It was practically comparable to stopping time, though unfortunately it only lasted a few seconds.
Guan Xing strolled forward a few steps, easily leaving the area where the ammunition had been fired. Then, with a single wave of her hand, a whirlwind swept away the three guards before her, leaving only Aria where she stood.
Guan Xing leisurely walked up to Aria just as the spatial fracture ended.
Seeing Guan Xing appear before her, Aria's body still could not move. Her eyes brimmed with terror, and she began trembling uncontrollably. Her legs finally gave out beneath her, and she collapsed onto the ground.
"N-No, don't kill me..."
Aria looked at Guan Xing and stammered.
The Guan Xing before her was not human at all, but a demon...
Hearing that, Guan Xing could not help curling her lips into a mocking smile. Staring at her, she sneered, "The people you caused to die said the same thing, didn't they? What did you do then?"
"They... they were only lowly peasants. What did it matter if a few of them died? I'm different from them. I'm a noble! How could those mud-legged commoners compare to me? You're a noble too—you must understand me!!"
Aria gritted her teeth and stared at Guan Xing as she shouted indignantly. Then her attitude abruptly changed, and she looked at Guan Xing pleadingly. "I admit I shouldn't have attacked you. Please spare me. I'll never dare provoke you again."
"First of all, I am no noble! Even if I were, I still couldn't understand you. And besides... in my eyes, forget lowly commoners—you are worse than a beast!"
Guan Xing was no noble. She was the ruler of a nation!
But if it came to understanding her, she could barely understand... After all, one only had to