Boom!
A terrifying, invisible force swept outward from Zhou Fan in all directions.
Every puppet was smashed to pieces on the spot, like tofu hit head-on by a hundred-ton truck barreling along at full speed.
Mo Xie was also hurled away by the invisible force and slammed into a boulder, shattering it outright.
Crack!
With a crisp snap, Mo Xie's body began to fall apart, its components dropping to the ground one after another.
Inside the shattered body was another young man!
To be precise, the shattered outer shell was also a puppet.
This young man was Mo Xie's true body!
"Huh? Mo Xie, so this is your real body," Deidara said in surprise.
He had always thought that the hunched figure from earlier was Mo Xie's real body.
He had never expected the real Mo Xie to be a young man around his own age.
Mo Xie did not respond to Deidara. Instead, he stared at Zhou Fan with disbelief in his eyes.
Zhou Fan had actually defeated him with just one move!
Even Amber, his most heavily armored protective puppet, had failed to withstand it.
A Puppet Master's greatest weakness was close combat. Once an enemy closed in, he would be at a disadvantage.
That was why Mo Xie had made the Amber puppet. Most of the time, he hid his true body inside it, effectively covering that weakness.
Often, others even mistook the puppet for his real body and let their guard down, thinking they had won once they got close, only to discover that it was another puppet.
Mo Xie had originally planned to use those damaged puppets for a feint, distracting Zhou Fan before launching a surprise attack with Amber and making him pay for his arrogance.
What he had never expected was for Zhou