Elsa slowly opened her eyes. Looking at the people surrounding her, her face was filled with surprise.
"Am I dreaming?"
"What dream? You've been unconscious for three days and three nights." Liliath pinched Elsa's cheek. "Does this feel like a dream?"
"Ow, ow..." Elsa hurriedly cried out. Only then did she realize that she was not dreaming. "I'm still alive? Or did I reach another parallel world after dying?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liliath gave Elsa another knock on the head.
"Three days ago, you floated up from the Awakening Pool, and then Mr. Barien brought you back," Gu Ding explained with a smile.
At that moment, Barien led a group of people to knock on the door of the room where Gu Ding and the others were staying.
They had clearly sensed Elsa's awakening and immediately rushed over.
"It's good that you've awakened." Barien smiled in relief.
"Clan Chief, elders." Elsa greeted them somewhat stiffly.
"Your body should have recovered fairly well. You don't feel anything unusual, do you?" Barien asked with concern. The elders behind him were all smiling as well, leaving Elsa somewhat baffled.
Only after hearing Barien's question did Elsa begin examining her own body. The moment she did, even she was stunned.
"My physical strength, soul strength, and Combat Strength... how did they become like this?"
"What's wrong?" Barien and his group all tensed up upon hearing that.
"I think I've advanced to Saint King..." Elsa said, then looked toward Gu Ding and Elsa.
"We already know that. Mr. Barien discovered it when you floated up from the Awakening Pool." Gu Ding nodded.
"But I had clearly already fallen at the time. Why am I alive now, and why did I even break through to Saint King?" Elsa herself was utterly confused.
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