If not for the Heart-Eroding Demonic Qi inside Bai Ruxue's body, which had left her unable to control herself, Lu Xiaotian would have nearly withdrawn already. He was not afraid of fighting, but neither did he want to linger in a place where he was completely unprepared while Lü Song had spent so long laying his plans. Especially with Xue Daoyuan, a Golden Immortal powerhouse, present, Lu Xiaotian could not act too conspicuously.
With Bai Ruxue's condition still unclear and Mu Xia, Shentu Zhanfeng, Nie Tianhou, and the others yet to make a move, Lu Xiaotian could not simply leave either.
At that moment, Bai Ruxue struggled desperately, doing her utmost to circulate all the immortal essence within her and suppress the Heart-Eroding Demonic Qi surging out of her body as much as possible, hoping to ease Xue Daoyuan's burden even a little. Even though her efforts were futile, Bai Ruxue did not stop for so much as a moment.
The Heart-Eroding Demonic Qi continued pouring from Bai Ruxue's body, gathering into a column of smoke that streamed toward Xue Daoyuan. Earlier, when Xue Daoyuan had struck his palm against Bai Ruxue's, the Heart-Eroding Demonic Qi had clung to his palm as though firmly stuck there. Even with Xue Daoyuan's methods, he could not completely drive it out.
By now, the Heart-Eroding Demonic Qi was like a thick rope linking Bai Ruxue and Xue Daoyuan. More and more of it surged from Bai Ruxue's body, continuously pouring into Xue Daoyuan and forcing him to draw on increasing amounts of immortal essence to stop its invasion.
Though Xue Daoyuan's cultivation was astonishingly profound, he had been ambushed. To him, Lü Song was merely a minor nuisance; the true calamity gnawing at his vitals was the Heart-Eroding Demonic Qi. In just this