"Holy-shit."
The task of healing Uncle Wood was truly a heavy burden on a long road. One wrong move, and he went straight for her throat.
In fact, Uncle Wood's claw had initially reached for her heart. The Heart-Guarding Mirror had blocked and repelled him once, forcing him to switch to her neck.
When Qian Wanyu kicked the door open, she saw him standing there, his hands clamped around Dongfang Minghui's and Lü Xing's throats. Lü Xing had been closest to him. When the bathtub shattered, he had tried to dodge and shield himself from the fragments with his hand. A deep gash had opened across his wrist, and blood was dripping down his hand onto Wood.
Uncle Wood's grip was so powerful that he nearly snapped her neck.
Qian Wanyu charged forward, whip in hand, and lashed at him. But he dodged with astonishing speed and turned to face her, using the two people in his hands as perfect shields.
"My eyes are going to go blind."
Hearing the tremendous commotion, Situ Hao and the others arrived a step behind Qian Wanyu. They entered to find the room in ruins and a stark-naked Wood holding one person by the throat in each hand.
"One on each side. Surround him."
Dongfang Minghui and Lü Xing exchanged a glance, then simultaneously kicked at his armpits from either side.
Attacked from the left, right, front, and rear, Uncle Wood blasted them away.
The instant she was flung out, she released all her spiritual power, narrowly avoiding being battered half to death. "I'll go fetch the Old Madam."
In the entire Small Courtyard, there truly was no one besides the Old Madam who could subdue Uncle Wood.
She had barely stepped outside the Small Courtyard when she saw the Old Madam hurrying over