From within the Paperman Giant Statue, a large number of paperman puppets were sent out.
Under the manipulation of Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin, these puppets actually began to collaboratively repair the array inside.
Ning Zhuo’s divine sense detected this scene, causing his heart to tremble violently.
This is exceedingly difficult!
Ning Zhuo himself, even with full effort, couldn’t comprehend the array inside, let alone repair it.
Of course, this Paperman Giant Statue was originally set up by Meng Yaoyin when she was alive, so she naturally understood these arrays perfectly. But the fact that she could control hundreds of paperman puppets simultaneously to repair the array—
The difficulty of such an operation, and the spiritual exertion it required, as well as the depth of array expertise, were all extremely significant!
"Even if I understand the mysteries of these arrays, at best I could control two paperman puppets for repairs!"
"Mom’s level of mechanism control is this high? It’s a bit terrifying."
Ning Zhuo was in awe.
At the same time, he felt a new wave of concern in his heart—Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin exerting such astonishing control meant an enormous loss to her own spiritual nature!
"Mom, is it really worth it to do this?" Deep down, he didn’t want his mother to work so hard.
The array within the Paperman Giant Statue was swiftly repaired.
On one hand, it was because Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin demonstrated astounding command in mechanisms and arrays. On another, it was also due to Ghost Generals Long Axe and Crimson being solely focused on breaking through, prioritizing the defeat of leadership over array destruction.
The array boomed and roared, activating in unison.
On the battlefield, the Paperman Giant Statue struggled to its feet, standing up tall once more!
It emitted a faint white glow all over, and its previous damages were quickly repaired, returning to a seamless state.
This sight immediately gained the Yin Soldiers’ army’s attention!
Inside Luo Si’s tent.
"Not good!" Xie Sichao’s expression drastically changed, "The names of Long Axe and Crimson Ghost Generals have been crossed off the military register."
The two generals have already fallen in battle.
Luo Si immediately commanded: "Deploy the Dead Bone Gigants to deal with the Paperman Giant Statue. Have the Vanguard General and others concentrate their full efforts!"
The remaining two Dead Bone Gigants were rampaging around, awaiting Long Axe and Crimson to dismantle the Paperman Giant Statue from the inside.
Unexpectedly, they fell in an instant, catching the Yin Soldiers’ army off guard.
After all, in their view, even if the Paperman Giant Statue possessed strong internal defenses, should Long Axe and Crimson fall behind, reinforcements were the solution.
The sudden awakening and explosive power of Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin caught them off guard, as she instantly slew the two generals, putting the Yin Soldiers’ army at a disadvantage at this point.
Luo Si’s command was undoubtedly proper and very timely.
The two Dead Bone Gigants took heavy steps, shaking the ground with each stride, striking towards the Paperman Giant Statue from both sides.
Simultaneously, enemy Nascent Soul level cultivators, including the Vanguard General, charged in.
"Not good!" Tie Guzheng’s eyes bulged in anger, but there was no one left to command.
The City Lord’s paperman avatar forced the four ghost generals to retreat step by step, glanced at the Paperman Giant Statue behind, then turned back with full power to seize the opportunity to slay Sang Le Youling!
Qing Chi led the Qing Jiao Army in a fierce tangle with the Headless Ghost Riders, locked in a deathmatch. Upon noticing the danger to the Paperman Giant Statue, they rushed with furious determination, but ultimately it was difficult for distant water to quench a nearby fire.
As the Paperman Giant Statue fell into crisis again, Ning Zhuo couldn’t help holding his breath.
Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin’s divine sense message came through: "Little Zhuo, watch closely now, this move is called Cloud Luo Evil Clothes."
The next moment, the white radiance surrounding the Paperman Giant Statue flared intensely, a white brilliance shot into the sky, causing celestial phenomena to change.
Clouds formed out of thin air, coiling back around and surging to the Paperman Giant Statue’s side.
Then, they rapidly transformed into a layer of cloud garment.
This white cloud garment, neither mist nor silk, was as translucent as ice gauze, but surged with needle-like brilliance.
As the Paperman Giant Statue moved, the cloud garment flowed with it, possessing both the softness of drifting clouds and the sharpness of needles!
At this moment, the Paperman Giant Statue’s momentum soared, its combat power skyrocketed!
Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin secretly taught Ning Zhuo: "This is the Cloud Luo Evil Clothes, made with soft clouds as silk and evil as mystic needles; gentle like the Heavenly River draping over, or fierce enough to cover the sky with fiendish might!"
"To cultivate this method, two key points must be understood."
"The first is the Nine Transformations of Cloud Sea, which are gathering, scattering, surging, descending, flowing, condensing, splitting, blazing, and annihilating. Channel the intent of clouds into your meridians, making the evil clothes breathe like living clouds, absorbing and releasing heaven and earth, absorbing attacks like cotton absorbing a mighty force, counterattacking like rivers devastating its foe."
"The second point is manipulating evil qi. Channel any form of evil qi into the cloud network, each evil qi can condense into a mystic needle, extraordinarily sharp, like a porcupine, integrating attack and defense."
"Little Zhuo, when you enter Myriad Images Sect, you can choose to study ’Cloud Chapter’ and ’Condensed Clothes Glorious Palm’, then apply evil qi."
"’Cloud Chapter’ states: harness the purest flow of clouds from the Nine Heavens, clouds adapt to the ever-changing situations..."
"The ’Condensed Clothes Glorious Palm’ contains a poem stating: using the soul as a shuttle to draw the heavenly wind, extract thunder and evil as warp and weft; a single thought of cloud covers the golden palace, a thousand calamities solidify the soul’s platform. Thus, in essence, the Cloud Luo Evil Clothes isn’t a spell, but a divine art! It only uses evil qi to make the appearance seem like a spell."
"Most importantly, the Cloud Luo General Outline, left by the Myriad Images Sect sage Cloud Evil Daoist, states: Cloud Luo isn’t a net, but a manifestation of heavenly benevolence; Evil Clothes aren’t clothes, but the reverse scale of Qiankun transformed! Just this sentence reveals the core secrets of the Cloud Luo Evil Clothes!"
Ning Zhuo instinctively pricked up his ears, listening carefully, memorizing every word.
Amidst the teaching, the Dead Bone Gigants had already closed in.
The Paperman Giant Statue, under the control of Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin, first advanced to meet the enemy on the left.
It didn’t evade at all, countering assault with assault!
The giant fist of the Dead Bone Gigant struck the Cloud Luo Evil Clothes, immediately causing layers of floating clouds to expand and relax, guiding, deflecting, and dissolving the immense force of the enemy, ultimately retaining only a tenth, which fell on the Paperman Giant Statue’s body and was absorbed by its entirety.
The Paperman Giant Statue’s fists, however, amassed a substantial number of mystic needles formed by concentrated evil qi.
Two punches landed on the Dead Bone Gigant, breaking through like decaying wood, with both ease and overwhelming force, the mystic needles piercing through giant bones, and the resultant massive force directly shattering the skeleton.
Both punches penetrated the Dead Bone Gigant’s body, causing it to stagger and fall to the ground, heavily wounded.
A gust of wind blew at its back.
The Paperman Giant Statue turned to avoid it, then took advantage to counterattack.
With a horizontal sweep of its arm, the evil needles almost instantly shifted to the arm, resembling a chopper slicing across, bisecting the Dead Bone Gigant!
The Nascent Soul cultivators, including the Vanguard General, witnessing this scene were utterly confused!
The change in combat power of the Paperman Giant Statue was too drastic!
What on earth was happening?
The Paperman Giant Statue stomped down, crushing the head of the previously felled Dead Bone Gigant into powder.
The Cloud Luo Evil Clothes billowed round and round, pure white clouds encircling the body, never stopping.
For a moment, this drew the attention of everyone, friend and foe alike.
"Good!" Tie Guzheng was overjoyed.
Yang Sanyan also let out a breath of relief.
"As expected of Little Zhuo!"
"My Jiao Ma is the best!"
Sun Lingtong and Qing Chi were filled with joy, no longer a trace of worry.
The paperman avatar’s eyes flashed with intense light, battling the four Golden Core ghost generals to a sweaty standstill, resisting with difficulty, surrounded by peril.
The paperman avatar seized an opening, repelled one of the generals, finally charging in to finish off the stationary Sang Le Youling.
A Nascent Soul level ghost general intervened at the critical moment, blocking the paperman avatar.
The paperman avatar was infuriated!
Realizing that the moment just now was prime for an attack, missing it would likely result in failure.
Indeed, the Vanguard General on the other side also reacted, immediately sending reinforcements to assist Sang Le Youling.
Ning Zhuo’s gaze also focused: "Mom, we should quickly take down that ghost cultivator holding the candle, cutting off the enemy’s transmission route!"
Ning Zhuo wanted to assist, but Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin said: "I need to conserve my energy now, Little Zhuo."
"We have already stunned the enemy."
"If I continue to unleash my powers freely, my conscious time will rapidly decrease."
"Do not worry about that, the City Lord herself will surely act!"
"You can start preparing the spell, get ready to burn this Paperman Giant Statue."
"What, so soon?" Ning Zhuo was surprised.
The next moment, the entire city trembled, waves surged, the Ink River roared, and the shadow tide flooded!
The South City Gate suddenly closed, and White Paper Immortal City began to rise!