Lin Jingge then realized the seriousness of the situation. Valuing her life, she was about to abandon her sword and dodge the palm strike.

However, she was so overwhelmed by the other party's pressure that she was completely unable to move.

He slapped her on the shoulder, sending her flying.

The familiar force and the familiar way it crashed into the tree almost made Lin Jingge think that the other party was deliberately toying with her.

No, this is downright ridiculous!

Lin Jingge coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The man in red teleported in front of Lin Jingge.

I don't know what he was thinking, but he actually reached out to help Lin Jingge up.

Looking at the hand stretched out in front of her, Lin Jingge felt only irony.

He was the one who hit someone, and he's also the one who should be judged by skin color.

What, is the rule of conduct like giving a slap and then a candy still in effect in this other world?!

"Gege, let's be patient and things will be fine!" Xiao Shi quickly said when he learned that Lin Jingge was about to shake off the other person's hand.

It clung tightly to the pillar in the warehouse, while simultaneously advising Lin Jingge to be patient.

This made Lin Jingge want to say two words to Xiao Shi: You come here!

However, Lin Jingge eventually succumbed to the other party's lewdness, placing her hand on his outstretched palm, which was as white as jade. The man then pulled her up and into his arms.

After analyzing the situation for a while, perhaps realizing that the man wouldn't kill Lin Jingge, Xiao Shi became more composed and less nervous than before.

And now they're even gossiping about it, complaining as they go: "Gege, I think he's just after your beauty! He's just lusting after your looks!"

Lin Jingge: ...? What the hell is this?

She could understand each word individually, but why couldn't Lin Jingge understand it when they were put together?

The man in red had simply used too much force; he had no intention of taking advantage of Lin Jingge.

But when she fell into his arms, and he subconsciously wrapped his arms around Lin Jingge's slender waist, that familiar feeling from before instantly returned.

It wasn't that Lin Jingge gave him a sense of familiarity, but rather that Lin Jingge carried his aura!

He was 100% certain that this aura wasn't from the one he had touched last time!

"Who are you?!" He shoved Lin Jingge away abruptly.

This force was considerable, even greater than before.

Lin Jingge bumped into the giant tree again, her head buzzing.

Before she fainted, all she could say was: I *.

Upon discovering that Lin Jingge had been knocked unconscious, Xiao Shi, who was inside the space, immediately became tense and instinctively tried to rush out of the space.

But at the last moment, it stopped.

It gazes out at the scene from within the space.

The man in red who went up to check on Lin Jingge suddenly felt like he was being spied on, and looked up as if he sensed something.

Despite the space separating them, Xiao Shi's eyes met the other person's.

Xiao Shi was immediately terrified and his hair stood on end.

If the man in red hadn't looked away the next second, Xiao Shi would have thought that the other party had discovered it!

Then the man in red was seen carrying Lin Jingge away in his arms.

Xiao Shi ultimately did not leave the space. He kept observing the man in red the whole way, fearing that the man might kill Lin Jingge if he suddenly became unpredictable.

Outside of space.

The man in red carried Lin Jingge back to the cave they had visited before.

The cave was still pitch black, with flames flickering around him. Unlike before, these flames didn't feel hot.

Several flames obediently landed in different corners of the cave, illuminating it brightly.

Xiao Shi silently watched the scene before it. Only after seeing the man in red put Lin Jingge down and make no other moves did it feel at ease and begin to search for information about the flames.

There's no other reason than that these flames were simply too eerie.

He had never seen such obedient flames before, as if each flame had its own consciousness, which was fundamentally different from the flames of those fire-type spiritual cultivators.

...

When Lin Jingge woke up, it was already completely dark outside.

There was no one left in the cave, but the few flames that provided illumination still stood firm in their posts.

Lin Jingge sat up from the ground.

Having broken through to the Great Spirit Master level, his body, tempered by the lightning tribulation, was truly formidable. He hadn't been lying down for long, yet the pain from his injuries had already lessened.

She covered the spot where she had been hit again and coughed softly a few times.

Xiao Shi quickly came out of the space and pounced on Lin Jingge.

"Gege, that pretty boy has been gone for a while, let's run!" At this moment, Xiaoshi didn't care about Lin Jingge's injuries. Because it knew that Lin Jingge only had minor flesh wounds, and running away was the most important thing right now.

Clearly, Lin Jingge and Xiao Shi shared the same idea.

However, before it could be implemented, Xiao Shi suffered a terrible fate at the beginning.

[Aaaaaah—!]

"Trying to run?" The red-clad man, who had teleported from the cave entrance, grabbed Xiao Shi while Lin Jingge and Xiao Shi weren't paying attention. "Ha, got you?"

Xiao Shi: ...

I'm so frustrated I could cry. So why did it even ask? Couldn't it have just communicated with its friend Gege in the space?!

For a moment, the man's interest in Xiao Shi surpassed his exploration of the familiarity he felt towards Lin Jingge.

"Huh...?" The man used some method, and with his other hand, he pierced through Xiaoshi's entire head.

"Ahhh, I knew he wanted to dismember me for research!" Xiao Shi screamed in terror.

It only made one sound. Then it immediately stopped making a sound.

Previously, Lin Shu could see it, catch it, and hear it speak. Does that mean the person in front of him can also...?

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi stopped screaming and looked at the man in red with her cat eyes.

They met each other's probing gazes.

Seeing the mockery in the other person's eyes, Xiao Shi knew he had guessed correctly without needing to say more.

Xiao Shi was originally planning to lie down and let himself be, but the other party somehow figured out some secret and actually started absorbing the energy that was running through it!

All this energy is accumulated little by little!

You can knead it, or you can dismember it. Xiao Shi felt he could tolerate it, but the other party touching its energy was intolerable!

Xiao Shi immediately burst out.

[Ahhh, Gege, help! Someone is killing the cat!] Xiao Shi struggled with all its might, desperately trying to pounce on Lin Jingge.

Lin Jingge pursed her lips and quickly rescued Xiao Shi from the other party's grasp.

The man in red did not get angry even after Xiaoshi was taken away.

In the past, Xiao Shi would have immediately retreated into the spatial dimension after being rescued. But this time, instead of doing so, Xiao Shi nestled pitifully in Lin Jingge's arms: "Gege, it stole all the energy I had saved up!"

Xiao Shi immediately felt wronged and tugged at Lin Jinge's clothes, burying her head in her hands.

Lin Jingge patted Xiao Shi's cat head reassuringly, then looked up to discuss the matter with the man in red.