Heavenly Will Record, Refining Living Puppets, Whose Bronze Skin and Iron Bones Were Destroyed?

Clang, clang, clang!

The sound of metal clashing had already erupted outside.

Ye Fan did not need to look to know that fighting had broken out outside.

"Someone finally lost their patience and decided to make a move?"

Ye Fan had long expected something like this, so he was not surprised in the slightest.

He had just been thinking of testing the beetle's strength when someone conveniently came knocking.

Boom!

The sudden explosion made the carriage jolt again.

The battle outside had already reached a fever pitch, with casualties on both sides.

Ye Fan lifted the carriage curtain and jumped straight down.

"Lord Ye Fan, we've been ambushed!"

A guard shouted loudly. He had wanted to rush over, but an enemy had him tied up.

To safely escort Ye Fan back to Konoha, the daimyo had sent dozens of guards along. Yet there were over a hundred enemies launching the surprise attack.

All of those enemies wore masks, and their strengths varied greatly.

After observing them, Ye Fan concluded that some were hired rogue ninjas. They showed no coordination whatsoever and suffered the heaviest casualties.

The others, however, were well-trained and knew how to work together.

Whoosh!

While Ye Fan was observing them, the enemies had already broken through the guards' defensive line and darted straight toward him.

Faced with the cold gleam of a blade cutting toward him, Ye Fan neither dodged nor retreated. Instead, a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

Whoosh!

The beetle in Ye Fan's hand flew out.

Clang!

The incoming blade was knocked away by the beetle.

Before the masked enemy could understand what had happened, the back of his head was struck hard, and he collapsed immediately.

The pitch-black beetle had transformed into a demonic insect that harvested lives.

With its bizarre