"Magician" Lloyd could be called the "Puppet Master" because he truly had the ability.

His attainments in puppetry were such that, in the whole of Old Lingdun, perhaps one or two people could compare, but none could surpass him.

Black smoke shrouded the entire sealed space, and just when everyone was at a loss, the black lines on the huge crucifix in the sky suddenly appeared, spreading wildly.

Countless black lines touched anything they could wrap around, immediately binding it.

At this time, someone also shouted in the smoke, "Don't panic! This is Mr. Lloyd's puppet show. Everyone, do not resist!"

Those black lines were like slender snakes, probing everywhere, binding people and objects alike. Even the corpses on the ground seemed to "come alive" like marionettes.

The number of black lines was extremely large, almost covering the entire space, making it impossible to avoid them.

As if a mastermind was manipulating the huge crucifix in the sky, the vast sealed space instantly turned into a large-scale puppet theater.

One marionette after another was lifted, wandering around.

.......

"A nearly unsolvable puppet arcane art within range, truly living up to its reputation..."

Suren watched, his brow slightly furrowed.

His own puppets were all around, also entangled by the black lines.

He tried to control one of his Ghoul Puppets to struggle, which immediately triggered a chain reaction. Countless black lines swarmed over, directly twisting the Ghoul Puppet into pieces. Moreover, as soon as this happened, the controlled "puppets" nearby also swarmed over.

Looking at the black lines covering the entire space, Suren knew it was time to get serious.

The previous battles had allowed for trickery, but now it was a contest of strength.

This was Lloyd's "theater," and the black lines restricted the movement and hiding abilities of everyone in the arena.

The only option was to face it head-on.

Seeing the black lines about to cover him, he wouldn't be able to escape even with spatial teleportation if he was bound.

Even the Abomination Ghoul was the same.

Suren didn't plan to escape like this. He narrowed his eyes at the black lines and whispered, "Very well... let's see what the orthodox puppeteer's methods are like!"

As soon as the thought arose, his gaze suddenly became as sharp as a knife.

In the next instant, he no longer concealed his aura. Unlocking his Second-Order Alchemic Graft, countless threads burst out from his body, and strands of silver hair surged wildly toward the crucifix in the sky.

Black lines against silver threads!

[Thousand Threads] against [Thousand Threads]!

Suren possessed "Infinite Hair," and although his skills were a bit lacking, he wasn't afraid of the "Magician" Lloyd at all.

In that instant.

The black lines discovered the "resistance" target and instantly converged.

Countless silver hairs and black lines intertwined, wrapping around each other in a chaotic mess in a very short time.

Just like the scene in the [White Monastery] back then!

The two sides were once again locked in a contest of strength.

At this moment, Lloyd's voice came again from the communicator: "His position is confirmed, southwest forty-five degrees in the space!"

This notification was naturally intended to expose Suren's position to the other five Second-Orders, wanting to re-enact the tactic of encircling and killing the Witch back then.

Suren snorted inwardly, not afraid at all.

Now that he was trapped on the spot, he pulled out another spatial scroll, and after unsealing it, twenty or thirty more Ghoul Puppets appeared out of thin air.

He didn't just have two hands to control the threads, he also had eight Spider Spears!

The Spider Spears pulled dozens of puppets, protecting him tightly.

.......

Suren was restricted by the threads, and as soon as his position was exposed, the "puppet army" controlled by the black lines also surrounded him.

Originally, Lloyd's [Puppet Theater] was a very visually appealing combat scene after being deployed.

Whether it was melee, magic, assassin, mechanic... or any other profession, in this "theater," they were all his puppets.

Even if you had means to resist the control of the black lines, you would still have to face the encirclement of countless black lines and the "puppet" army.

Puppets could not be killed, and even with severed limbs, they could still kill...

In the end, the people trapped in the theater could only be exhausted to death.

However, if there were two puppeteers, both fused with the [Thousand Threads] Alchemic Graft...

The fight would be very boring.

Suren never thought he could beat this Puppet Master in puppetry.

In this first exchange, he directly abandoned the puppet tactics. Then, he released countless silver hairs, simply and rudely entangling all the opponent's "puppets."

Suren's Witch Hair was unlimited, but Lloyd's *Tismopolypora* iron wireworms were limited in number!

With this entanglement, both sides would stop playing with puppets and focus on wrestling.

In terms of puppet manipulation, Suren was far inferior to this Puppet Master.

But in terms of wrestling, he wasn't afraid.

Moreover, after Suren controlled all the black lines on the crucifix above his head, he could then focus on controlling his own puppets.

He also felt that now that he was "controlled," the enemy should make a move.

.......

Sure enough, as soon as they entangled, Lloyd's roar came from the darkness: "Damn it, he really fused with the 'Infinite Hair'! You guys move quickly! This kid is weird, I can't hold on for long!"

Before, he had held a glimmer of hope.

Thinking that even if Suren got the Witch's head, it would be useless.

After all, the curse properties of the Dark Gold quality "Infinite Hair" were extremely strong, and refining it into a graft required extremely high tolerance.

Even if Danze Young Master wanted to fuse, he could only choose to retreat and select some inferior ingredients for refining, lowering the Containment Value of the finished graft, and forcibly refining the Dark Gold main material into a Gold graft product, to ensure that his body would not be distorted after fusion.

But now, after trying it,

The toughness, strength, and tension of this hair... were all shockingly exaggerated.

Lloyd immediately realized that this was definitely not a downgraded graft!

Gold-grade?

No, it was definitely Dark Gold grade!

If anyone knew what Lloyd was thinking at this moment, they would definitely think Suren was a monster.

Danze&

"Tsk tsk, old schemer..."

If Suren really slashed over with a knife, not only would he not be able to kill the dwarf, but he would also be attacked by the other Second-Orders, who would seize the opportunity the moment he attacked.

Thinking of this, a mocking smile flashed in his eyes. He also pretended not to notice, and controlled the Abomination to raise the Black Scythe, pretending to slash in the direction from which the sound came.

Now there was developing powder on the Ghoul's body, and its movements couldn't be concealed from anyone.

It was at this moment of raising the scythe that the enemies reacted extremely quickly.

Suren suddenly felt a needle-like killing intent coming from behind, and thought, "Here it comes!"

That malice approached extremely quickly, almost appearing behind Suren in the blink of an eye.

At this time, after the person arrived, his ears belatedly heard a series of explosive sounds of footsteps trampling the air, "Pa," "Pa," "Pa"...

If this slash really went forward, no matter how fast Suren reacted, he wouldn't have time to defend.

He would definitely be ambushed by the person behind him.

However, what the attacker didn't expect was that this was just a feint from Suren, and as soon as he raised the scythe, he suddenly changed direction and slashed behind him.

With this speed, without thinking, the person must be Bright Giles, the "Viper" from the intelligence report.

A very skilled Second-Order professional assassin specializing in stealth and assassination.

The timing of this slash just happened to hit Bright.

.......

Seeing the Black Scythe suddenly turning its blade, Bright was also dumbfounded.

Before he could launch a deadly attack, the Black Scythe had already struck his forehead. The force of his charge gave him no room to turn back, and he could only instinctively block with his dagger in front of him.

Under normal circumstances, even if a melee professional was ambushed and discovered, he could block and retreat safely.

Unfortunately, this Black Scythe was an exception.

As the blade fell, it sliced through extremely smoothly.

The famous dagger was cut into two pieces, and then smoothly cut a palm-wide gash in his neck, with blood spurting out from the break.

Bright didn't even have time to react, and his body completely lost its vitality.

Suren only counted silently in his heart: "Four slashes, and one more to trigger the curse backlash."

After killing the assassin, he didn't let his guard down at all.

Because at the same time as he attacked, "malice" came from the other three directions as well. In the thick black smoke, flashes of red and purple light appeared.

In the blink of an eye, a scorching fire chain and a lightning bolt arrived before his eyes.

At this moment, Suren's eyes were devoid of other emotions, only a nearly numb calmness.

His brain was like a high-speed machine, controlling his body to make the most rational response.

With a flick of the Spider Spear, the [Black Hole Puppet]'s arms expanded outward into a trumpet shape. A black vortex appeared, and as soon as the fire chain and lightning touched it, they were rapidly sucked in.

The puppet opened its mouth again, and the lightning and fire magic was spat out at the mechanical warrior rushing up head-on.

At this moment, the benefits of having more hands were immediately apparent.

While controlling the puppet, Suren drew his gun with lightning speed and continuously pulled the trigger to his left.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Three special explosions of alchemical bullets rang out, deafening.

On the left was the lightning mage, Rafael Jemha, and on the right was the fire mage, Nidam David.

In this situation, it was clearly impossible to shoot a "Quadruple Shot," but using a "Triple Shot" to hit the squishy lightning warlock was completely fine.

Suren didn't see the positions of the two, but he judged the direction of their spellcasting.

Three shots were fired, and a muffled groan was heard, indicating that someone had been hit.

Suren didn't care about them. With the [Black Hole Doll] present, the magic warlock's skills were crippled by seventy percent.

Moreover, there was no time to care.

Because at this time, the mechanical warrior in front of him had already rushed in front of him!

"Iron Tiger" Rhine Luther, a retired city defense lieutenant of the inner city of Old Lingdun, and now the captain of the Oliver family's guards.

This guy had a high degree of mechanical modification, and the technology was also very advanced. Mechanical armor covered his whole body, and there were also advanced magic resistance runes and enchanted plating. The two weakened spells did almost no damage to him, and did not hinder his momentum in the slightest.

Suren didn't expect the two spells to stop the mechanical warrior in front of him, but the Black Scythe behind him had just been slashed down and hadn't had time to be retracted.

At this moment, the ability to "multitask" was brought to the extreme.

While firing the gun with his right hand, he also suddenly pulled hard with his left hand, and countless threads in front of him converged into a dense, giant net.

Then, he pulled a heavy explosion-proof puppet in front of him.

In this short moment, the mechanical warrior Rhine relied on the powerful power of the jet propulsion device and rammed into the net violently. After the mechanical body paused slightly, it broke countless threads and rushed out of the net. Using the inertia of the power storage, he punched forward, blasting the explosion-proof puppet into pieces.

After two interceptions, he had exhausted seventy percent of his strength.

But even so, this guy still rushed in front of Suren.

Rhine knew that he only had one chance to punch. The steam boiler didn't have time to store too much power, so he punched Suren in the chest again with a fierce blow.

He was confident that although this punch was not strong enough, it was enough to kill an ordinary non-melee Second-Order professional on the spot!

Even if he clearly felt the presence of a metal alloy baffle under his fist!

"Pfft~"

Suren staggered as he took the punch in the chest.

He couldn't help but feel a burning sensation in his throat, and a mouthful of turbid blood spurted out.

However, at this moment, a smile appeared on his bleeding mouth.

The damage was still within expectations.

It had to be said that in terms of defense, speed, and strength, mechanical warriors did have advantages that other professionals could not match.

But in terms of the reaction of sudden stops and changes of direction, the pause was also very obvious.

He didn't die from this blow,

It would be the other party who died.

Suren's current physical toughness was not enough to kill him from such a punch.

He didn't make any extra movements, and with a hook of the Spider Spear, the Abomination next to him had already turned and swung the scythe down.

The appearance of the spatial crack unreasonably cut a smooth mark on Rhine's indestructible mechanical armor.

"Swish~"

Blood spurted wildly, and Rhine Luther's head was directly chopped off.

Another one dead.

And at this time, it just so happened that the Abomination Ghoul had also slashed the fifth blade, and the curse backlash was immediately triggered.

......

He could feel the state of blood collapse even through the shroud.

Suren panted twice, looked, and found that the Abomination hadn't turned into pieces.

It was a small, pleasant surprise.

This meant that the Abomination had once again withstood five blade backlashes, and the wound was healing quickly.

Suren squinted at Lloyd's direction in the black smoke, and with a hint of playful smile, said: "Tsk tsk... it seems, I'm lucky again."

There were six Second-Order professionals in the space, and now he had killed two of the most threatening melee professionals.

The lightning mage Rafael Jemha's life or death was unknown after being shot.

There were still three remaining: the "Magician" Lloyd, the fire mage Nidam, and the Raven Gang's cadre "Blood Raven" Longfellow...

Of course, even if the Abomination died, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Suren had two ordinary Ghoul corpses in his storage space for spare.

Before, because there was no storage space, it was inconvenient to carry the Ghoul corpses, so he didn't prepare many.

But now...

There was no shortage of Ghoul corpses.

Moreover, even without the scythe, the remaining few magic professionals were not much of a threat.

Today, it seemed like he was going to have a big harvest...