Zhang Xiaohua tightened his grip and said with a placating smile, "If Fairy would release this junior from the flying shuttle now, this junior will give this ring to Fairy!"
"Heh heh, bargaining with me?" Fey Shadow Fairy sneered. "From the moment you set foot on this flying shuttle, you lost the right to haggle. If Gan Qinggu hadn't meddled in things, I would have made my move long ago!"
"Quick, hand that ring over..." Fey Shadow Fairy seemed to have run out of patience. Releasing her pressure, she sent a powerful force pouring from her body, bearing straight down upon Zhang Xiaohua. At the same time, with a point of her finger, several rays of light rose again from the edge of the flying shuttle and shot toward him...
That invisible pressure was like a mountain range, crushing Zhang Xiaohua until he could barely breathe. Though it had not yet forced him to the ground, he had no spare attention for the several rays of light beside him. Left with no choice, Zhang Xiaohua flicked his hand, sending the storage ring flying directly toward Fey Shadow Fairy...
At the sight, delight spread across Fey Shadow Fairy's face. With a beckoning gesture, the storage ring seemed to be tugged by an invisible thread as it flew toward her hand... Yet at that very moment, several booming crashes rang out in succession. The light barrier around the flying shuttle shook violently, and Zhang Xiaohua and Fey Shadow Fairy both swayed fiercely. With a sharp crack, the flying shuttle's radiance burst like a soap bubble, and the howling night wind immediately swept across Zhang Xiaohua's bald head!
At the very instant the flying shuttle's light barrier shattered, several immense pulling forces struck the storage ring, immediately halting its flight toward Fey Shadow