled to get away, the sounds of collisions and honking horns rising and falling!

An immense wave of cold air washed over her from behind, making Feng Ling shudder.

She turned and saw the Headless Giant crawling out of the main gate, sending nearby reporters fleeing in a panic.

He Xingluo pulled the Flame Sprayer from its metal case and slung the backpack with the fuel tank onto her back.

She hadn’t used this kind of weapon much; the spray volume and angle would need to be adjusted on the fly.

Feng Ling looked up at the giant and said to Li Qing on the phone, "The Insect King back then couldn’t breathe cold air. Right now, I’m about to freeze solid just by getting a little close to this thing."

Li Qing replied, "A Cursed Puppet can’t absorb Cards, so it wouldn’t have the ability to release cold air. That kind of ability can only come from a Card Holder."

Feng Ling understood what he meant. The Frost Ability came from Bai Lu’s Card. That meant they had to deal with Bai Lu first, or it would be nearly impossible to get rid of this enormous Cursed Puppet.

But Bai Lu was, after all, the captain of the Jingnan Branch. No matter what she had done, she was on the side of humanity. They still didn’t know why she had lost control. ’Do I really have to use lethal force?’

The giant had now reached the unrestricted space outdoors and shifted from crawling to a standing position. It was nearly six meters tall, with long upper limbs and short lower ones. Its skin steamed faintly under the blazing sun, like a massive block of ice just taken out of a freezer.

It advanced on He Xingluo step by step. He Xingluo, clutching the Flame Sprayer, retreated continuously.

Feng Ling looked at the parasitic eyes on its body and thought, ’If I get rid of the eyes, will that be enough to wake Bai Lu up?’

She thought it, and she did it—

Feng Ling gripped her gun with both hands. Firing as she ran, she sprinted toward the giant. As she closed the distance, her shots became more and more accurate.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

One of the eyes was quickly pierced and destroyed!

The giant turned and raised its hand. Two Ice Cones formed in its palm, exuding a chilling aura!

Feng Ling noticed that whenever it started using a Card Ability, its movements became sluggish. Conversely, when it wasn’t using a Card Ability, its speed returned to normal.

Now that the Ice Cones had formed, the giant’s movements quickened. Wielding the cones like two huge Ice Blades, it stabbed mercilessly at Feng Ling!

Feng Ling rolled to the side, dodging the Ice Cones, but the sharp shards of ice that flew up still cut her face.

Beads of blood welled up. She couldn’t help but frown. Looking up, she happened to see another eye on the giant’s knee and immediately shoved her gun against it, unloading a hail of bullets!

The webbing between her thumb and index finger went numb from the recoil. She was quickly out of bullets!

The two hands on the giant’s left arm swatted down with crushing force!

Feng Ling dodged with a forward dive, but the giant’s right arm, holding an Ice Blade, stabbed at her again!

Feng Ling dove again, dodging once more! But while she avoided the Ice Blade, she couldn’t avoid the countless ice shards that flew up when it smashed into the ground!

This time, her injuries were worse. Her shoulders, back, waist, and legs were all covered in bloody gashes, as if she’d been slashed a dozen times with a dagger.

Feng Ling paid the wounds no mind, but she was growing furious. She didn’t understand. The eyes had been destroyed, so why wasn’t Bai Lu waking up?!

’Are there other parasitic eyes on the Cursed Puppet?’

Just then, He Xingluo, having finished calibrating her equipment, yelled to her, "Get clear!!!"

With no time to think, Feng Ling sprinted to the side, putting distance between herself and the giant.

He Xingluo’s whole body was tense. Leveling the Flame Sprayer, she pressed the pressure button, and a dragon of fire over twenty meters long shot out! It instantly melted the Ice Blades in the Headless Giant’s hands!

It caught fire. Everywhere the tongues of flame touched was scorched black—a horrific sight!

If it were a sentient creature, it would surely be rolling on the ground in agony, but it was a puppet that felt no pain—

The giant sacrificed an arm, using it as a shield as it pressed straight toward He Xingluo!

He Xingluo’s eyes widened, the output on her Flame Sprayer already at maximum! The giant’s entire arm was engulfed in flames, and its body was on fire as well. It was like a molten lava flow about to incinerate He Xingluo along with itself!

"Run!!!" Seeing things were going wrong, Feng Ling rushed forward, grabbed He Xingluo’s arm, and yanked her away with all her might!

At the same time, dozens of Human-faced Crows dived toward the giant from the sky!

Most of the Human-faced Crows vanished into the flames, but they managed to slightly impede the giant’s movements, buying Feng Ling more time.

Feng Ling pulled He Xingluo to a safe distance. By now, the flames on the giant had weakened. A great deal of steam rose from its skin, and chunks of charred flesh fell off with soft thuds. Its entire arm was carbonized down to the bone, yet it was still "alive" and out of control.

Feng Ling looked at the half-burned face of Bai Lu on the giant and thought, ’Forget it. Time to use lethal force.’

’She can’t be saved.’

She let go of He Xingluo and suddenly launched an attack on the Headless Giant! After rapidly closing the distance, she threw out two Bone Blades and leaped into the air!

The Bone Blades met in the air like a cross slash, giving the giant no time to react. In an instant, they sliced off Bai Lu’s head!

The head flew in an arc, landed with a THUD, and rolled onto the asphalt road outside the Supervision Building’s courtyard.

Feng Ling caught her breath, straightened up, and looked up at the giant again—

The giant’s behavior truly lived up to the name "puppet." It felt no pain and showed no anger. Dragging its massive, half-charred body, it began walking toward the severed head in the distance.

’Don’t tell me decapitation can’t kill the Cursed Puppet either?’

’Just where is its weakness?’

Feng Ling grew agitated. She took a few steps forward and tried the same trick again! She raised a Bone Blade high and stabbed straight at the giant’s spine!

In the instant she pierced its spine, a frigid energy, like a tidal wave lurking at the bottom of the sea, surged out violently! It froze the Bone Blade solid!

Feng Ling’s heart pounded. Seeing the white frost creeping toward her again along her limb, she had no choice but to swing her other Bone Blade and mercilessly sever the appendage!

Blood splattered on the ground.

She picked up her phone—the call with Li Qing had never ended—and demanded, "I cut off Bai Lu’s head! Why didn’t it work?! The Cursed Puppet can still release cold air! Extremely cold air!"

"Are you sure that was Bai Lu’s head?" Li Qing asked.

It dawned on Feng Ling. She murmured, "I get it now. It was Bai Shuang... The real Bai Lu is still inside the puppet’s body!"

Li Qing said urgently, "Try to hold on for a little longer, I’m almost there... The driver heard there was a monster and wouldn’t go to the Inspection Bureau. He dropped me off halfway. I’m running to your location now..."

Feng Ling hung up the phone, ran out of the courtyard, and snatched the head off the ground!

On the other side, He Xingluo took off her backpack and swapped out the fuel canister, preparing to use the Flame Sprayer again.

Feng Ling glanced at He Xingluo, then at the head in her hand. An idea suddenly struck her, and she turned and ran in the direction of the tunnel.