Hearing Feng Tianheng's words, Lu Yuanguan and the others could not help swallowing hard, then exchanged glances and cast their gazes toward Luo Shuqing.
"Lord Luo, it seems we can only rely on you..."
The Huaiyang King spoke in a deep, hoarse voice.
They all knew that Ning Wangshu had given Luo Shuqing a ring sealed with a strand of Sword Qi before his departure, and Ning Wangshu had stated at the time that the Sword Qi could kill a Mahayana Earth Immortal.
Initially, amidst their astonishment, they felt to some extent that Ning Wangshu was being far too cautious.
In their minds, with the several of them accompanying her on either side, below the Mahayana Earth Immortal stage—even against figures at the peak of the Tribulation stage—their combined force of four would be sufficient to put up a fight.
Besides, this trip of theirs was merely to hurry to Liuyun City in the Spirit Prefecture, not to some perilous domain.
How could it be so easy to run into a Mahayana Earth Immortal?
They had not expected that they would actually run into one now...
Hearing the Huaiyang King's words, Luo Shuqing knew that the only thing they could depend on at this moment was that strand of Sword Qi Ning Wangshu had sealed within the ring.
Thus, she took a deep breath, glanced at the ring worn on her finger, and then nodded slightly toward the Huaiyang King and the others. Only then did she raise her head to look at Feng Tianheng, saying in a deep tone: "I originally had no desire for this, yet..."
"Yet you people have pushed step by step, repeatedly courting death, and forced me into this."
As she spoke, Luo Shuqing bit down hard, her voice chilling: "Then I have no choice...