"If I’m not a Light Elf despite all this, then what am I?!" Elena asked in curiosity and shock, clearly unable to believe Rios.

Imagine being a white human with blond hair and blue eyes born in Northern Europe, or a black human with curly hair and thick lips born in Southern Africa, only for someone to come along and tell you that you don’t belong to the Caucasian race or the African race!

"You are indeed an Elf, but not one from any of the seven known bloodlines. You belong to a higher bloodline known as the Star Elf."

"And you also possess an Immortal-grade physique called the Pulsing Star Body," Rios said with a smile as he looked at the system screen.

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Race: Star Elf

Bloodline: Pulsing Star Body (Immortal)

Level: Master (3)

Progress: 100%

[Main Quest]

Establish a relationship with Queen Elena

Reward:

1. Ten Heaven-grade Abyss Bloodline Elixirs

Penalty: Sealing of the Abyss Bloodline

Time Limit: One month

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"Star Elf! Immortal bloodline! Pulsing Star Body..." Elena muttered in a daze, trying to accept—or even believe—what Rios had just told her, but it wasn’t that easy.

"Aren’t your eyes proof enough already?" Rios said with a smile.

"My eyes?!" Elena cried out in shock as tears welled up in them once again. "Do you mean... they’re not cursed?"

"No, they’re not cursed! They’re far too beautiful to be cursed. Even the curse itself would curse itself before daring to curse them." Rios looked into Elena’s eyes and shamelessly flirted with her, trying to ease her pain.

Elena smiled instinctively, her face turning red with embarrassment. She glared at Rios in mock reproach and puffed out her cheeks, trying to hide her smile, but it only made her look even cuter.

"But how do you explain everyone being burned after staring into them for too long?"

"Didn’t I tell you? You possess the Immortal-grade Pulsing Star Body! Your body may be sealed, but it isn’t sealed completely," Rios answered confidently.

"You mean... my eyes weren’t sealed along with the rest of my body?" Elena’s eyes widened in astonishment.

"Mhm." Rios nodded, continuing to gaze into her eyes as though they were the most beautiful thing in existence. "Your eyes are like two pulsing stars. They burn anyone who looks at them, yet at the same time possess such overwhelming attraction that no one who sees them can stop staring."

"The only problem is that you’ve never learned how to control them. Once your body is fully unsealed, you’ll be able to control them naturally."

After hearing Rios’s explanation, Elena lowered her head slightly. A few moments later, she clenched her teeth, tightened her fists with determination, looked him straight in the eyes, and asked resolutely,

"What do I have to do to destroy the seal placed on my body?"

"Simple. You need to have sex with me," Rios replied, his smile and excitement reaching their peak.

"..."

Elena’s expression froze the instant she heard Rios’s shameless solution. But when his words finally sank in, her face instantly turned crimson, becoming as red as blood, and her body temperature rose so high that you could probably fry an egg on it.

"Liar! How could that possibly cure me?! You’re obviously just trying to take advantage of me!" Elena shouted as she backed away slightly and threw the pillow beside her straight at Rios.

Catching it effortlessly, Rios wore an infuriating grin.

"Who said I’d be the one curing you? The treasure will be the one doing it. It’ll simply use my body and bloodline as a medium to destroy the seal," Rios said mockingly before lunging at Elena. He gave her no chance to react, pinning her beneath him like a lion that had caught its prey and left it no room to escape.

"And who said I’m trying to take advantage of you? How could I take advantage of something that already belongs to me?"

Elena looked at Rios with blurred eyes from overwhelming embarrassment and bit her rosy lips. Before she could say anything, however, Rios’s lips had already sealed hers.

"Mmm! Mmm!"

Elena’s eyes widened as she struggled against him, but it was useless.

Holding both of her hands, Rios prolonged the kiss for over a minute before finally pulling away.

"Don’t tell me you didn’t expect this and mentally prepare yourself the moment I carried you from the garden to your room," Rios said teasingly, looking as though he had just tasted the most delicious thing in the world.

Elena’s chest rose and fell rapidly as she gazed at him with misty eyes. She bit her lips and remained silent.

"So... should I take your silence as consent?" Rios asked with a lustful look and a teasing smile.

Elena still said nothing and merely turned her head to the side, avoiding his gaze.

"Hahaha, well done, my girl. That’s exactly the answer I wanted." Rios cupped her face, turned it back toward him, and pounced on her once more—this time with even greater passion and desire.

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Several hours later, after Rios and Elena’s bodies had become thoroughly intertwined—

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Ding!

[Main Quest Completed: Establish a relationship with Elf Queen Elena, destroy the seal, and liberate the Immortal body.]

[The seal is now being destroyed, and the Immortal body is being liberated!]

[Full liberation in... 10]

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[The Pulsing Star Body has been liberated.]

Reward:

1. Ten Heaven-grade Abyss Bloodline Elixirs

[The host can find the elixirs in the system storage space.]

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Rios paid no attention to the system notification. In fact, he didn’t even notice it.

"Hah... hah... hah..."

He lay on the bed, his chest rising and falling heavily from the exhaustion brought about by making love with Elena.

It was strange. This level of fatigue was completely unnatural.

After obtaining the Tree of Life’s bloodline, Rios’s physical capabilities and vitality had increased several times over, not to mention his already overwhelming strength and toughness as the Tree of Abyss.

He was certain that even if he slept with ten women at once and brought each of them to climax ten times, he still wouldn’t have felt even half this exhausted.

The only explanation he could think of was the Immortal Pulsing Star Body.

Only another Immortal body could truly exhaust an Immortal body—especially one possessing such overwhelmingly destructive properties as the Immortal Pulsing Star Body.

Elena rested atop Rios’s chest, her soft body pressed against his as their breathing synchronized perfectly, their chests rising and falling together in harmony.

Rios wrapped his arms around her neck and drew his face close until their breaths mingled as one.

Elena gazed back at him with dreamy eyes and flushed cheeks, the shyness that had once overwhelmed her now almost completely gone.

Rios pulled her closer and kissed her passionately once more.

This time, Elena did not resist. Instead, she returned his kiss with even greater passion and intensity.