Yao Bailing looked Nethernight Imperial Daughter up and down, then said, "I never imagined the imperial daughter of the Gui Ye Great World could be so shameless!"
Nethernight Imperial Daughter smiled. "The bond between Lu Ren and me is hardly something an outsider like you can interfere with!"
"And a word of advice: don't get close to Lu Ren. I do get jealous!"
As she spoke, her voice turned icy enough to pierce bone.
Anyone else would have been cowed by her presence.
But a cold glint flashed in Yao Bailing's eyes. "Lu Ren is protecting me on this journey. Even if I wanted to leave, I'm afraid he wouldn't agree!"
"Oh?"
Nethernight Imperial Daughter looked mildly surprised. She turned to Lu Ren. "Is that true?"
"Yes."
Lu Ren nodded.
Yao Bailing looked triumphant.
Nethernight Imperial Daughter sneered. "How useless. You need Lu Ren to protect you? As I see it, you're not fit to be his woman!"
"What did you say?"
Anger appeared on Yao Bailing's beautiful face.
Hands on her hips, Nethernight Imperial Daughter said, "I said you're useless, and you're not fit to be Lu Ren's—"
But Yao Bailing's gaze turned glacial, and terrifying demonic power erupted from her body.
Behind her, the phantom of a Sun-Eating Sky-Devouring Dog threw back its head and howled. The crushing pressure of its bloodline froze the surrounding space.
She raised a hand. A dark-gold Sun-Eroding Demon Claw ripped through the void toward Nethernight Imperial Daughter, its wake seeming to devour everything it passed.
"Heh. Did that strike a nerve?"
A mocking smile curled beneath Nethernight Imperial Daughter's veil. She drifted backward like a shadow, her hands swiftly forming seals.
Ghostly energy surged around her. Countless black puppet shadows silently took shape in the darkness and swept toward the Sun-Eroding Demon