Volume Three: The Academy Goes on a Rampage - Shut-In Girl vs. Black Wings' Slayer

"Perhaps," Ling Ye shrugged. "Well then, that's enough warm-up. Now it's time to get serious."

Then he took off his shirt, revealing a thin, close-fitting lining with at least ten leather straps wrapped around it, covered with countless throwing knives.

"There's more."

He pulled out several small machetes and daggers from his pants, rolled up his sleeves to reveal rows of flying needles, and had a metal ball made of heat-resistant metal hanging from his waist.

Xiao Wu was completely stunned.

"Hey... how did you manage to hide so much stuff?"

Her answer was a dirty joke.

"A guy's crotch has a lot of space, like a girl's cleavage... Oh, I almost forgot, you're a bit flatter than your friends."

"... It seems you truly wish to die!"

While Xiao Wu and Ling Ye were at war, another unexpected battle was also breaking out far away from the League of Scholars.

"Huff... huff... huff... Don't... joke!"

Xiao sat on a Griffin with her hair disheveled, while the Griffin perched on the library roof, surrounded by many characters from the book she had just summoned.

Despite having the numerical advantage, she didn't gain the upper hand at all.

"This is way too strong! Let's run!"

Boom!!!

"Wa..."

Xiao screamed in terror, and the Griffin roared and dodged. A huge black feather, tens of meters long, pierced through the roof, less than a meter away from her!

Kuroba did not disappear. Instead, as if he had located Xiao Wu by sound, he cleaved through the roof and slashed horizontally!

"Chongyang! Linghu! Seeking defeat!"

In desperation, Xiao summoned three swordsmen in flowing robes who emerged from the book and joined forces to break the terrifying black feathers—or so she thought.

Black Feather sliced them in two, sword and all, and the six pieces of their bodies fell from the sky, spurting blood.

"Linghu ahhhhhh!!!"

Seeing her favorite character dismembered on the spot, Xiaoru was thunderstruck. Fortunately, their sacrifice was not in vain; after the collision, Hei Yu had been neutralized.

But now is not the time for melancholy—Xiao quickly snapped back to reality. After the brief exchange, Black Crystal had pinpointed her location, and the ensuing offensive would undoubtedly be extremely fierce!

In the library--

The once solemn and majestic interior of the library was now completely destroyed. Rows and rows of rare books were scattered all over the floor, and huge black feathers stuck in the floor and walls looked like tombstones. Most people screamed and fled the scene at the beginning of the battle, saving Black Crystal the trouble of clearing the area. Only a few people who seemed to be librarians screamed and tried to salvage the books, but they were immediately killed by her.

The Black Wings had spread to tens of meters, countless feathers rustling, awaiting the next victim.

While it may seem that Black Crystal has an overwhelming advantage, this is not actually the case.

In fact, her surprise was even greater than Xiao's.

"I've always underestimated her..."

Black Crystal stroked her chin, staring upwards.

The battle has begun—not in a minute, not in ten minutes, but in half an hour.

Even Lian Xiao herself didn't know that she had just set a record.

"She's the first person to play a defensive game against me for half an hour and emerge unscathed..."

Xiao's performance can only be described as utterly pathetic.

Her movements were chaotic and disorganized; she yelled and screamed as she dodged, constantly trying to escape while relying on her summoned creatures to buy her time. However, despite her disheveled appearance and exhaustion, she remained unharmed throughout, and her summoned creatures showed no signs of fatigue.

"The Chief student at Changting Liberal Arts College does indeed possess some talent."

Having already pinpointed her location through the previous attack, we unleash black feathers in every possible direction she might dodge!

"Die!"

Black Wings unfurled like flowers, countless black feathers coalescing into more than thirty long spears that shot straight toward the roof! The library's sturdy dome was ripped off in an instant, and rubble and tiles were pulverized by the shockwave. Under such an attack, no one could be left with a complete corpse!

Is he dead?

Black Wings flapped, clearing away the dust, and Black Crystal confirmed its victory. Then it was taken aback.

"... City walls?"

The massive, lead-gray city wall floated above the dome, and all the black-feathered spears that had just been fired were embedded in it, each creating terrible cracks, but none of them actually piercing through the wall.

"This city wall... is it from the mythical Droi Iron Horse? She can even summon this?"

Although the city wall is not as impenetrable as described in myths, its ability to withstand Black Crystal's serious attack head-on demonstrates its formidable defensive capabilities.

Xiao Neng can summon the characters she poured her emotions into in the book.

In that myth, the city walls and iron horses are so prominent that they far surpass ordinary objects, making them worthy of being called official characters in the book.

But that's not important.

The key point is that Black Crystal only realized one thing at this point.

If she could summon such a powerful defense all at once, why didn't she use it in the first place?

There can only be one explanation.

Black Crystal is, after all, Shen Xiaoyue's second personality, sharing the same body, so it's normal that Xiao didn't dare to go all out at first. She only unleashed her ultimate move now that she was pushed to the limit.

In other words, Xiao had been releasing water for the entire half hour.

The moment she realized it, an unprecedented rage filled Black Crystal's heart.

Was the water given to them?

Himself, by her? As the Black Raven Leader, he was being manipulated by this mere bookish nerd?

"Seriously... should I call you amazing or just plain stupid? Either way, you should just—just die already!"

With a flap of its Black Wings, Black Crystal took off at incredible speed, soaring through the dilapidated rooftops, its target being Si Nan Xiao hiding behind the wall!

"Black Feather Greatsword!"

The jet-black feathered Greatsword stretched to ten meters long and slashed towards the thick city wall! With a loud bang, an extremely smooth cut appeared on the city wall, several meters deep, but even so, it still couldn't break through the wall's defenses!

"Superior!!!!!"

From behind the city wall came Xiao's shout, and the characters who had been lying in ambush amidst the rubble and dust swarmed forward, attacking Black Crystal from all sides! Black Crystal smacked her lips, and countless thumb-thick feathers scattered in all directions, riddling the attackers with holes! But Black Crystal dared not underestimate her opponent at this moment. If she could summon even a city wall from mythology, wouldn't she be able to do even more—

The next moment, what was expected became reality.

"Come forth, Shiva!"

Suddenly, the city wall was torn apart, and a gigantic humanoid figure with three eyes, a grotesque face, and a purplish-blue neck emerged from behind it. Compared to him, the Black Crystal that was flapping its wings was as small as a moth! It roared at the Black Crystal, and its wide-open third eye suddenly released a torrent of liquid flames, which poured down on the Black Crystal like a waterfall!

"Playing tricks!"

Black Wings immediately wrapped around her tightly, withstanding the divine fire head-on. Sure enough, although it possessed the form of divine fire and its power was indeed extremely fierce, it was vastly different from the description in mythology, not even as powerful as the Blood Flame of that pink-haired girl! Realizing this, Black Crystal acted decisively, its wings suddenly spreading out, blowing away the flames surrounding her. At the same time, several black feathers shot towards the "god's" cheek, instantly tearing his face to shreds, turning into smoke and returning to Xiao's book.

Xiao, her face ashen, was being held and suspended in mid-air by several angel-like figures.

"What?! Even Shiva was instantly defeated?! That's insane!"

You're the pervert! You think you can summon god-like figures just like that?!

Even Black Crystal almost couldn't help but complain. Although it's impossible to summon real gods—not to mention that these so-called gods are ultimately fabrications of ancient literature—to reproduce mythological figures to this extent is indeed monstrous.

Fortunately, her personality wasn't suited for combat, nor did she seem to have undergone any special training; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"The guys around me are all really troublesome... Speaking of which, where's the Gold Silver Grass? Why isn't she responding when I try to contact her?"

While Black Crystal was chasing (?) Xiao, her subordinate Gold Silver Grass —or rather, Fogg Silver—was in a state of extreme tension.

"Judging from this situation... we won't be able to hold out until Lord Huang Huo arrives!"

A wisp of blue mist enveloped Evelynths was in a semi-conscious state, as it drifted through the air, the tip of which revealed the shape of a girl's face.

Although Fogg Silver looks no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, she is actually twenty-five years old, and she is always very proud of her youthful appearance.

Her ability to transform into mist isn't particularly outstanding within the organization, but she possesses innate affability, stealth capabilities, and the ability to read people, which are rare in an organization where members have overly distinct personalities.

She had no remarkable past; joining the organization was just a matter of chance, something she stumbled into without really understanding it. Since she was in, she figured she might as well do her job well—that's what she thought, and that's exactly what she did. Then one day, a strange and powerful white-haired man appeared before her, claiming to be one of the nine high-ranking members, and chose her as his Direct Subordinate.

"Why me?" she asked.

"You are very capable, know when to advance and retreat, keep your mouth shut, and can adapt to all kinds of situations," he replied.

"Is it really that simple? There must be countless people like that..."

"The key is your adaptability. Being able to adapt to any situation is the same as being indifferent to everything or having no interest in anything. That's why I don't have to worry about leaks or being betrayed."

"I don't think you're right... but since you've said so, I'll join your ranks. From now on, I'll call you 'Huang Huo,' please guide me."

"See, I knew you'd say yes."

Thus, Yin became Huang Huo's Direct Subordinate and naturally became one of the participants in Huang Huo's betrayal plan.

It doesn't matter to her anyway.

But now--

"This is bad, this is really bad!"

Ensuring Evelynths' personal safety and imposing a mandatory contract on the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire —a simple plan, but the Blaze is currently inside Evelynths' body, isolated from the outside world, making the mandatory contract ineffective.

"The eruption of karmic fire is irreversible; it's only a matter of time. Must we wait until the karmic fire erupts before risking our lives to sign the contract?"

But regardless, there's only one thing to do now.

Yin is one of the very few members of the organization who still has a sense of public morality.

Therefore, for her, getting Evelynths away from the city and minimizing casualties was the top priority.

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My high school buddy came to visit me yesterday, and we went to the night market to eat crayfish until 10:30 pm. (It was also a bit of a slang term, possibly a typo.)