Of the eight, only Dongfang Yingcai, who had comprehended the Spirit Puppet Method, possessed the ability to clash head-on with Bai Ming.
Because of this method's peculiar nature and uniqueness on the Cambang Continent, even Bai Ming, whose background was immensely formidable, had never heard of or witnessed such a wondrous technique before.
These nimble, exquisite spirit puppets, lifelike as living creatures, were fundamentally different from the puppet arts familiar to Cambang cultivators of the past.
Ordinary creations of puppetcraft could never truly act independently once separated from the cultivator's spiritual control.
Only upon reaching the Profound Insight level or higher, through the power of the Dao Sect's True Mystery, could one possibly attain the point of awakening spiritual intelligence.
And clearly, Dongfang Yingcai was still very far from that realm.
Yet under the effects of the Spirit Puppet Method, the peculiar puppets she controlled appeared to Bai Ming like living beings one and all. Not only did they possess an extremely high degree of autonomy, but even when tainted by the Five-Colored Extreme Demon Method, they posed no threat whatsoever to Dongfang Yingcai's mind. They were entirely techniques that could exist independently once released.
That meant the movements of these special puppets she had refined did not rely on Dongfang Yingcai's mental control. Rather, through an exceptionally ingenious refining method, they had either been imbued with or nurtured into possessing a certain degree of independent awareness.
This level of awareness was certainly still far from that of a complete living creature, but for use as a means of combat, it was more than sufficient.
It was precisely because of this trait that Dongfang Yingcai could evade the greatest threat of the Five-Colored Extreme Demon Method. Even in direct confrontation with Bai Ming, she need not fear that entanglements of