Mystery Solved: The Pixie Enigma

She wasn't unfamiliar with armor-piercing spells; they basically involved burning the opponent's flesh with fire... What? You're asking how that differs from regular spells?

The answer is that there is no difference. You can think of Lantian Zhu's technique as having built-in armor penetration, or you can say that armor penetration is not needed.

Clearly, fire damage ignores defense, but it depends on the enemy's fire resistance...

And what about the Demon Bear?

[Trait: Thick Hide - Physical Resistance, Elemental Resistance +50%]

It can only be said that Lantian Zhu's technique is destined not to benefit from "armor penetration".

As for the later lessons—such as injecting magic into the other person's body and detonating it— Lantian Zhu was quite interested.

As for the other audience members...

Of course it's Xiao Cui... the Little Sprite!

What?! Why are the Little Sprite listening to the lesson?!

Good heavens! The Little Sprite are sitting in a row on Xiao Cui's head and shoulders, listening to her lesson... What the hell is going on?!

As the Little Sprite launcher, Xiao Cui has learned how to leave the game running in the background, and is destined to become the Little Sprite launcher from now on.

And it's not just about using Little Sprite to fight; she even arranges for Little Sprite to listen to lessons on how to get stronger... This is the ugly side of a businesswoman!

"Okay, I'll give it a try too!"

Yaochuan Guang quickly understood the corrosive power that Hong was releasing.

The technique was immediately imitated using its own magic.

"Flash☆Erosion!"

As he shouted this, golden magic enveloped the monster... and then nothing happened.

Hong also offered a timely reminder, saying, "You're probably not suited for corrosion... then try using magic's high-speed movement and cutting/grinding."

"If you can't approach it as a whole, start with the parts. Imagine a high-speed rotating Drill breaking down the opponent's outer shell..."

"..." A high-speed rotating Drill?

Yaochuan Guang felt he understood, so he controlled the remaining magical power on the monster. "Ha! Shining Spiral!"

With masterful naming skills, the golden magic suddenly began to condense and gleam in the shape of Drill.

Then...

Drill drill drill!!!

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[Mana Loading 15.5%]

[Wand Guidance - Manual Control Mode Enabled]

[Conjuration Type, Destructive Type, Targeted, Confirmed Complete]

[Shining☆Spiral]

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"Aradillo, armadillo! Armadillo, armadillo!"

The monster let out a strange howl, and amidst excruciating pain, a hole was ripped open in its shoulder by rapidly spinning magic. "Armadillo!"

Lantian Zhu pondered for a moment, then decided that he could learn this technique—he could conjure an electric drill on his leg and perform a magical girl kick.

Let's name it Deep Blue Drill.

Meanwhile, Xiao Cui, who was obediently listening to the lesson, was chattering away with the little fairies on her head, and then she thought she had figured it out too.

So, these little goblins, having figured it out for themselves, tossed aside their spiked spears.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, they used magic to conjure miniature magic wands, and then chanted incoherently.

Then a bunch of tiny electric drills were unleashed, riddling the monster with holes.

Then he flew away laughing and joking, feeling that he had done a great job.

"..." is indeed great, but...

"..."red. "..."

Cong Yu: "..."

Lantian Zhu: "..."

In the silence of the three, Xiao Cui held the newly formed Little Sprite and fiddled with the small wooden magic wands in their hands.

Wow! That's amazing!

Yaochuan Guang nodded, his face full of surprise. "Indeed, your Little Sprite is so powerful!"

"..."

"No, it's not a matter of how powerful it is."

Lantian Zhu spoke with some embarrassment, her eyes reflecting the same shocked attitude as Hong and Cong Yu.

Why, why...

Why can summoned creatures cast spells?!

Chapter 441 Deciphering the Mystery of the Little Sprite

"Eeee-ya-ya--"

"..."

"The Little Sprite said they came from [Avalon, the land of fairies], and were the common, lowly fairies who lived there."

Xiao Cui translated the Little Sprite ' "ee-yah-yah" sounds, while the people around her scrutinized and judged the Little Sprite sitting on the wooden tea table.

The Little Sprite, now being interrogated, exchanged glances before continuing to present their testimony, "Eeya yaya-chirp chirp!"

Xiao Cui continued translating, saying, "And I... I mean me, I can use magic to create physical bodies for them, allowing them to move in this world, and let their souls reside within them."

"And the Little Sprite can then roam freely and happily in this world, finding their own fun... but the price is that they must obey me."

"But it's quite interesting to obey my orders... that's what they say."

"..."

"..." In the silence, Cong Yu, sitting on the sofa with her chin propped up, stretched out her fingers and engaged in a fighting battle with the Little Sprite: "So, because it is a real 'otherworldly life form,' it also possesses 'otherworldly knowledge'?"

Cong Yu's words now prove that his focus is still on the fact that the Little Sprite recognized "Black Hollow Seven Bites".

Lantian Zhu, on the other hand, is more concerned about the Little Sprite's battle abilities.

"But they can cast spells... Normal summons can't cast spells independently unless you infuse a large amount of magic into their bodies beforehand."

Lantian Zhu accurately grasped the crux of the problem, asking Xiao Cui, "But Xiao Cui, you obviously didn't. These Little Sprite with bayonets... and it doesn't seem like they directly drained your magic."

Before anyone else, including Xiao Cui, could say anything about Lantian Zhu's words, the Little Sprite had already started chattering away, trying to explain.

This time, their explanation was very brief.

Xiao Cui's translation was also very brief.

"They used their own magic."

Lantian Zhu: "???"

Amidst Lantian Zhu's confusion, Yaochuan Guang was also somewhat bewildered, tilting his head. "What do you mean? The Little Sprite's own magic? Isn't that just Xiao Cui's magic?"

Cong Yu: "..."

"Wow... this is incredible!"

Unable to resist a sigh, Cong Yu reached out and tickled the Little Sprite, watching it giggle and roll around on the coffee table.

Cong Yu roughly understood what it was.

What's going on?

Xiao Cui's technique didn't actually create the Little Sprite; it merely established a connection between Little Sprite and constructed physical bodies.

The Little Sprite, like mecha pilots, entered the body that Xiao Cui created to help her fight.

Magic, however, is a dualistic thing. It can be said to be linked to the physical body, or it can be said to be entangled with something that can be called the soul.

Therefore, when these Little Sprite wanted to cast spells, the magic they used wasn't the magic that Xiao Cui had used to create their bodies, but rather...

The magic contained within the forms of the fairies in [Avalon, the Land of Little Sprite]...

What does this mean?

It represents...

Xiao Cui is essentially summoning a magical girl.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Xiao Cui summons Little Sprite, and that the spell's power seems rather ordinary due to her small size.

However, if a magical girl's summoned "creature" can also cast spells without consuming Xiao Cui's own magic power...

Even if the power of the technique is small, even if it's just a drop in the ocean.

It is still a very serious matter.

Even considering the previous small Drill, the power of each Little Sprite's spell was probably only one-tenth of that of Xiao Cui's own.

But Xiao Cui summoned far more than ten Little Sprite!

"Hmm... interesting."

Cong Yu became somewhat interested. He couldn't help but glance at Yaochuan Guang, then at Xiao Cui, feeling that the magical girl in this house was getting more and more formidable.

A Demon King, and... an elf king, right?

Cong Yu couldn't help but glance at Lantian Zhu, who was playing with Little Sprite wings while sucking on a lollipop, calling Xiao Cui such a casual name.

Let's not even talk about Red; whenever Red has time to unleash its full power, it's absolutely devastating.

I don't need anything to prove my worth.

But Lantian Zhu...

Everyone else was pretty strong, how come you messed up?

Noticing Cong Yu's gaze, Lantian Zhu raised her head, blinked curiously at him, and asked with a puzzled look in her eyes despite her expressionless face, "???"

It roughly means, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"..." In response, Cong Yu patted Lantian Zhu on the shoulder and asked, "Lantian Zhu, do you have any unique abilities? Unique techniques, domain expansion, super bloodlines... or anything like that?"

Lantian Zhu rolled his eyes at Cong Yu's words, rolled over and lay on the sofa, nudging Cong Yu with his butt. "There's no such thing."

That would be rather awkward.

Everyone else has evolved, but you're still like a speaker-like bug.

"Then you need to work hard to become stronger--"

Cong Yu said this, Xiao Cui lay on Cong Yu's lap and patted Lantian Zhu's bottom. "Sister Blue Sky, you have to do your best!"

Although he didn't understand what the two were talking about, Yaochuan Guang joined in the banter, saying, "Little Lan, let's work together to become stronger!"

After being persuaded by the three, Lantian Zhu fell silent, curled up on the sofa with his buttocks facing upwards... his buttocks sticking out, seemingly indifferent to the world.

While Lantian Zhu huddled up like an ostrich, several Little Sprite perched on her head, giggling and laughing.

"Hmm, the Little Sprite that Xiao Cui summoned is really quite powerful..."

As Cong Yu said this, she clapped her hands as if she had thought of something, "How about this, let's go see the Doctor together tomorrow and see what the Doctor thinks of Xiao Cui's surgical procedure."

"We can also take a look at Yaochuan Guang's dual personality issue, since Doctor are quite skilled in this area."

Upon hearing this, Hong knew that Cong Yu was planning to collude with the Doctor to tell Yaochuan Guang a seemingly plausible truth.

Tell me half the truth, and the other half is a lie.

I'll tell you everything later when I have the chance...

Taking it step by step might make it easier for Yaochuan Guang to accept.

That's what Cong Yu was thinking, but whether it would actually work, Hong could only remain skeptical.