Magic High School.

After all, he felt that if something went wrong, Yi Lian might have to live her whole life in her own domain.

It's impossible for Yilian to be clinging to his trouser leg, wanting to form the Red Stone Heroes duo with him for the rest of their lives, right?

"Maybe, perhaps, possibly, the guy who possessed my body is... a senior from a fellow magic high school?" Yi Lian's soul spoke uncertainly beside Li Ge.

Chapter 219 We Will Win

Li Ge and Xiao Ye both had a question mark pop into their heads at the same time.

“If I’m not mistaken, the original prophet of the Morphlings was a student at a magic high school. He may have agreed to the Morphlings’ duel without knowing whether he was aware of it or not, and then became another Morphling,” Yilian said, then added…

Even after his lover passed away, he still stayed here until the next variant spirit that could return from the magic high school appeared.

"I think I've figured it out now. Over the years, many of the mutated elves have gradually fled this place. It's hard to believe that he didn't provide information about the magic academy and instigate them. His goal is to choose another successor."

Yi Lian said, but in fact, there were many things he couldn't explain. For example, did his classmate really want to possess him? If he wanted to possess him, he wouldn't have said "I'm free" in the end.

And what is his attitude towards the Morphling race? A race that forcibly imprisoned him here, who could have had a bright future, and perhaps he even harbors curses and hatred towards his deceased Morphling wife?

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said, "Love is the most vicious curse in the world."

But Yi Lian didn't know that he could only state the conclusions he had drawn from his understanding.

"Then what is the situation with your Goddess Cult and those humans who believe in the cult?" Li Ge asked.

"Humans? We only have morph sprites here, where would we get humans?" Yilian replied directly.

At that moment, Li Ge and Xiao Ye fell into even deeper silence. Then, Xiao Ye asked faster, "Those humans, are they also mutant elves?"

Yi Lian slapped his forehead. Although his soul form quickly slapped the empty air, he was now completely like a 3D projection, unable to even touch himself. But he still immediately explained, "Those are not humans, but solidified variant spirits that have undergone a duel ritual."

Li Ge and Xiao Ye: "..."

In that instant, they felt a chill that seemed to rise from the soles of their feet.

Previously, they had always believed that those were humans living with the Morphlings, but now Yilian suddenly said that they were actually Morphlings, only Morphlings solidified after the dueling ritual.

At that moment, they felt an indescribable sense of absurdity wash over them.

"So don't underestimate them. Even though they've lost their Morphling talents and psionic abilities, these Morphlings can still kill trolls with their bare hands using only their physical strength. This might be a small compensation for losing their talents," Yilian added.

Her teammates also know that even without going through that ritual, Yi Lian's physical qualities are worthy of someone of the Longevity Species. So far, no one has been seen who can out-power Yi Lian with a physical body of the same level without using spiritual power. Perhaps only the legendary dragons can do that.

But dragons are naturally much stronger than them.

"Oh no, Valerie's doomed," Li Ge exclaimed immediately.

The conversation between the group in the shadows lasted no more than ten seconds. Then, when they looked out, they saw Valerie seemingly trapped in a quagmire.

Her charge was blocked—or rather, blocked by the solidified mutant sprites.

They blocked Valerie's charge with their bare hands, and then Valerie was horrified to discover that these "humans" were far stronger than she had imagined.

If she were to give her evaluation, it would be a legendary physical body!

Then, she found herself surrounded, and no matter how she tried to break free, she couldn't get a response.

At this moment, the senior who possessed Yilian did not intend to make a move. Perhaps it was because there were too many other variant spirits at the moment, or perhaps he felt that there was no need to use his Noble Phantasm again. So, surrounded by the crowd, he simply watched this scene unfold.

Valerie gritted her teeth.

I'm going to fucking explode against you guys!

So she began preparations, and the Holy Light Pegasus began to expand rapidly, preparing to completely transform into a near-subnuclear level thermobaric bomb here, and explode together with everyone here.

A shadow immediately wrapped around her ankle. Compared to the dense shadow tentacles that had protected Li Ge before, the shadow now seemed incredibly weak, struggling to curl up and tighten.

Upon seeing the shadow, the familiar little water droplet reappeared in the hand of the senior who had possessed Yilian. However, at this moment, he frowned slightly, and the little water droplet in his hand, which exuded a deep chill, did not seem to be thrown out. Instead, he watched as Valerie was swallowed by the shadow the next moment.

The tiny, chilly water droplets dissipated, revealing a mess on the ground, but he calmly said, "There's no need to care about outsiders, the ceremony continues!"

"Boom!" The drum rang out.

The next moment, the group arrived at the beach.

The entire ocean seemed to be under their control, parting completely in front of them, revealing an underwater passage covered with seaweed and algae.

The underwater passage stretched forward until it reached its end, tens of kilometers away, hundreds of meters deep, where a colossal statue nearly a hundred meters tall stood proudly.

In the ocean, everything should gradually be corroded, parasitized by barnacles and seaweed, or become a fixed attachment covered with algae and coral. However, the surface of this statue is as clean as ever, and it does not look like it has been soaking in the sea for who knows how long.

A host of Morphlings spontaneously entered the statue. Whether they were young Aqua or mature Morphlings that had become human, they all seemed to sense that ancient instinct, which made them especially devout to the faceless goddess statue.

"Dong!" The drum rang out again, and at that moment, everyone bowed to the goddess statue.

"The ceremony continues, dedicated to the great goddess of love and beauty, the goddess of fertility, the goddess from whom all love and beauty are born..."

……

"She is the goddess who governs fertility, but is also the embodiment of love and beauty. It is said that her original form was a wave floating on the sea, and then she gradually became the goddess she is today." Yilian explained the customs of their mutant elf race.

The four could only crawl like maggots in the shadows underground.

"I'm sorry, I may have occasionally heard of goddesses when I was a child, but I really don't know much about them. After all, when I was a child, goddesses were just local deities that I occasionally heard about from the older generation, so I didn't pay much attention to them."

"And the next time I learned about the goddess was when my senior told me the truth, and I was completely under his control," Yi Lian quickly explained.

“Wait a minute, I also saw statues, a temple to the goddess, and a lot of things related to the goddess. Didn’t you notice these when you were little?” Valerie quickly interrupted.

"Uh, I made all of this in the last few days, oops, it was made by that senior who controls my body..." Yi Lian quickly said.

That's not surprising...

After all, it seems that the Morphlings only experience a generational change of prophets every few hundred years, so for them, the last time such a grand ceremony was probably hundreds of years ago. It's normal that the new generation of Morphlings are unfamiliar with this ceremony.

"So what should we do now? Why did you do this, senior?" Valerie simply shrugged. Yi Lian's body was still under control. If they just slunk away like this, she could foresee that Yi Lian's body would most likely never return.

Using a prosthetic body like a mutated elf, Yilian loses all of her mutated elf talents and has to start all over again from level zero.

Even if Yilian didn't say anything, they wouldn't give up on Yilian's body. After all, although they usually bicker and joke around, this is equivalent to abandoning their good friend's future and only caring about running away themselves.

Yi Lian isn't some otherworldly deity. After being possessed, she would only say things like, "It doesn't matter anymore, just forget about it." She wouldn't openly become a war criminal just because she was possessed.

If given the chance to fight, he'd probably be able to defeat that senior in his sixth Noble Phantasm form.

However, he is now just a soul, weak, pitiful, and helpless. Even though his Noble Phantasm is bound to his soul, he is no longer able to fight.

"How about we send me back to my original body? I want to try to take back my body. I feel like if I don't take it back now, it will be too late. I estimate that after this ritual, my body will be fixed, like a duel ritual..." Yi Lian suggested. He wanted to directly confront his senior on the soul level.

Last time, he was careless and didn't dodge. He needed to warm up before he could unleash his power and was completely outmaneuvered, falling to the ground without any chance to react. This was not what he expected.

So now he wants to avenge his previous humiliation. And it's impossible for that lunatic to use his own body to complete the duel ritual, right? That would be too pathetic. Yi Lian felt like a victim, just like those victims in Li Ge's domain.

"No, you were possessed last time, how can you still think you'll win if it happens again?" Valerie slapped her in the face again.

The last time Yi Lian was too ugly. He was tricked and possessed without doing anything. He didn't even have much memory of the possession period, as if he had just taken a nap.

He wasn't even in a conscious state, let alone fighting back.

"Don't worry, this time there won't be any accidents. After all, it's my body, and I, as the original owner, am always better than outsiders," Yi Lian said.

Xiaoye added, "When that senior borrowed your body, the ability he used didn't seem to be ice or low temperature; it was more like..."

She carefully considered her words and said, "Liquid air, similar to the ability of air in its liquid state to reach temperatures of minus one or two hundred degrees Celsius, is not about controlling ice or simply low temperature. If we were to use a specific term, it would be the complete opposite of your liquid fire: liquid ice!"

"Are you confident you can take back your body? Yilian, will you win?" Li Ge asked.

"We will win!" Yilian declared victoriously after regaining consciousness.

Chapter 220 The Advantage Lies With Me

The group breathed a sigh of relief. What they feared was not the powerful enemy, but the unknown. Now, all of the enemy's abilities and identity were exposed to them.

Now, don't underestimate our intelligence network!

The senior from the magic high school, his Noble Phantasm is suspected to be liquid ice, which is completely opposite to Ripple. It is also possible that his original Noble Phantasm was extreme cold or cooling, but after being assimilated into a mutant spirit, his Noble Phantasm also became liquid ice, which is more suitable for mutant spirits.

Although many questions remain, such as why other adult variant elves lost their psionic powers and racial traits, while the senior was able to retain them.

For example, why was the senior able to use liquid ice directly after possessing Yilian's body...?

Although Noble Phantasms are bound to the soul and are part of the soul, isn't it a bit too overpowered that one can fully use the original Noble Phantasm after directly entering another person's body?

Also, what level of ability does the senior have?

A newly graduated legendary-level? Or... a fourth-tier mythical-level, similar to a member of Juno's elite squad?

"He should only have the strength of a recent graduate. From what I understand, he probably graduated not long ago, or even before, when he and his lover completed the ritual. After the ritual, his spiritual energy and talent were locked, and there's no possibility of any further improvement. At most, his operation and precision will only increase," Yi Lian added, drawing this conclusion from her analysis.

"We will win!"

"Is it possible for him to learn your liquid fire technique?" Li Ge offered his opinion.

Yilian's Noble Phantasm is Mimicry, but while Liquid Fire is an evolution of a Noble Phantasm, it seems to be closer to the abilities of the Morphling Spirit itself.

"This..." Yi Lian was momentarily at a loss for words.

If this senior student can not only manipulate liquid ice, but also liquid fire, then things will get complicated...

Yi Lian also knew that his liquid fire was actually a very talented ability, but he had never been able to develop it. Who knows, this ability that he couldn't develop might become a powerful weapon that could completely crush them in the hands of his senior.

"One more thing, your God's Hand is still on your body and can't be used anymore. That means even if you activate your Noble Phantasm, you can only copy one at most," Xiaoye added, pointing out this detail that others had previously overlooked.

Yi Lian: "..."

Will...will we win?

He felt a little weak.

"Well then, let's not talk about one-on-one fights anymore. Let's go side by side, four against one, and then I'll try to drag the whole thing, soul and body, into my domain," Li Ge said.

Although Yilian says she will win, once her soul is sent back to her body, she will most likely still be able to play the role of an incompetent husband.

After all, their enemy this time was actually a senior from over a hundred years ago. They never imagined that one day they would have to go to such lengths to kill their senior...

It can only be said that fate is unpredictable; they have essentially come to clean house.

……

At the same time, the sea cracked open, turning into an underwater canyon. A group of morphed elves strolled through what was once the seabed, heading towards the location of the goddess statue.

Everyone was chanting something, and no one knew what the adults were chanting. Meanwhile, the little water-ball-like mutant sprites followed their adults curiously, excitedly watching everything in the sea.

The parted seawater even made the fish swimming upstream feel as if they were being blocked by construction. The little water-like morphing sprites might even be happy, turning into the fish, shrimp, crabs, and all sorts of strange animals in the water walls around them.