"You, you!"
Lin Feng looked at the Leaping Hopping Corpse lying on the ground before him, then at Chen Miao walking toward him. He stammered, at a loss for words. But as Chen Miao drew closer, Lin Feng could no longer worry about anything else. He hastily harnessed what little yin energy he had left and shook the Corpse-Control Bell in his hand. The Leaping Hopping Corpse rose again and charged at Chen Miao.
Paper effigies enhanced other people, but for Chen Miao, they were a restraint.
Now freed from that restraint, Chen Miao, bolstered by his newly advanced "Thick-Skinned" trait and various other effects, was far beyond anything a single Leaping Hopping Corpse could match.
The instant the Leaping Hopping Corpse jumped, Chen Miao darted to where it would land.
One sweeping kick knocked the descending corpse off balance.
Then Chen Miao caught the falling corpse on his back.
He spun on the spot. After the corpse made one full turn on his back, he used the momentum to fling it away.
The moment the corpse went flying, Chen Miao charged straight up to Lin Feng without the slightest pause.
His fist drove straight toward Lin Feng's chest.
Lin Feng instinctively backed away and raised his Copper Gong to block the punch.
But how could a single Copper Gong withstand enough force to send a hopping corpse flying?
With a crack, the apprenticeship gift he had just received caved in under the punch. Lin Feng's eyes bulged, saliva spilled from his mouth, and his whole body flew backward. Thud! Thud!
Lin Feng and the Leaping Hopping Corpse hit the ground at the same time.
Chen Miao relaxed his stance, turned, and walked over to Shopkeeper Li, then stopped.
After a moment's silence, Shopkeeper Li looked at Chen Miao and