"Pfft—"
After crashing to the ground, the figure opened her mouth and violently coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Her face was rather pale. The robe across her back had been torn apart, exposing a large expanse of fair, delicate skin and a patch of scorched flesh.
"Th-thank you for saving me, Senior!"
The woman raised her head with some difficulty, then struggled to her feet and looked at Ning Wangshu, voicing her gratitude.
Ning Wangshu glanced at the gravely wounded, weakened woman before him and gave a noncommittal "Mm" before looking up into the sky.
Just then, several streaks of light hurtled toward them through the air.
In an instant, several figures appeared, hovering overhead and looking down on Ning Wangshu and the woman.
Their leader swept a cold gaze over Ning Wangshu. With an imperious bearing and an overbearing air, he said murderously, "How dare you interfere in the affairs of the Xia Family of Flame Sky City and save this traitor of ours? You're courting death!"
Ning Wangshu raised an eyebrow at those words.
Then he narrowed his eyes at the speaker, two cold gleams flashing through them. He suddenly smiled, but there was a chill to his smile.
Before Ning Wangshu could speak, however, the gravely wounded woman could no longer hold back. "Senior, please don't listen to his side of the story!" she said urgently. "I am a daughter of the Xia Family's main line in Flame Sky City. They are the true traitors! They ambushed me and tried to kill me."
"If you can save me and take me back to the Xia Family, Senior..."
Before the woman could finish, Ning Wangshu raised a hand to stop her.
Ning Wangshu did not care what had happened between her and those people, but their arrogant,