"Word is, you brought Lu Sheng's relatives into the Holy Stone World for protection. Tell me, if I completely destroyed this place, what would Lu Sheng think?" Xi Ning laughed viciously. "Do you think he might suddenly stab you in the back?"
Lu Sheng remained expressionless, but Stone Mother's face had already darkened.
"It seems you have some misunderstanding about what power truly means." She reached up and pinched a lock of her long hair, suddenly revealing a bewitching smile.
"Do you think I was able to run rampant through the previous cycle, unmatched by all, merely because my opponents were too stupid?"
Xi Ning's expression shifted slightly. A trace of unease rose in his heart.
"Unless you intend to kill Lu Sheng's relatives, today will be the day we fight until the fish dies and the net splits."
"Fish dies and net splits? You think far too highly of yourself."
Stone Mother suddenly stretched out her hand. A brilliant halo of Seven-Colored Light exploded from the triangular crystal behind her.
The colored light spread through every surrounding region in an unimaginable instant.
Hiss. Countless threads froze in place in the blink of an eye.
Everything seemed to have sunk into endless mud, unable to move. Unable even to think.
The waves that had been surging wildly on both sides also seemed to have had their pause button pressed, all of them stopping and solidifying.
"What... are... you... doing...?" Xi Ning's face changed drastically, as though he had realized something. Yet for some reason, his voice had become incredibly slow.
"What do you think I'm doing?" Stone Mother swept back her long hair and took a languid step forward.
Whoosh.
She vanished in an instant, appearing directly behind Xi Ning.
Strangely enough, Xi Ning could not move at all. He