Chapter 277 - 273: The Sea is Also My Home Field

Chapter 277: Chapter 273: The Sea is Also My Home Field

Actually, the conditions for flight in the Earth World are rather harsh.

Perhaps due to the world’s unique Laws, the most effortless method was actually humanity’s various aircraft.

Due to the special nature of his Magic Power, Qin Xiaoxia could attempt several cheat-like methods of ascension, but they all remained in the theoretical stage.

He could, of course, just erupt with Magic Power to briefly ascend, but the cost wasn’t worth the result.

The Puppet Demon Spirit was not a Demon naturally adept at flight. According to the description from Hanato Doichi and his group, when the Demon Spirit fled, it used its own Magic Puppet Threads, coiling them into the shape of a spring to leap away. It likely just erupted with Magic Power to make the leap a bit more powerful.

As soon as Qin Xiaoxia stood up, he walked right out of the room. Doudou quickly grabbed a few bags of potato chips and followed him.

Hanato Doichi and the others certainly weren’t going to just sit around. Xiangnai’s group also hurried to follow, not forgetting to close the door behind them.

Compared to ordinary people, Xiangnai and the other Evolvers had keen Perception. They clearly sensed that after they went downstairs this time, whether in the elevator or on the street, the people around them seemed to pay them no mind at all.

After all, three burly men should at least get a few second glances. And the mysterious man with long, silver-and-black hair was an existence impossible to ignore—one couldn’t even look away.

Yet the passersby acted as if they had just walked past a few telephone poles.

Once outside the hotel, the mysterious man stopped. He looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

"Little Fatty, can you see where it is? It’ll save me some trouble."

Harano Shihi wasn’t actually fat; he was just a bit stocky. But because of his big face, he was often called a fatty.

"But you just said I shouldn’t..."

"It’s fine. I’m here now, and I was going to kill it anyway."

With neither a smile nor a serious expression, his impassive face seemed to say it was as simple as going out for lunch.

Harano Shihi’s Ability wasn’t to directly spy on a dangerous existence; if it were, he’d probably be killed by the backlash.

His Ability involved sharing partial sensations. There had to be a living creature nearby to act as a proxy, and he could then use his own unique Spiritual Sense to receive information feedback that surpassed what the proxy creature perceived.

For instance, the researchers and Soldiers who were about to be turned into puppets by the Demon Spirit, or the moths that flew past Hanato’s group in the night sky.

That was why he had vomited empathetically and felt that intense, scorching heat.

This Ability seemed only capable of sensing things related to himself or certain key factors. It was also highly uncontrollable and far inferior to Su Su’s divination, but its advantage was the lack of any dangerous backlash.

Qin Xiaoxia only asked him to try because he was certain Harano would be physically unharmed.

"I’ll try!"

Harano Shihi forced himself to calm down. He closed his eyes, trying to recall the feeling from last night and constantly telling himself to relax.

He strained for a long time, sweat beading on his forehead, but it seemed to be no use.

Xiangnai and her companions seemed even more nervous than Harano. They clenched their fists but didn’t dare to shout any encouragement.

"Sigh." Doudou watched for a few seconds and already knew the outcome. He shook his head and tore open a bag of chips with a RIIIP.

And with the sound of the bag tearing, Harano Shihi’s concentration finally broke.

"I can’t do it..."

Before he could even get the words out, he opened his eyes and met a pair of deep, profound eyes.

The world around him seemed to twist and blur, shifting between hazy and clear. A subtle voice echoed in his mind.

’You... can do it... Try again...’

’Try again!’

It was a shot of adrenaline to his confidence—and perhaps something more—giving Harano Shihi the illusion that he was omnipotent.

This time, when he reached deep into his Perception, he instantly entered the state.

’Cool! Gentle! A pushing force!’

Those were the first sensations, followed by a strange field of vision, blurry and very dim.

’Water? No! It’s the sea!’

A realization dawned on him, and he seemed to understand where he was. But in the next moment...

SQUELCH.

Harano Shihi suddenly felt a pain that pierced him to the bone.

"Ahhhh..."

At his side, Qin Xiaoxia’s expression changed. He grabbed Harano by the neck and yanked him back forcefully.

Overcome with pain, Harano Shihi felt as if he’d fallen off a cliff in a dream. His heart leaped into his throat before slamming back into his own body.

"Hhh... Hhh... I... I’m dying!!!"

"You’re not going to die!"

A faint purple Magic Power flowed through Qin Xiaoxia’s arm and into Harano Shihi’s body. A petal from a Flower of Life flew from his pocket, shattering into a liquid in mid-air that flowed into Harano’s mouth.

The Magic Power that entered his body almost instantly helped him absorb the Flower of Life’s power, allowing them to work in concert to heal the interconnected trauma to his soul and flesh.

This trauma once again showed both Harano Shihi and Qin Xiaoxia the more dangerous aspects of his Ability.

"It’s... it’s under Dajing Bay!"

As the pain subsided slightly, Harano Shihi struggled to report his findings.

At that moment, on the seabed of Dajing Bay, a Magic Puppet Thread had just pierced a small grouper. The little fish struggled for a few seconds before its Life Force was completely extinguished.

Qin Xiaoxia only let go once a hint of color returned to Harano Shihi’s pale face.

"Not bad."

He glanced at the towering buildings around them, then at the road, where there were few taxis.

"In the sea, huh? It’d be more convenient if the Red Demoness were here... but I’m not that far off, either," Qin Xiaoxia muttered to himself, then smiled at the others.

"To keep from having to chase it all the way to the Pacific Ocean, I’ll go on ahead and take care of that puppet-playing enthusiast. You all can do whatever you want."

CRACKLE...

As he spoke, a large amount of water vapor had gathered at his feet. Under his silent Magic Language, it rapidly froze over.

With a BANG, the ice shattered into dust, and Qin Xiaoxia blurred and vanished from sight.

The step shattered the ice but left the road completely unharmed.

Doudou reacted the fastest. While the others were still completely lost, he was already looking up at the sky.

Another BANG echoed from the sky.

As the others snapped out of their daze and looked up, they only saw shattered icicles in the sky and a ring of airflow kicked up by the chilly impact.

"AHHHHHH, BIG COUSIN, WAIT FOR ME!!! HOW COULD YOU GO WATCH THE FUN WITHOUT ME?! AHHHHHH!!!"

Doudou was going frantic.

He immediately leaped onto Zuo Zhongqiu’s neck.

"Quick, after him! After him! Go to that... that Dajing Bay!!!"

"What are you all gawking at?! Don’t you want to see the show? If we’re late, we’ll miss everything!!!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Before Doudou’s voice had even faded, Makino Xiangnai and the others felt the ground shake. When they looked, all they saw were three craters in the road—the three burly men had vanished.

"Wait... Why are we still here?"

Xiangnai was the first to react, her voice filled with frustration.

"Ah! What do we do?!"

What else could they do? Take a taxi, of course! There was no way their legs could outrun a car.

After an agonizing dozen or so seconds, they managed to flag down a taxi. They piled in amidst the driver’s angry curses and offered him all the money they had to race to Dajing Bay.

In reality, because the three reservists hadn’t fully recovered from their injuries, they couldn’t sustain such a burst of speed. Besides, it wasn’t appropriate to tear through the city at a speed that would defy common sense.

So they also ended up in a taxi. The difference was that Clooney dragged the driver right out of the car and took the wheel himself, flooring the gas pedal and never letting up.

But Qin Xiaoxia was far faster than any of them imagined.

Scattering countless beautiful ice crystals through the air, Qin Xiaoxia reached the skies above Dajing Bay in less than five minutes.

At this range, under the sweep of his Magic Power, the Puppet Demon Spirit’s form on the seabed had nowhere to hide.

Wild Magic Power suffused his entire body. In an instant, he shifted from absolute stillness to explosive motion. WHOOSH—

An endless torrent of Magic Power, like a great purple bowl overturned from the heavens, plunged into the bay with the force of a collapsing sky.

"Hehehe... I’ve been wanting to try this for a long time. You had a path to heaven, but you refused to take it... The sea is my home turf, too!!!"

Thanks to his cheat-like Reaction Technique, Qin Xiaoxia possessed a level of control that would put even a Sea Siren to shame.

RUMBLE—

The waves roared and the sea boiled. The entire surface of the water erupted into a thousand-layered surge, as if struck by a typhoon or an oceanic tsunami.

P.S. Sunday’s second Chapter.

All right, all right, my dear readers’ wild ideas have reminded me—I’ve got a few slots open for minor characters. Hmm, Di’er Chapter, Di Yizhang...

After all, I’m not a Demon~