Chapter 381 From now on, we are a team

The steam lights in the safe house flickered under the fluctuations of psychic energy. Irene sat cross-legged in the center of a magic circle made of brass gears, and scarlet potion boiled in her palms.

Li Zhongren leaned against the wall, his chakra flowing silently, and the shadow of the Nine-Tailed Fox loomed behind him.

He is maintaining the barrier of the safe house.

After Irene was promoted to the Great Witch, she was able to completely unleash her abilities, which was of great help to his future plans.

“Is there anything I should be aware of?”

Li Zhongren asked as he looked at the potion that seemed like a living thing in Irene’s hand.

This thing looks very evil because it is made with Irene’s soul fragments as the main ingredient.

“Try to maintain the barrier until I break through.”

“Speaking of which, normally, how do witches break through?”

There was a witch alliance in the Middle Ages. At that time, other witches would protect us, but later, with the rise of alchemy, witches became the target of alchemists. In fact, every witch who became a great witch after that had an unrepeatable adventure.

“It’s like, I saved you by accident.”

“Come on.”

Li Zhongren said no more.

Irene also took a deep breath and drank the potion in the bottle!

The moment the potion entered her throat, scarlet light exploded from her spine.

Instantly, her spine began to crystallize, and the light penetrated her skin, so that Li Zhongren could clearly see the shape of Irene’s bones.
As psychic energy surged, the walls of the entire safe house began to wriggle like a living thing. The shadow of the sea of ​​psychic energy appeared above his head. It was an inner world where countless eyeballs and tentacles intertwined.

This is why, when witches are promoted, they become targets.

In the wilderness, it is simply destined for a witch to be promoted directly. No matter in the surface world or the inner world, she will attract a large number of monsters. However, in the city of London, due to the protection of the city, the monsters dare not come in.

This is even more true for the monsters in the other world. Unless you are actively drawn into the other world, the monsters in the other world cannot set foot in the real world. The rules of the world itself will teach you how to be a human being. Just like the giant snake-like monster that lurks in London in the other world, if it dares to come directly to the real world, there is no need for anyone to attack it, it will be reduced to ashes.

Therefore, all the phantoms in front of him did not cause Li Zhongren to worry, because of the protection of the barrier comparable to the Four Purple Flame Formations, the spiritual energy fluctuations could not interfere with the inside, and it was all like watching a movie.

At this time, the spiritual energy in Irene’s body was constantly rising, and she looked like a man of light.

“Hu~~”

With his back against the wall, Li Zhongren clasped his arms and stared at Irene quietly.

The brass detection mirror worn in front of the eyes is constantly analyzing and recording Irene’s condition.

A witch was promoted to the Grand Witch, which was a rare situation in this era.

Moreover, every time a witch is promoted to the Great Witch, it will be accompanied by blood and rain. After all, after becoming the Great Witch, they have the ability to truly protect themselves, so how can they not avenge the previous hatred?

In fact, if Li Zhongren was not there and Irene was able to be promoted smoothly, there is a high probability that the Alchemical Inquisition in London would suffer an unprecedented attack, even if it is the core of the British Empire.

This is the deterrent power of the Great Witch.

Of course, it was just an attack to vent one’s anger, and it is unlikely to go any further.

If the British Empire is really forced to use all its strength to deal with the Great Witch, the Great Witch will suffer the consequences.

It can be considered a kind of tacit balance.

With Li Zhongren around, Irene obviously has a better choice. What could be a greater threat to the enemy than infiltrating the enemy’s interior?

Witches in particular are naturally curious, like cats.

Irene couldn’t refuse this plan.

As time goes by.

The fluctuations of psychic energy in Irene’s body began to stabilize. At the same time, her bones were basically crystallized. These crystals not only greatly improved Irene’s physical fitness, but also served as a constant source of magical energy for the Great Witch. They were also naturally resistant to magical energy other than that of the witch herself.

Therefore, the Alchemical Inquisition uses witch bone powder to make war puppets.

Generally speaking, a piece of alloy only needs to add a few grams of bone meal to have strong magic resistance.

It seems that it has landed smoothly.

Li Zhongren continued to look around.

As spiritual energy surged, the inner world outside the barrier became extremely realistic, and one could even see various monsters from the inner world hovering around.

“Thank you.”

Irene suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the man in front of her with emotion in her eyes.

“If I can become a great witch, I will be able to treat you to a meal.”

“Don’t make random flags.”

“??”

“Now, this is it.”

Li Zhongren rolled his eyes.

Maybe it was really because Irene set the flag, or maybe it was because of the last time Irene used her magic potion to play tricks on the giant snake in the other world. In short, Li Zhongren’s ability to perceive evil thoughts as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki told him that the giant snake had actually left the Tower of London in the other world and was heading towards where he was.

Yes, it’s drilling.

No matter what material thing was, it could not stop the giant snake. In the inner world, the giant snake directly penetrated countless buildings and barriers, and its huge snake head pointed straight towards Li Zhongren’s safe house.

In just a moment of contact, the Four Purple Flame Formation broke, and the turbulence directly swept Li Zhongren and Irene into the inner world.

In fact, Li Zhongren could resist.

But after thinking for a moment, he decided to escape into the inner world.

The reason is very simple. In his arms, Irene, who is unable to move, is now a burden and a signal amplifier.

Going to the surface world would only attract the Alchemical Inquisition.

In an instant, the Nine-Tails Chakra in Li Zhongren’s body was suddenly released, wrapping the two of them into a red cocoon of light!

The floor shattered and they fell into a gray, foggy wasteland.

After traveling to the other world, due to the surge of psychic energy, you will not appear 100% in the place corresponding to the real world. At this moment, Li Zhongren and Irene came to the wilderness outside London.

In the distance, the spire of the Tower of London twisted into a giant python, and a huge single eye was tearing open a crack in space, as if it was going to leap directly in front of Li Zhongren.

It looks powerful, it’s the law of space.

But in the other world, if you don’t have some spatial abilities, you’d be embarrassed to go out and say hello to people.

Because the world structure of the other world is not the real world in essence.

It’s a projection.

So, face the huge snake head surprise attack.

The nine tails behind Li Zhongren seemed to grab the void directly. With a sudden force, he also left the original place at the speed of traveling through space.

Playing hide and seek with this giant snake.

During this time, Irene hid in his arms and was doing the final polishing.

Finally, a blood-red beam of light shot straight into the sky, and countless metal debris poured out from the void, swirling around her like a storm, and her long hair danced wildly in the psychic energy.

Alchemical runes appeared on every bone of Irene’s crystallized skeleton.

Gathered together, they look like a bright firework.

At this moment, not only the one-eyed giant snake, but also other monsters hidden in the inner world were mobilized.

It swept madly towards Li Zhongren and Irene.

“Ten seconds left.”

Irene’s voice was weak and mosquito-like.

“it is good.”

Li Zhongren narrowed his eyes slightly, and the next moment, a fox shadow not much smaller than a giant snake swept across the world.

“Roar!!” The tailed beast from another world roared in the other world for the first time!

As if declaring his status.

“Buzz~~buzz~~”

At the same time, nine tails stood up high, and a huge tailed beast ball continued to gather.

Then it shot straight at the giant snake that pounced on it again.

“boom!!!”

The giant snake collided with the Tailed Beast Ball, and in an instant, the dark underworld began to glow. This glow alone killed countless monsters in the underworld.
When the light faded, the giant snakes actually coiled together and curled up into a circle.

The body surface even radiates a scorching heat.

Then, it slowly raised its head and looked at Li Zhongren cautiously with its only eye.

After a while, it snored, turned and left.

Yes, it acknowledged Li Zhongren’s strength.

If we continue to fight, it will only be the fishermen who benefit.
“That’s it”

The timing was just right, Irene gently pulled Li Zhongren.

The light cocoon exploded and the two fell back into the safe house.

Irene collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

But his face was full of excitement.

“Ha ha ha ha”

“Is this the power of the Great Witch?”

“Has anything changed?”

Li Zhongren took a few deep breaths. As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he was not afraid of a war of attrition, so after the exhaustion just now, he just took a few breaths and calmed down.

“Ah.”

Irene sat up and looked at Li Zhongren in a duck sitting position.

Under the light, her eyes seemed like stars, constantly moving. This was a sign of the Great Witch. A considerable number of organs in her body would crystallize, such as bones and the lenses in her eyes.

And this kind of crystallization is spiritual energy in nature, so it has the property of flowing.

“Field, if you must.”

“In the past, I could only activate a specific metal, but now, I can activate all the metals in the field. Moreover, the most important point is that the Great Witch is not afraid of the forbidden magic bomb.”

“Because in essence, the Forbidden Magic Bomb is actually a field, an independent field researched by alchemists.”

“So, what is the battle between realms like?”

Li Zhongren asked curiously.

“Suppression and counter-suppression.”

After a moment’s silence, Irene explained.

“That is a microscopic struggle for power. This struggle itself is meaningless unless the gap between the two sides is too big, just like me and the Forbidden Magic Bomb. My domain can directly cover the Forbidden Magic Bomb’s domain. But if both sides are human, then it is meaningless.”

“In the final analysis, we still have to attack the person directly.”

“I see.”

“Let me rest for a night. Tomorrow, I will accompany you to hunt Hawke.”

Irene walked up to Li Zhongren and took his hand skillfully.

“From now on, we are a team, right?”
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In the abandoned dock on the Thames, the rusty gantry crane creaks in the night wind.

This place was chosen by Li Zhongren as the battlefield.

First of all, it’s far away from the crowd.

Secondly, he is also very familiar with this place.

“Wow, is this where you got promoted?”

Irene gasped as she looked at the destroyed and messy old dock.

After becoming the Great Witch, she began to feel terrified by the strength of this man’s body and the figure of the Nine-Tailed Fox. To be honest, she was very curious about what kind of terrifying monster it was that could even face the giant snake that bombarded the other world head-on.

Unfortunately, this question, at least at this stage, has no answer.

She tacitly agreed to travel with Li Zhongren, but it was just a travel together and the relationship between the two did not go any further.

It’s not that she’s unattractive.

Every man’s ultimate dream is to marry a great witch, of course, except for alchemists.

They just want to skin and rip the witch apart.

Because of her special characteristics, the Great Witch will only love one man in her entire life.

They are the perfect choice to be a partner.

Therefore, for witches, this matter is also very cautious.

Both of them need time.

“Are you ready?”

“Ah.”

Li Zhongren nodded.

Irene took a deep breath and spread out a wisp of spiritual energy.

In an instant, the entire dock seemed to come alive, silently assembling into a huge fortress.
Soon.
There was a crashing sound.

Countless mechanical cockroaches crawled out from the ground.

The dense scarlet eyes shook the fortress.

“The fish is hooked.”

Irene leaned against the container, quietly watching the mechanical cockroaches controlled by Hawke, letting them do whatever they wanted and ignoring them.

Li Zhongren had already hidden in the dark and his whereabouts were unknown.

After a long time, Hawke’s figure emerged from the mist, followed by three ten-meter-tall alchemical puppets. Their joints were made of witch bone powder, and their eye sockets were inlaid with Tao crystals.

Hawke arrived here through the portal built by the mechanical cockroaches.

The next moment, the cockroaches surrounded the entire dock again. A barrier rose from the ground and blocked the place. Because of the perpetual fog, no one knew what was happening here.

No, no.
But soon, Hawke realized something was wrong.

The psychic fluctuations here are definitely not from a witch, but from the great witch.

Then, Hawke saw another barrier rising from the ground, purple light covering everything. The two layers of barriers completely blocked this place.

“A fight to the death?”

Hawke narrowed his eyes slightly, and his whole body floated up, looking down from above, but not getting close to the fortress.

As a puppet alchemist, he never takes part in combat head-on.

Under the guidance of his thoughts, one of the puppets stepped forward, his chest split open, and densely packed insects of unknown origin flew out, sweeping away like a storm.

Irene chuckled, and the metal storm solidified instantly, gathering and mixing, and turned into a ball of metal.

“Your toys…are still so uncreative.”

“The Field of Damn”

Hawke’s face was gloomy, and he seemed to be in some pain. Now it was not a question of defeating the witch, but a question of leaving here alive. Fortunately, he did have a trump card.

(End of this chapter)