“…… Puppet undead!?"

Seeing such a large number of puppet undead appearing in front of him, Jiang Yao's shock can be imagined, and what he cares more about is the way those puppet undead appear.

"What is that pool of water, and why do they come out of it?"

"'Soul Pool'...... Could it be ......?" Lu Xingyue stared at the waddling black shadows that rose from the black pool water, and then glanced at the hanging figures at the top of the cave, and found that the number of those figures seemed to be much smaller than what she had seen before, and she suddenly realized something.

"I see, it turns out that this 'Nine Springs Spring' is still a place to create puppet undead......"

"Create a puppet undead!?" Jiang Yao said in surprise. "Aren't the puppet undead naturally alienated by those beings who have lost half of their souls?"

"Theoretically, yes, but the process of alienation is very long, unless...... Use "certain methods" to artificially speed up, such as through the 'soul refining pool' in front of you. Lu Xingyue's face was solemn.

"The 'Soul Refining Pool' is formed by the resentment in the Netherworld, and those who have lost part of their souls will quickly transform into puppet undead once they come into contact with the 'Soul Refining Pool'. ”

“…… Really!" Jiang Yao's eyes widened. "And they'...... They all seem to be residents of the Walled City? What the hell is this......"

As he spoke, the fireworks in Lu Xingyue's hand suddenly dimmed for a moment, and at that moment, the puppet undead who were originally standing in the pool in the cave began to scream and rush towards the two of them as if they had suddenly received some kind of instruction.

"Not good!" Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue's expressions changed, and they rolled to the side at the same time, saying that it was too late, and that time was too fast, and a huge net made of several light cables was instantly shrouded in the entrance of the cave, which could stop the puppet undead who rushed to the front.

"These puppet undead don't seem to be ordinary, my light rope may not be able to stop it for long!" Lu Xingyue looked at the roaring puppet undead behind the light net, and then looked down at the dimmer and darker fireworks in his hand, and a feeling of impending disaster suddenly came up, if he faced those "undead puppets" in the dark, then he would basically explain here.

"Speaking of which, you seem to have pinched and exploded a puppet undead when you went berserk before, maybe your demonic power is just right to overcome them!" Lu Xingyue seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said to Jiang Yao beside him. "Why don't you take that paw out and see it again?"

"Then I have to be able to make it concrete......" Jiang Yao smiled bitterly. "And aren't you afraid that I'll go on a rampage again?"

"......" Thinking of Jiang Yao's previous appearance of being neither human nor ghost, Lu Xingyue suddenly closed her mouth. At this time, the stone wall at the edge of the cave entrance had already appeared a crack under the impact of the puppet undead, and it was a matter of time before those monsters broke through the blockade of the light net.

"There's no way, let's go back the way you came!" Lu Xingyue made a judgment in his heart, but when he turned around, he found that he couldn't find the entrance when he came, it turned out that the entrance had long been submerged in the collapse caused by Jiang Yao's demonic rampage before.

"I-go ——! I'm really going to be killed by you now!!" Seeing that the only way to survive was also blocked, Lu Xingyue's heart was broken, but Jiang Yao, as the "culprit", was very calm, I saw him look up and quickly look around the cave, and soon found a big hole in the ceiling above the two, and this hole was where he fell before.

"Let's go, go up!" Jiang Yao raised his finger to the top, and Lu Xingyue didn't hesitate when he saw this, and with a wave of his hand, a pale yellow hook instantly climbed up to the zenith cave, and Lu Xingyue's body also jumped up, and turned around and waved out another hook rope, pulling Jiang Yao up below.

"Whoa——!

Just when the two of them had just climbed to the zenith cave, the swarming puppet undead also broke through the blockade of the light net at the same moment, shouting and rushing towards the two people above! Seeing that the situation was not good, the two hurriedly turned around and were about to drill into the cave, but just as Jiang Yao turned around, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.

I saw that in the green phosphorescent light below, a thin maid stood expressionlessly behind the group of puppet undead, raised her head, and looked at him coldly.

Isn't she—She's just ......!?

Jiang Yao was stunned, but at this time, the puppet undead at the front had already rushed in front of Jiang Yao.

"Smack!"

A sharp rope of light flashed in front of Jiang Yao's eyes, throwing down the puppet undead who had climbed up in an instant, and at the same time, Lu Xingyue's anxious shout also sounded:

"What are you doing in a daze?

"......!" Jiang Yao came back to his senses, and suddenly he couldn't take care of the familiar maid, and hurriedly turned around and followed Lu Xingyue to climb along the inclined tunnel.

[Hehe...... Hehehe......]

A creepy sneer chased after the two of them, and apparently the puppet undead had begun to burrow into the narrow tunnel of the man's width one after another. Lu Xingyue frowned, gritted her teeth and waved her hand, and once again built a protective light net behind the two of them, but this time the light net seemed to be a lot darker, and in the continuous consumption, Lu Xingyue's mana was obviously overdrawn to the extreme.

"Damn...... Can it only be done to this extent?" Lu Xingyue's face turned pale, and her fingers trembled faintly, and these were all seen by Jiang Yao.

"You just said that my demonic power is just right to restrain them?" Jiang Yao stopped and turned to look at the puppet undead who were chasing closer and closer behind the light net.

"That's so, but you can't visualize a weapon yet, right?" Lu Xingyue said in surprise.

“…… I can't give you a concrete weapon, but I can at least bless it with your demonic power. Jiang Yao said, stretching out his hand glowing with dark purple electric light to the pale yellow light net in front of him. "Don't worry, I can still control this level of demonic power use. ”

As soon as the words fell, a stream of dark purple electric light wrapped around the light network along Jiang Yao's touching fingers, and the brightness of the light network suddenly increased by several levels, and in the ominous dark purple fireworks, those puppet undead who were chasing after them really stopped, and seemed to be quite afraid of the demonic energy in front of them.

"It worked!"

After succeeding in one move, Jiang Yao immediately turned around decisively, and took this opportunity to accelerate the climb with Lu Xingyue. Gradually, the screams from behind grew farther and farther away, and in the winding upward tunnel, the two of them bent on their waists, and soon left the roaring puppet undead far behind.

"Looks like they won't be able to catch up for the time being. Lu Xingyue glanced behind her, and finally relaxed a little. He pulled out the Star Swirl disk again, only to find that the hands on it had begun to spin in disorder, as if they had been broken in the previous turmoil.

"Huh, how could it be ......!" Lu Xingyue's gold and silver eyes flashed with a moment of anxiety as he tried to restart the Star Swirl Disk again, but still didn't get the desired result, and his face was suddenly full of disappointment. "Why...... It's just that at this time......"

"Maybe it's because of the location of this place, so let's try again when we climb up. Seeing Lu Xingyue's stunned expression, Jiang Yao hurriedly comforted. "And now that we know that the Dragonbone Key is in this annex building, even if the Star Swirl Disk doesn't work, there are always other ways to get the news. ”

"......" Lu Xingyue seemed to be stunned for a moment, he raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Yao, his lips slightly opened as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just looked away tangled and said "um" vaguely.

"Anyway, I don't remember where the tunnel leads, but now I'll have to climb up there to see it. Jiang Yao said. "I just hope I don't run into those puppet undead again......"

"Puppet undead...... This matter is definitely inseparable from Si You, I really didn't expect that guy to be secretly doing this kind of thing, if I had known it......" Thinking of those undead monsters who almost killed them, Lu Xingyue's face suddenly became gloomy again.

"One thing I don't understand, if it is Si You who captures the women in the city and makes them into puppet undead, then what is his purpose in creating so many puppet undead?" Jiang Yao asked.

"If you can guess the purpose, it is probably to raise the 'undead army'. "Lu Xingyue is colorful. "Ordinary puppet undead have no mind, they can't be controlled, their attacks are all instinctive, and they can't make the climate, but you just discovered that the puppet undead who attacked us before can use tactics and greatly increase their attack power, obviously there are guys behind them who are controlling them. ”

"...... control the puppet undead?

"If you can do it, you only need to pass the 'Soul Refining Pool'. Lu Xingyue explained.

"Do you remember those Gu Eagles we met before? they are the puppet killers who have been transformed by Si You, and they are only under Si You's orders, but no one knows how Si You can tame those vicious demons. And now that I see the 'Soul Refining Pool', then everything can be explained, because the 'Soul Refining Pool' formed by the gathering of resentful qi is the best catalyst for spiritual manipulation of evil arts. ”

Lu Xingyue paused, as if thoughtful. "Moreover, it is rumored that this Hades seems to be intent on rectifying the 'Nine Springs Walled City', and I am afraid that Si You is also doing this to prepare for war. ”

"So...... Si You captured those residents in order to create a large number of puppet undead that could be controlled by him through the 'Soul Refining Pool', as an 'undead army' to resist Hades?" Jiang Yao pondered, but always felt that there was still something that made sense. "However, even if he captures the entire inhabitants of the city, this little strength will not be able to resist the army of Hades, right?"

"That's not necessarily, these puppet undead are difficult, once they can be manipulated freely, then they must be able to play several times the role of Gu Eagles. Lu Xingyue said.

Really...... Is that so?

Jiang Yao was still a little hesitant, but he couldn't say anything wrong, and at this time, his mind suddenly flashed over the mysterious thin maid he had glimpsed earlier.

Speaking of which, how did the maid end up in the cave, and why wasn't she attacked by the puppet undead?

"By the way, why are all the people arrested this time all female, and they all have missing half of their souls? Generally speaking, it is impossible for an existence that lacks so many souls to become a resident of the 'Nine Springs Walled City', right?" Jiang Yao thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

"Those residents were not like this in the first place, they were 'forcibly deprived of half of their souls', and the reason why they were staring at women may be because women are more likely to quickly become puppet undead. Lu Xingyue replied. "When we were taken into the dungeon as women, I am afraid it was also used as material for the creation of puppet undead. ”

"Wait, wait......! They're forcibly taking their souls!?"

Jiang Yao was suddenly stunned, and at that moment, a series of memory pictures suddenly appeared in his mind, and Xiao Yuan's painful expression when he was robbed of his soul was like a sharp blade, deeply cutting a certain scar in Jiang Yao's heart.

Could it be ...... 'Soul Stone'!