Cutting sinew and scraping bone.
His extraordinary flesh and blood, which he had always taken pride in and put through countless trials, had never seemed so fragile.
There was nowhere to run, because the cutting came from within his own body.
Trembling where she stood, Xiao Ying pressed a hand to her right chest. The next moment, the skin there, previously cold, suddenly grew warm.
It was blood.
Blood welling from a wound that pierced through her organs and flesh.
Staring at the bright red blood on her hand, an image came to her mind with startling clarity: the mangled corpse behind her.
The wound really had been made from the inside out... Though there was nothing but the wound itself; no blade in sight.
But how could that be...
She had already reached the walkway, yet she couldn't help looking again at the corpse and the bloodstains.
The next moment, as if she had realized something, she carefully took another step upward along the winding walkway.
"Ugh—"
This time, she only let out a low groan, quickly pressing a hand against her abdomen.
Just now, warmth had spilled from there, too.
Impossible... Could it really be because of this?
There was no doubt it was another wound, but compared with the shock she felt, the pain this time was far less severe.
Like I said, it wasn't just going to be another Emperor's New House.
The change that had come over Lady Xiao Ying, of course, hadn't escaped Fu Qian's notice.
And as a professional, he found it far easier to understand the source of this change than the person experiencing it, who lacked any theoretical basis.
The Divine Protection wasn't limited to certain lucky individuals. It was clearly wandering around inside the volcano, too.
It wasn't even