106: A hasty and confused confession—I guess it counts as a confession?
After listening to Su Chen's explanation of the specific steps, Xia Weiyu understood it clearly and gave it a try.
Finally, her hair turned a silvery-blue color, signifying that she had entered the God King Body mode.
"Is the spiritual energy consumption high?"
"I can't feel any spiritual energy consumption."
Su Chen suspected he had misheard:
"You can't feel... spiritual energy consumption?"
With a shift in her consciousness, Xia Weiyu reverted to her normal form, then entered the Water God-King Body mode once again.
She switched back and forth several times, trying to exhaust her spiritual energy, but it was proving to be a bit difficult.
She truly couldn't feel much spiritual energy being consumed; it was even less than when she used the Water Iron Bullet before.
At this moment, Su Chen finally understood why Xia Weiyu could become an Empress in her past life and take on two worlds single-handedly.
It was likely because of that mysterious Water Orb.
Setting everything else aside, just the Water God-King Body alone was incredible.
In this mode, her body was almost entirely elementalized, making her immune to physical attacks and only vulnerable to certain specific spells.
The fact that Xia Weiyu could use it so effortlessly meant that her current spiritual energy capacity was immense—so large that this amount of consumption was negligible!
He had tried this move himself, but the God King Body consumed a vast amount of spiritual energy, and his current internal capacity simply wasn't enough to manifest it.
Entering the God King Body required a massive initial burst of spiritual energy, followed by continuous consumption every second.
If his total spiritual energy capacity was 1, but the God King Body consumed 2 per second, then even if he knew the technique and had infinite recovery, he still wouldn't be able to use it.
If it hadn't been for the issue of his total spiritual energy capacity, he wouldn't have had his two passives shattered by that Cult Leader back then and been forced to bide his time.
Xia Weiyu was truly powerful now, and her strength had increased by more than just a little, purely based on this Water God-King Body technique.
She was already invincible against anyone below the Third Rank; you could hit her while she just stood there, and you still wouldn't be able to kill her.
As expected, he still needed to work hard, otherwise... he would have to worry about being left behind by the Empress's strength.
"Weiyu, you look so beautiful when you're thinking seriously."
'Ding, gained Xia Weiyu's favorability, lottery ticket +100.'
He still needed to work hard to become stronger and not let any opportunity to grow pass him by... However, did this Water Orb fall under the category of an Ability?
The cooldown for the Evil King True Eye's copying Ability would be over in a few hours; he could experiment then.
If he could copy this, his strength would truly skyrocket... Xia Weiyu tried it back and forth over a dozen times.
Aside from feeling that her proficiency with the move had increased and her switching speed was a bit faster, she didn't feel anything else.
"Su Chen, you said that entering this Water God-King Body would consume a lot of spiritual energy, but I really can't feel it.
And I can feel that the spiritual energy currently in my body isn't that much; it's just the usual amount for a First Rank Ability User.
But... it never decreases."
Su Chen thought for a moment and then taught Xia Weiyu how to condense a Spiritual Energy Gauze, a type of defensive spell.
Xia Weiyu's memory had improved, so she practiced the move much faster, but after a few tries, she gave up because her internal spiritual energy was running low.
If she continued to force it, she might suffer a backlash.
She couldn't condense the Spiritual Energy Gauze, yet she could easily use the high-consumption Water God-King Body?
"I understand. I understand the function of your Water Orb.
It's equivalent to a spiritual energy storage tank.
Close your eyes and feel it; is it constantly absorbing something?
Enter the Water God-King Body mode again and see if the volume of that Water Orb decreases."
Xia Weiyu did as she was told.
This time, while using the Water God-King Body mode, she did indeed feel the Water Orb getting smaller.
It was a very small amount, small enough to be ignored.
If the volume of the Water Orb was 100,000, after entering the Water God-King Body, the remaining amount would be 99,989.
According to Su Chen's explanation, the Water God Mode consumed a lot of spiritual energy every second, and she did feel the Water Orb being depleted.
It consumed 1 unit per second, but the Water Orb was also automatically recovering every second.
It was almost a 1-to-1 break-even, meaning the per-second consumption was negligible. She could maintain the Water God Mode for an entire day without any issues.
To be sure, she quickly used the Water Orb to create several Clones in the room. This time, she could feel the volume of the Water Orb decrease a tiny bit more, to about 99,988.99.
Then she reverted to her normal form, ending the high-intensity consumption.
The Water Orb instantly refilled to its 100,000 capacity.
Still uncertain, she used some common spells, but those consumed her own internal spiritual energy. The Water Orb didn't move; it seemed only abilities related to the water element would consume the Water Orb's energy.
Xia Weiyu organized her thoughts and explained it as best as she understood it.
She felt there was no need to hide anything from Su Chen, as after all, he was the one who had given her everything.
"I can feel that entering the Water God-King Body does have a cost, but it consumes the spiritual energy from that Water Orb in my mind. It's so little it's almost negligible.
I could maintain it for a whole day without running out. Of course, I'm not sure about using other spells, because I don't know exactly how much spiritual energy is in there."
Su Chen had an idea: "Come on, let's go to the Yang City artificial lake."
Xia Weiyu was curious: "What for?"
"To test your total spiritual energy capacity and see just how strong you've become."
...Xia Weiyu didn't need Su Chen to tell her she'd become stronger; she could feel it for herself.
So, if she just focused on cultivating from now on, would she be able to catch up to Su Chen's pace of growth?
Dressed and ready to head out, she looked at Su Chen's back and asked the question in her heart:
"Su Chen,
Given my current situation, can I catch up to you?"
"Sure, I agree to be your boyfriend."
"No, wait... okay fine... I also agree... to be your girlfriend..."
Xia Weiyu's head was spinning; she had already forgotten what she wanted to ask and only cared about this one thing:
"Just now... does that count as a successful... confession?"
"I guess so. You confessed to me,
And I, Su Chen, have reluctantly agreed. No playing around from now on, understood?"
"How could I possibly play around! If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you. Consider it a little reward for your agreement."
Xia Weiyu walked up to Su Chen but couldn't reach him; she stood on her tiptoes, but she was still a bit too short.
"Come to the stairwell. Stand on a step, and I'll stand one step down..."
Once she was at a reachable distance, Xia Weiyu pressed her lips against his and took the initiative to prove her feelings to Su Chen.
'Ding, gained Xia Weiyu's favorability, lottery ticket +999.'
In that moment, she felt like time had hit the pause button. All she could hear were her and Su Chen's heartbeats.
It wasn't until she heard voices nearby that she snapped back to reality. She buried her face in her scarf and hid in Su Chen's embrace, making way for the person passing by.
Only after the sound of footsteps faded did she correct herself:
"I was talking about strength just now! Catching up to you in terms of strength!"
Su Chen pondered seriously: "As long as you don't love me, you can achieve that step and even surpass me very quickly."
"You're being a bit chauvinistic there.
But... since you've reluctantly agreed to be with me, then I, Xia Weiyu, will reluctantly listen to your commands.
From now on, I'll be responsible for loving you, and you'll be responsible for protecting me."
"Deal."
"Also... I feel like my legs are weak from over-consuming spiritual energy.
Carry me."
"We haven't even started the test and you're already out of spiritual energy?"
"None of your business."
"On your back, not a princess carry!
Quick, put me down! I'll die of embarrassment if someone sees us!"
'Ding, gained Xia Weiyu's favorability, lottery ticket +999.'