Li Rou suddenly turned back, looked at Zhao Zhengyi, and asked coldly, "What did you just say?"
Feeling very uncomfortable under Li Rou’s stare, Zhao Zhengyi also knew that she must be angry at this moment.
However, Zhao Zhengyi still gritted his teeth and said, "Elder Li Rou, I think we don’t need to wait for Lin Fan. Let’s just enter the minor world!"
Li Rou said coldly, "If you say such things again, I will throw you out!"
Zhao Zhengyi dared not speak any longer.
Yet, in his heart, he was filled with immense hatred.
Zhao Zhengyi thought viciously, "Hmph, you wretched woman, wait and see, one day I will make you grovel at my feet!"
Li Rou began to transmit energy into Lin Fan’s body, planning to heal him with her own energy so that he could wake up quickly.
The next moment, Li Rou was shocked.
Because she found to her horror that as soon as she transferred her energy into Lin Fan’s body, his body acted like a massive black hole, crazily absorbing her energy.
And the speed of this energy absorption was way too fast.
If it continued at the current rate, it wouldn’t be long before all her energy was completely absorbed by Lin Fan.
Sudden fear rose in Li Rou’s heart.
She knew she had to stop healing Lin Fan immediately.
Otherwise, she would pay a heavy price.
Li Rou prepared to withdraw her hand.
The next moment, Li Rou grew even more frightened.
Because she discovered, to her horror, that she simply could not withdraw her hand.
A powerful suction force emerged from Lin Fan’s body, which deeply attracted her hand, making it impossible for her to pull away.
And her energy was still being crazily absorbed by Lin Fan.
Li Rou could tell that as her energy was absorbed by Lin Fan, her cultivation was rapidly declining.
Previously, Li Rou was at the King Profound Realm.
But soon, she was down to the Heavenly Profound Realm.
Then it was the Earth Profound Realm.
Eventually, when her cultivation had regressed to the Early Period of the Earth Profound Realm, Lin Fan’s body seemed to have become saturated and stopped absorbing further.
Only then did Li Rou manage to retract her hand.
However, by now, Li Rou’s complexion was as ugly as it could get.
One moment ago, Li Rou was a high and mighty practitioner of the King Profound Realm, but in just an instant, her cultivation had regressed to the Early Period of the Earth Profound Realm?
This was like falling from the sky to the ground!
"What on earth is going on? What secret does this guy’s body contain?"
Li Rou thought to herself.
Afterwards, Li Rou began to examine Lin Fan’s condition, but she found that his body was covered with a layer of faint energy at some point, completely blocking her inspection.
Disciples around also looked at Li Rou curiously.
They could clearly sense that the energy aura on Li Rou seemed much weaker, but they didn’t dare to act rashly.
Lin Fan remained unconscious.
He was still in slumber.
Unknown to everyone, the energy that Lin Fan absorbed from Li Rou just now was entirely stored within the cells throughout his body.
At this moment, he was attempting to unlock his fifth Soul Eye.
After practicing the Ancient Dominating Soul Technique, Lin Fan’s cells had become like black holes.
Therefore, when Li Rou was transferring energy into Lin Fan’s body, the absorbing function of his cells actively opened, and in a very short period of time, most of the energy in Li Rou’s body was absorbed.
That left poor Li Rou, whose painstakingly cultivated energy had been completely absorbed by Lin Fan.
Fortunately, Li Rou had already given her heart to Lin Fan, so although she felt uncomfortable, she was not disheartened. Had anyone else absorbed Li Rou’s cultivation like that, Li Rou would have probably fought them with all her might.
Endless energy within Lin Fan’s body surged toward his fifth Soul Eye.
Since Lin Fan was in a coma, he could not feel any pain.
At a certain moment, the fifth Soul Eye was unlocked.
Without a doubt, Lin Fan’s strength had increased once again, getting one step closer to the Late Period of the True Profound Realm. Lin Fan just needed to unlock two more Soul Eyes to fully enter the Late Period of the True Profound Realm.
Once Lin Fan reached the Late Period of the True Profound Realm, his combat power would undoubtedly experience a huge increase.
Finally, Lin Fan fully regained consciousness.
The moment Lin Fan regained consciousness, he couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
For he discovered that, inexplicably, he had unlocked another Soul Eye?
"What in the world happened?"
Lin Fan thought to himself: "What happened while I was asleep?"
The next moment, when Lin Fan looked toward Li Rou, his expression drastically changed, for he noticed that Li Rou’s cultivation had fallen to the Early Period of the Earth Profound Realm.
"What happened to you?"
Lin Fan was about to ask.
However, Li Rou stopped Lin Fan and gave him a look that said not to ask, then said: "Alright, now that Lin Fan is awake, let us all prepare to enter the small world. Remember, the small world is extremely dangerous. Once inside, be very cautious. I sincerely hope that everyone can come out alive!"
"Starting from the number one on the Green Mountain List, enter the small world in order!"
Li Rou continued: "Tian Ci, you go first!"
As she spoke, Li Rou revealed a token in her hand, and after she infused a certain amount of energy into the token, it suddenly shone brightly and flew out autonomously, landing somewhere.
Once everything returned to normal, a Time-Space Gate had appeared.
This Time-Space Gate was the entrance to the small world.
Tian Ci, ranked first on the Green Mountain List, didn’t say a word and leaped into the small world.
The others followed, one after another, entering the small world.
When it came to Zhao Zhengyi, ranked tenth on the Green Mountain List, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Lin Fan, a strange cold smile appeared on his face before he jumped into the small world.
Finally, aside from Lin Fan, everyone else had entered the small world.
Lin Fan stood there quietly, showing no intention of jumping into the small world.
Li Rou looked at Lin Fan with some suspicion and asked, "Lin Fan, why aren’t you entering the small world? You do know that this Time-Space Gate can only last for the duration of one incense stick. After that, the Time-Space Gate will close and then, it will be impossible for you to enter."
Lin Fan did not speak, just silently looked at Li Rou.
Li Rou felt very uncomfortable being looked at by Lin Fan in this way.
"Lin Fan, what’s wrong with you...?"
Li Rou originally wanted to ask Lin Fan what was wrong.
However, Lin Fan suddenly gestured with his hand to interrupt her and asked, "Sister Rou, tell me, what exactly happened while I was asleep?"
Li Rou, feeling a bit guilty, said, "No... nothing. Everything was normal while you were asleep. Nothing happened!"
Li Rou said, "Yes, really, nothing happened!"
Lin Fan then asked, "Then tell me, Sister Rou, why has your cultivation fallen to the Earth Profound Realm?"