"Big brother... I'm scared..."
Little Nine's trembling voice came from the ball of light, carrying a child's familiar tearful tone.
Its body grew smaller and smaller beneath the suppression of the power of rules.
From the size of a fist, it shrank to the size of an egg, becoming that miniature little sprite again, its transparent wings wrapped tightly around its body.
Lin Shisan gritted his teeth and reached out to catch the ball of light in his palm.
Little Nine was astonishingly hot, and several blisters instantly rose on his palm.
"Don't be afraid, Little Nine. I'm here."
He smiled faintly and stroked Little Nine.
At the same time, he extended his divine sense into the Little Black Cauldron.
This time, he simply let his divine sense merge quietly into the Little Black Cauldron, like a drop of water joining the ocean, like a fallen leaf returning to the dust.
He had to activate the Little Black Cauldron. He absolutely could not let anything happen to Little Nine again.
"Hum..."
After the eighth attempt to trigger it, the Little Black Cauldron gave a soft hum and finally activated.
Seven-Colored Rosy Light gushed from the cauldron's mouth like a rainbow, enveloping all three of them.
The light was as gentle and lustrous as jade, yet carried an irresistible force that kept the Eye of Rules' gray-white gaze outside.
The Eye of Rules spun violently in humiliated fury, its gray-white gaze abruptly deepening into an abyss-like void.
A second pillar of light shot from the eye and blasted straight toward Lin Shisan, intent on exterminating the insignificant little fish that had provoked it.
But this time, the pillar of light did not strike Lin Shisan.
The Seven-Colored Rosy Light condensed before him, forming a Seven-Colored Light Shield.
The unstoppable pillar of