"Of course there's a problem!"
Hearing that obviously feeble retort, Lady White Bone was nearly laughing with anger. "This Ancestor has lived for over a hundred thousand years. I've probably eaten more Combining Dao Realm martial artists than you lot have even seen or heard of."
"I'm curious. Where did you get the nerve to shout at This Ancestor? You even dared to talk back to me?"
"I... I... I..."
As the plump woman's words pressed in on her, Du Xinrui was just about to offer an explanation.
Then she realized that an arm tipped with razor-sharp claws had somehow clamped around her slender, fair neck.
Horrified, she stared at the face right before her and felt the other woman's ragged breath. She had no idea how her opponent had gotten so close.
She hadn't even sensed danger on instinct before the woman had seized her vital point.
"Release me!"
Watching the other woman's jade-white fingers tighten around her neck, Du Xinrui shouted.
The next moment, pale blue Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy enveloped both her palms. It followed the movements of her hands as she slammed them into Lady White Bone.
She seemed to be trying to seize the opportunity to break free of Lady White Bone's hold with a single strike.
"Oh? You seem a little stronger than I expected!"
Lady White Bone didn't take the long-prepared attack head-on. Instead, she teased Du Xinrui with a laugh as she withdrew.
Even as she retreated, she left several wounds on Du Xinrui's fair neck, deep enough to expose the bone.
The wounds weren't fatal, but they ought to teach the woman not to be so stubborn.
"Ah!"
Feeling the piercing pain in her neck, Du Xinrui let out a scream on instinct.
At her cry, the remaining four people's