Gu Xueqin had already been suppressed by the Ice-Gale Demon King and was utterly powerless to stop him from going to Budo's aid.
The Ice-Gale Demon King swept out a hand. Nine clouds of icy thunder drifted away, immediately surrounding Gu Xueqin.
Rumble! In an instant, snow and ice filled the air, and lightning rampaged wildly. The bolts of lightning darting about gradually began to form a barrier of lightning.
"Damn it!" Gu Xueqin's heart tightened. The Ice-Gale Demon King would still need some time to defeat her completely, but this icy-thunder battle formation was more than enough to trap her for the time being.
On Gu Xueqin's side, her crystal-ice ribbons whipped about furiously, shattering great swathes of lightning again and again. But each time she tried to break free, a thick pillar of lightning struck down from the void and forced her back.
As time passed, the lightning gathering around her grew into an ever-thicker barrier. Until the power in the nine clouds of icy thunder in the void was completely spent, it was no longer realistic for Gu Xueqin to escape.
Lu Wushuang gritted her silver teeth. Gu Xueqin was completely trapped, while Che Tong and Bing Yang were locked in a fierce battle with neither side able to gain the upper hand.
Lu Wushuang had to make progress on her side. Otherwise, the situation would deteriorate even faster than she had imagined.
Lu Wushuang's figure flickered. Her fiery silhouette darted through the void, leaving behind a faint golden afterimage each time she paused. In the blink of an eye, the afterimages had completely surrounded Budo.
Sensing an unprecedented crisis, Budo threw back his head and let out a long cry, transforming directly into his true form: a gigantic black crow that spread its wings and took