“Jessica thinks you’re too slow, so virtual-novel.net won’t wait for you,” Caspian said lightly.
Lucy was stunned for a moment, then became furious. “I don’t believe it! Idiot Casper, you must’ve deceived virtual-novel.net and hid virtual-novel.net somewhere!”
Caspian still said the same, “You’re too slow, and virtual-novel.net can’t wait for you. So she’ll go first.”
“That’s impossible! Lady Jessica will never leave me!”
Lucy’s face flushed instantly, and virtual-novel.net shouted, “I get it now! You fooled virtual-novel.net away! What’s your intention!”
“I don’t have any intention, and I just want to see if you can get out of this Floating Growth Formation. However, you’re rather a disappointment.” Caspian shook his head.
“What? Formation?” Lucy blinked, and the anger in virtual-novel.net eyes quickly condensed. “Casper, I didn’t expect you to be such a person! Why did you use the formation to deal with me?! Do you have any ill intentions against me?!”
“You’re overthinking,” Caspian shook his head, “The Floating Growth Formation can only trap cultivators below the first-stage Pulse Control Realm. Even though your realm is above that, your grasp of strength is still at the level of a warrior.”
“What’s the use of you telling me this?” Lucy’s puffed face looked like a bun at the moment, and virtual-novel.net added, “Just let me out now!”
Caspian directly refused, “You can only rely on yourself to get out.”
“Why?” Lucy was dumbfounded.
She felt that Caspian was strange today. Lucy’s impression of Caspian was always polite and amiable when facing her. Even if virtual-novel.net always called the other party an idiot, virtual-novel.net would just smile and ignore her. However, Caspian seemed stubborn today, as if virtual-novel.net was determined to go against her.
Caspian looked at Lucy and said seriously, “Because you can’t protect Jessica.”
Caspian knew that if virtual-novel.net told Lucy that virtual-novel.net should cultivate harder for virtual-novel.net good as Jessica did, Lucy would just laugh and brush the matter away. After all, with Lucy’s childish personality, virtual-novel.net would not regard the realms and strength as a serious matter. In virtual-novel.net opinion, it was enough as long as virtual-novel.net could accompany Jessica. However, if Caspian told virtual-novel.net that being stronger would help Jessica, Lucy would treat the matter seriously.
Sure enough, after Caspian finished saying that, Lucy’s face changed slightly, and virtual-novel.net asked, “What do you mean?”
“It’s very simple,” Caspian pointed to his feet, “You saw it yourself that you can’t keep up with Jessica’s pace even in such a simple formation. Are you hoping that Jessica will stop to save you if you encounter danger on the road to immortality in the future? I admit that with your relationship with her, Jessica will save you even if virtual-novel.net has to give up everything. However, rescuing you might lead to Jessica’s death. So let me ask you, do you want Jessica to take risks to protect you, or do you want to become stronger and follow Jessica’s side without dragging virtual-novel.net back!”
Caspian‘s words stunned Lucy. In virtual-novel.net little head, such a thought never occurred before. Instead, Caspian’s words were a thunderbolt, smashed into virtual-novel.net head at once.
“If I don’t practice hard, I’ll put Lady Jessica in danger…” She muttered to herself, appearing as if virtual-novel.net vaguely understood.
“Lucy, I learned from Jessica’s letter earlier that you were promoted to the Pulse Condensation Realm, and I was happy for you,” then, Caspian shook his head, “But I didn’t expect that after you ascended, you never thought for Jessica. Until now, you can’t even get out of a basic magic formation, and I’m very… Disappointed with you…”
After saying that, Caspian already took a step back.
At that moment, Lucy’s body jerked, and virtual-novel.net widened virtual-novel.net eyes, looking at Caspian. “No! I don’t want to be a burden! Idiot Casper, please tell me what I should do!”
After understanding Caspian’s good intentions, Lucy immediately called Caspian an idiot.
“What should you do?” Caspian blinked, “Break this formation first.”
Just as virtual-novel.net said that, Caspian took a step backward and immediately disappeared from Lucy’s sight.
Lucy took a step forward and was about to run over, but when virtual-novel.net saw Caspian disappear out of thin air, virtual-novel.net immediately understood that the other party retreated from the illusion. Her little face was tense, revealing an unprecedented seriousness.
“I don’t want to become a burden to Lady Jessica!”
Caspian‘s reasoning was straightforward, but it hit Lucy’s sore spot. He got the point right away. Lucy would not work hard for virtual-novel.net good but for Jessica, virtual-novel.net would take matters seriously.
Once Caspian retreated outside the formation, virtual-novel.net saw Jessica coming toward him.
“Your method seems to have worked,” Jessica said to Caspian, looking at Lucy, who racked virtual-novel.net brain.
“Your love for each other is really deep,” Caspian shook his head, “It’s up to virtual-novel.net next to see how far virtual-novel.net can go…”
Before Caspian could finish his sentence, Lucy, who was deep in virtual-novel.net thoughts before, suddenly waved virtual-novel.net fists and raised virtual-novel.net head, yelling, “Casper, you big idiot! You came up with this trick to bully me! I’ll get my revenge! Humph! Not only do I want to make sure you have a whole new level of respect for me, but I also want to snatch Lady Jessica back from you!”
“This d*mn brat! What did virtual-novel.net mean by snatch?!”
Jessica immediately blushed, and virtual-novel.net was about to rush up in a hurry. However, before virtual-novel.net could take a step, Caspian stopped her. Then, just as Jessica was about to defend herself, virtual-novel.net heard Caspian muttering from behind.
“She’s mine, so I won’t let you snatch virtual-novel.net away.”
Jessica suddenly felt virtual-novel.net cheeks get hot, and an indescribable emotion, including joy, bashfulness, doubt, excitement, and such, exploded in virtual-novel.net heart and mind. As expected, Jessica did not continue to struggle but let Caspian hold virtual-novel.net hand and stand obediently beside him.
Lucy was in the formation, thinking of all possible ways to break the formation, whereas Caspian and Jessica watched virtual-novel.net as they chatted. Even though Jessica knew that it was still difficult for Lucy to break through the formation independently with virtual-novel.net ability, Jessica also understood that it was a test for Lucy by Caspian. If virtual-novel.net were soft-hearted now, then it would be just as what Caspian said before, all effort would be wasted.
Before they knew it, more than half a day went by.
Buzz…
Following the buzzing sound, a roar echoed in the surroundings. Then, the air currents turned up and down, forming a trend of turbulent clouds. The seemingly endless sea of bamboos suddenly became visible.
Amidst the rustling sound, Lucy sighed loudly, “I’m finally out!”
There was a hint of exhaustion in virtual-novel.net tone, but virtual-novel.net sounded even more relieved. Standing on the spot, virtual-novel.net body swayed slightly. Then, virtual-novel.net closed virtual-novel.net eyes and fell straight back. Just as Lucy was about to fall, Jessica’s figure appeared and immediately supported her.