Chapter 278 Iron Doll
To be honest, just by looking at the iron doll, Yu Sheng felt a strange and dangerous aura coming towards him - the smiling face cast from white metal did not have any of the emotions of a living person, but he could clearly feel that this thing was staring at him, exuding a kind of pure desire to attack without any emotion.
But "she" did not rush up immediately, but kept a distance of several meters, adjusting her posture slightly as if she was dancing a strange dance, as if she was looking for the most suitable angle of attack.
The sharp blades on the iron puppet's fingertips stirred the thin mist in the air, and a cold light flashed from time to time.
Yu Sheng's nerves were tense. In the brief confrontation just now, he had already felt the amazing speed and power of this thing. The seemingly thin "fingertip blade" could block the mace in his hand. Just based on this point, this thing was more dangerous than most of the wolves in the Black Forest.
Hu Li also walked over slowly, staring at the strange human figure wearing a black veil with the posture of a beast ready to attack. The glow in his golden-red eyes gradually filled up, and fox fires quietly bloomed in the air.
"Eileen, is this your relative?" Yu Sheng couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.
"How is this possible!" The little doll was immediately furious. "I am a noble and elegant ball joint - this thing is an evil C-shaped buckle at first glance. How can I be related to the Alice doll?"
Yu Sheng curled his lips. He just asked casually, but he didn't expect Irene's rebuttal to come from this direction - and almost at the same time, he noticed that there was an unusual pause in the footsteps of the iron man.
His spiritual intuition suddenly gave him a warning, and he had no time to think about what moves or responses to make. He just raised his hand to block according to his instinct. Almost at the moment he raised his hand, the tall and slender "woman" rushed up like a ghost, and several blades drew short and deadly arcs in the air.
Metal collided, sparks flew, Yu Sheng felt his arm go numb, and in the blink of an eye he saw the iron doll leaping and retreating like dancing. Although its entire body seemed to be made of hard and heavy metal, it dodged his subsequent counterattack as nimbly as the wind. Then another afterimage passed through the air, and "she" leaned forward again, with her fingertips and blades flashing with cold light, constantly slashing and stabbing, like an endless storm that could not be captured by the naked eye!
There were continuous sounds of metal colliding and the sharp sound of blades cutting through the air in the fog. Yu Sheng barely blocked the initial series of attacks and took a few steps back. Then, balls of fox fire exploded in front of him. The hot barrage formed a fire net around the iron puppet. Then, Irene also locked onto the target. Layers of black spider silk emerged from the thin air and covered the monster like a gloomy net!
However, just when the thread was about to wrap around the iron puppet's limbs, the monster suddenly twisted its body to the side, and "her" joints seemed to break instantly, and she broke out of the only gap in the spider web at an incredible angle. Then she dodged several times with afterimages, and "she" found another gap in the barrage of fox fire, and stabbed Yu Sheng's chest with the blade of her fingertips! Swift, silent, full of power, without blood or tears.
This iron puppet identified the "leader" among the enemies in front of it, and each attack was obviously directed directly at Yu Sheng. "She" made almost no unnecessary movements, and made no sound except for the movement of her body.
An elegant and perfect killing machine.
Yu Sheng was sweating at this time. It was the first time for him to fight against such a thing. Now he was relying on his physical fitness that was far superior to that of humans after being strengthened and the assistance of Hu Li and Irene to barely keep up with the rhythm of this thing. In such a close distance and fast confrontation, Hu Li's powerful moves were completely useless. Even the silk threads summoned out of thin air by Irene could not keep up with the ghostly speed of this monster!
What on earth is this thing? Is this also an entity generated in the thick fog? However, her movements are not like those of the entities she had seen before, which were chaotic and instinctive. Instead, she clearly has professional fighting skills and ideas. However, this thing is obviously not human. Irene's attitude is also clear. This monster with puppet characteristics is definitely not the "Alice puppet".
"What on earth is this!"
Yu Sheng raised the tetanus stick high, and perhaps he was lucky, as he finally hit the monster's shoulder with this stick, which finally disrupted the opponent's continuous ghostly "dance steps" a little. Taking advantage of the enemy's stagger for a moment, Irene instantly found the opportunity and wrapped black silk threads around the opponent's joints.
"Who knows! I really don't know this thing!" the little doll yelled madly.
"Anyway, just tear it down first!"
Yu Sheng shouted, and while the iron doll was still struggling slowly to break free from the spider web, he rushed forward with the mace in his hand.
However, just as he was about to rush in front of the enemy, the iron puppet suddenly raised its head. Its pale face still had a "gentle" smile, but the metal plate between its chest and abdomen suddenly opened -
A ball of dark red light expanded and contracted between the metallic materials that were wriggling like flesh and blood. A display-like device was illuminated by the red light, and the numbers on the screen were rapidly returning to zero.
Yu Sheng: “…What the hell?!?”
It was already difficult for him to stop at this time, but he still instinctively stomped on the ground to stop his forward steps. Irene also reacted immediately. The moment she saw the red light coming out of the monster's belly, she retracted the spider silk and instantly rewoven it into ropes, entangled herself and Yu Sheng together and pulled them back violently. Then Hu Li rushed over from the side...
However, in the next moment, Yu Sheng saw that the countdown in the iron doll's belly suddenly stopped.
Then, the metal in the iron doll's abdomen closed in the blink of an eye, and before Yu Sheng, Hu Li and Irene could react, "she" had broken free from the restraints and arrived in an instant.
Yu Sheng only had time to adjust his posture slightly and protect his vital parts with his hands, then he felt a sharp pain in his arm.
The two blades had pierced deeply into his flesh, even piercing his arms directly and fatally nailing into his chest.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still and the scene was eerily quiet.
Yu Sheng raised his head and, at a very close distance, he stared into the eyes of the elegant yet terrifying killing machine—the smiling pale face was almost within reach.
"You can withdraw your self-destruction?"
The muscles on Yu Sheng's face trembled, and he said in disbelief.
Of course, the iron doll did not answer. "She" just tilted her head, as if she was confused by Sheng's calm attitude at this time.
Yu Sheng lowered his head and looked at the two "fingers" of the opponent that had pierced into his chest. After thinking for a while, he felt that this should be a fatal injury.
But perhaps because of so many deaths, the body has developed resistance, and the "symptoms" of death have not appeared for a while.
"Your knife is very good," he raised his head and said to the iron puppet seriously, "Give it to me."
Blood began to seep into the blade.
The iron puppet finally noticed something. Although her expression did not change, her next reaction was clearly a little panicked. The monster instantly pulled the two "fingertip blades" out of Yu Sheng's body, and with two clicks of her heels, she jumped back nearly ten meters.
Yu Sheng stretched out his hand to intercept her, but he only managed to grab the "nun's veil" off her head.
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Not far away, the iron puppet raised its arms again, as if trying to make a fighting gesture again - but one of its arms was obviously half a second slow to react.
"She" was stunned for a moment, then began to shake her arm, as if there was something dirty on it and she was trying desperately to get rid of it.
However, the uncontrollable range was expanding rapidly, starting with just the fingers, then the entire palm, forearm, elbow...
Yu Sheng began to feel a little dizzy, his body swayed, and a white figure immediately came to his side - Hu Li carefully supported Yu Sheng's shoulders, his face full of worry: "Benefactor, are you going to die again?"
Yu Sheng waved his hands, his eyes still fixed on the monster that was trying to break free: "Wait a minute, wait a minute."
"Next time you encounter this situation, just don't fight, just rush forward and sell your blood," Irene muttered, "it will save you a lot of energy."
"At least we can fight for a few moves to see how it goes. Besides, I have to show some skills, just in case I can win!" Yu Sheng glanced at her, then gasped because of the severe pain in his chest and arms. Realizing that he might not be able to hold on any longer, he quickly stuffed the "Nun's Veil" that he had just pulled off the monster's head into Hu Li's arms and said quickly, "You two should go back quickly. I'm afraid that if I die, the guy on the other side will be out of control. And I don't know what other weird things will come out of this fog. It's not safe for you two to continue wandering outside."
"Eh?" Irene was very surprised. She raised her hand and pointed at the iron doll that had not yet escaped from its trap. "Wouldn't it be a good opportunity for Hu Li and I to take her apart?"
"...No," Yu Sheng just shook his head slowly, "I think this guy is very strange, not like a normal 'entity'. Don't kill him, let my blood seep for a while..."
Before he finished speaking, Hu Li and Irene nodded at the same time: "Okay!"
Yu Sheng did not delay and opened the door leading to No. 66 Wutong Road.
Hu Li and Irene rushed in without hesitation.
This is the tacit understanding established within the hostel. At the critical moment, there is no unnecessary entanglement, no "rear guard" who pushes and blocks, no pretentiousness that wastes time, but only unwavering trust.
Yu Sheng believed in Hu Li and Irene's calmness and decisiveness at this time, and Hu Li and Irene believed that Yu Sheng's life and death were decided.
And just as the door disappeared, Yu Sheng heard a sharp sound of metal breaking coming from the opposite side.
He looked up in astonishment and saw that the tall iron puppet was frantically tearing at the arm that was gradually losing its control. After several pulls, the arm was already shaky. Then, "she" raised the hand that she could still control without hesitation, inserted the blade finger directly into the joint, and broke it without hesitation - and removed the arm!
(End of this chapter)
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