With disbelief written all over her face, Valerie stared blankly at the Space Ring which contained over two hundred million enlightening crystals in her hand. She covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from shouting.
"I have over two hundred million enlightening crystals?" she whispered to herself, a stunned expression on her face.
Over two hundred million enlightening crystals was definitely an astronomical figure for a disciple from a fifth-class sect like her. It would have taken her a lifetime to amass such amount of enlightening crystals.
Valerie pinched herself to make sure she was not dreaming.
Convinced that she was awake, she touched the Space Ring one last time then set it aside.
She turned to look at Austin with obvious admiration in her eyes.
His performance was remarkable, and it had made a lasting impression on her since their encounter.
Soon, the two of them stepped into the teleportation passage.
It was a portal that floated above the desert, and the teleportation power came from it.
Before they went through the portal, Austin held Valerie by the hand and pulled her close to him.
If he didn't take her hand, it would transport them to different places.
Valerie had no problem being in a close body contact with Austin. This was not the first time that he grabbed her hand since they met. Still, Valerie tried to look the other way to hide the red blush that crept on her cheeks.
A teleportation force enveloped them.
Soon, it transported them to the second floor of the tower.
They looked around them and examined the area. They saw a vast land covered with jungles and unusually tall bushes. Eerie mountains loomed in the distance.
They could hear howls from the mountains and silent growls that seemed to be near them. Many diabolic beasts inhabited this area.
Valerie tried to steady herself, overwhelmed by the invisible powerful spiritual sense.
She staggered on her feet and rubbed her temples, trying to fight off her dizziness.
"Oops! The spiritual sense is way too strong," she muttered to herself, as she tried not to panic.
On the second floor, the cultivators would be attacked by a spiritual sense twice stronger than their own spiritual senses.
Valerie was not good at spiritual sense, and the quality of her spiritual sense inferior. As a result, she could not stand the spiritual sense attack on her own.
Austin on the other hand, was in full control.
He ordered the spiritual tree in his Soul Sea to release a power, strong enough to repel all the spiritual sense which was coming at him.
He then turned to check on Valerie. He saw that her face had turned pale as she was struggling to fight through her spiritual sense. Quickly, he unleashed his spiritual sense and covered her to protect her from the spiritual sense attack.
Valerie felt that all the pressure was instantly gone.
"Thank you," she said gratefully as she looked at Austin.
She knew that Austin was helping her.
"Let's get going,"
Austin said as he dashed forward.
Valerie followed him, feeling more confident. She knew Austin was going to protect her.
As they advanced forward, Austin released his spiritual sense to prevent her from any future spiritual sense attack. He would check on her from time to time, making sure she was safe.
Since her spiritual sense was weak, the spiritual sense that came after her was not strong.
Austin had no difficulty saving her from her spiritual sense attack.
As the two of them continued to move forward, a strong wind blew on their faces.
It seemed to have come from the woods.
"Growl!"
A dozen huge beasts rushed out of the woods.
They were tigers with immense wings that carried them into the air. Their body was covered in silver fur that glittered in sunlight.
Austin recognized these diabolic beasts immediately. They were silver tiger, and they were as strong as cultivators at the preliminary stage of Bitter Sea Realm.
The beasts growled ferociously.
With their eyes fixed on Austin and Valerie, they soared closer to them slowly. Thrill and hunger reflected in their eyes. They were glad to have found their prey.
"There you are. You messed with the wrong person," Austin bellowed at the beasts.
He flexed his back and rushed towards the silver tigers by activating the bodily movement skill that he had come up with. He was so fast that Valerie could only see a shadow shuffling through the beasts.
Austin channeled his physical strength onto his fist and threw punches at his targets.
Before long, he had crushed all the silver tigers to death.
To his surprise, a dozen first-grade superior herbs dropped in front of him.
'I see. Our task is to hunt down diabolic beasts on the second floor.
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