The Puppeteer of Academy City

Just like when the two first met, Ling Xingye and Lu Cun fought close to each other, abandoning all tricks and means.

Lucun is the body of a puppet with prosthetic body, every part of the body can be used as a weapon.

Although Ling Xingye is still a body of flesh and blood, but the self-healing power of silver makes him not afraid of this kind of battle mode of exchanging injuries for injuries.

What's more, he still has the sharp weapon "flying blade" in his hand. He has already turned the control of the silk thread into the instinct of the body since he was a child, and under his precise control, the flying blade methodically destroys the enemy's body.

Facts have proved that Lucun is no longer his opponent when it comes to hard power.

Aware of this, Ling Xingye didn't feel too surprised, but he couldn't help feeling a little "things are different".

This is not surprising, since the last time the two really fought head-to-head, Ling Xingye has gone through many life-and-death battles, facing super-standard enemies such as Accelerator, Water from the Back, Fire from the Right, etc. It's not what it used to be.

Lu Cun, the "initial boss", can no longer keep up with his progress.

Rather, it is even more surprising that Lu Cun can still fight with him for so long and find a way to make up for the gap in strength between the two.

Soon, Lu Cun also realized this point—after all, if the beating continued, his body would be dismantled.

It seems that without the help of the power of the semi-permanent field, I am no longer Ling Xingye's opponent!

He didn't insist on his own opinion, but immediately activated his domain ability and switched scenes.

But Ling Xingye had already gotten closer to him and locked the target with a silk thread. Even if the scene changed, the two of them could not separate too much after all.

"Want to run?" Ling Xingye sneered, "It's late!"

The two can be said to be eternal enemies, this obsession even exceeds the constraints of the "Iron Law of Silver"; if possible, Ling Xingye will not give up the opportunity to eliminate Lu Cun.

Similarly, Lucun will not let Ling Xingye go. However, the current situation has completely turned to Ling Xingye's side.

After switching scenes several times, Ling Xingye found a pattern—no matter what scene changes in the domain, a small area where Lu Cun is always seems to be the same central position.

Ling Xingye stared at the ground under his feet.

Lu Cun's complexion changed.

"They've become puppets, so don't make facial expressions so detailed!" Ling Xingye didn't miss the other party's facial expressions.

Then, as if imitating Lu Cun, he flipped his left hand and snapped his fingers.

There are no scene cuts, but... puppets dance!

Ling Xingye and the stand-in puppet exchanged positions. The stand-in puppet twisted its body and raised its legs. Its whole body turned into a whirlwind and volleyed down. One leg was like a whip, and it smashed down with a ferocious momentum that would not hesitate to destroy itself!

Lu Cun dodged it, and the whip leg hit the ground firmly.

"Ah, I lost..." Seeing this scene, Lu Cun said to himself.

—The "eyes" of the semi-permanent field have been seen through.

The position that Lu Cun has always been in is the core of this man-made field. As long as he guards here, he can ensure that Ling Xingye cannot break through the field, and can only reincarnate in different scenes.

Following this whip kick, a series of dull explosions erupted under the ground.

The stand-in puppet was damaged due to excessive effort, and the surrounding stadium scene also shattered and dissipated like a phantom.

Ling Xingye returned to the swimming pool.

Lu Cun was standing not far in front of him, but unlike just now, he was intact at this time, dressed in a neat suit, and there was no trace of the fierce battle just now.

Knowing that the opponent has already turned into a prosthetic body, almost no different from an automatic puppet, so Ling Xingye is not particularly surprised.

Just hit it again...

"Ah... well, I give up!" Lu Cun raised his hands, "Ling Xingye, you have won—the war between us."

"You want to admit defeat now?" Ling Xingye naturally refused to let him go.

"Yes," Lu Cun nodded and admitted, "I admit defeat."

"Do you think I will let you go?" Ling Xingye looked at him coldly.

But Lu Cun laughed: "You don't need to let it go, I just told a fact."

"It's up to you?" Ling Xingye interlaced his fingers, supporting the silk threads.

"Well, it's up to me." Lu Cun nodded.

As he spoke, a silver mist emerged around him.

"The magician of Silver Mist? Is this what you rely on?" Ling Xingye was a little disappointed.

"No," Lu Cun shook his head, and the silver mist around him suddenly gathered into his palm, and then exploded suddenly, "The world in the pot—the persistent seeker!"

Ling Xingye only felt a silver light flash in front of his eyes, and then lost Lu Cun's trace.

"This is what I really rely on." Lu Cun's voice came from behind.

The moment he heard the first word, Ling Xingye slashed out the flying blade with his backhand.

But he was easily bounced away by Lu Cun.

Only then did Ling Xingye turn around and look at the other party, although his face was still tense and he didn't show his expression, but he was shocked and angry in his heart.

What surprised him was that Lu Cun still had such a powerful hole card, and what made him angry was that the opponent actually conceded defeat when he had the advantage.

"Are you underestimating me?" Ling Xingye said coldly.

Lu Cun didn't know what method he used to grasp the real pot in the world. And it seems to be similar to Bai Yinxiao, only acting on its own restrained field.

On the other hand, Ling Xingye himself, because the silver blood in his body is still in the stage of self-replenishment, so he can't start the realm of the pot.

In other words, if you take it seriously, Lucun is actually stronger.

But Lu Cun didn't intend to fight again. Instead, he waved his hand in a dispirited manner: "Forget it, everyone said I surrendered. There is no point in fighting now."

Ling Xingye frowned: "What do you mean? What exactly do you want to do?"

"I just want to make a final settlement." Lu Cun waved his hand. At this time, he was like an eminent monk who saw through the world, and his whole person became Buddhist.

"Actually, my hatred for you is not that deep." Lu Cun even patiently explained, "It's just that you happen to be my target, so I simply use emotions to drive actions."

"From the beginning to the end, I have only one purpose—" Lu Cun said, "It is to break through the 'box' and explore the truth outside the box."

It's the "box theory" again... Ling Xingye shook his head secretly, and then asked, "What does this have to do with me?"

"Because you are "Thousands of Changes." Lu Cun said, "I need the power of this original book."

According to the data from Lucun's survey, if one wants to break through the "box" by one's own strength, the only way is to "become a god" and then "fly up".

Regarding "becoming a god", there is only one sentence in the classics that Lu Cun found - "Abandoning the human body, and becoming a **** with the body of a puppet!"

But Lu Cun is a human being after all, and he is not willing to give up his "human" identity easily.

He is a perfectionist ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ wants to "sanctify the flesh" - just like the original Yanshi.

The only thing that can break the truth of "becoming a god" is the original "Thousand Machine Changes" compiled by the original Yanshi himself.

Explained in scientific language, "Thousands of Machines" has the ability to break the boundaries of silicon-based and carbon-based life forms. A puppet that can "attract" a puppet into a human being, and can also turn a human into a mechanical body.

Ling Xingye is the original text of "Thousands of Changes", which is why Lu Cun is so obsessed with the book competition.

But the facts proved that he could not win "Thousand Machine Changes" after all, so in the end he could only settle for the next best thing, completely abandoning his human body, turning into a puppet body, and mechanically ascending.

Now Lucun has taken the last step.

Although after winning "Thousand Machine Changes", he can still turn back into a human being, but Lu Cun has decided to give up and focus on the ultimate goal - breaking through the "box".

As for the one who finally reaches outside the "box", it doesn't matter whether it is a human being or a puppet—as long as it is his "Lu Cun".