Chapter 46.64 Zi’ai and the Demon
Destiny Power forcibly activated, this is the only special ability related to Destiny Power that I, who was not chosen as a Witch of Destiny, can use.
Of course, my own Destiny Power is completely insufficient to trigger any phenomenon or change anything.
Every time Juncheng is in danger, we are passive. There is no time to prepare, and we are always caught off guard. I’ve had enough, and Juncheng must have had enough too.
So, at least we need to take the initiative. If we find and activate it in advance, we can control the whole process.
This ability was developed out of the desire to help Juncheng no matter what.
As the name suggests, it can forcibly activate ‘Destiny Power’.
If the opponent is still in an unawakened state, it can forcibly awaken them.
Simply put, it is a kind of ability similar to an igniter.
But to obtain this ability, I also paid a considerable price…
Although it has only been used a few times, it has always been at the most critical moments.
For example, now.
When I drew my five fingers out of Teacher Lily’s back, the wound healed and disappeared instantly.
Black energy permeated from her skin, dyeing it a dark black. A pink heart-shaped mark appeared on her shoulder blades, and a pair of wings protruded from them, along with a thicker tail and sharp horns.
Her originally pink legs were also dyed a smooth, lustrous black, as if she were wearing a pair of black knee-high boots.
The clothes she was wearing decomposed and reformed into a succubus’s outfit.
Her hair also turned white, and her scarlet, pointed pupils flickered with a strange light.
She had completely demonized.
“Ah~~Ahh, I’m so happy.”
With fangs bared, she wore a satisfied smile.
“Where is my master? …Master!”
She ignored me and Lan, who were nearby, and one look found the little Juncheng next to Yuhui.
Then, she happily, like a child, ran to his side, bouncing.
“Master, master, ah~ so cute, little master is so cute, but… ”
Her expression was completely different from before, like ice. This change was almost instantaneous.
“…Who? Who made my master like this?”
When Demon Lily’s gaze swept over Lan and me, Lan and I, without any prior consultation, pointed at Miss Ji Lianbing, who was busy demolishing the place.
“Is it? Is it her? Oh, my body is so hot, I’m about to burn up, about to explode… I want my master now. Although little master is cute, it’s no good, it’s no good, I want my master, I want to turn my master back to normal… Turn back?”
She had completely fallen into madness.
Or rather, Lily in her demon form was always immersed in madness.
To her, this was her normal state, her natural appearance.
Lan squinted his eyes as he looked at Demon Lily, his expression as if he had seen something bad.
“…Indeed, it looks super bad, even I think so…”
“Indeed, if even you think it’s bad, that person must be truly terrible. If even the ultimate pervert, Lan, thinks it’s bad, then Lily has broken through to a level that humans can hardly comprehend.”
“Zi’ai, is it really okay to let her out? Are you sure she won’t play us to death too? Her ability is the most complex and difficult of all the Witches of Destiny, isn’t it?”
“We’ll deal with it later. For now, she’s our only hope. This is unavoidable. The only one who can confront Miss Ji now is Demon Lily. The reason is, only Lan and I know, because ‘her ability’ is the most suitable.”
“Her? Is it her? My mas… Please wait a moment, Sinu will come to rescue you.”
Demon Lily flew towards the pink film covering the sky without hesitation.
Lan immediately ordered the Dissolving Love to split open a gap, and Demon Lily flew out.
After she flew out, the gap was closed again.
Let the two monsters fight it out.
“Lan, don’t forget to transmit Destiny Power to Teacher Lily. Her ability still consumes a lot of Destiny Power.”
“I know. I’m already doing it.”
This is also why I had Lan use Dissolving Love to create the missing legs for Lily.
Through that part, we can continuously supply Destiny Power to Lily. With enough energy, she should be able to contend with Miss Ji now.
Phew, finally, I can relax… for now…
“Is that Teacher Lily… What did you do to her?”
Yuhui asked, carrying the little Juncheng.
“We just forcibly awakened her. She is the Tribulation of the Great Trials, the ‘Overwrite Ability’. Although she is controlled, she is the only one who can deal with Miss Ji now.”
“Overwrite Ability?”
“You’ll see when you look.”
I looked up at the sky, looking outside through the faint pink film. The buildings that had been falling like rain had all disappeared. The giant light sphere that Xiao An used to illuminate the city had also vanished.
In its place was a giant moon that covered almost half the sky.
But strangely, the moon was incomplete, a crescent moon with sharp points, a broken moon.
“…How is this possible! How did she do it! It’s not spatial transfer… What is this! What’s with that succubus! What’s with this world?!”
Young people, you lack experience. I directly hit Yang Shifan, who was shouting, on the head with a chop.
“Calm down, kid. You’ll be corrupted by madness if you act like this. It’s your own ability, and it’s too embarrassing to be affected by it yourself.”
“…How can I calm down in this situation! What the hell is that! How is that possible…”
“It’s possible with enough Destiny Power. However, only she can do it.”
There is a girl who is favored by the undead and death since birth. There is also a boy who was possessed by a ghost and gained the ability to kill…
There are ghouls, and even gods… These have always been Anomalies, and after gaining the trait of Destiny, they have acquired even more terrifying abilities. It’s like a more violent chemical reaction. And Teacher Lily is the most special among them all. She herself is a succubus, a Succubus Empress, and also the Tribulation of the Great Trials, possessing the highest level of Destiny. The mixed result is that she has gained an ability closest to the essence of ‘Destiny Power’, the Destined Ability, ‘[Butterfly Dream]’, which overwrites dreams into reality while half-asleep.
“Ah?”
“She can turn dreams into reality.”
This is also the key point of the ‘Return to the Past and Change the World’ plan I designed. Using Li Nai’s memories to reconstruct the dream world, and then overwriting the real world with the dream world. And Zihua used Demon Lily’s ability to complete the most crucial part. She completed the act of deceiving the world by making ‘the entire world revert back five years ago’.
“This ability might not be useful to others, as no one can control what they dream about, nor can they stay in a dreaming state at all times—but it’s different for her. ‘Dream—’ Incubus can enter dreams at any time and control them. And she can also bring dreams into reality. Ji Lianbing is the creator of this world and has the authority of a creator, capable of creating anything. Teacher Lily is the same. Although the process is more complicated, she has also touched the realm of ‘wishing for something and it comes true’.”
Yang Shifan’s jaw hung open. Well, it’s no wonder he’s so surprised. He was originally a Fate Hunter, hunting down many Witches of Destiny and Masters of Destiny, but such an outrageous combination of Destinies must be his first time.
“When I first met Juncheng An, I thought his ability was so heaven-defying, so the Witches of Destiny shouldn’t be too weak either… But now it seems I was completely wrong…”
He slumped to the ground, hands on his knees, looking years older.
“You are the real monsters…”
“I don’t deny that, but I hope you won’t include me. I’m just an ordinary person, caught up in these dangerous things and forced to change. I think Juncheng has the same idea as me. In the sky, the ‘Demon Lord’ and the ‘Demon’ are still fighting an epic battle. It’s a realm beyond mortal reach. But the outcome is fixed. In the end, only one person will be left standing, and we just need to wait here for the result. Then we can proceed to the next step…”
The next step? What was I planning to do? Wait, what am I… Suddenly, I realized something terrifying. That is, ‘Why did I plan all these things?’ If it was to remove madness, these steps seem completely unnecessary. Why did I feel that Teacher Lily had to awaken? To deal with Ji Lianbing? Letting the two of them fight each other is a reasonable approach, but my initial thought shouldn’t have been this. …Was I being used unconsciously? No… I was ‘driven’ from the beginning… because my very existence is… Who is it! “No! We have to stop them now!” I suddenly shouted. Lan looked at me confusedly and asked, “What’s wrong? Zi’ai?” “It’s terrible! I was wrong!” “Ah?” “Everything I’ve done has a purpose!” “Isn’t that obvious? You’re doing it for…. “No! I mean, I’m being used! Someone is driving me to do these things, all to achieve some of your… I just realized it now! I’m the one with the problem!” “Calm down, Zi’ai, I don’t understand what you’re saying at all.” At least, I can’t continue like this anymore. Yes, I remembered. That sense of incongruity, that feeling that someone else was doing something behind the scenes… Ji Lianbing is not the real mastermind! There’s someone else… (You’ve worked hard, An Zi’ai. You didn’t disappoint me.) The voice echoed in my mind. I froze on the spot. (Then it’s time for the next phase.) I saw my shadow beneath my feet turn and grin at me. It was like a demon.
