âArgh!â
Ynes, whose flesh had been lacerated by the explosion, screamed in horror. After her hair became
scattered, the roots planted with black smoke, her fingers that had come in contact with the huge
golden cocoon were also pitch-black and were still numb now.
âMy hand!â
âMy hair! Oh my god!â
Currently, the first beauty of the Western Ridge looked as wretched as a grilled duck. The Mystic
Maiden of the Nine Heavens said, âHeâs now in the critical period of merging with the divine bone. Donât
touch him. This is going to take some time, at least three to five days. Letâs deal with this shark first.
Although itâs smaller than before, we canât possibly cross the Endless Sea unless we do so.â
Ynes complained helplessly in her heart. âThe Endless Sea is boundless, yet you guys want to cross it?
Are you guys not afraid of death?â
âYou donât have to go with us if you donât want to, but youâll regret it for sure,â replied Mystic Maiden.
Ynes glanced in the direction of the continent and said faintly, âThe world is so vast, yet I donât feel at
home in this world. If I donât follow you guys, where else can I go?â
After a pause, she continued, âSis, do you fancy Alex Rockefeller?â
Mystic Maiden was speechless.
***
Mystic Maiden had initially thought that Alex would end his seclusion and emerge from his cocoon after
seven days at most. However, she had to wait for a total of ten days.
Crack! Crack!
At this moment, the luster on the huge golden cocoon no longer had the original brilliance, leaving
behind what seemed like solidified golden residue. As all the light retracted, it emitted a sound like a
cracking egg.
Bam!
As the golden eggshell shattered, a hand reached out first. Then, an entire person broke out of the egg.
It was Alex Rockefeller!
After ten days of seclusion, he felt his body had undergone a complete change. All the bone in his body
had a kind of golden luster, and there were also those active tadpole-like ciphers circulating on them.
Although he did not actually test it, he knew that his defense had definitely improved significantly.
His strength, speed, and purity of the Chi all over his body had greatly improved.
âNow, my internal organs are covered with a golden luster. The ciphers contained in Ymirâs Divine Bone
continue transforming my body as if refining my flesh!â
Alex stepped out of the eggshell and touched his face, quickly realizing that he felt extremely
uncomfortable. Not only his face but a hard shell layer also seemed to have wrapped all over his body.
This was because, when his body merged with Ymirâs Divine Bone, a lot of waste and impurities were
forced out of his body. Some blood and bones of inferior quality were even removed from his body,
forming a thick layer of flesh and blood scabs on the bodyâs surface.
âHow uncomfortable!â
âIâll go shower first!â
He didnât see Mystic Maiden nor Ynes, but he saw the stoneâs inscribed message on the ground. So,
he knew that Mystic Maiden and Ynes had returned inside the previous spell formation.
Now, the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation still covered the entire range of the ancient
city of Atlantis and him. Of course, this was because Mystic Maiden feared that Alex would encounter
peril here once the spell formationâs range was reduced.
Alex rushed out of the spell formation and fell into the water. Little by little, he cleaned off the blood
scabs on his body.
When he was taking a shower, he discovered a problem. His clothes looked broad for some unknown
reason, especially the waistband of his pants that looked much thicker. When he looked carefully at his
hands, he gaspedâ¦
âThese hands. Are these my hands?â
âThey are too small, right?â
Alex looked at his hands in disbelief as they were two sizes smaller than his normal hands.
Then, he hurriedly looked at his feet, legs, and especially the crotchâ¦
Oh gosh!
No wonder he felt that the pants were big.