Even without knowing exactly what consequences this change would bring, Su Shi'er knew it was absolutely no good sign.
He did want to uncover the origins and true nature of the Golden Patterned Giant, but... if the price of finding out was sacrificing others, Su Shi'er would rather not do it.
Su Shi'er had traveled the Cultivation World for years and had never claimed to be a good man.
But there was one thing: he repaid vengeance with vengeance and kindness with kindness, owing neither favor nor grievance.
When it came to those close to him, there was naturally nothing more to say.
If he were not such a person, he could never have made such a group of friends, watching out for one another and lending each other aid.
"It is nothing, merely a minor inconvenience."
Zhong Shenxiu swept her gaze over Su Shi'er and gave a calm smile, her expression composed.
Yet as she spoke, a deep flicker of worry flashed through her eyes.
Zhong Shenxiu had also roamed the Cultivation World for many years, and she was skilled in the art of divination. She buried that worry deep within her heart, leaving Su Shi'er none the wiser.
As her words fell, Zhong Shenxiu said no more. She pointed forward, and a surge of Mysterious Power spilled from the tips of her slender jade fingers.
The Mysterious Power spread in all directions. The instant it appeared, Su Shi'er felt an indescribably profound and mystical sensation.
What he felt at that moment was beyond words.
As that Mysterious Power descended upon the Golden Patterned Giant—
In an instant, the entire Golden Patterned Giant blazed with radiance.
As the light flowed, the Golden Patterned Giant seemed to turn half-illusory and half-real.
Amid the flickering of reality and illusion, chain after