One-Sided Wish?

"The Cremation Cannon... it was actually split open!?"

Despite having his back to her, Saundin had his own way of "seeing" what was happening behind him.

That strange battle axe cleaved through the shockwave he unleashed with incredible speed. In just four seconds, it could completely pierce through the energy, reach the back of his neck, and decapitate him.

Therefore, he needs to make a decision within those four seconds.

Should we abandon the experiment and avoid this attack?

Or did they continue the experiment regardless, only to be beheaded four seconds later?

The process of accumulating potential energy for ascent on a "Drop Tower" cannot be completed in such a short time.

"Don't want!"

Before Saundin could make a decision, Mithras shouted it out.

Although her eyes and the upper part of her head were covered by a helmet, she was still able to detect the mechanical vibrations on Saundin's body thanks to her keen hearing.

In addition, the biting cold in the air also made her uneasy.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Battle Axe just happened to break through Saundin's Cremation Cannon, but aimed slightly downwards, severing his hands.

An invisible chill erupted in an instant, sealing the blood at the severed hand and freezing his entire body.

"The problem is solved!"

With a wave of his hand, Divine Land sent the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Battle Axe flying back, transforming back into Martial Soul and Soul Bone. The Martial Soul directly entered his body, while the Torso Bone adhered to his back and quickly merged into it.

"This is Soul Bone?!" Dugu Bo seemed to know who the guy in front of him was—aside from Zhou Qing, no one would have thought that Soul Bone could be pulled out of the body directly.

Immediately!

Divine Land shuddered, radiating white light, and transformed back into Zhou Qing and Romantina, even restoring their clothes to their original state.

Thump!

Romantina knelt on the ground, her Soul Power exhausted, leaving her too weak to even stand up. However, a sickly blush appeared on her face.

Zhou Qing knelt on the ground and, with his last bit of strength, pulled out two pills from the Gray Pouch: Qi Recovery Pill- restoring pills, which Tang San had made from Dragon Herb Leaf.

He swallowed one of them, circulated his Soul Power, and with each breath, the pores of his body began to actively draw upon the surrounding Heaven and Earth Energy), rapidly restoring his Soul Power.

The remaining one, which he had regained some of his Soul Power from, was stuffed into Romantina's mouth.

"Swallow it."

"I don't even have the strength to swallow anymore. You need to feed me with your tongue~ kiss." Romantina, with Qi Recovery Pill in her mouth, actually pouted.

Perhaps because both cultivated the Qi Field Power, their Martial Soul Fusion perfectly; even at the moment of completion, their souls were in a state of superposition...

During the process of integration, Zhou Qing and Romantina both experienced a deep fusion at the soul level.

That feeling—

Great joy!

Great freedom!

Therefore, after the fusion ended, Romantina's perverse desires once again took over her mind, and she wanted to relive the experience.

Shame?

It doesn't exist!

As for Romantina, as long as she didn't show it in front of the extremely naive Mithras, it was fine. In front of Riko and the Rabbit Girl, who clearly understood matters between men and women, it didn't matter at all.

"You think I'd fall for that?"

Zhou Qing sneered and ignored him.

"So heartbreaking, he just uses me and then throws me away, what a scumbag!" Romantina blushed, swallowed the Qi Recovery Pill in her mouth, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to recover her Soul Power.

"Do you two have Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

Dugu Bo looked at Zhou Qing from the left and Romantina from the right, his green eyes sparkling with intense curiosity.

The person who appears after the two use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill has no Soul Power at all. If it weren't for the clouds and mist surrounding him, you wouldn't be able to tell that he is a Soul Master!

"I have Martial Soul Fusion Skill with everyone. Old Monster, if you're willing, we can try it out sometime." Zhou Qing glanced at Romantina and realized that he didn't seem to have any "aftereffects" from the Martial Soul Fusion. His feelings for Romantina were the same as usual, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But did he actually have that kind of desire for Romantina?

Some.

After all, Zhou Qing was a normal man, and while Romantina's appearance was not as good as Xiao Wu's, she was still quite exquisite. More importantly, her figure was quite perfect, slim where she should be slim and plump where she should be plump, plus her muscles were well-proportioned... which really hit his sexual fetish.

As for matters of the heart...

Having spent so much time with Romantina, he himself couldn't tell whether their relationship was purely platonic or mixed with other emotions.

"You really don't discriminate between meat and vegetables, you even eat old people." After Romantina recovered some of her Soul Power, she heard Zhou Qing's almost teasing explanation and her eyes were amused.

"Never mind, I prefer to be alone."

Dugu Bo didn't want to be a "third party," so he immediately rejected Zhou Qing's suggestion and got down to business. "Let's go and arrest that Sang something-yin... that name is really hard to remember."

Upon reaching the Drop Tower, Riko immediately rushed forward to grab the silver helmet from Mithras's head, only to hear Mithras cry out, "Ouch!"

"Oh? I'm sorry!" Riko apologized immediately, but then seemed at a loss for words.

Dugu Bo stepped forward, brandished his hand blade, and with two swift movements, severed the steel rings binding Mithras's neck, waist, and legs.

These steel rings were likely smelted by Saundin himself, hence their hardness is far lower than the building materials of the Steel Base where Zhou Qing, Romantina, and the Rabbit Girl were previously trapped.

Riko went forward to pull him up again, but then heard Mithras cry out "It hurts!" She withdrew her hand once more, feeling helpless and suddenly realizing how useless she was, unable to save her friend who was sitting right in front of her.

"This is a bit troublesome..."

Zhou Qing crouched down, looked up, and observed through the gap between the silver helmet and Mithras's head. He saw many soft needles inside the helmet, piercing Mithras's head.

There are tubes inserted into Mithras's spine. If they were pulled out rashly, they could damage her spinal cord and nerves, potentially confining her to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

The best course of action at present is to wait until he and Romantina have fully recovered, and then, with the help of Romantina's Spiritual Detection, to reveal the exact location of the needles that pierced Mithras's brain and spine, so that he can perform precise operations.

"Don't worry about me." Mithras forced a smile. "Thank you for not killing my father. I will definitely persuade him to stop conducting such dangerous experiments."

Mithras was still kept in the dark?

No.

She was simply willing to believe that everything Saundin did was to help her make up her mind.

After all--

What father in this world would hurt his daughter?

Dugu Bo couldn't stand it any longer. He glared fiercely at the Ice Seal Saundin and gestured to Zhou Qing:

[Should we kill him? This kind of person is even more ruthless than me; keeping him alive is just asking for trouble!]