Chapter 351: Just Lacking the Opportunity

Chapter 351: Just Lacking the Opportunity

As for the Witch, that was another situation. The definition was simple. A Witch’s power was all uncontrollable and left heavy residues. However, the power of the current known Saintess Deya had no such drawbacks. In fact, her power was greatly beneficial to others. But she trained to gain her power… well, its intensity could be compared to a Witch’s. One could imagine how harsh the conditions were to cultivate such power. The chance of finding a suitable Candidate was not much higher than a Witch awakening.

And the Witch? Even Annie, who possessed life affinity powers, could not use her power on others lightly. Once used, the inherent pollution of the Witch’s power would thoroughly “contaminate” the target. Whether they were beneficiaries or victims, an indelible mark would be left on them.

Therefore, by this comparison, Zheng Yichen also had very special abilities. But his ability was only evident in its inclusiveness, not in any polluting characteristics. Its rarity… one could say it was unique. But with such a characteristic, if Zheng Yichen had been born human and ended up in some church, even if he could not become one of those one-in-ten-thousand Candidates, this characteristic alone—his ability comparable to a Witch’s in power—would have been enough for the church to label him a ‘Saint’. While power was a hard indicator, a sufficiently special ability was like a special admission. You might fail in other areas, but if you excelled extraordinarily in one, you were still outstanding!

Unfortunately, this guy was a dragon, a Cursed Dragon who would be chased and confronted everywhere by the Dragon Clan if his identity was exposed.

So Zheng Yichen was really surprised. Logically speaking, before being tricked by the Undying Witch, Lily was just an ordinary… well, a very pretty ordinary girl. Later, even after careful examination, no special talent or characteristics were found in her. So… how could the head of the Demon Sword Sect identify her as the ‘Saintess’? Was this boss’s IQ not enough to understand the meaning of the word, or were there other reasons?

For example, was the boss in front of them fake, just slapping on an identity randomly to achieve some hidden, indescribable, unknown purpose? Thinking about it, that seemed very likely. Should he seize the chance to kill him? Crossing his arms, Zheng Yichen’s wings behind him moved up and down with his changing mood. Especially that flexible tail had now even found its way into the crack of his Personal Space, currently exploring something.

“…Easy to accidentally injure teammates, forget it.” Zheng Yichen glanced at a Shark-head Missile his tail had fished out. This was not the previously used version, but a later enhanced product. Its power was over ten times that of the original version… Well, explosion-wise, saying the power was dozens of times higher didn’t mean the area increased by several times. The area increase was actually much weaker. This thing had higher power, but the area was only about twice the original. Having just a big area with unfocused power was useless!

Even so, one shot from this thing could completely demolish that tavern, ensuring not even a single roof tile remained. This thing’s potential for accidental damage was too high, so it just couldn’t be used. Hmm… this?

He tossed the Shark-head Missile back and fished out a new item. This thing… nevermind, couldn’t use it either, or it might be thrown over through the Magic Weapon Summoning Book’s connection.

Inside the room in the tavern, Lily stared blankly at the Black-robed Man before her. This was the Saintess? She was thinking the same as Zheng Yichen now—she didn’t seem to have any special characteristics, right? Even if she could cultivate Battle Qi, that was only based on her special Corpse Puppet physique. Even so, her Battle Qi was not very easy to control. After all, she had no Soul, which meant she lacked something like a control valve. Operating Battle Qi relied entirely on her body. Therefore, her innate control over Battle Qi was weaker.

How weak?

Others could operate Battle Qi with a single thought, while in her normal usage, she had to control her body to “squeeze it out.” When attacking, she had to lead with a physical attack to drive the Battle Qi, not have the Battle Qi and attack act simultaneously… As for enhancing weapons or such, the squeezed-out Battle Qi couldn’t be expected to have strong controllability. At best, it could be blasted out like a ki wave. Even though Lily was very familiar with squeezing out Battle Qi, operating it was much like a normal Battle Qi Warrior, but stable enhancement operations were too difficult for her!

So, being like this, what was special about her?

“I have said before, do not doubt. You are completely qualified, as you are a unique special case.” The Black-robed Man’s tone still had no fluctuations, but when he said these words, there was a meaningful nuance: “You can consider accepting it afterward.”

As he spoke, the Black-robed Man took out a small pendant. The pendant was shaped like a miniature Magic Sword. The method of use was simple: pierce it into the palm of your hand or any part of your body. As long as it drew blood, it would take effect. Lily hesitated for a moment before taking the Magic Sword pendant. “May I leave now?”

The Black-robed Man gave a slight nod, watching silently as Lily left the room without any intention of stopping her. Zheng Yichen, observing in secret, felt incredulous. He actually let her go just like that?

Was the boss of the Demon Sword Sect insane? After going through all that trouble, he just let her go, even handing the decision entirely to Lily? What was he trying to do?

As Lily left, Zheng Yichen kept his attention on the pendant in her hand. When not activated, it was just like an ordinary object, emitting no special fluctuations. After leaving the tavern, Lily hesitated several times. She shook the Magic Sword pendant in her hand again and again, but she absolutely did not throw it away!

Even along the way, some people who saw her showed expressions of respect. Even though she looked like a twelve-year-old girl, she held an identity marker that the faithful Demon Sword Cultists could sense. To them, she was now the ‘Saintess.’

“…” Lily looked around. The person who brought her here earlier was nowhere nearby. So how was she supposed to go back? Should she find one or two Demon Sword Cultists in this town and tell them directly she wanted to return to school, asking them to take her back? Was that even possible?

Perhaps she should go back by herself. Things had happened too suddenly, and Lily felt a bit dazed. Looking down at the pendant in her hand, she gave up on the idea of discarding it. This wasn’t the place to do it anyway. What if she angered people in the Demon Sword Sect? Better to think about it later. Leaving alone wasn’t scary; after all, she knew the effects of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book she carried.

“Should we follow her?” Watching Lily leave the town alone, a Demon Sword Cultist whispered to the person beside him. It wasn’t about harming her, but about following to protect her. In his view, Lily’s current strength was too weak. Being alone in the wilderness was prone to accidents. As members of the faithful Demon Sword Cultists, they greatly revered their own Evil God. Although not like Cultists who wanted to pour out their own brains and hand them to their Evil God, their faith was still strong enough.

“Our Lord has given no instructions. We need not worry about this matter,” another Demon Sword Cultist said. Lily leaving the town was definitely known by the Demonic Sword Evil God, but with no action to stop her, it was clearly intentional. “For our Lord to recognize her as the Saintess, she must have extraordinary qualities we cannot see.”

Doubt? Sorry, none! In their minds, those with the Saintess identity were symbols of strength. Even if Lily seemed weak now, was she really weak?

“What is this hinting at?” After Lily left the town, Zheng Yichen flicked his tail. His tail swept like a broom, swiping all the dangerous consumable items piled on the ground back into his Personal Space. He pondered the Black-robed Man’s demeanor and reactions… Damn, his demeanor and reactions—his whole face was in shadow, so there was nothing to see anyway.

The only visible part was his withered hand… Uh, if it inherited the image from his memories, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but think of an elite monster from a certain map in XXX and XX… Uh, if it really looked like that, it would be too lame. He considered himself someone who cared about appearances. An Evil God with a skeleton form, tsk tsk, although fitting for an Evil God, knowing about it would make him feel quite awkward.

As for the words spoken, there was nothing to discern from them either—completely devoid of fluctuations. How to judge? The real reason Zheng Yichen thought the other party was hinting at something was that he left the decision of becoming the ‘Saintess’ to Lily. Combined with the earlier behavior of his attention being on the Magic Weapon Summoning Book Lily carried, Zheng Yichen faintly felt that the other party should know… he could monitor the situation around Lily.

Otherwise, why bother with this unnecessary act? Had he eaten too much and had nothing better to do?

By the way, what was that guy Carlin doing now? Lily had already been two kilometers away from the town for a while, why hadn’t he shown up? Zheng Yi thought about it and decided to just show himself… If it was really about luring him out, he wasn’t afraid anyway. The things he had just dug out could be brought out anytime, enough to crush someone to death.

Not to mention his attention was currently on his main body, so he could mobilize the massive resources of the Underground Base at any time. A large number of ‘Terminator’ style Alchemical Puppets could be activated and thrown into the battlefield as killing machines. Zheng Yichen had even prepared relevant lines for them… He just needed a good opportunity to say them!