"I won't let you have it!" Tianyu screamed, closing his eyes as he desperately tried to run his Origin Realm energy backward to trigger his own destruction.
But just as Bai Hua was about to press her dark lips against Tianyu's chest to begin the draining, she suddenly froze.
She didn't lean in. She didn't bite his skin.
Instead, a chilling, winning, and arrogant laugh echoed from her lips, quieting the whispers of the loyalist guards.
Bai Hua turned sharply on her heel, her red dress whipping around her legs as she pointed a glowing, sharp-nailed finger at Gu Fan and Bai Bing kneeling in the dirt.
"Seal the Hall right now!" Bai Hua roared, her Origin Realm energy exploding outward.
BOOM!
The massive bronze doors of the Grand Hall slammed shut with a deafening, loud crash, locking the cavern down. Thick, blood-red magic lines lit up across the stone walls, humming with intense, choking power that pressed down on everyone.
