"Yin Sheng?" Meng Anli shook her head. "Impossible. He's just an ordinary little beggar. How could he have found you?"
"Does that matter?" Meng Zhao advanced on Meng Anli step by step. "You only need to know that your inner core is mine now."
"No!" Meng Anli flew toward the door, only to be blocked by a streak of golden light.
The golden light flashed, piercing into her skin like knives.
Meng Anli had no choice but to fly back.
Meng Xiuchen laughed heartily. "Meng Anli, stop struggling. This room is covered in talismans designed specifically to restrain you. Yin Sheng gave us every last one of them. That Yin Sheng is so formidable at such a young age—what an extraordinary little fellow."
Meng Anli gritted her teeth, transformed into a bird, and flew toward the window.
Thud~
She slammed into the golden light and was bounced back again, returning to her original form as she fell to the floor.
Greed gleamed in Meng Zhao's eyes. "Your inner core now is far better than your first one."
He raised a hand, and all the manor guards attacked Meng Anli at once.
Meng Anli hurled water spheres at them one after another.
But just as Meng Xiuchen had said, this room had been made specifically to counter her.
The wind blades and fireballs they threw at her were unaffected. But whenever Meng Anli's attacks missed them and struck the walls, they rebounded at even greater speed and attacked her in turn.
Meng Anli could only move swiftly, but whenever she drew near the walls, golden light appeared.
The space available for her to move was very limited. On top of that, she held back, only injuring those people without dealing killing blows.
The manor guards had clearly received orders. They struck