As another Ice Spike pierced her body, she could not help glancing at the Scepter, which was still drawing in spiritual qi. For the first time, she inwardly complained about how slowly this sacred artifact absorbed spiritual qi.
Slow as it was, however, it was now ninety percent full.
Su Jiu's gaze darkened. She stopped holding back and struck straight at Jiao Zhu's vitals, having discovered that merely injuring Jiao Zhu did not stir the Scepter at all.
As Su Jiu's attack of ice spiritual qi drew ever closer to Jiao Zhu, not only did Jiao Zhu's eyes widen in horror, but the Queen and the Water Snake also held their breath.
The others could not make out what was happening, but Su Jiu understood. It worked!
When the Ice Spike was only an inch from Jiao Zhu's vital point, a flash of multicolored light suddenly appeared before her and blocked Su Jiu's Ice Spike.
Jiao Zhu survived, but after blocking that strike, all the spiritual qi the Scepter had previously absorbed spilled out uncontrollably in an instant. Every previous effort had gone to waste.
Jiao Zhu's eyes nearly split with rage, as though her fury had reached its limit.
Clutching the Scepter, she had no outlet for the resentment in her heart. She could only activate it directly and attack Su Jiu and the others.
Su Jiu sensed an unprecedented killing intent coming from her.
No longer daring to be careless, Su Jiu dodged the brilliant beams fired from the Scepter while communicating through divine sense to discuss a way to respond.
The Scepter was extraordinarily destructive. Fortunately, Jiao Zhu's aim was poor. After dodging several attacks, Su Jiu and the others discovered an extremely serious problem.
Every place struck by the Scepter was left with faint cracks. Even