"Qinglei!"
The small humanoid robot on the Magic Puppet's shoulder glanced at the newcomer. The red light in its eyes froze slightly, and its tone was somewhat surprised.
This woman was once famous, and her strength was only a hair's breadth away from people like Pyrolyte and Haematosuchus. Back then, she had the hope of stepping into the peak of rank 3, becoming one of the few strongest people in the nearby assembly points. Unfortunately, with Pyrolyte's sudden rise, Qinglei gradually disappeared.
The last time the Magic Puppet heard news of Qinglei, it was rumored that she had been killed by Pyrolyte. Unexpectedly, not only was she alive, but she was also not controlled into a flesh puppet.
However, there was clearly something wrong with her condition.
Dressed in a cheongsam, Qinglei's figure was charming, but the expression on her face was very stiff. Her eyes were incomparably empty, and her heart was like dead ashes. She was not inferior to those flesh puppets controlled by Pyrolyte.
Looking at Qinglei's appearance, the Magic Puppet was vaguely vigilant. With Qinglei's previous strength, if not for Pyrolyte's unexpected appearance, she would definitely be one of the peak of rank 3 powerhouses. Although she was later suppressed by Pyrolyte, her strength was not to be underestimated even if she did not advance an inch.
With Pyrolyte's ruthlessness, since he had suppressed Qinglei for so many years, he would definitely not give her any chance to make a comeback. Even if he spared her life out of consideration for their old friendship, he would have enslaved her into a flesh puppet, which was in line with his style.
When an ability user was enslaved into a flesh puppet, although there would be a certain degree of decline in strength, it would also reduce the possibility of retaliation. However, Pyrolyte did not do so!
Qinglei's personality had clearly been completely destroyed. The current Qinglei looked like a walking corpse!
What method did Pyrolyte use to control Qinglei into such a state?
This was an ability user close to the peak of rank 3!
The Magic Puppet was puzzled, but he did not show any mercy. When facing an opponent of Qinglei's level, showing mercy was courting death!
Qinglei, who had her head lowered all this time, slowly raised it. Her empty eyes locked onto the humanoid robot on the Magic Puppet's shoulder.
Whoosh!
Qing Lei suddenly disappeared from where she stood. When she reappeared, she was already in front of the headless golem. Her slender, snow-white thighs stretched out from under her waist-length qipao. She swept her thighs horizontally at the mechanical golem on the headless golem's shoulder.
This kick was not only fast, but also powerful. There was an obvious air barrier around her right leg. This was the condensation of Qinglei's ability.
The air seemed to have been torn apart by this kick. The power of this kick alone made the expressions of the aptitude users watching the battle change.
The Mechanical Marionette's eyes flashed red, and its hands suddenly turned into two tri-edged bayonet-like sharp blades, abruptly thrusting towards Qinglei's right leg.
The headless Magic Puppet clenched its fists at the same time, and a red and white energy two-handed sword suddenly appeared.
Bang!
The two tri-edged bayonets pierced the air barrier around Qinglei's leg at the same time, producing a dull explosion.
This pair of sharp daggers, forged from a special metal and enhanced with a tearing effect by the Evoking Domain, had not been able to break through the air barrier around Qinglei's right leg before they were sent flying by this sudden kick.
The Magic Puppet was like a kicked football, flying towards the metal wall a hundred meters away with a loud bang.
The red and white energy two-handed sword in the headless Magic Puppet's hands suddenly swept towards Qinglei.
The energy sword emitted terrifying energy fluctuations, drawing a sharp arc in the air as it slashed past Qinglei, but it did not seem to have hit its target.
Qinglei, who had been slashed by the energy sword, slowly disappeared like a bubble. What had been slashed was only an afterimage.
The instant the Magic Puppet was sent flying, Qinglei disappeared once more, and when she reappeared, she was already beside the Magic Puppet.
Qinglei abruptly punched downwards, directly sending the Magic Puppet, which had just stood up, smashing it into the hard metal floor, a series of sparks flying.
No one noticed that the green ring on Qinglei's right hand's ring finger had quietly released a faint green light the instant her fist struck the Mechanical Marionette, penetrating its body.
"This speed!"
Watching the exchange between the two, Haematosuchus was incomparably shocked. Just a kick and a punch from Qinglei was enough to threaten every peak Tier 3 Adept present, and even kill ordinary Tier 3 Adepts in an instant.
Qinglei's display of strength did not have much joy on Tian Hou's face, and instead, it was incomparably gloomy.
Venom, who vaguely knew some of the inside story, sneered in his heart. Even as an ally, he was somewhat disdainful of Tian Hou's methods of controlling Qinglei.
Back then, if Qinglei had not been deceived by Tian Hou and fell in love with him, Tian Hou would not have been able to make a comeback. Unfortunately, Tian Hou's methods were too ruthless, using Qinglei's true feelings to make her pregnant, and then using Qinglei's resources to step into Tier 3.
With Qinglei's strength, even if Tian Hou had stepped into Tier 3, he would not have been her opponent. Unfortunately, Qinglei underestimated the ruthlessness of the person sleeping beside her, and when she gave birth to their child, she also exposed her greatest weakness to Tian Hou.
In order to control Qinglei, Tian Hou actually enslaved the child he had with Qinglei, using this to force Qinglei to submit.
Tian Hou's betrayal and the threat to the child's life directly crushed Qinglei's psychological defenses.
Later, Qinglei disappeared from everyone's sight, and Tian Hou took over everything she left behind.
Using one's own child to threaten and control one's own woman, this kind of thing would be despised by others even in the wilderness.
Everything Tian Hou had today was obtained by trampling on Qinglei and their child.
Venom was not surprised that Qinglei would become like this. Her talent was too good, and all kinds of supernatural abilities had almost no obvious barriers to her, so she could quickly become a Tier 3 ability user.
However, because Qinglei's talent was too strong, many people had their eyes on her, and her weakness was too obvious. Moreover, she was not ruthless enough. If she had been ruthless enough to give up her child when Tian Hou rebelled, Tian Hou would not have had the chance to rise up. Unfortunately, she did not do so, and this led to the continuation of the tragedy.
If not for Tian Hou, Qinglei would sooner or later fall in love with other men because of this weakness.
Venom was very curious why Tian Hou did not enslave Qinglei into a flesh puppet, nor did he kill her. Instead, he kept her by his side.
By doing so, he had undoubtedly buried a bomb beside him. Although Tian Hou's current strength was stronger than Qinglei's, with Qinglei's talent and current strength, the puppet would most likely be torn apart by Qinglei if it backfired.
Tian Hou's treatment of Qinglei did not match his usual ruthless style, unless he had a reason to do so!
Venom stared at the figure wearing a green qipao in the arena. The relationship between Qinglei and Tian Hou had long been like fire and water, but she was suppressed by him and had no choice but to work for him. Now that his subordinates had suffered heavy casualties, if he could subdue Qinglei, he might be able to make up for the manpower lost to The Abyss.
Everyone had different thoughts, but in the arena, Qinglei seemed to be in a state of explosive power. She kept suppressing the Magic Puppet. Qinglei kicked the Mechanical Puppet like a rubber ball, knocking it back and forth into the wall several times. It was even stomped into the metal floor several times.
Although the headless Magic Puppet was not slow, the energy sword in its hand could not even touch the corner of Qingluan's clothes. This made many aptitude users on the Iron Chariots' side tremble in fear.
Tian Hou had been severely injured by Arc Light and was still unconscious. Now that the Magic Puppet had personally entered the arena, the opponent's Tier 3 Pinnacle had not even entered the arena and was already at a disadvantage. The Iron Chariots' side seemed to be at a disadvantage.
Seeing that everyone was panicking and becoming restless, Scorpion spoke up to calm them down.
"Don't worry, the Magic Puppet won't lose. We'll definitely win this match."
"But the Magic Puppet seems to be suppressed!" Someone muttered softly.
The Magic Puppet's situation was not looking good, and its opponent was a woman. This made many people start to doubt the strength of the Magic Puppet.
"The Magic Puppet's metal puppets are all made of a special type of metal, and they are blessed with multiple energy arrays. Their physical strength is even stronger than a Tier 3 Magic Puppet. Even the Rock Helmet's defense is no match for the Magic Puppet's."
"Although Qinglei's explosive speed is fast, her strength is not enough to break through the Magic Puppet's defense. When the Magic Puppet starts to counterattack, it will be Qinglei's time to die!"
The aptitude users who were originally worried now noticed that although the Magic Puppet seemed to be suppressed badly, it was not injured at all. Even the Magic Puppet that was kicked around like a rubber ball only had some harmless damage. It did not affect the Magic Puppet's battle in the slightest. Only then did the restless people's hearts slowly calm down.
Qinglei suppressed the Tier 3 Pinnacle Magic Puppet. Although she did not destroy the Magic Puppet, she had already displayed the strength of a Tier 3 Pinnacle. In the eyes of many, she was already a Tier 3 Pinnacle powerhouse that was comparable to the Magic Puppet.
Unfortunately, she met the Magic Puppet!
Scorpion silently said in his heart. Qingluan in her explosive state was not the slightest bit inferior to any Tier 3 Pinnacle Combat Domain powerhouse. Even Scorpion had to treat her with caution. She was an opponent that needed to be dealt with carefully.
However, the Magic Puppet's abnormal defense just so happened to counter Qingluan's speed. No matter how fast Luan's explosive speed was, as long as she could not completely destroy the Magic Puppet's metal Puppet, she had no chance of victory in front of the Magic Puppet. At most, she would only exhaust some of the Magic Puppet's energy reserves.
Thinking up to this point, Scorpion vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Scorpion had fought the Magic Puppet before. He should be very clear that Qinglei's attacks would not be able to break through the Magic Puppet's defense. The consumption of the Magic Puppet's energy reserves was meaningless in weakening the Magic Puppet.
What was his purpose in sending Qinglei to fight the Magic Puppet?
Even if he gave Qinglei an energy weapon, the situation would not be like this.
Did he want to use the Magic Puppet to kill Qinglei?
Or was Qinglei hiding a trump card to deal with the Magic Puppet?
The Magic Puppet's defense was stronger than the Rock Helmet, but his attack was slightly weaker. In order to make up for this flaw, the Magic Puppet adopted a very extreme method, and that was to install a plasma bomb in his body.
Once he encountered a real danger, the Magic Puppet could detonate the plasma bomb hidden in his body at any time, perishing together with the enemy.
The most troublesome thing was that the Magic Puppet did not hide this secret. Instead, he made this trump card known to everyone. Basically, all the aptitude users present were aware of the Magic Puppet's method of perishing together with the enemy.
The only secret of the Magic Puppet's trump card was that no one knew how many plasma bombs the Magic Puppet had installed in his headless body and mechanical puppets. This was also the reason why Venom and the others did not want to fight the Magic Puppet. Even if they could defeat the Magic Puppet in a head-on fight, they would have to worry about the Magic Puppet detonating the plasma bombs. Although this method of perishing together with the enemy was shameless, it had indeed intimidated many opponents.
Qinglei kept kicking and ravaging the mechanical puppet. The headless Magic Puppet roared again and again, brandishing its energy sword and chasing after Qinglei, but it was always a little slower.
Bang!
Qinglei punched the mechanical puppet again. Before the mechanical puppet was sent flying, the green ring on her right hand's ring finger suddenly cracked and quietly broke off. It fell from her finger and turned into a green eight-clawed spider the size of a thumb and clung onto the mechanical puppet's abdomen.
The headless Magic Puppet swung its energy sword at her again. This time, Qinglei did not continue to chase after the mechanical puppet that was sent flying. She turned around and looked at the headless Magic Puppet with empty eyes. Her body swayed and she appeared behind the headless magic Puppet.
Qinglei's hands passed under the headless Magic Puppet's ribs and tightly wrapped around the magic Puppet's chest like an iron hoop. She stretched her legs forward and clamped the magic Puppet's abdomen like a spoiled woman hugging her lover.
"Not good!"
The Magic Puppet's body trembled. This seemingly heartwarming scene made it instantly feel the arrival of danger.
Qing Lei's speed was extremely fast. Before the marionette could react, the pair of green bracelets on her white wrist came together. The two bracelets disintegrated and reassembled at the same time. In less than half a second, a strange small robot with eight arms was assembled.
At the end of the robot's tentacle-like arms, thin and long needles extended. Green arcs of electricity flickered on the needles.
The robot released a powerful energy fluctuation, and the eight needles flickering with green electricity suddenly pierced into the headless Magic Puppet's body.
The headless Magic Puppet's body was made of a special type of metal, and its skin was even tougher than Tier 3 defenses. However, in front of these needles, it was as if they were nothing. The eight needles easily pierced through its defenses and pierced into its body.
Seeing this scene, a glint flashed in Shi Jin's eyes.
"The Magic Puppet is done for!"
Venom, Ghostface, and the others stared fixedly at the center of the arena. The headless Magic Puppet that was being strangled by Qinglei's bare hands, and the mechanical puppet that had lost control had actually fallen under Qinglei's control at the same time.
Shi Jin's trap perfectly countered the Magic Puppet.
This was the first time the Magic Puppet had two parts of its body suppressed at the same time.
In the past, the Magic Puppet had been forced to detonate its Plasma Bomb three times in battle. Two of them had detonated the Plasma Bomb inside the mechanical puppet, and one had detonated the Plasma Bomb hidden inside the headless body. However, it had never detonated two parts of a Plasma Bomb at the same time.
The Magic Puppet's direct strength wasn't considered too strong.
From the fact that Qinglei had suppressed the Magic Puppet to the point that it couldn't retaliate, it was enough to prove that the Magic Puppet's strength wasn't at the peak of Tier 3. At the very least, it was slightly weaker than Shi Jin and Arc Light, who had already entered the arena.
The few Tier 3 Peak players present more or less had the strength to suppress the Magic Puppet in a direct confrontation. However, if they wanted to truly defeat or kill the Magic Puppet, they wouldn't have the confidence to do so unless two of them worked together.
Only those who had truly witnessed the Magic Puppet's desperation would know that the Magic Puppet's difficulty wasn't just because of its powerful defense and the Plasma Bomb that could detonate at any time. It was also because no matter which part of its body was detonated, it wouldn't be able to kill the Magic Puppet.
Before stepping into the old city, Venom and the others had made a simulation calculation. If they wanted to kill the Magic Puppet, there was only one way, and that was to destroy both parts of the Magic Puppet's body at the same time.