A Flaw That Wasn't a Flaw

This vast expanse of dark clouds was Old Lady Jia's "Using Stillness to Control Movement."

She had done something like this in the Hope Star Region before, but on a far smaller scale, driven by combat needs.

The strength the Old Lady could actually wield was far greater than this, after all—she was a Supreme.

For some time now, she had been making adjustments. Now that they were complete, it was time to replace the elemental Inner Breath within her body.

Another Supreme might not have been willing to use Inner Breath this way, but for her, it was practically a necessity.

She wanted to investigate other Supremes in order to expend her Inner Breath, but Qu Jianlei felt there was no need. It would be better to create a prolonged spell of rainy weather.

The weather changed gradually and did not draw much attention.

That had to do with the Old Lady's fine control, but it was also because no one had considered that a Supreme would expend their own Inner Breath like this.

However, this also meant that Old Lady Jia's combat strength could basically not be counted on in the short term.

Qu Jianlei and Paranoid both felt that this was no problem. The two of them were more than enough to protect the manor.

The Old Lady only needed to expend her Inner Breath. Whenever she could no longer hold on, she could simply use the Gathering Spirit Array to recover.

She was already inside the manor, where replenishing spiritual energy was convenient and safer than going out to investigate Supremes.

As the dark clouds gradually formed, nothing that happened within this hundred-thousand-plus square kilometers could escape the Old Lady's notice.

Old Lady Jia created dark clouds for five days. In some places, the moisture had