After crying out in pain, the Daoist nun frowned tightly and immediately began chanting. Golden light started to glow around her body, and the grayish-white Daoist robe she wore billowed without wind, gradually forcing apart the vines wrapped around her.
However, the instant those black vines sensed her resistance, their surfaces lit up as though an electric current had passed through them. More black vines surged at her from all directions, completely engulfing her.
At the same time, the two black puppets rushed swiftly along the vines.
The vines seemed to attack by sensing the aura of living creatures and did not hinder the two puppets in the slightest.
Once they reached the Daoist nun's side, they stood to her left and right, each holding a weapon. They pressed their weapons through gaps in the vines, then suddenly exerted force with both hands and stabbed at the Daoist nun within.
Before the golden light around the Daoist nun could break through the vines' restraints, it was struck by the puppets' attack. With a soft bang, it shattered into countless specks of golden light and dispersed.
Just as the two puppets' weapons drove straight in and were about to pierce the Daoist nun's body, a streak of gold and a streak of crimson shot over at the same time, revealing the Dragon Horn Awl and the Pure Yang Sword Embryo.
The two puppets sensed that something was wrong and tried to withdraw their weapons, but it was already too late.
Two dull bangs rang out as large holes burst open in both puppets' chests. After piercing through them, the Dragon Horn Awl and Pure Yang Sword Embryo did not pause at all, immediately slashing down at the vines on the ground.
Rays of light bloomed across the ground in quick succession,