Ming Qi's words shattered the expectations in Ming Yu's and Li Yan's hearts in an instant.
Of course, what they most wanted was for this to be nothing more than an illusion. That was the outcome with the greatest hope for the three of them, and the one they currently had the best chance of achieving.
"The straw thrown out in the enemy's attacks can actually return to its original body. That makes it impossible for us to take shortcuts.
"In other words, whether those straw men are puppets or not, their attacks may well be inexhaustible.
"Only by continually destroying that straw can we possibly prevent them from attacking. But even if that is possible, how could we accomplish it?"
Ming Qi furrowed her brows in thought, murmuring to herself as she spoke.
She had already suspected that the later attacks from those straw men were something akin to puppets.
The root controlling their actions was either a remnant thought left behind by their master and stored within the puppet bodies, or they were driven by spirit stones.
With attacks that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, after expending themselves a few times, the straw men would not only consume spirit stones at an extreme rate, but soon be left with nothing but a wooden stick on their bodies.
But now, it seemed that whoever had designed this trap had long since considered that point.
Even the attacking straw could be retrieved. Then, if spirit stones had been left behind to drive them, exhausting them might not be possible at all. Most likely, the straw men contained spirit-gathering formations.
Trying that might leave them testing until despair claimed them.
"After that straw man appears, it will launch its attack after three breaths!"
Li Yan looked toward the