"Was everything fake? Was power the only thing that was real?"
Bai Jing looked at Xu Le, who stood above her. Honestly, being looked down on from that angle didn't feel very good.
But she suddenly felt that Xu Le belonged in that position.
At least, it made perfect sense for him to stand there and say those words.
Tch, why am I having such strange thoughts... Bai Jing silently grumbled, unsure whether she was complaining about herself or Xu Le.
"What did you mean by what you just said?"
Bai Jing was still rather curious about what had just happened.
Xu Le had said the power was real. Was it really real?
Bai Jing quietly clenched her fists. That feeling of controlling lightning was gone.
The sense of danger from earlier had completely vanished too, as though she had never been in a fight.
She wasn't injured or tired.
But gaining power only to lose it again had felt truly awful.
"You've already felt it. I sensed your presence, and you've gone far, much farther than most people."
"What do you mean?"
Bai Jing disliked Xu Le more and more. At least, that was what she believed.
Because Xu Le always spoke in cryptic ways, much like those Warlocks from the Red Moon Holy Temple.
They were far too evil, always fond of toying with people's minds and conducting certain special, forbidden experiments.
Perhaps what had happened to her was some sort of experiment Xu Le was conducting.
But... losing her abilities still felt awful.
Xu Le stared at Bai Jing. He saw talent in her.
In the past, if he had met someone as talented as Bai Jing, he would most likely have offered a few words of praise and then left.
But things were different now. He