"Yin God Puppet..." Jiang Chen mulled over those words, somewhat surprised.
Could it be that the Death-Curse Yin God Hammer was more than just a name, and had actually been forged to imitate some ability of a Yin God?
And there was the Death Curse, too.
When he enhanced this hammer, he had had no idea what either of those terms meant. Only now did he understand just how much uncanny, godlike power had been poured into this simple black iron sledgehammer.
Tie Zhu was still hopping mad beside him when he suddenly realized something. The flood dragon froze on the spot. "Holy crap! Hold on!"
"It looks like you summoned this thing, Dad!"
"Does that mean..."
"We've become spies for the Restricted Zone? Just admit it, Dad. There's no need to hide it. How much are they paying us? Just give your son thirty percent. I can translate for the Weird Objects in the Restricted Zone!"
Jiang Chen realized that aside from a rebellious streak, this stupid dragon probably had nothing left beneath his skin. He felt no qualms whatsoever about turning traitor.
But that was normal enough.
In theory, he belonged to neither side. He was a Weird Object himself, but he did not need to eat people to survive, making him one of the few neutral creatures on Blue Star.
It was already commendable that he had not joined the Dark Alliance to hasten the Restricted Zone's arrival.
"There's pay. You can come into the Restricted Zone with me to collect it when the time comes." Jiang Chen brushed him off, then glanced at the whitening sky. With a thought, he had the River Earl sweep him and Tie Zhu up and speed away along the Long River.
What came next was simple.
A thorough sweep of