“Master, please… relax a little, this will feel much better.”
Su Nian spoke softly, her voice carrying a barely noticeable tension.
But even more so, it was filled with determination and resolve.
Chu Tian still had his eyes closed, seemingly unaware of Su Nian’s odd behavior, lost in the gentle massage she gave, savoring this fleeting peace.
He only let out a low “Mm,” to show he’d heard her, his voice deep and husky, tinged with a lazy drawl, like a drowsy beast.
Seeing this, Su Nian’s resolve grew even firmer.
She could not fail—she absolutely could not let that Horned Demon Bastard continue to roam free!
She gathered all her magic at her fingertips, as if placing all her hopes there, then… suddenly pressed hard on that node!
“Kacha!”
A faint sound echoed in the room, like a nightingale’s soft lament, yet carrying a note of finality.
That was the sound of the Lover’s Prison Collar’s core node shattering—the declaration of her freedom!
Su Nian felt a surge of powerful magic flood out from within, like a dam bursting, instantly engulfing her whole body.
It was the long-lost feeling of freedom, the joy of breaking her chains!
She’d done it!
Though the collar, due to its [Cannot Be Removed] attribute, still couldn’t be taken from her neck but the suppressive effect was gone, so she’d leave it for now.
As long as she could wield her Saint-level Magic Mastery and kill the Horned Demon Bastard, This magic item would naturally be lifted.
At this moment.
She had finally broken free from the damned collar’s suppression!
The reason she hadn’t lifted the suppression in the washroom was out of fear that the Horned Demon Bastard would be alerted in advance.
That would have turned it into a head-on fight again.
Now, she didn’t care about any of that.
As long as she could win, she’d already used feigned seduction as a trick, let alone a sneak attack—such a common tactic.
Su Nian’s eyes snapped open.
The instant the Lover’s Prison Collar’s magic suppression was lifted, she began gathering Saint-level magic for an attack!
And at this very moment, her nemesis, the Horned Demon Bastard, had already sunk into a deep sleep under her massage.
Now was the moment she’d been waiting for—
A perfect chance!
Both her hands gathered enormous balls of magic, one fiery red like a flame, the other icy blue like crystal.
Two completely different powers intertwined in her palms, radiating waves of energy that made the heart tremble.
The room’s temperature soared, then plummeted, as if she stood in a hell of fire and ice.
One was a blazing fireball, like a miniature sun, radiating scorching light and heat.
Wherever it passed, the air twisted and warped, crackling with explosive “pipa” sounds.
The other was a frigid water sphere, condensed into a crystal-clear icy blue orb, surrounded by wisps of cold vapor.
Anything it touched instantly frosted over.
This was her S-rank magic—Illusive Flamewater Break!
Forcing fire and water, two opposing elements, to fuse was already extremely difficult, let alone to the degree Su Nian had achieved.
She channeled all her magic, slowly bringing the two spheres closer.
Fiery red and icy blue interwove, brilliant and dangerous, as if nurturing a force of utter destruction.
“Merge!” Su Nian willed, clapping her hands together.
The two magic spheres, under her control, fused perfectly into one—a strange orb swirling with blue and red light.
“Die, Horned Demon Bastard… Illusive Flamewater Break!”
The once gentle and obedient girl now had eyes blazing with fury, her voice hoarse and resolute.
Without hesitation, she hurled the merged magic sphere—containing the power of two extremes—straight at the defenseless Chu Tian lying on the bed!
After advancing to Saint Level, Su Nian’s strength had undergone a qualitative leap.
The Illusive Flamewater Break, which once couldn’t pose a mortal threat to Chu Tian, now—with the boost of Saint-level magic—was over ten times more powerful.
At this moment, the orb of fused ice and fire struck directly at Chu Tian, who was basking in the massage of a peerless beauty on the bed…
“Boom!”
A deafening explosion, accompanied by shattering glass, resounded throughout Shadowmoon Manor.
Almost at the instant she launched her attack, Su Nian released an advanced version of the Lingyuan Flame Barrier to shield herself.
A pale blue water membrane intertwined with burning flames, forming an unbreakable humanoid barrier that protected her within.
Even so, she could still feel the terrifying shockwave, sweeping over like a tsunami, slamming into the barrier with a muffled “zzz” sound.
If Shadowmoon Manor hadn’t been built with high-grade magical materials, and if Chu Tian hadn’t reinforced it with magical arrays, this luxurious estate would have been leveled by now.
Yet even specially reinforced structures couldn’t fully withstand such a terrifying explosion.
The room Su Nian was in instantly became a ruin.
Priceless furniture was blasted to pieces, turning into flying splinters and debris.
The sturdy inner walls cracked like spiderwebs, the fissures spreading rapidly before collapsing with a roar.
Every window on the floor shattered, glass raining down like a storm, glinting coldly in the moonlight.
Flames shot up to the sky, as if symbolizing the girl’s rebirth from the ashes, or the flames of vengeance burning all evil to nothing.
She landed a hit, but Su Nian did not let her guard down.
She stared intently at the center of the blast, her gaze as sharp as an eagle’s.
It wasn’t over yet!
If she had truly killed the Horned Demon, then her “Recognition State v2” would have been lifted.
However, she could clearly sense that damned “Recognition State” still lingered, which meant—
The Horned Demon Bastard was still alive.
‘This guy… is really hard to kill!’
Su Nian gritted her teeth, cursing inwardly.
She’d already used her Saint-level power, S-rank magic, and a sneak attack, yet still hadn’t finished him off?
Just then, from the swirling dust and smoke, a dazzling bolt of lightning flashed.
“Huh?”
Su Nian was briefly stunned.
She remembered clearly—the Horned Demon Bastard’s power should have been Dark Magic.
She had specifically researched and learned many countermeasures against Dark Magic.
But this lightning…
What was going on?
As Su Nian puzzled over it, Chu Tian’s voice, strained with suppressed fury, came from within the smoke.
“Little wildcat, your claws… are as sharp as ever.”
Chu Tian gritted his teeth against the searing pain, feeling his life force ebbing away.
If he hadn’t been cautious and noticed the abnormal fluctuation in Su Nian’s magic just before she acted, releasing a Temporary Shield Tool in advance.
And if he hadn’t spent Annoyance Value to restore his life at the moment of the explosion, he’d have been gravely wounded or even unconscious by now.
Even so, the Inner Armor he’d bought for 100,000 Annoyance Value was completely destroyed.
Bear in mind, his physical strength far exceeded an ordinary person’s, and with his demonized form and the powerful defense of his Inner Armor, most attacks couldn’t threaten him at all.
Yet even so, he’d taken serious damage from Su Nian’s all-out strike.
An attack like that—even if he used his full strength with his most powerful Thunder Emperor move—
Would hardly match the destructive power of her dual-element ice-fire magic.
To think that this beautiful girl, with so little time to train, could be this strong.
She’d already reached Saint Level!
Could it be, as he suspected, that Su Nian possessed a so-called “Annoyance Value System,” and because the Magic Girl Idol’s fame had spread across the continent, she’d become this powerful?
Fortunately, he’d left himself a backup plan—the Lover’s Prison Collar was not so easy to break free from.
“Magic Absorption!”
Lightning flickered over Chu Tian’s body as he spoke from within the smoke.