Chapter 132 - 129: Red Demoness
With a flick of his arm, Qin Xiaoxia snapped the long whip taut as a staff. It let out a sharp "CRACK~" that echoed endlessly through the sewer air.
The shockwave tore a gash over ten meters long in the sewage below, sending foul water splashing to either side.
The purple flame vanished as quickly as it had appeared, but not before sending a searing wave of heat rolling down the tunnel.
’No wonder that Flame Demon was so slick with a whip, with every strike landing true. It must have been thanks to the weapon’s own buff.’
Doudou stared from the side, his face a mask of envy. He looked just like a kid who saw someone else get a new toy when he got none.
As Qin Xiaoxia reined in the power, the high temperature quickly dropped. No longer minding the stench, Doudou sidled up and tugged on Qin Xiaoxia’s pant leg.
"Big Bro Qin, can I play with it for a bit?"
Qin Xiaoxia was just as excited as a child with a new toy, momentarily forgetting his losses.
’This thing is clearly a superweapon, one with a ton of untapped potential.’
"Heh, Doudou, it’s not that I’m looking down on you, but with your tiny bit of Magic Power, you probably couldn’t even get a spark out of it. Here, try it if you don’t believe me."
He handed the whip to Doudou and took a few steps back to avoid getting hit. The boy hurriedly took the still-warm handle with both hands.
"I can do it too!"
Doudou mustered all the Magic Power in his body, wanting to let out a magnificent crack of the whip.
But despite his face turning red with exertion, the whip in his hands showed no reaction.
Forget about sparks; the whip itself weighed at least thirty or forty pounds, and Doudou struggled just to hold it up.
He swung his small hands a few times, but the whip just dangled limply, swaying with the momentum like a dead snake.
Doudou’s face fell. Without a word, he handed the whip back to Big Bro Qin, wearing the signature sad look of a weakling.
...
Out on the street, Su Su and Jenny saw white steam rising from several manhole covers in the distance, along with a faint ripple of their Mentor’s Magic Power.
Just as they were wondering when their Mentor would return, a manhole cover that had been put back on was pushed open from below.
Qin Xiaoxia leaped out with Doudou, a smile on his face.
It was a rare expression to see on his face these past few days.
After replacing the manhole cover so no unlucky soul would fall in, Qin Xiaoxia and Doudou got into the back seat.
"Let’s go. It’s settled. We’re heading to the airport."
Without a word, Jenny started the car and sped toward the airport.
The plane tickets had already been booked.
"Mentor, are we really in such a hurry? Can’t we stay a few more days, or maybe go see Los Angeles? Jack said there’s some unregistered foundation that wants to fund our project."
In the passenger seat, Su Su nearly choked on her own spit when she heard that.
"That slapped-together biology project you’re using as a cover actually caught a foundation’s eye? An unregistered one at that?"
Although she’d been part of the trip to Shen City, she didn’t know much about what came after. Mumu, on the other hand, had been following it with great interest.
"Hmph, it just goes to show that talent always shines through. We have a lot of potential! Come to think of it, the crowdfunding proposal I posted online must have been very well-written!"
It was a rare glorious deed for Jenny to boast about.
"PTH~ PTH~ PTH~"
Doudou, who apparently couldn’t take it anymore, started spitting grape skins all over the place.
"Hey! Doudou, this is my aunt’s car!"
After lodging her protest, Jenny glanced in the rearview mirror at their Mentor, who was resting with his eyes closed. Seeing that she hadn’t disturbed him, she continued to boast gleefully to Su Su.
"They said that once the foundation is registered, they’ll send people to the United States to inspect our work. The first round of funding is expected to be two hundred thousand dollars! Two hundred thousand!!!"
"It’s a foreign foundation?"
Su Su was even more astonished. It was a terrible thing to think, but ’what company could be so blind? Or was it just a bunch of scammers?’
"PTH~ PTH~ PTH~ PTH~..."
Doudou stuffed several more grapes into his mouth and spat out the skins like a machine gun. His eating skills were truly top-notch.
"Hey! Are you doing that on purpose?!"
Jenny huffed and glared into the rearview mirror. ’Good thing it was just one bunch of grapes.’
At the airport entrance, Jenny said a reluctant farewell to the three of them.
"Hurry back, Great Saintess! Don’t make Aunt Susan worry!"
Su Su teased her with the words Susan was always nagging her with. Qin Xiaoxia added that he would go to Los Angeles to help them set up the branch when the time was right, provided they made the preparations first—at the very least, by finding a suitable location.
...
Mumu had been waiting on pins and needles for over twenty hours before finally getting the call from Qin Xiaoxia saying he was back at Qiantang Airport.
Gou Junbao was the one who picked them up.
Brother Gou felt like he was losing his mind. Although Qin Xiaoxia never said anything, he had subjectively decided that Su Su was Qin Xiaoxia’s girlfriend.
’Even a chronic shut-in like Qin Xiaoxia managed to find such a hot girlfriend and even travel abroad with her!’
’And here I am—handsome, charming, considerate, and not a bad catch by any means—and I can’t find a girlfriend to save my life, as if I’m under a Curse!’
He was sullen the entire drive back.
Fortunately, in Gou Junbao’s eyes, Qin Xiaoxia was a decent guy. To avoid rubbing salt in the wound, he never engaged in any public displays of affection in front of him.
...
Mumu waited anxiously for over an hour before finally seeing its Master, Doudou, and Su Su appear in the Secret Realm.
’I can’t see through Master at all anymore.’ It didn’t know how much Magic Power its Master had now, or how powerful he was, but it could feel a much stronger sense of pressure than ever before.
’And this is what he called being "heavily injured" over the phone?’
’Just as I thought, having Master back fills you with confidence!’
Qin Xiaoxia didn’t want to waste time on pleasantries. He walked directly toward the empty hall, already able to sense that special Magic Power mixed with the Power of Order.
Strictly speaking, it was a power that shared the same origin as one that had once come from him.
"How is it? Any particular changes?"
Mumu pulled its roots directly out of the soil. The giant Thorns coiled up and followed closely behind the three of them.
"It’s slowly activating. At first it was just its hair, but now it’s picking flowers and fruits inside..."
Qin Xiaoxia stopped in his tracks.
"It can eat now?"
"No, no, it just picks them to look at. It doesn’t eat them..."
Qin Xiaoxia nodded, took his suitcase from Su Su, and opened it. From inside, he took out a long, black, crystal-like whip.
"Come on. Let’s go meet this Comir."
The surroundings gave no feedback of danger, and holding the Endless Abyss in his hand gave him immense confidence.
’Last time with the Flame Demon, I’m almost certain Earth World actively pulled the Hell Fragment in. I refuse to believe it could be such a coincidence again. I’ve made huge contributions, after all. It wouldn’t screw me over to the point of killing me, right?’
At the entrance to the corridor leading to the empty hall, layers of vines parted as Qin Xiaoxia advanced, quickly revealing the opening.
A beautiful figure with slightly stiff movements was leaning against a wall of vines, carefully counting the small red berries in her palm.
She was barefoot, her fair white legs exposed, and her long, fiery-red hair fanned out across the ground.
Her clothes were still made of the same material as a statue, which made her movements very awkward, as if she were stuck in a mold.
And since only the outer clothes had been sculpted, what lay beneath was a bit of an eyeful for Qin Xiaoxia.
As if hearing the sound of the parting vines and the footsteps, she turned. The blank expression on her face seemed to hold a trace of joy.
"The Red Demoness!!!"
"The Red Demoness!!!"
Qin Xiaoxia and Doudou shouted in unison!
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