Nutrient Solution held a short dagger, carving afterimages through the air as she frantically attacked her opponent. She actually managed to hold Black Shadow back.
It had to be said that her close-combat ability was not bad either.
But when it came to combat power, Old Lady Jia was still superior. With one seemingly weightless palm strike, she sent Black Shadow flying straight into the wall.
Without the array's protection, the wall crumbled from the impact, showering down several chunks of rubble.
This also showed that the cave had been reinforced. Otherwise, that collision alone would have brought down a large section of the mountain rock.
Holding the Xiaoyao Umbrella, Old Lady Jia flashed before Black Shadow like a ghost and struck out with another palm.
At the same time, Duo Gan condensed a Big Hand seven or eight meters wide and slapped it toward Nutrient Solution's opponent.
As the blow came down, Nutrient Solution swiftly dodged aside, and Black Shadow was instantly smashed to the ground.
Then Old Lady Jia and Duo Gan cried out in unison, "This isn't a person!" "It's a puppet!"
No wonder Qu Jianlei had been at a disadvantage in close combat. The opponent was not human at all, but a puppet with an utterly hard body.
In the blink of an eye, Duo Gan had pinned one puppet to the ground, while Old Lady Jia's palm seal suppressed the other.
Yet the two puppets were still struggling futilely.
When everyone stepped forward to look, they found that they truly resembled living people in every detail. Other than the lack of life in their eyes, they looked entirely normal.
The puppets wore fitted leather armor that looked anything but ordinary.
"There are Spirit Stones in their chests!" Sunset Glow shouted urgently. "At least High-Grade Spirit