The boy in black stretched with satisfaction, leaving the corner under the sunset, and saw the trio rushing over.
On the other side, seeing Zhu Haomiao’s refreshed expression and hearing the word ’late,’ Abe Waka’s heart skipped a beat, and her footsteps suddenly halted, fearing that one more step forward would reveal a blood-soaked massacre behind him.
"I’ve already explained everything to them."
"Ah~ It was such a refreshing lecture."
Listening to the satisfied whispers lingering in the air, Abe Waka snapped back to reality, carefully flaring her nostrils, grateful not to detect the imagined strong scent of blood, and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Charging past Zhu Haomiao into the corner, Abe Waka saw the students still writhing and groaning on the ground. Her tense nerves finally relaxed completely.
"What? Worried I’d kill them?"
"I told you I’m a compassionate person; I can’t stand others suffering and bleeding. How could I get so serious with these kids over such a trivial matter?"
Sharply sensing Abe Waka’s thoughts, Zhu Haomiao chuckled cynically, shifting his gaze to the indifferent young girl nearby.
"Wouldn’t you agree, Amaterasu?"
Upon hearing this, Amaterasu simply shifted her gaze and turned to leave.
"Hey? Wait for me, I’ll walk you home."
Her body stiffened, Amaterasu regretted her "meddling," silently quickening her pace, yet unable to shake off the persistently dogging Zhu Haomiao.
"Amaterasu, what do you want to eat tonight? My treat~"
"I heard there’s a ’Sushi Immortal’ shop, with flavors that are... delicious~"
Suddenly pausing in her tracks, Amaterasu spun around, gritting her teeth as she spoke."
"Stop drooling over me!!"
For the first time in her life, Amaterasu felt the horror of being stared down by a venomous snake coiling around a little white rabbit.
The cold yet blazing gaze was like a tentacle of a soft creature gliding over her, seemingly calculating how to devour her alive, sending chills down her spine!
On the other side, Zhu Haomiao was momentarily stunned, hurriedly suppressing the writhing, distorted black light in his eyes, and pouted pitifully.
"It’s all your fault for looking so tempting; I couldn’t help myself..."
Stifled by his words for a long time, Amaterasu laughed angrily, "I’ve never seen someone as shameless as you!"
"What do you mean by shameless?"
"It’s a natural attraction; it’s human nature!"
"I’m a youthful, ravenous teenager; what’s wrong with liking to look at you a bit more?!"
"I haven’t even touched you!"
"Is looking at you too much a crime in itself?"
"Can this society get any better, how are we boys supposed to live for you to be satisfied, tears uncontrollably fell down, this country is filled with oppression against men, when will we males be able to..."
Watching Zhu Haomiao bluff through a torrent of words, speaking more and more righteously, Amaterasu rubbed her temples in pain, feeling like there were a thousand flies buzzing in her ear, she couldn’t help but grit her teeth and murmured.
"If I wasn’t uncertain of victory, I’d want to kill you right now!"
Noticing her backup provisions were getting irritated again, Zhu Haomiao sheepishly shut his mouth, offering a placating smile.
"Don’t be mad, the world is so beautiful, yet you are so irascible... this is no good!"
"How about we hit the docks for some fries, have a heart-to-heart tonight, and bury the hatchet..."
After giving Zhu Haomiao a long, scrutinous gaze, Amaterasu fixed him with a dangerous glare.
Realizing his supplies’ patience was at its limit, Zhu Haomiao took the cue, turning swiftly and disappearing, leaving Amaterasu feeling like she had hit cotton with her punch, her fury having no outlet!
Standing there gritting her teeth, trembling, it took a long time for Amaterasu to smooth her intense emotions and return to her cold calm.
Looking again in the direction Zhu Haomiao disappeared, the girl turned gracefully, her eyes narrowing where no one could see.
She vaguely realized that whenever she was with Zhu Haomiao, her emotions would unconsciously spiral out of control.
Her almost unshakeable state of mind would become irritable and agitated!
From the perspective of divine interiority, what should have been a serene sea of consciousness was being stirred by an invisible force, gradually rolling into turbulent waves!
Her eyebrows furrowed, reflecting on her earlier loss of composure, Amaterasu had a subtle understanding and subconsciously pressed her hand to her heart.
It wasn’t an external divine corruption, but a direct instinct from the depths of her soul!
This kind of intrinsic influence is almost impossible to defend against; only one’s rational mind can suppress it!
A thought flickered, and Amaterasu immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to refine her [Spirit]!
Not only do ordinary transcendent beings need to hone their [Dao Heart], but the higher the level of life, the greater the demand for [Dao Heart]!
One must realize that divine authority is ’poisonous,’ often a manifestation of natural rules or the condensation of concepts!
If there is no indestructible [Spirit] to wield these inherently corrupt [Powers], the ultimate consequence is the erosion of self-awareness by the powers, gradually dissolving, resulting in the fall of a [Personality God] into a mindless, foolish [Natural God].
By then, although still maintaining an exterior semblance, the internal self-existence would have completely disintegrated—in a sense, the living being would be but a ’moving corpse’ remaining in the world.
Similar negative examples abound at High Sky Rank, countless once-great immortals fell due to the corrosion of powers over their spirits...
Feeling the gentle rhythm of her heart in the palm of her hand, Amaterasu quirkily smoothed her brow, exhaling a breath of stale air.
Elsewhere, tracing the bloodline connection to Abe Waka and her sidekick, Zhu Haomiao, patted his chest with lingering fears.
"Yazaki, is Amaterasu on her period? It feels like she’s ready to kill at the slightest disagreement!"
With facial muscles twitching unnaturally, Yazaki Yu hesitated to speak, taking reluctant pauses, and finally returned a polite but awkward smile.
I daren’t say anything, damn it!
Meanwhile, Abe Waka shot Zhu Haomiao an irritable glance, "Just stop bothering her."
"Tsk, why do you girls always go around sullying a man’s reputation?"
"She’s so delightful to behold, and I’m starving, I look at her to sate my hunger, what’s wrong with that?"
Did you mean ’delightful to behold’ in a proper sense?
Just as Zhu Haomiao tragically swung his fist, lamenting his "wrongful" grievance, a shared empathetic voice suddenly piped up in their ears.