Chapter 96: Sequence Witch?!

“B-but you were the one who came to find me…”

Su Ling was full of grievances.

All she wanted was to earn a little money to pay off her debts; was she wrong for that?

Besides, who could have guessed that someone who had endured for 20 years, burdened with a heavy past, would end up falling for a Fuli Ji like her?

Yet, this was exactly what caused Luo Qianxue the most pain.

All of this was a result of her own lack of self-control.

If Su Ling had seduced her with malicious intent, she wouldn’t be this miserable; she could have simply ended her with a single sword strike.

Luo Qianxue stroked Su Ling’s face with a complex expression in her eyes.

Su Ling was so frightened that she squeezed her eyes shut.

But the next moment.

Click!

Every chain on her body suddenly clicked open.

Su Ling opened her eyes wide in shock.

What was going on?

“You may go. None of this was your fault.”

Luo Qianxue said with a face full of exhaustion.

“R-really?”

She had tortured her for an entire night, and now she was letting her go just like that?

Su Ling felt lightheaded from the sudden turn of events.

“I have already given your mother those 500,000.”

“As for what I did to you… I am very sorry…”

Luo Qianxue kept her head low, her voice heavy with sorrow.

Originally, Su Ling had been full of resentment, but upon hearing about the 500,000, she immediately beamed.

“Haha, it’s fine, it’s fine. I didn’t lose out anyway.”

“Huh?”

“Cough, cough, I mean, you don’t have to force yourself so hard.”

Realizing she had blurted out her true thoughts, Su Ling hurriedly coughed.

She was just an optimistic person.

After being tortured all night, she had realized she couldn’t escape for the time being and simply started to enjoy it.

The Original had once said that since you cannot resist it, you might as well start enjoying it.

She was quite skilled at finding joy in suffering.

Otherwise, she never would have survived that month in the Lower City.

“Revenge can always wait.”

“I’m not trying to spout nonsense about letting go of hatred; I’m not you, I cannot fathom the weight of that vengeance.”

“But there is an old saying from my hometown: A gentleman’s revenge is never too late even after 10 years.”

“But it has already been 20 years for me.”

Su Ling choked.

Damn it, I forgot that witches have long lifespans.

Ten years is no different from 10 days in the eyes of a witch.

“Oh my, my point is, as long as you can have your revenge, don’t worry about the time.”

“Besides, you still need to take care of your own body.”

She had figured it out; Luo Qianxue had been suppressing herself for too long, and now she was malfunctioning.

It was like a game of musical chairs; every emotion and desire she had suppressed over these 20 years was like a cumulative reward in a lottery, eventually triggering a pity system and exploding all at once.

And she, unfortunately, had become that “pity” pull.

“I…”

Luo Qianxue opened her mouth, then offered a bitter smile.

Her Path of Heartlessness was shattered; she would never have the possibility of breaking through to become a Great Witch.

Tormenting Su Ling for these past few days was her way of venting the fear that she might never be able to enact her revenge.

Her mother was a Great Witch; to get revenge, one needed at least the power of a Great Witch.

“Besides, didn’t your Dean say there are other options besides the Path of Heartlessness?”

Su Ling looked at the QQ clothing she was wearing and blushed slightly.

She peeked at Luo Qianxue, who was deep in thought and didn’t seem to notice her.

So, she shyly took off the outfit and grabbed her own clothes from the floor to put them on.

For some reason, she felt a strange sense of reluctance to part with the shameful QQ outfit.

“Sigh, I know you want to comfort me.”

Luo Qianxue sighed.

She walked over to Su Ling, who had already finished dressing.

Seeing Luo Qianxue approach, she flinched.

Fortunately, the other woman only gave her a hug.

“You are truly kind. Even though you are the victim, you are still thinking of comforting me…”

She was so well-behaved that it was heartbreaking.

Su Ling forced a smile, though she was grumbling internally.

No, I am still in your hands.

If I don’t keep you steady, what if you change your mind?

“It’s okay, you just pushed yourself too hard. You need to let yourself relax.”

It was like a spring; the harder you pressed it, the harder it would bounce back.

And she was the unlucky soul who had been hit by the spring.

“Mm.”

“Then… can you accompany me to relax just one last time?”

Luo Qianxue’s soft, pink lips latched onto Su Ling’s earlobe, and Su Ling’s entire body went limp.

No, Big Sister!

You want to relax again?!

During this time, Luo Qianxue had completely mastered all of Su Ling’s weak points.

“Haha, I’m just teasing you.”

Luo Qianxue chuckled.

Su Ling let out a sigh of relief.

“That joke wasn’t funny.”

She rolled her eyes at Luo Qianxue.

She didn’t notice the complex expression in Luo Qianxue’s eyes at all.

“Um, can you send me back first? My mother is probably waiting anxiously.”

It had been so long; she didn’t know how many little pearls Su Yao had shed.

Ha, she’s probably going to be a pain to coax.

“Mm. Don’t worry, I told your mother last night, so she shouldn’t be too worried…”

Luo Qianxue held Su Ling’s small hand and took out a Space Anchor.

This basement was located beneath Yunhai Peak, a rest room used by a junior sister while gathering herbs.

It had no doors or windows, located 500 meters underground.

Only Space Teleportation could get them out.

But a strange thing happened.

The Space Anchor didn’t respond at all.

Luo Qianxue looked at the device in her hand with confusion.

“Um, what happened?”

Su Ling asked cautiously.

She was truly afraid of another accident.

“I don’t know. It’s strange; my spatial tunnel should be linked to my master’s.”

A Great Witch’s spatial tunnel should be entirely unrestricted.

S-seriously, are you not doing this on purpose?

Su Ling trembled.

She was terrified that Luo Qianxue would turn to her any second and say something like, “Since that’s the case, let’s do some more loving things.”

“Wait, let me try again…”

BOOM—!

Before she could finish, the ground suddenly shook.

Luo Qianxue reflexively pulled Su Ling into her arms.

The shaking stopped.

Su Ling lifted her head, still shaken.

So big, so white!

Who threw a flashbang?!

I suppose this counts as experiencing a facial cleanse service.

“Was it an earthquake?”

“Impossible. Yunhai Peak is my master’s dojo. It shouldn’t be possible to have an earthquake here.”

—

Yunhai Peak.

The sudden earthquake had woken all the sleeping disciples.

“Second Senior Sister!”

Second Senior Sister Xia Anan flew into the air on her sword, and the other disciples gathered around her.

“Where is the Eldest Senior Sister?”

“Uh, we haven’t seen her for a few days.”

The Fourth Junior Sister Weiwei scratched her head, looking equally confused.

“Second Senior Sister, is there something wrong with the formations?”

“I don’t know, let’s go check.”

Xia Anan rubbed her smooth chin, lost in thought.

However, with the mountain-protecting formation active and the fact that this was the Witch Academy, even though their master was in seclusion, there shouldn’t be anyone foolish enough to come here to die, right?

With Luo Qianxue absent, she held the highest seniority.

The junior sisters replied and immediately began to check the area.

Xia Anan projected her spiritual sense downward, but there was still no trace of Luo Qianxue.

“Tsk.”

She pursed her red, delicate lips.

She had mixed feelings about Luo Qianxue.

They had played so well together when they were young; they could have been considered childhood sweethearts.

But one day, Luo Qianxue went crazy and attacked her with a sword, and their relationship plummeted.

Just as Xia Anan was agonizing over the matter, a junior sister below let out a terrified scream.

“Second Senior Sister! Look above!”

Above?

She looked up instinctively.

A blurry figure was staring down at her with cold indifference.

She couldn’t make out the face, but those eyes, looking down on the world as if she were an Empress reigning over all, left Xia Anan’s mind completely blank.

Buzz—

The mountain-protecting formation activated, emitting a dull thud.

“Who are you!”

A sharp shout came from deep within Yunhai Peak.

The awakening of the formation had actually forced their master out of seclusion.

Xia Anan smelled the scent of vanilla, and then, the master who had been in seclusion for many years appeared before her.

“Find a chance and run!”

The master sent this message via spiritual sense.

Xia Anan’s face turned pale.

She was thrown down by Bu Yao, and the junior sisters below hurriedly caught her.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she grabbed the others.

“Run!”

Seeing Xia Anan fleeing with the disciples without hesitation, Bu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

She turned her gaze back to the blurry figure.

The suffocating pressure radiating from the other woman was so intense it caused even her magic to stagnate.

Peak Great Witch?

Or…

A terrifying guess slowly formed in her heart.

“I do not know why you have visited, Senior. What is your purpose?”

She withstood the suffocating pressure and asked the blurry figure.

She had to buy time.

With an aura this powerful, the Witch Academy would certainly have sensed it.

But the figure ignored her entirely.

“Ling Ling…”

The stranger extended a finger, pointing directly toward the underground of Yunhai Peak.

—

“This pressure!”

At this moment, 19 figures stopped in their tracks.

They were all the Great Witches of the Witch Academy.

“Sequence… Witch?!”

In the lead was Dean Orphina.

Her face was deathly pale.

A wisp of golden light was wrapped around her wrist.

The Light of Hope.

It was thanks to the Light of Hope that the planet hadn’t disintegrated under this terrifying pressure.

“Damn it! Aside from The Original and Hope, aren’t all the other Sequence Witches dormant?”

A Great Witch roared.

The suspected appearance of a Sequence Witch at the academy was an apocalyptic disaster for them.

If not for the Light of Hope left behind, they would have already been crushed to dust!

“Bu Yao!”

Orphina and the others finally arrived at Yunhai Peak.

But the scene before them caused their pupils to shrink.

The mountain that once touched the clouds was gone.

Only a bottomless, yawning pit remained.

Bu Yao was holding the unconscious Luo Qianxue in her arms, looking dazed.

She saw Orphina descending from the sky, and the golden glow from the Light of Hope on Orphina’s wrist allowed her eyes to regain a bit of clarity.

“What exactly happened?”

Orphina asked anxiously.

“I don’t know. My memory… a part of it was dug out.”

There was no need to guess; it was clearly the work of the entity that had appeared out of nowhere, the one suspected to be a Sequence Witch.

“Damn it!”

Orphina’s expression was ghastly.

She knew that if that entity was truly a Sequence Witch, not even the Light of Hope would be enough.

If the entity decided to get serious, it wouldn’t just be the Witch Academy—even the entire Andromeda galaxy could collapse in an instant.

“Report it.”

In this era when Sequence Witches were dormant, had one quietly awakened?

Who was it?

Life? Truth? Or…

Or perhaps, she wasn’t a Sequence Witch at all?

Instead, she was…

The sudden realization sent a chill down Orphina’s spine.