Once the affection level is maxed out, the rivalry begins!

boom.

Lu Xingyao slammed the safety door shut.

"This is not the time to play the 'I must be doing something wrong' joke!"

Bai Ze pushed away Xia Yunli, who was trying to restrain him with her legs, while frantically calling for help.

The door was then violently pushed open once again.

"So what kind of expression should I make?!"

She locked the door from the inside as if she were setting up a locked-room murder, and approached with great force.

"I've never even considered how I should react to seeing my senior engaging in foreplay with other girls!"

"Hey, she's using a joint lock on me!"

"They've even resorted to such advanced tactics! How am I supposed to intervene?!"

Oh no, she was completely confused, her vision was so blurred that she lost focus, let alone being able to understand the conversation properly.

Should I run away crying, or quietly close the door without disturbing anyone? But now everyone's giving their eyewitness reports, there's no turning back!

The girl covered her forehead as the emerald green sword shadow suddenly floated in the air like a floating weapon.

"Should I say, 'Let me join too!' But that would be too humiliating. I'm a girl, after all. If I get rejected, my brain would really be destroyed!"

I think your brain is almost completely ruined by now!

In Bai Ze's eyes, Lu Xingyao's progress toward becoming a witch was plummeting at an alarming rate.

She was originally the one with the highest progress among the three witches who have appeared so far, but now her progress has dropped below 42%.

However, unlike a certain biological weapon that gets closer to berserk as its synchronization rate increases, the girl who summons flying swords and approaches step by step becomes increasingly out of control as the value decreases!

"By the way, let's render you incapable of resisting first, and then I can decide the order of attack and defense."

A sword light flashed like a bullet, striking the two people on the ground. Scattered pebbles broke the water tank in the room, and innocent jellyfish slid down to the ground with the flowing water.

Bai Ze and Xia Yunli froze instantly, as if they had turned into two intertwined stone statues.

What exactly is the superior-subordinate relationship that needs to be decided?

"Don't move around, I won't miss the next shot."

The junior student with vacant eyes raised her hand, and a sword formation arranged in a circle around her.

On one side are two people who were hit head-on by the self-destruction and lost the ability to resist;

On one side is the witch, who, although greatly weakened, still retains some fighting strength.

This means...

Our teammate who actually turned evil after defeating the enemy BOSS has appeared!

"Temporary truce!"

Bai Ze grabbed the girl next to him and rolled over. The emerald green sword energy grazed his head and cut off a few strands of hair.

"Hey, senior, why did you dodge? Your target was your arms that were clasped together, and you almost broke their heads!"

Lu Xingyao smiled and murmured, "It's okay. Even without hands, I can still feed you three meals of love every day."

"Isn't she your junior? Stop her right now!"

Xia Yunli lay pale-faced on top of him.

She only wanted to repay Bai Ze for the humiliation she had suffered in the past, but now her life was truly threatened.

"Do you think this dialogue is still useful?"

Bai Ze helped her to her feet, and they faced off against Lu Xingyao, who had switched places with the two of them. "She's been swallowed up by the darkness in her heart!"

"Ugh... If I hadn't wallowed in resentment, this wouldn't have happened."

On the verge of death, Xia Yunli lowered her head in sorrow, "You're right—I should break the chain of hatred myself. Revenge only brings unfortunate endings!"

"Huh? So you don't mind what happened before?"

Hearing such lines in real life deeply moved Bai Ze.

Although he actually supports the vengeful faction.

"Hmm... Seeing your junior like this, I realized that darkness exists in everyone's heart."

The phantom thief girl extended her hand with a dashing air, and Bai Ze gripped it tightly in return.

"My dearest friend!"

"It's only for today." She turned her face away embarrassedly.

Although it was caused by strange external factors, I felt that a solid friendship had been established!

"ha……"

Just then, a hollow sigh was heard.

Lu Xingyao stared at the two holding hands with a bored expression, then took a step forward.

This alone caused the entire aquarium to tremble, and countless cracks appeared from beneath her feet like a spider web.

A terrifying magical power swirled around the girl like a vortex, turning her body a vibrant emerald green, just like the sword light.

"That's strange, why do I feel like she's getting stronger and stronger?"

Bai Ze, pulling Xia Yunli along, cautiously retreated towards Lu Xingyao, like encountering a bear emerging from hibernation in the wild.

She wasn't this imposing even when fighting Osiris just now. Is this junior student putting on an act?!

His doubts were soon answered by a voice.

"Inheritance conditions have been met; the data package has been decompressed."

A silver-haired doll-like girl flew out from the magical glow and sat on her shoulder.

Lu Xingyao's combat form is essentially a fusion with the abnormal core girl from outside the world that Bai Ze found, using her magical power as a witch to support the latter.

Therefore, due to the core member's weak combat skills, she has never been able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of direct combat.

"However, you haven't forgotten that this machine comes from a world of highly developed immortal civilization, aspiring to become the flying sword spirit of the warship's main engine!"

Miss Core stood tall and straight, even abandoning her usual interjections.

"You think this complicated setup is just for background? Bai Ze!"

She addressed him by his first name, sounding quite arrogant.

...So that wasn't a useless setting that only appeared once? He thought it was just like [Reincarnation Infection Disease], merely reflecting people's distorted understanding of modern Xianxia subculture.

"The master craftsman who crafted me was the renowned Immortal Venerable Shattered Dreams. When I was sixteen, my childhood sweetheart was stolen away by my best friend on my birthday. When I was two hundred and fifty, my fiancé eloped with my fellow disciple at our wedding. When I was three thousand six hundred, my Daoist partner cheated on me with the fox demon we kept at home..."

"This is all bad reputation! How did she manage to live to be over three thousand years old?"

And what does this have to do with Lu Xingyao's rampage and becoming stronger?

Miss Core briefly explained:

"Even with a life filled with hardship, she did not succumb. Instead, she mastered a profound art that transformed the pain of losing one's loved ones into power, ultimately becoming an immortal on par with the gods!"

"Oh, I spoke too soon. This person hasn't developed healthily at all; their mind is completely twisted!"

"This knowledge of magic has been hidden within this machine, waiting for a qualified inheritor!"

"So you're the culprit? You don't need that weird magic. Stop right now!"

The two were forced to the doorway by the ever-increasing magical power.

"I'm sorry, but the inheritance ritual is performed automatically, and this machine does not have the authority to stop it."

The useless sword spirit knelt apologetically on Lu Xingyao's shoulder, "Please pray for yourselves."

Like a signal flare being fired, Bai Ze pulled Xia Yunli up, smashed the latch, and ran out of the room.

At the same time, a turquoise glow flooded the entire room, drying out the struggling jellyfish on the ground.

The core that has always seemed harmless actually hides such dangerous and anomalous knowledge. If the Bureau of Spirit Disasters found out, they would definitely move her serial number forward by a few digits.

The green light rolled back and condensed into a regular shape above the girl's head.

It was a crown that was almost dyed dark green.

"The greener the better, Dream Shattering Technique..."

Miss Core measured the color of the crown.

"Admiral, the green glory will crown you!"

So, right after the BOSS battle ended, the second battle, held in a real aquarium, began!