My Apocalypse Territory

Chapter 174 - 172: Is This What the Sky-splitting Crystal Looks Like? (Unity Mega Chapter)_2

Rune bullets pierced the Heavy Armor Puppet's body and then exploded.

The puppets that seemed so formidable in the eyes of many elite Awakeners, which usually required a great effort to kill, burst apart in groups, not even getting close to that puppet formation.

"Focus fire, shoot!"

Tang Yu watched the Super Puppet that was rapidly approaching and directed half of the Gun Puppets to turn their barrels.

Countless rune bullets flew out like a torrential rain of projectiles. What was being shot out wasn't just bullets; it was Source Crystals.

It even pained Tang Yu's heart a little.

It was like having a billion on the books, but watching it decrease at a rate of one dollar per second—it wasn't fast, but it was heart-wrenching nonetheless.

Yet even so, the Super Puppet swung its Great Sword, blocking the majority of the bullets with raw force. The few that hit the armor only left shallow marks.

Bang!

The Super Puppet, which could rival an Awakener at the Tenth Layer, stepped onto the ground, causing the solid floor to crack open with many fissures.

It swung its sword.

Boom!

The shockwave rolled through!

Awakeners in the distance, engaging with Heavy Armor Puppets in battle, felt a strong gust of wind scrape across their faces, almost preventing them from opening their eyes.

Feeling this overwhelming power, they finally understood why even those super experts, who seemed untouchable to them, fell so easily before this knight who stepped out of a coffin.

It wasn't that the experts were too weak; it was that the two knights were too strong—if they were any closer, they weren't sure if just the wind from the Great Sword's swing would be enough to blow them away.

It was truly terrifying.

The Great Sword slashed down onto a shield.

The Shield Fighter Puppets, lined up as a shield wall, shattered instantaneously, their shields breaking one after another. Only the two slightly differently colored Shield Fighter Puppets in the center managed to stabilize after retreating several steps.

But if it happened again, even these high-spec Fighter Puppets would undoubtedly not hold.

Tang Yu reached out and tore open a purple scroll in his hand.

In the next instant, the scroll turned to powder, and in the Black Stone Hall, a thunderous boom resounded as a thunderbolt as thick as a water bucket crashed down onto the puppet.

The puppet's silver-white armor had turned to black ash, and thick smoke continued to billow from it.

Such power

even Zuofo was taken aback.

A few more of those, and his treasured puppet might just fall apart.

"You are strong," he said, pushing Kong back with a swipe and easily dodging the Grey Blade that sprung up from below to ambush him. Looking at Tang Yu, he spoke, "It's a pity, you shouldn't have, of all things, used puppets in front of me."

"Back in the day, besides being called the Thief King, I was also known as the Puppet Master. With my skills, as long as I wish, I can easily take control of the puppets from your hands."

Zuofo's language, although an unknown ancient tongue, was somehow fully understandable to the Awakeners present, even though they didn't comprehend each word.

Assessing the situation,

it seemed that Zuofo truly held superiority over Tang Yu in the art of puppets.

As Zuofo spoke, a ring on his finger, set with a gemstone, emitted a red light, like an infrared beam, sweeping across the many Fighter Puppets.

He wore a confident smile. The gemstone on the ring flickered red again and again and again and again and just kept on flickering...

Zuofo was taken aback; why hadn't the red turned to green?

"Impossible. Your puppets may be decent, but they are far inferior to the Super Knights I meticulously developed. My control center's level is much higher than that of your puppets; how could there be no effect at all?!"

If taking control required a long time, Zuofo could have accepted it, but the current flickering red light clearly indicated that the attempt to take control had stalled at 0%!

He had never encountered such a situation in his life!

It was inconceivable. He was the Puppet Master; how could he possibly be inferior to the weakling before him?

Tang Yu was also startled for a moment.

It was mainly because Zuofo acted too quickly; he only realized what Zuofo was attempting after the red light had already been emitted.

When it came to puppetry skills, Zuofo was leagues beyond him, but the problem was, these puppets weren't made by him!

They were premium puppets produced by the system, branded with the Territory's mark.

Zuofo dreaming of taking control should just go back to sleep.

...

The echoes of battle roared on.

Tang Yu took advantage of the situation to smash one Ice and one Fire scroll onto the body of that Super Puppet, as it is said that Ice and Fire complement each other even better.

The Heavy Armor Puppet was already emitting white smoke, its movements becoming significantly slower.

The smile on Zuofo's face, which had always seemed playful, gradually turned serious.

He glanced at the people entangling him, then looked over at Tang Yu in the distance.

His gaze intensified.

He could tell that Tang Yu was not very strong, instead, he was relying more on the various artifacts in his hands and those quite powerful Puppets, which posed a greater threat to him.

"I must resolve that man first!"

Zuofo muttered to himself.

In just a few dozen seconds, his strength had recovered to the eleventh layer of Awakening.

He crossed his hands, and a swirl of dark smoke emerged from Zuofo, instantly forming another Zuofo.

This newly formed Zuofo entangled Eileen and the others, while his main body launched a Special Technique, vanishing in a blur; in less than the time it took to take a breath, he had crossed hundreds of meters, bypassing the dense protection of the Puppets and appearing in front of Tang Yu.

The speed was too fast, even Grey Blade, the fastest among the followers, couldn't keep up at all.

In that moment, time seemed to stand still.

Tang Yu appeared completely unresponsive as Zuofo's palm, sharper than a Blade, shattered the outermost Ice Shield, then pierced through the golden gauze and War Armor, penetrating his chest directly.

It was like switching from a silent black-and-white image back to a normal picture.

A few Awakeners who noticed the change in the situation stood there, stunned, as if frozen.

Zuofo revealed a smile.

Just as he was about to withdraw his palm, suddenly, he felt that something was not quite right.

"No way, how is this possible!"

On a closer look, he had penetrated not Tang Yu but a punctured, deflating human-shaped balloon.

It was fake!

And yet, it had managed to deceive even him!

Zuofo

...

Tang Yu looked at the empty coffin, the crystal he imagined was nowhere to be found.

However... contact?

He stared dumbly at his hand resting on the side of the coffin and nodded his head.

"Yes!"