Chapter 274 - 273: Trouble in the Play, The Furious Serlina

Seeing Serlina mysteriously excited after taking off her glasses, and getting a somewhat starving look in her eyes, Li Jing slightly furrows his brow.

That is...

A bit strange?

Without giving it much thought, Li Jing says,

"Now that we’ve established that, shall we begin?"

"Yes."

Serlina nods, steps back, and mutters softly,

"Levitation, agility, strength, defence enhancement."

Four simple words roll off her tongue one after another, each followed by a different colored glow that appears around her before fading away.

Li Jing raises his eyebrows at this.

This was the self-enhancement magic unique to the combat magic system.

Normally,

No matter what kind of magic it is, it requires a corresponding spell and often includes a chanting process that could be short or long.

The magic can be almost instantaneous, but chanting can only be reduced at most.

Even the most basic magic is difficult to perform without chanting.

Yet Serlina has managed to do it...

This not only shows her unusually greater spiritual power than a typical mage, but also her profound mastery of the corresponding magical casting.

Over there, after Serlina had enhanced herself, her finger hooks,

"Come!"

Seeing this, Li Jing takes a careful look at her, discards the Silent Shadow, and suddenly moves quickly like lightning.

Serlina has seen the lightning speed of Li Jing more than once.

In her spiritual world, lightning speed did not appear to be esoteric.

Li Jing, transformed into lightning, was still a human in shape.

But she didn’t expect him to be so fast.

Caught off guard, with Li Jing suddenly appearing before her, she swiftly retracts her steps and prepares to defend herself.

At this moment, Li Jing appears in his true form.

Without any flamboyance, he lashes out with a punch.

"Bang!"

The terrifying sound of air exploding comes as a slight surprise to Serlina.

But her response is swift. She counters with a punch of her own.

"Boom!"

A loud noise.

His iron fist and her delicate one collided.

The space shakes, and an invisible air current is swept out due to the collision of the two great forces, stirring up endless dust.

Then, a slender figure is thrown into the air.

Of course, it was Serlina who was thrown into the air.

As she flew, her mind was a little stunned.

Surely the Orthodox Immortality Path can release a shock wave with just one punch, and even surpass her in strength which was fortified by strengthening magic, which forcefully throws her into the air.

Was Li Jing human or a monster?

Before Serlina could react, Li Jing transformed again into a lightning bolt, in an instant catching up to her as she was thrown into the air.

Initially pretending to be Jing Rong, Li Jing could not display his lightning speed in public.

But with the added "setting" of being possessed, he has no hesitation.

Even in the Eastern Alliance, only a very few people have seen him use the Lightning Speed.

In the Western Alliance, no one except Serlina had seen it, hence no one could recognize it.

As a Great Demon possessed by someone, his ability to transform into lightning is reasonable, isn’t it?

Transforming into the distinctive Five Thunder, certainly not.

The Five Thunder is unique to the Orthodox Immortality Path and can easily be seen as a loophole.

But for the time being, Li Jing only needed the speed and the ability to hover in mid-air.

Catching up with Serlina, he appears in his true form and launches a firm roundhouse kick without a word.

Serlina was still a bit dazed, and while still in mid-air, didn’t have time to react.

"Boom!"

The swift roundhouse kick hits her waist, and Serlina feels an intense force hit her slender waist.

"Cough!"

With a cough, Serlina sticks to Li Jing’s leg for a moment, then like a bullet, she is shot out to the side and flies straight towards the Grull Empire’s camp.

After the successful hit, Li Jing, not waiting, transforms again into a lightning bolt and chases her.

Once he made his move, his aura inevitably leaked out.

The outburst of the Six Realm Aura was hard to ignore.

He and Serlina’s punch and then a kick created a commotion that wasn’t small. The various forces stationed in the ruins had already taken notice by this time.

Li Jing clearly felt several strong auras sweep over him from above.

At this point, he had already made a move, but of course, he had to keep up the act.

Serlina, having been hit hard and flying towards the Grull Empire’s camp, is painfully aware that she underestimated her opponent, and feels extremely uncomfortable.

She said she would go all out, but for now she only used four basic BUFFs on herself, and didn’t use her real skills.

More importantly, she hadn’t expected Li Jing’s body to be so powerful without using any magic...

Seeing Li Jing immediately catching up without giving her a chance to breathe, Serlina grits her teeth.

Many powerful beings from different factions stationed in the ruins have noticed their fight.

She knew that.

But surely Li Jing would show some mercy considering she was a woman, no?

She was nearly snapped in half by a roundhouse kick just now, and she feels like throwing up. Could he let her fly for a while, to catch her breath?

Wasn’t he afraid that his act would hurt her?

Did Li Jing worry about Serlina getting hurt?

Of course not.

Not to mention that he was only using fifty percent of his power right now. More importantly, Serlina was wearing a Level Eight Spirit Tool. How could she possibly be damaged by fighting bare hands?

Indeed, Li Jing, whose physical strength was comparable to a Six Realm Great Demon, had the ability to compete with the Spirit Weapon.

But that was all.

Not to say he couldn’t destroy the Spirit Weapon bare handed, Serlina’s Spirit Weapon robe was as high as Level Eight, how could he destroy it just by saying so?

Catching up with Serlina who was flying towards the Grull Empire camp, Li Jing appears in his true form, and throws both fists down without a word.

Seeing Li Jing’s double fists coming down towards her waist again, Serlina decisively uses her powerful spiritual power to launch a mental shock at him.

Li Jing felt his consciousness sink at that moment, as if a fine, sharp needle had pierced his mind, and his two fists’ action involuntarily paused.

Spiritual power and Primordial Soul Strength are two different concepts.

There was no concept of spiritual power in the Orthodox Immortal Path system, and there was no concept of Primordial Soul in the magic system either.

But at their core, they are interconnected.

If the Primordial Soul is strong, the spiritual power will naturally be strong.

Vice versa as well.

The only difference is the degree to which the two different systems use them. The Orthodox Immortal Path deeply uses the Primordial Soul, while the magic system deeply uses spiritual power.

Li Jing, whose Primordial Soul Strength far exceeds that of an ordinary Sixth Realm person, is not that weak spiritually.

The mental impact of Serlina’s physical combat had a limited effect on him.

His movement merely paused for a moment.

However, even this slight pause was enough for Serlina to take advantage of.

Without hesitation, she quickly spat out a few short syllables and then yelled out.

"Grace of the Heroic Spirit!"

"Hum!"

A surge of immense power gushed out from within her.

The next second, she twisted her body mid-air, and her slender leg beneath her robes swept out like lightning.

"Boom!"

Serlina’s leg landed squarely on Li Jing’s chest.

The horror of this force did not make Li Jing feel much.

Serlina was simply defending herself in a hurry, it was not a powerful attack.

But this kick successfully sent him flying.

Taking advantage of this, Serlina stopped her backwards flight and quickly spat out a long string of syllables.

"Will of Valhalla!"

With a mere scolding word, Serlina’s golden hair quietly turned silver, and her deep blue eyes turned golden.

At the same time, the black robe on her body also transformed, transforming into a cool battle armor with bare waist and legs.

Li Jing stopped not far away, looking at Serlina’s dramatic change in posture, his face became strange.

Others are not a big deal.

However, Serlina’s current posture was a bit too pleasing, unsuitable for children!

This cool armor, it barely covers her chest.

The protection was not complete, displaying her fierce career line ...

Above, her collarbone and shoulders are like ice and jade.

Below, her waist is as thin as an A4 paper without any weakness.

Further down, her short skirt armor ...

Is this a fight?

Or are they providing benefits?

As an opponent, he doesn’t even know where to put his eyes now.

Of course.

Even though Serlina’s armor is excessively cool and can hardly be said to offer any protection, Li Jing does not doubt the boost it brings to Serlina.

The less you wear, the harder you fight.

This is common sense.

Will of Valhalla.

It doesn’t appear to be any combat magic, but the true name of the spirit robe on Serlina.

At this moment, the armor’s posture is its real appearance.

Both the East and the West have artifact refiners, but their techniques are completely different, and the finished products are significantly different.

Artifacts refined by Western World techniques usually have several postures.

In the East, only a few show-off artifact refiners will refine artifacts with multiple shapes according to customer needs.

Obviously, Serlina is now serious, Li Jing is also not vague, his mind moves to boost his own spiritual power.

From the beginning to now.

He has not only used half of his power, but also has not used spiritual power.

Serlina is serious, he should also show his true skills.

After all, he needs to satisfy Serlina’s previous claim that she wanted to see how capable he was.

If he doesn’t show his real skills, he is not necessarily confident to defeat Serlina when she gets serious.

After all, Li Jing could only fight physically, and he couldn’t use the spirit weapon or magic skills.

This is not his forte.

With the spiritual power boost, Li Jing’s momentum suddenly changed.

Before acquiring a formidable physical body through training, the spiritual power in his body was an extremely powerful boost to him.

As spiritual power was enhancing his body, the aroma of the immortal spirit in his body quietly started working, making his strong aura become elusive.

Feeling the change in Li Jing’s momentum, Serlina’s face changed.

Her Spiritual World couldn’t distinguish the nature of power, but could see the flow and application of the opponent’s internal power and even see through the amplification it brought.

At this moment, in her Spiritual World, Li Jing, who was enhanced by the spiritual power, made her feel suffocated.

That elusive feel made her feel her hair stand on end.

Ordinary people couldn’t perceive this elusive feeling.

But Serlina could.

She knew very well what this elusive feeling represented.

This...

The symbol of the Seventh Realm!

What the heck?

Is Li Jing’s true realm the Seventh Realm!?

This is BS!

Serlina was not calm at the moment.

Li Jing had told her with his actions that he, as a practitioner of the Orthodox Immortal Path, has an incredibly strong body and his close combat capabilities are extraordinary.

This confirmed the existence of the scent of the immortals in his body, she has no intention of fighting?

Serlina is not a die-hard child.

She is only playing her part, not fighting for life and death, she does not want to be hit too much.

She just wants to lie low now ...

At this moment, Serlina’s Spiritual World detected several powerful Sixth Realm individuals approaching rapidly from different directions.

Three of them came from the nearby Grull Empire!

Having noticed this, a smile crept onto her face.

Perfect timing!

Barely had the pleasant feeling surged, Li Jing on the opposite side turned into a flash of lightning and closed in on her in a blink.

Upon seeing this, Serlina decisively used lip-talk.

’Someone’s coming! Go easy on me, I’ll play dead!’

As he read her lip-talk, Li Jing hesitated.

Before he had time to contemplate the meaning of her lip-talk, his knee had already landed on Serlina’s flat belly...

Serlina had already prepared to play dead and made no defense at all.

The sudden blow to her belly made her feel like everything went dark and a feeling of almost shattering came from her waist.

"Damn!"

As a curse in Longyu Country language slipped out, Serlina’s golden eyes tersely rolled back, she fainted on the spot, her body soared into the sky like a cannon, leaving a streak of afterimage behind.

Li Jing looked at the situation, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Serlina’s lip-talk just now, he hadn’t had time to think.

By the time he figured it out, it was too late.

Without thinking too much, he quickly turned into a thunderbolt to catch up with the fainted Serlina who was flying towards the sky and caught her by her waist.

At this moment, several people from the Six Realm arrived to investigate.

Three individuals from the Grull Empire camp, two men and a woman, all clad in luxurious robes similar to those of the Supreme Church priests, approached.

Seeing Serlina unconscious, with blood trickling from her mouth and nose, and lying in Li Jing’s arms, the female’s eyes were filled with fury.

"Let her go!"

The complexions of the two men from the Six Realm also changed slightly.

Then, as if they had realized something, they both turned their heads simultaneously.

"Maria! Calm down!"

But it was too late, Maria had already started chanting something while holding her fists in a praying gesture.

The next second, her eyes flashed with a golden light, and she shouted out.

"Sanctify!"

"Boom!"

A robust beam of light descended from the sky without any warning, enveloping Maria.

Then, her aura rose rapidly.

Upon seeing this, Li Jing’s eyes twitched.

Seeing the woman being the first to scream in shock and fury, he had already realized that this was Serlina’s friend, Maria.

However, he didn’t expect her to be so desperate...

Li Jing did not know what the "Sanctify" was.

When it came to faith systems, he only had a cursory understanding.

In comparison, he was more interested in the Western Magic System.

But judging from Maria’s almost instantaneous reaction and rapidly expanding aura, whatever she was using probably required a significant sacrifice.

Maria was going all out right from the start, this was something Li Jing had not expected.

Considering how her companions were already warning her before all this happened, it seemed that Maria was always this desperate, and it wasn’t just about her concern for Serlina.

But if she was willing to risk it all, she was undoubtedly an excellent friend.

After taking a glance at Maria, who was covered in the column of light, Li Jing decisively turned around with Serlina and transformed into a ray of light, heading west.

Maria, seeing this, was extremely anxious.

Yes, her Sanctify technique was sudden and desperate, but it didn’t work that fast.

Watching this man disappear towards the west, she yelled out.

"Stop him!"

However, none of the Six Realm beings who had showed up moved.

Including her two companions.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t catch up, or didn’t know how to. They simply didn’t want to.

Serlina had a significant reputation in the Western World.

Known for being nearly unmatched among the Six Realm, it was hard for her not to be famous.

No one present could confidently claim they could take the upper hand against her.

The fact that the opponent had the ability to defeat and knock out Serlina proved his obvious strength.

None of those present were from the White Hawk.

No one was willing to risk their life for a Six Realm member from White Hawk...

Indeed.

There were several Six Realm individuals present, and had they collectively acted, they probably could have stopped Li Jing.

But who could guarantee that everyone would act together?

From a certain perspective, they were also happy to see a powerful White Hawk mage "in trouble".

The White Hawk losing such a powerful Six Realm member would surely upset them, right?

Seeing no one in the room making a move, Maria’s face could not have been uglier, but she was powerless to do anything.

As a higher-up in the Grull Empire, she understood all too well the situation among the various factions of the Western United Nations.

With Li Jing’s disappearance, Maria had no choice but to disperse her yet-to-take-effect God’s Arrival spell, and forcefully suppress her urge to chase after him at all costs.

On one hand, she couldn’t catch up even if she started chasing now.

On the other hand, if she were to chase alone, she would likely be "delivering herself" into the situation.

The most pressing matter at hand was to notify the White Hawk.

With a gloomy expression, Maria silently turned to leave, her gaze glancing over everyone present, including her two companions.

She had not had the chance to make a move when a few more Six Realms people arrived.

At the same time, two of the Six Realms who were already there moved and stood in Maria’s way.

One of them opened his mouth with a smile.

"Miss Maria, the situation happened suddenly, and the thief left very quickly. I’m sorry that we couldn’t help just now."

After uttering a pretend apology, he said lightly.

"This place is close to your Grull Empire’s camp. The White Hawk’s camp is quite a distance away, in the city center. Since Miss Serlina appeared nearby, it must be because she is close to you. She was suddenly kidnapped, you should know something, right?"

Before his voice fell, another person also spoke up.

"If I didn’t see wrong just now, that person is Jing Rong, from the Rebirth Society of the Daohe Alliance, who has been missing for a while. A person who has disappeared for eight days suddenly appearing and kidnapping a Realm Six White Hawk mage makes this matter extremely strange. Also, as far as I know, Jing Rong doesn’t have the ability to transform himself into lightning. I wonder if Miss Maria could provide an explanation?"

As the two of them spoke in turn, everyone present, including the newly arrived Six Realms’ people, exchanged glances and tacitly surrounded Maria and the other two Six Realms from the Grull Empire.

All these people were high-ranking members of various forces, and they were all shrewd.

Those who witnessed Serlina being kidnapped immediately realized that the Grull Empire might know something without being prompted.

A few Six Realms who had just arrived and didn’t know about Serlina’s kidnapping could easily sense something unusual from the words of these two people.

Facing the encirclement of nearly a dozen Six Realms, Maria turned pale.

Her two companions also looked extremely ugly.

The two who spoke out first belonged to two conflicting factions with the Grull Empire. As they guided the situation, Six Realms from other factions also pointed their spears their way.

This situation was not in favor of the Grull Empire.

If they say nothing, they probably can’t escape.

...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

In a thick forest far to the west of the ruins, Li Jing landed with the unconscious Serlina.

After landing and standing still, he laid Serlina down on the ground and knitted his eyebrows.

No one chasing after them was within his expectation.

But knocking out Serlina was not part of the plan.

As for how badly Serlina was hurt, he didn’t need to worry.

The cool armor she wore had strong defensive capabilities, and while it only appeared to cover critical areas, it actually protected her entire body.

Her Spirit weapon was still in its transformed state, so she couldn’t have suffered much damage.

The problem was that she was now unconscious. How long would she be unconscious?

This situation was frankly, quite embarrassing.

He took one last look in the direction of the ruins and sighed, sitting down to wait.

There were quite a few Six Realms who had just arrived, and Maria, Serlina’s friend, was one of the first to arrive with the other two Six Realms from the Grull Empire. If everything went according to plan, there should be no problems.

The mutual deceit among the various forces of the Western United Nations had never stopped. If there was a slightest hint of an opportunity, and it made sense, they would not let go of any opportunity to target other factions.

Whether you call it ganging up on or kicking someone when they’re down, they loved to do this sort of thing.

At the moment, with Serlina unconscious, there was nothing he could do.

Only the heavens knew where the Alien Species that had quietly left through the tunnel space had gone in the west and whether it had found a place to hide. He would have to wait for Serlina to wake up before they could discuss where to start looking.

...

The wait was very long.

About two hours later, the unconscious Serlina slowly opened her eyes with a soft whimper.

Li Jing, who had been sitting vigil by her side, was delighted to see her awake.

Serlina blinked her eyes, still somewhat groggy.

Sensing Li Jing’s presence close by within her spiritual world, she reflexively broke into a smile.

Then...

Her memory came flooding back, and she remembered the moments before she fell unconscious.

Instantly, her face fell, as if she were a bristling kitten scolding him aloud.

"You, do you need to be so brutal?"

"Um..."

Li Jing coughed, feeling a bit guilty.

"This isn’t my fault, we agreed on going all-out, and then you suddenly..."

Before he could finish talking, Serlina interrupted him, her teeth clenched.

"So, it’s my fault? How was I to know that you would still attack so viciously even when someone else showed up?"

"..."

Li Jing,

to be reasonable,

this wasn’t his fault.

But, admittedly, he was in the wrong.

Feeling guilty, he decided it would be best to keep quiet.

Seeing him fall silent, Serlina felt more irate.

In all her years of cultivation, she had never been knocked unconscious.

Feeling wronged was one thing, but she was also recovering from an attack that had left her, a sixth realm combat mage, unconscious...

There were no words to describe the pain.

Rubbing her waist that still ached, as if it were about to break, Serlina said with a gloomy face.

"Fine, you were ruthless, but do you think my waist is too thick or do I have too many abs? You kept attacking my waist! Couldn’t you hit somewhere else?"

Seeing Serlina, who was always a bit silly and cute, being so infuriated, Li Jing knew she was genuinely upset.

Facing her accusations, he felt wronged.

Where else was he suppose to hit if not in the stomach?

Was he supposed to aim for her chest?

With Serlina’s thin arms and legs, there was no other place to hit!

Although this was true, Li Jing wasn’t foolish enough to argue with an enraged woman.

Seeing Serlina rub her stomach with a grim face, Li Jing thought for a moment and then, with sincerity, said.

"I was wrong for hurting you. I apologize."

With that, he took out the high-quality spiritual liquid wine he had gotten from Orville before from his storage space.

"This is the top-quality spiritual liquid wine that I got from the commander of the Northern God Country. It should do you wonders. I offer it as compensation."

Serlina wasn’t really angry, mainly it was the pain that flared her temper.

It was like a woman’s monthly discomfort.

She hadn’t experienced pain in who knows how long, and experiencing pain that could cause her to faint had triggered her usually suppressed little violent temper.

Suddenly seeing Li Jing’s words and actions, Serlina paused, her sapphire-like eyes slowly lighting up.

The spiritual liquid wine of the God Country was a coveted treasure.

For her, a combat mage, it was even more beneficial.

Combat mages do not rely on body refining, and do not have a way to refine the body, but they rely on various close combat magic enhancements.

In usual days, she never misses out on physical training.

Combat mages do not rely solely on the physical strength, but physical fitness must also be kept up.

Otherwise, she would get short of breath after throwing a few punches. How would that work?

Serlina had used a lot of spiritual objects and other things that were good for the body, can enhance physical strength, and increase physical fitness.

Among them was the spiritual liquid wine from the God Kingdom.

When it comes to increasing physical strength, the role of the spiritual liquid wine from the God Kingdom is not great.

The key is that to truly absorb it, it needs to be combined with the methods of the Immortal Path.

But if it’s not in the hands of the people of the God Kingdom, the effect of the spiritual liquid wine on physical strength is just that.

However, in terms of enhancing physical fitness, the spiritual liquid wine is of exceptional benefit, and it can even be used as a recovery item after physical exhaustion.

Even in a state of exhaustion, one sip can immediately relieve the pain in the waist and legs.

The only downside was that the wine was intoxicating and could easily become addictive.

Looking at the large hand that Li Jing seemed to be bringing something over, Serlina swallowed a mouthful of salive and put on her glasses.

Seeing that he held a large military water bottle in his hand, she coughed, accepted it, and said.

"It’s rare that you are so sincere, I’ll forgive you for this."

With that, she couldn’t wait to unscrew the cap of the water bottle and took a sniff.

A pungent smell rushed into her nostrils, and Serlina felt her head slightly dizzy.

As expected, of the highest quality, just a sniff is intoxicating!

She glanced into the water bottle and saw that it was a full bottle, Serlina looked at Li Jing with sparkly eyes.

"This whole bottle is not cheap, are you sure you want to give it all to me?"

Watching as Serlina asked this question but continued to hold the water bottle close, Li Jing smiled.

"Now that it’s in your hands, isn’t it yours?"

Speaking of which, he continued.

"However, I don’t recommend you drinking it right now, we still need to..."

Before he could finish, Serlina waved him off, indicating that she knew, screwed the cap back on, and put the water bottle into her storage space.

She knew she couldn’t drink this now.

If she took a sip, she might faint.

And that would be a problem!

This kind of valuable item, should be enjoyed at the right time.

The highest quality spiritual liquid wine is hard to come by even for the people of God Kingdom, let alone people from other forces.

It couldn’t be bought with money, that was the key.

Having received a large jug of the highest quality spiritual liquid wine, Serlina’s stomach didn’t hurt anymore. She got up and stretched, revealing the enchanting outline of her figure beneath the cool armor.

Seeing this, Li Jing turned his head silently.

The sight was pleasing, but as a married man, he felt it best to look away.

Noticing his expression, Serlina blinked her beautiful eyes, and with a thought, changed her armor back into a robe.

"Li Jing, do you have a girlfriend?"

Hearing this, Li Jing was slightly stunned, not understanding why she would ask such an out-of-the-blue question.

Before he could contemplate, Serlina, one hand on her waist and a smile playing on her lips, asked.

"What do you think of me?"

???

Li Jing was left speechless, forming three question marks in his mind.