The light barrier around the Destruction Temple vanished silently, signaling that Meng Chen could leave.
Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling stood outside the temple, their eyes brimming with worry.
Yet Meng Chen could still smile.
His skin was now exceptionally fair and clear, gleaming all over.
Besides adding a 100,000-year Soul Ring to Meng Chen's Atlas Spear, the remaining energy inside the temple had also repaired his body. All his skin had grown anew, leaving it naturally fair and clear, brimming with fresh vitality.
Looking at the girls, Meng Chen was just about to say something when the dome of the temple behind him suddenly flashed.
A purple ray descended from the temple's dome. Once it left the temple's interior, it shot toward Ning Rongrong and the others.
The ray stopped in front of Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling, then split into four finer threads of light at its tip. Each thread reached one of the four girls, and then something incredible happened.
Their Soul Rings suddenly manifested beyond their control, pulsing around their bodies.
The threads poured into their yellow hundred-year Soul Rings. Their energy was the same destruction energy Meng Chen had felt inside the temple. As it entered the rings, a purple sheen spread over the originally yellow hundred-year Soul Rings.
Meng Chen was startled at the sight, then his face lit up with joy.
Clearly, this was the so-called "companionship reward."
Next, that purple sheen increased the ages of Ning Rongrong's and the others' Soul Rings, only stopping once they reached a thousand years.
When the reward ended, Ning Rongrong and the others could not hide their delight. Ye Xishui's eyes were also filled with envy.
To increase the ages of her Soul Rings, she had slaughtered and