Chapter 735 - 679: Energy Transfusion (1/2)
The girl's eyes fluttered and body twitched for a moment. She let out a soft groan and slowly moved her stiff arms to sit up.
”How are you feeling?”
A soothing voice echoed inside Shu Ru's head, startling her and sobering her cloudy thoughts. She turned her head to the source of the voice only to see several people looking back at her.
All of them were familiar faces, beginning for Arthur and Lucy to Cristina and the downcast Rosea. Bora and Ardor were still competing whereas Ho Qing retreated to his personal room to cultivate. In fact, he had not been seen ever since he secluded himself, but since Arthur gave his approval, no one, not even the objecting Cristina, raised a complaint.
”Only a bit dizzy.”
The girl shook her head and cracked a faint smile, feeling embarrassed to be the center of everyone's attention.
”You need to rest for a bit more.”
Lucy held the girl's hand and reassured her with a simple nod, to which Shu Ru lowered her head and bit her lips.
”There is no need to feel down. Our team reached the final and you did a great job, all three of you.”
Arthur's compliment, which was a rare thing to hear, made Shu Ru hesitantly raise her head back again and gaze right into his eyes.
”Thank you, teacher.”
Stoic-faced, Cristina wryly smiled and spoke a couple of words, however, both Rosea and Shu Ru maintained their silence, one was ashamed and the other guilty.
The atmosphere was turning a little awkward so both Arthur and Lucy left the infirmary. Although they had become friends only recently, the three girls were still capable of comforting each other and overcoming their mental hurdles.
”You remember our bet, yes?”
”Yes, and before you tell me, I already know that the Holy Dominion Team is leading.”
”Oh… how?”
Arthur chuckled as he sat down, ”Just because I did not see it doesn't mean I don't know what happened. If anything happens within the city, I'll be the first to know.”
”Well, whatever… I had placed a bet on the Buddha Team and the Holy Dominion Team.”
”Yes, there's no need to repeat everything, Your Majesty.”
”Oh, then look!”
He pointed at the large screen, precisely at the bench specific to Veia and Leo. The quiet girl was currently meditating, but what was surprising was her blinding Holy Aura and her abnormally-increasing Cultivation.
”No rules disqualify a participant that breaks through mid-trial, right?”
”...”
Instead of replying, Arthur's eyes shifted to Veia. Whatever was happening inside of her body, and despite the great distance separating him from his target, he could see everything. It was unknown what she consumed or what was done to her, however, her cultivation was rising insanely-fast. She leap-frogged from the peak of God Realm to being a Fusion Sovereign, and it did not seem to be stopping.
”Arthur…”
Lucy nudged her husband and motionned at Cardinal Patrick. The white-robed skinny old man was, as usual, sitting in the same spot, motionless but strangely pale-faced.
'It seems to be some sort of temporary Energy Transfusion.'