Jiang Mian looked around, her gaze sweeping over those hollow faces before she gave a cold snort.
"I thought puppets that had adapted for longer might give me a little surprise... What a bore."
The words seemed to flip some sort of switch, and the "people" in the club began to stir restlessly.
One particularly burly puppet seemed to have been enraged. Baring its teeth, it lunged at her.
"How dare you, you—"
Bang!
Without hesitation, Jiang Mian drew [Heaven's Punishment] from her spatial storage and gave it a light swing, striking it squarely across the face.
The puppet's head exploded on impact, and its body was sent flying backward, smashing viciously into the "crowd."
The other puppets instinctively scattered.
Only a few unlucky ones were struck directly, setting off a burst of "kacha kacha" cracking sounds as they, along with the burly puppet, crumbled into fragments scattered across the floor.
When facing a pack of things that were not human, Jiang Mian's battle strategy had always been to end things quickly.
Seeing those puppets surge toward her like a tide of people, fearlessly courting death, a cold smile appeared on her face.
With a thought from Jiang Mian, the Wind Field spread out, forming an invisible repulsive force around her.
Their approach slowed more and more, and within a few seconds, they were completely suppressed.
Holding her spear, she stepped forward.
A streak of purple rippled out from the tip of her shoe, abruptly spreading in every direction.
Before [Heaven and Earth Annihilation], they had no power to resist. Together with the nightclub itself, they all turned into violet crystal statues.
"Shatter!"
As her voice fell, the second stage of [Heaven and Earth Annihilation] activated.
In an instant, every piece of violet crystal exploded soundlessly, turning into specks of