The Queen Mother's fears came true.
In less than a moment, the Mist-Ethereal Adept appeared in the Jade Pool again, once more ten miles from the spot where he had last been killed.
"Damn it!" the Queen Mother spat through gritted teeth, her chest heaving.
She had no idea how many years it had been since she had last been this furious.
Who in the entire Immortal Realm dared steal her treasures? And right in front of her, at that!
Fairy Yaoxuan had no idea what was really happening.
Although she was also a Golden Immortal, whose divine sense could cover ten thousand miles, she was the Queen Mother's Vassal God. Naturally, she could not use such a divine ability within the Queen Mother's cultivation ground. That would be deeply disrespectful. Thus, she had not even known when Shen Bing first appeared above the Lotus Sea.
As far as she was concerned, the Queen Mother's outburst of anger and curses had been purely an expression of her displeasure with the Mist-Ethereal Adept.
She immediately asked, "Your Majesty, hasn't that bastard already left?"
The Queen Mother looked toward the horizon but said nothing.
Damn! How could I tell her about this? It's humiliating!
But she had no intention of accepting defeat. With a shift of her divine sense, she activated the Jade Pool's strongest defensive Immortal Array. Any living being not native to the Jade Pool would be killed the instant they entered!
This was the Immortal Array's automatic detection mechanism, which reacted faster than the Queen Mother could activate the array herself.
It was also the last measure available to her.
In her view, whatever he intended to do, he would have to take action. As long as she denied him even enough time to make a move, that bastard's