But what he hadn't expected was...
Even without him mentioning the Deity Girl, the Magic Mirror remained completely unresponsive, playing dead again.
Before he could inwardly complain that the Magic Mirror was useless...
The next instant.
Gu Yao, who had been standing frozen in place, suddenly ran straight toward the glowing woods in the distance.
She ran incredibly fast, her figure becoming a receding blur in an instant, her speed far beyond that of an ordinary person.
Xia Shuran was dumbfounded, her eyes wide. "Senior, how is Little Yao running so fast?!"
"Come on, let's follow her!"
Without offering any explanation, Gu Qing immediately sped up and gave chase.
In just an instant, he caught up with his younger sister Gu Yao, sprinting alongside her at high speed.
"Dummy Yao, can you hear me?"
"..."
Gu Yao said nothing and simply kept sprinting.
At that moment, she had become the Deity Girl's Gundam.
Realizing that communication was useless, Gu Qing wanted to knock his sister unconscious with a chop of his hand and stop her from approaching the woods, worried that going there would get her hurt.
But the instant he raised his hand, he forcibly abandoned the idea of knocking her out.
He worried that rashly knocking his sister unconscious while the Deity Girl controlled her might hurt her.
After much hesitation, he ultimately decided to let the Deity Girl control his sister and take her into the woods.
The Deity Girl had appeared several times, only ever protecting him, never harming him, and had never shown any malice.
He chose to take a gamble and trust that the Deity Girl wouldn't let his sister Gu Yao come to harm.
Only moments later.
Gu Qing and Gu Yao charged into the woods side by side.
The moment they stepped