The Beggar God-Lantian Zhu / Xiao Cui: I'm Numb Too
With that, Cong Yu placed the spellbook on the table, explaining, "Lantian Zhu will be here later... her magic is acting a bit strangely right now."
The Doctor had already heard that Lantian Zhu would be coming.
Knowing that Cong Yu had come all this way just to celebrate her birthday was also a side effect... Even though the Doctor knew this beforehand, he still couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Ignoring her resentful expression, Cong Yu explained, "One of these spellbooks is the <Source Severance: Radiance> you saw before, and the other is the <Sacred Flame> spellbook from the Church."
"Later, Lantian Zhu will also bring the spellbook of <Kiteflame> that she originally used... We'll talk about it when she arrives."
Hearing Cong Yu say this, the Doctor also shifted his attention away from the previous situation and replaced it with curiosity.
The reason Doctor became Doctor was because of this curiosity.
"So, when you say 'the nature of magic is somewhat strange,' what exactly do you mean by that? What are the phenomena?"
Cong Yu pondered the Doctor's words for a moment, then said, "Well, as for the symptoms... there are quite a few, and it's hard for me to give specific details."
"To put it simply, the information I have..."
"First, Lantian Zhu's blood turned into a fluorescent blue, squid-like color, and it was scalding hot. Second... her skin rotted away."
As Cong Yu said this, she couldn't help but sigh, pondering that Lantian Zhu might have been too harsh on himself... to an extreme degree, leading to his current situation.
"It's not rotten in the sense of being festering, but rather strangely fragile. If you try to tear it with your hand, it will crumble completely... and then burst out a stream of blood like lava."
"..." Doctor:"?"
Is this still a magical girl? It feels like it's turned into some kind of terrifying and bizarre otherworldly life form.
As the Doctor was deep in thought, there was a knock on the office door.
"Knock knock knock--"
Along with a knock on the door, Lantian Zhu's usual calm voice rang out from outside. "Cong Yu? Doctor? I'm coming in?"
Then, in response to Cong Yu's voice, the Gate was opened... At the same time, there was a strange, inexplicable "burning" sound.
Upon opening the door, the burning body came into the Doctor's view.
It's a finger...
It was Lantian Zhu's finger that had been knocking on the door earlier... a tiny wound, bleeding profusely.
Like a small, gently flowing spring, the beautiful blue blood dripped down from the joints of Lantian Zhu.
It dripped onto the ground, and with a thud, it instantly burst into flames, burning fiercely on the ground with the blood as the ignition source.
The flickering, eerie blue flames, along with the pure white, sacred light within, created beautiful interplay of light and shadow, transforming the experimental area outside the office into something resembling a bar or dance hall.
No, although it was equally radiant, it was far more magnificent, sacred, and dazzling than the ballroom... These beautiful flames were extraordinarily gorgeous.
Doctor:"!!!"
Alright, alright, Demon King Yaochuan Guang, Extinction Spell Host Xiao Cui... Now this one has something else going on with her.
Are all the magical girls around Cong Yu monsters?
Chapter 583 The God of Begging - Lantian Zhu
When did the situation begin?
Around the time Lantian Zhu learned "Sacred Flame," he discovered that his [Source Severance - Radiance] was much more powerful.
Especially the way it's used to create localized Radiance.
Originally, when Lantian Zhu used [Source Severance - Radiance] while throwing a punch, it only affected the area in front of his right hand, so it could only unleash a shockwave.
However, the time he used it before, Lantian Zhu suddenly unleashed a firestorm—a raging inferno of blue, white, and red.
It resembles a fan-shaped fire, a blazing flame, or a three-colored flame that "Igniting Blaze".
The true color of flame, the deep blue of kite Kiteflame, and the holy white of holy Sacred Flame intertwined, bringing with them an extremely terrifying high temperature.
Not only did they completely engulf the troublemaking freak, but they also burned down the green belt behind it and burned down the private cars parked on the roadside.
Fortunately, magical girls don't need to pay compensation.
If the car owner has insurance, the insurance company will compensate... although, based on Cong Yu's experience, the insurance company will only compensate half.
But that's not important.
For Lantian Zhu, the strengthening of her technique is naturally a good thing, but the inexplicable strengthening is abnormal... and needs to be investigated.
What's even more absurd is that Lantian Zhu didn't feel any pain from that punch [Source Severance - Radiance]... it was as if his pain receptors had been burned out.
Aside from the burning pain, there was no "warning pain that signals the body's impending collapse"... Although both are painful, the former is clearly better than the latter.
Although Lantian Zhu is not afraid of pain, she does not crave it either.
It's always good to be able to relax a bit.
So, with the idea of research in mind, Lantian Zhu tried it out near his home, controlling the release of [Source Severance · Radiance] to test it out.
The result was exactly the same as in the previous battles.
"Boom!!!!!"
Lantian Zhu threw a punch, and in an instant... the knuckles closest to her palm rapidly shattered and exploded.
The magic belonging to Lantian Zhu immediately burst forth, carrying with it a massive amount of [Source Severance - Radiance] magic, along with scalding blood that ignited due to air friction...
"Boom!!!!!"
It formed a vast expanse of exploding, brightly colored flames in the air... Then, those "blood fires" fell downwards due to gravity.
Before they even hit the ground, these blood flames were already burned to dust, either as fuel or as the flames themselves.
"..." Doctor:"..."
Doctor:"???"
At this moment, the Doctor looked like an old man in a subway car with a cell phone. "Are you even human?"
The Doctor felt once again that his knowledge, common sense, and snow leopard cheese had been insulted and that he was strong!
Gently holding Lantian Zhu's hand and examining her rapidly recovering right hand, the Doctor felt that this was outrageous... utterly outrageous.
Lantian Zhu is now very well-behaved, honestly continuing to talk about her condition; "I originally thought this change was a good thing."
With a blank expression, Lantian Zhu was very honest at this moment. "But later I found that if I don't concentrate on controlling my body, I'm very easy to get injured... Although it doesn't hurt and the recovery is quick, it can catch fire."
This is Lantian Zhu's mental journey from "Oh, it's nothing" to "I need to see a doctor."
Everything else is fine, but she suspects that when she goes to sleep that night, her body will hit the bed...
Little Guang, Xiao Cui, Cong Yu can then be themselves amidst the raging flames.
That definitely won't work.
It doesn't matter if Little Guang gets burned to death (Yaochuan Guang: Hey!), but he might get kicked out of the room tonight, which is a bit unacceptable.
"Ah, anyway, why don't you film something first..."
As the Doctor spoke, he tapped the screen to bring up the machines that Yaochuan Guang had used before, machines that could study physical conditions. "Sit on them, let me take a look."
In response, Lantian Zhu obediently sat down on the scanning table.
It has to be said, the "magical girl technology" on the Doctor's side is really advanced... Japan doesn't have any of this equipment at all.
Leaving aside Japan, there are only a handful of institutions worldwide that can diagnose magical girls, and even then, it's difficult to arrive at a diagnosis as accurately as Doctor.
Most magical girls treat their illnesses in a "whatever I think" manner, without paying much attention to details.
Of course, normal magical girls rarely experience as many strange occurrences as the three little girls from Wind City.
After all, their level of achievement means that they are impossible to replicate.
Look at these perverts in Wind City...
The end and the pinnacle of the theory of bloodline: the Demon King engraved by the Engraving Source is both the bright moon reflecting the sun's radiance and light itself— Yaochuan Guang.
The user of the Extinction Formula: a communicator between another world and an observer of this world, the waaagh elf summoner— Xiao Cui.
Also, we can ask the church for spells, ask the Anti-King for spells, and develop our own spells to use, figuring out if we can use them all together!
I pieced together these techniques from various sources, combining and integrating them, and I figured they could be used by the powerful, beggar god— Lantian Zhu!
While mentally criticizing the chaotic nature of Lantian Zhu's spell system, Cong Yu felt like sighing... He was almost certain it was because of this reason.
That's probably how it is—learning too much and integrating it too well should have been a good thing, but it ended up causing problems instead.
"..." At this moment, the Doctor looked at Lantian Zhu's body temperature. She squinted at the screen, her brows furrowed completely.
Rub your eyes and take a look...
Rub your eyes again and look again...
After repeatedly confirming that he wasn't seeing things and that the machine was working properly, the Doctor fell into deep thought... a very long period of deep thought.
It's been longer than when I first heard that "Xiao Cui's spell is Extinction Formula," "There is actually a god in the world named Moerae," and "Hong is being hunted down by Fate."
This prompted Cong Yu to move closer.
So, what exactly happened?
The Doctor opened her mouth to respond to Cong Yu's words, unsure of where to begin. Finally, after Lantian Zhu joined her, she managed to gather her thoughts.
"It was burned."
With that brief statement, the Doctor decided to start with the most obvious symptom. "Lantian Zhu... her internal organs were burned into bloody fluid by herself."
Lantian Zhu: "?!?!?!"
Cong Yu: "?!?!?!"
"..." Under the shocked gazes of the two, the Doctor pointed to the screen filled with ERROR messages and said, "The digestive, respiratory, and urinary systems have disappeared."
"In its place are Mana-Supplying Organ that spread from the heart throughout the entire body... the entire body."
"The spread of the Mana-Supply System caused all the internal organs to dissolve and disintegrate, and then they used minimal space to simulate and replace the original functions of the organs."
"It looks like a tumor, or even some kind of cancer..."
"Aside from the reproductive system, which is useless for magical girls anyway, and 'fake organs,' there's nothing else in your body..."
"Only that highly concentrated 'blood' containing magic remains."
"..." Although shocked, Lantian Zhu wanted to know another question more at this moment, "Then... why are my skin and muscles so fragile now?"
Is it caused by the Mana-Supplying Organ?
Am I likely to resemble her?
In Lantian Zhu's sorrowful gaze, the Doctor's response was--
"Oh, that's damage to the stratum corneum caused by a physical mutation, and there's also severe fluid accumulation in the subcutaneous tissue. You should eat more eggs and carrots and drink vegetable juice recently... I'll prescribe some vitamins for you later."
Lantian Zhu: "..."
Cong Yu: "..."
The art style suddenly became scientific!
Chapter 584 Xiao Cui: I'm numb too
Right now, Lantian Zhu feels... almost like touching someone with a fever of around 40 degrees Celsius.
That's too much...
She takes advantage of any opportunity she has, learns things she thinks are useful to her, and doesn't care about her own body at all... She's gone a bit too far and extreme.
The effort required was too great, and the range of techniques learned was too complex...
The magic formula called "Burning Lightning, Steamed Blood" that Lantian Zhu used before has set a precedent in her body.
These factors induced heart disease in Lantian Zhu.
Hmm, a lesion...?
Perhaps it could also be described as "cancer transformation," "mutation," "metamorphosis," or something similar...
It intentionally encroached on the storage space of the remaining organs.
The food ingested no longer enters the stomach through the esophagus... but is directly broken down and decomposed in the high-concentration magical solution (blood) in the abdominal cavity.