With such a desire filling his body, Rick devilishly smirked. He didn't attempt to hide his feelings. He didn't really have to, not from the woman in front of him.
"Ricky, what are you thinking about?" Tina asked coyly. Her pale cheeks blushed in deep red once she noticed his not-so-innocent smile.
"Tina, you're turning more and more beautiful every passing day," Ricky replied in a flirtatious tone. His smile widened as he stepped towards her. As he got nearer, Tina could feel his breath on her skin. Such closeness made her feel so nervous that part of her just wanted to go away and find a place to hide.
Once close enough, Ricky stretched his arms and pulled Tina into his embrace. Then, he told her seriously, "Tina, for a moment, I really thought I was going to lose you."
Nestling in his arms, Tina responded softly, "Ricky, nothing bad happened. All is fine. We can safely say we were both blessed in misfortune. I think God has been helping us."
Ricky didn't reply, nor did Tina say anything else. There was no need for words then. They knew they had just fallen in love again.
In silence, they just kept holding each other dearly.
"Tina, am I a bit fickle in love? Grace, Pearl, and you..." Ricky suddenly asked in a soft tone.
"Yeah, I guess you can be quite a playboy!" Tina giggled.
Ricky gapped, choosing to shift the topic of their conversation next.
"Tina, you burst out some mutant power while breaking through the Thunderstroke Doom. You did it in secret, but I could feel it. Was your mutant suppressed by the evil spirit?" Ricky asked.
"That's right. But now that one percent of the evil spirit has been removed, I guess my mutant power could finally show." Tina nodded.
"Don't worry. I no longer fear the evil spirit inside of you. But I'm afraid, because of the restrictions of my cultivation level, I'll only be able to help you get rid of it gradually. Once I become a demi-spiritual emperor, I'll remove it for you all at once," Ricky promised.
"I believe you," Tina said.
"My family's blood power is called the Refining Blood, so my mutant should be the Refining Blood Mutant. At least, all the geniuses from my clan have Refining Blood Mutants. But I don't know for sure if that's my case. I guess I'll only find out once it shows itself more clearly."
"Refining Blood Mutant?" Ricky murmured.
"It means that it's able to refine other creatures' blood power and make use of it by itself. It can even integrate the blood power into its own in order to enhance it," Tina clarified.
"It sounds similar to my Devouring Mutant," Ricky said. "But the Refining Blood Mutant is stronger since it can refine the blood power of other creatures.
The Devouring Mutant can only absorb the blood power of other creatures and convert it into pure power instead of merging them into one!"
"Maybe for starters they're comparable. But the Devouring Mutant has way more room for growth than the Refining Blood Mutant," Tina explained. "After all, the extreme Devouring Mutant is one of the top mutants in the universe."
"It seems my understanding of the Devouring Mutant isn't deep enough then," Ricky said.
"Ricky, you've wasted a lot of time by devouring evil spirit for me. From now on, you should really cultivate in seclusion," Tina advised. "Before you go fighting for the Sense of Realm, you must enhance your combat power to the level of a third-class completed spiritual king at peak state."
"Yes, you're right," Ricky responded.
Soon, he made his way into the Massacring Zone again.
As Tina had just advised him, Ricky had no intention of getting out before the battle for the Sense of Realm began. According to the Oriental Emperor, in half a year at most, the Sense of Realm would completely emerge.
Ricky planned to cultivate a lot in this seclusion until then. First, he had to fully adapt to the two gravity bracelets. This was an important method for him to cultivate the Space-shrinking Pace.
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