The golem pressed its attack, forcing her onto the defensive. Each strike grew heavier, the heat intensifying with every swing. A flicker of doubt crossed her eyes as her knees weakened.
'Will I really lose?' she thought softly, her confidence wavering.
Shen Yuan, who had already destroyed his second Flame Golem with a series of precise, thunderous strikes, glanced over at Wan Ling.
His sharp eyes noticed the cracks in her protective Qi and the exhaustion in her movements.
'She's at her limit,' Shen Yuan thought, his expression turning hard. 'Just a bit more.'
He thought and went to make quick work of his third Flame Golem with a final thrust of Tyrant's Wrath, lightning bursting from its core like a storm.
With the three down, he turned fully toward Wan Ling's fight.
Her opponent roared, raising both arms to smash her into the ground.
"Ling'er!" Shen Yuan's voice echoed.
Wan Ling gritted her teeth and summoned all her remaining Radiant Qi into her blade. "Radiant Lotus Shield!"
The golden lotus bloomed around her, intercepting the golem's attack, but the shield cracked and shattered under the force.
Wan Ling was flung backward, crashing against a jagged wall as all the Fiery Qi entered her meridians.
"Damn it!" Shen Yuan cursed under his breath.
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'Yue Lan, I swear if you didn't have a good reason for me to make her do this I won't forgive you.'
[Calm down, it was necessary to give her a blessing.]
Yue Lan's calm voice echoed in his head, which seemed to calm him down as well as he hurriedly went towards her.
All of a sudden, the system interface appeared in his mind.
[System Shop Opened]n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
[Searching for Item...]
He looked at the screen, which seemed to be searching for something, and just as he was about to reach there, the screen paused and an item appeared on it.
[Supreme Tier Radiant Flame Bloodline Vial – 500,000 Chaos Coins]
BOOM!
The golem let out one last groan before its fiery core shattered, and its form crumbled into ashes.
...
[See? I told you to trust me.]
Yue Lan's lazy voice echoed in his head.
Shen Yuan exhaled a sigh, 'But you still scammed me huh, why was the bloodline so expensive?'
[What do you mean it was expensive? Supreme tier items are in that range, you forgot your bloodline?]
'Yes, but I thought it was in the Upper Levels of Supreme Tier items that's why it was so expensive.' He asked in confusion.
[Yes, and her new Bloodline is also at that level. She can be the Holy Saintess of the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect with this bloodline now. The old farts in the sect will surely notice the presence of that bloodline in her when she returns.]
Shen Yuan got silent as he contemplated her words for a second, 'Is there any way to mask her bloodline?'
[Don't bother, it will be better for her to become the Saintess, it will also be better for you. And the sect won't mistreat her, neither do you need to worry about anything with your Mother being present there.]
Yue Lan slowly explained.
'Well...I guess that's true as well.' Shen Yuan nodded and looked at where Wan Ling was standing.
She stood amidst the dissipating flames, her chest rising and falling as she felt her new cultivation base.
Her aura had grown far stronger, her cultivation having broken through to the Origin Core Creation Realm.
Shen Yuan approached her with a proud smile. "Well done, Ling'er. You've successfully surpassed the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect techniques and took your first step on a superior path."
Wan Ling turned to him, her face glowing with joy and gratitude and a hint of something that she had long hidden.
She slowly came towards him, putting her sword back in her storage ring.
Shen Yuan gently smiled seeing her like this, he waited for her to say something first.
Han Qingyu put away her spear and looked at Wan Ling suspiciously, 'What is she trying to do here?'
Wan Ling came and stood in front of Shen Yuan, her head lowered as she softly said, "I wouldn't have been able to do this without you..."
She said it in such a small voice that even Shen Yuan looked at her as if wondering whether she wanted to say it or not.
She slowly raised her head, her eyes flashing with small tears as she looked straight into Shen Yuan's eyes, "I don't know how to thank you enough... I just wan-want to say—"