Chapter 179: Ling Luochen's Inner Struggle

Although that was said.

Ling Luochen still felt it was too fast; she couldn't convince herself for a moment.

This was like going shopping and finding a luxury item that you liked very much but was also very expensive.

Unless your family had a mine, most people would go through a psychological struggle, constantly finding excuses and reasons between buying and not buying.

Eventually, the side with the most excuses would win, and they would make the decision with peace of mind.

At this moment, Ling Luochen had this kind of thought in her heart.

【Do I really need Ultimate Ice?】

【It seems so; if I take this out to show off, I will definitely be envied by countless people.】

【Do I really need such powerful strength?】

【Isn't that nonsense? Who doesn't want to be strong? Otherwise, why join the Inner Court?】

【Do I really want to share a man with Ma Xiaotao...】

Ling Luochen hesitated.

Actually, she knew that she had a great liking for Bai Zhou, otherwise she wouldn't have tolerated Bai Zhou pinching her pp just now...

And last time, Bai Zhou...

She actually had the thought of snatching Bai Zhou away from Ma Xiaotao and monopolizing him.

But this was clearly impossible.

Of course, what she really couldn't understand was why Ma Xiaotao wanted to share Bai Zhou with her...

After all, she could see that Ma Xiaotao really liked Bai Zhou.

But what Ma Xiaotao said to her before seemed to be sincere.

She couldn't guess what reason made Ma Xiaotao make this decision.

Was it because she was Ma Xiaotao's best friend? This clearly didn't make sense.

Then what was the reason? Could it be that Bai Zhou was "abusing" Ma Xiaotao at home? That didn't seem very likely; although Bai Zhou was a bit bad, he was also very gentle and would definitely not do something like domestic violence.

It couldn't be that Bai Zhou's "needs" were too high and Ma Xiaotao couldn't take it...? Even a dog wouldn't believe such a bizarre reason.

Ling Luochen's thoughts flew wildly, her face changing constantly—sometimes pale, sometimes crimson—but she just couldn't make up her mind.

Until...

"Boom—"

Half an hour later.

An incomparably terrifying, scorching aura suddenly erupted from Ma Xiaotao's body.

"Li—"

A fire phoenix with golden-red feathers all over its body slowly rose behind Ma Xiaotao, letting out a sharp cry.

The powerful Ultimate Fire aura swept through the entire training ground, almost soaring into the sky.

Fortunately, Bai Zhou had made full preparations; all the soul tools that isolated the aura were outputting at full power, and Bai Zhou's spiritual power was also rapidly consumed, blocking the eruption of this aura with all his might.

After a dozen breaths.

The fire phoenix finally quieted down.

Ma Xiaotao slowly opened her eyes...

In those beautiful peach-blossom eyes of hers, there seemed to be a golden-red flame slowly burning, looking extremely gorgeous.

"Sister Xiao Tao, congratulations."

Seeing this scene, Bai Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to congratulate her with a smile.

Looking at Ma Xiaotao like this, it was clear that the evolution was successful, and her soul power level had also been raised to level 70. After obtaining a soul ring, she would be able to reach level 71, which could be called a double blessing.

"Little White! Thank you~"

Ma Xiaotao was slightly stunned, then threw herself directly onto Bai Zhou, ignoring Ling Luochen's presence nearby, and pressed her lips against Bai Zhou's.

"Mmm..."

Bai Zhou's eyes widened slightly, a bit caught off guard.

But feeling the warmth at his lips, he also gently wrapped his arms around Ma Xiaotao's slender waist and savored it carefully.

"These two guys..." Seeing this scene, Ling Luochen felt a strange sourness in her heart.

"If I had met Bai Zhou earlier than Ma Xiaotao, the one doing this with Bai Zhou now should be me, and the one evolving into Ultimate Ice might also be me..."

Ling Luochen gently pursed her red lips, and the difficult choice in her heart seemed to be constantly shifting toward a certain direction...

Because she could feel that although Ma Xiaotao had only advanced by 1 level, her strength had definitely skyrocketed to another level.

If Ma Xiaotao could advance to Soul Saint, her combat power might reach the level of the Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan...

"Mmm..."

A few minutes later, the two slowly separated.

Ma Xiaotao originally wanted to continue, but feeling the hoof moving behind her, she ultimately chose to end it.

After all, Ling Luochen was still nearby.

It wouldn't be good if she saw some strange scenes.

"Sister Xiao Tao, the shortcomings of your Phoenix Evil Fire should have been made up for, right?"

Bai Zhou asked with a smile.

He had just felt it and indeed did not detect any evil fire in Ma Xiaotao's body; clearly, his conjecture was correct.

"Hmm~ I don't have to worry about the evil fire problem anymore~" Ma Xiaotao nodded heavily, clearly very happy.

"Then doesn't that mean you won't need me to help you suppress the evil fire in the future..." Bai Zhou feigned regret.

"Whether you are helping me or I am helping you, don't you have any idea in your heart!" Ma Xiaotao pinched Bai Zhou hard, her eyes full of resentment.

Helping to solve the evil fire was purely an excuse.

Even without the evil fire, wasn't this guy Bai Zhou still pinning her down...

"Haha, don't worry about these details. Sister Xiao Tao, you should adapt for a few days. I just happened to reach level 60 too; in a few days, let's go to the Star Dou Great Forest together to hunt soul beasts."

Bai Zhou laughed and quickly changed the subject.

"Wha... what!! Little White, you're level sixty????" Before Ma Xiaotao could speak, Ling Luochen's exclamation came from behind.

"Wait! Little White, when did you reach level sixty? Didn't you just tell me last time that you reached Soul King???"

Ma Xiaotao was also a bit dumbfounded at this moment.

Not long ago, Bai Zhou told her that he had advanced to Soul King.

How long had it been, and he had actually reached Soul Emperor!

Even after she consumed the Fire Spirit Bead, her advancement speed wasn't as crazy as Bai Zhou's! "Ahem, I was lucky and got some opportunities. The Blazing Gel I gave you, Sister Xiao Tao, was one of my gains this time." Bai Zhou coughed dryly and didn't explain too much.

Especially places like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which must not be revealed at all.

"That's great, let's go together in a few days. Last time you asked your teacher for help, this time I'll ask my teacher~"

Ma Xiaotao didn't ask much, but arranged for the subsequent acquisition of soul rings.

Last time, she felt that not only did she not help Bai Zhou, but she also held him back, so this time she planned to ask her teacher to come forward to make it up to Bai Zhou.

After all, Bai Zhou's teacher, Xian Lin'er, was also very busy; she couldn't let the other party come out twice.

On the contrary, her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, was bored to death every day, drinking tea and playing chess, with nothing to do. She felt it was time to find something for Yan Shaozhe to do.

"No need to trouble Dean Yan. After all, Dean Yan is so busy. Sister Xiao Tao, you are now an Ultimate Fire Phoenix Martial Soul anyway; it's more than enough for us to join forces to kill a seven or eighty-thousand-year soul beast."

Bai Zhou shook his head gently, looking confident.

He was still being modest when he said this.

His combat power alone was comparable to a Titled Douluo; as long as it wasn't a Fierce Beast, he basically killed everything easily.

He really didn't need Yan Shaozhe.

Besides, if Yan Shaozhe followed, wouldn't that affect him and Ma Xiaotao...

"Ah, this... seems to be true..."

Ma Xiaotao opened her mouth, although she felt what Bai Zhou said made a lot of sense.

To be honest, although she was only level 70 now, she couldn't wait to try it out. Without the worries of the evil fire, she wanted to see to what extent she could explode with full power.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 180 =====