NOVPUBSeeing everyone looking his way, Xia Feng didn’t say much, just allowed a pale flame to flicker to life around him.
The Vermilion Bird Demon Armor could freely change its appearance to cover him, and soon, with his awkward crouching posture, his appearance transformed into a girl with light green, slightly curly hair draped over her shoulders.
Coughing lightly, the girl’s crisp voice rang out, "Cough, um, I, I am Mushroom~~"
Everyone: "..."
"Is this what? The power of the Forest Wand?" Freya exclaimed in surprise.
After the introduction just then, everyone knew that Xia Feng possessed a bizarre ability to copy.
Xia Feng nodded, "Pretty much. After my optimization, the wards of the Forest Wand can freely change form and envelop me."
"This is optimization...." Hearing this, a thought suddenly sprang up in everyone’s minds. What if their Spiritual Artifacts were optimized by Xia Feng? Would they become stronger?
"Copying plus optimizing, what kind of ludicrous Spiritual Artifact ability is this?"
Old Guan muttered enviously in a low voice, "It must be at least an A, damn, comparing people really can drive you crazy!"
"So the meaning behind you disguising as Li Hongdou is?"
"Isn’t the Prince trying to catch Mushroom? Then I’ll just turn into Mushroom and let him catch me. That way I can get into the Barrier."
Upon hearing this, Li Sheng’s eyes lit up, "Hey, that could actually work. It’s easy to find the key nodes of the Infinite Barrier; once you’re inside, find an opportunity to use a magnetic bomb to blow up the nodes, and the Array Barrier will collapse, leaving Liszt without his protective shell, and naturally, we’ll have a chance to take him down!"
Everyone nodded thoughtfully.
A gleam flashed in the eyes of Director Xuanwu, suddenly revealing a man with a scrunched bottom and hunched back, half-squatting inside a little girl wearing a thick down jacket.
His eyes twitched slightly, and he shook his head with a chuckle, "No, it won’t work. A Fourth-order Spirit Master could expose you with a glance using Spiritual Pressure, and besides... your build is much too bulky compared to Li Hongdou, even a slight movement would cause the illusionary cloak to distort, and anyone observant would see that there’s something off."
"..." Seeing that he hadn’t fooled anyone, Xia Feng reluctantly shook his head and stood up, and the illusionary cloak of the Vermilion Bird Demon Armor disintegrated.
In fact, Xia Feng’s real reliance was not on the illusionary cloak of the Vermilion Bird Demon Armor, but on his ability to copy the appearance of the Spiritual Artifact.
[Reflection in Copper - Copy: Perfectly replicates the target’s clothing, hair, accessories, makeup, physique, voice, and Spiritual Artifact. No time limit.]
The opportunity to copy a Spiritual Artifact occurred via attacks by a Spiritual Artifact and touching a Spiritual Artifact.
As for other types of copying opportunities, merely having touched the targeted person sufficed, and although he had experimented several times, there had never been a chance to use it in real combat, nor did he know how effective it could be in avoiding detection by Fourth-order Spirit Masters and various detection-oriented Spiritual Artifacts.
Just then,
Suddenly, a crisp, low voice spoke up, "Let me go."
It was Li Hongdou’s voice, and everyone stared expressionlessly at Xia Feng.
Xia Feng blinked, "This time it’s not me."
The curtain lifted, and a cute girl walked in from outside, she looked up seriously at everyone, "Rather than sending a fake, why not let the real me go."
Xia Feng’s eyes widened, "No way!"
"Absolutely not! We just rescued you, and you want to go back? That’s just asking for trouble!" Xia Feng shook his head vigorously.
"But I’m the only one who can get in, right?"
"And even if I verbally call Yue Hongli ’mother’ against my will, Liszt won’t be able to complete the birthing ritual."
Xia Feng frowned and opened his mouth, but Mushroom’s face became unusually serious.
She stared earnestly at Xia Feng, "Let me go, I want to personally settle the grudge with Liszt!"
Xia Feng was stunned for a moment; this was the first time he had seen Mushroom so determined to accomplish something.
"Actually, there’s something I’ve been keeping to myself and haven’t told anyone."
Mushroom bit her lip, walked to the table, and glanced around at everyone, "But I want to say it here today."
"Many people think my mother hanged herself, but in fact, ten years ago when my mother discovered Liszt colluding with the Burning Heaven Cult, she tried to persuade him several times without success; eventually, Liszt strangled her with a rope..."
"Mother knew too much and had too much evidence; Liszt was worried mother would expose him, or leave some information behind, so after killing her, he even killed all her maternal relatives."
As she spoke softly, her voice became clearer.
"Liszt thinks I know nothing, but the day mother was strangled, I didn’t drink that cup of tea, so naturally I wasn’t unconscious; I was extremely scared when the unblinking eyes of my dead mother stared at me..."
Mushroom spoke calmly and endlessly for a long time.
Everyone cursed Liszt as a despicable bastard in their hearts.
Xia Feng also fell silent; Mushroom’s introverted and self-contained personality was not without reason.
The death of her mother and the terror of her father had a lasting impact on her young mind, enough to affect her for a lifetime.
Upon hearing the girl’s story, Director Xuanwu fell into thought, and Li Hongdou mentioned the Burning Heaven Cult, which must be referring to the Burning Heaven Temple. Indeed, before colluding with the Divine Evil Association, Liszt was deeply involved with the Burning Heaven Temple.
Thinking this, the old man looked at the small yet determined girl and was reminded of his own granddaughter. He spoke gently,
"According to the information Wei Shutong passed several times before, the Prince seems to want to acquire Yue Hongli... that is, the Princess’s acceptance."
"And the Princess’s true form is actually a divine long knife, its power related to the law of causality. Any power that involves causality is very mysterious and can cause many variables.
So, child, if you really are going, remember, you must never let Liszt complete the ritual to obtain this knife."
"Okay, I’ve got it!" Mushroom’s little face was serious, and she clenched her fist and nodded vigorously.
"You’ve got it, my foot!" Xia Feng shouted, "Hey!"
"Feng, trust me this time."
"...What I meant to say was, I have to go too." Xia Feng said helplessly, his figure shifting again, draping a black robe over himself and covering his face with a pure white mask.
He spoke gravely, "If that’s the case, I’ll disguise myself as one of the Prince’s men, perfect to catch you and take you back to Ping Shan Hospital."
"Little kid, you a First Rank Spirit Master, what business do you have here?"
White Dragon stood up, his voice grave, "It’s too risky to let the little girl go alone. My Spiritual Artifact can mimic everything except appearance, including the aura of Evil Power. Wearing a black robe and a mask, it would be safest for me to take the little girl."
Xia Feng looked at the burly man, his brow furrowed deeply: "No! I’m not comfortable entrusting Mushroom to your protection."
"You’re still not comfortable?" White Dragon burst out laughing sarcastically, "I’m a Third Rank Spirit Master, and you, a mere First Rank, are telling me you’re not comfortable?"
Xia Feng smiled silently. After advancing to Second Order and acquiring the Vermilion Bird Demon Armor, his combat power had skyrocketed to a heaven-reaching level, and dealing with a Third Rank Spirit Master was no problem.
It really wasn’t certain who would win or lose if White Dragon fought him.
