Chapter 236

On the street where the ground flagstones were severely damaged.

The "Darkness" magic formed a special environment like black fog, shrouding everything within a ten-meter radius centered on the battle.

The civilians gathered on the periphery and the many adventurers who had rushed over could not see clearly what was happening inside at all.

Even this kind of magic that created a dark environment caused panic among many ordinary people.

After all!

The battle between the Miss Cuiye Witch and Tina had already far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people, making people feel deeply fearful.

"If the Miss Cuiye Witch has no other means, she is afraid she will lose."

Tang Zheng spoke in a low voice; the two were too poorly matched. Due to the distance being too far, he could no longer determine the situation inside by his own perception alone.

Thinking of the newly acquired skill, he formed an "Yin" seal with one hand and placed it in front of his chest.

"Ninjutsu: Detection."

"Hmm, magic consumption of Third Rank magic."

Tang Zheng judged the level of magic consumption, and his field of vision and perception improved instantly.

Actually, one could activate Ninjutsu without forming hand seals; it is said that "whatever you call, that's what comes," but using Ninjutsu without forming hand seals always feels like something is missing.

Just like the "Thunderbird Dance Talisman" and "Style Spider Talisman" used by the Bug Maid's Talisman Master class in the Pleiades.

It looks like they are activating pieces of talisman paper, but in reality, it is just a simple form of expression, no different from magic.

Swish!

It was seen that in the darkness in the distance where the vision was unclear, two figures about to collide were reflected in Tang Zheng's field of vision.

It was much clearer than expected.

There was a white, flowing light on the Miss Cuiye Witch's body, while the white luster on Tina's body was a bit weaker.

"The white luster, is it the strength of the life level?" Tang Zheng glanced at the onlookers under the window again; the white energy light on ordinary people was much weaker, only a thin layer.

Those with stronger light on their bodies were all some adventurers in the crowd; judging by the intensity of the light, there were many in the teens-level range.

In the thick fog-like darkness.

Tina used detection Ninjutsu to confirm that the Miss Cuiye Witch, who was bound in place by her, had once again manifested the "Magic Armor" defense magic.

"A tactic without new ideas." Tina sneered.

A faint light flashed on the yellow boots at her feet, the ground shook suddenly, and her already extremely fast speed increased by another notch.

Whoosh!

Tina, transformed into a black shadow, arrived in front of the Miss Cuiye Witch in an instant, her left hand throwing forward:

"Ninjutsu: Heavy Cut!"

A shuriken-like ninja tool weapon was thrown out, the weapon's surface wrapped in a layer of black energy.

Thud!

The shuriken weapon slammed heavily in front of the Miss Cuiye Witch's face, emitting a dull humming sound, and was blocked by a layer of magic armor in the middle.

The magical light on the surface of the magic armor vibrated, forming ripples.

Blocked!

Seeing this, Tina instead revealed a smile at the corner of her mouth and flicked her hand: "Ninjutsu: Star Shatter!"

Crack!

The shuriken weapon that had hit the magic armor heavily suddenly shattered, turning into fine, broken iron filings, exploding on the surface of the magic armor.

The dual attack caused the magical light on the surface of the magic armor to dim significantly all at once.

"It's over!"

Tina shouted in a low voice, the blood-vein dagger in her hand stabbing out swiftly, the sharp blade tip piercing directly at the position just attacked by the shuriken weapon.

In the exchange between the two sides just now, Tina had already deduced the defensive strength of the magic armor, as well as its defensive characteristics.

The blood-vein dagger stabbed in.

Bang!

The magic armor shattered.

The astonished Miss Cuiye Witch appeared in front of Tina.

Won!

This thought flashed through Tina's mind, the tip of the blood-vein dagger pointing slightly downward.

She had no intention of killing the opponent; it was enough to leave this demi-human seriously injured, otherwise "Blue Rose" and "Free Will" would become completely hostile.

It was not that she was afraid, but that the secret operation had not been reported to the team leader, and there would be no lack of trouble after this matter ended.

"Human Race Charm!"

A soft hum came from the Miss Cuiye Witch's chest.

"What?"

Tina's attack movement paused suddenly, but in the blink of an eye, the magic items on her body and the assassin's will forcibly broke through the mental control.

This demi-human could actually release magic under the circumstances just now?

Tina was also somewhat shocked, but the movements in her hands did not stop for even a fraction, instead stabbing even more ruthlessly.

The secret assistance of the White Mist Witch, although it did not completely control Tina, allowed the Miss Cuiye Witch to react, and she shouted in a hoarse and high-pitched voice:

"Wild Transformation!"

Just as the blood-vein dagger stabbed into her chest, Tina felt a powerful force from the inside out, which bounced the dagger back.

Tina was stunned.

Boom!

Outside, the large crowd of civilians who were standing on tiptoe and craning their necks, looking curiously and fearfully toward the direction of the street shrouded in black fog, suddenly heard a beast-like roar.

It scared many people into falling directly to the ground.

The "Darkness" magic was even directly dispersed by the impact force erupting from deep within.

Bang!

Tina crossed her hands to protect her chest, her body was uncontrollably blasted away, falling heavily to the ground, and she stabilized her figure only after rolling twice.

"Pfft."

A mouthful of blood sprayed out.

Tina knelt on one knee, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, and she looked forward with a somewhat pale face.

It was seen that at the position where the Miss Cuiye Witch had just been, there appeared a monster about 150 centimeters tall, with the body of a chicken and the tail of a snake, its body surface covered in dense, hard, brownish-black feathers, looking quite strange.

"Cockatrice!"

Some knowledgeable adventurers in the crowd couldn't help but exclaim.

A type of terrifying monster that exists in wetland environments, generally living in groups, not only possessing the ability to fly, but some powerful individuals also mastering petrification abilities similar to petrified lizards.

The suddenly appearing ferocious monster!

Caused the onlookers to let out chaotic and terrified screams, but the many adventurers hidden in the crowd were much calmer, though each of them also had a solemn expression.

Beside the window.

Tang Zheng's slightly furrowed brows relaxed: "I thought she was going to lose; I didn't expect she had already mastered the 'Wild Transformation' ability."

"A Cockatrice, huh? I remember eliminating quite a few when I first entered the Great Wetland. The first stage of 'Wild Transformation' cannot transform into a monster exceeding one's own body size."

"Otherwise, I have quite a lot of materials from powerful monsters here."

He withdrew his gaze.

There was no need to watch the subsequent battle, because the winner had already been decided.

The ability of "Ninjutsu: Detection" still existed.

Tang Zheng used this detection ability to perceive himself.

The next moment.

A strong white light appeared before his eyes, just like a flashbang, causing Tang Zheng's pupils to contract subconsciously. Hum—

The effect of "Ninjutsu: Detection" dissipated.

"Sure enough, normal detection-type means can perceive a certain level of my current strength."

Having been blinded by himself, Tang Zheng felt a sense of being unable to laugh or cry, and couldn't help but reach out to rub the corner of his eye.

This was the situation he had always been worried about.

As his level increased, if someone used perception-type means on him, there would be a possibility of his true strength being exposed.

After pondering for a moment,

Tang Zheng mobilized the passive ability of the 【Ninja】 class "Aura Concealment Mastery", as if he had learned it without a teacher, and began to restrain his own aura both clumsily and skillfully.

"Ninjutsu: Detection!"

He activated the Ninjutsu ability again to observe himself; under the technique of restraining his aura, the originally strong white light on his body had dissipated a lot.

Not a single error, not a single mistake, look at it at a glance!

Tang Zheng suppressed it again based on the light intensity on the Miss Cuiye Witch's body, showing only a level that was one notch stronger.

"An unexpected harvest; these passive abilities really cannot be treated completely as simple information in the introduction."

Tang Zheng raised his arm and clenched his fist, feeling the aura suppressed by himself, his eyes brightening slightly.

Of course!

This was ultimately just a means of restraining one's own aura; as long as Tang Zheng did not act with full force, his true aura would not be exposed.

Avoiding some normal magic detection, or other classes' aura perception, detection, and other means, was no problem.

But wanting to deceive the top-tier detection magic "Essence of Life" and "Essence of Magic" was impossible; only by using specialized counter-intelligence measures, "False Information: Life" and "False Information: Magic", would it work.

Outside the window.

Tina knelt halfway on the ground, most of her body had gradually been petrified, and she was unable to move.

In the final collision, Tina had clearly suffered a big loss.

"Plant Entanglement!"

Clatter!

Roots of vines broke through the flagstones on the ground, binding and restraining Tina.

"Causing such a big commotion, the trouble to deal with next will be quite a lot; the damaged ground and the affected and damaged shops around will probably have to be compensated."

"It's a headache."

Tang Zheng looked down at the crowd, at the many guards who had rushed over because of the huge commotion but did not dare to come forward, and spoke softly:

"For the sake of acquiring a new class, this kind of reckless behavior will be let go."

He lifted his gaze,

The attribute panel appeared before his eyes.

Tang Zheng ignored the few Ninjutsu Tina had just used after only a glance.

He was currently not lacking in attack means; among Ninjutsu, there were only four that truly interested Tang Zheng.

"Ninjutsu: Detection", "Ninjutsu: Immobilization Technique", "Ninjutsu: Immovable Vajra Shield", "Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone Technique".

These few Ninjutsu could all have their strength increased based on the consumption of magic.

Especially "Ninjutsu: Detection", which could improve detection ability by consuming more magic; for Tang Zheng, who lacked detection means and did not want to waste skill points learning various detection magic of different ranks, it was the most suitable.

The only thing that surprised Tang Zheng a little.

Was that the Shadow Clone Technique was actually a class skill of the 【Ninja】.

Thinking carefully, this Ninjutsu was indeed somewhat powerful, after all, it could perfectly inherit the user's "Agility" and "Magic".

In a normal Thief-type class construction, this skill was at most an excellent auxiliary means, but in Tang Zheng's hands, it was a low-spec version of "Soul of the Heroic Spirit".

The Ninja-type class construction could only use physical attacks and Ninjutsu skills, but Tang Zheng could use various types of magic.

Rumble~

The surface of the Cockatrice monster's body squirmed, and the clearly visible brownish-black feathers retracted into its body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Miss Cuiye Witch's figure re-condensed and appeared before everyone's eyes; until this moment, most of the civilians realized that the monster that had suddenly appeared just now was actually transformed by the Miss Cuiye Witch.

"Actually won?"

"It's the Faith-type 'Wild Transformation', a quite rare magic."

"Hey, hey, now is not the time to focus on that; isn't that one of the two women in 'Blue Rose' who practiced Thief techniques?"

"Actually defeated by that green-haired girl, who is this one?"

The onlookers let out bursts of exclamations; "Blue Rose" had a very high reputation throughout the Royal Capital, not only because it was an adventurer team composed entirely of women.

It was also because this team had reached "Orichalcum Rank" in a very short time, only one step away from the top-tier "Adamantite Rank" adventurers.

Of course.

The status and beauty of its leader, Lakyus, were also famous far and wide, known as a charming woman second only to the "Golden" Princess, possessing the "Light of Life".

"That magic caster in 'Free Will' has strength even stronger than imagined."

"'Free Will'? Is that the team of the black-haired genius alchemist?"

"That's right, no wonder they were able to eliminate the 'Sword of Death' mercenary group, which was notorious and powerful."

"Is that blond-haired person hiding in the back wearing old-fashioned clothes also a member of 'Free Will'? They look very ordinary."

"Not very ordinary, just an ordinary person; to think they could be favored by that genius alchemist, and they look average too."

"Hehe, I heard that alchemists always have eccentric tempers; maybe they possess some techniques that make people feel comfortable."

"…………"

Voices of astonishment, shock, and other varied discussions rose from the crowd in all directions.

Enri heard the discussions coming from the crowd behind her, her face somewhat pale, and her fingers clutching the corner of her clothes tightened a bit.

The experiences of these past few days allowed Enri to witness the prosperity and vastness of the Royal Capital, which far exceeded all her previous imaginations and overturned many of her perceptions.

A magic item could actually sell for hundreds of gold coins, or even thousands of gold coins; their village would probably take decades, or even a hundred years, to earn that much.

She had originally thought that the alchemical potions sold by the Captain for ten gold coins were already too expensive.

And there were all kinds of expensive foods, pastries she had never even heard of, and all sorts of dazzling things.

And so on.

Made Enri feel that she was completely out of place here. She was too ordinary; she neither had the powerful strength of Miss Miss Cuiye, nor could she do anything.

The only thing she could do was to try her best to do some small things well.

Especially right now.

Facing the gaze and onlookers of the crowd, and with Miss Miss Cuiye's cold and arrogant personality, Enri was truly at a loss.

"Hmph."

The Miss Cuiye Witch snorted coldly and lifted her foot to walk toward Tina, who was bound by vines and half-petrified.

Although she did not know why the master in the dark let her fight this human, she finally breathed a sigh of relief that she had not been defeated by the opponent.

It was fortunate that she had her sister's help, otherwise she would have lost just now.

(End of chapter)