Powerful! Scorching!
That enormous fireball truly resembled a rising sun, constantly expanding, constantly growing stronger.
Fear. Retreat.
They instantly descended over the female cultivator's head.
Yu Rou immediately stopped, her eyes filled with uncertainty as she watched the figure beneath the blazing sun.
"Pill Dust Master?"
As she halted, the blazing sun gradually dispersed as well.
A cold, severe gaze shot straight toward her.
Meeting his eyes felt like staring into the Cold Pool Abyss—deep beyond sight, incomparably frigid.
Yu Rou said hoarsely, "Huo Hu cannot die. You cannot kill him."
Luo Chen glanced at the unconscious body within the vine prison.
He gave a cold laugh. "What sense is there in a world where one can only be killed and cannot resist? Fellow Daoist Yu, am I wrong?"
"But the Huo Family... Huo Quan!"
At the mention of Huo Quan's name, Yu Rou seemed to find her confidence.
She gradually recovered her composure. "If you dare kill Huo Hu, the Huo Family will never let this rest. Huo Quan has been at the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer for many years. This seclusion is for the sake of breaking through to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment. Once he emerges..."
"He is not standing before us." Luo Chen interrupted her. "The one standing in our way is you."
Right!
It was me!
Those calm, unruffled words made Yu Rou's entire body tremble.
Her gaze wandered. Nearby stood Pill Dust Master, his killing intent sharp and biting.
Farther away was Wang Yuan, standing atop a stone pillar like a fiendish tiger of slaughter.
Behind her stood Li Yixian, sword in hand.
She had seen it clearly just now: Li Yixian had truly intended to stop her.
In other words, she had already chosen to stand on Pill Dust Master's side!
Under ordinary circumstances, Yu