If one did not judge too strictly, Little Pearl was not actually wrong.
The Snow Sprite had indeed aimed in the direction of the tongues; it was simply too broad a direction.
There was no need to argue further, however, because the next instant, the arrow struck the Snow Sprite's true target.
It was the root from which the two tongues had grown-the fissure splitting A-Yu's head.
The instant the arrow struck, everyone heard an utterly hideous wail.
Shrill and piercing, it sounded nothing like anything a human could produce.
The demonic beast had suffered a fatal wound and wanted to flee, but A-Yu would never allow it.
"Why are you running?! Defeat them! Rescue Yin Yin! That was what he promised after putting you inside me!"
The demon seed could not speak. It only wanted to flee on instinct.
Now that it was gravely wounded, however, it could no longer control this body as completely as before.
And so the body remained frozen in place, caught between fleeing and staying.
As the two sides tore at each other in their tug-of-war, the disciples of the Enforcement Hall and the Shadow Pavilion surrounded A-Yu tightly.
The Snow Sprite shrank and returned to Su Jiu's side, while Su Jiu stepped into the ring from outside.
"A-Yu, the demon seed you pinned your hopes on no longer has the strength to fight."
A-Yu turned a deaf ear to Su Jiu's voice, only shouting at herself as though possessed by madness, "Come out and fight! You promised me!"
Su Jiu opened her right hand, and innate origin qi slowly seeped from her palm.
"A-Yu, it's time for you to leave."
Pale white mist drifted slowly toward A-Yu's already mutated body, winding around her again and again before tightening and beginning to seep into