Thus, the three sides remained deadlocked.
Bibi Dong could not possibly let Xiao Wu go, but with two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts watching her, she could not kill Xiao Wu on the spot and take her Soul Ring either.
If Chrysanthemum Ghost, her two trusted right-hand men, had been by her side, she could have let them hold the beasts back while she took Xiao Wu somewhere safe to kill her and take her ring.
But now, she was alone.
In this stalemate, neither side was willing to yield. Bibi Dong keenly sensed that the rabbit in her hand seemed very important to these two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
She immediately threatened, "Hmph. If you refuse to back down, so be it. I no longer want this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's Soul Ring. I only want its Soul Bone. Watch me kill this rabbit and take its Soul Bone. Let's see whether you two beasts can stop me."
As she spoke, her hand tightened around Xiao Wu's neck, as though she were about to strangle her to death.
"Don't—" Er Ming said, his eyes reddening. "Let Xiao Wu go. Don't you just want a Soul Ring and Soul Bone? I'll give them to you—"
Bibi Dong froze. Her grip loosened slightly, allowing Xiao Wu to draw a breath. Xiao Wu said weakly to Er Ming, "Don't, Er Ming."
"Xiao Wu..." Er Ming gazed deeply at Xiao Wu, determination flashing through his eyes. He shouted at Bibi Dong, "Let Xiao Wu go, and I'll sacrifice myself to you."
Bibi Dong smiled. She had not expected things to turn out this way.
After a brief consideration, she agreed to Er Ming's terms. She already had a Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Ring, along with its most useful abilities, Void and Teleportation. If she absorbed another one,