Because he had spent so long in the "Spirit Snake Wild Dance" state, Dilos's body was already severely overtaxed. He might not have felt anything before the state ended, but once it did, his body became extremely weak. It wasn't just a lack of strength or mental exhaustion; his muscles and some of his internal organs had also been damaged.
If Dilos's physical constitution hadn't improved so dramatically, the damage would have been even worse—so bad that it might have been beyond repair and even life-threatening!
Even without being in such an extreme predicament, Dilos was still in agony. He had put his mask back in his small shoulder bag, revealing a face as pale as a dead man's. He was also sweating profusely, the sweat brought on by pain. That was right: pain, all over his body. It was like thousands of ants periodically gnawing at him, a torment that came and went and left Dilos utterly miserable.
He had no idea how he had managed to walk back to the building from earlier. He only knew that as he got close to it, he could no longer hold on.
The sudden relaxation made Dilos's whole body go limp, as if he had no bones, and he fell over. But instead of hurting as much as he'd expected, he felt something soft and fragrant, and wonderfully comfortable. He cracked open his eyes in a daze. Perhaps he was simply too exhausted, but Dilos thought he was hallucinating.
Because Qin Jiayin was holding him up, and a warm, soothing, milky-white light radiated from her. Bathed in its glow, Qin Jiayin seemed even more beautiful, like a sacred goddess of light...
Dilos parted his lips, wanting to say something, but his mental exhaustion got the better of him. He slowly closed