Ling Chen almost completely lost the ability to move, and most of the weight rested on Su Ci's thin shoulders. Su Ci gritted her teeth and used her last bit of strength to grab the raised stones and dead vines on the rock wall and move upward bit by bit. Her fingernails were split, and her palms were bruised by the rough stone surface. Every time she exerted force, it affected her own wounds and Ling Chen's severe pain and weakness from the other end of the blood contract.
