Your reaction in assessing the battle and considering countermeasures had been swift; everything had happened in no more than an instant. Yet in that exceedingly brief span, the three presences had already arrived within your sight, and they were just as fast.
You did not dare slacken in the slightest. You relayed the situation to the Ink Bone Origin Spirit in the quickest, briefest manner possible and explained what you needed it to do... Yes, even with enemies from the side camp potentially arriving afterward, you could still face the lineup of three towers and three puppets without changing expression because you were not alone on your side.
Before entering the camp, the Ink Bone Origin Spirit had already told you the likely situations that might arise and, based on each party's circumstances, explained the assistance it could provide.
The key among them—the source of your confidence—was an "Ink Spirit Secret Technique" known by Ink Bone. This Ink Spirit Secret Technique held no low rank within the Ink Transformation Clan, inferior only to the Ink Spirit Divine Technique. It was an art only true Ink Clan high-level members could know. Its actual purpose was merely to control living puppets, a secret key whose authority surpassed that of a Tool Cultivator puppet's "supervisor."
Naturally, Ink Spirit Secret Technique was a general term. Only the corresponding secret key could control living puppets bearing the corresponding runes. For living puppets with other, different runes, once verification determined a mismatch, they likewise could not be controlled.
If an Ink Clan member was present beside a living puppet—its original operator—then even if an incorrect Ink Spirit Secret Technique was used, it would have no effect whatsoever. On the contrary, once the other party discovered it, they could inflict a severe backlash upon the former, enough