"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and run!"
Seeing Little Zhi Xin frozen in a daze, Ximen Lang was at a loss for words.
What time is it now, and you're still calculating this and that? Can't you see the space is almost frozen solid? With no other choice, Ximen Lang could only grab Little Zhi Xin by the collar and fly out of the Training Ground.
Yan was filled with despair. The gap was simply too great; she had no chance of winning.
Seeing that she was about to be frozen into an ice sculpture, she wanted to run, but it was already too late.
Her wings had already frozen solid, becoming nothing more than ornaments. Her legs had also basically lost their ability to move under the effects of the Cold Energy.
She couldn't even run! Watching Ximen Lang carry Little Zhi Xin out of the area, hope rose in her heart, and she shouted at Ximen Lang.
"Take me with you!"
Hearing Yan's plea for help, Ximen Lang's body trembled involuntarily, but he quickly returned to normal.
They were only sparring, after all. No one was really going to die. At worst, she would become an ice sculpture. After a few hours, she would be as good as new. What was there to fear? Besides, Leng was really frightening today, and Ximen Lang himself didn't dare...
Most importantly, his wings were almost frozen too. If he hadn't been at the edge of the Training Ground, he might already have been frozen into a block of ice.
The saying went: better a dead companion than oneself.
"Yan, hold on for now. I'll come rescue you in a few hours!"
After saying that, he flew away from the area without looking back. Watching Ximen Lang's departing figure, Yan couldn't help cursing him out.
"Bastard! Scumbag!"
Angel Temple.
"You're not planning to save Yan? She's almost been frozen into a block of ice."
Queen Keisha remained calm.
"It's fine. Leng knows how to control herself. At most, Yan will become a block of ice. It won't harm her foundation."
In fact, things were exactly as Queen Keisha had said.
Leng had already reduced her output of Cold Energy when Yan was suppressed. Although Yan still couldn't escape the fate of becoming a block of ice, nothing would go wrong.
Several hours later, Yan finally thawed out.
Shivering, she stared fixedly at Ximen Lang.
Her eyes held anger and contempt, along with a trace of burning heat and a lingering resentment deep within them. The sight left Ximen Lang feeling terribly insecure.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm still here!" Leng was displeased.
She raised her hand and created an Ice Wall, cutting off the gazes between the two.
"Still looking?!"
Leng released another stream of Cold Energy, sending it straight toward Ximen Lang, who was still sneaking glances at Yan. It froze him until he shivered violently.
It wasn't that Ximen Lang was hopeless.
It was simply that Yan was... far too seductive at that moment.
Her face wore a delicate, pitiful expression, and her eyes were filled with resentment. Her clothes had also been completely soaked because of the thawing...
She looked like a helpless little victim, making it especially easy for others to feel the urge to protect her.
Of course, Ximen Lang wasn't stupid. Leng was glaring at him from the side. So protecting Yan was impossible—absolutely impossible in this lifetime.
He could only sneak a glance now and then, just to satisfy his eyes.
But now, even that small pleasure was gone.
Leng turned his face toward her, making him look directly at her.
"Look at me! You're not allowed to look at her!"
After this one-sided battle, everyone gained a clearer understanding of Leng's strength.
Top-tier Third Generation God combat power!
Her Freezing Ability in particular was practically unbeatable in close combat. Until someone found an effective way to block the threat brought by the Cold Energy, Leng was invincible at close range.
Of course, if close combat didn't work, they could just attack from a distance.
In fact, if the Training Ground hadn't been so small, Yan wouldn't have lost so quickly.
If the battlefield hadn't been restricted and Yan had opened up the distance immediately, the battle might have gone differently.
Although Yan would most likely still have lost in the end, she wouldn't have been defeated so quickly or so miserably.
Later, Leng and Yan had another battle focused on close combat.
Yan only agreed after confirming that Leng wouldn't use her Freezing Ability.
As for the result, the two of them fought several hundred exchanges before finally determining a victor.
Leng's speed, defense, and other abilities had indeed risen to a whole new level, completely suppressing Yan's attributes.
But the advantage was limited. After all, Yan possessed peak Third Generation strength and wasn't completely incapable of fighting a god.
However, once Leng realized that she could ignore almost all physical attacks and adopted the extremely shameless tactic of trading injuries for injuries...
Yan quickly fell completely behind.
"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore! Your ability is too overpowered! Without a Godslaying Weapon or Great Judgment, there's no way to break through your defense!"
Compared to Yan's frustration, Leng was rather smug.
"I'm just too strong. Is that my fault?"
That made Yan even more furious.
Not to mention Yan, even Ximen Lang felt envious as he watched.
A Logia Type Devil Fruit! Wasn't this ability just too broken?!
Dark Dimension Space.
"Idiot system, come out!"
Ding~ Idiot Host Power of the Galaxy Ximen Lang, hello. Your Super Gene Dark Plane System is at your service.
"Cut the nonsense. Do you have any Logia Type Devil Fruits left? If you do, hurry up and give me one!"
Ding~ No. Goodbye!...
In the days that followed, Yan stopped returning to her palace for some reason.
She spent all day at Leng's place, winking at Ximen Lang whenever she had nothing else to do, nearly making Leng explode with rage.
Yan was shameless too. No matter how Leng chased her away, she refused to leave.
Every day, she acted like a pampered lord. Saying she reached out for clothes and opened her mouth for food might be an exaggeration, but she freeloaded for meals and drinks every day, and even freeloaded a bed...
She slept together with Leng.
This left Ximen Lang utterly depressed. He and Leng had already gotten this far!
What was the meaning of having a walking light bulb stay beside him and Leng every day?! Most infuriatingly, Yan would tease him whenever she got the chance, then run away as soon as she had stirred him up, showing not the slightest consideration.
Ximen Lang was so troubled that he even developed blisters around his mouth.
In the end, after Ximen Lang compromised and agreed to give her a Devil Fruit like Leng's, she finally became a little more restrained.
Of course, the past month or so hadn't been filled entirely with things that made Ximen Lang angry.
One good thing had happened: after Ximen Lang's persistent pleading and pestering, the Idiot System had finally issued him a mission.
Mission: In the upcoming battle against Angel Zhi Xin, achieve victory. Reward: Devil Fruit: Glint Fruit (Perfected Version)...
This made Ximen Lang incredibly happy. He felt that he had finally endured the bitter years and come into his own.
And it was the Glint Fruit at that! It was unquestionably the coolest Devil Fruit ability in the entire Pirate World!
It was both cool and powerful—that described it perfectly! More importantly, after more than two months of fighting, Ximen Lang had finally mastered his own power.
Not only had his physical strength improved, but he had also become even more proficient with Anti-Void.
As for defeating Little Zhi Xin, Ximen Lang finally had the ability and confidence to say:
He could do it!
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