The female crown winced in pain, and her brows furrowed tightly. Chanting sounds immediately rose from her mouth, and golden light began to shine around her body. The gray-white Taoist robe she wore billowed without wind, starting to push against the black vines that were entwined around her.
However, the moment the black vines sensed her resistance, their surfaces lit up as if an electric current had passed over them, and more black vines from the surroundings lunged at her, completely wrapping her up.
At the same time, the two black puppets swiftly attacked from atop the vines.
It seemed that the vines attacked by sensing the breath of living things, and they did not hinder the two puppets in the slightest.
Upon reaching the female crown's side, one to the left and one to the right, each holding a weapon, they prodded through the gaps in the vines with sudden force, and stabbed toward the female crown inside.
