Chapter 121: Trivial Matters and Cultivation
After greeting everyone, Su Jiu followed the female teacher to her designated single apartment. As for the dormitory – would a leader be housed with students?
In the female teacher’s mind, Su Jiu was someone who had graduated many years ago and returned to her alma mater.
After casually dealing with some surrounding trivial matters, Su Jiu watched the female teacher close the door. After locking it, she leaped directly onto the bed, hugged the snow-white pillow, and released “E Huo.”
“What’s wrong? Not eaten enough?”
Seeing E Huo’s lazy appearance, she gently tapped its head. She had felt something was wrong in the spiritual space on the highway, so she had rather used her fingernails than summon E Huo.
“Mmm~ Mama, I think I’m about to break through… The Giant Squid ate a lot.” The little girl’s voice was also lazy, like that of a kitten basking in the sun.
With a helpless expression, Su Jiu propped up her chin with her hand and asked softly, “How long will the breakthrough take? Will it be directly to the War General stage?”
There were quite a few places to fight recently. Who knew from which corner the Ancient God Sect would pop out next. Without E Huo, she would most likely have to fight in her normal form.
Other avatars didn’t have exclusive weapons. Could she really use her innate skills to fight against War Generals? It wasn’t like she was bullying low-level opponents.
“I don’t know~ E Huo just knows that next time I can become big, as big as Mama… Mmm, I’m about to break through… Good… night 💤” E Huo’s voice held a hint of pride, but its soft tone only made it sound cute.
Glancing at the midday sun outside the window, Su Jiu rolled her eyes, put away E Huo, who had turned into a useless snake, and thought to herself, “Become big? That should be the Advanced Stage Warrior level, right? It seems that Crimson Flame Wolf King was like that.”
“Speaking of Crimson Flame Wolf King – the cooldown for this ring should be almost over. I wonder what kind of monster I’ll encounter this time? According to the original calculation, it shouldn’t exceed an Intermediate War General.”
Immediately, Su Jiu looked at the Dragon Head Ring. Its luster was still somewhat dim, and because of its small size, it looked like a small toy made of silver to outsiders.
“Dad should be busy these days, condensing blood energy to break through to War General. Otherwise, everything is just an illusion.”
After putting things away, Su Jiu called her father, but when no one answered, she simply continued to condense her blood energy. She estimated that at her current pace, she should reach sixty percent in the next few days.
After another torturous session of cultivation, it was already evening. She had barely managed to condense her blood energy to fifty-one percent. She felt like a puddle of mud, with the veins on her face still bulging. All she could do was play on her phone and lie down.
Her gaze swept across Bai Qianyu’s black avatar, and Su Jiu tapped on the Little Bat avatar.
[I’m so bored, Servant. Tell me about yourself. Bloodsucker Princess (Bored)]
Looking at the words on the screen, she thought for a moment, typed a few words of thanks, and briefly recounted the past few days. After all, this person had been truly generous, giving her so many things.
Then she asked, as a formality:
[Are there any interesting events on your end?]
Soon, the other party replied with a forwarded link showing an overseas website. Su Jiu didn’t quite understand her meaning, followed by a piece of text:
[The Archbishop in red, codenamed “The Singer,” will be executed in your Dragon Country in July. Things are quite chaotic in your area recently; there have been several Blood Sacrifices in towns and cities in Hua Nan Province, with Divine Descensions activated. The news has already reached us.]
[Your area also seems to be a small city with weaker defenses. It’s possible it might happen there too. It seems like these Ancient God Sect members were the ones who projected me last time.]
Upon seeing this message, Su Jiu was slightly startled, then recalled the suicidal attack by the priest earlier. She hadn’t browsed the app information much recently and had almost missed an important piece of news.
She immediately typed a reply:
[Do you know their purpose for Divine Descension on your end? Their purpose in summoning you seems to be to offer all of us as sacrifices to you.]
This was one of her doubts. Then she thought about it – she didn’t quite understand why that priest had carried out a terrorist attack. If Divine Descension was only to make “Them,” those evil gods, appear and kill people,
That would also be extremely unreasonable. After all, there were two Battle Kings there. No matter how strong the phantom of an evil god was, it wouldn’t be much stronger. These long-distance Divine Descensions wouldn’t exceed the caster by too much.
Was all this fanfare just to kill a few of them? And to offer them as sacrifices to this Silly Duke.
[I don’t know—but it should be some kind of transaction. Their actual target for Divine Descension isn’t me. Hmm… it’s likely that they didn’t use an item from a Divine Descendant as a medium, causing it to randomly become me.]
[But speaking of Divine Descension, the clothes you are wearing are a Divine Descension item, a Divine Descension of mine.]
The other party quickly responded, but what she said made Su Jiu slightly stunned.
She lowered her head and looked at her uniform. The red rose embroidery emitted a faint red glow in the dark night, noble and mysterious. It didn’t look like a uniform, but rather an exquisite formal dress.
Although the Silly Duke seemed very weak, he was still a monster capable of Divine Descension. Su Jiu quickly typed and asked:
[What are the conditions?]
The reply arrived quickly:
[When the roses wither, I shall descend upon you. Bloodsucker Princess (Sinister)]
“Does it mean feeding it enough fresh blood? But shouldn’t it be blooming? What’s with ‘wither’?”
Su Jiu was stunned for a moment, then curiously looked at the rose on her skirt. Just as she was about to ask something else, she found that the Silly Duke had gone offline, leaving a message:
[This Duke is going online, ponder it yourself. Don’t summon randomly, or I’ll block you!]
Su Jiu’s mouth twitched. She shook her head helplessly and continued to cultivate. After an unknown amount of time, the cicadas Outside sang their hoarse final song, and everything was so quiet.
“Did it finally refresh?”
The ring in her hand emitted a dazzling light. Her eyes snapped open, and a blood-red light flashed.
She lightly bit her finger, letting her blood drip. She entered the ring’s space and surveyed her surroundings. It was still the same dead, pitch-black scene.
Following the routine, she soon arrived at the arena. Just as she thought, facing her was a Wild Plains Lion of Intermediate War General level, and it seemed to be a lord.
“Could this ring be selecting monsters I’ve encountered and bringing them here with suitable power?”
“Yo, old friend?”
Su Jiu squinted at its familiar flesh wings, a smile appearing on her lips. In this mental world, “Elegy” could be used limitlessly, as she wouldn’t die…
Looking at Su Jiu’s unsettling smile, the Wild Plains Lion couldn’t help but move back, even wanting to fly into the sky to fight an aerial battle…
Why was she only at Warrior Class, yet it felt like it had been killed by her before?
“Don’t go, let’s fight until dawn!” The cold female voice echoed throughout the arena with a smile.
……
The next day, the sun shone on Su Jiu’s corpse-like delicate body, indicating it was already early morning.
“Damn it, you dead lion, can’t beat me so you just fly everywhere, huh?”
At this moment, Su Jiu suddenly opened her eyes, her expression instantly collapsing as she cursed.
Clearly, with her strength increasing so rapidly, the monsters in the space could no longer fight her equally as before. Now, they could only be slaughtered by her.
[Gained Coagulated Blood Value: 5%]
At this moment, listening to the voice in her mind, as if sensing something, she slowly extended her hand and revealed her fingernails. A blurred pattern appeared on them, like the outline of a flower.
When her original body was still human, she didn’t feel this deeply. Now that she had transformed into a vampire, the increase in Coagulated Blood Value gave her a clear feeling of a comprehensive increase in strength.
If she didn’t activate “Elegy,” encountering an Advanced Stage Warrior before meant she could only run. Now, she might be able to exchange a few blows, but she would likely still be at a disadvantage, as they had the nascent form of a phantom.
“Knock, knock, knock!”
“Leader Su, today’s practical training is for those third-year students. Tomorrow, they will participate in a qualifying exam in the city center. Do you want to go and watch?” The female teacher’s voice was a little hesitant, and she didn’t dare to force Su Jiu.
Thinking of her classmates whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, Su Jiu raised an eyebrow. Her mind recalled their efforts for the Gaokao, and she replied with a hint of amusement:
“Wait for me, I’ll be there soon.”
Could she experience being a teacher in this异世界 too? How nostalgic.
