Chapter 83: Roses have Thorns
Henrietta had successfully broken through to the 1st Stage of the Golden Core.
Yet despite the rushed process, the amount of Qi in her Dantian and the stability of her foundation couldn’t be compared to anyone else Xu Tao had seen.
He was confident that Henrietta now had the potential to go toe-to-toe with even the Platinum-Ranked Cultivator under her brother, Gula—if they fought without weapons!
After confirming that her core was stable, Xu Tao gently let go of her back.
At the exact same moment, he also undid all the arrays he had set around them. One by one, the formations dissipated. And just as the final one—the Qi Gathering Array—was disarmed, Henrietta’s body began to fall backward.
"Oh."
Xu Tao caught her swiftly, not letting her collapse to the ground.
She must have instinctively understood that it was over, finally releasing the last sliver of consciousness she had been clinging to.
However, there was one problem. Thanks to the flames that had enveloped her earlier, she was left without anything covering her body. Xu Tao had already anticipated it and reached for another robe when—
"I’ll take it from here, Mr. Master~."
A childish voice drifted in—just before a large white mantle floated down to cover Henrietta.