Chapter 945: Chapter 713 Upgrade!_2
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That’s the Cosmic Stone! It’s not just any cat or dog! That is truly powerful!
The Red Demon Scorpion, almost gratefully, made its way to the Cosmic Stone. With Ai Lin’s contract, it already knew how to absorb the stone. It stabbed its enormous crystal poison sting into the stone, the Array rotated, and a dozen seconds later, the sting was withdrawn. The originally crimson Crystal Poison sting had become completely transparent!
Clearly, the vast Cosmic Stone had absorbed the Red Demon Scorpion’s original Crystal Poison sting but had given the scorpion an even more potent sting in exchange—a pure Cosmic Stone sting!
The Red Demon Scorpion could fully sense the power of this new sting, but how to use it would take some time to adapt.
Ai Lin and the Red Demon Scorpion moved aside to adapt to this new power, while Long Yi summoned Little Zi.
"Alright, my lovely little maids, now it’s your turn," Long Yi said, pointing at the huge Cosmic Stone.
"Eh? Us?" Little Zi’s expression was somewhat startled.
"Yes, you," Long Yi said, looking strangely at Little Zi. Was there something wrong? As a Female Demon is an energy being, it could evolve through the Crystal Core, so now with the Cosmic Stone wouldn’t that mean even more evolution is possible?
"But, this is the Cosmic Stone, the divine artifact Giants use to create Planes, and I’m just a lowly Female Demon..." Little Zi said a bit flustered.
"Have you lost your mind?" Long Yi was even more puzzled.
What Long Yi didn’t know was, although Little Zi usually joked around and never saw herself as an outsider, deep down, she still harbored a sense of inferiority. Particularly when the Divine Envoy girl first appeared and called Little Zi a level four parasite, it always made Little Zi feel lesser compared to Ai Lin and the others, especially with Long Yi’s Giant identity shining so brightly.
Little Zi was well aware of the significance of the Cosmic Stone. It was natural for Ai Lin to receive it, given her close relationship with Long Yi. But what about herself?
Seeing Little Zi silent, Long Yi chuckled, crouched down, cupped Little Zi’s face, and planted a big kiss right on her lips.
"Ah!"
Caught off guard by her wandering thoughts, Little Zi was startled and immediately blushed.
"Ma-ma-ma-master, you-you-you-you-you..."
"Enough, don’t overthink things. You’re my family, what’s mine is yours, and you shouldn’t care what anyone else says."
"But..."
"Besides, on the night I ascended in the Human Realm..."
"Ah! Master, don’t say it!"
Little Zi’s entire face and even her neck had turned red. She stole a glance at Ai Lin not far away; Ai Lin was also looking over and gave Little Zi a smile. Immediately, Little Zi buried her entire face into Long Yi’s chest. Six out of the thirteen Female Demons around them were giggling; they had gained their independent consciousness, although this independent consciousness was still centered around Little Zi as the main body.
"So go on then, you silly master of mine might need you to save me one day! If you grow stronger, I can be at ease too. Besides, there are seven sisters who haven’t gained independent consciousness yet, and you should also give them a hand," Long Yi said soothingly, finally calming Little Zi down. She steadied her emotions and looked into Long Yi’s eyes, which showed affection and encouragement but had none of the loftiness.
Yes, this was Brother Long, this was that silly master!
"I understand, sisters, let’s go!"
Little Zi calmed her emotions, the thirteen Avatars returned into her body, and she slowly approached the Cosmic Stone in mid-air.
However, the very moment she touched the Cosmic Stone, the elegant clothing that Little Zi was wearing was all absorbed into the stone! For a Female Demon, only the body is the real entity, and the elegant clothing was the manifestation of the energy they store, the outermost layer.
Little Zi’s cheeks flushed as she instinctively wanted to cover herself. But then she let it go, realizing that nothing about her was a secret anymore. After all, there were no strangers here, and what did it matter if they saw her?
As Little Zi got closer to the Cosmic Stone, she felt her energy being drawn out more and more, and as a soul being, she felt herself being pulled towards the stone. Normally, this would have terrified her, but not now. Being an energy life form, she could sense that there was no danger within the Cosmic Stone. On the contrary, the Cosmic Stone, used by Giants to create universes, contained everything in the universe!
Finally, Little Zi’s entire body had turned into a completely transparent soul state. Then, the soul slowly melded into the Cosmic Stone.
Throughout, Long Yi felt the contract between him and Little Zi, and it was only because of this contract that he could be sure that she was in no danger.
In fact, not only was Little Zi in no danger, she even felt better than ever!
The immensely powerful energy flowed quietly around her, without any violence or a hint of danger. Within this energy, Little Zi could feel her soul gradually growing!
Growth! This was something Little Zi had long since dared not hope for. She had become a Female Demon at the age of nine, and for hundreds of years thereafter, there had been no growth. Then, she met Long Yi, and with his help, she became stronger and stronger. While her power evolved, she also tried to grow herself, but each evolution increased her strength and not her soul; she had thought her soul would always be stuck at nine years old.
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