Chapter 315: Eh?

She whispered a shout, and the frenzied magic of the Berserker rank within her, together with the power of Exploration and bonds belonging to San Yue Qi, resonated strangely at this moment!

Buzz—!

Centered on San Yue Qi, a gentle yet solid pale‑blue halo rippled outward!

Within the halo, faint star‑trails rotated, and a train whistle sounded long!

Immediately, under Archer's slightly narrowed crimson eyes and Chang Ye Yue's expectant yet uncertain gaze, a vague, light‑made Star‑Vault Train illusion actually flickered for a moment behind San Yue Qi!

The locomotive headlight shone like dawn!

The train doors swooshed open!

A figure stepped out from the light!

The light faded, and the train illusion vanished with it.

Appearing before San Yue Qi and Chang Ye Yue was a figure that left them both stunned.

Gray hair, golden eyes, a flat expression, and holding a cloth‑wrapped long object in hand— it was A Xing.

"Eh?"

San Yue Qi blinked, looked at A Xing, then at the cloth‑wrapped thing in A Xing's hand, her little mind a bit confused, "Xing? How did you… get off the train? Where's Yang Shu and the others?"

A Xing was clearly a bit stunned as well.

She had just been outside Jiantong Residence, pondering whether to seek the Black Tower for the next instruction, when suddenly her vision blurred and she found herself in this unfamiliar forest, with a golden‑glinting fellow overhead.

Her golden eyes flashed, instantly analyzing the situation while receiving a message transmitted by Chang Ye Yue nearby.

A Xing hesitated briefly, deciding to hold position and adapt to the current circumstances.

She gave San Yue Qi a gentle nod as a greeting, and, mimicking the reaction she recalled Xing might have, waved a slightly stiff hand.

"…"

Chang Ye Yue fell silent, watching that only A Xing had been summoned.

This Noble Phantasm's effect… the discount is way too harsh, isn't it?

Where's the promised "Train Group"?

Meanwhile, Archer, hovering in midair, briefly kept a wary watch (mainly to see if any Caster had been summoned as well), then upon seeing only an unremarkable gray‑haired girl appear, instantly lowered most of his guard, only to be met with renewed, "disregarded" fury!

"Miscellaneous Cultivation! How dare you ignore The King! Did you think summoning another ant would change the outcome?!"

He roared, and all Noble Phantasms within the golden ripples behind him reoriented toward the three on the ground, shouting, "Turn into dust for The King!"

As his words fell, countless blades, spears and swords turned into a golden torrent, blasting down at the three!

The coverage was so wide it nearly sealed off every evasion space!

A Xing reacted the fastest!

At the instant the Phantasm torrent surged, she lunged forward, shielding San Yue Qi and Chang Ye Yue behind her, and simultaneously performed a move that made everyone's pupils quake!

She ripped off the cloth wrapping the long object in her hand!

The Immortal Salted Fish, emitting visibly warped air ripples, was exposed to daylight again!

A terrifying scent erupted like a sealed ancient beast breaking free!

A Xing didn't unleash its torrent; instead she treated it as a… mysterious weapon, gripping the fish's tail with both hands, swinging upward in a baseball‑style swing against the rain of Noble Phantasms descending from above!

There was no deafening physical collision.

But along the fan‑shaped trajectory of the salted fish's swing, space seemed to warp!

Any Noble Phantasm that touched this "contamination zone", whether D, C, or the powerful B‑ and even A‑rank ones, all seemed to have their souls and mana stripped, their light instantly dimmed, their structure becoming brittle, and then…

They fell like dumplings, crackling as they dropped from the sky onto the grass, emitting dull thuds, turning into slightly rusted metal junk.

Worse yet, A Xing's swing happened to be against the wind, aimed toward Archer's upper‑right direction!

A concentrated shockwave, like an invisible tsunami, surged toward the Hero King in the air!

Archer was fully focused, ready to watch the ants being shredded by the Phantasm, when caught off‑guard, he inhaled a massive mouthful without reservation…

"Uh… vomit—!!!"

The Hero King's handsome, proud face twisted instantly!

His crimson eyes widened to the extreme, filled with unprecedented shock!

His brain went blank in that instant, struck by an indescribable horrific scent!

His stomach convulsed violently, completely out of control!

"Wha—!!"

He bent over mid‑air, vomiting without any dignity!

Whatever he ate or drank at night mixed with stomach acid, turning into a "rainbow rain" that reflected a dubious halo under moonlight, drizzling down onto the forest below.

"…" Chang Ye Yue silently opened the Black Umbrella, shielding herself and San Yue Qi overhead.

"…" San Yue Qi stared dumbfounded at the bizarre scene in the sky, her mouth forming an O.

But immediately, the foul stench that spread with the salted fish began mercilessly invading her nostrils.

This smell…

This soul‑shivering familiarity…

Some deliberately forgotten scenes burst through the haze, becoming clear in her mind—Beloberg LowerDistrict, a dim corner, Xing excitedly rummaging a trash can, then… pulling out this contraption!

At that moment the smell… she felt everything go black before her eyes…

"I… I remember!"

San Yue Qi pointed at the salted fish in A Xing's hand, voice trembling, "That one! Xing! Didn't you throw it away back then?! Why are you still keeping it!!!"

Her tone was full of collapse.

A Xing stared blankly at the salted fish in her hand, then at the distraught San Yue Qi, not quite understanding why she was so worked up.

Isn't this a very useful oddity?

Chang Ye Yue also had her brows knit from the smell, and her stomach churned.

She immediately gave A Xing a stern look, transmitting the message telepathically: "Put it away quickly! Switch to something else!"

A Xing hesitated a moment, seeming a bit reluctant, but obediently thrust the Immortal Salted Fish into the air beside him; the Salted Fish vanished instantly, as if drawn into some invisible storage space.

The source of the horrible stench disappeared, but the lingering odor in the air remained strong, especially near the Archer where a drizzle of "rain" continued to fall.

Chang Ye Yue let out a slight sigh of relief, preparing to consider the next move, when she saw A Xing raise his right hand again, and one of the bright red Command Spells on the back of his hand suddenly flared, then quickly dimmed!

"In the name of the Command Spell, Caster, appear here at once!"

The space rippled with a wave of distortion.

Black Tower, still elsewhere in Dongmu City, tracking the movement trail of "True Mother Insect" via the latest scan signal, suddenly felt an overbearing, unreasonable summoning force surge toward it!

She didn't even have time to mount an effective resistance; the scene before her switched instantly!

Her brown long hair was slightly disheveled, the Witch Hat tilted a bit, Black Tower's face was gloomy, and she appeared on a forest clearing, standing right beside A Xing.

Then, the ultimate Lingering Aftertaste still wafting in the air, mingling with the subtle scent of the "rainbow rain" above, struck her olfactory nerves—on which she held extremely high standards for cleanliness and elegance—like a combined heavy punch!

Black Tower's always slightly haughty, delicate face twisted instantly!

Her brown eyes were filled with extreme physiological discomfort!

"Ugh—!!!"