48: Chapter 48 I feel like I... took off!

Although she was mentally prepared, now that it had actually reached this point, the ice-mountain goddess still felt a wave of shame from head to toe.

"Pfft—!"

Chen Xi, who was in the middle of steadying his breathing, almost choked on his own saliva.

He looked at Su Xiaoxiao's expression and hurriedly waved his hands:

"No, no, no, don't rush!"

"I already told you, don't listen to Mu Rou's nonsense! Her situation was special, and on top of that, she's just dramatic!"

Chen Xi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead:

"Although the class core card needs to touch the skin to merge, you only need to expose that one area."

"In a moment... you just need to lift your top slightly and expose your lower abdomen."

Hearing that she didn't need to take off her clothes, Su Xiaoxiao visibly relaxed, and her previously tensed shoulders slumped.

"O-okay."

She blushed and replied, feeling both relieved and inexplicably a little disappointed.

Relieved that it wouldn't be so awkward, but disappointed that...

Damn it!

Su Xiaoxiao!

What are you thinking about!

She hurriedly shook her head to shake off those messy thoughts.

"Then I'll prepare the materials first."

Chen Xi took a deep breath and turned to walk toward the workbench behind him.

Since the position was already determined, the next step was card crafting.

He used both hands to pick up the two S-rank materials on the table that were emitting terrifying fluctuations.

In his left hand was the 【heart of the frost dragon】, emitting a bone-chilling cold. Its deep blue light seemed capable of freezing souls, and the surrounding air instantly condensed into a layer of white frost.

In his right hand was the sizzling 【Thunder Crystal】. The violent power of lightning rampaged inside the crystal, as if it could explode at any moment.

One ice, one thunder; one still, one moving.

"Hoo..."

Chen Xi's gaze was like a torch. He slammed his hands together, cradling both materials between his palms.

"Card Crafting!"

With a low shout, his massive mental energy poured out like a tidal wave, forcibly wrapping these two unruly energies together.

Boom!

The cold air wanted to freeze the lightning, and the lightning wanted to shatter the cold air!

Red and blue lights intertwined crazily in the room, making Chen Xi's face flicker between light and shadow.

Time passed second by second.

Finally, after ten long minutes of extreme tug-of-war and integration.

The violent lightning gradually became docile, and the bone-chilling ice began to have temperature.

The two forces no longer repelled each other, but began to entwine and rotate with a strange rhythm, finally merging into one!

Hum—!!!

A dazzling purple-blue beam of light shot into the sky, then quickly retracted.

When the light faded.

An exquisite card, deep dark purple throughout with ice-blue and golden patterns flowing on its surface, floated quietly in Chen Xi's palm.

On the front of the card, a battle spear covered in frost and entwined with lightning was depicted.

On the back were complex and profound magic circle patterns.

【Ding! S-rank class core card — Ice Thunder Battle Method, synthesis successful!】

Hearing the system prompt, Chen Xi let out a long breath.

He felt like his body had been hollowed out, but the joy in his eyes could not be concealed.

It's done!

Chen Xi picked up the card without hesitation and turned to look at Su Xiaoxiao.

"Xiao Xiao, are you ready?"

Chen Xi's voice was a bit hoarse, a flush of exhaustion on his face, his eyes burning as he looked at her:

"Now... it's your turn."

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the card, which exuded a fatal attraction, as if she heard a call from the depths of her soul.

She took a deep breath, nodded, and her eyes became incredibly firm:

"U-understood."

No more fidgeting, no more hesitation.

Su Xiaoxiao extended her slender hands and gently grabbed the hem of her mage robe.

Then, under Chen Xi's gaze.

She lifted it up bit by bit.

As the fabric rose, a breathtaking patch of snow-white skin was gradually revealed to the air.

A lower abdomen that was perfect and flawless.

Her fair and delicate navel rose and fell slightly with her breathing, appearing exceptionally alluring.

"Gulp."

Looking at the abdomen in front of him like a work of art, Chen Xi couldn't help but swallow dryly, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

"I'm going to start."

He reminded her, his voice tight.

"Mmm~"

Su Xiaoxiao closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

Chen Xi took a deep breath and held the class core card between two fingers.

Then.

He carefully pressed the card against Su Xiaoxiao's smooth lower abdomen.

The moment his fingertips touched that warm, delicate skin.

Chen Xi's hand trembled slightly; the sensation from his fingertips felt like an electric shock.

The physical card, the moment it touched the skin, immediately turned into a mass of purple-blue liquid energy.

Chen Xi's fingers pressed gently, guiding this mass of violent yet docile energy, slowly sinking it into Su Xiaoxiao's body.

The next second.

An indescribable, strange feeling instantly swept through Su Xiaoxiao's entire body.

Extreme cold and extreme heat erupted from her dantian.

The two forces followed her meridians, like a rushing river, crazily washing through her limbs and bones!

"Unh~"

She couldn't help but let out a muffled groan from her nose.

The sound was alluring to the bone, appearing exceptionally clear in the quiet stronghold room.

Chen Xi's hand shook, almost losing his grip.

This sound... is too foul play, right!?

"It's almost done, just wait a little longer!"

Chen Xi shouted, both to remind Su Xiaoxiao and to keep himself sober.

As the class core card completely merged.

An astonishing change occurred on Su Xiaoxiao's body!

Boom!

A terrifying aura, several times stronger than before, erupted from Su Xiaoxiao's body.

【Ding! Su Xiaoxiao successfully fused with the S-rank class core card!】

【Ding! Class advancement successful! Current class: Ice Thunder Battle Method (Unique Hidden)!】

Chen Xi steadied himself, looking at Su Xiaoxiao, who was floating in mid-air like a descending goddess, his eyes full of shock and relief.

It succeeded!

Ice Thunder Battle Method, finally revealed to the world!

Chen Xi stared intently at Su Xiaoxiao, and Su Xiaoxiao's information was projected out without reservation.

【Name: Su Xiaoxiao】

【Level: Lv.18】

【Class: Ice Thunder Battle Method (Unique Hidden)】

【Class Traits】

【Ice Thunder Origin Return: Your body is the source and destination of ice and thunder. Any ice-attribute and thunder-attribute attacks that touch you will be assimilated into the purest source energy and absorbed, making you completely immune to these two elemental damages.】

【Thunder Shadow Thousand Flashes: Transform into lightning, shape like a ghost. In this state, movement speed and neural reaction reach their peak, ignoring the restrictions of physical rules, allowing for blinking between two points. At the same time, you can freely chant various spells while moving at high speed.】

Chen Xi looked at his latest work, the corners of his mouth curling up uncontrollably.

This is too awesome!

Immune to attacks from both ice and thunder elements!

And high-speed blinking that ignores physical rules, plus moving while casting spells!

It perfectly solved Su Xiaoxiao's weakness of being unable to move while casting spells and only being able to take a beating if ambushed!

Su Xiaoxiao, on the side, also slowly opened her eyes after adapting to her brand-new body.

Feeling the seemingly endless power within her body, a smile of unprecedented confidence appeared on her face.

"Is this... the power of the class core card?"

She clenched her fist gently, and a sonic boom immediately sounded in the air.

"Captain Chen..."

Su Xiaoxiao looked at Chen Xi, her eyes filled with gratitude and admiration:

"Thank you."

"I feel like I'm... taking off!"