Tan Ting swayed several times, nearly collapsing from sheer exhaustion.
He was almost colorless. "What are we supposed to do?"
Without the avatar to relay messages from afar, their lord might not know how dangerous her situation was. If her good side really went on a killing spree, the consequences were too terrible to imagine. Tan Ting had arrived late and didn't know that Shen Tang's true self had already encountered her good side through the avatar Zixu's eyes.
Of course, even if he had known, it wouldn't have helped.
If they couldn't win, they couldn't win.
He Shu looked at Luo Sha and asked the question no one wanted to face. "If her good side wins, what will happen to our lord...?"
More than anything, he dreaded hearing that she would die.
If she only suffered damage to her foundation, or even lost all her power, that would still be acceptable—the State of Kang needed Shen Youli alive. Her strength didn't matter. As long as she lived, the foundation of Kang would remain. If she died, the whole edifice would come crashing down!
Luo Sha said, "It depends on the circumstances."
His strength had reached the point where he could sense her good side. He could vaguely feel that a "self" was gestating inside him, waiting for the day it came to fruition so they could meet. The two were natural enemies. If the attempt to slay it failed, the best-case scenario was a decline in his cultivation, like Luo San, leaving him with no chance of ever reaching the peak. The worst was death and the destruction of his soul. From that perspective, Luo San had actually been quite lucky.
Luo Sha hoped Shen Tang would be as lucky as Luo San.
"But judging by her words and