"Not even sparing unarmed mortals—these Heavenly Demons are simply too cruel."
Righteous fury showed on Shangguan Yan's face. With a sweep of her jade hand, she was about to summon her treasure, but Shangguan Ling, quick-eyed and quick-handed, grabbed her. "Sister, don't!"
"Why? Are we supposed to just let the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons slaughter mortals?"
"Little sister, believe me, my feelings right now are the same as yours. But don't forget the grave trust Master placed in us. If we can't safely deliver these supplies back, then once the Cloud Hidden Sect is broken, the Immortal Dao Alliance's situation will be far worse than what's before our eyes. When that time comes, the cultivators who fall may number more than just tens of thousands. Without the Immortal Dao Alliance resisting the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, these mortals' circumstances will become even more difficult..."
In Shangguan Ling's eyes, a faint glimmer of tears flashed.
In her heart, she too could hardly bear it. Yet now she had no freedom to act as she wished. This woman understood deeply the principle that if one could not endure a small thing, it would ruin a great scheme.
Yet before her words had finished, a whoosh sounded in their ears, and an icy wind wrapped in chunks of ice blew past the surface of her body.
It was a white, misty cold current, and within it there seemed to be a snow-white Phoenix whipping up Demon Wind that filled the sky.
It was Ice Phoenix!
This woman had actually acted on her own.
Alone, she went to meet the demon clouds filling the sky.
This move was reckless to the extreme, yet it made one want to clap and cheer.
Whether it was right or wrong was hard to argue, and no one knew whether