The mercenary leader controlled the giant ape battle puppet, struggling bitterly against the enemy's attacks—
If not for the fact that his battle puppet was far more powerful,
he would likely have long since been knocked to the ground by those agile, coordinated guard battle puppets. The giant ape battle puppet was naturally peerless in strength, but the mercenary leader controlling it was not its original owner. His strength was insufficient, and he had even suffered severe injuries, so he simply could not bring out even a tenth of its combat power. That the mercenary leader had managed to control the giant ape battle puppet and hold out until now was already no easy feat.
"Stop fighting!" General Lei Pao let out an enraged roar. "The real opponent is this little mercenary!"
"What?" The guards were taken aback.
Though they still did not understand what was happening, the guards swiftly withdrew.
Only the giant ape battle puppet remained,
standing alone in the middle of the battlefield.
The mercenary leader seemed to want to give chase, unwilling to let the guards return at the final moment, but he lacked the strength... With some reluctance, he stretched the giant ape's mechanical arm forward, but his mind could no longer hold on. With a rumble, it collapsed onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Once the enemy had left,
he was utterly exhausted. His body, already severely injured before this, could no longer endure, and he fainted outright.
The guards had already noticed something was wrong and began controlling their battle puppets to surround him.
At the feet of their battle puppets,
puppet beasts kept closing in as well, surrounding Yue Yang, who sat calmly on a carpet watching the show, so tightly that not even water could seep through. The