Scorpion Granny was both shocked and furious. She struggled incessantly in Xu Chunniang's grasp, yet could never break free from her palm.
Suppressing the fear in her heart, she demanded, "I have pledged allegiance to Lord Wuzha. Do you dare provoke me? Are you tired of living?"
Yan Yu had subdued these puppets without showing herself, instead borrowing Wuzha's name.
Thus, in Scorpion Granny's eyes, her master was Wuzha.
"Deity Transformation late-stage. Your cultivation has improved rather quickly."
Xu Chunniang swept a glance over the soul in her hand. Demonic Thought suddenly surged into it, beginning a soul search.
Yet Scorpion Granny's soul seemed to have been processed. It was exceedingly "clean," retaining only the memories from after she had become a puppet.
All memories from before she had been refined into a puppet had completely vanished.
Even the process by which she had been turned into a puppet was a total blank.
Scorpion Granny's soul screamed without cease. Only after the soul search ended did she barely regain a fraction of her awareness.
Just as she was about to say something, the hand clutching her soul suddenly tightened—
Scorpion Granny felt pain course through her entire body, then sank into darkness, turning into scattered fragments of soul.
The words on the tip of her tongue ultimately went unspoken.
Xu Chunniang casually withdrew her hand and sensed her surroundings.
At the instant Scorpion Granny's soul perished, heaven and earth abruptly fell silent for a moment. The remnants of Scorpion Granny's soul vanished without a trace, as though carried away by some mysterious power.
Recalling Scorpion Granny's true identity, Xu Chunniang did not think much of it.
Her demonic body had been damaged, and her soul had lost its own will. Even if she could break free of the Puppet Technique's