Athena walked over quickly, put down the wood in her hand, and came to him in surprise. Suddenly, she seemed to notice the dirt on her face, so she quickly wiped it with her hand. Who knew that there was more dust on her hand, and it suddenly became a dirty face.
Chen Rui smiled slightly, took out a mirror, and shook it in front of her. When Athena saw the dirty face cat image in the mirror, she was embarrassed. She hurriedly grabbed it and raised her arm to wipe it. Suddenly, she heard the man opposite shouted, "Don't move!"
Athena's movements were inexplicably stagnant. At this moment, she couldn't even have the consciousness to resist. In other words, she obediently stopped her movements.
Immediately afterward, a hand held a soft towel and carefully wiped away the dirt and sweat for her.
With Athena's combat instincts, she should immediately buckle this hand and do a clean shoulder throw, or go around to the back to do a cross choke. However, at this moment, all her combat reactions were ineffective. Her action of raising her arm was stiff in the air.
Feeling the gentleness of the action, Athena's breathing became careful. On the contrary, her heartbeat became more and more violent.
Chen Rui's heartbeat was also accelerating. He took a deep breath and suppressed the impulse to hold her in his arms. Now was indeed not the time to talk about love. After the two tests, he would never let himself and her have any regrets. If the love between two people lasts for a long time, why would they stay together day and night?
There was a vague tacit understanding between the two men and women who had feelings for each other. He believed she understood it more or less.
"This house is perfect." Chen Rui took back the towel and shifted the topic to the cabin.
Athena seemed to wake up from a dream and got rid of the "stiff" state. She was a little disappointed, but when she saw his bright eyes and sincere praise, her mood became better again.
"Oh no, the cabin must be built before dark!"
Chen Rui's words reminded Athena. She couldn't care about the heat on her face and immediately started to get busy. Chen Rui naturally wouldn't let her work alone. He called Dodo and started together.
Finally, as night approached, the construction of the small wooden house was completed. Originally, Athena's cabin was a single room. With the help of Chen Rui and Dodo, the cabin was expanded into two rooms. Of course, the middle was separated.
At night, there was a fire outside the cabin. Chen Rui cooked barbecue for Athena and Dodo while telling a few interesting stories. Dodo also performed impromptu transformations from time to time. Looking at Athena's face, which was illuminated by the firelight, and her happy smile, and then looking at the hut behind him, Chen Rui had an even clearer feeling in his heart.
That was the feeling of home.
The next day, Chen Rui woke up after a good night's sleep. He felt that his body and mind were in a surprisingly good state. After greeting Athena, he entered the Super System. His aura was now close to 400,000, which was definitely enough. Chen Rui didn't waste any time. He once again chose 100 times time and surfy sea rule to enter the training ground.
This time, facing the oncoming monstrous waves, Chen Rui seemed much calmer. He chose a reef with a suitable height. While resisting the waves of impact, he punched. At the end of the last training, he had already faintly grasped the special mysterious feeling, but unfortunately, his time was limited. In the battle with Culia, although it was just a small test, and he could only use this power occasionally, the power was already evident.
Chen Rui noticed that the countless stardust in the status bar had become more refined. He recalled the changes when he was in the Alkaid state, and he seemed to have realized something. The Alkaid state refined the body, the Mizar state refined the power. Now, the training in the surfy sea coincided with the realm of power refinement. That was why he could rise from the strength of the early stage of Higher Demon to the level of killing the intermediate stage of Higher Demon. Of course, this "kill" didn't have a high value. He needed to further comprehend it through hard training.
Just as Chen Rui withstood the pressure and punched against the huge waves, Athena was guarding outside the wooden house with a pile of prey and fruits beside her.
Dodo was drooling as he watched Athena wash the red fruits in the water she fetched, then she wrapped the prey whole one by one.
"Great mistress, can you let Dodo eat some more fruits?"
Now, Athena had a certain immunity to the word "mistress". She shook her head, "Didn't you eat it just now? This is a very rare glazed fruit. There are only a few left in the entire green leaves forest. It's for your master. "
Dodo drooled and said flatteringly, "Mistress, if you give Dodo those glazed fruits, Dodo will tell you what happened in the mine that night."
If Chen Rui heard this sentence, he would definitely beat this greedy guy up. He actually took the initiative to sell his master for a few fruits for glory! Although Dodo sold out to the "mistress", it was still intolerable!
If little loli was here, she would definitely use more food to lure the slime to tell more truth, but Athena was different. She frowned, then she shook her head and said, "Chen Rui said to tell me after a month. There are still 20 days left. I believe him."
The sly slime rolled his eyes and actually talked by himself. Of course, most of it was bragging about how he bravely killed the three-headed hound of hell. In the end, he resumed his old job of pretending to be the spirit dragon to scare away all the bandits.
Athena listened very carefully. Especially when she heard the part about Chen Rui, she seemed particularly serious. Her eyes flashed with a strange brilliance. However, what made Dodo speechless was that after listening to this vivid, thrilling and exciting story, the mistress still held onto the fruit and refused to give it.
In desperation, Sir Dodo had to continue drooling to satisfy his craving- It seems that the mistress is more cunning than the master. She tricked Dodo into telling the story, but she refused to honor the reward!
Chen Rui in the surfy sea naturally didn't know the little episode outside. At this time, he was still immersed in the hard training against the stormy waves. Although the speed and strength of his punches were much better than the last time, human strength still couldn't compete with the power of nature. Soon after, he was exhausted again. He could only come down from the reef and restore Star Power under the cover of the reef in the sea. He repeated the process.
Chen Rui had a feeling that these rules in the training ground weren't simulated nature, but the real power of nature. Is the Super System that can exert such power a kind of rule itself? If one day, I can truly comprehend or even surpass these rules, then …
This occasional thought was only fleeting in his mind when he was resting. His real energy was focused on fighting against the waves.
…
"< Aurora Shot >!"
The white light ball rushed straight toward the waves, repelling all the seawater along the way and stirring up countless splashes. The trajectory was like a dragon in a straight line. However, the < Aurora Shot > in the impact of the huge waves only rushed for a certain distance before its power gradually dissipated.
…
"< Aura Blade >!"
The power of < Aura Blade > was not only comparable to the sharpness of a sharp blade on the surface, but it also had that kind of invisible sharpness. It was really this "invisible blade aura" that killed Culia. Even Paglio was caught off guard at that time.
< Aura Blade > fell on the soft water surface. The seawater rippled to both sides with a straight line about one meter long as the center, but it returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.
…
Chen Rui had forgotten about the time. All his energy was focused on this kind of hard training that constantly challenged the limit.
At dinner time, after Dodo finished the barbecue, he still didn't give up his desire for the glass fruit. He continued to tell Athena about the adventures with his master. However, since Dodo didn't follow Chen Rui for a long time, there were only three things in the end: the night of fierce battle with the hellhound; encountering the terrifying Lennon; the second time he pretended to be the spirit dragon.
Athena was still listening very intently. In the end, Dodo still didn't get the glass fruit, so he could only fall asleep while drooling.
The next morning, Chen Rui finished the surfy sea training. After eating the food and fruits prepared by Athena, he immediately fell asleep. He didn't notice Dodo's sad eyes. After he woke up, it was already close to night. He replenished some food and continued to enter the training ground.
In the blink of an eye, four days had passed in the green leaf forest. After Chen Rui woke up this time, he didn't enter the training ground again. These few days were equivalent to half a year for him. Initially, he had close to 400,000 auras. Chen Rui converted a batch of waste ores in between. Now, he still had a total of 600,000 auras, which was enough for him to use.
Chen Rui didn't know to what extent his strength had reached now. He only knew that his Star Power and body had faintly reached a bottleneck. If he continued to rely on this kind of training, his progress wouldn't be great. However, if he faced Culia with his full strength now, he had absolute confidence to kill him.
Walking out of the house, he saw Athena carrying the prey back from the forest. She put down the prey and the collected fruits. In the past few days, Athena had been taking care of him silently without asking any extra words.
Hunting, preparing food, vigilance … This seems to be what a man should do. Chen Rui blushed, which was rare.
Athena showed an expectant look and walked forward, "Chen Rui, is your inheritance over?"
"It's only a small part," Chen Rui looked at this delicate face that he hadn't seen for two hundred days. He didn't say any polite words like thank you, "From now on, don't ask why for everything I do. I will naturally give you the answer when the time comes. Athena, can you promise me? "
Athena nodded seriously, "There are still twenty days left for your promise."
This girl, she remembered it clearly. However, there was only half a month left from the agreement with Arux.
Chen Rui looked at Athena for a while and suddenly smiled, "You are now close to the later stage of Higher Demon, right?"
"Almost, thanks to your Eternal Potion. Yesterday, when I was practicing my sword, I felt a strange change in the power in my body. My strength, speed and other aspects of my abilities soared again, as if I drank a black potion again. This should be the 'resonance' effect of the full set of Eternal Potions you mentioned, right? "
"It's hard to believe that when I left Dark Moon City, I just advanced to the early stage of Higher Demon. Now, I'm close to Higher Demon." Athena's red eyes stared deeply at Chen Rui. The precious devil fruit, the full set of Eternal Potions that haven't appeared for thousands of years, all these came from this man's efforts.
"However, this kind of advancement is too fast. The strength that depends entirely on external forces isn't as solid as my own training. I need constant hard work and actual combat to assimilate and consolidate this power." Athena was still quite experienced in training. She didn't get carried away and gave herself a very accurate position.
"Not bad," Chen Rui nodded, "Bring your sword and follow me."
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