"This Dowager has no need for your meddling!" the Queen Mother of the West snapped. "Just put up a protective barrier for me!"
"A protective barrier?"
The Eight Great Underworld Enforcers froze. Cui Jue recovered at once. "Your Majesty, whom do you want us to protect?"
"No one. Enclose This Dowager and those two spirit monsters inside!"
With a forceful flick of her hand, the Queen Mother of the West sent a chain of lightning hurtling out to bind White Wolf in the distance. Then she yanked him close. Now both the Red-Clad Girl and White Wolf stood before her.
Cui Jue and Xie Bi'an reacted first, immediately forming seals with both hands before thrusting them forward.
A round protective barrier floated free of their hands like a bubble being blown.
Seeing this, the other Underworld Enforcers formed seals as well. In an instant, eight small spheres drifted through the sky.
Working in perfect harmony, the eight guided their spheres into one another. In the blink of an eye, they merged into a massive protective barrier and floated toward the Queen Mother of the West.
As though struck by an ominous premonition, the Red-Clad Girl turned to flee.
But at this point, how could the Queen Mother of the West possibly let her escape?
Another lightning chain lashed out, pinning the Red-Clad Girl firmly in place.
At that moment, the enormous barrier enclosed all three of them.
Du Yu watched in puzzlement.
"Big Cat could clearly trap them outright, so why did she get bogged down in a stalemate?"
The Weaver Girl pulled Du Yu aside in a flash. "Don't be silly, Du Yu. Trapping spirit monsters with a thousand years of cultivation isn't enough to kill them. Her Majesty is about to get serious!"
Then the Weaver Girl immediately