The Second Inheritance

The watch casing shattered, leaving only a red, gel-like substance in its place. Luo Bin channeled his magic, trying to seize the green leaf at its center. Suddenly, a powerful suction surged from the substance, and he lost consciousness.

Thirty minutes later, his sweat-soaked wizarding robe clung to his body, and his hair was plastered against his scalp.

His face was still as handsome as ever, though. The beads of sweat did nothing to diminish his looks. If anything, they gave him a tougher, more heroic air!

After an unknown stretch of time, click—the black obsidian on his bracelet sprang open on its own!

Xiao Ying, who had long since shrunk back to the size of a mung bean, fluttered to Luo Bin's ear and craned her neck to peer inside.

"What a perfect chance! If I miss it, who knows when I'll get another? But his hair's dripping wet. That's so... so unhygienic. Maybe it's all sticky in there!"

"No problem. I'll bring a fan!"

She raised her arms and conjured a little green fan in her empty hands. Full of determination, she charged toward her target—then whoosh! She slipped across his damp cheek and crashed headfirst into the tree trunk!

"Ow! That hurts! If you weren't unconscious, you could've said so sooner... Your eyes?"

Luo Bin's emerald-green eyes reflected a black-haired, red-eyed boy. The reflection was no bigger than a grain of sand, yet Luo Bin could clearly see every drop of sweat hanging from the boy's hair.

He turned his ears slightly and caught Fang's snores inside the Little Stone Hut. The Red Sphere had absorbed the Philosopher's Stone's magic and grown to the size of a marble, advancing another stage. Not only had it unlocked the second Phoenix Inheritance, it had also given him sharper sight