What was going on?
Still smiling, Kallen could not help turning to look at "Puer" standing behind him.
Puer held a Magic Wand, an air of majesty radiating from her. Two suffocating flames flickered in her eyes.
Before this presence, the woman on the ladybug's back began to tremble slightly.
"You want to compete with me?"
The woman immediately lowered her head in panic. "No, I wouldn't dare."
With that, her figure sank into the ladybug. The ladybug lowered itself, looking more docile and obedient than before.
Soul to soul, the perception could hardly have felt more real.
But sometimes, that very realness was the most deceptive thing of all.
Of course, this also had to do with the special environment of the Inner Gate World. Everyone here was a soul, and they had long grown accustomed to equating the strength of a soul's presence with individual strength. Instead, this gave a freeloader like Puer, whose Soul Level was very high but who was incredibly weak in reality, a loophole to exploit.
Kallen pointed ahead. "Go over that slope, lower your defenses, and enter the formation there. You'll see your contract partner. Go."
"Yes."
The ladybug flew that way.
After waiting a while and sensing a fluctuation from the formation below the slope, Kallen turned to face Puer.
Puer instantly dropped her aloof majesty and waved her Magic Wand excitedly, laughing.
"Haha, wasn't I impressive just now, meow!"
"What's going on? Has the special environment inside the gate made you more active?"
Previously, when he used Primordial Ancestor Allen's power, Puer's phantom would appear too, but always with her eyes closed, merely enhancing his use of Fire Attribute Power. This was the first time Kallen had seen her so animated.
"I'm not sure. That probably has something to do with