Huh?
Hu Yuting's heart lurched. Could something have happened to Hu Kaiting after he used the Red Fox Forbidden Curse?
None of them had used this forbidden curse much. After all, the Hu Family's disciples rarely had opportunities for life-and-death trials. They had only activated it once or twice when they first learned it. They seldom used it for fear of permanently turning into demons.
Precisely for that reason, she was not too sure how severe its side effects could be.
Seeing Hu Kaiting resort to the forbidden curse just to win, Hu Yuting had even been wondering whether she should take the same gamble later.
So she looked back with some concern, only to see Hu Kaiting still crying in Hu Yunting's arms, while Hu Yunting patted his younger brother's back and looked at her impassively.
An alarm exploded in Hu Yuting's mind. Wait!
Hu Kaiting's fine. I'm the one in trouble!
Sure enough, the instant she turned her head, Lan Zhi made her move.
Her normally gentle, pretty face changed so swiftly with her movements that her expression looked almost ferocious!
Lan Zhi brought out her Blue-and-White Porcelain Branch and pointed it forward. Dozens of green vines instantly shot up beneath Hu Yuting's feet, binding her legs tight! Then they continued creeping upward!
"You..." Hu Yuting turned back in alarm.
But she was already restrained, and it was too late to dodge. Nor could she swing her sword to sever the vines, because Lan Zhi would give her no opportunity. Her opponent had already launched an attack!
Lan Zhi gave a sharp cry. "Take this!"
A twig extended from the porcelain branch, and a flower bud emerged at its tip, blossoming in the blink of an eye!
Hu Yuting stared intently at it, afraid it might be some