He continued when he did receive any action in response from her, "What are you still doing? The citizens are already out of the empire! Mei Mei please!" His voice desperate as he sees the indication that Gao Lan Mei is struggling. For him, their main priority is to either flee or fight a losing battle.

Giving up now does not he is a coward, despite his dragon's blood that he still takes pride in. Wei Jiayi has been already clear about the situation, as it is impossible to fully defeat beings that get sustenance from things that most being cannot live for.

Instead of stopping, Gao Lan Mei continued to chant, despite the situation. Gao Lan Mei is currently in the middle of the magical transportation circle, on a lotus position as the others protect the large circle from YinYings. Her face pale, lips purple and dry.

Wei Jiayi can also see the large drop beads of sweats that are running down on her face. She is sweating so bad, that the robes that she is wearing is already showing some skin.

Gao Lan Mei still continued to utter the necessary wordings to complete her spell and ignore Wei Jiayi, she didn't even look at him to at least acknowledge that she heard him.

She can only concentrate on her chants while being grateful that she already sent the citizens somewhere else. Though on a very difficult situation, she is glad to know that there are those that she can depend on, despite there are also those who choose to run away and crush her stone.

Gao Lan Mei of course can hear Wei Jiayi, but she cannot stop even if she wants to. The number of spiritual fragments connected to her that time cannot just be severed easily. It will either injure her or the fragment user.

The next choice is to crush the stone which she also does not want to happen. Gao Lan Mei would rather fight head on instead of running after all her effort.

Effort to not only save all the citizens, but to save her family too. The Gao family may not be the strongest family around, but their principle and value to the beings of s.h.i.+ze Empire cannot be compared to anyone else.

The royal family already left the Empire, but the Gao family was left behind to protect everyone.

Heroism. A stupid notion that Gao Lan Mei despises a lot from her previous life. It is stupid. However, Yen Mingjue is right. She feels guilty for disrupting the balance. She does not know what exactly, but that time she does not care.

Right now, she wants to do good. A lot of good things that she can use to back her up if needed. Especially when she is facing them... The beings that created the laws that they are required to follow.

Gao Lan Mei always finds Wei Jiayi upset for her safety, rather nice. She wants him to worry more about her, a selfish whim on her part that makes her feel that she is the most important for him. She also wants to see his eyes changing colors looking at her like she is the most important thing in the world.

Add that all up, Gao Lan Mei cannot and will not stop. Thus she continued to absorb the cleansed spiritual energy from everyone like a sponge despite it being difficult and tormenting as it is more than she can handle at a time!