"It's simple. You just need to help him release it," Vera said.
"Release what?"
Niki still did not understand.
Then she saw Vera raise her little hand and make a strange gesture.
Niki froze at first.
Then realization dawned on her, and her pretty face flushed slightly.
After a long while, she finally asked, "Th-this... will that work?"
"Of course it will."
Vera spoke in an unusually serious tone:
"His negative emotions need an outlet. As long as he can vent them, it will work.
"I don't have a physical body. Originally, I planned to enter his Sea of Consciousness and help him.
"But that would only be a release on the mental level. It wouldn't allow his body and mind to become one.
"You're different. You can let him release his emotions completely."
"This..."
Niki stood stunned, her beautiful eyes unconsciously turning toward Xu Jingming, who sat cross-legged nearby.
Xu Jingming had already returned to human form.
He stood six-foot-three, his muscles sleekly defined and brimming with strength.
He had sharp brows, bright eyes, and a handsome face, though his eyes were tightly shut at the moment.
His brows were furrowed, and fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.
Clearly, he was fighting desperately against the turmoil raging within his body.
Looking at that young yet resolute face, complicated emotions surged in Niki's heart.
Toward Xu Jingming, who was half her student, she had originally felt only admiration and astonishment.
But ever since he had descended upon the Demon Race like a god, rescuing her from certain doom and giving her protection,
those feelings had quietly changed.
There was more dependence, more admiration.
And more of a flutter in her heart that she had never examined closely, yet truly existed.
Give herself to him?
As that thought crossed