Chapter 162: Lotus Platform Suppresses Evil

Gwen Weedy, pampered since birth, had never faced anything like this. She froze, stunned into silence. Her legs felt like they were filled with lead; she couldn't take a single step. Derrick's face flushed a dangerous red. A thin line of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. His feet kicked weakly in the air, and he looked one breath away from suffocating. At the last possible moment, Derrick's gray robe blazed with a searing red light. The glow burst from the runes stitched at the hem,...