If it had merely been an old wound flaring up, Peacock Fairy could have just barely endured it with the demon bird's tyrannical body. But as the saying went, blessings never came in pairs, and misfortunes never came singly—the aftereffects produced by borrowing the Peacock Great Wisdom King's power just now also struck at the same time.
How clever was Lin Xuan? Naturally, he sensed that something was wrong with this powerful female Demon Cultivator. His escaping light slowed, but he did not stop because of it. One could never be without a wary heart. It was true that the other party was injured, but whether it was really that serious was another matter. What if she was playing a trick...
Peacock Fairy gritted her teeth. Spiritual light flashed wildly all over her body, and she forced the severe pain down, but her heart was filled with unease. These aftereffects were erupting even faster than she had imagined.
She raised her head again and glanced at Lin Xuan. Even her vision was somewhat blurred. The other party was still like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow, fleeing desperately without regard for anything else. But once he discovered that she was outwardly strong yet inwardly hollow, he would turn back into a vicious wolf.
How could Peacock Fairy not understand the law of the cultivation world, where the weak were prey to the strong? How could she fall in a place like this?
Clenching her silver teeth, she drew in a deep breath and murmured a short, obscure incantation. On her smooth forehead, a third eye appeared once more, and a strand of golden light suddenly shot out from within.
Although Lin Xuan was fleeing, he was paying attention to the scene behind him at every moment.