22: Chapter 22 Capture

"Sister Baoer! Look closely!" Mia endured the excruciating pain, pressing her left hand against her wound while bringing her right hand to her mouth, and suddenly ripped open her sleeve with her teeth. "This is your Underworld Coin!"

Feng Baobao's movements stalled, and her nostrils twitched. "This scent? Why is it so similar to Mia's?"

Seizing this brief opening, Mia lunged forward, her legs scissoring toward Xia He's neck. This strike contained all of her rage and her full strength; a flash of white light passed, and the phantom image of a black rose appeared in the air. (New skill learned: Mia Typhoon.)

"It's useless~" Xia He dodged nimbly, her fingers hooking lightly. In the distance, the unconscious Zhang Chulan suddenly began to convulse, pink Qi flames erupting from his seven orifices, and he staggered to his feet, stumbling toward Mia.

Xu San suddenly raised his hand, pulling Zhang Chulan back with telekinesis. "Wait," he pushed up his glasses, "This isn't our first time dealing with Xia He; be careful of a trap."

Seeing this, Shen Chong immediately seized the opportunity, and three talismans transformed into fireballs, attacking Xu San. Xu Si snorted coldly, and the ring on his severed finger suddenly extended a Qi snake, whipping the fireballs away. "Third brother is right," he puffed out a smoke ring, his eyes fixed on Mia's wound, "There's something in her blood."

Only then did Mia notice faint golden specks flickering within the blood dripping from her wound—that was the holy attribute bestowed upon her by the Paradise Lost System merging with the blood of the crimson queen.

"Hmph, discovered, have you?" Xia He's smile became even more enchanting, and she suddenly snapped her fingers.

As if receiving some kind of signal, Zhang Chulan went mad, struggling free from Xu San's restraint and rushing into Xia He's embrace.

Xia He's fingertips caressed Zhang Chulan's cheek, pink Qi wrapping around her arms like ribbons, her lips curving into a seductive arc.

"Chu Lan, is sister's 'Bone Scraping Knife' tasty?" Her voice was so sweet it could almost drip honey, her fingernails lightly tracing his Adam's apple, "Do you want some more?"

Zhang Chulan's pupils were completely overtaken by pink, his breathing chaotic, like a drunken beast, knowing only to greedily sniff her scent, unconsciously murmuring: "Sister Ya'er..."

Mia's expression was icy cold.

"You damn—at least use your own appearance to seduce him!"

Her toes kicked off the ground violently, the earth shattering with a boom, "Capoeira · Dance of the Kamaitachi!" Mia's figure almost turned into an afterimage, her legs sweeping out like blades, the air exploding and whistling!

Xia He giggled, her figure drifting backward, skirt fluttering, her fingers flicking lightly: "Oh my, is the little Cleric jealous?"

"Bone Scraping Knife · Heart-Bewitching Lock!"

The pink Qi suddenly condensed into tangible chains, violently wrapping around Mia's legs like vipers!

Mia snorted coldly, a layer of blood mist suddenly rising from her nun's habit, "Profane Aesthetics · Seven Deadly Sins · Lust!" (Area poison mist conversion, damage increased by 50%), blood-colored radiance instantly erupting along her ankles, shattering the pink Qi chains! Poison mist filled the battlefield.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield.

A harsh sound, like grinding glass, pierced the twilight sky; Feng Baobao's kitchen knife forcibly scraped away a circle of talismans from Shen Chong's hands. The gaze beneath Shen Chong's glasses was exactly like a viper ready to strike, "Feng Baobao, do you dare to provoke us Quanxing just by yourself?"

Xu San's telekinetic field instantly opened, and the surrounding shattered stones and broken branches all levitated, bombarding them like a rainstorm: "Then what about adding me? Can you represent Quanxing? An organization without a formal leader?"

Xu Si grinned with a cigarette in his mouth, a stack of strange black talisman papers held between his fingers: "Old Shen, you're an intellectual outsider, why are you hanging out with this bunch of crazy women? Letting Xia He be your boss, tsk, have you been pent up for too long?"

The corner of Shen Chong's eye beneath his gold-rimmed glasses twitched, but before he could speak, Lv Liang's "Minghun Technique" had already suddenly activated, blue soul threads shrouding Xu San and Xu Si like a spider web!

"Third brother! Watch out for soul attacks!" Xu Si retreated violently, flicking his hand, and the black talismans burned into pale white flames, making Lv Liang's soul chains sizzle!

Meanwhile, the battle between Mia and Xia He had already reached a fever pitch!

"Bang—!"

Mia swept out a roundhouse kick, the "Nail of Longinus" on her leg ring tearing through the air bone-chillingly, bringing a blood-colored gale straight toward Xia He's face!

Xia He tilted her head to dodge, but several strands of hair were cut off; instead of retreating, she advanced, pressing in close, her five fingers like claws, suddenly grabbing toward the cross on Mia's chest!

"Your cross... is strange!" Pink Qi condensed at her fingertips, "Bone Scraping Knife · Seducing Bones, Eroding Marrow!"

"Get lost!" Mia retreated violently, her left leg angling from bottom to top, striking fiercely toward Xia He!

However—

Xia He didn't dodge or evade at all, a hint of cunning flashing in her eyes, allowing the heavy blow to strike her shoulder; though she spat out a mouthful of clotted blood, the arc of her lips became even more sinister.

"Caught you."

The next second, Mia's body suddenly stiffened—the heavy-cannon-like strike hadn't seriously injured Xia He, but instead had been eroded by a touch of pink Qi!

"Bone Scraping Knife · Lust Backlash!"

Mia's brain shook violently, the succubus blood within her body boiling uncontrollably, burning desire raging along her blood vessels like venom!

"Tsk, little Cleric, as long as I increase the amount of Qi output, you're not completely immune to sister's power, you know; you've lost." Xia He licked her bloodied fingertips and flicked them lightly, "Chu Lan, sister is going to take good care of you now~ ♬"

"Stop!" Mia gritted her teeth, forcibly suppressing the boiling desire within her, and suddenly reached out to grab the cross, "Touch him again, and I'll detonate the exotic arts within me; you won't get anything!"

Shen Chong's brow furrowed slightly: "Are you sure?"

Mia sneered: "You're capturing Zhang Chulan just for the Qi Body Source Flow, aren't you? Let him go, and I'll come with you!"

Xia He narrowed her eyes and suddenly laughed: "Interesting, then I'd like to see... how long you, this little Cleric, can hold on?"

She extracted the Qi from Zhang Chulan's body, and Zhang Chulan, like a toy that had lost power, fell to the ground face-first.

The pink aura instantly eroded Mia's body, and she soon lost consciousness.

Xia He had already taken the unconscious Mia hostage and retreated toward the van. Her fingertips traced her neck, her whisper filled with seduction:

"What a pity... such a strong trump card, yet you fell into my hands for the sake of a little guy."

The group from Quanxing went on their way.

Feng Baobao wanted to chase after them, but was stopped by Xu San using telekinesis, "We've already tracked their hideout; we can't cause too much of a commotion in the school."

In a dark basement, iron chains locked Mia's hands and feet.

"Has Shen Chong left?" Xia He asked casually.

Lv Liang spat, "Yeah, just left. I've gained some experience, too; this is the first time I've encountered a constitution against which the Minghun Technique is ineffective."

Xia He sat in front of her, her fingertips lightly brushing her cheek: "I heard you're a Cleric, so... the 'Bone Scraping Knife' must be especially delicious to you, right?"

Mia gritted her teeth in silence, but the next second, Xia He's fingertips pressed violently against her collarbone, "Bone Scraping Knife · Prison of Bliss!"

The pink Qi burrowed into her blood vessels like vipers, instantly igniting her nerves!

Mia let out a muffled groan, her body trembling violently, the shoulder straps of her nun's habit already soaked through with cold sweat.

"Scream, why aren't you screaming?" Xia He chuckled softly, her other hand gently stroking her leg ring, "Your legs are beautiful; Chu Lan must like them very much, right?"

Mia raised her head violently, her eyes scarlet as fire: "You... will definitely regret this!"

"Oh?" Xia He chuckled, "Then I can't wait."

However, within Mia's body, the long-sealed blood of the crimson queen was gradually boiling...