In a certain field not far from Bednom. Space began to twist as a hole in the very fabric of reality opened up and with a loud.
*pop*
A quintet of four cultivators and a disembodied head quite literally popped back into existence.
"Ugh, could you warn this great lord better next time you decide to destroy the world around us you crazed maniac!" I said as I tried to get the taste of my own intestines out of my mouth.
I surveyed our surroundings to find us sitting in the middle of a flowery field of green. It would have been a rather peaceful scene if not for the trio of troublemakers making a fuss behind me.
"HEY! STAY WITH ME! MISS LI!"
"I should have never left home. Why didn't I just stay in my room cultivating, like master said I should? I want to go home."
The guy Nox was paired up with was freaking out over that lecherous woman dying on the ground from her injuries. Meanwhile, the exhibitionist was murmuring about how he never should have left home while hugging his legs as he was rocking back and forth on the ground with a terrified look in his eyes.
"Hey, Nox! Did you hear me? I said-"
As I was wondering why Nox wasn't responding to my complaints, I turned to look in her direction, but I was stunned by what I saw.
"Yeah, yeah. Take it up with that dead old fart if you have any complaints."
I just remembered that Nox was just a head when we escaped the imaginary space. The only reason she was able to survive as just a head back then was because she was using the reality bending powers of the imaginary space to twist the laws of nature to keep herself alive. That means when we left the imaginary space she should have died instantly.
"So, you can even regenerate from this? Also, weren't you taler, and what's with the rags you're wearing."
Instead of dying after returning to reality, Nox had grown a new, smaller body. She was now the size of a ten-year-old child. Her normal white robe had been replaced with a dirty and ragged mantle. Her body was covered head to toe in magically enchanted bandages, while the only thing covering her nether region was a pair of dirty old shorts with a belt holding various equipment.
"What. Oh, crap I turned back! Hang on a sec."
Just then she suddenly grew into a 1.7-meter-tall woman and her clothes turned back into a pure white robe which looked to be made from a rather high-quality silk. Her figure seemed rather elegant, as her presence was almost unintelligible while she gave off a mysterious air that almost seemed divine. If I didn't know any better, I would have mistaken her for a refined maiden from the heavenly maiden sect.
"What's with that dazed stare? You look like you just woke from a daydream."
Just then I realized I had been awkwardly staring at her without a word for a while.
"I-Its nothing, Anyways, was that your true form I just witnessed." I said while trying to change the subject before she realizes I was entranced by her new appearance.
"Ah, well, not exactly. That was just-"
"MISS NOX!"
Before Nox could finish awkwardly explaining what her body language suggested was something embarrassing. Zhang Wei came clinging on to her robes while rubbing his tears and snot all over her fancy new robes.
"Ugh, what the hell kid! I just made this hanfu!"
"MI-MISS NOX! SENIOR SISTER LI IS DYING!"
"Yeah, I can tell, so stop yelling? Also, get off me!"
Taking a step back as a snot bridge formed between him and Nox's new clothes he asked.
"Can't you save her, please?"
"What makes you think she c-"
"Sure. But first." She said cutting off the dark lord while gesturing for something.
Having learned his lesson from his experiences in the imaginary space, Zhang Wei pulled out a bag of cash and handed it to Nox.
"Good boy." Nox said before patting him on the head and waltzing up to the dying miss Li.
The damage to her body was severe. Her contact with the dark lord's aura may have been short, but it was fatal, nonetheless. Her arms had been burned black and were beginning to crumble away. Her once large chest had been incinerated along with the clothes covering her torso. And her once, spotless face had been ruined as the skin around her mouth had been burned off, putting her teeth on full display. What was once the rather seductive figure of a woman, was now a soon to be armless, half naked and lipless woman, with two charred circles where her breasts used to be.
"It's too late. She cannot be saved. After all she was burned by the majestic aura of none other than-"
"Poke."
And with a poke of her finger, the world around the once dying woman began to be sucked in as her body parts were being reconstructed from the surrounding matter. Air was being sucked into her face and chest as she grew a new lip and chest. The dust from her crumbling arms was pieced back together as the color of her once charred skin returned to normal. It was just like how Nox regenerated, no, rather recovered after an injury.
"Good as new. Now let's go playboy." She said as she walked past an astonished dark lord
"Wha… Hay, wait up?" I said as I hurriedly ran after her, while we heard the joy full cries of a delicate looking young man in the flowery background.