When the Storm Arrives

The other customers in the coffee shop had clearly noticed the noisy scene.

Not intending to let meaningless trash disturb her time, Wu Xin snapped her fingers with a crisp sound.

In the next instant, invisible threads bound their limbs, and the light in the passersby's pupils dimmed.

"How exactly did you figure it out?" Her emerald-green eyes stared listlessly at Lin Yue.

"Could it be that you truly possess the ability to prophesy?"

She scoffed, dismissing the conjecture: "That is also an impossibility."

"Because if you could truly foresee the future, you would likely have already seen the image of your own death."

Lin Yue did not intend to waste any more breath on her, turning around to take Chen Xi's hand.

At the same time, an electronic, mechanical voice rang out in Chen Xi's mind.

CG generation failed, converted to Wish Power charge: 72%
Current charge: 72%

How much?

Amidst her shock, Chen Xi cursed her goddamn luck under her breath.

If this had generated successfully, it would have likely been a high-quality, Rare-tier CG.

Through her exploration of her abilities over this period and the vague prompts that appeared in her mind from time to time, Chen Xi had roughly grasped the Wish Power mechanism.

A failed generation of a Poor-tier CG would grant 0% to 10%, and so on; Common would be 20% to 40%, Rare would be 40% to 80%, and Epic would be 80% to 150%...

As for the blessing mechanism, from Poor to Epic, it should be a one-tier increase in CG quality for every 100% of Wish Power.

Advancing from Epic to Mythical requires 200%, and the Wish Power required for a Mythical to ascend to the Legend tier is as high as 500%.

Thinking of this, Chen Xi frowned; why was this so similar to a certain game she played in her past life? The kind where you need "fodder" to upgrade equipment.

"Hey? Hello, are you still there?"

The shout ringing in her ear pulled Chen Xi's consciousness back from the Panel Info.

She turned her head to look; Lin Yue was already nearly pressed against her arm.

"Why are you sticking so close?" she said, though she didn't pull away.

Like a child, Lin Yue complained, "Isn't it because you were ignoring me? I've called you hundreds of times."

"Are you angry because I pulled my arm away earlier? Don't be, I'll take it back now." After saying this, she moved to bear-hug Chen Xi's right arm.

The black-haired girl pulled her arm away nonchalantly, dodging the assault.

"Let's forget that; it's the middle of summer, even if you aren't hot, I am."

"Also, it was definitely not hundreds of times."

At most, she had only shouted a few times.

Ignoring Chen Xi's inexplicable persistence, Lin Yue walked along, kicking a pebble on the road: "I find it terrifying."

"To be able to say those words with such an expressionless face—just thinking about it makes my back go cold."

Marveling once again at the girl's erratic conversational style, Chen Xi was now able to keep up with her brainwaves.

"So, we absolutely cannot lose to that person," Lin Yue whispered, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"Rest assured, we will win."

Chen Xi was much calmer; after all, their strength far exceeded that of the previous cycle.

Even if Wu Xin was truly holding back, at most, it would only result in a mutual destruction.

Drip.

A raindrop splashed onto Lin Yue's brow, and the girl reached up to wipe away the moisture.

"It's starting to rain; I estimate the rainfall will reach its peak tonight."

She glanced at her phone; it was 5:37 PM.

Only four and a half hours remained until the decisive battle.

Chen Xi looked up at the sky as the rain began to fall incessantly.

"Let's end all of this tonight."

Once the shackles of Wu Xin were gone, she would be free as a bird in the sky and a fish in the sea.

"That's enough."

On the rooftop, Chen Xi manipulated the water flow to precisely blast a vase to pieces.

Having regained the Rain Lord ability, her proficiency naturally far exceeded that of the previous cycle.

Just by waving her hand a few times, she had already rediscovered that familiar feeling.

And what's more...

The rain curtain connected the sky and earth, and the gale howled.

"Other than the Rain Lord's domain, this is the first time I've seen rain this heavy," Lin Yue sighed, hiding by the rooftop entrance.

"Is this what a super typhoon is like? The rain is being blown sideways."

One had to know that Tianhai City wasn't even in the core area of the storm.

"How do you feel?" She looked toward Chen Xi, who was leisurely standing in the rain.

The moment the torrential rain touched the ring of water currents, it was automatically absorbed by Chen Xi.

"I feel terrifyingly strong right now." Chen Xi clenched her fists, and water columns nearly half a meter thick erupted from around her body.

Although it didn't reach the level of the Rain Lord during his lifetime, it was clearly approaching the strength of a Tier 2.

Sometimes, the environment is a major influencing factor in supernatural combat.

"Let's go, we're heading to the school."

Because they were afraid the heavy rain would affect their travel, they had only been practicing in an abandoned housing area far from the school.

Surrounding Lin Yue with the ring of water, the two of them walked through the downpour without a single drop touching them.

Furthermore, because the rain was so extreme that one couldn't see the road beyond five meters, Chen Xi simply walked boldly down the street.

On the way to the school, Lin Yue took the opportunity to bring up the fact that Wu Xin was "undying."

"I speculate that we have to completely destroy her body to truly kill Wu Xin."

Lin Yue's mind raced as she continued to guess, "It feels a lot like a manga character I read recently; Wu Xin is like a necromancer who can continue to control her body even after death."

"If the two of us get close to her, she won't be able to handle it."

Lin Yue now commanded the Butcher, and her physical fitness was no longer inferior to Chen Xi's before going Berserk.

On top of that, she now possessed extremely strong recovery abilities; as long as it wasn't an injury on the level of a severed limb, Lin Yue could recover quickly.

Because of the typhoon, the academy gates were temporarily locked, so the two had to detour to the low wall to climb over.

Chen Xi took a moment to check the time: "It's nine-thirty."

When the two reached the teaching building and slowly climbed the stairs, they discovered that the door to the rooftop had already been pried open.

"It seems you two are in quite a hurry to throw your lives away."

That playful yet infuriating tone rang out once more, and the two looked toward the corner in unison.

Wu Xin sat with her legs crossed on a lounge chair made of silk threads, with a canopy made of silk threads overhead.

"That's right."

"We're in a hurry to..." Lin Yue suppressed the rage in her heart, the Chainsaw Cleaver manifesting in her hand, "...take your dog life!!!"