The instant the sky's confinement vanished, Xu Zhi once again sensed Mansus's omnipresent aura. At this moment, if she wished, a single thought would let her cross the boundary between Mansus and reality.
But Xu Zhi could not possibly rashly enter Mansus at a time like this.
Her gaze turned toward the center of the distant city, where the woman was. Once the sky's rules shattered, the energy space collapsed as well, allowing the woman's mangled body to recover. Yet the speed of that recovery made it clear that she was not in very good condition.
Xu Zhi had deliberately stalled to wear her down for a while. It was not subtle in the slightest—if anything, it had been blatant. Xu Zhi believed she should have sensed it, yet once [Cup]'s body had recovered, there was not a trace of emotion in her expression as she looked at Xu Zhi.
Xu Zhi had thought she would be angry. After all, [Cup]'s negative emotions had always been easily provoked.
Or perhaps she was secretly holding a grudge?
The next moment, [Cup] suddenly vanished from where she stood. After a brief flicker, she reappeared before Xu Zhi.
Xu Zhi warily took several steps back to widen the distance between them. At the sight, the woman's expression, which had not stirred even after suffering greater injuries due to Xu Zhi's deliberate stalling, suddenly turned displeased.
She seemed to want to say something, but in the next moment, she realized that she was no longer that woman who cared for nothing but Xu Zhi. She was [Cup]. She had already made many concessions for Xu Zhi that she never should have made. She had plotted for so long for revenge and ascension, sacrificed so much, and paid an unimaginably exorbitant price. She could not