With a snap of Luke's finger, a blue lightning barrier covered Lan Xueruo's group, which further alleviated the toxins' pain and shield them for the upcoming battle.

Luke, Andrea, Lingxi, and Qingyue's aura caused a great storm in the cloak men's mind. With just the cousins alone, the unleashed an unfathomable pressure that shook them already.

But there was also Qingyue, who exuded an aura only slightly weaker than the cousins. And there was Lingxi whos aura completely suppressed the True Profound realm and even Spiritual Xiantian men!

Trying to find some silver lining, the Earthen Core man attempted to say,

"Look we don't know who you are but maybe we can-"

'Zzzt!!'

His words were cut short as two bolts of blue, and black lightning came hurdling at him with insane speeds!

Flashes of blue and black lightning burned into the men's vision as they also felt their bodies churned.

With only a split second to react, the man hastily pushed his Earthen Essence energy, barely forming a barrier. Only it didn't matter much as,

'Bang!'

"GUARGH!!"

The bolts crashed into the man at a high force, utterly destroying his barrier and breaking through the essence energy that protected his body.

His Earthen Core body didn't matter at all as he spurted blood from his mouth and got sent flying into a tree!

"Wha-"

The True Profound realm man was confused as he only saw a black and blue flash, but their strongest partner was already injured in the next second!

And the nightmare for them wasn't over yet as Lingxi suddenly appeared out of thin air right in the True Profound realm man face. Black lightning flashed all in his eyes, and he felt suffocated just being so close with the girl.

The man tried to jump away with widening eyes, but Lingxi was a step ahead of him. Her black lightning palm sailed at swift speeds to the man chest and,

'PA!'

"GAH!!"

The man felt his chest break into his self as he spurted blood. Like a rag doll, his body flew and broke a tree in half as he crashed into it.

The Spiritual Xiantian man, besides Lingxi, wanted to lift a hand to help, but just with her aura, it put immense pressure on him.

However, he didn't have to think about Lingxi for long as the temperature suddenly drastically dropped for him.

Catching it from the corner of his eyes, the man saw a blue ice lotus blitz towards him. He couldn't react in time, and the ice lotus struck him, sending him tumbling on the ground.

At first, besides the intense pain of getting struck by Qingyue, the man didn't feel anything else. And then only split second later, he felt piercing ice wrap his entire body!

It was a frozen hell for him, and he could barely even scream out in pain.

All the while, Luke and Andrea sensed from the Earthen Core man, a mass rush of Essence energy was gathering into him. Their air around him was turning sickly, and a disgusting smell protruded from him.

But other than that putrid odor, the cousins didn't feel any different.

She smiled to herself, and quicker than Luke, she held out her hands. From her fingertips, five black lightning chains shot out!

"POIS-"

At first, a sickly green mist was beginning to form over the man; however, it all got ruined once Andrea's black lightning chain wrapped his body up!

The mist cleared away, and the air returned to normal.

Although the man's eyes almost popped out of his sockets as intense fear and pain covered his entire being. He couldn't gather any Essence energy nor even move any part of his body.

"Gah!?! Wha-What is this?!?"

He was coughing out blood as his body got tore up from Andrea's lightning, and his soul quiver in fear and pain!

Tugging her hand, Andrea pulled the man back into view as the area got quickly quiet. The Earthen Core man was helplessly stuck in Andrea's chain while the Spiritual Xiantian man was encased in Qingyue ice.

And as for the True Profound realm man...

"Uhm...I think I used too much power, hehe..."

Lingxi nervously giggled as that man was still under the broken tree, his body still entirely immobilized.

Lan Xureuo's group was utterly dumbfounded.

All of them only besides Andrea used only move to crush the cloak men, and even then, Andrea easily captured the Earthen Core man.

This kind of control in Essence energy and prowess was never seen before by them. Even now, the one who enraptured their eyes the most was the graceful Luke in his soul lightning state.

Once all were finished, the four turned off their auras, and Lingxi walked back to the group.

"So, what do you-"

'Bang, Bang, Bang!'

Before Andrea could even discuss anything with Luke, all three of the cloak men's head exploded in a bloody gory fashion!

"Ah?! What the hell was that?!"

Lingxi yelped in confusion as she got a bit disturbed at the scene. It wasn't like she wasn't used to death, but this was just too sudden and out of nowhere.

Even Qingyue wrinkled her eyebrows seeing such a bloody scene.

"It had to be because of a Spirit Formation that activated when you defeated them." Lan Xureuo, out of her group, was the most serene as her eyes came to a flash of realization.

"Is that so? Well, that's a shame, we would've given those guys to you." Luke said, not really disturbed at the bloody scene. Snapping his fingers, the lightning barrier dropped along with the gray Spirit Barrier.

As he did this, Luke finally turned around to get a good look at the gorgeous Lan Xueruo.

Of course, Luke knew her real name is Cang Yue, but he isn't foolish enough to say that out aloud. But Luke had to admit that, just like with Lingxi and Qingyue, in real life, Cang Yue beauty far surpasses any art of her.

And furthermore, he felt the yearning in his soul call to Cang Yue, which made Luke slightly surprised. His soul couldn't make any mistakes, so this only means in this universe Cang Yue has something inside her rivaling the likes of Gods!

Although Luke didn't let the shock show on his face and let out a charming smile to Cang Yue's group.

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Luke wasn't the only one experiencing a turmoil of sensations.

Cang Yue nearly lost herself in the brilliant smile of Luke. The longing sensation she felt before only gotten stronger now, but with her temperament, she played it cool and said,

"You four already helped us out tremendously by saving us from getting taken and or killed. My name is Lan Xueruo, and these are my juniors, brothers, and sister. You have my thanks."

The way Cang Yue spoke was like a hypnotic melody that soothed into Luke and the girls' ears. She had grace and the friendliness that made her seem open to talking.

Moreover, currently for Cang Yue's group, they only felt a little pain from the Spirit Poison, although it was still there in their bodies.

"It's no problem; we were just passing through here to get to Azure Dragon City though I think we have gotten a bit lost. Nevertheless, we couldn't just ignore the situations you guys were in, what are your names by the way."

Luke told a half-truth and, out of common courtesy, asked for the names of the others.

These other three to Luke was utterly unrecognizable to him, but he guessed they were probably low-level enemies of from Martial God Asura, considering the name of their Palace.

As his eyes traced over the other three youths, they perked up, and the blue robe boy spoke first saying,

"I'm Jia Yunfeng, you all indeed have my thanks as well." He still had awe in his eyes when talking to them.

"My name Zhang Tingzi, and you all have my dept for saving us." She, like Cang Yue, was enchanted by Luke's presence.

My name Ye Taozi, honestly, all four of you truly saved our asses." And he felt comfortable around Luke's presence.

Smiling Luke had then introduced himself saying,

"My name is Luke. A pleasure to meet other outstanding youths of this generation." Luke smoothly praised, causing warmth to bud in Lan Xueruo's group chests.

By now, with Luke's somewhat control over his curse, he could now simply amplified his voice with soul power with an ever more significant effect than his curse could achieve.

It was a double combination as his curse would give Luke an attractive vibe, and through talking and soul power, he can create a captivating presence.

"Ah, I'm Xiao Lingxi, nice to meet all of you!" Lingxi angelic voice had also created a graceful charm for her. And like Luke, Lingxi felt a warm liking towards Cang Yue.

"My name is Xia Qingyue." Qingyue's calming voice soothed in their minds as she had a more fairy-like presence. Moreover, for Qingyue, she similarly felt the warm liking towards Cang Yue.

"It's Andrea."

Andrea briefly said, making her introduction even shorter than Qingyue's. She exuded a standoffish presence now, but it wasn't as bad compared to when they first arrived here.

Before anyone else could say anything though, Luke suddenly remembered the toxins in Cang Yue's group and asked,

"Ah, before we continue on, I just remembered one of those men said he had a special toxin for you all. I know with my lightning, I got rid of some of the pain, but the toxins still remained. Would you like for me to remove it?"

Cang Yue and the others shared a look with each other as they wanted to be wearily optimistic of Luke.

Yet, they couldn't find anything to be wary of him. Unlike many other geniuses, Luke did have that confidence, but he wasn't insanely prideful, nor was he demanding.

"That is a tempting offer, but how would you remove it? Unless...you also practice the alchemy way of World Spiritists?" Cang Yue spoke up for them in a genuine, curious tone.

"He has more than just the alchemist way, just watch this!" Lingxi confidently told them, and on Luke's fingertip, a gray ball of Spirit Power was forming.

Because he only showed off to have gray cloak Spirit Power, Luke didn't feel the need to show off his Purple cloak Spirit Power. Plus, it might come in hand later on.

"All I will do is inject some of my cleansing Spirit Power inside you. You all felt the effect of my lighting, and with Spirit Power, it can take on a perfected cleansing form!"

To make it more convincing, Luke ignited his eye in a more polish blue glow and spoke in a persuasive tone.

And the results went well for them as he saw their eyes come to some sort of understanding and Cang Yue said,

"Then, I'm rather curious about your cleansing power. I'm also a gray cloak World Spiritists and would like to see your first hand." Her face held a gentle smile as she was coming to believe such words.

After flicking his hand, Luke shot four gray soul Spirit Power beams into Cang Yue's group bodies and instantly felt this great pleasure!

The toxins in their bodies were easily destroyed by Luke's soul Spirit Power, and they were also energizing their bodies. For the men and Tingzi, he made them feel more of a pumping adrenaline boost.

While for Cang Yue, he was a bit tricky and made her feel more desirable pleasure.

After only a few seconds Taozi eyes sprang open as he said,

"Holy hell! You weren't kidding at all, that made my whole body feel rested!"

"M-my, that was quite something...I didn't think you would have a technique quite like this..." Cang Yue was trying to hold in her voice from leaking any pleasure she was feeling from this.

But it was nearly impossible to do as Luke's power just felt too good!

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, now then are you preparing to head back to Azure Dragon City? It seems like those cloak men were planning for you all."

Cang Yue sober up at Luke's word and gave him a pleasant smile.

"Yes, this issue will take much more importance over this mission. But I'm starting to get the feeling you asked since you mention you was a bit lost...looking for a tour guide, I assume?"

She's quite quick to pick up on the take, Luke thought to himself. And on the outside Luke said,

"It would be better to have a stunning tour guide than to looking at a map. What about you, girls?" Hearing Luke describe her as stunning caused a small leap in Cang Yue's chest, but she still kept her warming smile.

"I never really interacted with people outside of my hometown, so this would be a fun experience!" Lingxi held no disagreement and actually wanted to talk with Cang Yue a bit longer.

"I see no problem with it, plus I am curious about what the locals are like around here as well." Qingyue also agreed, having the same feeling of wanting to chat with Cang Yue.

"Sure, why not?" Andrea simply said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"So then, will you accept us with your group?" Luke asked, but he already knew the answer.

"Fufufu~! If it's such a lineup like the four of you, then we have no reason to reject it." A charming laugh came from Cang Yue that made her soul stir even more.

'And like that, he's already on his way to gaining his third soul mark...although I can tell by tonight the first two will take a major step hmmm...'

Spooky thought to herself as Luke walked along with Cang Yue's group, already easily breaking the ice with them.

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Since they weren't that far away from Azure Dragon City, it only took a couple of hours to get back to the City.

It could've taken them significantly less time, but Luke, Lingxi, and Qingyue were busy chatting it up with Cang Yue. They all got along seamlessly, and Luke got to know some impressive things about her.

While he did remember her character, Luke couldn't say he knew that in-depth about Cang Yue, and he had to say she was a pleasant joy to talk with.

She could make light-hearted fun teases and give all sorts of opinions on different subjects.

Of course, he couldn't talk about her imperial lineage. Still, he did get to know she values strategy in battle rather than relying on pure raw power.

Moreso, she even prefers her Spirit Power more because it gives her a large variety of options.

And with talking with the girls, they all got along well as Cang Yue matched the cheerfulness of Lingxi and the sereneness of Qingyue.

Andrea had also chimed while they were talking, but she mostly stayed to herself. Plus, Tingzi, Yunfeng, and Taozi had also stayed to themselves as they didn't want to interrupt those three conversations.

As of right now, Luke's eyes got stolen by the magnificent grand sight of Azure Dragon City. While not as gigantic as the Frozen Immortal Palace, this place still countless times larger than Floating Cloud City or any city from his world.

Plus, this City was absolutely stunning in design!

Buildings had artistic craft put into them, showing off shining bright colors. And in the middle of the City, he could spot a vast, luxurious palace with the symbols of dragons on it.

"Oh my...has Luke never been to such a 'small' city like ours?" Cang Yue jested as she found Luke's in awe face cute.

"Hehehe~! He always loves to take in any beautiful sight he comes across! Even the small forest by my town he was in awe about." Lingxi also joined in with a teasing smile, and Luke only smiled and shook his head.

"It's not weird to take in any beautiful sight you come across. Like with you, Qingyue and Lan Xueruo I can't get enough of your beautiful sights!" Luke boldly said, getting Lingxi and Qingyue to wryly smile while Cang Yue gained a small blush.

"You truly never hold back on your words...but it could be seen as an admiring quality fufufu~." Cang Yue giggled with a teasing smile, but inside she did feel a bit of warmth from Luke's words.

Like how he did with Lingxi and Qingyue during their first couple of meetings, Luke didn't hold back on his words and only made sincere praise that fit the given situations.

"A more shameless quality, I would say..." Qingyue jested with a small smirk as she was getting used to her boyfriend's ways.

"So, is this where we split?" Andrea, who was hearing another bout of their bantering conversations, suddenly spoke up to get a move on.

She already knew how Cang Yue would react to them leaving.

And like Andrea guessed in her mind, Cang Yue felt a small slight panic over hearing they would split. Talking with Luke and the girls was an incomparably freshening experience as none of them tried to dance on each other toes.

It wasn't too long of a time, but she felt more joy in their conversations than with any other youths she talked to.

Plus, her yearning for Luke only got stronger, but suddenly she gained a bright idea of making them stay with her a bit longer.

"Going so soon? It doesn't have to be. You know...I think I may have something that would greatly interest all of you."