Chapter 373: The Special Power Within Her Face
"Ze… I… I…"
Tisi came up to him, looking at him in panic.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Qize looked at her nervously and asked gently.
"My face… something seems to be wrong with it."
Tisi said anxiously.
"What's wrong with it?" Jiang Qize carefully examined her face.
"Just now, I was training my body the way you told me to, and then my right cheek started heating up—it felt like it was being burned by fire…"
Tears streamed down Tisi's face as she spoke nervously.
Hearing this, Jiang Qize frowned slightly.
Then he placed his hand on the red right side of her face.
Buzz!!
The moment he touched it, a scorching heat burned his hand, and a surge of energy knocked his hand away.
Jiang Qize's expression changed. Looking at his burned hand, he found it a bit unbelievable.
With his current level of defense, even famous blades couldn't break his skin—yet her face had actually burned him.
He looked at her face again, his gaze turning serious.
"Was your face like this from birth?"
He looked at Tisi and asked.
"I… I don't know. It probably was," Tisi said nervously.
"What about your family?"
"I'm an orphan. I've never seen my family, and I don't have any relatives. I grew up on my own."
Tisi shook her head.
Hearing this, a glint flashed in Jiang Qize's eyes.
"There's a very powerful force inside your face. It might be because of this force that your face has that birthmark."
Jiang Qize speculated.
"Then… when will this power leave my face?"
Ripples flickered in Tisi's eyes as she spoke pitifully.
She had endured strange looks from others for over ten years because of this birthmark—she didn't want to live like that anymore.
"I don't know either. You can try to control this power. That might work."
Jiang Qize shook his head; he had never encountered something like this before.
"But… I can't feel this power at all. How am I supposed to control it…" Tisi lowered her head, her voice bitter.
"Maybe once your strength improves, you'll be able to sense it. I can help you get stronger, or you could eat a Devil Fruit—that would also boost your strength quickly."
"Then I'll eat a Devil Fruit."
Tisi thought for a moment before speaking.
"Alright. I'll have someone find a suitable fruit for you."
Jiang Qize nodded.
"Thank you."
Tisi looked at him gratefully.
"Silly girl, what are you thanking me for?"
Jiang Qize gently rubbed her little head.
"Oh, right. Don't train for now."
"Okay, I understand."
At that moment, he looked up at the sky.
"I'll step out for a bit."
He said to her, and in the next instant, his body turned into a streak of lightning and vanished from where he stood.
…
The next moment, he appeared in the sky, his body materializing as he floated midair, his silver hair drifting.
Buzz!
A bolt of lightning gathered before him and formed into a human figure.
It was Bawang.
"Sir, this is a king-level powerhouse sent by the World Government, but she won't last much longer. Her internal organs have already been shattered by Xiao Xing and me working together!"
"Xiao Xing?"
A trace of confusion flashed in Jiang Qize's eyes as he looked at the drastically transformed Xiao Xing behind him.
But he didn't have time to think further.
"Follow me!"
After leaving those words, Jiang Qize's body disappeared once more.
Bawang, along with the two behind him, quickly followed.
They landed within the ancient forest beneath Dragon Island.