It felt so good to be close to the witch!

The pressure of 180, has it really doubled...?

With a melancholy sigh, Ais's consciousness gradually faded into darkness. In the last moment before she closed her eyes, her gaze remained fixed on the blood-red ice sword stuck at the end of the icy steps.

I will come back, wait for me...

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Chapter 81 I will keep it safe.

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"breathe……"

The unique rhythm of her breathing gradually roused the Ice Witch Ais from her hazy consciousness.

She slowly opened her eyes, and the soft, dim candlelight flowed into her unfocused, pale silver pupils.

The familiar ceiling came into view, and she stared blankly ahead, unable to come back to her senses for a moment.

The blankets that had been placed on her body at some unknown time brought an indescribable warmth, making Ais feel as if everything she had experienced before was just an illusion—the deep chill that had penetrated her flesh and pierced her soul seemed to be just a dream.

But the blood-red ice sword floating deep within her consciousness was telling her the truth that what she experienced while she was unconscious was real.

Her gaze gradually focused, and her scattered thoughts began to converge. Following the sound of breathing, Ais turned her head and looked towards the bedside.

Not far away, on the ground, a young man with black hair and brown eyes, dressed in fine clothes, was sitting cross-legged practicing a breathing technique.

The dim candlelight illuminated his profile, making his face appear somewhat dappled with light and shadow, but that familiar silhouette instantly calmed Ais's heart, which had been somewhat turbulent due to the evolution of her talent.

Roy...

Looking at the handsome young man not far away, Ais murmured to herself unconsciously.

She didn't know when it started, but whenever she saw Roy, whether it was his face, his profile, or even his back, she would feel inexplicably at ease.

When did this feeling begin?

She didn't know it herself.

Perhaps it was Roy's calm and composed expression during their second meeting, or the focused and earnest look in his eyes as he cleansed her of her pollution, or the tenderness in his eyes when he looked at the witches that was unlike anything else in the world...

At that moment, Roy, who was not far away, seemed to sense something, and his breathing began to slow down and then stopped.

He opened his eyes and met the pale silver eyes of the Ice Witch Ais.

A look of joy appeared on Roy's face, and he quickly got up from the ground: "Miss Ais, you're awake, that's wonderful."

“How long has it been, Roy?”

Ais, still wanting to stay warm in the blankets, didn't get up immediately. Instead, she continued to wrap herself in the blankets, tilting her head to look at Roy approaching. Her usually cold face was expressionless, but the curve of her eyebrows had unconsciously softened considerably.

"Three hours, much faster than expected."

Roy glanced at the pendulum clock beside him and replied.

This timeframe was unexpected. He had assumed that Ais's stronger talent evolution would take longer, but it turned out to be shorter.

"Three hours..."

Ais's eyes flickered slightly, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She was genuinely afraid that she would miss the Fertility Festival when she woke up.

"Miss Ais, how are you feeling? Is there anything that's bothering you? Should we have Shanica come and take a look at you?"

Looking at the Ice Witch Ais, who was still wrapped in a blanket, Roy asked with concern.

Ais gently shook her head and propped herself up: "I'm fine, I'm in good condition, no need to trouble Miss Shanica."

The soft bedding slipped down with Ais's movements, revealing a deep purple dress clinging to her delicate body. Perhaps because her hips and legs were pressing down on the hem of the dress, the upper part of her garment was very tight. Due to the deformation of the clothing, a large expanse of her fair skin below her neck was revealed, and the deep cleavage that was faintly visible stirred a strong urge to explore.

Roy paused in his steps, his eyes glancing sideways with a hint of embarrassment, while Ais, who was sitting in front of him and felt a chill, also realized something and her hand, which was resting on the bed, stiffened.

She subtly lifted her thigh, allowing her tightly pressed dress to loosen. The billowing hem concealed her fair skin, and her tense body finally relaxed.

Seeing out of the corner of his eye that Ais had straightened her clothes, Roy casually turned around and asked curiously, "Miss Ais, have you noticed any changes after your talent evolved?"

After the Shadow Witch Lilia's talent evolved, her control over shadows became stronger. At the same time, she also gained the powerful ability to contract with and summon shadow creatures.

What unique abilities will Lilia, the Ice Witch who was already extremely powerful, possess after her talent evolves? Roy is very much looking forward to it.

"Variety……"

Ais threw back the covers and got out of bed, walking to the center of the room.

She closed her eyes, and the blood-lined ice sword, quietly suspended deep within her consciousness, was like a beacon in the darkness, a lighthouse in a storm, fully demonstrating its presence.

After calming her mind, Ais finally "saw" the countless fine, blood-red lines that spread out from the Bloodline Ice Sword.

These crimson threads adhered to every blood vessel in her body, forming an incredibly vast network. With each breath she took, crimson particles of light emerged from these threads and merged into every part of her body.

Ais could sense that her body was undergoing some subtle changes under the influence of these blood-red light particles, and these changes were undoubtedly positive and beneficial.

As Ais gazed at the blood-red ice sword deep within her consciousness, a sudden realization dawned on her.

—I can draw this blood-lined ice sword.

This realization came suddenly, but Ais knew it was no illusion.

Guided by her inner instincts, Ais raised her hand, her arm perpendicular to her body.

Outside, Roy, who was gazing at the Ice Witch Ais, suddenly felt the surrounding temperature begin to drop rapidly. The temperature, which was already in the single digits, plummeted to below zero.

Roy wasn't a thermometer and couldn't know the exact sub-zero temperature, but the air he exhaled from his nose cooled rapidly in front of him, then turned into ice crystals that fell to the ground.

The entire hidden place was covered with a thin layer of frost, and as time went on, the frost was gradually thickening.

The terrifying chill seeped into his body, leaving Roy no choice but to mobilize his internal fighting spirit and enter a "fighting spirit burst" state to resist the cold.

so cold...

Even so, Roy could still feel the chill in his body getting worse.

His fighting spirit was not enough to completely resist this level of extreme cold.

Roy quickly took a few steps back, creating distance between himself and Ais, and only then did he feel the chill on his body subside slightly.

Suddenly, Roy's attention was drawn to a glimpse of blood red reflected in his pupils.

He stared intently, and what came into view was a longsword made of ice crystals with a blood-red line running down its center.

The root cause of the drastic drop in temperature here is this Bloodline Ice Sword that constantly emits a chilling current!

Is this the new ability Ais gained after her talent evolved?!

Roy was shocked.

The cold air it emitted when it first appeared caused the surrounding temperature to plummet; it's hard to imagine the power it would have when it was truly activated.

At this moment, Ais slowly opened her eyes.

Roy could clearly see that Ais's originally pale silver pupils had now turned into a dazzling azure blue.

Noticing the sudden change in her surroundings, especially Roy, whose entire body was covered in a faint white aura but who was still shivering uncontrollably, Ais's expression changed, and the blood-line ice sword she was holding dissipated.

With the source of cooling gone and Ais controlling it, the temperature inside the hidden place rose rapidly, quickly returning to above zero degrees Celsius.

"call……"

Roy let out a deep breath: "Miss Ais, your abilities seem to have become stronger. What was that blood sword just now?"

"I obtained it from the Talent Evolution Space." Seeing that Roy was alright, Ais breathed a sigh of relief and began to explain:

“My talent evolution space is different from Miss Lilia’s; it’s a world made of ice and snow.”

"To evolve my talent, I need to ascend a pure white ice island suspended in mid-air. To ascend the pure white ice island, I must climb ninety-nine layers of ice crystal stairs."

“Every nine steps up these stairs, there is a blood-red ice sword stuck in the ground, and the blood color becomes more and more prominent as you go up the stairs.”

"My strength was only enough to barely hold out until the ninth level before I could go no further."

"After drawing the first Bloodline Ice Sword, I tried the tenth level, but..."

At this point, Ais shook her head.

"So that's it..."

A look of amazement appeared on Roy's face.

A comparison of the Shadow Witch's performance in the Talent Evolution Space reveals the vast difference in strength between Lilia and Ais.

Within the Shadow Talent Space, Lilia couldn't even withstand the pressure of the first step. She could only bite off a fragment of the step before her body was crushed, thus completing the evolution of her talent.

And what about Ais?

She went straight up to the ninth step, pulled out the blood-lined ice sword stuck in it, and completed her advancement.

Although both witches ultimately completed the evolution of their talents, even a fool could see the difference between the two advancement methods.

Without a doubt, the Ice Witch Ais's talent has evolved more thoroughly and improved more significantly!

"Has your talent undergone any other changes?" Roy asked curiously, looking at Ais in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Ais gently shook her head: "The main change is in this Bloodline Ice Sword. It seems to be modifying my body, making it more compatible with ice elements. That's all."

“Is that so…” Roy nodded thoughtfully.

Unlike the Shadow Witch Lilia, who gained an extra ability, the Ice Witch Ais's greatest improvement was in her control over the ice element.

This is not a bad thing; on the contrary, it is a good thing.

Most things are more powerful the purer they are.

When the control over ice elements reaches a certain limit, what will be revealed is unparalleled terror and power.