The reason Jun Yiyao had not left with Sikong Ding was precisely because she had this plan in mind.
She would help Sikong Ding and his wife escape, while she herself would not directly resist the middle-aged man in blue. She would pretend she could not stop the Demonic Puppet and be seriously injured, thus helping Sikong Ding and his wife without mortally offending the middle-aged man in blue.
That was why she needed the Demonic Puppet to give her a slash, so the middle-aged man in blue would not suspect her.
The middle-aged man in blue stared fixedly at Jun Yiyao, sizing her up from head to toe as he said, "Do you know what will happen if you deceive me?"
Every hair on Jun Yiyao's body stood on end, yet she desperately suppressed her fear and replied, "I would not dare. Senior must surely be a mighty being whose power reaches the heavens. How could I dare conceal anything? Everything I said before and now is the unvarnished truth."
At that, the middle-aged man in blue gave a cold snort...
He stopped paying attention to Jun Yiyao and said indifferently, "Azure-Feather, crush the Demonic Puppet. We'll pursue them."
The moment the words fell... Crack!
The Azure-Feather Fire God Vulture crushed the Demonic Puppet beneath its claws on the spot. Then, carrying the middle-aged man in blue, it flashed into the spatial rift and vanished. The violent spatial ripples shattered the surrounding barrier as well.
On the little island, Jun Yiyao was the only one left, sprawled upon the ground as blood flowed endlessly from her.
Rustle, rustle...
The shattered Demonic Puppet turned into fragments, scattering bit by bit across the ground and raining down around Jun Yiyao.
Only after quite a while did Jun Yiyao forcibly use her