40. Hearing Bossi's voice, Thousand Waves burst into tears [First update]_1

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"Your first soul skill damage is 100,864, Black Intermediate Level. Truly worthy of a Great Priest; this level of damage is already close to their eighth or ninth soul skills," Lin Yi said, looking down at the group of elders.

"Holy moly!"

"We always knew the Great Priest was a Level 99 Limit Douluo, but we never knew just how powerful he was."

"Yeah, being able to quantify the damage like this is quite direct."

"I didn't expect the Great Priest's first soul skill to be so freaking awesome!"

The elders' eyes widened with continuous exclamations of amazement.

Thousand Waves, however, didn't care much about this; he was of an advanced age and had long since lost any desire to compare himself in this regard.

All he cared about was what the reward was.

"May I ask what my reward is?" Thousand Waves asked somewhat anxiously.

"Your reward is a phone card, or rather, a Long-Distance Call Experience Card," Lin Yi said, lifting the black sphere of light in his hand.

His expression was weird; sometimes the rewards given by the system were truly unexpected.

Yet they made sense.

So, is this the O. Henry-style reward?

Years ago, Thousand Waves had confessed his feelings to the stunningly beautiful Bossi, only to be rejected, after which he returned to Martial Soul Hall in dejection.

Since then, he and Bossi had been worshiping their respective gods at opposite ends of the continent, and it must have been many years since they had contacted each other.

The System had really considered this point; it was indeed very user-friendly.

Frowning, Thousand Waves said, "An Experience Card for making calls? Isn't it a Deity Experience Card... or pieces of an Experience Card?"

He was so disappointed.

What the heck was a Call Experience Card? You just talk directly if you want to speak to someone, why would you need an Experience Card unless you were mute?

"Yes, it's a Call Experience Card."

Lin Yi flicked the sphere of light towards Thousand Waves. The sphere hung in midair, turning into a sea-blue card with even the image of waves on it, and the card looked beautiful and exquisite.

Thousand Waves didn't reach out to catch it, but just gloomily looked at Lin Yi.

"Can I swap this reward? I'll give this back to you and you give me something else."

Lin Yi smiled helplessly, "Don't rush it. This phone card has a specified contact person. Don't you want to know who it is you would be talking to?"

"I don't want to, not interested," Thousand Waves said emotionlessly, shaking his head.

"It's with Bossi," Lin Yi stated, staring into his eyes.

As soon as the words were out, the atmosphere at the scene seemed to freeze.

Thousand Waves' expression became fixed.

He looked at Lin Yi in shock, then suddenly took a few steps forward, anxiously asking, "Who did you just say?!"

"Bossi."

The name came out of Lin Yi's mouth, striking Thousand Waves' heart like a heavy hammer.

He staggered backward and, seemingly unsteady on his feet, sat down on the ground.

"Great Priest!"

Several elders and guest elders moved forward in concern but were stopped by a gesture from Thousand Waves.

Seated on the ground, his face was filled with sorrow.

His expression instantly brimmed with regret and unwillingness.

Xue Qinghe and Bi Bidong were seeing this side of Thousand Waves for the first time.

The man known as the first executioner of Martial Soul Hall, the Level 99 Limit Douluo at the pinnacle of soul power, and the character of numerous mythical legends was now as vulnerable as a child.

"Who's Bossi?" Xue Qinghe asked, puzzled.

Apart from Thousand Waves, hardly anyone at the scene recognized the name.

That's when Lin Yi spoke up, "That's the High Priest on Sea God's Island, located on the distant East Sea Coast. In those days, she was known alongside Thousand Waves as the strongest in the ocean and the strongest in the sky, both being Level 99 Peak Douluo."

Of course, there was also the strongest on the land, but Lin Yi did not mention that.

On hearing this, Thousand Waves looked at Lin Yi in astonishment again.

How could he know about this?! This was a story almost from two generations ago. So how old was this young man now?

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"Crush the card, and you can use it, but you only have one minute of call time."

Lin Yi signaled with his eyes toward the sea-blue card.

Thousand Waves nodded.

After standing up, he took deep breaths incessantly, completely nervous.

At this moment, he seemed to become the youth from years ago, who had loved but was not loved in return.

"Start the call upon crushing it?"

Thousand Waves looked at Lin Yi, nervously confirming once again.

"Yes, you only have one minute; make it count."

So little time... Thousand Waves felt terrible.

Yet, he was eager to hear this woman's voice.

After all these years, was she doing well?

"Crack!"

Thousand Waves raised his hand and crushed the calling card.

At the same time, his voice trembled as he said, "Bossi... Sister Bossi?"

His voice was transmitted thousands of miles away through a special method that transcended the plane of Soul Land.

And successfully reached someone's ears.

But after waiting for a long while, Thousand Waves got no response.

He looked anxiously at Lin Yi.

"Be patient, wait a bit; upon suddenly hearing the voice, she needs time to respond."

Lin Yi whispered.

Just then.

Bossi finally responded!

"Who?"

Her voice was melodious and pleasant, making one feel the tranquility of wandering in an expansive ocean.

Hearing this familiar voice, Thousand Waves broke down in tears.

But had Bossi not recognized his voice?

"It's... Thousand Waves."

"Thousand Waves? No way... So it really is you. No wonder the voice sounded so familiar. How did you manage this?"

Bossi laughed, her tone revealing the joy and surprise of reuniting with an old friend after many years.

However, Thousand Waves was already inconsolable, unable to speak.

He stood there, head hung low, utterly dejected.

"Thousand Waves? Are you still there?"

Bossi's voice came through again.

Hearing this voice, Thousand Waves couldn't help but picture a stunningly beautiful face in his mind.

Her voice was the same as before, and she surely hadn't changed in appearance.

"I'm here... Sister Bossi, how have you been all these years?"

"Me? It's all the same every day. I heard you've taken a wife and had children on the mainland. It's such a pity I couldn't be there..."

Bossi's voice abruptly stopped.

There was a sudden silence.

Thousand Waves looked around, bewildered: "Sister Bossi? Sister Bossi! Are you still there?!"

There was no answer.

The pleasing voice was as if it had been a dream.

A dream Thousand Waves did not want to wake from.

"The minute is up; your silence just now wasted some time, but I understand. At least you heard her voice,"

Lin Yi said, sympathetically.

In his presence, this continent-class powerhouse was as anxious as a child, and as an onlooker, even he felt distressed.

"Senior, could you give me one more minute? Just one minute!"

Thousand Waves suddenly walked over to Lin Yi, abandoning the dignity of a Great Priest, bowed down before Lin Yi, clasped his hands in front of him, and pleaded earnestly, his expression intense.

"Grandfather..."

Xue Qinghe watched from below, his eyes red-rimmed.

He had never seen his grandfather like this.