Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 245: Tang Sect Hidden Weapons

What a lunatic!

Although the Prince appeared calm and collected on the surface, she was actually panicking inside.

She currently had no combat ability to speak of.

Back then, just Jialan alone had been enough to give her a hard time, and Winter's strength was likely far above Jialan's.

The Mirror Kingdom had collected data on most of the true-transmission disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect who had taken action.

Winter's last recorded action was freezing the Heart Image Remnant single-handedly, casually creating a massive celestial phenomenon.

As for her last formal battle, it dated back to facing Iris in Beihai.

It was almost a textbook example of effortlessly fighting a stronger opponent, a classic case of a Seedling toying with a Blooming.

Although the fight ended in a draw, according to the Mirror Kingdom's system calculations, Iris only had a chance of winning if she activated her Mental Landscape.

And this was during her Seedling period, where she almost achieved a crushing victory over a Blooming.Now, Winter had already stepped into the Blooming realm...

[Correction: It is Blooming Peak Great Perfection. She may have already stepped into Lush Leaves. More data collection is needed. However, regardless of the level, she is a destructive-level opponent for Your Highness. Would you like to surrender?]

The Prince let out a laugh, about to mock the suggestion.

But when the bone-chilling cold wind hit, a thin layer of ice covered her body, making it hard for her to laugh.

Winter's control over ice could be said to be masterful. She could even control its temperature, forming a thin, dense layer over the skin's surface through a fine spatial barrier. It restricted movement without causing frostbite.

However, if she moved recklessly and touched this thin ice layer, a sharp, stinging pain would follow.

The sensation was so intense it was hard to tell if it was from frostbite or a burn, and it hurt like hell...

[Suggestion: I can provide you with over a dozen different surrender methods to choose from. Raising both hands, kneeling and kowtowing, dancing, or lying down like a cat exposing its belly, etc. I strongly recommend lying down like a cat and exposing...]

How boring. It's not like the other party is Simo Tu, what's the point?

"What do you want with my marriage certificate with Simo Tu?" However, who was the Prince? Even in such a critical moment, she remained calm. "Since when has the Azure Cloud Sect had so much free time?"

"Your Old World Alliance is currently riddled with traitors everywhere."

Winter walked forward step by step, ice lotuses blooming with each step. "Your marriage alliance with Simo Tu, your cooperation with the New Witch Association... many in the Old World have quite a few opinions."

The coldness, originally only in the surrounding environment, now invaded her heart.

"Most importantly, many people are unwilling to see your marriage alliance with Simo Tu succeed. Some don't even want this matter to spread too widely."

A list of potential candidates flashed rapidly through the Prince's mind.

The various Old Worlds, and... the Witch Association itself.

There were far too many people who didn't want her to marry Simo Tu. But the important thing was...

The ones who could truly threaten her and possibly sabotage her marriage alliance with Simo Tu were only a handful.

And they were all figures she deeply feared.

"So, his marriage certificate cannot be entrusted to your Azure Cloud Sect for safekeeping."

By the time Winter stood before her, those ice-blue, snowflake-like eyes were calmly and appreciatively examining her. "To ensure the final success of your marriage alliance."

The Prince took a deep breath, feeling her internal organs begin to freeze. "The reason? Your reason for helping me?"

"This is not cooperation with you. It is the result of cooperation with Simo Tu."

Winter reached out and gently lifted her chin.

For the Prince, this was the first time someone had examined her with such a scrutinizing gaze. However, she merely looked back coldly and proudly into those ice-blue, snowflake-like eyes, showing no fear. "You do have some of the bearing of my Mirror Kingdom bloodline."

Bingtang, who had been observing the situation, was slightly taken aback for a moment, then chuckled. "Is that so? That's quite surprising."

She inwardly praised the Prince's unyielding spirit.

No wonder the Sect Master was willing to get engaged to her.

This stubbornness and pride did overlap somewhat with that legendary lady, Nalan Yanran.

I wonder if she would also, like Miss Nalan Yanran...

Refuse to regret it until the very last moment?

"Abandon the Azure Cloud Sect and come under my command, how about it?" The Prince proactively leaned forward slightly, not yielding an inch, showing signs of a confrontational stance. "I can give you benefits that Shion cannot. Whatever you desire, my Mirror Kingdom will spare no effort to obtain it for you. With my Mirror Kingdom bloodline, I grant you the title of 'Peer Prince,' to rule the world together!"

Winter smiled slightly, speaking as if teasing. "Then, can the marriage contract with Simo Tu be shared with me as well?"

The Prince faltered, actually hesitating for a few seconds.

[Warning: As a precise political machine, your hesitation and contemplation no longer conform to...]

The Prince muted the system's voice and continued, "I naturally don't mind, not at all. However, it depends on Simo Tu's own wishes. He and I are allies; I have no right to make decisions for him."

"So, can you give me the marriage certificate first?"

"Apologies, no one carries such a useless thing around with them at all times."

That was a lie.

The marriage certificate was in the left pocket inside her clothes.

Of course, it wasn't because the Prince-sama valued the marriage certificate highly. It was simply to be able to produce it at any time to prove her relationship with Simo Tu and ensure Simo Tu's loyalty.

[Warning: Abnormal changes are occurring in certain parts of Prince-sama's brain. An unknown ability is invading Prince-sama's consciousness center...]

The Prince suddenly looked towards the girl being held by Bingtang's hand.

Four-leaf clover-like pupils, then a sweet smile directed at her.

However, as those four-leaf clovers seemed to rotate, the Prince felt her consciousness gradually begin to blur...

[Initiating Emergency Mode!]

The Prince struggled for a moment, lowered her head, took a piece of paper from her pocket, and handed it over. "Here... it is..."

The moment Winter's fingertip touched the paper, she tilted her head slightly.

All the ice contracted in an instant!

The magic and power emanating from Winter reversed in a flash!

Freezing those snowflake-like pupils and the four-leaf clovers together.

The Prince once again slapped the emergency escape button beside her. After dragging things out for so long, she finally managed to press the button successfully!

The moment she escaped from the mirror space, countless mirrors shattered, and the space rapidly began to collapse!

Then, an ice dragon roared as it burst out from the shattered space, lunging to bite her!

[Spatial Jump Preparation Complete!]

"Transfer!"

A one-second gap. The instant before the ice dragon's bite landed, the Prince's surroundings suddenly changed!

Having jumped back into the Mirror Kingdom's internal space, the Prince fell to the ground. The ice layers on her body shattered with a clatter. Shivering, as she got up, she subconsciously pulled out her marriage certificate from her pocket.

Only after confirming it was fine did she let out a slight sigh of relief.

Without this certificate, she wouldn't be able to continue utilizing Simo Tu later, and her plans would be hard to advance...

[Initiating lockdown of Mirror Kingdom. Current safety assessment: High.]

Slowly getting up from the ground, the frozen Prince sneezed, then supported herself against a nearby mirror pillar to stand.

"Hah, the Azure Cloud Sect... the Azure Cloud Sect is nothing special."

The Prince inhaled sharply. "I'll let Simo Tu know who is the truly worthy partner to cooperate with..."

[Warning: Certain parts of Prince-sama's brain have undergone abnormal changes. Cognitive impairment may occur. Please conduct more detailed inspections and comprehensive elimination.]

"How long will it take?"

[Unknown.]

Taking a deep breath, even though it was confirmed she had been affected and her brain had undergone changes, she still carefully considered the current situation.

"Although I suffered a bit, the Azure Cloud Sect's overreach has let me learn about some of the Old World's ambitions. It serves as a warning for me..."

Whether they did it intentionally or not, it was good for her and the Mirror Kingdom.

Later, she must conduct elimination and cleanup. Otherwise, her position being exposed would be far too dangerous.

"Initiate a complete lockdown of the Mirror Kingdom. Prepare to implant the Alice function for me."

[Warning: You are non-combat personnel...]

"I said, I want to achieve Full Bloom personally." The Prince sat down leaning against the mirror surface. She looked at the crystal pillar sealing the Crown opposite her, her own somewhat disheveled reflection visible in the mirror.

"I want to eliminate the traitors with my own hands. During the time I'm conducting the investigation, send the currently available sixteen Alices to the Old Worlds with higher suspicion levels to gather evidence."

[Received.]

"And send the current Old World intelligence to Simo Tu..."

[Warning: In your current state where your brain may be undergoing abnormal changes, please minimize issuing further commands. Otherwise, you may have already fallen under the other party's influence and stepped into a trap.]

A flash of anger surged but was immediately suppressed by the Prince.

"Revoke the previous commands."

The Prince touched her head.

"How annoying."

The Prince's red pupils blurred, reflecting a four-leaf clover, then filled with a bit more disgust. "Magic that can alter consciousness..."

...

Inside the already collapsed mirror space.

Although the Prince caused the entire mirror space to collapse the moment she left, at the center, there was still a safe area frozen solid, never breaking apart.

Bingtang looked at the space around her, frozen into a mirror-like surface, then turned her head to look at Four Leaf, whom she was holding by the hand.

Four Leaf opened her eyes, scratching her head somewhat sheepishly. "Sister Bingtang, she shut down her consciousness. It seems I can't affect her anymore."

"You worked hard." Bingtang patted Four Leaf's head, not particularly surprised. "It seems she still has some capabilities. No need to worry too much then."

Four Leaf nodded. "Her reaction was fast, and she handled it well too. She's a very capable sister. No wonder Sect Master Celestial Being is willing to cooperate with her. But was it necessary for you to come personally, Sister Bingtang..."

"I had to see for myself, who the girl marrying the Sect Master is." Bingtang gently twirled her umbrella, then led Four Leaf as they slowly walked through the twisted spatial passage. The surroundings resembled a transparent corridor of frost. Four Leaf looked around curiously.

Unable to resist, she reached out to touch it. Then, even though it was frozen, the still-sharp spatial fracture grazed her fingertip.

Four Leaf's eyes instantly welled up with tears. She put her finger in her mouth, then, afraid Bingtang would see, secretly wiped away her little pearls of tears.

Bingtang watched with a smile, not scolding her. "On the other hand, what the Sect Master expects is a 'broken engagement' development. If she isn't willing, wouldn't that disappoint the Sect Master? We have to prepare this part for the Sect Master."

"But with just this level of influence, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"It's fine. Prince-sama's current control over the Old Worlds is insufficient. The Witch Association and most Old Worlds actually don't want to see the union of the New Witch Association and the Mirror Kingdom..."

Bingtang thought for a moment, then shook her head. "But this won't affect her much either. She's a girl with considerable pride."

"Yes." Four Leaf also nodded repeatedly, hiding her injured hand behind her back. "The more arrogant a person is, the less they can accept being deceived..."

"So, we can be slightly reassured. As expected of Sect Master, always able to pick the most suitable candidate."

Four Leaf felt a little regretful. "It's a pity we couldn't change the marriage certificate into an engagement contract in the end."

"That doesn't really matter."

Bingtang thought for a moment, pondering. "Hmm, next, we still need to help her successfully complete the plan. If she doesn't attain the Heavenly Fire, paving the way for the Sect Master to explore the Full Bloom Great Dao in advance, then it would be meaningless. I hope she reacts to this reminder. Otherwise, if the Azure Cloud Sect's intervention is too obvious, it might arouse suspicion and displeasure from the Disaster Control Bureau."

Saying this, Bingtang picked up Four Leaf and finally walked out of the shattered mirror space.

Six Leaf, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately ran over happily, clinging to her and asking to be held too.

Bingtang put down Four Leaf, somewhat troubled, muttering to herself in a low voice:

"Hmm, is there a way to get Sect Master to sign a marriage contract again... But it can't be a broken engagement plot either..."

Seven Leaf and Eight Leaf exchanged a glance. Eight Leaf's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Sister Bingtang, Eight Leaf, Eight Leaf has an idea!"

Eight Leaf excitedly raised her big hand:

"We can, we can build a super big Dao Palace for Sect Master, as that, as that... wed, wed..."

"Wedding venue?"

"Yes, yes! Our founding ancestor, an, an..."

Seeing Six Leaf stutter, Four Leaf took over: "It's the [Myriad Laws Balanced Dao Sovereign], who has the [Violet Palace]. The [Mysterious Pivot, Master of Changes Dao Sovereign] has the [Heavenly Palace]. Even our Fruit Position training mentor, the [Soaring Sky, Obscuring Sun True Monarch], has the [Dao Attainment Hidden Mystery Mansion]. Sect Master should also have a big house as his Dao attainment site."

"Right, right! Big house! Six Leaf can make a cake house inside the big house..."

Four Leaf immediately covered her younger sister's mouth and continued:

"Then we can put a bunch of property deeds together with a marriage contract for Sect Master to sign."

Bingtang found it both amusing and felt the two girls had a point. She nodded thoughtfully. "Hmm, but age is a problem. We have to calculate..."

...

"Mister, why did this Grandmaster choose a ten-year Lonely Bamboo soul beast as Bai San's soul ring backup option?"

Along the way, the White Fox, who had been quietly reading, finally couldn't hold back and asked her first question.

Jiang Si was quite pleased.

At least her reading speed had finally picked up.

Before, she would dawdle over a dozen chapters for ages, making it look harder than eating shit.

Jiang Si truly couldn't understand why someone could find reading web novels so painful.

Even when he was in school, studying textbooks wasn't this arduous.

Under his constant urging, the White Fox's efficiency had finally increased, leading to her first question.

"There are two trees planted in front of my house. One is a hundred years old, the other is also over a hundred. They should be more effective than a ten-year Lonely Bamboo."

Jiang Si thought about it. He felt it was probably because the Grandmaster was relatively mediocre and chose a safer option.

But saying that outright would hurt the Grandmaster's cool factor, leading to a loss of immersion later, probably making it even harder to read. So he directly sought help from outside, contacting Xingxuan.

"Ah, would the Grandmaster steer you wrong by choosing a ten-year Lonely Bamboo? If you had listened to the Grandmaster back then and chosen a ten-year Lonely Bamboo as your first soul skill, then if you encountered the Sea God's Nine Trials later, you could just pole vault right over with one jump..."

Very reasonable.

But that's a spoiler. Pass.

"You'll understand his good intentions when you read further."

Jiang Si watched as the expressionless White Fox started reading again and breathed a sigh of relief.

Even for him, defending the Grandmaster was somewhat difficult and heavy.

From the later Ten Great Theories of Soul Masters that everyone knows, to the various abstract choices in cultivating Tang San in the early stages.

And the classic "not reaching level thirty by age fifty"...

It was really hard to open one's mouth to defend him.

One can only say that in the Divine Realm later, not seeing Yu Xiaogang served him right!

If not for Tang San's own extraordinary talent and the hidden weapon profound skills from his previous life...

Being trained by the Grandmaster into the Pure Bamboo Douluo would have been inevitable!

However, he could summarize the Ten Great Theories of Magical Girls for the White Fox. But currently, the theories aren't complete yet; need to wait a bit more. His own theories must be more comprehensive and reasonable...

"We're here!"

Following Yun Ke's shout, the Old Driver slammed on the brakes, executed a sharp drift, parked by the roadside, and smoothly got out of the car. It could be said to be exceptionally cool.

As Yun Ke's Wuling Hongguang stopped, she ran out with a wronged expression, tearfully pointing at a Witch Association member standing at the entrance in the distance. "Director Simo Tu! It's them! They took over my factory!"

That's right. After developing for a few days in North China, this useless subordinate had her factory taken over by the North China Witch Association's regional director.

If she didn't get it back, forget about witch reagents; all the money he had invested would be like throwing it into the water!

Starting from South China, he had poured three Black Gold Cards into this. What Jiang Si wanted was the witch reagent formula. Now that he had Helen, he also planned to have her research a way to transform without using witch reagents.

But now, the North China Witch Association had directly taken over his New Witch Association factory...

Walking at the front, Jiang Si didn't even look. He directly pulled out a pistol he had obtained from Ruo Yun.

The Witch Association guard standing at the factory entrance ahead hadn't even had time to speak. Jiang Si raised his hand, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

A headshot!

The power was greater than expected.

The headless corpse slammed into the wall behind, splattering a brilliant blood flower, as if lying on a splash-ink painting of red.

It even had a certain aesthetic.

Yun Ke and a few New Witch Association members, who had been complaining and muttering, instantly fell silent.

"You all wait here."

Jiang Si glanced sideways at the Old Driver, the White Fox, Yun Ke, and the others.

"I'll call you in a bit."

After thinking for a moment, he called out to the White Fox again. "You, come here."

As the two walked towards the factory entrance, Jiang Si asked, "Do you know why I took action?"

The White Fox walked over and nodded. "Mister, I know. 'Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocrities.'"

"... It's the other side causing trouble."

"Mediocrities who cause trouble will die."

She's even learning to extrapolate now.

"Do you know what this is?"

"A gun, Mister."

"Wrong! This is a Tang Sect hidden weapon!"

The Sect Master just chambered a round in the pistol:

"I'll personally demonstrate for you—

"The power of the Tang Sect hidden weapons, passed down for millions of years!"