"Senior Sister, I succeeded!"
Xu Jingming rose to his feet with a bright smile on his face.
He looked at Ye Li, eager to share his joy at succeeding.
Yet Ye Li, standing opposite him,
had a trace of unmistakable stiffness appear on her usually cold, stunningly beautiful face.
She turned her head slightly, her black hair falling to conceal part of her profile.
"You... put your clothes on first."
Ye Li's voice remained cool and detached.
But on closer listening, it carried a hint more urgency and barely perceptible embarrassment than usual.
"Clothes?"
Xu Jingming froze at her words and instinctively looked down.
The smile on his face instantly stiffened.
After returning from Meteorite Star, he had taken off his original S1 Level Sky Dome Battle Robe and changed into ordinary training clothes.
That training outfit had long since been reduced to the finest energy particles by the berserk lightning just now, vanishing without a trace.
At this moment, he was completely exposed.
His fit, upright body was displayed without the slightest covering in this space.
Every inch of his skin gleamed with the lustrous sheen and restrained sense of power left behind by lightning tempering.
What made his scalp tingle even more was that
perhaps the overwhelmingly fierce, pure-yang lightning origin unleashed when the Star Core Thunder Gang Body had first taken shape had given his life force and Blood Qi an unprecedented stimulation.
Or perhaps it was because he had indeed been away from Ye Lan and Su Qingli for quite some time.
In any case, it was especially conspicuous...
Xu Jingming instantly understood why Senior Sister Ye Li had reacted this way.
Even with his steady temperament, his face heated up. He hurriedly said,
"Sorry."
Before his words had even faded, his Mental Strength had already