Somewhere in the starry sky.
Qin Heng carried the weakened Dong Huaiyue as he repeatedly crossed the void, putting distance between them and the Thirty-Two Tribulation Arena.
"Goddess of War, how are you?" He was worried about Dong Huaiyue's injuries.
Yet she said, "Don't stop. They'll come after us. Go to the Evergreen Realm first. We'll talk once we get there."
Even as she spoke, her body trembled. Her skin had turned a purplish black, and it looked as though the poison had spread throughout her body, subjecting her to unbearable torment.
Poison Law at the King level could kill Eternal Life. Even after death, the corpse would remain lethally toxic, killing any creature that touched it. Wherever such a body was buried would become a realm of poison, unlikely to dissipate for dozens of eras.
With such poison compressed within a person's body, the extent of the suffering was easy to imagine.
But if she had not acted back then and had instead directly used the Void Ember God Talisman, the remaining talisman would not have been enough to deter so many powerful foes. Once they forced her to use it a second time, they would have been doomed.
She had had no choice but to risk everything, killing the Nether Serpent first to have any hope of leaving alive.
Qin Heng understood this in his heart, but he still could not help worrying.
Seeing her suffer so terribly while being unable to help filled him with guilt. All he could do was accelerate, crossing the void straight toward the Evergreen Realm.
His Space Law had already matured considerably. He could teleport farther than ordinary Kings, making it difficult even for Purple Wood King and Yun Wuya to pursue him.
However, the journey spanned tens of billions of light-years.