"Sorry, I almost forgot about you." Li Xuan pushed Qi Mo aside and strolled over to Flame Dance. "Well? Your two companions have already undergone Demonfall, so come along with them. That way, the three sisters can be together nice and neatly. I can let you return to your old lives. As long as you don't transform, no one will discover your identities."
"You really are so gentle to us... You catch us without killing us, toy with us a little before letting us go, and the terms you offer are so generous that you don't even want to disrupt our daily lives." Flame Dance lowered her head and spoke softly.
"You understand it pretty well, don't you?" Li Xuan said. He took the cup from Qi Mo's hand, filled it with Fallen Blood, and held it out before Flame Dance. "Drink. This is the fate of magical girls."
"Then what is the price?" Flame Dance raised her head and stared into Li Xuan's eyes.
"Everything you have," Li Xuan answered.
"Hahahahahaha!" Flame Dance burst into laughter. Then her expression turned cold. "I advise you to give up on that idea right now. I'll fight to the very end, and I won't stop until you're a corpse!"
"Come on, why are you insisting on this so stubbornly? The world doesn't even pay you a salary," Li Xuan tried to persuade her.
"Because I'm a magical girl! If even magical girls fall, then who will fight?!" As Flame Dance spoke, the ribbons around her wrists slowly rose, and the air around her warped from the intense heat.
"Hey, are you crazy? If you use Judgment at this distance, the only one getting hurt will be you," Li Xuan warned.
"Crimson Judgment!" Flame Dance shouted. Scarlet flames extended from her two ribbons, spinning as they gathered into a vortex before her chest. The surrounding temperature rapidly rose to an unbearable level. The searing heat felt as though it were coming directly from inside the body itself, while more and more magic power gathered within the fiery spiral, as if it might explode at any moment.
"Holy shit, is this the legendary power-up?"
Gentle Yellow Rose
"Hey, hey! Don't use such an exaggerated move! Qi Mo will die too." Li Xuan pulled Qi Mo in front of him, using her as both a human shield and a hostage.
Yet Flame Dance had no intention of stopping. The fiery vortex before her continued compressing, while the temperature in the room kept rising.
"I'd rather she die than see her fallen like this again," Flame Dance said bitterly.
The fiery vortex before Flame Dance was about to explode. There was nowhere to evade in the cramped space, so Li Xuan could only drag Qi Mo behind the Flesh Wall, pouring Evil Energy into it all at once to reinforce it. At the same time, he summoned all the monsters he had brought along to stand in front as shields.
Qi Mo also began to panic. She hurriedly unfolded a defensive barrier in front of herself and Li Xuan.
With a deafening boom, two spiraling streams of fire violently surged forth, instantly turning the narrow room into an inferno. The large number of monsters Li Xuan had created over the past three days were nearly all reduced to ash in an instant. Even the fire-resistant tentacles did not escape. The highly anticipated Flesh Wall lasted only a few seconds before burning away. Fortunately, Flame Dance's attack came fast and ended fast. After incinerating the Flesh Wall, its temperature began to decline, and it ultimately failed to breach Qi Mo's defensive barrier.
Through the dancing firelight, Li Xuan saw Flame Dance floating amid the sea of flames, her appearance having changed drastically. Her hair was no longer in twin ponytails, instead forming twin buns atop her head. The ribbons around her wrists had become colorful streamers draped over her shoulders. Apart from that, her entire upper body was covered only by a narrow red silk bandeau, leaving her fragrant shoulders, collarbones, flat abdomen, and shallow navel fully exposed. A long red gauze sash trailed from her waist, floating through the air like a ribbon. Beneath it stretched a pair of long, slender legs, with golden leg chains decorating her from the roots of her thighs down to her feet. Her tender white feet, paired with golden tassel chains, looked incomparably enticing. Around her, it seemed as though heavenly flowers whirled through the air and clouds rose in billowing waves. She was as beautiful and breathtaking as a celestial maiden descending into the mortal world.
Li Xuan stared blankly at Flame Dance's new outfit until Qi Mo anxiously tugged at his arm, reminding him that they were still in battle.
"Fallen Blood!" Seeing flames gathering between Flame Dance's hands again, Li Xuan hurriedly created a monster specifically meant to counter fire on the spot.
[Monster Name: Fire-Extinguishing Prince] [Remaining Amount Consumed: 200 ml] [Additional Attributes: Fire Element Immunity; Fire Element Absorption]
Following the system prompt, the floating blood sphere transformed into a white giant. The giant opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing all the flames in the room into its stomach, leaving behind only wisps of smoke.
"It's useless. The current me has already surpassed my old weaknesses!" Flame Dance walked toward the white giant and flicked out her ribbons, wrapping them around its neck.
A scorching flame spread along the ribbons and engulfed the giant's entire body. The giant stood unharmed amid the blaze, then opened its mouth and swallowed every last flame into its belly.
"Give up. It has fire element immunity—"
Before Li Xuan could finish speaking, the white giant suddenly clutched its chest and struggled in agony as though suffering a heart attack. Blazing fire erupted from its eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, actually burning the fire-immune monster into ash from the inside out.
"Huh? What happened to the promised immunity? I want a refund!" Li Xuan was shocked. The strength Flame Dance had displayed was a little too astonishing, so he quickly activated Mind Interference and briefly hypnotized her before taking Qi Mo and fleeing the warehouse.
After running some distance, Li Xuan finally stopped to rest when he saw that Flame Dance had not pursued them.
"Damn it, nobody told me there was a second phase when I came here! What the hell was that form Flame Dance took?" Li Xuan patted at his scorched clothes and dropped onto the ground.
"Pant, pant... It was my first time seeing Flame Dance like that too. But I think that should have been a magical girl's Awakening form," Qi Mo answered between heavy breaths.
"Awakening?"
"I've only heard of it. Under certain circumstances, magical girls can unleash power beyond their limits and transform into the ideal version of themselves that they envision. But supposedly only Grade A magical girls can Awaken. I never expected something like that to happen to Flame Dance." As Qi Mo spoke, she herself wore an incredulous expression.
"If I'd known Flame Dance was that strong, I would've brought Xu Rou out too," Li Xuan said regretfully. He had not brought Xu Rou with him this time. First, Xu Rou would start trying to kill Qi Mo the moment she saw her, interfering with his enjoyment. Second, he was about to level up, and he had been confident that even if Flame Dance and Qi Mo came at him together, he could handle them. He had not expected this sudden complication to smash his plans to pieces.
"Master, you don't need to worry so much. Awakening is powerful, but it also consumes an enormous amount of energy, so it can usually only be maintained for a few minutes. And this was Flame Dance's first Awakening, so I don't think she'll adapt to that power so quickly. As long as we stall until her Awakening ends, won't taking care of her be easy?" Qi Mo suggested from the side.
"I see. Looks like I worried for nothing. Qi Mo, you're starting to have the makings of a little strategist!" Li Xuan checked the Hunting Radar. Sure enough, Flame Dance was still standing in the same place, continuously releasing gorgeous flames, as though she could not properly control that overwhelming power.
"Master, I have an improper request..." Seeing that Li Xuan was in a good mood, Qi Mo moved closer and spoke ingratiatingly.
"Do you want to brew tea with Xiao Rou's socks? Not that I'm saying anything, but that really isn't hygienic... Besides, similar flavors are already on the market, so you could use those as substitutes."
"No... I'm not that much of a pervert." Qi Mo shook her head with a blush. "I was thinking, could you let me deal with Flame Dance later? If you trust me, I want to be alone with her for a while."
"That's possible, but we'll talk about it after I defeat her." Li Xuan did not really trust Qi Mo, but he agreed verbally anyway. Secretly, he stuck several tentacles onto her body in case she tried to release Flame Dance behind his back or pull some other trick.
"Then thank you, Master." Qi Mo leaned against Li Xuan's thigh, rubbing against him like an affectionate kitten. The chain around her neck slipped down, deliberately or inadvertently brushing against Little Li Xuan beneath his clothes.
"Qi Mo, why do I feel like your personality hasn't changed much after Demonfall? Could it be that the more perverted someone is, the smaller the contrast after Demonfall?" Li Xuan asked as he stroked Qi Mo's silky, smooth golden hair.
"Well... I've never seen anyone else undergo Demonfall, so I'm not really sure. But judging from how I felt before and after my own Demonfall, perhaps the biggest change is that it makes people face the true thoughts in their hearts." Pressed down by Li Xuan's hand, Qi Mo's face sank lower and lower, gradually touching something bulging.
"How so?" Feeling Qi Mo's body heat through his clothes, Li Xuan could not help taking a deep breath.
"I used to see my body and mind as separate. Every time I entered post-nut clarity, I would reflect on my sins and condemn my own filthiness. But now, I don't feel pain over it anymore. I think I've accepted my true self. It feels like I've been liberated," Qi Mo answered.
The vibrations of Qi Mo's vocal cords as she spoke felt extremely pleasant to Li Xuan. Her soft cheeks changed shape with the movements of her mouth, making him feel as if he were being massaged. Without realizing it, he let her continue speaking.
"Master, I'm afraid you don't really want to hear me talk, do you?" Qi Mo felt the bulge beneath her cheeks growing harder. She smiled slightly, bit the zipper with her mouth, and pulled it down with a sharp zip.
Falling in the Name of Love
"Ah, Qi Mo, you're really thoughtful." Li Xuan closed his eyes in enjoyment. He felt something soft and warm enveloping him, like a warm current spreading upward through his entire body.
Clear Lotus City had a hot climate, especially in summer. Qi Mo had probably eaten plenty of popsicles and other cold treats, training an agile tongue. Her fluffy golden hair stirred against Li Xuan's skin as she moved with a steady rhythm.
Qi Mo's tongue sometimes circled and sometimes slid slowly. If there really had been a popsicle in her mouth, it would probably have melted long ago in her passionate oral warmth. Knowing this was not a place to linger, Li Xuan had no intention of holding back and soon released into Qi Mo's eager service.
"Guhm..." Qi Mo raised her head and opened her mouth wide, letting Li Xuan clearly see the scene inside. Then she curled her tongue and swallowed with a gulp.
"Master, did Qi Mo do well?" Qi Mo asked with a flushed face.
"Not bad. But I'm very curious where you learned those skills."
"At school..."
"Huh? Your school teaches that?!"
"I mean, when I was slacking off at school and reading comics... I learned it from comics. I practiced with bananas at home. I originally wanted to use it on Xiao Rou, but only after entering high school did I learn that girls don't have that." Qi Mo said, her cheeks crimson.
"Sex education still has a long way to go!" Li Xuan remarked.
"Master, how is Flame Dance doing?" After speaking, Qi Mo helped Li Xuan clean up and fastened his belt again.
"Let me see..." Li Xuan opened the Hunting Radar. Flame Dance was still in the underground warehouse, but her transformation had already been forcibly undone, leaving her an ordinary person in casual clothes. The flames in the warehouse had long since disappeared, but thick smoke billowed everywhere, nearly obscuring Li Xuan's vision.
"This is bad. We have to hurry and save Flame Dance!" Seeing this, Li Xuan rushed back to the warehouse. He extended tentacles around Flame Dance's waist and pulled her out. Flame Dance had already been knocked unconscious by the smoke and was carried before Qi Mo without any resistance.
"I didn't expect her transformation to be forcibly canceled... Looks like Awakening really does consume a tremendous amount of energy." Qi Mo bent down worriedly. She found many burn marks on Flame Dance's body, and her condition looked severe, so she hurriedly used magic to heal her. Yet although the magic had been active for a long time, Flame Dance's wounds showed no sign of healing.
"Master... This... It's all my fault. If I hadn't distracted you, maybe we wouldn't have missed the chance to save her." Qi Mo looked helplessly toward Li Xuan, her eyes full of self-blame and guilt.
"Why are you saying such discouraging things? She isn't dead yet. Your healing magic can't work because of the energy type, I think," Li Xuan said.
"Energy type... You mean my magic power was replaced by Evil Energy, so I can't heal her because she's human? How could this happen..." Qi Mo said anxiously.
"That's right. So there's only one way to save her life now," Li Xuan said.
"Please grant her Fallen Blood as well, Master. Once she wakes up, I'll explain everything to her," Qi Mo pleaded, immediately understanding his meaning.
Li Xuan nodded. Bringing all three girls into his harem had been his goal from the start. He also liked Flame Dance's straightforward and resolute personality, so naturally he could not stand by and watch her die. He pried open Flame Dance's small mouth and poured vivid red Fallen Blood into her parched mouth.
At that moment, Flame Dance felt unbearably thirsty. Upon sensing liquid in her mouth, she instinctively began to swallow. Li Xuan was afraid of choking her, so he controlled the flow carefully. Yet Flame Dance instinctively craved more, even sucking on Li Xuan's fingers with the force of an infant sucking on a pacifier. Even after drinking all two hundred milliliters of Fallen Blood, she still refused to stop.
"Alright, alright, there's nothing left to suck." Li Xuan had no choice but to pull out his fingers by force. She had been sucking so tightly that there was even a soft pop when he withdrew them, bringing out quite a bit of saliva mixed with Fallen Blood.
"Urgh... Mm~" Flame Dance unconsciously furrowed her brows. The Fallen Blood had clearly begun taking effect inside her body.
[Fallen Blood Activation Successful] [Individual Qi Mo, Undergoing Demonfall] [Demonfall Progress: 23%...47%...50%] [Target Is Unconscious, Unable to Complete Demonfall]
The system prompt arrived quickly.
Even the body and heart have to fall separately? This system really is picky, Li Xuan thought helplessly.
Flame Dance seemed to sense the changes in her body as well. She writhed more and more intensely, looking as though she would wake up at any moment.
"Qi Mo, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll wait nearby." Seeing this, Li Xuan reined in the Evil Energy within his body, quietly hid to the side, and opened the Hunting Radar to watch the live feed.
"Mm..." Qi Mo turned around, took a deep breath, and spoke gently to the soon-to-awaken Flame Dance. "Magical girl, open your eyes. I'm Qi Mo."
"Qi Mo..." Flame Dance slowly opened her eyes. At the same time, the Demonfall progress continued advancing little by little.
"Be good. Lie still and don't move. I'll heal you." Qi Mo placed her hand on Flame Dance's chest and activated healing magic.
"Urgh... Ah~" Flame Dance felt a strange sensation spreading through her body. Her once-burning wounds gradually turned cool, but her heart seemed to burn with a blazing fire.
"Relax. I know it feels awful right now. Relax your body and accept all of this," Qi Mo whispered into her ear.
"Relax... Relax..." Half-conscious, Flame Dance mechanically repeated the words. At that moment, Li Xuan saw the Demonfall progress on the system interface reach 69%, and it was still steadily rising.
"No, wait, weren't you already fallen?" Flame Dance's awareness gradually returned. Sensing the Evil Energy on Qi Mo's body, she suddenly remembered what had happened before. She hurriedly tried to rise and push Qi Mo away, only to trigger her wounds and feel a burst of intense pain.
"Flame, be careful. Your injuries are serious." Qi Mo hurriedly wrapped Flame Dance's body carefully in foam before continuing the treatment.
"Qi Mo, what are you pretending for?! You're already a monster's lackey, yet you want to heal an enemy like me?" As Flame Dance spoke, she suddenly noticed the abnormality within her body. Her face twisted in pain as she looked at Qi Mo. "That magic potion... You made me drink the magic potion too, didn't you? Just like what you did to Xiao Rou!"
"That's right, but this time it was to save you. Your injuries are fatal. If I didn't make you undergo Demonfall, my healing wouldn't work," Qi Mo explained quietly.
"Enough! I don't want your pity. Let me die. I won't accept treatment from a monster!" Flame Dance struggled fiercely. Even though moving reopened her wounds and caused agonizing pain, she refused to stay still for even a moment.
However, she did not know that Fallen Blood could partially convert pain into pleasure. The more it hurt, the stranger her body's sensations became. Yet her heart still resisted becoming a monster, so her Demonfall progress could never break past 80%.
"Flame, you and Xiao Rou are the most important people in the world to me. All this time, I hid my feelings and tried hard to play the role of the older sister in front of you. But actually, I'm more fragile and less steadfast than either of you. Because to me, you matter far more than the responsibilities of a magical girl. Flame, I'm really scared... I don't want to lose you."
With tears streaming down her face, Qi Mo hugged Flame Dance tightly.
"Qi Mo... You..." Flame Dance looked at the sobbing Qi Mo. The moment her heart softened even slightly, the pleasure in her body intensified further, gradually reaching a level she could no longer resist.
"Fine! Since you and Xiao Rou have both fallen into darkness, then I'll follow you..." Flame Dance finally stopped struggling in Qi Mo's embrace, and the Demonfall progress instantly surged to one hundred percent.
Yellow Rose and Flame Flower Combo
With Qi Mo's treatment, Flame Dance's wounds healed very quickly after her complete Demonfall. Before long, she had fully recovered, with large patches of snow-white skin visible through the holes in her burned clothing.
"Finally..." Seeing that Flame Dance's body was unharmed, Qi Mo let out a long breath.
"It's time for me to meet him, isn't it? Should I call him 'Master' now?" Flame Dance said as she stretched her newly recovered body.
"Flame Dance, don't blame Qi Mo. This was all my idea," Li Xuan said as he stepped out of the shadows.
"Why would I?" Flame Dance smiled. She stood up and gave Li Xuan a deep bow in the manner of a performer taking her curtain call. "Thanks to Master, I was able to face myself and free myself from the boring responsibilities of a magical girl."
"Oh? So you didn't actually like being a magical girl?" Li Xuan asked curiously.
"I wouldn't put it that way. But compared to being a magical girl, what I like more is fighting, especially the thrill of fighting at my limits. So I was rather disrespectful earlier. I hope Master can forgive me." Flame Dance remained bowed as she spoke.
"Rise. You fought well. I'll give you more opportunities to fight in the future." Li Xuan nodded approvingly. He liked Flame Dance's straightforward personality. Being around someone like her always felt easy.
"Master, Clear Lotus City is now within your sphere of control. It's like a slut pumped full of aphrodisiacs, ready to be taken at any time. What are your plans next? Will you continue consolidating your rule here, or expand your territory further?" Flame Dance asked as she straightened up.
"Well... My plans are extremely grand. You won't be able to fully understand them yet. Once the time is right, I'll naturally tell you." Li Xuan thought that he merely wanted to build an enormous harem of magical girls, but saying something like that aloud was a little embarrassing, so he gave them an intentionally mysterious answer instead.
"I see... I think I have vaguely guessed some of Master's deeper intentions..." Qi Mo murmured thoughtfully.
"Huh? What exactly does Master want to do?" Flame Dance asked curiously.
Qi Mo looked at Li Xuan with a complicated expression. He looked completely confused, but he still forced himself to meet Qi Mo's gaze with a profound look.
"If I'm not mistaken... Master's ultimate goal must be 'that.' That is why you cannot say it aloud. Once it is expressed in words, 'that' might learn of it. Am I right?" Qi Mo guessed.
"Uh... Hahaha, of course you're right! That's it! That is the final destination of all my plans! Flame Dance understands too, right? Conquering the three of you is only the beginning!" In order to avoid ruining his image as a great master in the trio's eyes, Li Xuan could only laugh in an unfathomable manner.
"Just as I thought... I guessed it from the beginning. As expected of Master, you really are setting your sights on 'that.'" Qi Mo revealed a knowing smile.
Beside them, Flame Dance was impressed without understanding why. Her bewildered expression was like that of a poor student sitting in on a math genius and teacher discussing a difficult problem in class, but she felt too embarrassed to ask further amid that atmosphere. The wounds on her body had fully healed, yet the pleasure converted from pain by Fallen Blood had still accumulated within her without release. Seeing Li Xuan looking so pleased with himself, she could not help feeling stirred. She moved close to him and said, "Master... I still feel a little uncomfortable. Could you take a look and see whether I have any wounds left?"
Li Xuan understood immediately. "Then let's find somewhere and inspect you carefully."
"Mm..." Flame Dance wrapped her ivy-soft arms around Li Xuan's waist from behind, pressing her entire body against his back.
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