Misfortune Witch

Panic. Without any warning, panic completely seized Tang Qi's mind.

There was no reason for it, only pure instinct.

It was like the feeling a weak lifeform experienced when encountering a higher-level lifeform.

Tang Qi had been reborn on Origin Blue Star. When he woke, he had faced himself as a demon, the evil Soul-Swapping Ritual, and Old Black Man, who wielded witchcraft. Later, Tang Qi had killed people and slain Extraordinary Monsters, including beings on the level of the Dugong Sea Demon.

Yet no matter the occasion, Tang Qi had never felt this way before.

When he met Sally's gaze in the mirror, the surroundings changed drastically. Like an inverted reflection, the tiny fitting room became countless shards of glass that swiftly shifted and reassembled, eventually turning back into a real room.

The only unreal thing was that Mrs. Hudson seemed frozen in the instant she removed her glasses.

She stood there blankly, maintaining a faint smile, seemingly satisfied with her new creation. Yet Tang Qi could no longer sense her heartbeat.

Was she dead?

Or was she no longer in this world?

In the enormous floor-length mirror, the two of them were still staring at each other.

But Tang Qi could no longer see even the slightest trace of the original Sally in those eyes. It was as if she had completely... become someone else.

"Who... are you?"

Tang Qi slowly lowered the book in his hand, his voice bitter.

Blood Python No. 1 was tucked into the back of his waistband.

A box of Furnace Bullets sat in the left pocket of his jacket.

A box of Sea Demon Bullets was in his right trouser pocket.

A red Sea Demon's Tear rested in the inner lining over his chest.

Even if he faced the Dugong Sea Demon again, Tang Qi was confident he could kill it as quickly as possible.

But now, Tang Qi did not make a single move.

It was not that he did not dare. He simply could not.

A terrifying pressure was suppressing Tang Qi. The simple act of putting down the book had nearly drained all his strength.

The only thing Tang Qi could do now was keep his eyes open and let that dreadful pressure madly consume the power within him, refusing to fall and admit defeat.

The moment he asked that question, Tang Qi's eyes saw a scene completely different from reality. Two Special Interfaces also appeared before his eyes.

Sally had changed.

It was still the same body, but her former timid, shy nature had vanished without a trace. In the eyes staring back at Tang Qi were unrestrained flamboyance, arrogant contempt for everything, and a seductive aura that could make any man unable to resist falling to his knees.

Strands of gray-black mist invisible to the naked eye continuously poured from Sally's body, turning the tiny fitting room into something like another realm. The gold-and-white dress she wore, like an elven gauze gown, gradually turned pitch-black as well.

The wreath atop her head did not wither. Instead, black flowers with strange allure bloomed one after another, bewitchingly beautiful and impossible to look away from.

If the previous Sally had been an elf-like girl so beautiful it took one's breath away,

Then the current Sally was an enchanting... Witch who made people unable to resist submitting.

Tang Qi's Special Ability confirmed his premonition.

The first Special Interface to appear came from those exaggerated black-rimmed glasses.

Curio: Misfortune-Sealing Glasses.

Information Fragment One: These glasses gained Supernatural Power after being blessed by the Gypsy Witch Leader. They can seal the Power of Misfortune, allowing that pitiful girl to return to normal.

Information Fragment Two: While the girl wears them, she cannot be detected by supernatural means.

The information fragments contained in the black-rimmed glasses were simple and blunt, yet they already left Tang Qi deeply shocked.

The interface he saw on Sally, however, left Tang Qi both astonished and regretful.

He had never expected that one day, he too would turn a good deed into a bad one.

The interfaces of the opponents he had faced before had all displayed the words "Supernatural Creature."

But this time was different.

In the first line of small text Tang Qi saw, one word stood out clearly... "deity."

Otherworldly Deity: Misfortune Witch.

Status: Sub-Personality.

Information Fragment One: To break through her limits, the Misfortune Witch from another plane divided her magic into an unknown number of portions and sent them into different worlds. Sally, still an infant, obtained the portion that came to Origin Blue Star.

Information Fragment Two: Sally's family died one after another because of the power of Misfortune Magic. At the final moment, the passing Gypsy Witch Leader infused her power into the black-rimmed glasses Sally's father had left behind. They could seal the Misfortune Magic for at least one hundred years.

Information Fragment Three: With the arrival of the Spirit Tide, cracks appeared in the glasses' seal. Removing the glasses gave the Witch Sub-Personality nurtured by that portion of magic a chance to break free.

Information Fragment Four: Because the Misfortune Witch Sub-Personality shares a body with Sally, she needs the help of external power to completely take control of this body. Then, using the return of the Spirit Tide, she can help the main body break through the limits of a deity.

Bzzz.

After Tang Qi saw the fourth Information Fragment, a glimmer of Light of Hope nearly overflowed from his eyes. He used every last bit of strength he had left to lower his head at that instant, preventing the Witch Sub-Personality currently controlling Sally's body from noticing.

Now Tang Qi understood what he had done.

He had wanted to give Sally a gift, only to accidentally expose the greatest and most terrifying secret within her.

Misfortune Witch!

Those two words perfectly explained Sally's misfortunes throughout her life, as well as why the people affected by her had suffered such bad luck.

Even though the Power of Misfortune had mostly been sealed by those glasses, the tiny traces that leaked out were enough to create Unlucky Sally's reputation.

If nothing unexpected happened, the glasses would continue sealing the Misfortune Magic until Sally died a hundred years later. That portion of magic would then return to the Misfortune Witch's plane and would not have any major impact on Origin Blue Star.

Of course, it was also possible that the glasses would fail early as the Spirit Tide returned. By then, the fully nurtured Witch Sub-Personality could eliminate Sally's weak Main Personality the moment she was born, take control of the body, and add another Misfortune Witch to this world on the verge of tremendous change.

Tang Qi could not predict what great disaster would happen then.

Nor did he need to, because Tang Qi had accidentally interrupted all of it.

The glasses had been removed. What Tang Qi now faced was the Sub-Personality that had still been developing but had unexpectedly broken free... the Misfortune Witch.

Tang Qi lowered his head, concealing the strange look in his eyes. All the power in his body was being used to resist the magic filling this tiny fitting room, though it was useless. Tang Qi could even sense that if the Misfortune Witch merely willed it, his fragile body would be completely torn apart, leaving no corpse behind.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Sally had struggled terribly when walking in high heels before, but now, from the corner of his eye, Tang Qi saw a figure radiating endless seduction, graceful as a dark elf, walking toward him step by step. A pale finger slowly lifted Tang Qi's chin.

Then Tang Qi saw that perfect face once again, along with a pair of azure eyes that gradually darkened. Gray-black mysterious aura spread through the air, and Tang Qi felt as though his soul were about to slip into a special world.