A pair of dark, golden eyes shone with a starry light. Those beautiful pupils seemed to be made from the most precious gems that Davis had ever seen but were something common among the Dynastic Evernight Phantasm Spirits.
Two hands were placed on the bed as she propped herself, continuing to gaze at Davis while he did the same.
Long black hair flowed down to her waist, and some strands even lay freely on her shoulders, accentuating her purple robe. She possessed pale-gray skin like an undead, making her appear sickly pale to anyone who might glance at her.
"Thank goodness."
After a few seconds, a short sigh emerged from Nightveil's mouth as though she was deeply relieved that she didn't die.
However, Davis couldn't help but smile as he opened his mouth.
"For surviving?"
"Yes."
Nightveil's lips curled, "Mo Tian… I see. I'll continue to call you that, Wicked Spirit Hunter."
Davis's shoulders shook as she silently chuckled, shaking his head as he turned around, "You owe me yet again."
"I know. Although I don't know what kind of method you used as I could only feel your aura, I know this move of yours put yourself at extreme risk… making me suspect that I can never repay it..."
Nightveil's head lowered. What she was thinking was unknown, causing Davis to turn around again.
"Well, if it isn't for you, I might've considered doing it to further my ambitions. I'm just glad that you didn't die an unreasonable death, Nightveil. For what it's worth, I'll accept a few Dynastic Evernight Phantasm Spirit Cores."
"How many?"
"As many as you can, preferably at Immortal King Grade."
"I guess I'll have to resort to stealing from my own tribe then..."
Nightveil wryly smiled, causing Davis to chuckle as he could tell that she was cracking a joke. However, he imagined that the difficulty of obtaining these Spirit Cores would truly have to be huge. Otherwise, he knew that she wouldn't be making a face like that.
"That's a stupid move, even if you're really looking to gain through contributing to your power when you're currently in the Aurora Cloud Gate."
Abruptly, a black-robed woman appeared beside them from thin air, causing Nightveil to be startled.
Davis turned to look at Mingzhi, wondering why she jumped out of the life ring as he didn't particularly enforce a closure on them, just so he could tell Vereina that she was free to do as she pleased but would have to reap the consequences for it.
"Instead, I propose another way for you to repay the debt."
Nightveil was partly stunned that she didn't know what to say for a few moments. Could it be that he brought some of his women with him?
"Yes?"
She subconsciously asked, knowing that what Davis did for her was way more dangerous than she calculated.
Mingzhi's lips curled. She gracefully stretched her arm before pointing at herself, "Form a spirit pact with me, Nightveil. I need your power."
"…!"
Both Davis and Nightveil were stunned by Mingzhi's words. However, before they could say anything, she raised both her hands, displaying her palm upwards.
A ball of darkness manifested one on hand and space distorted on the other.
Mingzhi manifested these two different energies so seamlessly that it caused the both of them to fall into a trance before their eyes shot wide as they suddenly saw her bringing her hands together.
An icy cold wind blew past their faces as the ball of dark light rolled between them, causing them to involuntarily squint their eyes in shock. As soon as the sphere of darkness mixed with the distorting swirl of space, it abruptly caused an opposite force that began sucking the air, the heaven, and earth energy around them towards her.
What pushed their hair and clothes away began to be pulled into a swirling vortex of darkness, causing Davis to be shocked.
*Phaa!~*
The swirling vortex of darkness suddenly collapsed, causing a shockwave to spread as it caused their clothes and hair to flutter again, leaving them speechless.
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"Mingzhi, you…"
Davis's mouth was slightly agape as he looked at her prideful expression.
"As you can see, I am only a little bit away from comprehending Devouring Laws. To further my goals, I need the Dynastic Evernight Phantasm Spirit's darkness powers that are way suited to encapsulate the land and the skies in a state of evernight. Darkness is the absence of light, and due to that, darkness needs to corrupt light in order to manifest in the presence of light."
"However, your race's darkness energy isn't one that corrupts but devours light, doesn't it?"
Mingzhi leaned slightly and teasingly smiled at Nightveil, causing the latter to blink before she heaved a heavy breath.
"Accurately, it seals light and devours it, but that's pretty much the Dynastic Evernight Phantasm Spirit's darkness energy..."
Nightveil looked away as she smiled. A faint sense of defeat couldn't help but swirl in her heart, knowing that she was even weaker than this woman before her, who was supposed to have been nothing but a mortal when she ascended.
However, not only was Mingzhi's cultivation base higher than hers, but her prowess was also immeasurable, causing Nightveil to take a deep breath as she turned to look at Mingzhi, her golden eyes gleaming with starry light.
"You have a delicious aura stemming from your soul, so I suppose I am not opposed to accepting your offer."
"Hehe, that's a done deal then~"
"Not quite yet. I don't know what your man thinks about it, as forming a spirit pact isn't something that can be decided between two parties when another person is involved."
"…"
Davis became taken aback at them continuing the conversation without him.
Mingzhi appeared beside him and lightly elbowed his waist, "What are you looking at? Convince her to form a soul pact with me."
'You just want Nightveil because she looks like a cool and sexy undead…!'
Davis almost pointed at Mingzhi.