Almost at the same moment, a black magic formation shot into the sky from the Fox Ancestor Altar atop the mountain behind Qingqiu City, and Tu Shan Xue's figure emerged from it.
The instant she appeared, Tu Shan Xue saw You Su Strategist standing not far outside the formation, holding a silver staff.
Clearly, she had used the Teleportation Magic Formation to summon her back here.
"Great Elder, you..."
Tu Shan Xue had barely begun to speak when several red chains suddenly sprang from the ground around her, fastening around both her wrists and ankles.
Red light shimmered across the chains, and a layer of dense runes emerged on their surfaces, emitting waves of Restriction fluctuations.
The moment Tu Shan Xue struggled, a peal of thunder erupted from the chains. Dark-red lightning surged forth and immediately struck her body.
"Ah..."
Tu Shan Xue's eyes widened instantly. She felt as though the electric threads had pierced through her muscles, bones, and tendons, while an incomparably intense pain erupted from within her organs.
After the searing pain passed, the little strength she had left seemed to have been sealed away. Her entire body collapsed onto the ground.
"You Su Zhen, why are you here?! Why have you bound me?" Tu Shan Xue shouted angrily.
Hearing this, You Su Strategist was slightly startled. No one had called her by that name for a very long time, yet today a junior had spoken it aloud. She did not mind, merely smiling as she said:
"Little Xue, you are only a True Immortal Stage cultivator. Your capacity to bear the ancestor's power is limited, as is the use you can make of it. It would be better to entrust this power to me next. I will help you fulfill your dream of revenge."
"You old