“A Rank One Yao Beast!”

Looking at this praying mantis, and feeling the Demonic Qi emanating from its body, Jiang Yun immediately determined its Rank, which was comparable to the Han Ming Winged Bat whose cultivation had been suppressed in the Illusory Beast Diagram.

Clearly, it was this mantis that had attacked him just now; and the crack on the ground had been forcefully cleaved open by one of its forelimbs!

“Didn’t expect this, did you!” The look of shock on Du Guirong’s face had been replaced by excitement. He pointed at Jiang Yun and said, “Tear him to shreds for me!”

The mantis immediately leaped forward, swinging its two forelimbs, which were like large blades, and fiercely slashed towards Jiang Yun.

However, Jiang Yun still did not dodge or evade. As the mantis came before him, he suddenly formed the Demon Subduing Seal with one hand and slammed it forcefully onto the mantis’s head.

As the Demon Subduing Seal entered its brain, the mantis’s forward charge instantly halted. The next moment, its body began to tremble violently, and its two forelimbs continued to swing uncontrollably.

The mantis’s reaction caused Jiang Yun to frown slightly, as this was not the first time he had used the Demon Subduing Seal. When he had used the Demon Subduing Seal to strike the Han Ming Winged Bat, the Han Ming Winged Bat had quickly submitted.

But looking at the mantis now, it seemed to be in a dilemma, deciding whether to submit to Jiang Yun or continue attacking him.

“Demon Refining Seal!” Bai Ze’s voice suddenly rang out, saying, “There’s a Demon Refining Seal inside this mantis. Although it’s incomplete, it can still resist your Demon Subduing Seal. I didn’t expect this mantis to be from a Demon Refiner, but this Demon Refiner also seems to be a half-baked one.”

Hearing this, Jiang Yun suddenly understood—the Demon Refining Luo family!

Since Hundred Herbs Hall had such a good relationship with the Luo family, it was only natural for their Alchemist to have a Yao Beast sent by the Luo family for protection.

He just hadn’t expected that this so-called Demon Refining Seal could even contend with the Demon Subduing Seal.

“The Demon Subduing Seal is just the most basic control seal for Yao Beasts. It primarily controls the Yao Beast through deterrence, while the Demon Refining Seal is a Rank higher and extremely cruel. Once imprinted, it’s Immortal, a cruel torment for the Yao Beast, forcibly compelling it to obey!”

“Then is there a way to erase this Demon Refining Seal?”

“There is a way, but with your current strength, you can’t do it. When you get stronger, when you can use this Demon Refining Brush, you’ll be able to do it! Kid, don’t even think about subduing this mantis. In a moment, it will be unable to bear the mutual attack of the two seals and will self-destruct!”

Jiang Yun looked at the trembling mantis, clearly in great pain, and a hint of sympathy arose in his heart. After a slight hesitation, he said, “I’ll help you find release!”

As his words fell, Jiang Yun flattened his hand like a blade and gently sliced across the mantis’s head!

The mantis’s head rolled to the ground, and its trembling body finally calmed down. Jiang Yun could clearly see a hint of gratitude in its protruding compound eyes.

This hint of gratitude caused a slight stir in Jiang Yun’s heart. In his mind, it seemed as if a certain string had been gently touched.

Jiang Yun frowned, trying hard to find which string it was, but unfortunately, the sensation was fleeting, and he could only give up.

Putting away his thoughts and gaze, Jiang Yun looked at Du Guirong again and said, “Do you have any other reliance? Bring it all out!”

“Who exactly are you?”

Seeing that even a Rank One Yao Beast was easily killed by Jiang Yun, Du Guirong’s face suddenly twisted, because that mantis was equivalent to a Cultivator in the Blessed Land Realm, yet it couldn’t even stop Jiang Yun for a moment and died so easily.

“Who am I?” Jiang Yun smiled and said, “I am a quack doctor who swindles people, but I am also a quack doctor who kills people!”

As his words fell, a cold light flashed in Jiang Yun’s eyes, and he was about to make a move, but Du Guirong suddenly roared, “You forced me to do this, Medicine Puppet!”

In front of Du Guirong, a middle-aged man of about thirty appeared, expressionless, his entire body wrapped in blood-stained white bandages, with only his head exposed.

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With the appearance of this strange man, Jiang Yun’s figure suddenly stopped, his pupils slightly constricted as he stared intently at the man. He found that the man’s eyes were lifeless, and there was no fluctuation of Qi on his body, making him look like a dead person, yet his chest was subtly rising and falling.

Medicine Puppet!

Jiang Yun had never heard of this term, but he assumed it must be related to Puppets.

A sneer reappeared on Du Guirong’s face, and he proudly pointed at the middle-aged man, saying, “Do you see? This person was once a Cultivator of the Nine Levels of Vein Opening! But ever since he became my Medicine Puppet, he is now invincible in the Tongmai Realm!”

“I originally wanted to kill you, but now I’ve changed my mind. I want to turn you into a Medicine Puppet just like him!”

“Roar!”

Du Guirong suddenly raised his hand and slammed a Palm fiercely onto the middle-aged man’s head.

Immediately, a mournful wail, like that of a wild beast, erupted from the man’s mouth. His hands frantically scratched at his own body, and faint traces of blood could be clearly seen slowly seeping from the white bandages.

On the only part of his head exposed from the bandages, veins bulged, and his face was horribly contorted, but from his body, an extremely powerful Qi erupted, continuously rising.

The appearance of this Qi even seemed to make the raindrops falling around them extremely fearful, desperately avoiding it.

Looking at the scene before him and the man’s pained expression, Jiang Yun could roughly infer that the so-called Medicine Puppet was likely similar to the mantis from earlier.

However, the mantis was controlled by the Demon Refining Seal, while this Medicine Puppet was driven by the Medicine Dao, forcibly stimulating the human body to unleash its potential and enhance its strength.

In fact, this situation was somewhat similar to Jiang Yun himself!

However, the medicinal baths he took were mild in potency, gradually and subtly improving his physical qualities in all aspects, but the Medicine Puppet was clearly the opposite.

When the Qi on the Medicine Puppet’s body reached its peak, Jiang Yun’s expression also became solemn, because Du Guirong had not lied; the strength the Medicine Puppet possessed at that moment was roughly similar to his own.

Even, a hint of clarity appeared in the Medicine Puppet’s once lifeless eyes, but more so, there was brutality and bloodlust. Accompanied by another roar, the Medicine Puppet suddenly charged towards Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun’s eyes blazed with fierce light as he said to Du Guirong, “You deserve to die!”

As his words fell, Jiang Yun did not retreat but advanced, gathering all his strength and fiercely confronting the charging Medicine Puppet.

“Boom!”

Amidst the loud crash, like two ancient beasts colliding, the force unleashed caused several cracks to appear on the ground.

And in this mutual collision, Jiang Yun and the Medicine Puppet each took a step back, actually evenly matched!

This scene caused a hint of shock to flash in Du Guirong’s eyes, because he had never imagined that Jiang Yun could fight his Medicine Puppet, which was considered invincible in the Tongmai Realm, to a draw.