"Bang!"
Yu Zhiwen collapsed weakly to the ground. Her lips had lost all color, her Star Pupils were dim, and only utter dejection remained in her heart.
Dead...
Through the Qingyuan Mountain Grand Formation, she could sense with absolute clarity that the Xu Xiaoshou inside the formation-disc head had died!
At this moment, control of the Qingyuan Mountain Grand Formation had indeed returned to Yu Zhiwen's hands.
But...
She had not fought to win it back.
The Dao Hall Master had simply gotten tired of playing and tossed it to her.
If this had been a Heavenly Secrets trial, Yu Zhiwen knew that the answer sheet she had handed in at this moment deserved a zero.
It did not even merit a passing grade, let alone full marks. She had struggled in Spirit-Guarding World for so long, analyzed for so long, deduced for so long...
Yu Zhiwen had gained nothing! The Dao Hall Master was still the Dao Hall Master. When he did not wish to go easy on someone, no one could surpass the blue and rise above it.
"I... can't do anything..."
Yu Zhiwen braced herself against the ground with both hands, staring blankly as bloody tears trickled down her cheeks.
Her entire body was trembling.
That powerless sense of defeat hurt even more than being killed.
Had she known the outcome would be this, she should never have entered the starlight protection of Spirit-Protecting Heaven! Even if she had charged over recklessly, forcing her way to Xu Xiaoshou's side...
At the very least, even if she had died halfway there beneath the power of Spirit-Siphoning Heaven, she would have struggled.
But now? Now, it looked as though she had chosen to abandon Xu Xiaoshou to save her own life, seeking shelter while ignobly clinging to survival.
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