Wiping the sweat from his face, Blaze Regret stood up and let out a slight sigh of relief. To perfectly merge the Ice control Irenix with the ice lotus, almost all the spiritual power in his second spiritual portal had been drained, a consumption that even he found hard to sustain.
"Hey, you can come out now," Blaze Regret said with a mix of helplessness and amusement.
Parting the black robe on Blaze Regret's chest, Red's little head popped out, its furry little ears twitching, and it looked at Blaze Regret with a threatening expression. Its sharp claws shot out with a swish.
"I promise, if this happens again, I'll smear freezing dew on myself, and you can go snatch things," Blaze Regret quickly swore, as if fearing Red might swipe at him.
Seeing this, Red nodded in satisfaction and then exerted a little force with its paws, sitting down on Blaze Regret's shoulder.
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