Meanwhile, where Li Su was.
"Mm!"
With a soft groan, Kong Qing, who had fallen unconscious, awakened.
Confusion first crossed her fair, jade-like face. Then, as she recalled something, her expression immediately turned icy, filled with self-reproach and pain.
She remembered what had happened before she lost consciousness.
Without a doubt, her luck had been terrible lately.
Not long ago, she had been severely wounded. Then, before she could catch her breath, she had been gravely injured again.
This time had been exceptionally dangerous. The one who ambushed her possessed not only extraordinary talent, but a realm far above hers. Caught completely off guard, she had been heavily injured on the spot.
It was not as if she had never been defeated before.
But this time was undoubtedly agonizing. Even her proud heart had been torn apart.
She had underestimated her opponent. When faced with the ambush, she had not immediately unleashed her strongest means, nor had she used the Peacock Clan's most powerful divine ability, the Five-Colored Divine Light.
Otherwise, fighting back might still have been difficult, but she would never have been severely wounded and knocked unconscious in a single exchange.
What pained her most was that, because of her carelessness, her clansmen had suffered grievous casualties.
The last sight before she fainted—the sight that came rushing back the instant she awoke—was of her clansmen desperately trying to save her, their blood filling the sky.
Her nails dug deeply into her palms, and her clenched fists creaked.
Kong Qing nearly ground her silver teeth to pieces.
As the clan's genius, not only had she failed to stop the powerful enemy, she had instead become a burden to her people. If not for saving her, those two clan uncles at the Taiyi realm would not have fought to the