"Take him back first. I still have something to take care of."
The Ice Empress touched a finger to Nangong Wan's chest. Emerald light flowed into him through her small, delicate finger, and his aura gradually sank to rock bottom, weaker even than Ma Xiaotao's.
"My ice can keep him under control for half a day. Unless someone as powerful as I am releases him, the moment he tries to move, his heart will be wracked with pain until he dies."
"Okay."
Ma Xiaotao nodded obediently. She didn't impulsively offer to help or anything like that.
Her opponent was a four-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast. If even the Ice Empress couldn't handle her, wouldn't Ma Xiaotao only be throwing her life away by going along?
The Ice Empress watched as Ma Xiaotao disappeared with Nangong Wan into the dark alley. Then her petite figure shot skyward, rising until she was a thousand meters above the ground.
At this point, she couldn't afford to worry about anything else. Flying overhead was the fastest way.
She didn't know what the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool Nangong Wan had mentioned was, but if they took it so seriously, it had to be extraordinary.
Xiao Bai and Zheng Zhan had already gone to the palace to protect Xu Lanqing. The first thing she'd done after getting out was tell them to return to the palace. With no one at Xu Lanqing's side, she couldn't put her anxious heart at ease.
But when she saw Xiao Bai, he had already been on his way back to the palace. Ju Zi, meanwhile, was with Luan Feng at the City Defense Army's headquarters.
Returning now would only let her protect Xu Lanqing; it wouldn't help with anything else. And that clearly wouldn't break the stalemate.
Sitting back and waiting