107: Chapter 107: Come over tonight, I'll give you a reward.

The trident's shaft trembled slightly, conveying a sense of intimacy and submission.

Wang Donger looked down at the Sea God Trident in her hands, a symbol of supreme authority and power. Feeling the resonance between the vast Divine Power contained within it and the Sea God's power in her own body, an unprecedented sense of achievement and joy surged through her entire being like a warm current.

Four years of arduous effort and countless times of gritting her teeth and persevering had all become worth it in this moment.

On her stunningly beautiful face, currently pale from exhaustion, she could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart. She bloomed with an incredibly radiant smile that seemed to light up the entire hall, as brilliant and dazzling as a rainbow after the rain.

She turned around abruptly, her gaze immediately locking onto the young man standing not far away—the one who had always supported her with trusting and encouraging eyes.

Joy had clouded her mind, causing her to momentarily forget the occasion, her status, and the fact that two seniors were watching from the side.

Like a happy little bird, or perhaps a child who had just received a beloved toy, she clutched the Sea God Trident, which was taller than she was, and ran towards Lu Jing with steps that were somewhat unsteady yet exceptionally light.

When she was just a few steps away from Lu Jing, Wang Donger leaped lightly, bringing with her a fragrant breeze, and threw herself directly onto him!

Her fair arms naturally wrapped around Lu Jing's neck, and her long legs tightly coiled around his waist, hanging on him just like a koala.

This action was so natural and intimate, filled with unreserved reliance and joy.

She tilted her stunning, peerless face up, flushed with an enchanting rosy hue from excitement. Her azure eyes seemed to hold the stars, and she laughed like an innocent, carefree girl, her voice crisp and cheerful:

"Lu Jing! Lu Jing, look! I did it! I really pulled it out! Hahaha!"

With soft, fragrant warmth in his arms—especially the astonishingly soft sensation against his chest and the exquisite feeling of her perky buttocks, which he had subconsciously supported—Lu Jing's brain instantly crashed. He stood stiffly on the spot as if hit by a freezing spell, his hands still maintaining the posture of having subconsciously caught her.

His face was full of shock and disbelief.

"This... this girl... is too bold, isn't she?!"

Not only him, but the Snow Empress and Poseidon standing to the side—these two peak powerhouses who had seen it all and possessed heaven-defying cultivation—were also completely petrified at this moment.

A rare crack appeared on the Snow Empress's eternally frosty face.

Her beautiful ice-blue eyes widened slightly as she watched Wang Donger hanging on Lu Jing like an octopus, then looked at Lu Jing's dumbfounded expression. The corners of her cold lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

"This... what kind of behavior is this?"

And Poseidon, this Sea God Douluo who had lived for over a hundred years, ruled over Sea God Island, and whose state of mind had long been as calm as an ancient well, now had her red lips slightly parted. Her stunning face was filled with shock and a hint of... amusement?

She watched the young couple tightly embracing, especially Wang Donger's uninhibited actions and Lu Jing's awkward, flustered appearance, and for a moment, she didn't know how to react.

"Are young people nowadays... all this... passionate?"

She subconsciously cleared her throat and shifted her gaze away, looking at the murals on the dome of the hall, as if flowers had suddenly grown on them.

After a brief, awkward silence, Lu Jing was the first to recover from the huge shock.

He felt the girl's hot, vibrant body in his arms and her unmasked joy. In his heart, he felt both amused and helpless, mixed with a hint of indescribable palpitation.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to remain calm. To ease the strange atmosphere, his right hand, which was supporting Wang Donger's perky buttocks, couldn't help but give a light squeeze, carrying a hint of playfulness and punishment.

"Mmm..." Wang Donger, caught off guard, let out a faint, nasal moan. Her body trembled slightly, and she clung even tighter to Lu Jing.

She glared at Lu Jing with a touch of reproach, but the flush on her face deepened, like a ripe peach.

Lu Jing felt the amazing elasticity and texture, and his heart fluttered, but he tried to maintain a calm expression on his face. He said with a smiling voice: "Alright, alright, I see it, I see it! Our Donger is the best, catching the Sea God Trident with ease! I knew you could do it!"

Hearing Lu Jing's praise, Wang Donger immediately threw the sneak attack from just a moment ago to the back of her mind. She proudly lifted her snow-white neck like a triumphant little swan and hummed: "That goes without saying! When this young lady takes action, what can't be accomplished?"

Seeing her adorable, naive appearance, the soft spot in Lu Jing's heart was touched, but catching the meaningful gazes of the two seniors nearby out of the corner of his eye, he still felt a bit awkward.

He coughed lightly, signaled to the side with his eyes, and whispered a reminder: "Ahem... well... Donger, about the reward and celebration... should we... discuss that later? Look, Senior Poseidon and Sister Snow are still watching..."

"Ah?"

Wang Donger was immersed in the joy of success and the sweetness of being close to Lu Jing. Hearing this, she was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned her head to look to the side.

At this look, the smile on her face froze instantly, replaced by a shyness like a volcanic eruption!

She saw that Poseidon was focused on studying the murals on the ceiling, but the corners of her mouth held a subtle, elusive smile that made her want to crawl into a hole.

And Senior Snow Empress, although still expressionless, clearly had a faint trace of... mischief in her ice-blue eyes?

"Oh my god! What did I just do?!"

Wang Donger's brain went "boom," as if fireworks had exploded.

Only then did she realize that because she was too excited, she had actually performed such... such shameless actions in front of two highly respected and immensely powerful seniors!

She had jumped directly onto Lu Jing, and... and had been supported there by him...

"Ugh..."

Wang Donger let out an almost inaudible moan, her entire face, along with her neck and ears, turning so red it looked like it was about to bleed.

An intense sense of shame made her wish she could immediately find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

In her desperation, she simply closed her eyes, leaned her head against Lu Jing's shoulder, and whispered urgently in a voice as thin as a mosquito's, laced with a crying tone: "Quick... hurry away! This is so embarrassing! I... I fainted! Yes, I fainted! Too much exhaustion!"

Seeing her ostrich-like behavior, Lu Jing felt both amused and helpless.

He shook his head, adjusted his posture to hold the "fainted" Wang Donger more securely in his arms, and then looked up at Poseidon. He tried to squeeze out a decent smile and explained: "Senior Poseidon, Donger... she just passed the trial, perhaps the consumption was indeed too great, she was a bit emotional, and on top of that, she was exhausted... so... may I take her back to rest first?"

Hearing this, Poseidon withdrew her gaze from the magnificent dome murals and landed it on Lu Jing and the girl in his arms, who had buried her face completely and whose ear tips were flushed red. A look of understanding and a hint of amusement appeared on her stunning face. She nodded gently, her voice ethereal and elegant, yet seemingly carrying a trace of a smile: "No matter, I understand. Donger has passed the seventh trial, her mind is agitated, and her physical strength is exhausted; she indeed needs proper rest. You two go back first; the matter of the subsequent trials can be discussed after she recovers."

Her words were very appropriate, giving them plenty of room to step down.

"Thank you for your understanding, Senior." Lu Jing felt as if he had been granted an amnesty and quickly thanked her.

Then, holding Wang Donger—who was pretending to be unconscious but was actually stiff and too embarrassed to see anyone—he nodded to the Snow Empress and walked quickly towards the outside of the hall, his pace carrying a hint of fleeing in panic.

The Snow Empress watched their retreating figures, then nodded slightly to Poseidon and turned to follow them.

Walking out of the magnificent Sea God Hall, the evening sea breeze blew with a chill, making the "ostrich" in Lu Jing's arms shiver slightly.

Arriving at the square outside the hall, away from that embarrassing scene, Wang Donger finally dared to quietly lift her head a little from Lu Jing's shoulder, revealing a pair of watery, incredibly shy big eyes. She secretly looked around and, finding that only the Snow Empress was following behind, let out a long sigh of relief. However, she still stayed in Lu Jing's arms and refused to get down, muttering in a low voice: "So embarrassing... I won't have the face to see Senior Poseidon in the future..."

Lu Jing looked down at her infinitely shy appearance, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Knowing to be shy now? Where did the courage to jump on me just now go?"

"You still say that!" Wang Donger angrily and shyly gave his chest a light punch, but the force was soft and weak.

At this moment, the Snow Empress, who was following behind, gazed into the distance, looking towards the opposite side of Sea God Island where the water met the sky, as if she could see the outline of the distant continent. Her cold voice broke the amorous atmosphere between the young couple: "The seventh trial has passed, when are we returning to the continent?"

Hearing this, Lu Jing restrained his smile, thought for a moment, looked at Wang Donger in his arms, and asked: "By the way, Donger, what is the content of your eighth trial? Is there any hint?"

Wang Donger also recovered from her shyness, her expression becoming much more serious.

With a thought, she communicated with the Sea God Trident mark on her forehead. A moment later, a look of gravity appeared on her stunning face, and she said slowly: "The content of the eighth trial is... to kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."

"What?! Kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?!"

Even with the Snow Empress's eternally frozen state of mind, upon hearing this trial content, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Her beautiful ice-blue eyes widened instantly, filled with an expression of disbelief!

It was as if she had heard some kind of fantasy!

"Are you sure it's the Deep Sea Demon Whale King? That big guy with cultivation approaching a million years, entrenched in the deep sea, whom even Poseidon and I combined might not have full confidence in being able to keep?"

The Snow Empress's tone was full of shock and skepticism, asking: "Is this trial... mistaken? Letting a Spirit Douluo like you go and kill it? This is simply an impossible task!"

Wang Donger understood the Snow Empress's shock. She nodded with a bitter smile and confirmed: "That's right, the information displayed in the mark is very clear; it is indeed to kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. However..."

She changed the subject, looked at Lu Jing, and a flash of relief crossed her eyes as she said: "The trial instructions also mentioned that Lu Jing is allowed to assist me in completing it. Therefore, this is equivalent to the two of us joining forces to hunt the Deep Sea Demon Whale King together."

Hearing that Lu Jing could help, the Snow Empress's tense expression relaxed slightly, but her brows remained tightly locked: "Even so, it is extremely dangerous. You should have both witnessed the strength of that Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and the two of you right now..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but the meaning was obvious: with Lu Jing and Wang Donger's current strength, challenging the nearly million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the chances of winning were still pitifully slim.

Wang Donger quickly added: "Don't worry, Sister Snow, the trial has given us a very long preparation time, a full ten years!"

"Ten years?"

Upon hearing this, the Snow Empress's tightly knitted brows finally relaxed, and she let out a soft breath: "Ten years... that does offer a significant hope."

Ten years is a long time for ordinary people, but for Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts of their level, it is enough for earth-shaking changes to occur.

With the monstrous talent of Lu Jing and Wang Donger, coupled with the rewards and opportunities of the Sea God trials, it is indeed hard to estimate to what extent their strength will grow in ten years.

By then, the two of them joining forces might just have the strength to fight the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

Lu Jing nodded and interjected: "Since it is a ten-year period, we don't need to rush for the moment. It just so happens that we can take this opportunity to return to the continent. We've been out for a few years, and we don't know what the situation on the continent is like. Besides, we also need to go back to handle some matters and, by the way, look for opportunities to further improve our strength. We can't just stay on this Sea God Island and work behind closed doors forever."

Both Wang Donger and the Snow Empress nodded in agreement.

Although Sea God Island is good and rich in resources, it is, after all, just one corner of the world.

The continent is vast and boundless, with more hidden opportunities and challenges, making it more suitable for their subsequent training and growth.

With the discussion settled, the three of them returned to their residence in the Sea Horse Sacred City.

Lu Jing escorted Wang Donger back to her room.

Looking at the lingering fatigue and paleness on the girl's face, he said softly: "Get some good rest, don't think about anything, and first recover your consumed Soul Power and mental energy."

Wang Donger nodded obediently, but just as Lu Jing turned to leave, she suddenly reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes.

Lu Jing turned back, puzzled.

Wang Donger lowered her eyelids slightly, her long eyelashes fluttering gently like butterfly wings. The flush on her cheeks, which had just faded a little, quietly crept back up. Her voice was as thin as a mosquito's, carrying a hint of indescribable shyness and determination:

"Um... Lu Jing... tonight... you come over here for a bit."

Lu Jing was slightly taken aback: "Hmm? Is something the matter?"

Wang Donger raised her eyelids and glanced at him quickly. The complex emotions contained in that look made Lu Jing's heart jump. She added in a voice as thin as a mosquito's: "I... I will give you... a reward."

After saying this, as if she had used up all her courage, she quickly let go, turned around, threw herself onto the bed, and covered her head with the quilt, leaving only a muffled voice: "You... you hurry up and go! I want to rest!"