He gently closed the door, shutting Ma Xiaotao's steady breathing inside. Leaning against the cold wall, Long Jinyu slowly let out a breath of stale air.
Forcing five ultimate attributes at high intensity to suppress the Evil Fire had left his still-unhealed body with throbbing pain at his temples, while a familiar emptiness rose from his sea of consciousness.
Go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well right away?
The thought had barely surfaced before reason swiftly crushed it.
Looking inward at the roughly ten percent of Soul Power he had left and the spiritual power that urgently needed recovery, he could not help but reveal a bitter smile.
Tch... in this pathetic state, forget searching for immortal herbs in a dangerous place like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Whether I can safely make it through the outskirts of Sunset Forest is a question.
His fingers curled unconsciously, his nails lightly digging into his palm. Yet that faint sting could not suppress the surging emptiness in his sea of consciousness. Ma Xiaotao's forced smile as she had said, "I'm fine," tangled with the throbbing pain in his temples.
So the desire to protect someone could make the words "not strong enough" feel as heavy as ice pressing against his chest.
His thoughts drifted involuntarily to the still-unawakened Nine Dragon God Guards.
If they were by his side, how could he be so stretched thin, so powerless that even protecting one person felt beyond him?
"Not one of the Nine Dragon God Guards has awakened, and I just sent Tuoba Xi out to observe the world... Do I really have to summon him back immediately to be my bodyguard?"
He shook his head. The pride of the Dragon God flowing in his blood made him reject that idea