Chapter 630: Returning to the Neutral Zone (1/2)

While Darlene was feeling dejected over her concerns for a possible future where she was left behind and abandoned, a sudden hand gently rested on her head, snapping her out of her thoughts.

”Is there something you need, Leon?” Darlene asked with a startled look before doing her best to fix her expression.

Leon already had his hands full of problems to deal with. She could not bring herself to be selfish and ask Leon for his help in making her stronger.

”You've been looking a bit down lately. Why don't you tell me what's the matter?” Leon said while giving Darlene's head a gentle rub.

”Have I?” Darlene hid her emotion with a bright smile before adding, ”Hubby is just imagining things. You don't need to mind and just do what you need to do.”

”My dear, it's fine to be a bit more selfish, you know?” Leon responded, having seen through her fake smile.

He pulled Darlene up with both hands before he said, ”Come with me. I will take you to an interesting place.”

”Miss Soft Feather, I will need to trouble you to inform the others not to worry about me if they ask where I went. Tell them to focus on cultivation or help out the Desolate Crow Clan while I am absent,” Leon spoke to Soft Feather shortly after.

Soft Feather gazed at Leon hovering in front of her with Darlene in his arms before she curiously asked, ”Where are you going?”

In fact, Darlene wanted to ask the same thing, but she decided to keep quiet after Soft Feather was the first to raise the question.

”To the skies, in a place that will be perfect for Darlene to cultivate,” Leon casually answered.

Once Darlene heard this, she immediately looked at Leon with a dumb yet cute look of surprise.

”What?” Leon smiled while pinching her small nose and asked, ”You didn't think I would know that you were stressing over your own low cultivation because you couldn't do anything to help me?”

As it turns out, Leon had been paying attention to her as well. She just did not realize it. Darlene quickly became emotional.

The kinder Leon was to her, the guiltier she felt at the same time. She wanted to tell him about Chief Valencia's secret task for her to monitor him.

However, she was also afraid that Leon might not want her anymore after finding out about it and abandon her.

”I...”

Darlene found it difficult to speak as she felt choking on her own words.

Little did she know that her thinking was a little naive and the fact that Leon already knew but chose not to say anything.

”Alright, save your words for later. It won't be too late to be surprised after I bring you to the place beyond the normal skies.”

”Mmm.” Darlene nodded.

She lowered her head and rested on Leon's chest quietly while she tightened her arms around him.

”Well? Can you do this for me, Miss Soft Feather?”

”Alright, alright. You can leave already.”

After Soft Feather shooed like Leon was bothering her, he soared into the sky with Darlene.

Swoosh~!

Leon rose quickly, and within moments, he was already thousands of feet in the sky. He continued ascending with increasing speed.

Soon, they broke through the first layer of the sky...

Then comes the second layer and third layer...

Sometime later, Leon reached the end of the third sky layer, the mesosphere.

Darlene knew about the sky suppression force and found it weird that Leon could take her so high in the sky without sensing a shred of it.

At the same time, the discovery shocked her, and the view made her breathless. When would she be able to fly to such a high point on her own?

”We are reaching the end of the third sky layer. There'll be an incredibly powerful barrier obstructing entry into the fourth sky layer, but you do not have to worry with me around.”

Shortly after Leon spoke confidently, he raised one hand and summoned the power of the Nihility Law to form a protective barrier around them.

Plop!

The two shortly squeezed into the fourth sky layer, the weightless, zero-gravity neutral zone.

”Whaa—!?”

Darlene quickly exclaimed, feeling her body become light and floated away from Leon's body as he released her.

She reached her hand in a panic but failed to grab hold of Leon, causing her to cry, ”Hubby, help me!”

”Relax, this place is a zero-gravity zone. You won't fall here. Try and move around on your own,” Leon explained with a smile.

After the initial scare, Darlene quickly calmed down before she threw Leon a dirty look.

”You're too mean! You should have warned me!” Darlene pouted.