Right now, Ricky felt bitter.
He was sure that woman did something to him.
It was enough for him to lose his pride as a man.
"Pearl!" he shouted at her. The name bubbled up to his lips in his outrage, like lava rising. Whatever words he had for Pearl died in his throat with nothing but a sputter.
Though he had lost his pride being a man, it felt that he was taking advantage of her. He felt nothing in particular though.
"I didn't know that an ace genius like you would also behave awkwardly under such circumstances. I guess I have overestimated you," Pearl said without opening her eyes.
"If you have excessive energy, you ought to cultivate. Or do you want to stay here?"
Pearl's tone hit notes of complexity, rage, and panic. Rather than asking a question, it was more like she spat the words at his feet.
"Ha-ha, an ace genius is also a human being!" Ricky smiled and stood up. Pearl's words dumped water over his head. He shook them off along with his earlier bitterness as he returned to his normal state.
A teasing complexity could be heard in the lilt of Ricky's voice too.
In his heart, though he tried to ignore it, there was the understanding that Pearl was his woman. He buried that understanding deep within his psyche. To have such a relationship with his enemy was unthinkable.
Their relationship was just a stepping stone on his way to the climax of martial world, something to be used and quickly forgotten about. Or so he thought. With everything between them now, he didn't know what to do.
If Ricky let his mind wander to possibilities, he'd stumble upon his desire to take Pearl as his own. Any normal man would think like that, after all.
Then, he stopped and pursed his lips together tightly. With his thoughts running wildly, it would be better if he didn't say a word to Pearl.
Apart from the massacring power that currently ran through his veins, a new feeling emanated from his body that seemed just as strong as the galaxy power, but distinctive in some way.
'Is this light power? With this power, maybe I can start cultivating the Dark and Light Dual Cultivation Method!' Ricky thought to himself.
He turned towards the Dark and Light Dual Cultivation Method again to observe it and started to cultivate it himself.
They cultivated within the spiritual space tool. Time and silence stretched between them until they hit an impasse. It was two days after when they found themselves unable to proceed in their cultivation.
If they wanted to continue the cultivation, the light and dark should be integrated.
"Guess we have to do this now." He sucked his teeth in, ignoring the guilt that clutched at him. "Pearl, I don't know how I should face you in the future.
But this time, I will regain my pride as a man!"
Boom! As he spoke, a blunt force struck his head and he fainted. Then, he found himself in the same situation as before.
When he woke up, his mouth turned down into a grimace.
There was no wonder why he wasn't as strong as Pearl. They were inside her spiritual space tool, after all, and she could absorb the power of the array. With dawning horror, Ricky realized he was being kept a prisoner.
His shoulders slumped as his pride took even more damage.
'I swear this is the last time. I won't get played by a woman again, ' Ricky thought to himself bitterly. 'Pearl, I'll remember this. And I will make you pay for it.'
But in the following days, the same thing happened over and over. Whenever the two of them needed to integrate, Pearl would one-up him, knocking him unconscious before he could even protest.
Eventually, Ricky found that there was another power emerging inside his body during sessions of cultivation.
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