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"...I don't know what your age or appearance has to do with anything, but objectively speaking, you are likely the prettiest woman I have ever met. In addition, they say women age like fine wine, and I wasn't able to understand what that saying meant until I met you."
Azmodeus started to speak his mind without any filters, as he didn't really understand how the conversation had led to this point, especially when considering that all he wanted was her…-
-Her knowledge…
"Anyway, do you accept the deal? 'You' in exchange for massive quantities of Heaven Rank Pills at 95% off."
He voiced his question while backing away from the frazzled beauty, as he sat down in his chair, continuing to look up at the moon.
And in his previous location, he left a dumbfounded woman who, for the first time in many, many years, became flustered.
Does he have no idea what bold, flirtatious words he just said to me…? Is this really the man that Yang Hua fell in love with??
Bing Nu Shen let out a short breath of hot air as she calmed her nerves before thinking over the Crimson Devil Lord's words.
And after a second of contemplation, she turned her face up toward the relaxed man and said, "You meant 'You' as in something I have in me, didn't you…?"
"...Yes, I did. Why? What had you assumed I meant?"
Azmodeus's response came out in a puzzled tone, as he didn't know why he was asked such an odd question.
Wait… Did this woman think I meant…?
He figured out what was happening here, as he wore a mildly amused grin and looked toward the woman who was acting like nothing had happened.
"..." Bing Nu Shen observed that look in his eyes and immediately knew that she had been found out, as she attempted to change the conversation by saying, "I agree to your proposal. Now what exactly is it that you want from me personally?"
Azmodeus knew what she was doing but decided to save the woman some face, as he replied, "I only want two things from you. One: I wish to know about how to break the world barrier, and two: I want to know what happened to a man you had certain relations with a few thousand years ago."
"The World Barrier?? Why would you wish to know about how to break something like that?"
Bing Nu Shen already knew the answer to her own question, but she wished to hear it directly from his ears.
And she got such words in no time at all, as he responded, "Is it not obvious?... I want to shatter the barrier and see how much further I can go in a world outside."
Azmodeus's eyes seemed to contain a number of hidden emotions, as he wanted to see what lay beyond the place he had been stuck in for the past 150 years!
Bing Nu Shen saw that look in his eyes—that same look those two gave her all those years ago.
Such a sight made her reminisce, as she sat her soft hilltops down on a chair adjacent to the Crimson Devil Lord and softly murmured, "I wish to help you in the first matter, but to do that, I would need to possess strength in the Lunar Ascendancy Realm, and I-"
"Don't worry about that," Azmodeus interjected.
"???"
He saw the confusion present in her dazzling black eyes as he continued, "I possess the necessary strength."
"You do!?"
For the first time in an extremely long time, Bing Nu Shen yelled as she looked at the Crimson Devil Lord with a skeptical expression.
"You don't need to be so doubtful of my words. Just look here."
Azmodeus's words resounded as he stuck a finger in the air before letting loose a tiny white flame.
However, don't be deceived by the size of this flame, for if this thing were ever to touch the ground below, let's just say that the Mainland would be no more, and a section of the Boundless Archipelago would disappear from the face of the planet, leaving behind a deep, insurmountable pit whose edges would stretch on for longer than the eye could see…
"!!!" Bing Nu Shen looked at the amount of power contained within that seemingly harmless white flame, as that was all the confirmation she needed in order for her to stutter, "T-That's enough…"
*Whip…*
The flame was quenched out with the clenching of Azmodeus's palm as he looked toward the half naked woman, waiting for her to say something.
And she eventually did, as she let out an exasperated sigh before narrating everything that she knew about the World Barrier.
"So you're saying I need to wait…?"
Azmodeus's mildly disappointed voice dripped into the ears of the gorgeous woman, who was still reeling in from the amount of power she just witnessed.
However, she quickly snapped out of her reverie at the Crimson Devil Lord's question, as she replied, "Yes, in order to shatter the world barrier for a brief period of time, you first need to wait until the beings living outside our world commence something called the 'Astral Leap'.
And as I've said before, the Astral Leap is a way out of this world, but it's also a test set up by those from the world beyond. It's because of this fact that you need to possess 1st Stage Lunar Ascendancy Realm strength in order to pass the test, shatter the barrier, and make the Astral Leap.
However, it is, of course, better that you display more strength than the minimum requirement. But that's easier said than done when everyone is limited to the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm like I am…"
Bing Nu Shen's aura became a little melancholic upon remembering the limits that were set on all of them, as the only time she recalled anyone making the Astral Leap was when those two attempted it nearly 150 years ago.
And even then, they were the only ones to succeed within the past 30 thousand years!
However, it was today that the Ice Goddess Sect Leader met another potential person capable of passing the Astral Leap Test...
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