Six full hours had passed inside the World Ring.
The lingering scent of intimacy had yet to completely fade.
Xu Jingming let out a long breath.
The violent, chaotic aura around him finally settled, and clarity returned to his crimson eyes.
He lowered his head and looked at Niki in his arms, his feelings complicated.
He had never expected things to develop to this point.
"Don't feel burdened."
Niki buried her blushing face against his firm chest.
"I did this willingly. This was a special circumstance.
I helped you this once. Afterward, we can just get along as we did before."
Deep longing hid within her beautiful eyes, but there was even more calm acceptance.
Did she want to be with Xu Jingming?
Of course she did.
But she knew that although she was an Eternal Tier, her talent and potential had nearly been exhausted.
Xu Jingming was like the rising sun, destined to one day reach the Cosmic Peak.
How could someone with her meager cultivation be worthy of staying by his side?
Having an experience like this even once was enough to leave her satisfied.
Hearing this, Xu Jingming lowered his head to look at Niki's alluring yet somewhat uneasy profile.
Then he suddenly chuckled and reached out to squeeze a full, pert part of her.
"You helped me more than once just now—at least a dozen times.
Besides, I, Xu Jingming, am not the kind of man who shirks responsibility.
From now on, you're my woman. Stay with me."
Niki's delicate body trembled, and a brilliant radiance abruptly lit up in her beautiful eyes.
But that light soon dimmed somewhat.
She bit her lip and said softly,
"But I'm still half your teacher. Wouldn't this be a little inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate about it?!"
Vera, the succubus little