Later on, Little Gift had begun falling asleep frequently, sometimes for a day or two, sometimes for months, as though she could never get enough sleep.
Now that she could come out and speak to them, Little Pearl and the Painting Spirit were genuinely rather surprised.
Meanwhile, Su Jiu, still battling the vines, sensed the instant Little Gift awoke. The unexpected distraction nearly allowed a vine to coil around her.
Fortunately, Su Jiu reacted quickly enough. Before her body moved, her sword struck, severing the branch that had tried to wreak havoc.
"A Jiu, adding Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water to your spiritual qi will make it much more effective against the Demon Spirit." Little Gift spoke lightly, without the slightest hint of tension.
Su Jiu narrowed her eyes slightly, turned her blade, and severed all the vines within reach in rapid succession. She had two breaths before another wave of vines surged toward her.
Su Jiu turned her blade slightly again, using her spiritual qi to draw out the Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water stored within her body and instantly coat the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword.
Just as Little Gift had said, the vines seemed deeply wary of the Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water. The instant Su Jiu finished infusing it into her sword, she distinctly sensed the vines that had been about to swarm her pause, as though someone had pressed a pause button.
But that lasted only two breaths. Once those two breaths passed, they surged toward Su Jiu even faster, as though they had received some command.
Even the vines that had been attacking Chu Luohen and Yun Huanling turned and lunged toward Su Jiu.
Su Jiu pressed her lips together. "What's going on?"
Little Gift answered unhurriedly within Su Jiu's Sea of Consciousness, "You now pose a far greater threat to