Gu Xiao Man took off the Cloud Ring, slowly stroking it as she sank into thought.
If her guess was correct.
As long as she interacted with the ring on a spiritual level, her coordinates would be updated externally. In other words, whether she immersed herself in the Cloud Ring to cultivate or passively accepted the warm current it transmitted... her location would be exposed!
If she threw it away, she probably would not be tracked anymore.
With that thought, Gu Xiao Man looked at Wu Yan.
She intended to keep her earlier promise and not kill Wu Yan personally.
Of course... she had no intention of letting this hunter who had tried to kill her go.
"I'll give you a chance to 'survive'... and conduct an experiment for myself as well."
Gu Xiao Man said calmly, "If the Cloud Ring still sends coordinates to those people, you might be saved. But you should think carefully—if you really survive, how will you explain this ring, as well as your betrayal of the divine envoy?"
Wu Yan's pupils contracted as he tried to say something.
Annihilation Dream activated. He let out a muffled groan and instantly lost consciousness.
Gu Xiao Man's spirit effortlessly broke through Wu Yan's Mental Sea.
A moment later, Gu Xiao Man left. At the foot of the empty snow mountain, only a solitary figure remained.
Wu Yan's eyes were tightly shut as he leaned against the Stone Cave. He was still breathing, but all his consciousness had been trapped within the dreamscape of Annihilation Dream.
A gleaming silver ring lay in the snow before him!
Gu Xiao Man's "experiment" was actually meant to see... whether the Cloud Ring could still send signals to the people of the Source Tower without spiritual interaction.
That was the "sliver of