Only after attacking for a full five minutes did the Pavilion Master stop. Her expression looked even worse than before. Clearly, that flurry of activity had taken an enormous toll on her.
By now, the Pavilion Master's arm had begun turning blue-green, and there was no telling how far the discoloration had spread. Her exertion had allowed the poison she had suppressed to spread over a large area again. Her gaze was unusually complicated as she looked at Song Muhua, who lay on the ground but had returned to normal. "Brother, Brother, you're all right! Ah, how could this happen..."
Seeing her brother return to normal, Blood Rose rushed over. But the moment she touched Song Muhua, her expression changed drastically. "How... how could this happen? Why is all your spiritual power gone?" Blood Rose could not sense even a trace of spiritual power.
Even after she sent her own spiritual power into Song Muhua's body and circulated it back and forth, she found no sign of any spiritual power within him. This meant that, from this moment onward, Song Muhua had become completely crippled, without a shred of spiritual power.
Drawing a deep breath, the Pavilion Master said quietly, "Someone forcibly raised his spiritual power, and his spirit veins couldn't withstand it. To save his life, I had to destroy his spiritual power. I shattered every crystal core in his body just now, dispersing all his spiritual power." Once someone broke through to the Spirit Emperor Realm, things became entirely different from before. Shattering one or two crystal cores would accomplish nothing.
Only by shattering every crystal core could his survival be assured. Huo Hai understood. No wonder the Pavilion Master had exhausted herself so badly. She had shattered all his crystal cores while ensuring that his body was