Looking back on how Ricky had obtained the ultimate dragon meridian, as well as his performances in several life-or-death fights, Elder Evan praised Ricky with mixed emotions.
"So far, not only has Grace surpassed us elders in her cultivation level, but you have made a breakthrough too!" he said.
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Later, a great many pieces of Fortune Jades, which were gadgets used to exit the Fortune Land, descended into the area they were in. Kristen, Tyson, and Hoffman each grabbed a piece of Fortune Jade immediately. After they talked for a short while, they crushed their Fortune Jades with their hands and returned to the bases of their forces.
Then, Ricky, Elder Evan, and the others returned to the Misty South Palace in the same way. Knowing they had finally returned, Zenith and Grace, along with several others, promptly came outside to meet them.
They were utterly thrilled to learn about how Ricky had obtained the ultimate dragon meridian.
Meanwhile, Grace had caught the attention of Ricky, Elder Evan, and the others.
Grace's aura was completely different than before. She exuded an aura of oneness with nature. She clearly had already become an innate spiritual king, because only warriors at that level were able to get into a state of oneness with nature.
But the way Grace's countenance had changed was what they first noticed about her, not the aura change itself.
Noticeably, the hideous blood-red birthmark on Grace's face had entirely disappeared. Grace's aura was no longer filled with sheer iciness. It had changed so that her iciness and fieriness had mixed together.
Her unsightliness had transformed into elegance; her reddish eyes were emanating uniqueness, and her black hair was mixed with a shade of faint icy red, slightly oozing charm.
The valor and lustiness of her visage differentiated her from both the coquettish and the exceedingly gorgeous type of women. Her haughtiness and intractability in her beauty could inspire a man to want to win her heart.
"Grace, how did you..." Elder Evan started to ask in astonishment.
"Elder Evan, after I became an innate spirit, the birthmark on my face magically disappeared," Grace said with a genuinely warm smile, instead of a cold smile like before. It was clear that the disappearance of her birthmark had boosted her confidence by a lot.
Women, in general, put a high value on their personal appearance and felt that their worth was judged on it to some extent.
"It seems that my birthmark contained the blood power of fire. After I made a cultivation breakthrough, my birthmark exuded scorching energy, which eventually transformed my icy spiritual meridian into an icy-fiery spiritual meridian,"
Grace explained, flipping her beautiful hand over to exert some icy power mixed with a bit of fiery power.
Meanwhile, Grace built up momentum, exposing a mark of ice and fire that was imprinted between her eyebrows. The mark indicated that she had transformed into a mutant.
"A mutant mark!" Elder Evan and the others exclaimed, staring at Grace's new mark.
Ricky thought to himself in shock, 'Master Grace's blood power must be unusually powerful!'
"Yes indeed. It's a mutant mark, but I am still puzzled at the nature of my mutant ability. I would like to name this ability the Icy-fiery Mutant power for now," Grace said.
"Master, your hidden blood power was suddenly activated during your fight against Kinsey, so you decided to make a breakthrough in the Fortune Land, right?" Ricky asked.
"Yes, you're right. During the fight, I wasn't able to defend myself against Kinsey's Metallic Mutant attack. I thought I was about to die, but then the unknown blood power in my birthmark was unexpectedly activated and saved me," Grace replied.
"After that, the sudden change of my spiritual meridian triggered a swift surge of its power. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't suppress the increasing power, so I had to make a breakthrough to become an innate spirit," she added.
"I think that it must be the inborn force of your blood power," Ricky murmured.
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