Free Web NovelChapter 1273: Chapter 1270: Tempering Spiritual Power
At this moment in the Void Space, Bi Xia was sitting cross-legged in the spring, starry eyes tightly shut. Her delicate little face was covered in sweat, her red lips gradually turning pale. The spiritual power in her body seeped outward bit by bit, and in an instant, a huge cloud gathered above her head. Dragon roars echoed from all directions atop that cloud; a jiao tail rose from within the clouds and then fell back down into them from midair. The jiao’s head suddenly thrust out. The giant jiao that ought to have been brimming with life was now listlessly sprawled on the cloud, the spiritual power on its body a bright blue tainted with turbid filth.
As if sensing the jiao’s discomfort, Bi Xia’s brows knit tightly as well. With a stir of her mind, the spring began to boil, soaking her clothes and revealing her exquisite curves. The azure spiritual power started to surge; it kept dodging that murky spiritual power, but that spiritual power was like it had marked its prey—no matter where the azure spiritual power fled, it would be stuck to it. In the end, the azure spiritual power seemed to flare up in anger and rammed hard into that spiritual power.
"Ngh—"
Bi Xia let out a muffled groan, her little face turning deathly pale in an instant. Seeing this, 007 sprang up and barked a cold warning, [You lot, watch yourselves! You might not like this spiritual power, but it’s already a part of His Majesty’s body now. Crashing into it like that—are you planning to hurt His Majesty?!]
Awroo—
As 007’s words fell, the giant jiao’s furious roar shook the heavens and the earth. Those azure jiao eyes stared at that spiritual power without a shred of emotion, practically radiating a "if you don’t behave, your Grandpa Jiao will bite you useless brats to death" vibe.
Under the threat from 007 and the jiao, the remaining azure spiritual power finally settled down, while that chaotic spiritual power had been a lodger from the start and now didn’t even dare to twitch.
looked toward the jiao, [Yu Hai’s leftover fragment of poisonous-tongued spiritual power is still lodged inside His Majesty and has already affected you. If you’re feeling bad, go back. Leave His Majesty to me.]
In response to 007’s words, the giant jiao glanced at 007, then at Bi Xia, then flipped over in agitation—no, no—and suddenly lunged to Bi Xia’s side, coiling tightly around her. No! I’m staying to protect my master!
Seeing the jiao like this, 007 tugged at the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly, [Fine, then I’m leaving the rest to you. When it comes time to strip out the spiritual power, you need to be careful.]
"Awo~~~~~" Don’t worry! Your Grandpa Jiao is super smart!
nodded, then looked at Bi Xia. With a wave of his hand, the spiritual power tempering agent he’d exchanged for during the last upgrade appeared in his palm. [Your Majesty, the tempering agent will strip all the impurities from your spiritual power. The pain is going to feel like having your bones scraped clean, but remember this: no matter how unbearable it gets, you must hold on. Let’s try to break through directly with this round of tempering!]
Bi Xia in the spring didn’t respond, but 007 knew she could hear him. He took a deep breath, staring somewhat hesitantly at the tempering agent in his hand. His lips pressed together, and for a fleeting moment, that formatted little figure showed a hint of doubt.
But when his gaze met those resolute jiao eyes, 007’s heart jolted. He raised his hand and crushed the tempering agent. His spiritual power wrapped around the liquid and scattered it all into the spring. In an instant, the spring boiled and steamed; its originally clear, transparent color shifted into the same bright blue as Bi Xia’s spiritual power.
The giant jiao was the manifestation of Bi Xia’s spiritual power. Aside from Xiao Wu, who was directly linked to Bi Xia, the jiao was also directly connected to her. And the jiao reflected Bi Xia’s choices even more—wasn’t that unwavering resolve in the jiao’s eyes, that utter lack of hesitation, precisely Bi Xia’s own determination...
Staring deeply at Bi Xia, who was biting down on her lower lip, forcing herself not to make a sound, 007 suddenly turned away and squeezed his eyes shut, fists clenched tight. In his heart he cursed Yu Hai thousands upon thousands of times, wishing he could go back to the beginning and tear that damn snake into shreds with his own cat claws!
[Brother 007...]
Xiaowu’s voice slowly rose, broken and hesitant. 007 fell silent for a moment, and before Xiaowu could speak, he said, [His Majesty has me here. You focus on training Meng Chi and the others.]
[...Can I go in?]
[No!] What a joke. He could barely stand watching His Majesty writhing in pain himself; how could he let Xiao Wu come in? [Trust me, it’ll be over soon...]
The Void Space... no, in fact, all the spaces began to tremble. 007 rose into the air, and seeing the violent shaking all around, he couldn’t spare a thought to answer Xiao Wu’s question. He only left behind a single "You are not allowed to come in" before flying up to the top of the space.
