Heimat der Spirituosen

Kapitel 13

"Then what exactly do you want! Who's going up there?!" Lou Lifan roared.

"You!" The four awake men pointed at him in unison.

"..."

silence……

silence……

silence……

"I'll kill you all!!"

"Waaaaaahh ...

"Hey... when are you guys going to stop fighting...?" The noise intensified, dust billowed, and Tang Xin was left standing there, floating forlornly. "If all students were like you, when would my teaching ever end...?"

His body suddenly trembled violently, as if something was trying to break free from him. His expression changed slightly, but he quickly smiled again.

“Don’t think you can beat me…” he muttered. “So what if you’re a Special A-level? If you don’t know how to use it, you’re just a pile of junk! Just wait, when they’re done fighting and remember you, then we’ll talk.”

Lou Lifan grabbed each of them and beat them up, but because Tian Jin was a girl, he couldn't bring himself to do it. So he took his revenge on the others. Only then did he feel a little better, and he left the corpses scattered on the ground and went to Tang Xin's side.

"Isn't there any other way besides this?"

"Of course there is..." Tang Xin still had that lonely expression, which was understandable. This was the first time someone had gone off to play without him around... (Hey! Is he even playing?!) "I wasn't going to tell you guys, but if I waited until you guys finished playing, I was definitely going to die of loneliness..."

Just like his father, he can't stand seeing poor people living well.

"...However, if any of you kisses him, everyone can leave. But if the test is changed, you'll have to pass it one by one! Are you sure you don't want to consider the first method?"

A faint glimmer of hope shot into the eyes of the others, but it was instantly extinguished by Lou Lifan's icy gaze.

"Absolutely not considering it!"

"Alright then!" Tang Xin sighed deeply, and said with great regret and sorrow, "Your second test is... Shikigami combat!"

"Shikigami battle!?" Luo Tianwu and the others began to shout in grief and indignation. Tian Jin remained expressionless, while Lou Lifan's expression changed slightly.

Shikigami combat is a type of fighting. Since shikigami absorb the power of their masters, the greater the master's power, the stronger the shikigami. People often use shikigami to fight each other, and there are also formal fighting competitions. However, ordinary people cannot summon shikigami in their dreams, because a person in a dream is a spirit, or rather, a "true form shikigami." One shikigami cannot control another; this is the "law" of this world. Only those with sufficient power can modify this "law" within a certain range; ordinary people shouldn't even think about it.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not having your shikigami fight each other. I believe no one here will be able to summon shikigami in their dreams before graduating. I mean, I'm having you fight against my shikigami, or 'shikigami battle' for short, understand? ^^"

"What--------------------!!!!"

If he can summon shikigami in his "dreams," it means his abilities have reached the point where he can modify the "laws." Even graduates from Byte University might not be able to reach this level, let alone these newbies who have just entered the school!?

“If you disagree with my proposal, I’ll kill you all! Hmph…” He became even more smug after successfully noticing that their faces had all turned bluish-black. “Either kiss him or fight, whichever you choose!”

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"…………Fighting…… ...

"……"

After receiving a clear answer, a pentagram pattern with an inner diameter of about twenty meters suddenly appeared on the ground, its light so bright it was blinding. The light enveloped the six people, and within it, one could clearly feel the change in the "laws"—not the laws of the "dream," but the laws of the "real world" outside.

Tang Xin's voice rang out from the outside: "Today we'll be using an elimination system. I originally planned to use six shikigami to fight you, but since you're all newcomers, I'll only use three today. Whoever loses will be eliminated from the pentagram barrier, and the next person will take their turn. The last one remaining is the winner. The order can be changed at any time, as long as you're qualified. But you're not allowed to leave the stage midway through. Understand?"

"Understood." Only Lou Lifan answered; the others lowered their heads and remained silent.

Three shikigami…three…even though we've cut the number in half, it's still too many! Luo Tianwu and the others have no experience in shikigami combat because they don't even have any shikigami! They know absolutely nothing about shikigami fighting styles, fighting habits, etc., and are now regretting their actions and feeling a chill run down their spines…

Tian Jin stood there for a while, then squatted down and drew some incomprehensible symbols on the ground with her finger, seemingly calculating something while muttering to herself. Tang Xin looked thoughtful when he saw what she was drawing, but he quickly smiled and nodded slightly.

"Since that's the case...then, first shikigami, Qianjiao Baimei! Come out!"

Except for Tian Jin, who remained motionless and squatted on the ground calculating, everyone else was ready for battle and on high alert.

But... "A Thousand Charms and a Hundred Beauty"? What a strange name! What will this first shikigami look like? A poisonous spider? Or an eight-legged octopus? Or perhaps...

Thick smoke and dust suddenly billowed up within the barrier, filling the air with a white mist that obscured everything. Those standing were choked, sneezing and tearing up, but Tian Jin, who was crouching down, remained unaffected by the smoke and dust, continuing to work on her problem.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, a slender figure approached them from the center of the barrier. The figure was so elegant, so alluring, its every step trembling, so unsteady; it was by no means the image of an eight-clawed monster…

Closer, closer, even closer...

"HAI~~~ Hey handsome guys, how are you all? Hehe ...

Except for Lou Lifan, who barely managed to stand, everyone else who was seriously preparing for battle fell to the ground.

That wasn't an octopus at all, nor was it a monster. It was a stunningly beautiful woman with long, wavy blonde hair, an unusually "magnificent" chest, a waist so slender that any man could wrap his hand around it, and wearing a sexy, tight-fitting leather outfit!

"Guys~~ Who will be my 'battle' today?" The blonde foreign beauty blinked her long-lashed eyes, giving him a super-charming look that instantly made several people dazed. When she uttered the seemingly normal word "battle" in a suggestive tone, some of them already had nosebleeds.

Lou Lifan stared at the beautiful woman for a long time, then turned to Tang Xin, who was laughing so hard she was almost cramping outside the barrier, and asked, "What... is this?"

Tang Xin mimicked the beautiful woman's captivating eyes and winked: "Hehehe... Can't you feel it? It's a shikigami, isn't it~~~"

"Shikigami..." Lou Lifan really wanted to punch him. "Who uses something like this as a shikigami! You didn't just raise this thing to play tricks on other people, did you!"

"What if I said yes?" Tang Xin smiled innocently.

"..." Lou Lifan turned his head, thinking to himself that this brat really was related to that perverted principal by blood...

The beauty's captivating eyes were indeed powerful; before she even blinked a few times, people were already drowsily drifting towards her.

That was Gongye, the worst of the six. His "talisman" was inherently unstable, making him extremely vulnerable to temptation. He walked unsteadily to the beauty's side, drool practically dripping from his mouth, and opened his arms wide.

"I'm coming, baby~~~~~"

The beautiful woman opened her arms wide: "I'm here, darling~~~~~~~~"

The two embraced like long-lost lovers...

Luo Tianwu and the others lowered their heads, unable to bear to look at Gongye's miserable end...

Five minutes have passed...

Ten minutes have passed...

Fifteen minutes have passed...

Huh? Nothing's happening?

When I looked again, they were still hugging each other, not moving at all.

Su Jueming clicked his tongue in envy: "Look at them...tsk tsk...so fast...but why haven't they moved for so long?"

Luo Tianwu's expression suddenly changed drastically. She took a few steps forward and abruptly pulled Gongye's body apart from behind. There were several long, disgusting tentacles between Gongye and the woman. The tentacles originated from the woman's body and were inserted into Gongye's body at the other end, like centipedes. When they were pulled apart, sticky fluid dripped from Gongye's wounds onto the ground. As soon as they left Gongye's body, the tentacles twisted and disappeared.

Looking at the shikigami's face again, she was no longer female; beneath the golden waves was a black head resembling a snake's head, but her hair remained unchanged, cascading down from behind. Gongye's face was ashen; he had already fainted.

These shikigami are made from snake spirits; the males are called snake men, and the females are called snake women. They are inherently ferocious, but extremely skilled at seduction and disguise. Ordinary people wouldn't use them because they are too dangerous; if not controlled properly, even the caster themselves could be in danger.

"What are you doing!" Luo Tianwu turned around and roared at Tang Xin, "Do you really want to kill him?!"

Tang Xin smiled, her expression unchanged: "Who told you to choose this more difficult path..."

The snake woman, furious that her food had been stolen, bared her sharp fangs and forked tongue, hissing, "Give him...to me..."

It no longer has that smooth, rounded feel; its voice has become extremely hoarse and unpleasant, and it feels utterly disgusting.

Luo Tianwu picked up Gongye and tossed him to Su Jueming: "Catch him! He's been poisoned! Quickly, have Le Sui cleanse him with water!"

Su Jueming stretched out his hands, and Gongye landed precisely in his arms in a parabolic arc. Su Jueming placed him on the ground, and Le Sui extended a finger and placed it on Gongye's forehead. A white light emanated from the fingertip, and a small jet of water sprayed out in a ring from the light, rinsing Gongye's wound, which was still oozing mucus from the tentacle piercing through it.

"Gongye is disqualified!" Tang Xin shouted gleefully. "Next up is Luo Tianwu! Snake Woman, devour him!"

The snake woman nodded obediently to Tang Xin, then suddenly opened her blood-red maw at Luo Tianwu, who was not yet prepared.

It could only be described as a gaping maw; its lower jaw was almost touching its chest, while the upper jaw formed an angle of over 180 degrees with the lower jaw. Its sharp teeth and long tongue were clearly visible, and one could almost see the skeletons of the people it had devoured through its wide-open throat...

It bit down on him, its body darting out at an almost invisible speed as it attacked. Luo Tianwu was about to dodge to the left or right when he suddenly remembered that Le Sui and the others were healing Gongye behind him. If he retreated, the three of them, who were completely unprepared, would face the snake woman directly!

Countless thoughts raced through his mind in an instant. Finally, he lowered his body, assumed a horse stance, and prepared to meet the snake woman's attack.

"Heavenly Dance--------------!"

Aiming at the snake woman's throat with swift movement, Luo Tianwu rapidly circulated his spiritual energy, gathering it in his hands. With a bang, his hands emitted a red light about half a meter in diameter: "Explosive Curse!"

Where the red light touched, a large number of crackling electric sparks were emitted. The snake woman screamed in pain, her momentum slowed down, and her body rose three or four meters high. Countless electric sparks crackled around her body, and in an instant, she was completely restored to her original form from head to toe. She was actually a giant python seven or eight meters long!

Having revealed its true form, it could no longer speak, but stared ferociously at the person who had caused it so much pain, making disgusting hissing sounds and drooling thick saliva.

Luo Tianwu was dumbfounded.

When his Explosion Curse was used on ordinary monsters and ghosts, it would spread throughout their bodies with crackling lightning and eventually explode! But this snake woman not only did not explode, but she was also unharmed; she was simply forced back to her original form.

His desperate attempt at this tactic only resulted in one thing—it enraged it!

The snake woman raised her head high again and opened her mouth to pounce on Luo Tianwu. This time, she slammed down with all the force of her millstone-sized head. No matter how capable Luo Tianwu was, he could not withstand this attack. As the snake woman attacked, he leaped to the left at top speed, and the snake head slammed into the ground with a loud bang. When it looked up again, a crater more than half a person's height had appeared in the ground.

Luo Tianwu swallowed hard, slowly backing away... He felt something behind him... He didn't dare turn around, but reached out and touched it—it was a protective barrier! In other words, he had retreated to the very end!

The snake woman's oval head, with its two eyes resembling slimy tadpoles, stared fiercely at him, and her massive body slid towards him without hesitation.

Hiss--Hiss--……

Luo Tianwu swallowed again, muttering, "I'm still young... I still have so much potential... I've never been in a relationship... I don't want to die!!!"