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Even though her chest was pierced, Ella only felt as if her hand had been pricked. This strange, misplaced sensation puzzled her.

No, to be precise, it wasn't her hand that was stabbed, but rather... the hand of another body.

Was Ye Xiao's hand pricked? At the same moment, Ye Xiao, who was riding his horse from the harbor area to the north city gate of the city, subconsciously looked at his hand.

It doesn't seem like it...?

Strange... Where is this strange pain coming from?

Ella was somewhat dazed. She felt her body gradually losing sensation, her vision becoming blurry, as if her soul was being pulled away from reality.

Despite being on the verge of death, perhaps because nothing unusual happened on Ye Xiao's side, or perhaps because it felt like a character she was controlling had simply disconnected, she didn't really feel the reality of facing death. Instead, she was just somewhat confused and deep in thought.

Why didn't this body trigger the death rewind?

Since Ye Xiao has become a miracle mage, I, Ella, should also be able to use miracle mage skills.

As she pondered, she felt as if the scene before her was slowly shrinking into a sphere. Perhaps because there was still a body present, her consciousness not only did not disappear, but instead became increasingly clear.

Ella seemed to realize something; she felt as if her soul was squeezed into a straw, slowly being sucked from reality into the outside world.

Her tiny senses seemed to be connected by some enormous consciousness, and when she looked again, the reality that had become a spherical image had become a glass bead floating in her hand.

Hand? Wait, that's my hand?

Ella stared in surprise at what was beneath the "glass bead." Physically, it should have been her hand, but in her own vision, she saw a dark tentacle.

Holy crap! I don't want to turn into a tentacle monster!

Ella gasped, only to find her words echoing in the void as mere murmurs.

The continuous murmurs seemed to tremble the space, stirring the things lurking in the surrounding darkness.

As if she were in a Picasso abstract painting, Ella saw a group of strange, bizarre silhouettes, some of which she couldn't even tell were creatures, flash by in her field of vision.

A turtle without a shell? Two eagles? What are these things??

Confused, she saw that the shadows of other things only flashed by, but a palm-sized, completely white spider emerged from nothingness, its eight legs clinging to the "glass beads" on her tentacles.

When Ella noticed the spider, the spider seemed to notice Ella as well, with eight jet-black eyes on its snow-white body.

"There...is...one more!?"

The other person's voice echoed in Ella's mind, filled with fear and surprise. At the same time, Ella clearly recognized the voice.

"Luna?"

Ella was a little annoyed, her brows furrowed slightly, even though she didn't know if she had brows at all, but she had this feeling anyway.

Looking at the "glass ball" still clinging to her hand, Ella thought of pulling her hand back to slap the damned spider, but the next instant, at the same moment she pulled her hand away, Ye Xiao's consciousness seemed to experience the exact same situation as Ella's just now, as if he was being sucked out of reality by a straw.

She quickly stopped, which allowed her to control Ye Xiao, who was suddenly dizzy and disoriented, and straighten up her body, which was about to fall off the horse.

Ella then realized that her "hand" seemed to be holding more than just the glass bead. As her senses extended outward, she discovered that the surrounding space was filled with countless tentacles.

Endless tentacles intertwined and writhed, forming a colossal black sun. At the center of that black sun, a scarlet eyeball slowly opened, gazing at its surroundings.

What is this? Could this be me? Ella was shocked by what she was seeing.

Only then did she realize why her "One Qi Transforms into Three" technique could only produce two parts.

Because her third body had always been there, it was like it was sleeping, without any sensation or external stimulation, so she was never aware of its existence.

But now, stung by the spider and woke her up in pain, she began to realize that this third body... had been sleeping outside all along?

No, to be precise, this is probably not the "third" body...

Although it was the third to be discovered, in terms of the order of appearance, this body should have been the first. This thing might actually be her true form!?

Ella was speechless. No wonder, since the moon goddess had said "to banish you" instead of "to kill you."

Because from beginning to end, they only treated "Ella" as an incarnation of her.

Once Ella understood everything, she looked at the spider perched on the "glass ball," her scarlet eyes revealing a mocking expression.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Leaving the City

The spider, no bigger than a palm, trembled and flickered several times, but seemed to be restricted and could not sneak back into the shadows.

Ella stared at the other person and, without saying a word, lashed out with a tentacle.

"Get out of here!"

With a soft thud, the white spider fell from the glass bead with a mournful cry, tumbling in mid-air as if there were no gravity.

However, Ella could tell that the spider was not dead, so she immediately manipulated the surrounding tentacles to wrap around it and surround it.

The little spider trembled and tried to escape again, but before it could move, it was tightly bound by a group of tentacles.

The spider's eight sharp legs struggled and trembled, pricking Ella's tentacles and causing a slight stinging sensation.

However, it was of no use; it was instantly crushed into dust by the incredibly powerful tentacles.

The poor spider-shaped moon goddess offered no resistance and was crushed to pieces by Ella's tentacles.

But Ella saw several tiny spiders scurry out of the fat belly that had been flattened by the tentacles, darting and disappearing into the shadows. She didn't know if they were offspring that had suddenly been born before the creature died, or something else, but they all fled too quickly, as if they were no longer in the same space as her, and she couldn't catch them.

Then, the suckers on her tentacles opened up and sucked in the not-so-large spider limb, opening and closing as if chewing it.

A subtle taste wafted from the tip of the tentacle, and Ella couldn't quite describe the sensation—it was probably like eating water spinach?

The void fell silent again, with only the glass bead she held in her palm emitting a faint glow.

"Hmm, how do I get back now..."

Ella pondered, trying to maneuver the tentacles closer to the glass bead, but the glass bead seemed to have a solid outer shell blocking the tentacles from reaching out.

She was hesitant to use too much force, afraid of accidentally breaking it. Although it was unlikely, she didn't dare to try.

She had a gut feeling that if things really got messed up, she would truly become the culprit who destroyed the world.

What can we do then? The "Ella" inside is just gone like that?

Ella was a bit overwhelmed. One of her tentacles had split off into a smaller tentacle that connected to the hard glass sphere. It wasn't hard to tell that the other end was connected to Ye Xiao.

I guess we'll have to find a solution from there...

Ella pondered for a moment, and could only urge Ye Xiao to continue riding at full speed to the outskirts of the city to see how the Seven Stars Society was doing.

With "Ella" gone, Ye Xiao has become her only channel to perceive the current situation.

……

"Ah... but the fact that its true form was originally a clump of tentacles floating outside the real world is still a bit sad."

Feeling his third body's consciousness becoming drowsy again due to the lack of external stimulation, Ye Xiao, who was riding a horse at full gallop, was somewhat speechless.

He first checked his skill tree. He had thought that something had happened to Ella and that the evil god spells he had contracted with Ella would be unusable, but he found that they were still usable.

Furthermore, a new skill tree has been added – "Renata's Web".

It seems that the real contract partner is not the beautiful girl Ella, but the tentacle monster Ella.

Well, actually, that thing should be called Lydia to be precise?

But then, how did I end up becoming this thing?

Looking back now, Ye Xiao realized that the world-destroying witch from his previous life was probably just an incarnation. But how could a wrong incarnation lead to the original being being possessed?

Is this true?

He felt that the more he knew, the more confused he became.

However, he's not too worried about Ella now, since he himself is actually perfectly fine.

Now that things have come to this, Ye Xiao is even more worried about Greta, Li Cheng, and the others, fearing that something might happen to them.

Especially for Brother Li Cheng, I hope the final scene didn't leave any psychological trauma on his good brother.

However, this also made Ye Xiao a little unhappy. Why were there always all sorts of strange and bizarre things targeting him?

All we can do is hope he doesn't catch us. Once he finds a way to connect the tentacles and recall Ella, we'll give those who schemed against him a taste of their own medicine.

As Ye Xiao pondered, he finally arrived at the city gate located in the northern part of Storm Harbor.

"Halt! Who goes there? What are you doing here?!"

When the guards at the city gate saw Ye Xiao riding towards them, they suddenly blocked his path with their halberds.

"Brothers, I have urgent business outside the city." Ye Xiao pulled on the reins in time to prevent the horse from crashing into the guards.

"Martial law is in effect in the city; leaving the city is prohibited. Which gang are you from?"

Seeing Ye Xiao dressed in all black, the guards became somewhat wary.

Martial law? At this time?

Ye Xiao noticed the numerous guards who had appeared at the gate, and then glanced at the messy notices posted on the city wall. Only then did he notice the few lines of inconspicuous text.

"The Seven Stars Guild, an adventurer's guild, slaughtered villages outside the city and conspired with a fake Saintess of Light to assassinate the Earl. They are now wanted throughout the entire Coastal Province."

Where did this mudslinging come from?

"We're asking you a question! Who are you?!" The guards gradually surrounded Ye Xiao, their faces filled with caution.

"Oh, I'm just a traveling merchant." Although Ye Xiao was a little annoyed, he didn't take it out on these innocent ordinary guards. "I have to get to the capital to run a trade business. Could you please let me through, officers?"

"Trading documents?"

"Here." Ye Xiao took out a genuine "fake certificate" from the Tide Merchant Guild from his pocket.

The guard took the document, glanced at it, and then beckoned to the captain of the personal guards beside him, "Sir, this has the Duke's seal on it, why don't you let us through?"

"Are you stupid? No wonder the higher-ups sent me to monitor you bunch of good-for-nothings. The Earl has ordered the city sealed off. Even if the God of Light came, he wouldn't be able to..." The captain of the personal guards, with a roguish look on his face, walked over and, upon seeing Ye Xiao's appearance, suddenly paused. "Wait, I saw you yesterday!"

"Hmm?" Ye Xiao turned to look at the other person and saw the wave-like crest of the personal guard on the breastplate. "Oh, you're from the Malz family?"

"Good thing you know, now you'd better behave yourself... What are you doing..."

Before the guards standing on both sides could even see what was happening, they were splattered with blood.

Ye Xiao sheathed his sword, casually took his identification back from the stunned guard, and then patted him on the shoulder, asking, "How much do you make a month?"

"I...I..." The guard's face was covered in blood, filled with terror, and his tongue trembled so much that it became tied in knots.

The headless body of the captain of his personal guards was still standing in place beside him, blood gushing from his neck like a fountain. The civilians who had been crowding at the door screamed and fled in all directions.

"If there's not enough of this person, just open the door." Ye Xiao pointed his thumb at the standing corpse and said softly, "If you accidentally let a wanted criminal go, the worst that can happen is a fine of some wages. Think carefully about whether it's necessary to stop him."

So, after Ye Xiao's kind persuasion, the guards shakily opened a small gate under the city gate and watched him mount his brown horse and ride away in his black clothes.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Past Epidemics

By the time Ye Xiao arrived at Horn Village, the sun was already close to setting.

Walking the same route again, watching the night gradually fall, Ye Xiao was pondering a question.

Why did the delegation deviate from its original route to the capital and instead come to this remote village?

As darkness fell, scattered lights gradually rose from the farmhouses not far away, connecting with the stars in the sky to form a Milky Way in the night sky.

The scene was indeed beautiful, but the missionary group was not a tourist group. They were eager to find the upper reaches of the Horn River, even traveling in the middle of the night in heavy rain. What was their purpose?

Taking advantage of the dim light, Ye Xiao rode his horse into the village. Being alone, he was not as conspicuous as the investigation team led by Ella, so naturally no villagers came out to greet him this time.

He simply passed a barely noticeable road sign and entered the village's gravel road.

However, to Ye Xiao's surprise, it was only just getting dark, yet there wasn't a single person to be seen on the empty village path. Occasionally, lights were on in the rows of empty houses, but no one could be seen through the windows.

He hadn't planned to linger here, but he knew he would pass through this place on his way to the Misty Forest a few miles away along the Horn River.

But after winter sets in, night falls quickly in Loren. One second you can see half the sky glowing with a purplish-red light, and the next, darkness descends silently.

A light drizzle fell from the sky, and a pale white mist gradually began to envelop the surroundings.

The weather felt damp and stuffy, so Ye Xiao had to slow his horse down the path. Even so, he was following the route he remembered, and there was no reason why it would take so long to cross this small village.

The mist was thick, and after a short while, Ye Xiao could vaguely see the road sign at the village entrance again.

"Playing this again, huh?"

Ye Xiao frowned slightly. Even if he was a bit directionally challenged, he shouldn't have gone around in circles without realizing it.

If it's not due to the influence of mental magic, then it's very likely that some spatial array is at work within this mist.