Maxine quickly got up and grabbed Thea’s wrist to check her pulse. The moment her skin made contact with Thea’s, she felt a biting cold from Thea’s arm,

She endured the chill and swiftly checked Thea’s pulse.

After assessing Thea’s condition, Maxine furrowed her eyebrows and exclaimed, “What happened? How did you get so severely injured?”

Thea took a tissue out of her pocket, wiped the blood from her lips, and said weakly, “Simon hit me with a palm thrust when we fought. He had refined the Spirit Turtle’s core, and he got significantly stronger. However, he was cautious because he mistook me for Thomas. That’s likely why he fled the battle. If that hadn’t happened, I probably wouldn’t have made it out alive.”

Thea hurried back to the Capital after momentarily closing up her injuries in the viscinity of Mount Thunder Sect because she knew it was unsafe to continue staying there.

She could only recuperate in the safety of the Capital.

As she journeyed back, she endured the pain and