Exposed Operator
The clouds above grew thicker and thicker, and the faint rumble of thunder grew more and more frequent.
Seeing this terrifying scene, imbued with Heavenly Might, Xuan Yunzi's face grew even more worried.
"Oh no, this demon called 'Rakshasa'... it shouldn't be Living Beings from the Prison Mountain Realm, right?"
Li Nian nodded. "Yes, this thing also comes from Other Worlds."
"That's even worse. This Thunder Art seems to be Righteous Thunder Law for Punishing Evil," Xuan Yunzi said. "It would amplify the power of this Thunder Art against heretical and demonic forces!"
"After all, although the Righteous Thunder Art is a method used by Daoist Mage, its principle is similar to that of our Daoist Sect arts. Both involve drawing upon the power of heaven and earth and borrowing the Law of the Great Dao to perform their effects."
"Moreover, because the opponent is an outsider from another realm, this Thunder Art is bound to be locked onto it—it's almost impossible to dodge or avoid; the only option is to withstand it head-on."
Xuan Yunzi spoke in a deep voice, and Snowy Owl frowned as well.
"Wouldn't that put Old Yao outside in danger?"
"She herself may be alright, but the Summoned Creature is probably in trouble!"
That being said, all they can do is wait and see!
In the sky, bluish-purple lightning surged and converged more intensely within the clouds, exuding an aura of majesty and chilling menace.
Li Nian couldn't help but complain again.
"Hey, what kind of world is this? Puppet controlled by Yaomo can still use this kind of 'righteous law'? The Heavenly Dao of this world doesn't seem very intelligent at all!"
"If it were truly intelligent, it should have been killed by the puppet that cast the spell first!"
However, this was merely Li Nian's wishful thinking.
Since the opponent has used it, it's impossible for them to be killed directly by it.
Soon...
The first lightning bolt struck!
"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning, as blue as a giant python, crashed down on Lin Yu, completely engulfing the enormous Rakshasa figure!
"Swish swish swish swish!"
The Lightning continued to pour down for several seconds before it stopped.
And after the bombardment ended and the lightning completely dissipated...
The giant Rakshasa's figure had vanished without a trace!
"What? Where did it go?"
The Seagull said somewhat nervously.
Lin Yu's voice rang out again from outside, relaxed. "Of course I'll put it away. It's just my [Summoned Creature]!"
This Thunder Art did indeed lock onto the Rakshasa, making any attempt to dodge futile, but...
Lin Yu isn't a demon!
You just need to end the transformation the moment the Thunder Art begins, and then dodge and evade.
Of course, the official explanation given was still that "the Rakshasa have been put away."
After ending his transformation, Lin Yu did not summon Rakshasa again.
"This is really troublesome. Releasing that guy out once consumes a lot of resources and has a long cooldown period."
Outside the Daoist temple, Lin Yu spoke softly, refining the concept of "Rakshasa".
This cannot be considered a complete "Fraud," since although transforming into a Rakshasa no longer requires additional "belief" and only requires the use of [the Gossip Can Melt Gold], it still consumes a great deal of physical strength for Lin Yu once he transforms into a Rakshasa.
If it weren't for the support of [GP700 Life Active Injection] and [Madhouse Patient Uniform], Lin Yu would probably be completely out of breath by now.
Hearing Lin Yu say that, Li Nian asked, "Do you need any help?"
"Not for now," Lin Yu looked up at the slowly dissipating thunderclouds in the sky. "After all, I've already found it."
Then, he took a step forward, activated [Shady Corner], and instantly passed through several Martial Artists through the shadows to arrive in front of one person.
Lin Yu stuck the Torch in his hand into the mouth of the puppet, which was also dressed as Martial Artists. He looked at the puppet and smiled.
"You're really quite capable; you even know how to protect your trump card, which is responsible for 'output' and has high attack but low defense."
Unfortunately, as Lin Yu became more and more proficient in using his Mental Power perception, although it still took some effort to pinpoint a specific person in a crowd, it was not impossible!
Lin Yu could sense that there was a fake martial artist and a real Daoist Mage mixed in with this puppet!
After all, this guy's aura was too different from the people around him— the Daoist Mage and Martial Artists of the Prison Mountain Realm were seriously unbalanced in their specialties.
The former is physically weak but mentally strong; the latter Blood Qi Full but lacks strong consciousness.
After Lin Yu inserted the end of the Torch into the other person's mouth, he showed no mercy, hesitated, or even engaged in any discussion or exchange.
"Whoosh!"
Pale flames rose from the opponent's mouth, and the flames of fear instantly engulfed the puppet Daoist Mage's head.
Lin Yu stood up and saw that the other person's head was burning with white flames, like a large Fear Torch.
The silent screams lasted only a second before falling completely silent.
Lin Yu ignored the fallen puppet Daoist Mage and immediately turned to look around.
Soon, Lin Yu met the gaze of a seemingly ordinary martial artist in the crowd.
Lin Yu smiled.
"Ha, I found you."
The location of the puppeteers, the Willow Town survivor who had just used Chen Yuanye's body to directly confront him, and the accomplice of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord... was locked by Lin Yu.
The principle is also very simple.
Since he is the manipulator of all the puppets and has demonstrated the ability to directly replace the consciousness of Chen Yuanye and the other puppets, it means that although the other puppets seem to retain their own consciousness, there must be a backdoor in their consciousness that is "manipulated" from the puppeteer.
So...
Strong enough emotions can perhaps be inputted back into the operator.
The Daoist Mage who was just killed by the Fear Flame possessed an intense, even abnormal, sense of fear!
Therefore, within the field of vision of the [Mind-Reading Mirror]...
Lin Yu clearly saw that among the many martial arts puppets, there was one who also exhibited "abnormal fear" emotional fluctuations.
"Fear 72%, Shock 11%, Worry 7%, Determination 6%, Unclear 4%..."
Without hesitation, Lin Yu lit the Torch again and rushed towards the enemy.
"Not good!"
The operator realized something was wrong and immediately manipulated the warrior puppets to rush towards his location, surrounding him layer by layer.
However...
Against Lin Yu, this kind of defense formed by human flesh was completely useless!
"Whoosh--!"
[Shady Corner] activated, and Lin Yu instantly slipped through the shadows in the crowd, appearing beneath the puppeteer's body.
"Bang!"
The Torch, burning with Pale Flame, was once again wildly waved in the confined space, setting fire to the clothes and bodies of several Martial Artists around it, while also aiming straight for the vital points of the operator's body!