Chapter 3196

The young lady lying behind Xia De could not only see Xia De but also see that the ice sculpture under the moonlight was in the exact same state as when the battle had just begun. She knew how bizarre this thing was; although Xia De had just saved her, this did not mean that the ice sculpture was something he could deal with:

"Be careful, it..."

"I know, it's a 【Heartless Demon】 (Chapter 2855)."

Xia De, maintaining the "Ember of the First Flame" state, frowned and said the name of the thing, his expression quite serious:

"I really didn't expect that after so many years since the Academy fell into ruin, I would encounter something like you again."

The ice-sculpted humanoid seemed to lack the ability to speak, but Xia De, who had encountered a 【Heartless Demon】 in the 【Ash Valley】 together with the werewolf girl, the green dragon maid, and Yi Yi Yi Lu Na, knew very well what this was.

The 【Heartless Demon】 is produced by the infestation of the ancient evil object 【Heartless Worm】. This bizarre worm can infest an individual, transforming them into a quasi-elemental state, and the individual's casualties do not affect the worm's main body at all. During the time of the 【Different Tree Academy】, this evil object had once frozen the academy's waters and an entire tower underwater, only being forced to retreat after the joint breath of the green dragon and the moonlight dragon, plus the threat from Yi Yi Yi Lu Na on the side.

When Xia De was still adventuring in the Vesta Woodlands, he had once guessed that he would encounter a 【Heartless Demon】 in the woodlands, and even speculated that this was the evil object corresponding to "Water" among "Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire."

But after the story of the Ash Valley ended, it never appeared again; instead, Xia De encountered it at the foot of the snowy mountains.

However, precisely because Xia De had been guarding against this thing since last autumn, he had investigated information on this evil object after the adventure in the 【Ash Valley】 ended. Miss Vilde possessed knowledge about it, and even the library of the 【Different Tree Academy】 had records of this thing.

"Edwards' Eye!"

A flash of blood-red light crossed his eyes. The miracle, whose original function was only to "observe whether biological tissue has undergone human modification," directly helped Xia De mark the location of the evil object's main body within the ice sculpture when facing the ice sculpture transformed into a quasi-elemental life form.

The pitch-black spot at the ankle joint of the ice sculpture's right leg represented the main body of the 【Heartless Worm】, and the ice sculpture seemed to realize that Xia De had seen through its main body's location at a glance, so the pitch-black spot at the ankle joint quickly shifted toward the ice sculpture's chest.

A swirling fireball rose from Xia De's right hand, and the heat wave formed by the violent heat it brought made even the witch on the ground feel a sense of dryness. But the color of the fireball was not bright; instead, it had a gloomy feeling.

Miss Miss Feilian and Miss Lu Yi Sha were very dissatisfied with being interrupted tonight, and although Xia De didn't say it out loud, he was actually quite dissatisfied as well. If one could sleep at home holding two beloved young ladies, no one would want to run to a remote island in the middle of winter to blow in the sea breeze.

This dissatisfaction and anger certainly couldn't be directed at Miss Lei Lei Jiede, who had been very unlucky tonight, even though she was still lying on the frozen sea cliff. Therefore, the ice sculpture in front of him was the target for Xia De's anger. And the miracle created by the nun in the midst of death—【Chaotic Residue】—was itself a product of the combination of the violence of the First Flame and the lonely cold of death.

After all, when she went into death to perceive power, it was because Xia De had... from Witch Brock and Nun Brock...

"Chaotic Residue!"

In his rage, the light of the flames was more restrained than ever before. The black-red flame was thrown toward the ice sculpture; it wanted to transform into coldness and fly away, but it felt that the strange flame had already completely locked onto it.

Thus, the frost condensed into an ice shield to block the front, but that ice shield melted into boiling water in an instant before the Primordial Flame. The fireball engulfed the ice sculpture, and the sea cliff shook violently again amidst the booming explosion; fortunately, the sea cliff did not break this time.

Smoke and water vapor blocked the line of sight, and the frost and cold air flew directly from the water vapor into the night sky. It wasn't that it couldn't beat Xia De, and Xia De certainly didn't have the confidence to defeat the opponent head-on, but when facing the Primordial Flame, the instinct of racial inheritance still made the evil object choose to leave.

Xia De had originally given up on the chase and was about to turn around to check on Miss Lei Lei Jiede's condition, when he heard a "Thump~" sound. The escaping coldness hit an invisible barrier in the night sky and disappeared, then flew over from the direction of the sea, continued to fly toward the island, disappeared with a "Thump~" sound, and then flew over from the sea surface again.

"It's the 【Bottle of No Boundaries】! Miss Lu Yi Sha is here."

Although he didn't know what the black-haired young lady was planning, since Miss Lu Yi Sha had blocked the opponent's escape, she must have a way to keep it here completely.

Seeing this, Xia De clenched his fist toward the sky and threw it upward violently the moment the silver spear appeared:

"Thunder Spear! Moonlight Slash! Moonlight Wheel!"

Silver-white thunder, an arc-shaped blood-red light blade, and a buzzing bright yellow light wheel flew into the sky together. The frost wanted to dodge, but immediately fell downward as if its body had become heavy.

The gravity field suddenly applied by the thirteen-tier Great Witch of the Earth forced it to change back into human form to block these attacks. Xia De, maintaining the "Ember of the First Flame" state, was about to leap into the sky, but saw a flash of fire under the night sky, and then the nun wearing a silver eye patch appeared directly behind the ice sculpture.

The 【Ash】 greatsword, smoldering with sparks, pierced through its chest. The ice sculpture's head turned slowly backward, wanting to see clearly who was behind it, but its entire body was completely engulfed by the Primordial Flame at this moment.

The 【Heartless Worm】 fell downward from the hole that appeared under the ice sculpture's right foot, wanting to escape under the cover of the night. But after the pitch-black worm wriggled twice in the shadows on the ground, it noticed two slender shadows waiting for it under the moonlight.

The thirteen-ring life ring and the eleven-ring life ring had already appeared behind the Great Witches and were ready. And behind the worm, the nun with a cold expression landed without a word, holding the burning Ash greatsword in her left hand and a dark golden sickle with scattering gray mist in her right hand.

"Now it's fine."

Xia De, on the sea cliff, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. Since the matter was resolved, he hid the ring on his left hand and then helped Miss Lei Lei Jiede, who had just been placed on the ground, to stand up:

"Someone has come to help us. Are you still conscious? Can you see how many fingers this is?"

He asked with great concern. The witch's bright golden eyes looked at him weakly. Because the distance was too far, she didn't see who had come, and Xia De couldn't read the complex meaning in her eyes, but at least it wasn't hostility:

"No need to test, I haven't passed out yet... just a little cold..."

"It's okay—【Inner Fire】."

Warm golden light was taken out by Xia De and pressed onto her... left hand. The witch shuddered violently and said weakly again:

"Hot, too hot."

"Sorry, I'm not trying to take advantage of you."

He picked up Miss Lei Lei Jiede's right hand again and gently exhaled a breath toward it:

"Chloe's Ice Breath."

The cold and heat she felt were actually just the effects caused by the imbalance of the spirit and elements in her body. Therefore, after Xia De temporarily suppressed her body temperature abnormality, he rummaged through his pockets and found a bottle of holy water, a bottle of potion used by elves to harmonize their own spirits, and a bottle of potion bought from Priest Ao Gu Si that could slightly repair soul trauma.

And when Nun Sister Daifulin grabbed the worm with her left hand, and the fire light burning from her left fist turned this evil object of unknown origin into brand-new firewood for the First Flame and walked toward the two, Xia De was sitting on the cold ground, very gentlemanly supporting the witch who was also sitting, with one hand supporting her back, using his own spirit to regulate her spirit.

Although she hadn't undergone special training, relying on his own powerful soul power, the "treatment" progressed quite smoothly. At least the Great Witch of the Sun's consciousness had recovered, and she was listening to the ghost story Xia De was making up: "Your follower came to ask for help, and I just happened to find you."

She had originally listened very seriously, and being supported by Xia De while watching him earnestly help her heal, the young lady with complex feelings didn't know what to say. It wasn't until Nun Sister Daifulin walked closer that she noticed the footsteps.

Looking up and seeing that familiar silver eye patch, Claire Lei Lei Jiede said in surprise:

"Nun Sister Daifulin!? Why are you here?"

The nun had the qualification to audit in the 【Witch Council】, and of course, all the Great Witches knew her. And after recognizing the nun, the young lady with platinum-blonde hair immediately realized that Xia De was still here and acting ambiguously with her, so she explained again:

"He is... he saved me, he... he is my friend... don't tell the other wit... ah!"

The final sound of surprise was because she saw Miss Miss Feilian and Miss Lu Yi Sha suddenly walk out from behind Nun Sister Daifulin, one on the left and one on the right.

Although Miss Lei Lei Jiede hadn't seen them just now, once she was slightly more sober, it was impossible for her not to notice the obvious traces of the witches' power, so they didn't continue to hide.

Before the injured young lady could speak, the blonde female opera singer narrowed her eyes and pointed at her:

"Good, Claire! What do you mean by this now? You said you were going to the New Continent, but you ended up on this island. So it turns out you were keeping a man behind everyone's back!"

Miss Lu Yi Sha tried her best to hold back her laughter, while Nun Sister Daifulin "looked" at Xia De expressionlessly.

Thus, the young lady with platinum-blonde hair subconsciously wanted to block Xia De behind her, but unfortunately, she didn't have the strength; she wanted to struggle to stand up, but was held down by Xia De, so she could only say to her two council colleagues:

"He and I are not... don't make things difficult for him! I will go back to the council with you to explain. He is a very good person, and he saved me. Although he is very special, but..."

Miss Lu Yi Sha ultimately couldn't hold back her laughter and covered her mouth, laughing very ladylike. Miss Miss Feilian also showed a smile; this was exactly what they wanted. Of course, Nun Sister Daifulin remained silent, "looking" at Xia De expressionlessly.

(End of chapter)