She spread her arms and let Ao Hui charge at her.
Ao Hui frowned. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Zhou Qingran and Jiang Ruoyao, the closest ones nearby, and found that when they saw him trying to kill Xia Qiuer, the two of them simply stood there without the slightest reaction.
"Not good!"
Ao Hui immediately realized he had fallen into a trap and instantly wanted to retreat.
When Xia Qiuer had said before attacking that she needed some time, she most likely had not meant stopping him! She had meant the others!
And he would be temporarily restrained by Xia Qiuer!
Though he did not believe Xia Qiuer could restrain him, Ao Hui still felt it was better to retreat first and talk later.
"Fair... Trade!!"
Just as he retreated, Xia Qiuer spoke, actually using a divine ability of the Backer Sect!
Quite a few Backer Sect disciples widened their eyes. Were they hallucinating? Had Xia Qiuer just used one of their techniques?
Xia Qiuer had indeed used Fair Trade, but the price she had to pay was far more than a single Low-Grade Spirit Crystal.
This Fair Trade possessed only the form, not the essence. It was merely an imitation, and thus the price was enormous! The karma was even greater!
But Xia Qiuer had no other choice at this moment!
The Path of Mortals had no fixed cultivation realm and theoretically no upper limit. It could create miracles. On this battlefield, only she could temporarily restrain and balance Ao Hui.
Though the price of doing so might be her life!
"Ao Hui!"
Ao Xu roared. The moment Ao Hui sensed that something was wrong, he and the others had already charged forward, wanting to rescue him.
But standing in their way