Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 660: Transformation of Mana
In a small town somewhere in Europe, two residents were walking back to town after buying bread. Seeing a fire truck roaring past, the wife couldn't help but ask:

"Is this the third time we've seen a fire truck today?"

"Maybe it's the dry winter weather," the husband said absentmindedly, still thinking about the football game that was about to start on TV. "Some wooden houses are just prone to fire."

"Honey," the wife said patiently, "fire safety is no joke. Have you forgotten that you left the gas stove on last month and forgot about it?"

"That's a special case, that's a special case..." the husband muttered.

The two passed by a small church, and loud hymns were heard from inside. The wife couldn't help but be a little dazed. She thought that when she was a girl, her mother often took her to church to attend mass and receive communion, but since she married this ungodly man, it seemed that she had not been to church for a long time.

"Honey," the wife began, "perhaps we should occasionally on the weekends..."

Before he could finish his words, a huge explosion suddenly occurred in the entire church!

The sharp dome was toppled by the internal explosion, and a column of flames shot straight into the sky. Several believers rushed out from the church arch, as if trying to call for help, but were quickly engulfed by the exaggerated golden flames - they overflowed from the victims' mouths, noses, eyes, and ears, hissing like Medusa's venomous snake hair.

The wife sat back in fear, and the plastic bag of bread in her hand fell to the ground. But the lazy husband with a drinking habit suddenly found the courage from somewhere, dragged his wife's arm and pulled her back five or six meters, thus preventing her from being pounced on by the guy with a burning body.

The two men stared blankly at the church and the victims engulfed in golden flames until the firefighters arrived in their rescue vehicles.

Similar incidents have occurred widely across Europe and North America. Because the upper echelons have always claimed that nothing has happened, the people have become increasingly panicked. "Apocalypse" quickly topped the hot search lists of major platforms, and flights to Greenland were sold out - there wouldn't be a fire in the Arctic Circle, would there?

In the square in front of the Palais des Gardes, the current president was surrounded by reporters and media. He insisted before the cameras that "nothing extraordinary had occurred," that "it was just a series of random accidents," and that he would "immediately order a nationwide rectification of the fire department."

This claim was quickly and fiercely refuted by major media outlets, as large-scale church fires are a common occurrence in European countries, and all governments have been secretive about the number of casualties, insisting only that "firefighting measures in old churches have not kept up." It's hard not to suspect that NATO has already reached a consensus on some kind of narrative to cover up a conspiracy that is currently being implemented.

A heated debate erupted at Brussels headquarters. No one had anticipated the widespread negative impact of the Angel of Blessing's death. Some officials attempted to blame the Vatican for failing to provide sufficient intelligence. The Holy See, however, claimed that "never before had such an Angel of Blessing been summoned by the Lord on the battlefield," and in turn held Brussels responsible for the Angel of Blessing's fall. As for retribution against the Sword Bearer of Lu? That was out of the question; everyone tacitly avoided the topic.

Near the Vosges Mountains, Yan Yu killed the remaining two blessed angels, and then checked the remaining Sun True Sword Intent.

It’s okay. I didn’t use the sword light, so the consumption was not too much.

Anna put down her broom and landed beside him, saying in amazement:
"I finally understand why they mobilized the Blessing Angels. With the absurd power of your sword, even eighty or ninety angels wouldn't be able to suppress you."

"Do you know how powerful I am?" Yan Yu sneered, "Behave yourself in the North, or I'll go straight to Amur."

"When have I ever been dishonest?" Anna raised her eyebrows slightly and suddenly leaned forward to say, "In terms of combat ability alone, you are indeed the best in the world. I just don't know if your other abilities are as powerful and sharp as your sword light... I'll confirm this after we return to Jinling."

Yan Yu was suddenly shocked, but said:

"Why is your mind full of dirty shit all the time? It's because you have so many devious thoughts that your strength is improving so slowly! If you keep on being so unmotivated, I'll remove you from the list of contenders for my girlfriend position!"

Anna was so angry that she gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, "So I'm not even a competitor for your girlfriend now, I can only be considered a candidate competitor?"

She glanced at Mei Yingxue who was still observing the formation and suddenly asked:

"Your taste is distorted, aren't you? You don't like pretty faces and great figures, but are instead interested in those barely passing grade 6 girls?"

"What are you talking about?" Yan Yu immediately denied, "I told you, Teacher Mei is just my colleague!"

"If you like teacher-student romance, it's not like I'm bad at acting," Anna said. "When we get back, I'll play the foreign language teacher, and you'll be the poor student I called into my office to reprimand because of poor grades. I'm going to give you a good spanking with my pointer."

"This isn't a teacher-student issue... You're in heat right now, so you can't reason with me, right?" Yan Yu said impatiently, "How about I give you some time to find a place to clean up before you talk to me? Go!"

"I'm trying to build a good relationship with you, and you insist on using dirty talk with me, right?" Anna retorted, "Wait until I hold the hilt of your sword in my hand, and you'll know how powerful it is!"

While the two of them were arguing and chatting, Mei Yingxue finally finished observing the barrier and said:
"Okay, let's go."

The group set out again, heading north. Compared to the grand ceremony and the "welcome along the way" when they arrived, their departure was quite quiet, and they didn't encounter a single extraordinary person on the way.

Entering the cold Arctic region, Anna suddenly remembered that she had teamed up with Yan Yu to explore the secret realm, but in the end he tricked her and escaped early. She suddenly felt extremely sad.

Last time, he had to find a chance to sneak away. Now he's stronger, and he's not afraid of me forcibly abducting him and keeping him in the North to get married...

Thinking of this, Anna couldn't help but feel sad.

Even though I am the king of the North, my strength is still not ranked among the best in the world.

Now that Yan Yu has become the Sword Master of Lu State, and his power has reached such a level, Lu State will definitely not send him here for marriage. Do I really have to marry into Lu State? I don't think Lu State will agree unless Yan Yu insists on being with me... Nonsense, if I can handle this man, why would I even bother with the Lu State officials?
The more Anna thought about it, the more upset she became. She remained depressed and silent until she returned to Lu Country.

Mei Yingxue had to go to Pingjing first to report on her work, while Yan Yu took Anna all the way south and returned to Jinling to report to Li Weiguo.

In the principal's office, Li Weiguo was not surprised to see Anna. Apparently, he had received information in advance. He invited her to sit next to him and personally made tea for her.

He turned around and quietly pulled Yan Yu aside, frowned and asked:

"Why did you bring her here?"

"She wants to go back to visit her country," Yan Yu said nonchalantly. "I have a good relationship with her, so I asked her to come over and play."

"Then just take her back home. Everyone will turn a blind eye." Li Weiguo earnestly advised him, "The Lord of the Northern Territory is considered the head of state. A public visit to Lu State is considered a state visit, requiring the Ministry of Rites to host a state banquet and the Prime Minister to attend... and yet you bring her directly to my office. What's going on? Do I have the qualifications to entertain her? What will the higher-ups think if they find out?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Yan Yu also realized that he had indeed been inconsiderate. Although he and Anna were very familiar with each other, in Lu Guo's view, Anna was the Lord of the North and the actual controller of the Amur Witch Group. She had to be treated with extreme caution.

Even if the tea in the principal's office wasn't tasty, and Anna was so angry that she reneged on the Northern Territory and tore up the peace treaty, wouldn't that be considered Lao Li's fault? So it's understandable that Lao Li didn't want Anna to come, fearing the risks. "Then I'll take her home?" Yan Yu asked tentatively.

"Hurry up!" Li Weiguo urged in a low voice, but he said, "Oh, Yanyu, you've done a great deed this time, and I don't have anything to treat you. It just so happens that Old Sun said he sent me a box of precious tea. I'll have someone send it to your house when I get it. That tea tastes really good."

"Okay, let's go first." Yan Yu said to Anna, "Let's go."

"You're leaving now?" Anna asked in confusion. "I haven't even had a sip of tea yet."

"What the hell is this tea? Let's go!" Yan Yu didn't say anything, dragged her arm and pulled her up and left the principal's office.

Li Weiguo felt his scalp tingle as he watched this, thinking to himself, do you really not take me seriously?
Forget it, I don’t understand young people’s affairs, just let them be.

Yan Yu brought Anna back to Jinling Villa. The latter looked around curiously and thought that there was no change since the last time she left.

The last time I came here, I was a messenger sent by the Amur Witch Group to seek help, but now I have become the chief witch of the Amur Witch Group...

Going up to the second floor, Yan Yu pointed to a room at random and asked:

"Are you still staying in this room as before?"

"Okay." Anna kept looking around in the corridor and suddenly noticed a sign with "Tang" on the door opposite. "What is that?"

"It's the doorplate." Yan Yu said, "A little girl from the team next door lived here for a while while she was training with Ling Yun. The room was assigned to her, so she put up the doorplate and never took it down."

"Then I want a house number too," said Anna.

"Sure." Yan Yu went to the study next door to get the doorplate and prepared to write. "By the way, what does it say? An?"

"Let's write 'Dai,'" Anna said. "My father's last name is Dai."

"So you are still a Diana, right?" Yan Yu laughed.

After hanging the "Dai" sign on the door, the two walked down the stairs to the living room, just in time to see Mei Yingxue coming in from outside.

Anna's face immediately fell, revealing an aura that kept people at a distance. Mei Yingxue, however, ignored it, or perhaps she didn't even sense it. She simply greeted the two of them:

"Excuse me. I still have some questions about swordsmanship. As we agreed before, I will have to stay here for a while."

"You're welcome." Yan Yu said.

Everyone sat down on the sofa. Mei Yingxue took out a notebook and began to ask questions seriously.

Yan Yu was responsible for relaying Taiyang Zhenmei Jianyi's answer, while Anna was bored and peeling pistachios beside him, secretly observing the expression on Mei Yingxue's face.

...He looked very serious, as if he came here just to ask questions.

Of course, Anna absolutely didn't believe it, judging by her own experience. She was certain the other party must have some ulterior motives, but because Yan Yu was a man of great difficulty, he was trying to hide his intentions by wrapping them in a polite "I want to ask you a question" cover, trying to fish in troubled waters.

Apply what you have learned! I want to apply what I have learned!

After asking all the questions, Mei Yingxue finished taking notes, thanked him earnestly, and then turned back to the guest room on the second floor - she wanted to chew on the key points of knowledge and digest them while the inspiration was still there.

Anna pondered for a while, then suddenly said:
"I have some questions for you, too."

"Please teach me?" Yan Yu asked in confusion. "I'm not a witch, how can I answer your question? Your current fighting style is mainly based on witches, right? The methods used by the Lu cultivators don't really fit in with you witches, so I don't think there's anything I can teach you."

"It's a problem related to the transformation of magic power." Anna said.

The transition from the first great realm to the second is called "Jiedan" by Lu Nation cultivators, and the Rakshasa witch system has a corresponding term, "Яга." It's difficult to translate, but Anna has named it "Mana Transformation," so let's call it that for now.

A cultivator's elixir-forming stage requires a heavenly tribulation, a stage of death with an extremely high mortality rate. The same principle applies to a Rakshasa witch's magical transformation. It's said that once the transformation begins, all bones and muscles in the body gradually melt over the course of several days, and all organs slowly wither away, until the entire person is reduced to a mass of soft connective tissue brimming with pure magical energy.

Then, from this mass of tissue, the body, limbs, head, and various human organs were further differentiated, but these organs were composed of witch magic power rather than flesh and blood. It was said that this "magic transformation" was no less dangerous than a cultivator's tribulation. Firstly, the time span was very long, and secondly, if the transformation went wrong, things like physical deformities, extra limbs, or missing an eye would be considered minor. The most likely consequence was that the mind, spirit, and memory would also be affected, and these were generally incurable.

In her previous life, the Eclipse Queen's transformation into a powerful being went smoothly, so smoothly that it didn't even make the international news. This showed that Anna had sufficient qualifications and experience in this area, and theoretically, she didn't need to make any decisions. However, the matter was of great importance, so Yan Yu patiently listened to her explanation and then asked:

"So, what's your problem?"

"As I said earlier, when my mana transformation reaches the middle stage, I'll transform into a giant fleshy egg," Anna said. "At this point, I'm extremely vulnerable. Even if a child stabbed me with a knife, it would immediately interrupt my transformation. Therefore, the place I choose for transformation must be absolutely safe."

"You want to transcend tribulation here with me?" Yan Yu asked in surprise, "I mean, transform?"

"I hope you can provide me with an anchor for change as I transform," Anna said.

"Hmm." Yan Yu didn't comment. "What exactly do you want to do?"

"First." Anna grabbed his hand and placed it on her soft heart, "You need to get familiar with my body."

"Just like a surgeon performing an operation is familiar with the human body."

(End of this chapter)