"It's alright, I can do it for another ten minutes."
Li Ke wanted to say this, but unfortunately, his body wouldn't allow it.
He was currently in a dizzy, lightheaded state. Although he could clearly feel his weakness, he couldn't feel any discomfort whatsoever.
To be precise, he had a slightly floating, dizzy feeling.
It was a feeling that was completely different from normal sex with a girl!
"Does the Gremory family also work as succubi?"
Li Ke wanted to ask, but without a doubt, Rias Gremory wouldn't answer this question directly, because having extracted Li Ke's essence, she had already recovered some of her magical power.
Not only had her complexion improved, but her spirit was no longer weak.
However, Li Ke couldn't; he didn't even have the strength to stand up.
Rias gently lifted Li Ke in a princess carry, then looked at Lux, whose face was flushed, and asked.
"Lux, how's your magic power recovering?"
Lux blushed and looked at Rias, took a deep breath, carefully sensed the power within her body, and then spoke.
"My power has recovered halfway."
Rias's face revealed a somewhat cruel smile.
"Very good, it's time to resolve the trouble we caused!"
She glanced at Li Ke, her expression softening.
"Mr. Li Ke, thank you for your energy. I will not let you down."
Li Ke wanted to say "Do as you please," but he didn't even have the strength to speak, so he let Rias do as she pleased.
But what he didn't know was that Rias thought she had misjudged Li Ke.
"Mr. Li Ke isn't an ordinary person either."
Rias was astonished as she felt the essence of energy constantly transforming into magic power within her body. Li Ke's essence was too pure, as if it had never been affected by anything.
In this state, the speed and effectiveness of essence recovery were remarkable.
But this also meant that there had never been any magic power in Li Ke's environment—which was impossible.
Magic power is what constructs the world. Even the holy power of Angels and the magic power of Devils are essentially magic power. It's just that they've changed; but the core remains the same.
They're all composed of spiritual and physical energy. But Li Ke's body was excessively pure, without any transformed magic power at all. It's like...the most primordial human.
In their world, they would undoubtedly be treasures, but pure humans should have long since disappeared.
But this wasn't the time to think about such things. Rias once again activated her flight magic, and with a wave of her hand, large clumps of earth above their heads flew up, revealing swarms of zombie birds.
"Lux!"
"Yes!"
Lux immediately understood what she was about to do. She raised her staff, and beams of light continuously appeared in the sky, clearing paths through the swarm of zombie birds and allowing Rias and the others to see the steel hut surrounded by countless zombie birds.
"Looks like I'll have to apologize properly later!"
Rias erected a shield, protecting Li Ke and Lux. Then, countless magic circles suddenly appeared around her. That's right, holding Li Ke didn't stop her from wreaking havoc!
Countless fireballs and flames began to swirl around her shield, continuously killing the charging zombie birds. Moreover, after handing Li Ke over to Lux for support, her fingers crackled with electricity. "Although I don't possess the lightning powers of Akeno, spending all my time with her has allowed me to learn quite a bit!"
Rias's face revealed a cruel smile. The next moment, countless bolts of lightning emerged from suddenly appearing magic circles, attacking the countless zombie birds in the sky, leaping and striking them repeatedly.
In an instant, except for the steel hut she had deliberately avoided, the entire sky was filled with lightning.
Countless zombie birds and the aroma of meat followed. The zombie birds within a radius of several hundred meters were cleared, but countless more continued to charge.
"This is truly…"
Rias gritted her teeth and released another ball of fire. If one of her familiars were present, these monsters wouldn't be a problem at all; she could easily use blood magic to detonate the remaining blood within their bodies, instantly wiping out all the monsters.
But she couldn't. Killing these monsters would require immense effort.
So she didn't linger in the fight, having only recovered a portion of her magic power. After clearing out the remaining zombies, she quickly rushed towards the steel hut and landed at the doorway.
Kiri quickly noticed the situation and immediately opened the door, letting the three of them inside. But the instant she took Li Ke from Lux's arms, her gun was pointed at Rias's head.
"Can you explain why our man is like this?!"
Kiri glared at Rias, annoyed by Rias attracting these monsters and even more concerned about Li Ke's limp, absent-minded state.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Li Ke is in this state because I absorbed his life essence. But rest assured, I haven't harmed his body. He'll recover after some rest."
Rias wasn't offended by Kiri's hostility, but rather felt more apologetic.
"I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused you all, but please rest assured, I'll resolve this crisis as soon as I have a moment to rest."
She bowed sincerely to Kiri and the trembling Tsunade, showing no intention of rising. Lux also bowed in apology.
"Ha, I hope you keep your word."
Kiri scoffed dismissively, then dragged Li Ke onto the bed, placing him next to Tsunade so he could rest.
Li Ke felt drowsy, and even Kiri's occasional opening of the observation vent to fire couldn't wake him. He soon fell asleep in Tsunade's trembling arms.
A heavy silence fell over the steel cabin.
Kiri had no interest in saying anything to the stranger who had caused her trouble and left Li Ke in this state. Rias and Lux, on the other hand, were too embarrassed to say anything.
Fortunately, Li Ke's peaceful sleep didn't last long. Soon, his mind recovered from the dazed state of being drained of his energy, returning to normal, only to be awakened by Kiri's gunfire.
The steel hut then returned to some semblance of normalcy.
Slowly opening his eyes, Li Ke, illuminated by the torchlight, saw Kiri continuously firing from the firing port, and Lux and Rias sitting on two wooden blocks.
The two of them looked like schoolchildren who had done something wrong, awaiting judgment. Li Ke shook his head to make sure he wasn't dreaming before realizing he was back in the safe steel hut.
"Is it still not over?"
Listening to the still-banging steel hut, and glancing at the zombie birds swarming towards him from the firing port, he couldn't help but ask.
Rias has beaten him to this state, and she still hasn't finished this trouble?
Just how many of these strange birds are there?
"Not long! There are at least thousands more outside!"
Kiri's expression improved somewhat after seeing Li Ke awaken, but she still looked annoyed.
Rias, at this moment, knew she could speak up.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Li Ke, but this world is indeed quite strange, as you said, and it doesn't welcome us. It seems to not want people to fly. I just calculated that I only flew for a few tens of minutes, and this world released hundreds to thousands of strange birds to attack me! At first, there were only one or two, but then, the number of these monsters kept increasing each time they appeared, and the speed at which they appeared also increased!"
Li Ke's lips curled into a smile. He had actually considered using a plane to avoid the Blood Moon, after all, Kiri was there, and they had a gyroplane in their crafting menu. But now, it seemed that a gyroplane was practically a death trap.
"This world is really..."
He really didn't want to complain anymore.
However, just as he was feeling helpless, he discovered a message from his official system.
Opening it, he saw two astonishing notifications.
"Attention! Your qualification as the Dimensional Lord of 7 Days to Die is being surpassed!"
"Rias Gremory! Lux Crownguard has surpassed your qualification as the Dimensional Lord of 7 Days to Die!"
What the heck?!