Lü Rong's Light Transformation truly allowed her to go anywhere beneath heaven, with no one able to stop her.
The problem was that this only applied while she was transformed into light. Light, by its very nature, could come and go freely. If she could not transform, no amount of power would help.
We're screwed! Ah...
Jian Shang's heart lurched as he felt as though he had been plunged to the bottom of a fathomless sea. Sensing Lü Rong's panic, he could not help cursing inwardly with a sigh.
Whether because Lü Rong was the Spring-Autumn Trading House's second young lady and had come to help without asking for anything in return, or because of her elder sister, Zhi Ji, Jian Shang could not bring himself to abandon her and flee alone.
Of course, this was not because Lü Rong's cultivation and strength were weak. Their opponents were simply too powerful. Nearly twenty beings comparable to China's Loose Immortals had joined forces, and their oppressive aura was enough to instantly crush an ordinary Innate Realm expert to death.
Even Jian Shang, with his terrifying physical strength, felt immense pressure. How much worse was it for the flighty Lü Rong, who had only recently learned the life-saving secret technique left behind by the Heaven-Defying Sage, Lü Buwei?
Lü Rong had thoughtlessly brought Jian Shang into a ring of enemies, and he had accepted that. After all, he still had two lives left.
The problem was that Lü Rong had trapped herself as well. She was not an Otherworlder, and she had already stepped onto the stage of history. If she fell, she could never be resurrected. How would Jian Shang answer to the Spring-Autumn Trading House and Zhi Ji then?
"I'll risk it all!"
Taking a deep breath, Jian Shang sent