A thunderous boom rang out. The mid-Profound Tier puppet, which had been rapidly swinging its arms in attack, suddenly faltered. The gleam in its eyes dimmed as well.
A staff shadow flashed into existence and slammed directly into the puppet's slightly dazed body.
With a resounding crash, a figure was suddenly sent flying along with the enormous staff shadow. As it tumbled through the air, it fell toward the distant valley.
"Ah, could it be that we actually killed the puppet?" Jin Shaoxue cried out in surprise when she saw the puppet take the blow without resisting and fall into the distant valley.
The puppet had been attacking them for a full two days. Although the two sides had remained locked in a stalemate, both Jin siblings knew clearly that they were at a disadvantage and in an extremely passive position.
It was not that they did not want to leave. Rather, they truly had no way to retreat unscathed.
Now that they had actually seen it sent flying by a single attack, the female cultivator's tightly strung heart naturally relaxed.
"It wasn't our doing. That cultivator surnamed Qin must have broken the restriction connecting the puppet to it, causing the puppet to lose focus for an instant. That was why our attack succeeded."
Jin Shaotian ultimately had rich combat experience and extensive knowledge. He immediately recognized the true situation.
"Ah, no, that puppet hasn't fallen!" Just as Jin Shaotian was speaking, the female cultivator suddenly cried out again.
A streak of gray light abruptly shot out from the valley where the puppet had fallen. Transforming into a gray arc, it suddenly flew toward the cave where Qin Fengming had entered in the distance.
Seeing the puppet's movement, the Jin siblings both showed shock and hesitation in their eyes.
Although