Su Jiu braced herself against the wall, her eyes slightly lowered. She pressed her lips together, seemingly pondering something.
She was glad she had made that final choice.
In truth, when she deployed that Talisman Array and the Ice Silk Net, she had not been entirely confident.
Although the two Cloudborn Beasts had lost their minds, the hidden controller helping them manipulate the flames had not. She had been unsure whether that person would help the Cloudborn Beasts kill her again.
Fortunately, the power behind them had not intervened again...
Otherwise, she probably really would have had to play her trump card and fight with her back to the river...
Yes, when Su Jiu had acted, she had resolved to stake everything on a single throw.
Now, her spiritual qi was all but exhausted, and little of the innate origin qi within her remained. That alone showed how much the battle had cost her.
But this damned place was filled with fire spiritual qi. If she relied on meditation alone to recover, she would probably be at it until the end of time...
Supporting herself against the wall, Su Jiu slowly sat down. After swallowing a Great Restoration Pill, she absorbed two Ice Souls, which she had not used in a long time.
"A cup of water against a cartload of burning firewood..."
Despite her words, it did bring her considerable relief.
After roughly an incense stick's worth of time, Su Jiu opened her eyes and ended her meditation. Once she had absorbed ninety percent of the Great Restoration Pill's medicinal power, she felt there was no need to keep meditating to regulate her breathing. After all, the ice spiritual qi here was so pitifully scarce that she might not recover fully even if she sat for a hundred years...