NOVEL NEXT Chapter 146: Undercurrents Surge
Zi Qi used an Illusion Dream Charm, and Sally soon fell into an illusory dream...
"Where is this?" Sally looked at the hot spring not far away, "Linhai Park."
How did she end up here.
Suddenly, she saw Xiaohao running toward her from the woods.
"Xiaohao?" She hurried to transform back into human form, but she found she couldn't change. While she was still in shock, Xiaohao jumped into the hot spring and began frolicking in the water.
Just then, Zi Qi teleported here and was about to greet Xiaohao when he suddenly turned invisible.
A woman ran over, gasping for breath; it was her herself.
But just as she stabilized herself, her face was filled with horror again.
Zi Qi, taking great interest, turned invisible behind her.
After a pause, she pretended nothing was amiss and walked forward, then with the speed of lightning, charged into the hot spring, grabbed Xiaohao, and ran.
"Quite perceptive," Zi Qi chuckled.
Pei Xuan teleported over, and without exchanging many words, started fighting with Zi Qi.
This was the first time Sally had seen Zi Qi seriously using arcane arts to fight someone.
Water Dragon versus Pei Xuan's thundercloud lightning pillar... The fight was so intense that Sally couldn't keep her eyes open; the thunder and lightning were just too blinding!
Luckily, she had run off with Xiaohao at that time and did not come over out of curiosity, otherwise she would have been an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire, and if she hadn't died, she would have been stripped of a layer of skin.
Suddenly, the illusion in front of Sally's eyes disappeared, replaced by Zi Qi's handsome face.
"Uh... you" She still hadn't quite snapped out of the illusion.
"What did you see?" The Illusion Dream Charm generally represents a segment of the caster's experiences, anything is possible.
Sally replied, "I saw you fighting with Pei Xuan in Linhai Park, and you destroyed the hot spring lake. How did it get restored later?"
"Just need to rebuild another pond, the hot spring source underground is still active," Zi Qi breathed a sigh of relief, reminding himself to be more careful when using the Illusion Dream Charm in the future.
Using the System Map, Sally checked the outside and saw that their surroundings were illuminated with a blue glow, and some rather ferocious-looking fish were swimming around.
"After the Holy War, the Evil Dragon of Evil Dragon Lake was already very weak, making it easy to kill. The treasure vault was also completely looted by those squads; there's nothing left inside."
"...That's seriously sad for that Evil Dragon. In its next life, it should reincarnate somewhere else."
"Heh, let's go."
"By the way, Your Majesty, there's something I'm quite suspicious about."
"What is it?"
"Don't you think this one-month holiday is a bit strange?" At first, she thought maybe it was Frans who had reported her pregnancy, and the authorities above showed sympathy for her as a pregnant woman, planning to wait until after she gave birth before continuing the next phase of the Holy Mother competition.
But after being teleported in such a targeted manner, Sally felt the matter might not be so simple.
Zi Qi tapped her head, "Not too dumb, indeed it has already started."
As he spoke, they teleported out of Evil Dragon Lake.
"Wait, let's gather some Spiritual Material from around here." Sally hopped out of his arms and then began collecting according to the map, a task she had become quite adept at.
Zi Qi watched her, as she ate while she gathered—smiling joyously when it tasted good, grimacing when it didn't, but she didn't spit anything out.
Once Sally had mostly finished gathering, Zi Qi walked over and scooped her back into his arms, "Let's head back."
"Your Majesty, I just picked up a Black Stone, I don't know what it is, but the map shows it's a treasure." Sally poked her head out and handed the Black Stone over to Zi Qi.
He glanced at it but did not recognize what it was.
"Why not show it to Mr. Hongbao and see? Maybe exchange it for some edible Spiritual Material."
"Hmm. Was this how you used to collect things in Beast Forest on your own?"
"Yeah, why?"
"You'll have me from now on."
"Heh~ I'm counting on you to support our child." Sally laughed, and then yawned, "I just ate something good and need to sleep it off."
"Hmm." With Sally, Zi Qi teleported away from Evil Dragon Lake.
...
Frans knocked on the door of the Senye Prosperity.
Yin Zang opened the door, and upon seeing him, asked, "What do you want?"
"Excuse me, I'm looking for Sally," Frans replied very politely.
Yin Zang crossed his arms over his chest and, being slightly taller than Frans by a head, looked down at him, "She's not here."
Frans paid no mind to his attitude and continued, "Then please, Mr. Yin, relay a message for me. I will be waiting for her at the Sky Domain Garden with her bargaining chip."
"What bargaining chip?"
"The exchange condition to remove the privilege restriction."
"What condition?" This question was posed by Yu Yan who had walked over.
Frans replied, "That's not convenient to disclose now, I must take my leave."
Yin Zang watched him enter the Teleport corridor, and soon Frans teleported out of sight.
"What condition did Sister Su give him?" Yu Yan asked Yin Zang.
Yin Zang thought for a while before replying, "I don't know."
Yu Yan: "…" Then why did you think so long.
He turned and went back into his room.
Just as Yin Zang was about to close the door and return, he suddenly saw another person appear in the Teleport corridor—a woman from the Fox Clan.
Yu Yan's voice came from inside, "Want some fish roe?"
"Yes," Yin Zang replied.
Just as he was closing the door, the Fox Clan woman looked over at him. Her golden brown, vixen eyes suddenly turned white, a truly chilling sight!
Yin Zang felt a shiver in his heart, but when he wanted to take a closer look, the woman had already teleported away.
The Teleport corridor was quiet again, as if nothing had happened.
Could she have gone to the wrong place?
Yin Zang was somewhat puzzled, but he soon tossed the incident to the back of his mind.
He closed the door, returned to the room, and asked Yu Yan, "How did things go with your ex-Holy Mother girlfriend? Why is this Holy War having so many variables?"
"She also just came back from another continent to the Holy City. But these holidays, not just this time, they have never happened before. We need to be extra vigilant," replied Yu Yan.
"Is there any implication to her specifically bringing up the holidays?"
"You also think there's something off about this holiday? ... Actually, I've long suspected we're in stage three already. But there's no sense of crisis, unlike the previous two stages where it started with killing and the rapid decline in squad numbers."
"Mm, let's ask Sally and the others when they return to see if they've found anything," Yin Zang decided not to think further. Such brain-racking issues were not his forte.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
Sally and Zi Qi returned.
After greeting them, Zi Qi took the sleeping Sally from her arms, placed her back in the room, and covered her with a blanket, allowing her to continue sleeping comfortably.
After coming out of the room, she immediately asked Yu Yan, "Any news from Lin Xuexue?"
Yu Yan answered seriously, "Lin Xuexue's situation is not good; she has yet to wake up. The Holy War Committee has already arranged for people to treat her, but there's been no sign of improvement. A staff member at the front desk mentioned that if the Great Healing Technique can't cure someone, that person is probably done for."
"No wonder Zhuang Jiu made a move against me; it seems he's realized that Lin Xuexue might be exiting the scene early."
"What happened?" Yin Zang asked.
Zi Qi shared with them what had happened at Evil Dragon Lake.
The two of them exchanged glances.
"Could it be that stage three has really begun?" Yu Yan asked.
"It seems so," Yin Zang replied. "No wonder some squads hardly come out after entering their hotel suites."
Yu Yan mused, "According to the norm, stage three is to test female Fertility Strength, but this doesn't seem like it at all."