"Oh, Astra, have your methods of humiliating people actually improved?" The figure floating among the pillars calmly watched He Ao. The hazy mist trembled violently, and the thunderous voice rolling through the void carried a certain tremor. "You actually thought of sending some snot-nosed brat to interrogate me."
The instant his words fell, his body suddenly lunged forward and slammed into the gap between the stone pillars. "I admit it, your humiliation is somewhat interesting."
Boom—
Amid deafening rolling thunder, the surrounding earth and wilderness seemed to tremble at that moment.
Brilliant green radiance flowed swiftly across the stone pillars like lightning, erupting in dazzling light that nearly filled He Ao's entire field of vision.
He Ao's body swayed along with the trembling ground.
"Enough, Wistain." Astra watched it all calmly and spoke softly.
As though her words carried absolute authority, countless rays of light shot from the stone pillars the moment her gentle yet magnetic voice rang out. They gathered between the pillars into two radiant chains, instantly wrapping around Wistain's hands and pinning his entire body between the stone pillars.
Trapped within the cage, Wistain tried to break free from the light's restraint, shaking the two radiant chains continuously, yet he never fully escaped them.
Only then did Astra slowly continue, "Trying to frighten a child is hardly commendable."
"Ah." Wistain lowered his head. The ferocious expression on his face vanished in an instant, leaving him as gentle as a venerable old man.
He lightly waved his hand, and the radiant chains binding him gradually loosened, like silk scarves wrapped around his wrists. Lowering his gaze, he quietly watched He Ao and smiled. "Astra, don't you think this child is a little too... 'stable'?"
His gaze rested on He Ao's calm expression. His pupils, glimmering with green radiance,