"Have me?... In what way have me~? I didn't know you also can be so coy, Darcy~." It indeed was magical holding Aniela close like this. Against the raging purple flames, she seemed to shine the brightest here.

Both Darcel and Aniela felt their heartbeat pick up.

For years they remained close at each other sides when no one else was there for them. That Parsol Organization may have screwed their minds, but they couldn't touch their feelings.

Unfortunately, neither was given any time to fully explore their feelings or deepen their relationship. Living a life where you always have to watch yourself to stay alive is a pretty significant time-eater.

But now? Darcel came to realize there was no time like the present! Their future will dramatically shift after their duel, and the time now was ripe to put everything on the table.

"Still so sly in this position, huh? You already know...to have you become mine." Darcel sincerely spoke without a hint of embarrassment. Promptly his words caused bliss in his chest once seeing Aniela's reaction.

The smile that she gave him was simply beautiful. Even the coldest of heart will feel warmth if Aniela were to direct this kind of smile at them. But this angelic look was all for him.

And how could Aniela not be so happy?

The words that she wanted to hear for a long time were finally uttered under a unique environment. No matter if their personality significantly differs, they hold a bond unexplainable to others.

"Ahh~, this is uniquely romantic~! After the heat of our spar, I want to feel the warmth of our feelings now~..." Aniela's heavenly voice slithered into Darcel's ears like warm water.

If she wants to feel it, then who is he to cruelly refuse this maiden request? No words were needed as Darcel tenderly held Aniela's chin even closer to him.

Feeling the soft squash of Aniela's modest breast on his chest caused further tiny shocks to run down both of their bodies.

Aniela sweetly closed her eyes in preparation for their magical kiss. Engraving the scene of Aniela's cute expecting face in his mind, Darcel smoothly swooped down and kissed her bright cherry red lips!

"Nnnh~..."

Aniela cooed into the kiss as she felt her entire being melt into Darcel's arms. Immediately, pleasure, warmth, and joy coursed throughout her whole body. Like she expected, just this soft kiss was magical!

Darcel as well let out a hot voice of pleasure kissing Aniela. This wasn't a kiss of lust but more of one to confirm their feelings for each other. Feeling her soft lips on his did felt incomparably good, however.

"Nngh~?!"

And only a second into their kiss did both Darcel and Aniela feel their bloodline frantically swirl!

This sudden swirl in their bloodline sent out waves of immense pleasure and shock, causing the two to leak out surprised moans.

Along with the pleasure, there was also an incredibly deep feeling permeating between them. This feeling, this was...vast waves of overwhelming power!

Neither Darcel nor Aniela knew what was happening. They could only tell their bodies felt incredibly good, and they felt a significant boost in their bloodline powers.

Furthermore, for Darcel, he felt his Darkness element violently react. His own inborn power was raging about. I was like it wanted to latch on to Aniela and pull her into him.

Feeling unsure about this reaction, Darcel took a split of his attention to suppress his Darkness Qi. Recalling his Darkness Qi mutating, Darcel had some ideas on why it's acting like this.

But this was a matter for another time. Darcel put more of his focus on Aniela, who looked like she was in heaven. Her body melted more into Darcel's arms, feeling complete bliss.

Her element of Light didn't react in such a violent way as Darcel's did. Though there was something intensely magnetic about this kiss. All Aniela chalked it up to was just Darcel being that good of a sweet kisser.

A guess that would be half right as the two would soon later on discover. After a couple of minutes of lovingly kissing each other, Darcel let Aniela's lips go. However, his arms still were wrapped around her.

The broad blissful smile still never let Aniela's face. Cheerfully she said to him, "Mnh...we're skipping some steps in the romantic process, you know? But! Since this was such a good first kiss, I'll allow it this time~."

"When things have settled down, for the time being, I have a treat that you'll greatly appreciate in terms of romance. How does tha-"

"Oh?! You actually have a plan! Mnh...Mnh! It definitely better be good after getting my hopes this high, Darcy!" Darcel was in the middle of affectionately stroking Aniela's hair when she had suddenly passionately cut off his words.

The clear, bright sparkle and shine in her eyes once again reminded Darcel on how much of a romantic nut this ditzy girl was. Still, her excitement forced a genuine smile right onto Darcel's face.

"Have there ever been a time where I have disappointed you?"

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"Muuu...besides being a blunt blockhead sometimes, I guess you haven't. Hehehe~! Now my hopes just dashed to a new level!" The position they were in, neither Darcel nor Aniela wanted to let go.

Slowly, they shockingly sat on the glaring purple ground, not minding the heat in the slightest. Hell, the heat for them now was a welcoming warmth.

Staying like this in a lovingly couple position for a few minutes, Darcel had recalled a vital fact.

Stroking Aniela's head while she leaned on to his chest, he told her, "For our upcoming duel, I'm sure you also realized someone is undoubtedly watching us. Someone absolutely powerful to the point where no other Teachers could sense them. It's a bit of a gamble...but we should go all out to see how this person will react."

"Ah! Our powerful stalker, right. I'm sure she's one of those secret talent Scouters. The noise we made over two days could...well, did make a lot of people interested in us. And even if this person still doesn't show themselves at the duel, I'm sure there'll be plenty of other Teachers lining up to teach us!"

Darcel smiled in agreement since he had plans to ruthlessly crush Giel. Their time in this room would soon be up, and his anticipation for their upcoming fight was noticeably high.

"For now, let's rest back up to our peak state. Though I'm sure we can still crush those Nascent kids even while exhausted, it doesn't hurt to be overly prepared."

"Our unintentional rise really is beginning now, huh? Our lives just never have a dull moment…" Aniela snuggled up close to Darcel as they both began to close their eyes, to gain back their fallen energy…

….

Today for the Zakira Academy, a noisy commission spread throughout the Middle level of the Academy. At an arena even more expansive than the initiate level combat arena, hundreds of students and Elders gather here.

Nearly most of the seats in the surrounding stadium were filled up for today. Discussions was noisily packed here, and a slight tension filtered in the air. After all, this wasn't an ordinary duel.

The two infamous new students that nobody can seem to stop talking about was set to appear here today! And once and for all will everyone get to see the cheaters their Academy brought in.

The achievement of completing that goblin mission went far beyond Darcel, and Aniela could ever have expected.

But reasonably so as they performed an accomplishment, not even the genius ranked students of the initiate level could do.

All while apparently being just at the Middle Order level of the Qi Formation Sea realm!

The thought of Darcel and Aniela simply having jumping defying prowess was immediately crossed out of everyone's mind.

Only the most extreme and real geniuses of the number one ranked Province have a slim hope of achieving that kind of unfathomable prowess.

Definitely, not someone from the lowest of ranked Province could produce.

So whatever cheats those two new students have must be incredibly insidious and maybe even groundbreaking!

This was the students and even the Teachers and Elders common sense, and supposedly nothing can change this.

Out of all the students, four stood out the brightest, even among the powerful Middle-level students. At a special reserve area of the spectating stadium were four geniuses of their generation.

"Tch...honestly, this whole thing still seems like some sort of elaborate joke. Middle Order newbies being better than us? Just saying it out loud sounds like a lame joke!"

A handsome boy wearing a light blue uniform and sporting short black hair cursed out loud. His face and words just screamed irritated. This boy was the number one ranked student of the initiate level, Numi!

"If you stop and think about it for a second, you would realize whatever these kids have is some pretty good stuff. And that's just putting it lightly! I, for one, am interested in seeing those kids tricks."

Next to Numi was another handsome boy. He wore the same light blue uniform, had short brown hair and a charming face. His face screamed with curiosity as he patiently waited for the duel to begin.

This boy was the second-ranked student of the initiate level, Opin.

"Opin is right. Never judge a book by its cover. Who knows? We might get to see something truly sinister today." And right next to Opin was a gorgeous cute looking girl.

She had the same light blue uniform, long blue hair that complemented her fit, and a cute enchanting face to boot. Unlike the others, she wasn't that interested in the current duel, but curiosity was still there.

This was the third-ranked student of the initiate level Cusi. And the first thing anyone would notice about these three is they're all at the peak state of the Perfect Order level!

These were the extraordinary geniuses of the Zakira Academy. Just the fact they were at the top-ranked, they all were gifted with several special privileges, including special seating privileges.

Though one girl was sitting close by to them, who outshined them all.

"Still, I'm surprised you showed up here, Hao Cao. None of the other top-ranked middle students bothered coming to watch." Numi pointed as his eyes trailed over to that beautiful girl.

Hao Cao certainly could be considered a top-level beauty. Her face was incomparably enchanting, her body was bewitchingly curvaceous, and her shoulder-length black hair was gorgeous.

She also donned the dark blue uniform of Middle-level students.

Any boy in the Zakira Academy would count themselves lucky to be with her. But her being the third-ranked student among all Middle-level students created this unspoken pressure about her.

After all, she was genuinely powerful, being at the late levels of the Nascent Core Realm!

"Hm? I just find this event a bit amusing." Hao Cao's voice was sweet and held a playful tone in it. Obviously, she didn't take this duel so seriously, but it would do good for an entertaining show.

Her smile was playful as she flashed the initiate level, ranked students one, and continued staring back at the dark blue stone stage.

Shaking his head, Opin only remarked with, "Even if she's quite the beauty, she also kind of...weird."

Out of everyone's view, over at one of the far end corners of the stone stage were two grand figures. Instructor Lei and Teacher Zala had shown to once again witness Darcel and Aniela's magical might.

Unlike all others, they were the only ones who didn't make immediate assumptions about the duo prowess.

"As smart as they appeared to be, I didn't think they would cause such a commotion...unless…" Instructor Lei trailed off slightly at the end, and Teacher Zala instantly guessed what he was getting at.

"From what I could sense, she's still following them. But don't tell me you believe those two could just magically sense her?"

"I mean...is it that much of an impossibility?"

The two Elders truthfully couldn't deny this possibility. Moreover, they knew clearly that woman rarely bother with students unless they're truly extraordinary.

Upon the center stage, Luke stood tall with a bored expression. Frankly, he knows whatever little tricks or cheats they may have, it's impossible to ever compare with the prowess of the Nascent Core realm!

He had been waiting for a couple of minutes up here, and already he thought those two might be a no show.

However, his thoughts and all other thoughts stalled when Darcel and Aniela gracefully arrived at the arena's entrance.