"Ah..."
Alina, now a Vicious Ghost, let out a scream. She had only just begun to regain her human form when the bullet blasted her back into a cloud of black vapor.
Du Song had seized his chance. He had ambushed her from behind with the Ghost Artifact musket Tang Changsheng had just given him, hitting her with a single shot.
Alina shrieked. Before she could recover, the two Paper People set upon her.
The Paper People, cut in the likeness of Divine Generals, were now wreathed in a faint glow. Their soft golden radiance made them look as though real Divine Generals had descended.
If only they had spoken, the sight would have been even more awe-inspiring.
When Du Song saw the two Divine Generals rush forward like two streaks of Divine Light, he trembled and nearly dropped to his knees...
But Alina did not recognize them, nor did she fear such Divine Generals. Her black vapor finally gathered again, and with a cry, she charged to meet them.
Boom! A tremendous crash rang out, followed by another scream. Alina was scattered once more.
This time it was not Du Song's doing. One of the Divine Generals had swung the iron mace in his hand and struck her.
"Excellent! The Marvelous-Hand Wang Household's craft truly is remarkable!" Tang Changsheng had praised it once already, but he could not help praising the skill passed down through the Marvelous-Hand Wang Household's direct line again.
The Paper People naturally could not wield real iron maces. These, too, had been made using Marvelous-Hand Wang's special techniques.
The weapons, like the Paper People themselves, were single-use items. Even so, their power rivaled that of Ghost Artifacts.
Tang Changsheng finally understood why the General's Temple had always insisted on buying its incense, candles, Gold Paper,