Sensing the sudden change in Ji Hongying's internal energy, Ye Ming's expression stiffened.
"Retreat!"
He pulled Nangong Qianyu and moved out of the range of Ji Hongying's expelled energy.
"What's wrong?"
Nangong Qianyu watched Ji Hongying gradually ascend into the air, her beautiful eyes wide, completely unaware of what was happening.
Bai Qiushui and Fang Junxue were also like this, quickly coming to Ye Ming's side and looking at him with confused gazes.
At this moment, Ye Ming's pupils were filled with a white glow. He stared intently at Ji Hongying, observing the flow of every trace of energy within her.
In his vision, he could clearly see two completely different forces flowing within Ji Hongying.
They were mutually hostile, mutually vigilant, and mutually probing each other.
They had reached a stalemate.
Fortunately, the two forces were different from their initial state.
After all, before, the two forces would directly fight upon meeting, unlike the gentleness now.
"Hongying! Guide it! Guide it!"
Ye Ming shouted desperately in his heart.
Only by guiding the two forces to merge could she fully awaken her own power.
But Ye Ming was completely unsure if Ji Hongying's consciousness was clear. If she still remembered what he had said before, now was the best opportunity to fuse the two forces.
Because at this moment, both sides were exhausted.
Once this golden opportunity passed and they regained their vigor, Ji Hongying's body would truly be unable to withstand their torment.
This was the only chance!
"Hongying!"
Ye Ming forcefully suppressed the urge to barge into Ji Hongying's consciousness space. At this time, external interference was the most to be avoided.
Any stimulation could cause the energy within her body to go berserk.
Besides waiting and trusting, Ye Ming was truly powerless.
"You can do it! Sister Hongying!"
Nangong Qianyu clenched her fists and prayed desperately.
Fang Junxue and Bai Qiushui also stared intently.
Finally, the energy within Ji Hongying began to move.
They were inching closer to each other.
The vigilance and hostility between them, under Ye Ming's observation, were clearly diminishing.
"Yes, that's it, don't rush, absolutely don't rush!" Ye Ming's palms were sweating, and he whispered, "Balance, maintain the balance between the two forces, do not be impatient!"
Ye Ming swore that he had never been so nervous even when he himself was breaking through.
As the two forces drew closer, they began to revolve around each other, circulating through every meridian in Ji Hongying's body, like two friends who had let go of their past grievances, playing freely.
"Good! Very good!"
Ye Ming's throat bobbed as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "Guide them to the dantian, then fuse them."
Ye Ming had already explained these words to Ji Hongying.
Now it seemed that she was using the method he taught her to control the energy within her body.
This also proved that Ji Hongying currently possessed consciousness.
Five minutes passed, and the two forces were finally drawn into Ji Hongying's dantian and intertwined, with only the last step remaining for complete fusion.
At this moment, the pure white energy born from Ye Ming's blood seemed to take the lead, tightly entwining Ji Hongying's own pink energy.
But the pink energy showed no signs of resistance; instead, it became extremely docile. It cooperated with the domineering "oppression" of the white energy, remaining intertwined.
Perhaps it was the "gentleness" of the pink energy that melted the pure white energy, as its actions seemed no longer so forceful. It gradually withdrew its dominant position, and they began to entwine each other.
Not intertwining, not wrapping, but intimately entwining.
This scene made Ye Ming, who was witnessing everything, blush uncontrollably, wondering if he was thinking of something.
"Damn it!"
His eyes widened, almost popping out of their sockets.
"What's wrong? Did something happen to Sister Hongying?" Bai Qiushui, seeing the change in Ye Ming's expression, became instantly worried.
Fang Junxue also cast a glance.
Only Nangong Qianyu lowered her head, her pretty face blushing for some reason.
Nowadays, even the energies within the body were so improper.
"Cough cough!"
"Uh! N-nothing! Hong-Hongying should be fine. I believe you'll see a completely new Ji Hongying soon."
Ye Ming cleared his throat, not daring to look directly at Fang Junxue and Bai Qiushui.
"Hmm?"
Fang Junxue always felt that Ye Ming's expression was strange, but she couldn't pinpoint why.
So, she turned her gaze to Nangong Qianyu. But upon seeing her, she was a little confused. "Why is this girl's ears so red?"
Even Fang Junxue, as smart as she was, would not have imagined that the two energies within Ji Hongying were doing something that could easily lead to wild speculation.
It made one suspect that they had developed "humanity."
Indeed, after the continuous entwinement of the two energies, they were now indistinguishable from each other, completely fused into one.
A pink and white combined aura surged out from Hongying's body. In an instant, the entire world seemed to change color, and all things at this moment exuded the aura of "life."
However, this so-called "life" aura was different from the vitality of life itself.
It was more like a biological instinct's self-transcendence.
"What... what is this power?"
Bai Qiushui felt Ji Hongying's emitted aura and, for some reason, had a peculiar feeling.
Especially when she inadvertently glanced at Ye Ming, her heart would inexplicably race.
Yes.
Her pretty face would also inexplicably turn red.
"Holy crap! No way!"
Ye Ming, perhaps thinking of something, instinctively took a step back and held his breath.
At this moment, to be honest, he was a little panicked.
If Ji Hongying had truly awakened that kind of power, then his small physique would be in trouble from now on.
"Ye... Ye Ming! This... this..."
Nangong Qianyu, who was connected to him telepathically, also grasped his guess immediately. She turned her head and stammered, her pretty face so red it looked like it could bleed.
Gulp!
Ye Ming forcefully swallowed. He gave Nangong Qianyu a look and forced a smile.
But his smile looked more like crying than anything else.
"What's wrong with you two? You seem to be hiding something from us?"
Fang Junxue had long sensed that something was wrong with their strange expressions.
"Is... is there?"
Ye Ming desperately wanted to act calm, but when he met Fang Junxue's cold gaze, he immediately wilted.
"Well, Hongying... she might have awakened a very special power!" he said weakly.
"A special power?"
Fang Junxue and Bai Qiushui exchanged glances and looked at Ye Ming again. "What?"
"Th-this..." Ye Ming scratched his head, finally gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and said in the smallest... possible voice:
"L-lust power!"