Inside the hall, Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had originally been waiting to see Qian Renxue lower her head and admit her mistake, had their smiles freeze instantly.
The two stood where they were, unable to leave yet equally unable to remain, exchanging helpless looks.
Yue Guan's mouth twitched twice as he forced out a dry cough, his gaze drifting about while embarrassment was written all over his face.
Gui Mei lowered his head even further by instinct, carefully restraining even his breathing for fear of provoking Bibi Dong at a time like this.
The atmosphere in the hall was so oppressive that it seemed as though the very air was about to ignite!
"Bang—!!"
A deafening explosion suddenly rang out!
Bibi Dong abruptly rose to her feet, slamming the Pope's Scepter in her hand heavily against the floor. The hard obsidian ground instantly split apart with countless dense cracks!
"Qian—Ren—xue!!"
Bibi Dong's exquisite face instantly turned dark and twisted. Her chest heaved violently, while overwhelming fury and humiliation burned in her eyes.
"Outrageous!
Utterly outrageous!
She passed by Pope Palace without even coming in to see me. Does she still have any respect for me, the Pope?!
What kind of attitude is that?!"
She had happily assumed that her daughter had come to admit her mistake and hand over authority, and had even had her two protectors put on a display.
Yet Qian Renxue had not even spared her a glance before leaving directly, slapping her across the face again and again in front of Yue Guan and Gui Mei!
Yue Guan shuddered from head to toe and forced himself to speak in a low voice.
"Y-Your Holiness, please calm your anger!
The young mistress... the young mistress has not returned to Spirit City for a long time,