At that moment, the tattoo writhed eerily, slowly peeling itself away from Lei Mingyu's body.
A moment later, the Fatty couldn't help widening his eyes. Now he could see clearly: the tattoo depicted a glaring Vajra, holding a bronze mace.
The glaring Vajra stood in front of Lei Mingyu. It was just as imposing in stature as the Golden Armor General.
Under "Chen Hao's" control, the Golden Armor General swung his sword. The Vajra glared and raised its mace to block the blow. The sword and bronze mace clashed, ringing with a deafening hum.
In that instant, both seemed to suffer a considerable backlash, and their towering figures grew noticeably more translucent.
Watching this unfold, Jiang Cheng rapidly assessed the situation.
Lei Mingyu appeared to be a disciple too. And the "Chen Hao" fighting him had undoubtedly been a disciple in life as well—and a member of the Yin Trade.
Putting this together with the clues they had gathered earlier, the deception known as corpse driving was gradually becoming clear.
The souls of Yin Trade members were inside these Paper Figures, and one of the goals this time was to seize their bodies.
The reason was easy enough to guess. Their bodies had been corroded by the Gates within them and were on the verge of collapse. They needed new bodies.
What truly shocked Jiang Cheng was that "Chen Hao" could actually wield the power of a Gate to fight Lei Mingyu.
That meant that after taking over a new body, the original Gate remained.
The Gate didn't seem to exist in the flesh. Instead, it was parasitic directly within the soul.
Though the ritual was excessively brutal, its results were plain to see. If used properly, did this mean they could take over bodies without limit, replacing the wreckage