Elder Wuming and Elder Fu exchanged a glance, their expressions darkening.
Working in concert with the other formation patterns, the Ancient Puppet Taotie Pattern formed an almost perfect trapping formation. Any attack launched by those trapped within to break the formation would have its power absorbed by the Ancient Puppet Taotie Pattern. Not only would it fail to break the formation, it would transfer that power into the magic formation, making it ever more impregnable.
That left only one way to break out from within the formation...
They would have to keep attacking the formation with their own power until it reached its limit, then burst it apart with an overwhelming amount of energy.
But it was not just the Ancient Puppet Taotie Pattern they had to contend with. Even the materials of the eight metal obelisks that formed the formation were far from ordinary. Even if Elder Wuming and Elder Fu joined forces, they would likely struggle to exceed its capacity. Worse still, this was not simply a trapping formation, but a trapping and killing formation.
If Elder Wuming and Elder Fu attacked the formation with reckless abandon, trying to burst it apart with their own power, it would absorb the force of their attacks and strengthen the attacks of those black lightning spears.
Unless they broke through the formation in a single stroke, its attacks would only grow fiercer, while they would grow weaker as their magic power dwindled. As one side waxed, the other waned, strengthening their enemy while weakening themselves.
Thus, their best course of action was not to attack, but to defend passively and wait for rescue.
"What should we do?" Elder Fu asked hesitantly.
"We have no choice but to attack, regardless of the cost. We have no idea what the situation outside is