He Jianzhu still felt a bit dazed, but when Xia Feng's nose was about to touch hers, the intense rush brought her suddenly back to clarity.
She instinctively raised her slender fingers to grasp Xia Feng's shoulder, causing Xia Feng's head lowering action to pause.
The beautiful light gold pupils slightly lifted, the corners of his eyes soft and curved, his moist lips parted slightly, "I'm asking you, have you had enough fun?"
His breath rushed over her lips and nose, Xia Feng's dark pupils blinked, his dimly lit eyes filled with various wild thoughts stared at the silver-haired woman before him.
He thought for a moment and nodded lightly, "Yes, I've had enough."
"If you've had enough then step back," He Jianzhu's tone was gentle yet carried an unmistakable air of a commanding authority.
"....." Xia Feng didn't provoke her further, silently stepped back, turned around, and resumed pressing his hand on the dark candle, continuing to refine it as if nothing had happened.
He Jianzhu's expression remained calm, it seemed as if nothing had happened moments ago; she pretended to be weak and about to fall, catching Xia Feng and steadying him, her palm pressing against the back of his hand.
In the dimly red center of the space, their hands hovered over the candle, emitting a silver glow.
Neither spoke nor communicated telepathically.
They fell into a prolonged silence.
He Jianzhu wrapped her arms around Xia Feng's waist, feeling his broad back press against her, the smooth silver hair leaned against this boy... this man's black hair.
Her beautiful eyes slightly narrowed, quietly watching the flickering deep black flames beneath their palms.
She suddenly realized that she had lived for so long, for her mission, and yet she still didn't know what kissing felt like.
To the point that she almost entertained a terrible thought, 'After all, to gain the kid's favor, trying it with this kid wouldn't be too bad!' Official source is nοvelfire.net
But this thought had only just arisen when she suppressed it.
Because He Jianzhu knew that this kid was actually using her as a substitute.
Substitute for the woman named Mu Qingtong.
Though she didn't know the real relationship between Mu Qingtong and herself, whatever the relationship, He Jianzhu couldn't tolerate being treated as a substitute.
Thinking this, she noted it down in her heart against Xia Feng.
—Kiss me as me, not as some other woman, how crappy! I'll remember this! Once the mission is complete! I will seal your lips, kid, so you can never kiss again!
While He Jianzhu secretly resented Xia Feng in her heart, Xia Feng's mind was also in disarray; he realized he seemed to have broken.
Being abused by Miss Mu in bed so many times led to some psychological distortion... Seeing He Jianzhu who looked just like Miss Mu made him want to bully her, to ruthlessly bully...
These wild thoughts nearly made him lose his reason.
Luckily, He Jianzhu stopped him in time, and he also withdrew his hand in time... just pretend nothing happened just now.
As for the future... well, his strong willpower would surely restrain such malicious thoughts again, guaranteed not to contemplate bullying Miss Jianzhu... definitely!
Xia Feng suppressed his wild thoughts and confidently put it behind him, beginning to contemplate important matters.
Miss Jianzhu said her authority could sever abilities and graft them onto others, but Xia Feng felt it might not be that simple.
Because initially, in the Garden, Miss Mu had told him He Jianzhu's Spiritual Artifact was a Causality Spiritual Artifact.
Such Spiritual Artifacts were rare in the world, mostly foreseeing causality, but He Jianzhu possessed the power to manipulate causality.
So, Xia Feng had reasons to suspect that He Jianzhu's authority could not only sever "abilities" but also other things, such as the causal connections of everything in the world!
If that were truly the case, then the woman clinging to his back was terrifying indeed.
Of course, severing causality was an abstract concept, and Xia Feng couldn't comprehend how such an ability could exist in principle and what its specific functions might be.
With myriad thoughts in his mind, Xia Feng didn't choose to interrupt the refining process, and he continued to help Ri Nuo break the seal.
In fact, if Ri Nuo managed to break the seal, it wouldn't be a bad thing for him.
Having already mastered the art of possession and transformation, perhaps he could try snatching prey right under the eyes of those two nearly divine beings outside!
Before long, under his and Miss Jianzhu's concerted refining efforts, the dark candle was finally about to be melted away completely.
The flickering candlelight gradually weakened, exuding a strand of silvery brilliance like a hair, emitting an ancient and sacred aura.
Xia Feng's breath caught, and he even felt an impulse to worship.
He recognized this substance; it was Divine Power!
All gods possessed Divine Power and Original Divine Power.
Divine Power was similar to the Spirit Master's Spiritual Particle, a terrifying energy exclusive to gods, capable of activating Laws.
Original Divine Power was actually Spiritual Quality. Upon ascending to Divine Rank, the Spiritual Quality underwent an ultimate sublimation to form a [Divine], which then contained the Original Divine Power of the god.
Original Divine Power had many functions, one of which was crucially equivalent to the life of the god, including engendering Divine Power.
Thus, the measure of strength for Divine Level beings was the amount of Original Divine Power.
Of course, this wasn't absolute, as it also depended on what authority the god possessed.
For instance, Guihua Star God possessed [Calamity and Providence], overseeing the fate of living beings. Such a heaven-defying authority couldn't be simply measured by the amount of Original Divine Power.
But regardless, Original Divine Power was still the most vital thing for a god.
The function of the Refining God Tower was to refine 'Divine Relics' or 'physical entities formed by divine acts' back into their original form—Divine Power.
Or to refine 'gods' themselves, forcibly plundering the Original Divine Power of those gods.
Previously in White Emperor City, Xia Feng had helped Miss Mu snatch a strand of Original Divine Power from the Destruction Star God, which was absorbed and turned into a substantial amount of Life Power Value by the Heavenly Destiny Stone...
Hmm, it seemed that the Refining God Tower and the Heavenly Destiny Stone were quite compatible.
The Heavenly Destiny Stone could not only absorb Original Divine Power, but it could also absorb Divine Power, although the efficiency of converting Divine Power into Life Power Value was extremely low, virtually negligible.
But it could still be converted, nonetheless.
Thinking of this, Xia Feng was eager to see the outcome of using the Refining God Tower and Heavenly Destiny Stone together.
However, now wasn't the time to think about these things.
As the dark candle was melted and dispersed by the Refining God Tower, with a thunderous crash, Xia Feng felt the whole tower layer shaking. He used his Eye of Decompilation to look outside.
The space of Candle Fire Rock Land seemed torn apart, with the sky collapsing and the ground caving in.
At the same time, both Xia Feng and He Jianzhu felt a strong repulsive force, and in the blink of an eye, they had been ejected from the gigantic tower space, hanging in midair supported by nine iron chain bridges.
Below the bridge, magma churned turbulently, and a piercing buzz resonated between heaven and earth. As the world turned upside down, Xia Feng felt two indifferent gazes directly landing on him, filled with icy murderous intent.