Black Magic Rose Chapter 16

Chapter 16: In the Heat of the Moment The Elder Council’s probing retreated like a tide, leaving only the rhythmic beeping of medical equipment in the bedroom. Shu Yijin slumped in the armchair, feeling as if all his strength had been drained. The heart-stopping confrontation he had just endured, though ending in his painful victory, had exacted a price far exceeding his expectations. Forcibly suppressing the Holy Energy erupting within Wen Jingheng was like using flesh and blood to block a mountain…