Chapter 115 Well-deserved Honor
"I'm sorry, Master Kitchen... I couldn't let you use your full strength..."
The battle barrier dissipated little by little. Liu Bai, who had a splitting headache, fell on the edge of the battle barrier and spoke palely.
After being hit, he had to trigger the teleportation again. Although the landing point this time was still within the barrier, Ying had already defeated him head-on, so the mission was directly judged as a failure.
It was this "none" punishment that made him want to curse the system. Wasn't this Mora who was obviously trying to trick him?
"No, I have already used all my strength. If your will is strong enough to withstand the lightning, it is hard to say who will win or lose."
Ying covered his numbed shoulder with one hand and shook his head in denial, while with his other hand he pinned Meng Xiang to the ground to keep his balance.
"Although I don't know how you did it, I recognize the power you just displayed, and I should give you the honor you deserve."
After a short pause, Ying stood up and spoke to Liu Bai.
She could sense that Liu Bai had no direct hostility, and as a warrior, she was happy to make friends with people with strong martial arts skills through martial arts.
"Deserved honor?"
Liu Bai, who had a splitting headache, felt a little better and immediately sat up from the ground and looked at Ying.
"Well, if you're free to come to Inazuma, I can... teach you how to cook personally."
Ying nodded and then promised Liu Bai.
"…Thank you, Master Kitchen!"
Liu Bai hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to believe that there was an error in the system, not that there was something wrong with Ying's cooking skills.
After all, she has the face of a married woman, how could she not know how to cook!
"Didi, dog host, what do you mean!"
The system popped up an unhappy message about Liu Bai's choice.
"It's all your fault, the dog system. You're always causing trouble... Also, throw that Wu away for me!"
"Didi, I won't!"
Liu Bai almost started to curse at the system.
"Don't call me that..."
Although she mustered up the courage to cook again, Ying still felt a little embarrassed when she heard Liu Bai call her "God of Cooking".
"Ok?"
At this moment, Ying felt something and immediately looked up and behind where Liu Bai was.
In Ying's sight, the pure white battle barrier had dissipated, revealing the scene outside the barrier.
Directly behind Liu Bai was the throne in the hall, which was not covered by the battle barrier.
At this moment, the Ice Queen was sitting on the throne, staring silently at the desolate Winter Palace.
The attacks of the two just now were absorbed by the battle barrier and did not spread outside the barrier, but there was nothing left inside the barrier.
"Hello, God of Winter."
Although it was the first time Ying saw the current Ice Goddess, she still greeted her.
"Hello, God of Inazuma..."
"Lerch, turn around."
The Ice Queen responded to Ying, then turned her gaze to Liu Bai who was sitting on the ground.
Liu Bai immediately turned around on the ground, raised his head and looked at the Ice Queen on the throne with innocent eyes.
"Your Majesty, I can't afford the compensation!"
After hesitating for a while, Liu Bai, who was sitting on the ground, spoke seriously.
Well, from this position you can almost see it...
“…Stand up.”
The Ice Queen was silent for a moment, then gave orders to Liu Bai.
Liu Bai had no choice but to stand up from the ground obediently, and at this time the battle barrier had completely disappeared.
Ying wanted to say something, but a strange force suddenly appeared around her, as if intending to send her back to Inazuma.
Upon seeing this, the Ice Queen hinted at Liu Bai with her eyes and used her mental power to remind him in his mind.
"…I'm sorry, Master Kitchen."
Liu Bai understood what she meant from the god's thoughts, and could only look at Ying apologetically.
“I picked this up.”
Then, Liu Bai raised his hand towards Ying.
However, Liu Bai's ability failed again, just like when he used it on Zhongli before.
The next moment, Ying disappeared from the spot and was sent back to Inazuma by the system.
“She didn’t carry the Heart of God with her.”
Having caught nothing, Liu Bai had no choice but to look back at the Ice Queen, spreading his hands and reporting with an innocent look on his face.
"I know. I don't blame you. Go have fun."
The Ice Queen waved her hand and sent Liu Bai away with some regret.
As for asking him to pay compensation... The Ice Queen was sure that even the 100 billion Mora he had just received from the Northland Bank would not be enough to pay it.
"Okay~ Goodbye, Her Majesty~ Goodbye, Little Dove!"
Liu Bai was afraid that he would have to pay compensation, so he immediately said something and turned away.
After he left, the Ice Queen looked at Columbia.
"I'm fine. I wasn't beaten to death."
Columbia's tone was a little resentful.
When these two were fighting with all their might, couldn't they have considered whether there were any onlookers nearby...
Columbia then explained what had just happened.
Because she was blocked by the battle barrier, the Ice Queen could not see what was going on inside. Before the barrier was opened, she didn't even know that the inside had been destroyed like this.
……
After leaving the Winter Palace, Liu Bai immediately opened the system interface to check his status.
[Selfless Sword Qi: Enter a state of no mind and no self, and master a set of related sword techniques]
There was no change in the description of this skill on the system interface, but Liu Bai tried to condense the sword energy and found that the sword energy seemed to become more flexible.
If it was difficult for Liu Bai to carve the desired arc with sword energy before, now he only needs to look at Nashida's portrait to carve out the exact same wood carving.
He didn't need to practice carving techniques; he just relied on the sword energy that moved according to his heart.
"It should be considered a successful awakening..."
Liu Bai muttered softly.
"Ding ding, congratulations to the host for not completing the awakening mission."
"To ensure the host's smooth awakening, please accept the following reward."
[Instantaneous realization: no effect]
[One step taken: no effect]
[Clues to Awakening: When you have this skill, the damage of "Storm" and "Ten Thousand Swords Return" will be increased by 20%. After defeating a strong enemy, "Instant Enlightenment, Step Forward, Clues to Awakening" will be replaced with new supporting skills, and the final awakening will be completed.]
The system popped up again, and Liu Bai gained three new supporting skills.
Liu Bai took a look and felt that the three new supporting skills were just average, so he ignored them, shrank his neck and decided to go home first.
"Oh, this kind of clothing...it would be embarrassing if someone saw it, right?"
“Ahhh… This posture… is so… so indecent!”
"And, why are they all my images..."
"These are enlarged, but why are there still images that look like mine now... wuu ...
Inside the house, Nashida hid under the quilt and secretly looked at the drawings.
Although the void is very intelligent, it no longer has its own consciousness and cannot judge which image is better looking among a bunch of images, so these paintings are all high-quality images that Liu Bai selected himself.
This had a great impact on Nashida's young mind.
"Girl~ I'm back!"
Just when Nashida couldn't help but want to turn to the next page, the door outside was suddenly pushed open by Liu Bai.
"ah……"
Nashida exclaimed and immediately hugged the drawings in her arms.
"I can't let him see me..."
Nashida, hiding in the quilt, thought with a red face and subconsciously held her breath.
"Girl? Where is she?"
Liu Bai walked around the house but couldn't find Nashida, and couldn't help feeling confused.
……