After saying that, Zhezhi laid out her paper with complete concentration and dipped her brush in ink.
She looked at Ling An and Tide Sis across from her. "Are you, um, going to keep holding him like that?"
"Of course not." Tide Sis smiled, her expression subtle. "Have you heard about this Patroller Ling An's other, hmm, appearance? Or form? Anyway, the way he looks in battle."
Zhezhi nodded thoughtfully at that. "I think I heard a storyteller mention it, but the description was very vague."
"All right, this is the part I warned you about. Don't be frightened." With that, Tide Sis glanced at Ling An.
Ling An nodded too, without a word.
Naturally, he couldn't use his current cat form for a painting with Tide Sis. That was what Tide Sis wanted as well.
From the very beginning, what she cared about most was his original appearance.
Ling An jumped out of Tide Sis's arms and landed to one side.
In an instant, his aura began to surge, and a burst of flame engulfed his entire body.
His voice came from within the flames. "Now, we can begin."
Ling An stepped out of the flames in his true form. This was his original appearance, the one he had seen when he first arrived on Solaris, and the one he had worn when Tide Sis first defeated him.
His simplest form, the Crownless.
Under Tide Sis's entranced gaze and Zhezhi's terrified stare, he stood aloof and still, looking down upon them.
His entire body seemed like the most exquisitely crafted work of art, radiating elegance and a breathtakingly powerful aura.
"Th-th-this..." Zhezhi was still in shock, unable to get her words out properly.
Her hand trembled a little, and ink dripped onto the pristine white paper.
"Don't be afraid.