Keep you company, Jill?
Like hell I would.
Tch.
It wasn't that Chen Luo didn't want to take Jill with him. He simply couldn't. Surely he couldn't actually stay behind.
Chen Luo was eager to get back and check something.
Could that blue ball of light possibly be Ningshuang?
Ningshuang was special. Chen Luo didn't even know whether she or Bai Hao had reached king rank first.
Ningshuang's advancements were painless, and her tears were pearls with restorative powers.
If she really was that terrifying blue ball of light, had she lost her memory, or was she pretending?
If it was the latter, that was terrifying.
A super boss had been hiding among them all along.
Ningshuang lazed around every day like a total slacker. Perhaps that was her disguise.
Her silly, clueless behavior might have been a way to fool everyone.
When Mi Li had revived her last time, perhaps she had only been playing dead.
As for her love of Tomato Beef Brisket and her being a crybaby...
Uh, Chen Luo couldn't keep this theory going.
One Void Walk brought him back to Blue Star. Then he returned to the base and hurried straight to his room.
In the living room, Ningshuang was playing Gomoku with Rice. Their game had reached a deadlock, and neither paid any attention to Chen Luo's arrival.
Chen Luo walked up to Ningshuang and examined the mermaid carefully.
Hmm, her skin was pale and delicate, every bit as good as that of Chen Luo, who was at emperor rank.
Perhaps this was a telltale sign that Ningshuang had once been beyond emperor rank.
"What are you doing?" Ningshuang asked in confusion.
Gotcha, little faker. You've given yourself away.
After observing her closely, Chen Luo noticed that Ningshuang's aura was a little different. She