Yes, I did all of this!

She raised her hand, looking at the red gem on her wrist: "—Anyone entangled in my flames will never have their flames extinguished unless one of us dies."

—This feeling... But this isn't a compliment to her.

Upon hearing this, Shen Wuyin thought helplessly, and a feeling of pity for Duanmu Mo rose in her heart:

From all perspectives, it must have been quite an achievement for Mr. Duanmu to have molded his predecessors into such individuals.

Are you talking about me?

Duanmu Mo carried over the last dish, wiped his hands, and looked at Xia Yan, asking her a question.

"Yeah, like how you exercise, things like that~"

Xia Yan smiled, looking at the claw marks left under Duanmu Mo's collar.

"..."

Duanmu Mo rolled his eyes. Suddenly his phone rang. He took it out and went outside. "Wait a minute, I need to make a call."

"Come back quickly, or I won't wait for you."

Xia Yan nodded and continued eating.

After Duanmu Mo left, Xia Yan finally looked up and glanced at Shen Wuyin:

"—Besides, as you've seen, Duanmu Mo is like a wooden fish; if you don't actively tap him, you won't even hear a sound. So I don't have that kind of unnecessary worry."

"..."

Shen Wuyin silently sipped her soup, glancing at the gem on her wrist out of the corner of her eye.

"...I also promised myself that the free wind will not be bound again, and I am not willing to back down from this feeling."

"I don't really care," Xia Yan said calmly, shaking her head, and continued eating her food.

—A short while later, Duanmu Mo also returned with his phone.

"Ah... welcome back."

Shen Wuyin looked at him, unsure how to face Duanmu Mo, but quickly, she smiled at him as usual.

"Is it some kind of request? Should we not go out now?"

She asked with concern.

"No, it's Yuzhi's parents."

Duanmu Mo sat down at the table and picked up a piece of meat to eat.

"Huh? Her parents?"

“Ling is very capable. Yuzhi’s parents didn’t know that she had taken a week off all at once, but given the current situation here, it’s hard to avoid being noticed. They called Yuzhi a few times but no one answered, so they called me.”

"What did they say?" Xia Yan asked casually as she looked up.

"Where is Yuzhi? Why isn't she answering the phone? Take her to a safe place, etc.—but I managed to fool them all."

Duanmu Mo said, taking a sip of the soup: "Hmm, this soup is a bit salty."

“Yu Zhi…”

Upon hearing this, Shen Wuyin frowned slightly: "I wonder how she and Ling are doing."

—Although they are currently doing things unrelated to the battle, they have not forgotten that on the other side of the passage in the sky, their companions are also doing something important.

Xia Yan had considered entering the seal in her current state to help the two, but that would put all the pressure on Shen Wuyin.

Therefore, no matter how much both sides worry about each other, they must now do their own tasks well.

"By the way, Mr. Duanmu, are you saying that Cangyuan gave you her power?"

Shen Wuyin seemed to realize something and looked at Duanmu Mo to ask.

"Yeah, do you want to give it a try?"

Duanmu Mo casually removed the necklace from his neck and handed it to Shen Wuyin.

She held the sapphire on it, and the emerald on her wrist also lit up.

But soon, she frowned: "No... I can indeed feel a powerful force here, but it is difficult to control. Even if I force it to be used, there will be great side effects, unless multiple magical girls use it together."

"You want to give it to Yu Zhi and the others, right?" Duanmu Mo knew what she wanted to do, but he also knew the power of Cang Yuan, which was why he dared to entrust the power to her so confidently.

"Hmm... If Yuzhi and the others had this power, they would be even safer. It's a pity we missed it."

Shen Wuyin shook her head regretfully and returned the necklace to Duanmu Mo.

"—We also have to worry about when Neville will show up and try to steal it," Xia Yan interjected, her expression slightly grim. "If it dares to show up again, I will absolutely not let it off!"

"...Let's put that aside for now. Besides, although we've gained her power, she's also sealed off the dream world, preventing me from entering it anymore."

"Oh." Xia Yan didn't react much, but nodded as if she had thought of something: "In that case, does that mean the sea monster is out of the question?"

“I don’t think so. Leviathan can’t possibly be defeated by something so simple. Right now, all Yuzhi and Ling can do is remove the factors that are interfering with the orcas and help the orcas drive Leviathan away.”

Shen Wuyin lowered her head, pondering their arrangements, but her thoughts were quickly interrupted by the food Duanmu Mo placed in her bowl:

"Don't think too much about it. There's nothing we can do here. The most important thing is to keep an eye on that vortex."

"Don't worry, we can sense it."

Xia Yan nodded, indicating that her magical girl intuition could alert her the moment the monster's remnant soul was about to appear.

"That's good."

Duanmu Mo nodded, relieved.

Dinner time ended quickly, and after washing up, the day's schedule came to a close.

—While it might sound strange to magical girls who still have to be wary of threats from the sky, they are still ordinary people when they are not transforming and need rest for both body and mind.

However, when Duanmu Mo arrived at his room and opened the door, he saw Xia Yan lying calmly on the bed and Shen Wuyin sitting awkwardly on the edge of the bed.

"...What are you guys doing?"

Shen Wuyin spoke shyly, her fair legs nervously pressed together: "Um... that's probably the excuse."

"At this very moment? Are you serious?"

Why be so fussy?

A red light flashed on Xia Yan's wrist, and golden flames ignited, completing her transformation.

The newly transformed Xi Ri strode up to Duanmu Mo, grasped his hand, and pulled him to the bedside: "Come on, let me show you how this form of mine differs from before~"

"what?"

Shen Wuyin was stunned. She had never expected Xia Yan to use her magical girl powers in this place, as she was a person who did not use them in her daily life.

Seeing that Xi Ri had already done so, she still took a deep breath, and a magical girl outfit that was much lighter than usual appeared on her body. Ling Yin also hugged Duanmu Mo.

. . . . . .

Late at night, Duanmu Mo looked at the two magical girls breathing heavily, slowly got out of bed, walked to the door and exhaled.

"Hmm... what's wrong?"

Xia Yan shrank back, her eyes still closed.

"I have some things to take care of. You go to sleep first, I'll be back soon."

"Um......"

Xia Yan breathed softly, feeling the lingering warmth of Duanmu Mo on the bed.

—Upon arriving at the rooftop of the house, one can still vaguely see the enormous vortex in the sky from this vantage point.

Duanmu Mo casually put on trousers, and without even an undershirt, he draped a trench coat over his shoulders, exposing his chest, which bore some hickeys, to the cold wind.

He took out his phone, opened the document he had recently edited for the magical girls, and added a few paragraphs for Xia Yan:

"After mastering the power of the Golden Flame, her strength increased dramatically, and her regenerative abilities were greatly enhanced. Even if two-thirds of her body were destroyed, she could recover in an instant. Not only that, but the problem of her physical stamina was also solved—however, it seems that this power of hers requires emotion to drive it, and under 'special' circumstances, this formidable physical ability will not manifest..."

"—At the same time, the golden flame has the same but stronger characteristics as the black flame, but without the side effects that the black flame has. It can be said that the power of the golden flame completely surpasses the black flame in every aspect. Moreover, the golden flame can be made harmless according to the will of the evening sun, and it can also share its healing ability with others, but the efficiency is not as good as the evening sun itself. However, in any case, the evening sun has now become the strongest among the four."

That's a really good ability.

Duanmu Mo exhaled and licked his lips.

When Duanmu Mo extracted the Black Flame Card from Xi Ri's body, he replaced it with another card. I wonder what quality this Golden Flame Card would be if it were extracted now.

However, he hasn't found an opportunity yet, and given Xi Ri's talent, he should wait until the power is stable inside her for a while before trying to extract it.

As for now, Duanmu Mo has other things to do.

Looking at the moon in the sky, Duanmu Mo sent a message to the two people below, telling them that he would be leaving for a while. Then, his body transformed into Neville's appearance, and he disappeared into the shadow.

Chapter 353: The Sealing Journey

—Let's put aside the situation outside the seal for now and look at Huangyi and Fengling.

Unlike Xia Yan and her team's progress, a day had passed and they hadn't made much progress.

As for the reason, it was naturally that they got lost.

"Ring, how is it?"

"No, I can sense that energy similar to the surrounding sulfur sea ahead, but the further I go, the more erratic its influence on direction becomes."

Fengling frowned, looking at the data displayed in her goggles, her tone inevitably showing frustration.

"Hmm... Cangyi, are you sure?"

Cangyi appeared beside him, his tone still calm: "I feel the same way as you. Even if I am sometimes more perceptive than you, it's just that I notice things that you overlook—but now, the more tense the moment, the more you need to stay calm."

"...I wonder how Xia Yan and Yin are doing."

Huangyi exhaled and looked ahead.

At first, as the two ventured deeper into the vast ocean, they also sensed the source of the ocean's corruption.

But the more they pursued the root cause, the longer it took them, and that's how it's dragged on until now.

"hateful......"

Huang Yi frowned and said in a low voice.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she heard the wind chimes behind her ring out: "--Wait a minute, something is attacking from behind!"