Behind the Law Expounder's Shield, as the pollution continued to be drawn back by [Reflux], Tiers's expression gradually relaxed, because the pressure on the caster sustaining the formation was directly proportional to the pressure on the formation itself.
Qi He also removed the hand he had kept on Tiers's shoulder. At this point, he was no longer worried that the Whip of Order Squad Leader would run away.
To win him over and bind their interests together so he would work for him, he had tacitly allowed the man to use his arrangements here to do business in Blood Spirit Powder. Rook was very unhappy about this.
In Rook's view, he could accept that these women had made a great sacrifice to restore the damaged Divine Artifact;
but he would not allow anything tainted by worldly corruption to sully that great sacrifice.
Tiers looked at the Law Expounder standing before him, his eyes thick with lingering fear. Deep beneath that fear, however, lay profound resentment.
Because at the most critical moment earlier, if anything had gone wrong, he would have been drained dry in an instant. Even his soul would have been swept into the formation, becoming one last handful of energy to keep it running.
Without any probing, Qi He knew perfectly well what the squad leader behind him was thinking;
the relationships among their group were simple, because they were pure. Purely... relationships of mutual interest.
For that very reason, there was no need to puzzle over the complexities of human nature. After all, they did not have much of it.
[Reflux] was still continuing. In another ten minutes, perhaps even less, the pollution would be recovered. Then he could release the Law Expounder's Shield and jump down, completing the remaining seal on the pollution with one hand