Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Xiu Er gently clenched her right hand, enclosing the orb of light within it.

Codex Opening

The previously stable orb immediately erupted with dazzling radiance in her hand.

Countless golden rays shot through the gaps between her fingers, illuminating Xiu Er and everything around her.

In the blink of an eye, after the light faded, a gun-shaped object of golden energy appeared in her hand.

However, she had no intention of rushing into that tower to confront the Lion King within just yet. There was still another matter she needed to deal with first.

"Fou—!!!"

Just then, a familiar beastly cry suddenly came from the ruins nearby. A small white creature dashed out from a pile of rubble and ran up to Xiu Er.

Obviously, it was Fou, who had fled in advance before the battle began.

Now that the battle had temporarily ended, the cute creature had followed Xiu Er's scent back here.

"..."

Seeing Fou return, Xiu Er immediately put away the "light gun" in her hand and calmly watched him run over.

"Fou?"

But the moment he arrived and saw Xiu Er's completely changed appearance, Fou abruptly froze in place, tilting his head in confusion.

The face was still the same, but both her overall appearance and her "scent" differed from the person Fou knew. For a moment, the thought Did I find the wrong person? appeared in his mind.

"It's me."

Xiu Er nodded, bent down, and lifted Fou up in both hands before her.

Her familiar indifferent tone dispelled Fou's unease.

Only when he met those cold golden eyes did he finally confirm that the white "bird-person" before him was his former puppet companion.

"Fou?"

Fou looked over Xiu Er's clothes and let out a puzzled cry.

Because she had directly analyzed the Spirit Crystallization