Chapter 254: Chapter 254

From this perspective of "blood"...

The Void Mirror Puppets responsible for bloodsucking and the entire Mirror Palace that induces players to bleed are clearly one entity!

Combined with the newly obtained information about the "conscious soul body" of the [Eternal Witch Gui], Jiang Ye naturally had reason to speculate—

The principle behind those Void Mirror Puppets being "indestructible" might be somewhat similar to that of the conscious soul body.

That is to say, behind these Void Mirror Puppets, there exists something akin to "cremains."

As long as the "cremains" remain intact, all Void Mirror Puppets will be indestructible!

Of course, this situation where one set of "cremains" controls all Void Mirror Puppets, even utilizing players to generate more...

Rather than saying there are "cremains" behind every Void Mirror Puppet,

It would be more accurate to say there exists a "main body"!

As long as Jiang Ye's main body remains unharmed, he can continuously generate clones!

Thus, he had reason to suspect—

Behind these Void Mirror Puppets, there must also exist a "main body."

As long as this "main body" remains intact, the Void Mirror Puppets will be indestructible, and new puppets can be endlessly generated...

Of course, the "main body" behind these puppets might not necessarily be human.

It's highly likely to be the ultimate prize of the entire Mirror Palace Secret Realm!

And this "ultimate prize" is precisely what Jiang Ye values immensely!

Because the operational pattern between these puppets and their "main body" is incredibly similar to Jiang Ye's relationship with his numerous clones!

If he could completely obtain the puppet's main body...

Then the speed at which he could assemble his clone army would reach new heights!

Therefore, this secret realm opportunity must be claimed by him!

Thus, he specifically sent Guan He into the Mirror Palace.

Hoping she could stir up trouble, and most importantly, suppress Chen Cang who possessed the [Protagonist Halo]!

After all, Guan He was of the light element, while Chen Cang with his Glyph Pattern Ability was of the dark element...

Meanwhile, in the Reincarnation Graveyard,

Jiang Ye's conscious soul body, parasitizing a Void Mirror Puppet, rested upon the Life Stone, attempting to steal memories from the [Eternal Witch Gui].

On the other side, in the Void Mirror Palace Secret Realm...

Time rewound to when the Void Mirror Puppet, the possessed version of Jiang Ye, and Chen Cang were crowded together in a single mirror grid, staring at each other in confusion.

In that chaotic scene, it was the Void Mirror Puppet that first broke the stalemate.

After all, this thing seemed completely unaware of what "awkwardness" meant.

It grabbed the [Eternal Witch Gui]-possessed Jiang Ye, its eyes actually displaying a look of confusion.

But the [Eternal Witch Gui] possessing Jiang Ye was the most bewildered of all.

She couldn't comprehend at all how, after temporarily suppressing Jiang Ye's consciousness, she suddenly found herself in what appeared to be the Void Mirror Palace.

The key point was—hadn't the Void Mirror Palace in Novice Apartment Area A been completely destroyed?

So how could she possibly be in the Void Mirror Palace?

Was this an illusion created by the Dream-Returning Stage?

Had that brat Guan He betrayed her? Instead of creating the "Reincarnation Graveyard" illusion as planned, she made a "Void Mirror Palace" illusion??

But that couldn't be right.

The Dream-Returning Stage could only create scene illusions, not living being illusions.

Yet there were two other people in this mirror palace!

It was when noticing these two that the [Eternal Witch Gui] became even more shocked!

First, this "Lu Renjia" grabbing her...

Having parasitized Guan He, the [Eternal Witch Gui] naturally knew some information about the light faction organization.

Thus, she recognized the mimic mask bearing "Lu Renjia's" appearance.

In other words, the true identity beneath "Lu Renjia's" skin was Huang Bo!

And Huang Bo was a light player who hadn't joined the light faction organization!

This guy had too many unstable factors!

Wait, this "Huang Bo" displayed information as a [Void Mirror Puppet]...

Meaning it wasn't the real Huang Bo.

It should be some special secret realm gui?

Then this special secret realm gui replicating Huang Bo... it shouldn't have light abilities, right?

Aside from the Void Mirror Puppet, when the [Eternal Witch Gui] scanned Chen Cang, her shock intensified!

Previously, when she parasitized Guan He in Room 6996 of Apartment 9669, she had also encountered Chen Cang.

But at that time, Chen Cang's data panel wasn't this outrageous.

How much time had passed since then?

His talent upgrading from SS-rank to SSS-rank was one thing...

But what the hell was this [Protagonist Halo]??!

Holy shit?? Was she about to meet a terrible end any minute now?!

After seeing such an insane data panel, who wouldn't feel malice toward this Chen Cang?!

Keigo Higashino's "Malice" might as well have been written specifically for him!!

The [Eternal Witch Gui] desperately forced herself not to feel malice toward this Chen Cang.

Meanwhile, Chen Cang also snapped out of his daze, unable to hide his surprise as he spoke to her:

"Jiang Ye?? You... is this mirror puppet looking for you?"

The [Eternal Witch Gui] version of Jiang Ye stiffly replied, "I don't know anything."

As she spoke, she attempted to attack Void Mirror Puppet No.1.

Of course, no matter what attack method she used against the Void Mirror Puppet, it could perfectly recover.

The [Eternal Witch Gui] immediately deduced—behind this "indestructible" Void Mirror Puppet, there must exist something similar to her cremains.

As long as the "cremains" remain intact, the puppet remains indestructible!

She hesitated about whether to information with Chen Cang.

Logically, since she was forcing herself to maintain goodwill toward Chen Cang, she should share her findings without hesitation.

But... why should she?!

Just because this guy had a [Protagonist Halo], everyone had to yield to him?

Before the [Eternal Witch Gui] could reach a decision, she sensed something happening to Guan He.

With a flash, she returned to Guan He's body.

This was the scene where Red Guan He broke through the [Sun-Eroding Cocoon] from the administrator's perspective in the midst of battle.

Meanwhile, the possessed Jiang Ye in the Mirror Palace regained consciousness.

As the consciousness switched from [Eternal Witch Gui] back to Jiang Ye, his expression showed obvious confusion.

Chen Cang noticed this detail and immediately frowned, demanding sternly, "What did you think of?"

However, before Jiang Ye could decide whether to answer,

Void Mirror Puppet No.1 suddenly brought its nose close to his face, sniffing... Thıs content belongs to NoveI~Fire.net

The action was downright perverted!

Jiang Ye, speechless, directly slapped Void Mirror Puppet No.1 across the face.

The slap stunned the puppet for a moment.

Soon, anger reappeared in its eyes.

And then... it turned and ran away...

This scene wasn't new to Jiang Ye.

But Chen Cang, witnessing it from the same mirror grid, was utterly baffled.

He thought this thing was about to show its power.

Instead, its way of showing power was to run away??

How spineless can you get??

Chen Cang was speechless, but didn't immediately give chase.

Having been led around by that thing, he gradually realized—

In the environment of the Void Mirror Palace, that puppet held absolute advantage!

If it truly wanted to escape, probably only light element users could catch it.

Might as well stick to his original plan and head to the central area of the Mirror Palace.

Perhaps there he could find a way to deal with these puppets.

However, while he wasn't chasing the puppet anymore,

There was still Jiang Ye in this mirror grid.

Chen Cang had long disliked Jiang Ye.

Only due to his skill [Non-Action]'s effects was he unable to actively provoke other players.

He could forcibly create a pretext to turn passivity into initiative!

Thus, he directly seized the opportunity to coldly rebuke Jiang Ye:

"How dare you slap my underling??"

Wasn't that my underling? Since when did it become yours??

Chen Cang paid no heed—this was exactly how forced provocation worked:

"Apparently, when you checked my data panel in the underground graveyard, you already harbored malice toward me..."

"In that case, I should properly teach you a lesson..."

He didn't get to finish his sentence.

To be precise, even as he spoke these words about teaching Jiang Ye a lesson, he was already making his move.

First came a [Wall of Thorns] trapping Jiang Ye to prevent escape.

Immediately following was a sharp slap aimed at Jiang Ye's face.

The motion seemed intent on avenging the slap his "underling" had received.

That slap clearly didn't land on Jiang Ye's face.

Because in that instant, Jiang Ye—who was the administrator battling Guan He—utilized his clone swap for the second time.

Thus, this Jiang Ye trapped by Chen Cang's [Wall of Thorns] swapped places with the Void Mirror Puppet No.2 that had been exposed after the clone fusion effect was dispelled on the battlefield.

On Jiang Ye's clone side, he picked up the administrator who had been turned into a small wooden puppet by talisman paper and stored it away;

Meanwhile, Void Mirror Puppet No.2 solidly received Chen Cang's slap while trapped in the [Wall of Thorns]...

Void Mirror Puppet No.2 was utterly bewildered—from the moment of the clone swap, it had no idea what was happening to it...

Finally returning to the familiar mirror grid, only to inexplicably receive a slap.

At that moment, clear anger surfaced on the confused puppet's face.

Under Chen Cang's utterly baffled gaze,

Void Mirror Puppet No.2 turned and ran away...

Exactly like Void Mirror Puppet No.1 that had been slapped and run off by Jiang Ye earlier...

Chen Cang was... completely dumbfounded!

How was this Jiang Ye also fake?

Just like the fake Lu Renjia, was this also a mirror puppet??

What the hell is going on here?? Something feels really off!!

Chen Cang truly couldn't make sense of this logic, so he could only set aside his confusion for now.

The top priority was still solving the Mirror Palace secret realm.

He took out a compass, determined the central area's location,

Then once again used blood to break through a mirror surface, flashing toward the Mirror Palace's central region.

As he moved, he also contacted the real Lu Renjia via voice transmission bead:

"How's your research going? Found anything?"

The real Lu Renjia was Jiang Ye's light clone. After some thought, he told Chen Cang about how staying too long in one mirror grid would generate Void Mirror Puppets.

This information didn't surprise Chen Cang.

He directly replied, "I've already encountered the Void Mirror Puppets you mentioned."

Jiang Ye pretended to be surprised: "You encountered them? Any discoveries?"

Chen Cang: "Not exactly discoveries, but those things are truly indestructible—completely bizarre!"

"The key is that in this Mirror Palace secret realm, those things have innate advantages."

"After all, they're products of the secret realm. So I suspect as long as this realm remains uncleared, those things will truly be indestructible!"

"So now, I'm not planning to chase them anymore. I'm heading straight to the central area to see if there's anything special there."

As he spoke, Chen Cang thought for a moment before instructing, "You should head to the central area too. Staying in one grid too long just generates more Void Mirror Puppets for no reason."

Mainly, Chen Cang thought—since he had the Protagonist Halo,

Only he could steal others' opportunities; no one could take his.

Even if this Lu Renjia found something in the central area, it would just be paving the way for him.

Moreover, he was curious—what would happen if the real Lu Renjia encountered the fake one?

Thus, each with their own hidden agendas, the two moved toward the Mirror Palace's central region.

Jiang Ye, after converting the [Eternal Witch Gui] into a clone, sent Guan He into the Mirror Palace Secret Realm.