Sea Princess's tightly clenched fists gradually loosened without her realizing it.
She stared blankly at the dazzling Spirit Ring, then at the Pure Water Phantom Spirit that was identical to her in every way. Finally, her gaze returned to Jiang Zhen's calm face, which contained boundless confidence and sincerity.
Her raging fury and humiliation slowly faded like the receding tide, replaced by an unprecedented, intense struggle, deliberation, and... a stirring of the heart.
A long silence descended upon the main hall once again.
Only the faint sound of the surrounding seawater flowing could be heard.
Sea Princess slowly leaned back against the cold backrest of the throne and closed her eyes. Her long eyelashes, as though formed from crystallized ice, trembled slightly.
After a long while, she finally opened her eyes again. The emotions in them had already settled, leaving behind only the profoundness and gravity of the deep sea. She looked at Jiang Zhen and asked, word by word:
"How will you guarantee your promise?"
Facing Sea Princess's profound and solemn gaze, Jiang Zhen knew that this was the final and most crucial step—earning her trust.
His expression was incomparably solemn as he slowly said, "My promise is not empty words. Your Highness, do you know where my sixth soul ring and Spirit Bone came from?"
Sea Princess's gaze sharpened as it fell upon the deep Crimson Soul Ring that radiated an aura capable of making one's heart tremble. She had already sensed within it the vast aura belonging to an Ocean Overlord.
She had her suspicions, but she did not dare confirm them.
"They came from another supreme ruler of the sea—the wife of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress!"
Jiang Zhen's voice remained calm, yet it exploded in Sea Princess's heart like a thunderclap.