February 2, 2019.
The Lower Dimension's Snowfield, within the Sacred Ruins' hillock.
The battle was as fierce as ever. Aside from the roars of the White Ghosts and the White Ghoul Witch, the two humans here were terrifyingly silent.
Neither Han Jiangxue nor Jiang Xiao had spoken for a long time.
"Almost there." Amid the fierce slaughter, a voice suddenly rang out.
Han Jiangxue thought she had imagined it. She turned her head and saw Jiang Xiao nodding at her.
Ever since something had happened to Other Earth, Jiang Xiao had been in low spirits. Han Jiangxue had noticed it and was anxious, but she found that she had no way to cheer him up. Her words of comfort and encouragement had failed to pull him out of his depression.
So Han Jiangxue had taken ten thousand steps back and chosen to silently stay by his side.
Hearing Jiang Xiao speak again, Han Jiangxue's mood suddenly improved considerably.
Han Jiangxue: "Almost there?"
Jiang Xiao raised his hand to signal and confirmed it again.
Whoosh. The Black Sky Teleportation Cover instantly expanded. Invisible to the naked eye, Star Power Threads tugged at the creatures within the spatial cover, and the rippling teleportation cover rapidly contracted.
The two of them, along with eight Flame Puppets, vanished from the Sacred Ruins' hillock.
A thousand li away, the two figures appeared again on a silent cliff.
The Flame Puppets scattered in all directions, dutifully guarding the two of them.
Jiang Xiao furrowed his brows as if carefully reading something, then said, "The Star Skills have advanced to their highest quality."
"Mm." Han Jiangxue responded faintly. During the long period of slaughter, she had already prepared for this. To her, the advancement in Star Skill quality was merely the natural result of accumulated progress. "Want