A ripple of energy appeared around Cici's body.
Then.
[A tearing sound] "Puchi!"
Five pairs of blood wings, tinged with noble purple, sprouted from Cici's back. Naturally, her clothes couldn't withstand the transformation and were shredded to pieces.
Although they'd just spent two hours "battling," seeing Cici's figure—which was no less impressive than Joy's—Landon Lu felt his inner fire reignite. Under his gaze, Cici's cheeks quickly flushed red.
Taking a deep breath, Landon Lu suppressed his inner desires and sternly scolded, "Focus on your cultivation! No distractions!"
Cici trembled slightly, the blush fading from her face. Then her cultivation began to rise again.
Breaking through to early duke was just the beginning. After devouring a mid-prince heart core, at worst she should reach late duke.
Sure enough, Cici's cultivation continued to rise steadily.
For a moment, Landon Lu was puzzled—why hadn't Cici's cultivation changed at all during those two hours? Little did he know, while he was with Joy next door, Cici had stopped cultivating and spent those two hours eavesdropping through the wall.
She hadn't cultivated for two hours—how could she possibly break through?
Landon Lu, distracted by negative emotions, failed to sense that someone was listening in.
An hour later.
The energy around Cici surged again, and her cultivation broke through to mid duke.
Two hours later, Cici broke through once more—reaching late duke.
For a moment, Landon Lu envied the way vampires upgraded.
He remembered that he'd once drawn a vampire bloodline in the lottery; if he fused it, he could become a vampire instantly. But since vampires need to drink blood, he rejected the idea.
Collecting his thoughts, Landon Lu continued to watch Cici.
After reaching late duke, the energy from the prince heart core inside her wasn't exhausted, so she kept pushing toward prince realm.
Just then, Joy—now fully dressed—came over, affectionately hugging Landon Lu's arm and asking, "Master, can Cici really break through to prince realm?"
A prince's wings are supposed to be purple, aren't they? Why are Cici's wings dark gold?
Landon Lu was puzzled. He activated the Omniversal God-Eye and looked at Cici. Soon, new information appeared in his mind: Mutants among the Vampire Clan possess the divine ability to freely travel through space.
Greetings, Master!
Just then, Cici rose and bowed to Landon Lu.
Looking at the six pairs of dark-gold wings behind Cici, Landon Lu was delighted. The ability to freely traverse the void was an incredibly powerful skill.
Put your clothes on first!
Yes!
Once Cici was dressed, Landon Lu took her and Joy into the Divine Temple space.
Half an hour later, Landon Lu led them out again.
During that half hour, he sparred with Cici several times—and lost every match. Her void-shuttling skill was simply too overwhelming; her attacks were impossible to defend against.
He even believed that, even at his peak, Mason Hu might not be able to defeat Cici.
No wonder her evolution required so much energy.
For a moment, he looked at Joy. He remembered hearing that Mason Hu once said both Cici and Joy had special constitutions. Now that Cici's constitution had manifested, would Joy also mutate when she reached prince realm?
Thinking of this, he brought Joy into the Divine Temple and ordered her to start her breakthrough by consuming earl heart cores.
After swallowing and refining eight earl heart cores, Joy's cultivation reached only the peak of mid duke. So Landon Lu simply gave her all the remaining fifty-plus earl heart cores.
After consuming two more earl heart cores, Joy advanced to late duke.
But what happened next disappointed Landon Lu: even after consuming all the earl heart cores, Joy's realm still stayed at the peak of late duke.
Master, am I really useless? Please punish me!
Joy crawled pitifully to Landon Lu, her eyes brimming with tears.
You really are useless, after consuming so many...! Landon Lu cut himself off, suddenly realizing he'd overlooked something: he'd drawn a vampire bloodline before, but never fused it himself.
Since he couldn't use that bloodline, why not give it to Joy?
With a thought, a blood bead radiating cold, evil energy appeared in his hand.
Open your mouth! he ordered Joy.
Instinctively, Joy opened her mouth.
With a flick of his finger, the blood bead flew into Joy's mouth, slid down her throat, and entered her body.
Immediately, the power of the bloodline exploded. Joy roared uncontrollably as five pairs of wings burst from her back and her aura soared.
Finally, her aura peaked.
Boom!
Another pair of wings sprouted from her back.
Prince realm!
Seeing this, Landon Lu laughed with joy.
But to his surprise, after reaching prince realm, Joy showed no sign of stopping—her aura kept climbing.
Could she really advance to emperor? Landon Lu was both shocked and amazed. If Joy truly reached emperor realm, he would gain a tremendous ally.