Oscar froze, his mouth opening and closing. "Huh? But..."
He looked as if something had caught in his throat. He dared neither ask for an explanation nor argue back. His mouth moved twice, but in the end, nothing came out.
Ning Rongrong could not be bothered to look at him again. She turned toward the door. Her steps were still a little unsteady, but her resolve had not wavered.
As she walked, she muttered to herself, Lin Ye, you'd better become a god. You took my first time, so when the day comes, you're taking me with you!
Lin Ye sat cross-legged on the golden platform in Qiankun Asking Love Valley. The God-Bestowed Spirit Ring had fully merged with him.
A dark red ring of light rose beneath his feet, pulsing slowly around him with a calm, solemn aura.
The God-Bestowed Spirit Ring had settled at two hundred thousand years. Faint golden patterns flowed through its dark red glow, like traces left by ancient karmic fire.
He opened his eyes and felt the entirely new level of power within him.
His Soul Power had stabilized at level seventy-three, and his Seventh Soul Ring as a Soul Sage was firmly in place.
He stood and rolled his shoulders. It was as though an old weight had fallen away; even his breathing felt deeper than before.
With his Seventh Soul Ring, he could finally activate his Martial Soul Avatar.
He closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the Twelve-Rank Karma Fire Red Lotus deep within his dantian. Then he unleashed it.
Crimson-gold flames surged from his body. Patterns of fire shaped like lotus petals raced along his limbs and covered his skin like flowing armor.
The enormous image of a red lotus slowly bloomed behind him. Twelve layers of petals unfurled,