Caught by the turbulent flow, Li Wenli felt his Qi Sea churn, all his Special Ability being squeezed into a mass as if someone was trying to crush a walnut with brute force.
Enduring this bone-eroding pain, Li Wenli’s face turned a puffy red, his veins bulging, yet he still controlled his strength and twisted a wrist flower to snatch the Stone from that person’s hand.
This Stone was naturally designed to suppress the powers of Special Ability Users, and at this moment, Li Wenli holding it in his embrace was undoubtedly sealing his own Special Ability.
The Wind Blades around him stopped completely, but huge waves surged in Li Wenli’s Qi Sea, his steps faltering, his vision unable to make out the path ahead.
Just then, Bai Junjun, pulling Lady Lin, ran towards the lowest-level secret chamber, and inadvertently glanced back to see the Fox, injured and on the verge of collapsing.
The blood on his neck instantly stained his clothing red.
Shocked, Bai Junjun immediately threw out the Drooping Tube Flower Whip, wrapping it around Li Wenli and pulling him backward.
When Li Wenli stumbled to Bai Junjun’s side, he was as pale as death, seemingly enduring immense pain.
At this moment, Li Wenli couldn’t use his Special Ability at all; he barely kept conscious as he handed the Stone to Bai Junjun.
Li Wenli didn’t even have the strength to open his Space.
Bai Junjun understood his intention right away, taking over the Stone and casually tossing it into the Space.
Without the suppression of the Stone, Li Wenli finally felt much better.
"Endure it for now," Bai Junjun said as she took out the Water of Flora for Li Wenli, then continued to help him run inside, with Lady Lin also hurrying to assist.
However, with the Holy Stone stolen, how could the Caped Old Man just let it go.
The old man, mad with rage, charged over: "Audacious thieves, return my Holy Stone!"
As he spoke, he suddenly exerted his strength.
Bai Junjun was furious—hurting her Fox was already too much, and now he dared to chase them, yelling and making demands?
She handed the Fox over to Lady Lin and took it upon herself to cover their retreat.
"What are you doing?" Lady Lin, her face panic-stricken, held Bai Junjun who was trying to run back.
"You take the Fox first, I’ll follow shortly."
"Where to go!" Lady Lin, utterly confused, pointed out that this was the downward path, while the only way out was above!
Before Bai Junjun could reply, Li Wenli weakly pointed downwards: "In that secret chamber with the mechanism."
"!" Lady Lin hesitated no more, helping Li Wenli down the path.
Meanwhile, the Caped Old Man above watched with fury as Li Wenli was helped away by Lady Lin, glaring at Bai Junjun: "Don’t think I won’t dare to kill you, get out of the way!"
Bai Junjun smirked: "I’m no important figure, why wouldn’t you dare to kill me, Eunuch Zou?"
This address as "Eunuch Zou" caused the Caped Old Man to stiffen: "What are you talking about."
"Quit pretending," Bai Junjun’s lips curled coldly: "I have no wish to be your enemy. It’d be best if we could negotiate, but it’s no big deal if we can’t. After all, it’s undecided who will have the upper hand."
Inside the Sky-supporting Pillar mechanism, there was her father’s handwritten letters. She had already vaguely guessed who this caped elder was.
After all, back then, the Emperor himself had taken her biological father to the palace, caught red-handed.
The only one who had the opportunity to access those letters was Eunuch Zou, and it also made sense that he would have copied and collected the letters here.
"In that case, I have no one to blame but myself."
He wiggled his fingers, as if he were preparing to unleash a powerful move.
Bai Junjun then noticed, one of his hands was wearing a strange glove, with sharp protrusions on the knuckles, stained with blood - clearly the Fox’s.
Moreover, the Stone looked very familiar; it seemed it was made of the same material as the exotic stone.