Blessing or Calamity? (Second Update, Please Vote)

Xiao Ru looked young and delicate, and she was petite, seeming only fifteen or sixteen. She also spoke as if she were guileless. Yet her Exterior-level cultivation and the mature air she carried in every gesture veiled her in an air of mystery, adding to her charm.

At that moment, she clutched her head and rolled among the collapsed heaps of blood-red rocks, letting out low moans of pain.

Meng Qi was about to check on her when he noticed her moans growing fainter and her movements slowing, as if she were recovering. Not only had her aura remained unchanged, it had grown much stronger. Meng Qi clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Miss Xiao Ru, are you all right?" Seeing that she had stopped clutching her head, Meng Qi asked, puzzled by her condition.

During the fight, the commotion around him could hardly escape Meng Qi's senses. He knew Xiao Ru had begun to suffer a headache only after he used his sword in place of his palm to unleash "Only I Am Supreme," and that she hadn't been gravely injured by the battle.

Meng Qi knew exactly what "Only I Am Supreme" did. He also knew it would affect anyone with a flaw in their mind. Xiao Ru's initial reaction had been perfectly normal; hadn't her master, Song Bingde, been dazed too?

But the fight had ended a while ago, and even Song Bingde had recovered. Why was Xiao Ru still in such agony?

Could she have a serious hidden danger concerning her Primordial Spirit or mind?

Xiao Ru's face was pale, her eyes unfocused. She seemed unsure whether it was day or night.

She didn't answer Meng Qi. In a daze, she looked around, and gradually a sorrowful grief surfaced in her expression. Her young face, eyes, and