Watch for a while...
Gu Changqing's response left Duobao and the others dumbfounded once again, unable to make sense of it.
Even with her absolute trust in Gu Changqing, Golden Spirit Holy Mother could not help murmuring under her breath:
"Why has Junior Brother Changqing become so heartless?!"
"This... this is clearly going to kill Ao Cunxin."
Indeed!
In the past, none of them would have doubted Gu Changqing like this.
But now, Southern Bright Separation Flame surged out of Ao Cunxin's body, blanketing the sky and earth and burning the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths into collapse.
The flames rose like a waterfall flowing backward into the heavens, unleashing a towering terror.
And amid those flames, Ao Cunxin's agonized screams, which had once made their scalps crawl, were gradually fading.
Rather than screams, they now sounded more like faint whimpers.
The sight of her suffering moved even Duobao and the others. Jin Ling, the Three Xiao, and the other women were close to tears, as though they shared her pain.
That was why Jin Ling thought Gu Changqing was being far too heartless.
Yet at her words, Duobao's expression shifted.
"No!"
"Junior Brother Changqing only shows his ruthless, ferocious side when dealing with enemies."
"He would never treat his own disciples like this."
"Could there be... some hidden mystery we have failed to perceive?!"
Duobao spoke with ringing conviction, utterly certain.
Before his words had even faded, he extended his divine sense and began examining Ao Cunxin's aura.
Only moments later, his expression changed in astonishment.
He could clearly sense tiny sparks of spiritual light beneath Ao Cunxin's seemingly charred, withering flesh, rebuilding her Dao Body.
Moreover, her rebuilt Dao Body possessed far more abundant blood qi and far denser magic power than before.
It was no exaggeration to