Ji Shuang’s mind was already in chaos.


    If she attacked now, her father would die before she could even make a move.


    If she hesitated, she would be playing directly into Rhudamanth’s hands.


    The bastard was forcing her to choose.


    The Brynnhilder... or her father’s life.


    Rhudamanth watched her reaction, "You’re strong, Ji Shuang,"


    "Stronger than most. But strength alone doesn’t make someone invincible." Experience tales at novelhall.Co?m


    He gestured lazily at the holographic screen. "This... is just proof of that."


    Ji Shuang’s hands curled into fists, her nails digging into her palms.


    Her mind was already running through every possible scenario, every countermeasure... but nothing was fast enough.


    Rhudamanth saw this.


    And that was when he finally pressed his advantage.


    He raised the beacon slightly, tilting his head "Now... why don’t you be a good daughter and hand over the Brynnhilder?"


    His smile widened slightly "Or do you want to hear your father’s last breath?"


    CRACK.


    The sky shook violently as Ji Shuang’s energy surged to its peak.


    Lightning exploded outward, arcing through the clouds, and the entire battlefield trembled beneath her rage.


    At this time, Rhudamanth ’remembered’ something and spoke "Oh yeah, and there is also this..."


    The beacon flickered and showed another video.


    HUH?


    Ji Shuang’s eyes shook in terror looking at the white-haired young man who was lying unconscious on the floor and his body was tied by chains.


    Beside him, another woman is lying down there, and she is also unconscious with her short bob cut hair and dark skin.


    ’Zhao Tian? Jing’er?’


    What?


    She hurriedly looked around at the battlefield, searching for their presence and she couldn’t find them.


    She saw them fighting the evil cultivators a few minutes ago...


    ’W-Why would they hold Tian and Jing’er hostage?’


    With an amused smile, Rhudamanth spoke "I know that woman is someone who is close to you... as for that young man."


    "Well, he is useful for us."


    Huh? Useful for them?


    Ji Shuang’s eyes narrowed as she spoke "Rhudamanth, you don’t know about the power backing up Zhao Tian. If you dared to touch him... your whole race would be annihilated."


    Hearing this, Rhudamanth’s gaze narrowed "Seems like you are the one bluffing to save him... I am well aware of his physique. I got to say, I am really shocked."


    What the-


    Ji Shuang was absolutely shocked to hear this as no one knew about Zhao Tian’s physique.


    ’How did they?’


    Rhudamanth smiled "Well, what do you say... Brynnhilder or the life of these three people?"


    "The choice is yours."


    Her violet gaze flickered back to the holographic screen and her chest tightened when she saw the bodies of Zhao Tian and Yao Jing once more.


    Zhao Tian’s body lay motionless, his white hair disheveled and his breathing slow but steady.


    Runes etched onto the iron chains binding him pulsed faintly, likely sealing his energy.


    "Kh—!"


    Her body convulsed involuntarily as her breath hitched.


    It was then that she felt it... the cold, metallic intrusion that had impaled her.


    A sai.


    The weapon was buried deep into her flesh, piercing straight through her midsection as its blade drenched in her own blood.


    But what truly froze her was the absence of something she had felt all her life... her left arm.


    It was gone.


    Not just broken. Not just wounded.


    Completely severed.


    Velnorah’s breath came out in sharp, ragged gasps as she forced herself to look down.


    Her pale skin was marred with deep lacerations and bruises, but none of it compared to the gaping emptiness where her arm should have been.


    But she didn’t have time to dwell on it.


    She had to move.


    She had to find him.


    "T-Tian..."


    His name escaped her lips in a weak whisper, barely audible over the cacophony of battle still raging around her.


    Her crimson eyes frantically searched the war-torn landscape, struggling to adjust to the blurred vision caused by her injuries.


    Where is he?


    She could still hear the distant clash of weapons, the roars and the cries of warriors being cut down one after another.


    And she wasn’t there to fight with him.


    Move, Velnorah. Move!


    She gritted her teeth and her free hand trembled as she forced herself forward, every nerve screaming in protest.


    The sai was still lodged in her gut, sending ripples of pain through her every time she so much as breathed.


    Dragging herself from the wreckage, she staggered forward, one step.


    Then another.


    Her breathing was shallow, and erratic, her mind swimming in a haze of pain and exhaustion.


    The world around her felt tilted and her body felt unbalanced without her left arm, but she couldn’t stop.


    Not now.


    Not until she found him.


    "Tian..." she called again and her heart clenched in dread.


    Please... let him be alive.


    She limped forward as her vision threatened to fade entirely, but she refused to succumb.


    Not until she saw him.


    However, at this time... she saw a silhouette of someone approaching her.


    Huh?


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