PAH PAH PAH PAH PAH PAH PAH
The voices crashed wildly through the twisting trees, boots pounding the soft earth like desperate heartbeats, swords still humming with leftover spiritual energy as the other five women erupted from the thick undergrowth — and then froze completely in shocked horror.
Meiren skidded hard on the pine needles, almost tumbling forward. Liufen's delicate hand flew straight to her trembling mouth, eyes widening in pure disbelief.
What stood throbbing before them was not the proud Wei Jiushan they knew.
