Chapter 4135: Desire - Mermaid Form

The sound of water around him grew louder and louder, and the light on 【Night Watcher】 grew brighter and brighter. Xia De no longer moved his gaze in the direction of the sound in the water, but concentrated on sensing the changes in the elements around him.

The laughter stopped abruptly at a certain moment, and the sound of water gradually became calm.

Suddenly, someone patted Xia De on his left shoulder from behind. Xia De turned around to swing his sword, but his body stiffened uncontrollably.

Soft white light illuminated his face, and the light came from the skin of the girl in front of him. Her skin was like snow, with a warm, pearly luster. The lines of her shoulders and collarbones were soft and smooth, and a head of fiery red long hair was not ordinary hair, but flowed wantonly at the bottom of the lake like fresh seaweed.

Her eyes had the deep blue luster of the deep sea, and her gaze was mysterious and lazy, yet it truly reflected Xia De's stiff face at this moment. Her slightly parted lips were full in color, as if stained with the gorgeous color of deep-sea coral, possessing both the clarity of a young girl and the unique charm and detachment of a mermaid.

Yes, not some monster with many hands and feet, and certainly not an evil thing with a head connected to an unknown bizarre giant object. What appeared in front of Xia De was a mermaid with deep blue scales. The upper body was a young girl with red hair, and the lower body was a fish tail with scales. There was no shadow of any girl Xia De knew on her. At this moment, she displayed an unfamiliar appearance, but that beauty was more heart-stirring than a pieced-together face.

Red hair strands intertwined wantonly with the deep blue water ripples at the bottom of the lake, and a smile appeared on her mysterious and charming face:

"Is this appearance of mine beautiful?"

As she spoke, a string of pearl-like bubbles spat out of her mouth. She didn't ask Xia De to answer. Amidst the wanton surging of her red hair, she approached Xia De.

Miss Doll tried to expel her, but it was to no avail. Xia De wanted to dodge, but his body couldn't move at all.

She swam wantonly around him as he stood stiffly at the bottom of the lake, somewhat intimate, but also as if simply playing. When the red hair tips swept across Xia De's back of the hand and cheeks in the water, it felt itchy, and in those deep blue eyes, there had always been a smile that Xia De couldn't understand.

"Interesting soul~"

She finally returned to Xia De's front, kissed Xia De's forehead with a smile, and stuffed an item into Xia De's hand. She leaned her head on Xia De's right shoulder from the front, and whispered in Xia De's ear with her mouth against it:

"You completed this mission very well. The secrets of the hall, the method of treatment, and the divine artifact—everything I promised you has been given to you. However, someone will come to send a small extra gift to your hands soon. As for this kiss..."

She moved away from Xia De, and there was a full smile in her deep blue eyes as she slid backward:

"Just take it as an extra reward. I hope you can understand my intentions."

She carried a satisfied expression and hid toward the depths of the lake bottom bit by bit. Until the very moment she disappeared completely, she still blinked her right eye at Xia De. And at the position of the kiss mark, an indescribable and vast amount of spirit poured into Xia De's body. It contained no traps or intentions; this was just the purest spirit.

Xia De, who had regained his freedom of movement, looked at the position where the mermaid disappeared for a long time without speaking. He breathed slowly in the water, as if he could still feel the sensation of the hair tips sweeping across his cheeks.

"Xia De, you wouldn't be fooled by such a simple little trick, right?"

Miss Doll on his shoulder asked with her arms crossed.

"Of course not. I just... I have dealt with it so many times, this is the first time I have seen it at the bottom of the water, and it is completely different from what I thought."

His previous guess about "Desire's" true body was a nameless thing with many hands and feet, and the appearance he saw just now had no components of illusion. It looked like a stunning mermaid:

"That appearance just now, wouldn't it be the appearance of the layer of skin-object that the 【Skin-Object Hall】 once peeled off from it?"

"It's possible. However, although that appearance is stunning, compared to the chaotic great witch beside you, it's not much."

Miss Feilian evaluated quite fairly, and then glanced at Vigo, who was reaching out her hand.

"Of course, the poisonous temperament and charm of a relic are also things that witches don't have... That is an Unknowable-level relic; you cannot look at it with the eyes you use to look at Helen and Grace."

"Yes, yes, Teacher Feilian, I will remember. I am not the kind of person who can't take his eyes off a beautiful girl."

Xia De replied. He knew very well how terrifying the Unknowable-level relic named "Desire" was. The subtle influence on people's perception of it was much harder to guard against than direct and crude mental control:

"Since the mermaid is gone, let's continue to deal with the things here. The Hall Master has been solved, so let the story of the 【Skin-Object Hall】 come to an end."

He looked at the item that had appeared in his hand. The simple and unadorned scissors had a kind of ancient beauty. Although the scissors didn't seem to have anything strange, the miracle elements that could be felt upon direct contact were not strong, but that kind of primitive yet great power indeed belonged to the Ancient God.

【Outsider, you have felt a "Miracle."】

【Touched the divine artifact of the Ancient God 【Dusk Creator】, Curio - Ancient Sound triggered:】

【Creating life also requires tools. Ancient tools can carve brand-new races, but can therefore also destroy creations born from tools.】

This information confirmed that the divine artifact had been held by the Ancient God to create life. A divine artifact that appeared in the creation myth would of course be quite powerful. But under the baptism of time, these scissors were indeed almost equivalent to an empty shell.

It still possessed power and was not useless. As for what it could be used for later, Xia De would probably have to study it.

As for the ancient human skin of the "Hall Master," although it also came from the First Era, Xia De's Curio 【Ancient Sound】 had no effect on biological bodies, so this human skin didn't bring him more information.

The spirit at this moment was extremely abundant, which also gave Xia De the confidence to completely contain the 【Skin-Object Hall】. He communicated with Miss Feilian and returned to the lake surface from the bottom of the lake.

The spring sun still shone over the entire park, and no one on the shimmering water surface could guess what had just happened at the bottom of the lake. Ms. Eden, who should have been on the deck, was not on that new steamship at this time. Instead, two unexpected people appeared in front of Xia De, who flew out from under the water.

Danister and Principal Pigman, the "Warden of Bai Yin," stood at the crack on the deck. Hearing the sound of water, they looked in Xia De's direction. The two clearly knew that Xia De had just been underwater, so they were not surprised.

Danister waved her hand to cast a spell to steam dry the water stains on Xia De's clothes, and then smiled at Xia De:

"The academy's work of containing those 'skin-objects' is going very smoothly, but I was a bit worried about the situation here, so I came over with the principal. It seems we came at just the right time. Ms. Eden has already informed us of the current situation, and it seems you have also solved the opponent.

The battle inside the hall is also coming to an end. Now there are two problems—

The pseudo-humans seem to want to get more. Do you want to let them continue to devour power? If you want to contain the 【Skin-Object Hall】, have you found a way now?"

When discussing the plan last night, no one expected that things would progress so smoothly, so the complete containment of the 【Skin-Object Hall】 was originally just treated as a possibility, and no specific mention was made of how to do it.

Xia De just wanted to explain, and Professor Pigman finally recognized what the doll sitting on Xia De's shoulder and looking at them was:

"Principal Feilian!"

The 13th-ring mage bowed to Miss Doll on Xia De's shoulder. Miss Feilian and Fiona visited the academy of this era last summer, so he recognized her. And Danister, who had only been focused on talking to Xia De just now, looked at the doll and was startled, and also bowed in greeting:

"Principal Feilian!"

"You don't have to be like this. This doll only retains a segment of my consciousness and will disappear soon. Let's deal with the things here first. When I was in the Fifth Era, I left a container in the 【Skin-Object Hall】 that could contain it. Now that container should have been obtained by that little girl named Beias."

Xia De looked into the crack. The space in the core area of the hall was even more chaotic than before. The overlapping flesh-and-blood city and the collection exhibition hall were almost completely overlapped together. But he still saw Sister Daifulin's black flames almost burning out all the skin-objects of the "Skinner Leader," while Yiluna had an extra suitcase in her hand.

"You need to use sealing arts first to seal the entire hall from the material world, and then I will borrow the God-Caller's power to cast a spell to contain the sealed hall into the container."

Miss Feilian said, and Principal Pigman, the "Warden of Bai Yin," immediately indicated:

"I can help, I am also slightly proficient in sealing arts."

His help could save Xia De some spirit, and Xia De would of course not refuse:

"Then Principal, let's prepare to start. The 【Skin-Object Hall】 has been doing evil since the Mythological Era, and it's time for an end. I still need the secrets of the 【Pseudo-Human House】. This time we just focus our power on sealing the 【Skin-Object Hall】.

Of course, if the pseudo-humans don't have time to escape, that's their own business."

Xia De and Professor Pigman stood on the deck to prepare, and Danister entered the crack to notify everyone to evacuate. Ms. Eden was originally at the edge inside the crack. After she returned to the deck first, she listened to Xia De's plan and flew to the shore to notify others of the Church to evacuate the artificial lake and the surrounding tourists, and prepared to use large-scale illusions to cover up what happened afterward.

After losing its three cores, the 【Skin-Object Hall】 effectively had no ability to fight back. Sister Daifulin's "Predestined Death" completely eliminated the "Skinner Leader." In this way, even if all the ring-mages on the human side withdrew from the hall, the pseudo-humans had sufficient advantages to continue devouring the hall's power.

The girls and the Church's ring-mages left the crack one after another, and those people on the island in the center of the lake who were still in the blood mist were also taken away from the relic by the passage opened by the butterfly-winged girl—after the hall lost its core, the Chosen of Space could open portals inside and outside it at will.

And during the evacuation process of the girls and the Church's ring-mages beside Xia De, the members of the 【Truth Society】 and the 【Magic Eye Club】 did not appear, but Xia De believed that since the demon-man had a way to leave, those people should also have a way to leave. ===== CHAPTER 4136 =====