"No ill intent? But you didn't stop him when he was giving me trouble just now." Xue Fuyao tilted her head as she spoke to the people trapped inside the barrier.
At her words, the woman's expression turned exceedingly ugly.
How could she have expected this person to attack at the slightest disagreement? Besides, similar things had happened often before. Usually, those being harassed would see how greatly they were outnumbered and force themselves to swallow their anger.
That was precisely why she had not reacted just now, while the others had mostly treated it as a game to relieve their boredom.
"Nothing to say? You thought I would swallow my anger and suffer in silence, so you acted without restraint." Xue Fuyao's smile was utterly harmless, but the killing intent in her eyes was unmistakable.
Seeing this, the woman lost her earlier gentle expression, replacing it with icy indifference. "Do you think a paltry little formation can trap us?"
"Why don't you try it and find out?" Xue Fuyao said with a smile.
Her formation was no ordinary formation. It had been laid out using top-grade demon crystals, yet there was not a trace of spiritual energy inside. Not only that, but the formation would continuously draw spiritual energy from the bodies of those trapped within it to reinforce the barrier.
Moreover, their cultivation would also be suppressed to a certain extent within the formation. This suppression would not manifest all at once, however. Instead, it would become increasingly apparent as time passed.
By now, Xue Fuyao had thoroughly enraged the woman. She looked at her with a cold sneer. "Fine. Since you refuse the toast and insist on drinking the penalty wine, don't blame me. Smash this barrier open!"
"It's nothing but a Spirit-Severing Barrier, yet you think