Shen Xitang’s Silver Silk pierced the iron mask of the lead Brocade Guard, but what was revealed beneath was no human face—the gray skin was covered in Uyghur incantations, and the pupils glowed with the same eerie green as the Black Tide of Guixu!
"It’s a corpse puppet refined by Tatar sorcery!" Xiao Heng’s Big Dipper Sword cleaved through the creature’s breastplate, causing a bronze waist medallion to tumble out of the rotting flesh. "A token from the Northern Suppressing Office... why is it engraved with the Zhizheng era mark?"
The corpse puppets suddenly shrieked in unison. The sonic waves shattered the glazed tiles of the Star-Observing Platform, exposing the components of an Armillary Sphere hidden within the eaves. Shen Xitang’s Dragon-Locking Nail grew scorching hot at that moment; the Big Dipper pattern on the nail fit perfectly into the grooves of the Armillary Sphere. "Lord Thousand-Householder, three paces to the Kan position!"
Chapter 127