"It... bore the likeness of an old friend, yet what It did was entirely contrary to her. Just who are you?" Jing Yuan asked coldly.
He raised Sparkle Dream Body in his hand. Golden light flowed along the blade, sparks blazing as they gathered into a tangible edge.
"Other than Bai Heng, who else could I be?"
Bai Heng shrugged with faint disappointment, the crimson sheen in her eyes growing ever richer.
Even the slightly lowered corners of her eyes seemed painted with red makeup.
"She truly is Bai Heng, not a puppet possessed by Shuhuo... On that point, regrettably, she was not lying," Bai Heng reminded him.
She still held the Seed of Shuhuo in her hand.
Naturally, she could sense the guidance of that aura.
Earlier, that aura had indeed pointed toward Bai Heng, frozen within Six-Phased Ice.
Yet after Bai Heng awakened, the influence of Shuhuo's flesh and blood upon her vanished in an instant.
Shuhuo truly lay buried deeper within the Prison of Confinement.
Then why had the situation become what it was now?
"My apologies, but I can only take my leave for a while." Bai Heng wore a faint smile, an imperceptible emotion flickering through her eyes. "If there is another chance, I would truly like to drink a couple of rounds with you in Chang Le Tian."
As her words fell.
Jing Yuan exerted force through his hand, and Sparkle Dream Body suddenly thrust downward. Gusts of golden force tore through the mist and surged straight toward Bai Heng.
But just as that force lifted Bai Heng's long hair.
An elongated blue-violet phantom reached out from the void, suddenly expanding and swallowing the force unleashed by Sparkle Dream Body.
The entire process took place in an instant.
When the golden glow faded into