No Choice

"Don't be mad. Cooperation is acceptable, but we are wasting time here. I can't show favors like our dear Fa Liwei here," Concubine Li casually said. 

"Too bad I could not eat properly unless we have the seal fully open," Concubine Li stated as she runs her tongue on her upper lip. "So let us do it my way now." 

Hissing under her breath, Gao Lan Mei asked, "What do you want?" 

"I want you to utter the last hidden rule. You are smart enough to know that it is a spell, right?" 

Gao Lan Mei burst out laughing, "Why would I do that if I will just die after?!"

She was still feeling weak. Her neck hurt and there was a fit of uncontrollable anger in her heart that even confused Gao Lan Mei. Her fury was fueling her desire to finish off all the enemies regardless of what happened to her. 

It was a given that they were all going to kill them eventually. Since that was the case, why bother worrying about their lives?