In the dead of night, inside the pitch-black tent, a pair of clear amber eyes suddenly opened.
Ice Empress looked around the tent, then listened carefully to Snow Empress's steady, lingering breaths beside her. Only after confirming that the little one was sleeping exceptionally soundly did she cautiously move away Snow Empress's arm, which was wrapped around her small hand. A faint glimmer flashed from her emerald scorpion tail, and she vanished without a trace.
The green-haired little girl softened every footstep as she tiptoed out of the camp tent, her gaze locking directly onto a tent not far away.
That was Xiao Yi's tent.
Ice Empress had made up her mind. So that little Snow Empress would no longer need to go to Xiao Yi to absorb life energy, she was willing, from now on, to serve as the vessel transferring life energy between Snow Empress and Xiao Yi. She would receive all that pure vitality, then steadily feed it back to Snow Empress through the bond of their contract.
She could even use herself to store it.
At worst, Xiao Yi could just send it directly into a Soul Beast's "dantian." Ice Empress placed a hand over her own little steamed buns, her tiny face flushing slightly.
But for Snow Empress's safety and recovery, such a sacrifice was utterly insignificant to her.
Then Ice Empress gathered her courage, pulled open the flap of Xiao Yi's tent, and walked straight inside—only to be so shocked by the sight before her that she instantly shut her eyes.
In the hazy night, a cascade of ice-blue hair flew wildly through the air, while a graceful figure swayed and rose and fell. The scene was so visually overwhelming that she had nowhere to look.
Xiao Yi looked at the suddenly intruding Ice