Qin Fengming sat cross-legged within the light formation, laboriously raising both hands as he struggled to cast a hand seal.
What astonished him was that as his hands moved, that rune was actually offered up with ease.
Yet just as he felt a weight lift from his heart, he saw that the formation-testing rune he had already cast countless times merely flashed once before losing contact with his divine sense.
At that moment, Qin Fengming's expression changed abruptly. Sharp light flickered in his eyes, and his hands immediately came to a halt.
The rune he had offered up could be said to have been inherited from the Immortal Realm. It was derived from Ancestor Daoyan's lifelong study of Immortal Realm runes. No matter what kind of formation it was—not even the Returning Origin Restriction—it could be easily integrated. It had never happened that he lost control of one immediately after casting it.
"Who would have thought that this junior understood the Dao of runes? I truly underestimated you. But you know far too little about the core light formations of this Demon Trapping Formation. These eight light formations seal Heaven and Earth energy. Any energy offered outside the body will immediately be absorbed by them. The power of runes is naturally no exception."
As Qin Fengming's heart shook violently, a cold snort reached his ears.
The speaker was the nearest of the puppets sitting cross-legged.
At that moment, the puppet's eyes gleamed as it stared at him. It seemed rather astonished by the rune technique he had just displayed, but its words were filled with ridicule.
These four puppets were not cultivators, but they possessed cultivators' intelligence.
Based on Qin Fengming's understanding of puppets, once a soul essence was sealed inside a puppet, it could never again be separated. If