Atop the Golden Flame Lotus Platform, twenty-five lotus seeds were situated.
Silver-white flames continuously supplied energy.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
Among them, two lotus seeds underwent a transformation, one was milky white, releasing a special aura.
The other was ocean blue, as if the sound of the sea's waves could be heard from within.
Everyone looked over in surprise.
They couldn't understand what was happening.
"Boom!"
Two forces burst forth.
Two of the lotus seeds on the platform were gone, replaced by two peculiar flames.
One blue, one white, each emitted a distinctly different aura.
Luo Yu summoned the blue flame.
With just a slight push,
the surrounding sea water began to stir, rushing towards the flame as if a dragon were drawing in water.
Sea Horse Douluo was dumbfounded.
"What the hell, is this flame trying to commit suicide? Why else would it draw water to extinguish itself?"
The scene that followed immediately shut him up.
The sea water that was drawn towards the blue flame,
burned up like oil poured onto fire, the flame turning into a blaze that expanded rapidly.
"Can this flame absorb the power of the sea water for its own use, thereby increasing its power?"
"What kind of flame is this?"
Everyone had a discerning eye and immediately noted the strangeness, exclaiming in surprise.
Luo Yu couldn't help but nod, a glimmer of excitement flashing in his beautiful eyes.
Compared to rewards like pottery jars or yellow soil whose uses were unknown, the System's gift this time was clearly more practical.
The silver-white flame possessed the power to freeze.
The ocean-blue flame could draw in the Power of the Great Sea.
If he could collect all twenty-six, wouldn't that mean devastating destruction, and another great leap in his combat strength?
"Quite interesting, looking forward to it more and more," Luo Yu thought to himself with a fiery heart, even more determined to find God-Level Energy and hatch all these lotus seeds.
He wondered if these flames could be fused?
Each one having special abilities on their own.
What kind of effects would they have if they were combined?
A glint flashed in Luo Yu's eyes, but he wasn't in the mood to experiment for now, as the effects of the milky-white flame were still unknown to him.
He returned the ocean-blue flame to the Golden Lotus Platform.
At the same time, he summoned the milky-white flame.
"Splash!"
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat because the milky-white flame didn't conform to expectations, and directly covered Luo Yu's entire body.
It began to sear him.
"Holy shit, is this flame going to devour its master?" Sea Horse Douluo exclaimed in surprise.
Not to mention others, even Luo Yu himself was quite startled.
After all the effort spent nurturing it,
it's burning me?
But soon he realized something different.
This milky-white flame seemed to possess no lethality.
Instead, as his body burned, was there a slow enhancement happening?
Luo Yu focused to feel what was happening.
Indeed, he made a discovery.
This milky-white flame seemed to have a tempering effect on his body.
The rate of increase in his body's resilience was slow.
But its persistence was a benefit.
"If I hide somewhere and allow it to burn me for a hundred and eighty years, wouldn't my flesh become invincible?" Luo Yu mused with a chuckle.
He shook his head. He wasn't at the point of hiding away in one place for years on end just yet.
It wouldn't be too late to use the flame to temper his body once he further increased its power.
With a flick of his wrist, he took away the Golden Flame Lotus Platform along with all the flames.
He cast his gaze forward, where a piece of black-golden soul bone shone brilliantly, emitting an extraordinary aura.
The crowd also followed his gaze, swallowing their saliva involuntarily, their breathing becoming rapid.
They all knew what this thing was and, even more so, its value.
If it hadn't been for Luo Yu's martial force intimidating them, it's likely that these people would have already rushed forward with red eyes to snatch it.
"Nearly a million-year-old soul bone, oh, that's freaking awesome!" Sea Horse Douluo's face turned red with excitement, his eyes gleaming.
Sea Dragon Douluo stared fixedly at the soul bone, speaking with difficulty, "Just this one piece of soul bone, its effect on enhancing combat power and Soul Power is sky-defying."
"How wonderful it would be if this treasure were mine," Sea Illusion Douluo said, entranced by the soul bone.
Sea Star Douluo couldn't help but quip, "I think you're dreaming, even if it really were given to you, you couldn't absorb it, it would make you explode."
Bossi's beautiful eyes were also somewhat dazed.
As the Sea God Island Great Priest, she had seen countless treasures in her lifetime.
But a soul bone of this caliber was something she had seen only once in her life.
Luo Yu took the soul bone in his hand and walked up to Bossi.
His mouth curved into a wicked smile,
"What, you like it?"
"If you want it, I can give it to you."
"Hm?"
Bossi's eyes were full of surprise.
"You're actually willing to give me such a treasure?"
Luo Yu shook his head.
"It's just a mere soul bone, why such an exaggerated expression."
"Just a mere soul bone?"
Bossi's beautiful eyes widened.
Sea Horse Douluo and the others were blown away mentally.
How can someone not even care about a nearly million-year-old soul bone?
Sea Horse Douluo smiled wryly again and again.
"Is the gap between people really this huge? Why can't I understand what he's thinking in his head? It feels even greater than the gap between humans and dogs."
Bossi's eyes were complex.
"There's no such thing as a free lunch, what do I need to give in order to receive it from you?"
Luo Yu sneered, "You're my woman, do I need a reason to give my own woman a gift?"
"Pfft, who is your woman." Bossi's face turned red, her charm endless, becoming more and more like a coy maiden.
"What, thinking of going back on your word?"
Luo Yu extended a finger to pinch Bossi's fair chin, lifting her face up.
He didn't care about the presence of others, his deep black eyes twinkled with a sharp domineering light, like an emperor regarding the unmatched beauty before him.
"You... you can't do this."
Bossi was somewhat flustered, her eyes dodging, not knowing what to do.
Her usually strong persona completely softened at this moment, feeling completely at a loss and panicked in the face of Luo Yu.
Her heart felt like a deer careening through her.
"You are my woman, am I wrong in saying that?"
Luo Yu's magnetic voice flowed into Bossi's ears, and she felt her body tingle, becoming flustered.
She quickly escaped Luo Yu's grasp, her cherry lips parting as her breathing became more urgent.
Her cheeks were bashfully rosy.
This scene completely dumbfounded the crowd.
Was this the same strong, iron-blooded High Priest they knew?
She was completely like a maiden in love.
Could it be that the Great Priest had already been conquered?
Sea Horse Douluo's expression was one of agony.
Luo Yu approached Bossi again, pressing the soul bone onto her jade hand, while his lips moved close to her ear.
"Come to my room tonight."
"No!" Bossi pushed him away.
"This is the decree of the Sea God, do you want to defy it?"
Bossi's delicate body shuddered.
Luo Yu's mouth curved up.
If they regarded me as the Sea God, then I needn't be polite.
"Swish!"
Just then, a golden light shone from Luo Yu's brow.