Lu Ang hurled the rope loop with full force!

The loop, reinforced with wire, maintained its circular shape so it could more accurately encircle the target.

But his throw was too powerful — the loop was flung high into the air, and it was about to fly past the top of the canopy in an instant. Shen Mo leapt upward from below! He caught one end of the rope loop and redirected it downward!

The height dropped. The rope loop settled squarely around the cat’s head!

“Pull!” Shen Mo shouted!

Lu Ang immediately hauled back with maximum force!

The wire coiled around the loop cinched tight! In an instant it tightened around the cat’s neck!

“Got it!” Lu Ang roared, slung the thick rope over his shoulder, and pulled with all his might in the opposite direction — like a tug-of-war!

At the same moment, Shen Fei, Tan Xiao, and Yu Yaqing all grabbed hold of the rope in turn, pulling together with Lu Ang!

With a thunderous crash, the cloth cat’s enormous body was dragged off the carousel!

“Mrow!~~~” It thrashed and struggled. The team immediately lost their grip, scattered like kites in a storm!

Just as the cat was about to break free, Yan Qingwen’s voice rang out from far away: “Got it!”

The cat instantly went still, flopped down, and stopped moving.

— Their hypothesis was correct. Once they were far away, Mary had no way to control the cloth cat!

Shen Mo said quickly: “Drag the cat away — as far as you can get! I’ll go help Yan Qingwen!”

He finished speaking and sprinted off. On the other side, Yan Qingwen had already fallen into a desperate fight!

The moment Mary was lassoed, she woke up. Shocked and furious, she abruptly raised her arm — its shape grotesquely transformed — and wildly slashed at the rope!

The rope snapped in an instant, but the coiled wire remained stubbornly connected.

Shen Mo, arriving at a run, swiftly seized the other end of the rope from the ground!

The trap activated immediately — the ropes formed a chain reaction, linking up layer by layer! They wrapped and crossed around Mary’s body, hoisting her into the air —

“Yan Qingwen! The rope!”

Shen Mo barked the order, gripping one end of the rope tightly.

Yan Qingwen sprinted two steps and seized the broken end of the other rope!

Two pulling forces from left and right suspended Mary upside down in midair — and at that same moment, a massive black iron anchor came flying from the middle! Cleaving the air, it struck Mary’s head with unstoppable force!

Boom!!!

Mary’s entire body was sent flying!

Both Shen Mo and Yan Qingwen were dragged off their feet simultaneously by the force!

The anchor hit the ground with a thunderous crash. Then silence. Then stillness.

Shen Mo rolled twice on the ground, sprang back to his feet, and immediately looked up at Mary.

Yan Qingwen did the same.

Not far away, Mary lay collapsed on the ground. Her head had been knocked sideways by the anchor blow, held on by only a few iron wires — barely connected.

The trap had worked!

They had separated Mary and the cat — and subdued Mary! Now her limbs were twitching, convulsing, struggling — like a frog on the verge of death.

She propped herself up and sat upright, her head swaying and wobbling on her neck. Then she tried to stand up again —

At that moment, Lu Ang came charging from a distance, let out a fierce roar, raised his broad sword high, and brought it down on her with full force!

Boom!!!

Mary’s head, and her body, were completely severed.

Her head rolled to the side. Lu Ang snatched it up by the hair and held it high.

Mary’s face still bore an expression of furious anguish — eyes bulging wide, teeth bared in a snarl. The decapitated puppet’s hair was disheveled and wild, a sight that sent chills down the spine.

Lu Ang stared at her wretched appearance. He felt immensely vindicated!

“Mary is dead!” He held Mary’s head high for all his companions to see, and shouted again: “Mary is DEAD!!!”

“Lu Ang! …” Yan Qingwen’s face went pale. “Run!!!”

Lu Ang froze — before he could react, a snow-white conical spike drove clean through his chest!

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