魔法少女?已经回不去了! 第30章

Before setting off again, Tang Xi comforted herself: compared to before, this time she was only missing one layer of fabric. The difference should not be that great, and she had already learned some techniques for avoiding stimulation and keeping her balance during the previous rope walk.

However, once she started walking, Tang Xi realized that although her panties had only been a thin layer of fabric, they had prevented her skin from coming into direct contact with the rough hemp rope. The satin material had also reduced the friction. The difference was as vast as using protection or not when two people were having fun.

At that moment, the rough hemp rope was wantonly tormenting the soft, tender parts of her body. Tang Xi only felt a burning sensation where it rubbed against her, but it was not pain—it was a strange heat, as though the hemp rope were a red-hot branding iron.

Tang Xi did not know that the Fallen Blood she had consumed was gradually taking effect. She assumed that the continuous friction had caused some strange changes in her body.

"Ugh... damn it. This should be painful, so why..." While mentally blaming her overly sensitive body, Tang Xi struggled toward the first knot.

Then she immediately discovered the rope provider's malice: the hemp rope had been soaked earlier, and that viscous liquid had provided ample lubrication. It had allowed her to slide over the knots more easily while greatly easing the friction from the hemp fibers, protecting her body.

But as time passed, that protective fluid slowly seeped downward through the rope under the pull of gravity, even dripping away bit by bit. This made the once-moist knots rougher, meaning she had to move even faster. Otherwise, once the liquid on the rope ran low, she would truly have to endure torture like being sawed apart.

Thinking of that, Tang Xi could only force her already numb legs onward, grinding herself over one knot after another. Standing only on the tips of her toes, she even had to rely on the hemp rope between her legs to stay steady. The sensation was several times stronger than before, tormenting her terribly, while the pleasure hidden within it made her feel as though she were about to break.

But thinking of Bing Rui, whom she had to protect, she could only press herself against the rope and keep moving, painfully enduring each knot grinding harshly through the gap.

Yet walking on tiptoe doomed her to be slow. She could only shuffle along in tiny steps, rubbing herself from side to side. However, the liquid drained away much faster than she had imagined. By the time Tang Xi reached the tenth knot, the protective fluid on it had dried up completely.

More than half the sand in the hourglass had already fallen, but the dry knot before her was far too rough. Tang Xi tried several times to force her way past it, only to be painfully pulled back each time. A mere few centimeters had become an insurmountable chasm.

Tang Xi watched the sand pour down and grew so anxious that tears streamed from her eyes. Just then, she happened to glance back at the path she had crossed and found glittering droplets left behind on the hemp rope, with a suspicious puddle collected on the ground as well.

The protective fluid on the rope was oily, so those droplets hanging from it were...

That was right! Since the protective fluid had run dry, she would make her own! Tang Xi had now completely understood the sinister intentions of the game's creator. She looked at the audience around her, then at the rope that was barely half crossed. Though overwhelmed with shame, she could only cover her eyes with one hand as if that hid anything, while reaching the other hand toward herself, toward the source of her pleasure.

Under the effects of Fallen Blood, her efforts took effect quickly. The stimulation from the hemp rope soon became assistance, causing her own protective fluid to increase more and more. When the knot was moistened again, Tang Xi thrust forward and successfully broke past the obstacle.

She had done it!

For an instant, Tang Xi felt the joy of defeating a Boss in a Souls-like game. Yet the burning sensation inside her body intensified further, and her consciousness began to blur. Still, she tightened her muscles and staggered step by step to the next knot. After using her fingers to please herself enough to produce sufficient protective fluid, she gathered her strength and ground herself forcefully over it.

By then, the effect of Fallen Blood had reached its peak. Tang Xi's mind was in complete chaos. Every time she ground over a knot, pleasure jolted her upward, making her nearly jump. The intense pleasure gnawed at her heart, gradually transforming the magic within her body into Evil Energy.

As an onlooker, Bing Rui noticed this. She cried out anxiously, trying to warn Tang Xi. In fact, the latter did hear Bing Rui's voice through her haze of consciousness, but she only instinctively assumed Bing Rui was worried about her. She never realized that she herself had already fallen into the abyss of darkness.

Upgrade! Wine of Ecstasy.

"Is it... over~?" Nearly collapsed from exhaustion, Tang Xi squeezed out the last of her fighting spirit and forcibly ground over the final knot. Then she fell headfirst onto the ground, and her awakened transformation immediately dissolved.

As Tang Xi fell, a long string of system notifications rang in Li Xuan's ears:

[Fallen Blood activated successfully]

[Individual Tang Xi: Demonfall complete]

[Defeat CG unlocked: Rope-Walking Play (I)]

[CG elements: Rope bondage & torture]

[Experience +30]

[Current experience: 5/300]

[Level increased to Lv. 5]

[Dark Pact increased to: Grade B]

[New skill unlocked: Wine of Ecstasy]

[Reward item: Dionysus's Ring]

"Everyone, Miss Tang Xi will be your companion from now on. Take her down to rest properly. As for the other two, everything remains as usual." Excitement was already impossible to hide from Li Xuan's face. He waved away the magical girls who had enjoyed the splendid show, then carefully studied the benefits of his upgrade with the furtive delight of a convenience-store owner counting cash alone after closing.

First was the enhancement of Dark Pact. His Evil Energy rank had finally reached Grade B. From now on, he could go head-to-head against magical girls at Tan Xiang or Bing Rui's level. Then came the skill unlocked with every level-up:

[Wine of Ecstasy: Consume mental power to brew Fallen Blood into Wine of Ecstasy. Creatures that absorb Wine of Ecstasy receive a Buff customizable by the brewer. Wine of Ecstasy provides a 300% amplification effect on monsters.]

"It looks like some kind of alchemy side profession. Pretty ordinary." Li Xuan frowned at the simple skill description. Its effect seemed versatile, but compared with Hunting Radar, which had given him an absolute intelligence advantage; Fallen Blood, which had conquered so many magical girls; and Delusive Badlands, which provided him with a massive safe house, it seemed rather unimpressive.

With that thought in mind, Li Xuan tried summoning a mass of Fallen Blood, then activated Wine of Ecstasy.

[Wine of Ecstasy activated successfully]

[Remaining convertible amount: 400 ml]

[No available templates. Please create a new template.]

A DIY interface similar to the one for Fallen Blood appeared. Li Xuan selected "Create New Template" and was immediately stunned by the dazzling variety of effects.

Negative effects: Petrification, paralysis, madness, confusion, blindness, paralysis, sluggishness, silence, grievous wounds, sensory deprivation, increased sensitivity...

Positive effects: Swiftness, concealment, health recovery, energy recovery, increased casting speed, increased resistance to all attributes, permanent increase to energy limit...

Special effects: Silver markings, shared senses, soul chain, berserk state, feigned death, spiritualization...

There were more than a hundred options in total, and they supported custom combinations. They could even be mixed to create hidden effects.

Wasn't this practically invincible? With one skill, it covered the needs of nearly every possible scenario.

Li Xuan could barely contain his excitement. Could his game of conquering magical girls be turning into an invincible 4399 version?

Thinking of how much Evil Energy he had used earlier, he quickly brewed a low-grade wine that restored energy, intending to test the skill's effect.

Then Li Xuan was dumbfounded.

A small mass of Fallen Blood separated from the larger one and floated motionlessly in the air. It still looked exactly like Fallen Blood, its color unchanged in the slightest.

"Damn it, this system is a scam. Isn't this false advertising?" Li Xuan complained at the utterly motionless mass of Fallen Blood.

Then he saw the system text above the blood sphere:

[Wine of Ecstasy: Energy Recovery (Minor) brewing. Remaining time: 59 minutes, 57 seconds]

[Proficiency Level: Lv. 1]

[Uses required for level-up: 1/3]

[Increasing proficiency reduces brewing time by up to 50% and improves wine quality by up to 50%.]

"So that's how it is!" Seeing the text, Li Xuan suddenly understood. This skill did not take effect instantly; it required constantly increasing proficiency to reduce the time needed. That meant he could not simply create anything whenever he wanted. Instead, like assigning skill points, he had to focus on a few types of wine to ensure production could keep up with consumption.

Li Xuan stared at the colorful brewing interface and hesitated for quite a while. He wanted, nine parts out of ten, to max out the special wine with "silver markings" first. But in the end, he chose the highest-quality "permanent energy limit increase."

This effect required an enormous amount of Fallen Blood and took an entire week to brew. It was even marked with the restriction that each person could only use it once.

But once this thing was made, both he and the magical girls under him would receive permanent enhancements.

More importantly, the increase provided by this wine was a fixed value rather than a percentage based on each person's total Evil Energy. That meant the earlier it was brewed, the more valuable it became—especially for the three little ones whose Evil Energy ranks were still at Grade C+. Together, they were not even enough for Tan Xiang to handle with one hand. If they did not level up, they could only stay in Delusive Badlands as living life-sized dolls and human Fleshlight substitutes.

Li Xuan counted the magical girls under his command and brewed five bottles of enhancement wine in one go. Such an enormous expenditure not only drained all the Evil Energy in his body but also severely consumed his mental power, leaving him so tired he could barely keep his eyes open.

"I can't sleep yet. There's still one last thing..." Li Xuan pinched his thigh, barely forcing himself awake as he looked toward the final item in the level-up rewards.

He tapped the detailed description, and a small ring instantly dropped into his palm. Li Xuan picked it up and saw that it was plainly designed, set with a transparent teardrop-shaped stone so clear that it was nearly impossible to notice without the light reflecting off its edges.

"What exactly is this for?" Li Xuan placed it on the middle finger of his right hand, and the system immediately sent another notification:

[Dionysus's Ring: One of the relics left behind after the legendary god of wine died. Its function is currently unknown.]

"So it really is just a ring?" Li Xuan tried injecting it with Evil Energy and even pricking his finger to drip blood onto it, but the ring still gave no response.

"Forget it. First, I should move these five bottles somewhere safe to brew..." Li Xuan said as he extended his hand and guided the five huge masses of Fallen Blood to the edge of the area. Struggling to stay awake, he manipulated the material within Delusive Badlands to create a simple wine cellar, hung a "No Entry" sign on it, and carefully stored them inside.

After finishing all that, Li Xuan rested near the wine cellar for quite some time. Only once his mental power and Evil Energy had recovered enough for him to move did he stand up.

"About time I paid Miss Tang Xi a visit. She probably has enough strength to call me Master now, right? It's also time to do something pleas... pleasurable." A wicked smile rose on Li Xuan's lips as he slowly headed toward the stone tower where the magical girls lived.

A Collection of Weird Things Beautiful Girls Do Afterward

When Li Xuan arrived at the stone tower, he found that everyone except Bing Rui had gathered on the twelfth floor. Xu Rou was patiently helping Wu Yan and Alulu with their homework. Tan Xiang seemed to have recovered and was lying on Alulu's bed, secretly playing Alulu's handheld console. Meanwhile, Qi Mo was examining Tang Xi's body as she sat in a chair with her legs spread in an M shape.

"There are no wounds. Even if there were, the self-healing ability Master gave you would have healed them long ago. Trust Master. He's the last person who wants to hurt magical girls." After finishing the examination, Qi Mo patted Tang Xi's thigh.

"I'd believe that if I hadn't just been put through all that. It still feels like there's fire burning inside me, but it doesn't hurt. It's some other feeling I can't describe. Like holding in pee, except I don't actually need to go." Tang Xi said resentfully as she pulled up her pants.

"She's basically just a little horny," Xu Rou quietly summed up from the side.

"It's so lively here. How are you feeling, Miss Tang Xi?" Seeing the magical girls getting along so happily, Li Xuan approached with a smile.

"I feel wonderful. Master—they all call you that, so I can call you that too, right? I had heard before that magical girls could fall into monsters, but this is the first time I've encountered someone who could retain her sanity after Demonfall and even inherit her original power. It's incredible. It's practically a miracle." Tang Xi jumped down from the chair and looked at Li Xuan with nearly worshipful eyes.

"It seems you've recovered quite well. As for the feeling you mentioned earlier, I'll help relieve it." As Li Xuan spoke, he opened a portal to the wine cellar. After all, people were still studying here, so making too much noise would not be appropriate.

"That's great. Otherwise, I really would be driven mad by this feeling." Tang Xi eagerly picked up her laptop and followed Li Xuan into the wine cellar.

Then she was thrown to the ground.

There were tentacles beneath her to cushion the fall, so Tang Xi was not hurt. But she immediately understood what Li Xuan meant.

"So this is how you plan to relieve it?" Tang Xi said, tightly clutching the hem of her T-shirt.

"That's right. A monster should be true to her instincts and free her nature. Ask your heart. It will tell you the answer." Li Xuan was in no hurry to act. Instead, he guided Tang Xi's thoughts with his words.

"My heart..." Tang Xi placed a hand over her chest, only for it to be blocked by her ample breasts. Her fingers pressed right against the pink protrusions.

Her senses had become extraordinarily sharp after being enhanced by Fallen Blood. Tang Xi immediately felt a warm current flow through her body, luring her fingers to explore further until they finally reached a secret place.

The lingering aftereffects of the rope walk had not yet faded. Tang Xi's body was still filled beyond capacity with pleasure. This touch was like opening the floodgates of a dam, and the denim shorts hidden beneath her T-shirt were instantly soaked through as though drenched by a downpour.

"What's happening? My body won't listen to me anymore. Master, hurry and help me. I can't be without you right now..." Tang Xi's eyes became dazed with desire as she spread her arms, asking Li Xuan for an embrace.

Li Xuan did not disappoint her. He tore off her soaked denim shorts together with the triangular piece of fabric beneath them, exposing her toned, rounded rear.

Though both might look thick, thighs made thick by rigorous exercise were entirely different from thighs made thick by simple obesity. Tang Xi's thighs held the beauty shaped by long-term training, a beauty universally recognized by all humanity—a feature as worthy of admiration as a statue from ancient Greece.

To the touch, Tang Xi's thighs were firm and powerful as well. She tightly wrapped those legs around Li Xuan's waist, allowing him to feel the intensity of her desire without a single word.

Tang Xi threw her head back wildly, continually letting out whimpers and muffled sobs that brewed in her throat. She seemed to be begging for mercy, yet also urging him onward. Her consciousness swayed and shattered beneath the impact of pleasure. Too much happiness battered her mind, making her feel as though she might faint. Although she looked as if she could no longer endure it, her intoxicated eyes betrayed what she truly wanted.

Li Xuan's feelings were unprecedented as well. Wu Yan's legs had also been fit and beautiful due to years of dance training, but they were nowhere near as powerful as Tang Xi's legs, trained for combat. Li Xuan could only feel Tang Xi's interior writhing and singing, responding to his thrusts with powerful force.

In the end, Li Xuan felt the part of him deep inside her body being squeezed tight as if caught in a grappling hold. His climax came only a few seconds after Tang Xi's.

"This is so wonderful, more wonderful than anything I've ever felt~ I want to cheer! I want to applaud!" Tang Xi stared wide-eyed at the pitch-black ceiling, raising both arms as she breathed freely.

After recovering a little strength, she immediately got up, picked up her laptop, hurriedly turned it on, created a new document while it still had power, and began typing away furiously.

Li Xuan had seen Tang Xi make that gesture many times through Hunting Radar, but due to distance and angle, he had never been able to see what was on the screen. Besides, even if he could have seen it, all he had thought about at the time was how to defeat the two of them. He had not been in the mood to care what she was writing.

But now Tang Xi was already food on his plate, meat in his mouth. Naturally, he curiously leaned over and began staring at her screen. After all, some people liked smoking afterward, while some liked taking a shower. This was the first time he had ever seen someone start typing on a laptop afterward.

The document displayed a passage of obscenities too indecent to read, recording Tang Xi's recent experience and feelings through flat narration and abstract metaphors. As the burning sensation in her body gradually subsided, the document's contents shifted from descriptions that would get an account banned to calm, rational analysis.

"This was a miraculous experience. In just a few minutes, I transformed from a human into a monster. The enemy I was forced to kneel and surrender to moments ago has now become an irreplaceable Master in my heart. I cannot understand this transformation. It is like trying to lift oneself off the ground by one's own hair—I cannot escape the logic embedded in my consciousness, as though it were the result branded into my soul, even the axioms and premises of all things in the universe.

This is probably a religious sort of devotion! The same unconditional devotion believers hold toward their god. For believers, whether their god truly exists is not a question that needs to be considered, but the premise upon which faith is maintained. The moment they try to deconstruct it, faith itself has already collapsed! My god, this is so interesting. Could I write a paper taking this as its premise, thoroughly analyzing the internal logic of this transformation? I am certain I have already thought of a wonderful method of argument, but unfortunately, the battery is almost dead. I cannot finish writing it here."

By the time she had written that much, the laptop's battery was already critically low. Tang Xi hurriedly saved the document, then let out a long breath of post-release satisfaction.

Hardcore Demands for Updates

"What exactly are you writing?" Although Li Xuan had patiently read the entire piece, he still could not understand what those words were for.

"Nothing much. Just recording a few sparks of inspiration. I might use them in the novel I'm writing." Tang Xi leaned against the wall and breathed deeply.

"When Bing Rui was entering dreams, you were holding your laptop and typing nonstop too. Were you writing this kind of thing then as well?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

"You even know about that? Yes. Guardian Abbey doesn't pay overtime, so I used Two-Minds Magic to work while writing on the side to earn some extra money. After a while, it became a habit." Tang Xi said, sounding a little embarrassed.

"I like reading online when I'm not busy too. What kind of novels do you write?"

"It's hard to say. It's a fairly mixed genre, I guess? My writing style is rather casual, just like me. The one I'm working on now is called Magical Girl Dragon Princess. It's basically an adventure story with a magical girl as the protagonist. The plot is nothing more than collecting magical artifacts with her best friend, beating up little monsters, and perhaps dating a prince from the villain's side..."

Before Tang Xi could finish, the enraged Li Xuan immediately seized her by the collar and yanked her up.

"Hey—ow, what are you doiiing? You scared me half to death!" Tang Xi said, covering her chest in alarm.

"Why did you kill off the protagonist? Are you fucking stupid? If you kill off the protagonist, what am I supposed to read? Did you think killing off the protagonist was fun?" Li Xuan furiously grabbed Tang Xi by the throat, raising his voice as he fired off question after question.

"Cough, cough... let go of me first... I can't... breathe~ I can't breathe!!!" Tang Xi said painfully, gripping Li Xuan's wrist as her face reddened.

Only then did Li Xuan realize what he was doing. Tang Xi was just an ordinary person now. With only a little more force, he could snap her neck and lose both a high-quality harem member and a powerful subordinate.

So he quickly set Tang Xi down and rubbed her chest to help her catch her breath.

"You've read my book? What an honor." Tang Xi covered her throat. Her expression was pained, but her eyes held a trace of excitement.

Li Xuan tried hard to suppress the urge to beat Tang Xi up. "Of course I've read it. The beginning was written so well, but the development afterward was infuriating. And haven't you been writing all this time? Why haven't you updated it online?"

"Because I've been working on the setting all this time. I've patched and revised it until I've written over a million words—more than the actual story itself. As for updates, I put them off whenever I can. The readers are still alive, so they'll read it when I eventually update. And as for killing off the protagonist, it was purely because my master scolded me that day and I was in a bad mood." Tang Xi said with a shrug.