Chapter 139: Shura Field

"That's it, I only know this much."

Big Boss smiled gently and warmly.

This intelligence did not appear in the PC version; in the original version, only the background story mentioned the relationship between Tifeng and Tata's master and father.

Regarding the Blood Clan's Clan Extermination Night, there was no definitive account either, only that the Order Church weakened the Red Moon King's Court through some means and launched a surprise attack.

And the "truth" Big Boss just spoke of was all intelligence he speculated after finding Tifeng's Magic Book in the Library.

Before coming to the Sage Academy, he couldn't even confirm the authenticity of this intelligence, nor could he confirm that the one who attacked him was Tifeng.

But fortunately, he had the Regeneration Regression ability, which completely allowed him to "risk himself" to verify the intelligence's accuracy.

Understand? The gold content of an undying Returner!

However, Big Boss really didn't expect that this Sage Academy Dean, the Nine-Rank White Mage Tifeng renowned across the entire Continent, had actually also been corroded by the Abyss.

If this weren't a game, but Reality...

I'm afraid the Tianming Continent wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning...

Truly a world that makes one despair.

"Hehe, Big Boss, hehe, you're far smarter than I imagined, really..." Tifeng stared at Big Boss, the corner of his mouth gradually curling up, his voice laughing louder: "I really didn't expect that the first person to detect something wrong with me would actually be you."

"Then, Professor, can you tell me, why?"

Big Boss frowned slightly, this was also something he couldn't figure out.

He carefully recalled Tifeng's character story, and also searched his file in the school's File room.

But still couldn't find the reason for Tifeng betraying the Full Moon Academy, the bizarre Abyss.

Could it be, simply a thirst for power?

"Reason... hehe, reason, the reason is of course... this fucking world." Tifeng laughed until tears suddenly streamed down his aged, decayed cheeks: "My daughter, only the Abyss can save her."

"Truly a cliché reason." Big Boss smacked his lips listlessly: "I thought there'd be a more interesting cause."

"Cliché? You call this cliché?" Tifeng looked at Big Boss with a ferocious expression: "What if I told you, my daughter, is actually my mother!"

"What thing?" Big Boss was dumbfounded.

"Hehe." Tifeng clenched his fists: "My daughter actually has no blood relation to me; she sought me out herself, because she is my mother's Returner, she recognized me! This is also why I've been researching Returners."

"But this relationship can't be explained, so, in front of outsiders, I call her daughter."

"... 6."

Big Boss thought for half a day, and squeezed out this one word.

"No one else knows this matter, and my mother, after returning, resolutely joined the Abyssal Expeditionary Force, became a vanguard, established meritorious service to protect this world, but what was the result?"

"In the Night City Battle she lost her four limbs and both eyes, her Soul gnawed until only a wisp remained, unable to live, unable to die."

"Hah... this part is actually more normal." Big Boss commented.

"Hehe, right, indeed a cliché story, war, death is normal, my daughter, oh no, should be mother at least kept her life." Tifeng laughed self-mockingly: "So I don't hate the Expeditionary Force, nor that war."

"Then you?"

"What I hate is, they clearly could have restored my mother's body, clearly could have let her stand again, see this world!"

Tifeng abruptly lifted his head, both eyes filled with red bloodshot veins: "But they, gave that opportunity to another person, only because..."

"That person is the Tianming Divine Court's princess!"

"My mother was more intelligent than her, stronger than her, more gifted than her, with more outstanding meritorious service; according to the Expeditionary Force's priority rescue principles, my mother should have been the one saved."

"Yet in the end, the one saved was that woman!"

"And those son-of-bitch bastards, to facilitate all this, actually threw my mother... alive, back into the Abyss."

"And all this, no one even told me, no one informed me... the Court's princess stole my mother's chance to live again."

"It was me bit by bit, bit by bit, investigating to the end, only then learning the truth from fleeing Expeditionary Force mouths..."

Tifeng took out his Wand, waving and chanting a spell, pitch-black flames gathering behind him.

"From that moment, I understood, what dogshit fighting for the Tianming Continent, what dogshit saving the world, all fake."

"They, fundamentally don't deserve saving, don't deserve..."

This is new plot, getting interesting... Big Boss raised an eyebrow: "So the Abyss promised you, if you help it do things, it'll save your mother, right?"

"Right, I only want my mother to live again, how this world fares has nothing to do with me." Tifeng laughed sadly: "So, sorry, Big Boss."

"I really admire you; if I hadn't seen this world's truth, I'd teach you everything I've learned in my life."

"But now, it's late, everything is too late."

"Sleep, sleep here, thank you."

Pitch-black flames condensed into a giant dragon, surging toward Big Boss.

That terrifying might swept over him, the Soul's stabbing pain making him involuntarily frown.

The gap between Third Rank and Ninth Rank is comparable to two different species, and Tifeng was cautious by nature, using full force from the start, giving Big Boss no chance to resist at all.

His body tore apart bit by bit in this hurricane, annihilated.

Tifeng looked at him sorrowfully, sighed.

"Sorry, you didn't let me have fun."

Just then, Big Boss's voice rang out from within the gradually extinguishing black flames.

His body recovered bit by bit, standing intact before Tifeng.

He didn't use Regeneration Regression to return directly to before entering the Sage Academy, but chose to restore his body right here, right now, with Brother Snail's help.

"Truly terrifying power, Professor."

"Then now, it's my turn."

Big Boss's mouth corners bloomed with a warm smile.

The next instant, only a boom sounded, and Tifeng's head directly exploded into debris.

But Li Cheng's face showed not a trace of relaxation: "As expected, not so easy to kill."

Tifeng's headless corpse fell with a thud before Li Cheng, and immediately after, a new Tifeng slowly walked out from behind the Meditation Basin.

"Little Guy, truly interesting, killing my puppet in one strike. However... how many more times can you use an attack like that?"

Puppet magic capable of lifelike deception, truly worthy of a Ninth Rank mage.

Li Cheng frowned, information was too scarce, he didn't know if the Tifeng before him was also a puppet, nor did he know how many puppets Tifeng had in total.

"Since that's the case, then I'll try to probe out as much information as possible."

The Sword of the Fate Player transformed into a two-handed Greatsword in his hand, Li Cheng transformed into a dragon and charged at Tifeng.

Having advanced to Third Rank, clad in Dragon Scales, his pure melee power was already close to Sixth Rank.

If he engaged a mage in close combat, he might not lack a chance to fight.

"Want to get close and deal with a mage in melee? A smart choice, unfortunately... the gap is too great." Tifeng laughed lightly, waving his Wand once more.

Li Cheng only felt his body pressed down by countless rocks, his mad dash turning into a slow walk.

That wasn't all, black vines grown from who knows where entwined around his limb joints in the blink of an eye.

With these parts seized, Li Cheng's body instantly became unable to move.

"This old man has fought for most of his life; I know all too well how to deal with melee approaches." Tifeng shook his head. "Truly didn't expect you to actually have Dragonblood. Little Guy, the things you know are really too varied."

"Not over yet." Li Cheng looked at Tifeng again: "God's Gift."

"Oh? This is?" Tifeng's eyes trembled, he looked down at his abdominal cavity: "Heh, looks like Jerry's daughter was really done in by you, pity, this thing doesn't work on me either."

Only to see Tifeng wave his Wand, his continuously bulging abdominal cavity froze as if a pause button had been pressed, held constant at that size.

"Constant Technique, able to keep a certain thing at a certain Time Point for a duration, is spacetime magic. Hmm, to me this doesn't count as any profound trick." Tifeng smiled as he walked toward Li Cheng: "Little Guy, you truly exceeded my expectations, the strength gap between us is like heaven and abyss, yet you can still find methods to harm me, hard to imagine, if you reached my current level, how strong you would be."

"What a pity, truly a pity."

"Hmm, you have very strong recovery ability... in that case, then, I'll Seal you up and send you to the Abyss."

The Seal formula gathered in Tifeng's palm, deep blue Runes circulating and flowing.

Li Cheng watched him without a word, somewhat speechless.

Back then it was he who Sealed others, now it was Tifeng's turn to Seal him.

But he also had to admit, Tifeng was strong, extremely strong. Fire Attribute, Earth Attribute, Plant Attribute, Spacetime Attribute... he mastered High Stage magic of multiple Attributes, and could flexibly employ them to counter Li Cheng's attacks.

Most terrifying was that from the start of battle, he realized Li Cheng's recovery ability was extremely strong, didn't choose to pour damage into him, instead chose to restrict his movement, looking for an opportunity to Seal him.

Whether combat IQ or Combat Experience, both were the cream of the crop Li Cheng had seen.

In This Situation, even if Li Cheng summoned Shana, she wouldn't be this guy's opponent.

Right now was not in the City of Deception, he no longer had Demigod power on him, relying solely on Bu Qi Zhi Ren, he couldn't amplify Shana to the Demigod Domain.

Since that was so, then he'd better bide his time, think of another way to make this Lao Deng drop Gold Coins.

Thinking here, an invisible sharp blade gathered in Li Cheng's palm.

"Sorry, let's do this ag——"

"Old Thing, who allowed you to touch my Liu Li!"

"Stay away from my student!"

"Crimson True Ancestor above!"

Just as Li Cheng planned to fire an invisible sword blade to blow his own head off, three delicate shouts rang out.

First to Catch Up to the Battlefield was a Chang Mao condensed from Hurricane, it broke through the Sage Academy roof's Barrier, smashing a large Hole in the Ceiling, stabbing toward Tifeng.

That was the Storm King City's Last Dragon Descendant, Liu Li's power.

Tifeng's pupils trembled, he hurriedly waved his Wand, casting defensive magic.

But the Dragon Language Power condensed on that Chang Mao was not inferior to his pure Spiritual Power, with the prepared striking the unprepared, Tifeng's magic barrier shattered in an Instant, he was pierced through the heart.

Tifeng's body melted once again, very Obviously, this was still a puppet.

"Damn it!"

But the attack didn't end there, Frost from who knows where Froze the entire Sage Academy floor, and along with it those hit by the Frost attack were several "Tifengs" hiding behind the Meditation Basin.

Those puppets prepared long ago, before they could even React, were frozen into Ice Sculptures, bursting into pieces of Debris.

This was the Full Moon Queen's Frost Power.

"Brat, to actually have so many people protecting you!"

A Ripple suddenly rose behind Li Cheng, spacetime magic opened a door, the real Tifeng rushed out from the door, Wand transforming into a twisted black Flame Sword, stabbing at his chest.

"Not allowed to harm Li Cheng!"

The next moment, a graceful figure draped in a Crimson phantom blocked before Li Cheng, the black Flame completely Blocked by that phantom.

Immediately after, that phantom gripped the Spiral Sword and stabbed toward Tifeng.

"This is... Crimson True Ancestor's power, Latanaya!"

Tifeng let out a miserable scream, pierced through the chest by that Spiral Sword.

His skin aged at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if all the blood in his body had been sucked away by some method.

"Damn it, this kind of extraction power directly acting on Life Force, have you gained the True Ancestor's acknowledgment? Latanaya..." Tifeng gripped his Wand, still wanting to use spacetime magic to fix his own state, yet unexpectedly.

A dragon's roar resounded, several more Hurricane Chang Mao descended from the dome, directly nailing Tifeng to the ground.

Simultaneously, bleak Frost also spread from beneath his feet, freezing him from head to toe directly into an Ice Sculpture.

In Tifeng's struggling Gaze, the Last Dragon Girl Liu Li in blue-white Long Robe slowly floated down from the broken Ceiling.

Her water-blue short hair shone glittering under the Meditation Basin's illumination, the eyes behind her half-rim Glasses swept over Tifeng:

"Hateful Bastard, actually wanting to make a move on my Cheng, you really deserve to die."

Click-clack.

In the darkness sounded high heels stepping on the floor, immediately after, the door was pushed open.

The blonde, blue-eyed Full Moon Queen slowly emerged, her fully ripe, bewitching body moving with lotus-born grace and swaying elegance, but unlike usual, her face held no bone-piercing chill; instead, a morbid flush hung upon it.

"Heh, Professor Tifeng, you actually want to harm my Li Cheng — you really have quite the methods."

And taking advantage of the two's arrival, Miss Ratania also steadied the True Ancestor power on her body; she turned her head to look at Li Cheng: "Li Cheng, this master has come to save you!"

Ratania looked back at Li Cheng, pupils flickering.

At this moment she was draped in a crimson phantom silhouette, and even that head full of jet-black long hair had already been dyed crimson.

In those ruby-like dual pupils lay boundless affection and pride, as if saying "Look, I can protect you too, right, Li Cheng!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, they've all come to save you!" Lilith floated beside Li Cheng, a sour taste in her mouth: "Adult Liu Li, you really are popular."

And Li Cheng just stared blankly at this scene, his gaze even trembling.

TMD, you just killed Tifeng like that? That was my experience package! Zhen's money, it's all Zhen's money!

And the three ladies who rushed over obviously didn't know just how outrageous this heaven-defying thing's current thoughts were.

After they eliminated the threat of Tifeng, the first thing they did was sense each other's existence.

The room that had just grown cold and silent because of frost instantly grew a few degrees colder.

Six eyes' gazes intertwined in the air, colliding into different sparks.

The Full Moon Queen looked at Liu Li, narrowing her eyes: "Why are you here, Ye Ni Fei Qing?"

"Of course it's because I wanted to night-raid Li Cheng tonight, and research that one-legged split technique I just invented with him; I didn't even have time to take off the band-aid battle robe under my long robe, but then I discovered his aura was unstable... but why should I tell you?" Liu Li coldly snorted, also ignoring the Full Moon Queen, gaze drifting toward Tata: "Miss Ratania, why are you here?"

"Because the token I gave Li Cheng can not only help him with early warning, but also let me know when something happened to him, so I rushed over at the first moment, wuwuwu, Teacher Ye Ni Fei's momentum is so scary, forget it, better change the subject and ignore her..."

Ratania moved her throat, weakly looking at the Full Moon Queen: "Teacher, why are you here?"

"That's naturally because I want to hang this heartless scumbag up, surpass him to powerlessness, then make him my Star Wrath Power... but why should I tell you?"

Vivian let out a light hum, gaze turning toward Li Cheng entwined by vines, eyes brightening.

She walked over slowly, tilting her head, licking her fingers:

"Tsk tsk tsk, Li Cheng, your tied-up appearance is actually quite interesting."

"Makes me unable to resist wanting to... properly taste you once."

What vulgar language this is!

Tata stood to the side, eyes going straight!

She had never heard her teacher speak such words! "Hehe, taste Li Cheng's flavor, are you qualified?" Liu Li also walked over, looking provocatively at Vivian: "A wild dog coveting the delicacy in someone else's bowl, you should be sealed away, sunk to the very bottom of the Abyss! Never to know peace for all eternity!"

What a resentful, venomous curse! Tata's eyes went straight again!

She had never heard Teacher Ye Ni Fei say such words! Wait, this appearance...

This aggressive, pressing posture...

Could it be...

That her teacher is fighting with Ye Ni Fei Qing over Li Cheng?

The naturally dull Miss Ratania finally belatedly realized the truth.

She had originally thought these two ladies both came to help out of teacher-student affection.

Meanwhile, a surge of anger also welled up in her heart.

Li Cheng...

He's clearly mine! The two of us are already accomplices!

Money, status, reputation... I can give you all of those, but Li Cheng absolutely cannot be given away! Tata took two deep breaths, stepped forward a step, mimicking the two ladies' manner, and declared:

"You two stop talking!"

"You have no chance anymore!"

"What did you say?" Liu Li turned her head, gaze icy, hurricane gathering in her palm.

"Hehe, my little disciple, your wings seem to have hardened." Vivian also looked over, killing intent surfacing on her mocking face: "Who gave you the courage to act recklessly before me? The Crimson True Ancestor?"

"I, I..." Tata, stared at by the younger generation, only felt immense pressure, but she still stepped forward a step, forcing herself to say: "You have no chance, I said so! Because..."

"Li Cheng and I are already in a confirmed lifelong relationship!"

"Have you, have you peed in front of Li Cheng!"

"I have!"

Taking a day off early this month, fingers sore went to a blind massage parlor to rub them, only one chapter today~(Chapter Complete)