Chapter 1550 - 16: Guess What I Did

Chapter 1550: Chapter 16: Guess What I Did

"You want me... to help you hunt down the Black Witch?"

Meilodi looked at Su Xiao in shock, clearly having an existential crisis. From her incredulous gaze, you could tell she had another thought: ’Big brother, what do you see in me? I can change immediately; I don’t want to die.’

Of course, Meilodi didn’t dare say these words outright. From the moment Su Xiao redeemed her until now, she knew Su Xiao was not a good person, belonging to the type who would spill blood with slight provocation.

"That’s right, your abilities are very suitable for hunting witches."

When Meilodi was drunkenly asleep, Su Xiao had already used the Eye of the Apostle to detect her information.

The details are as follows:

Name: Meilodi

Category: White Witch/Human

Life Value: 100%

Mana Value: 2900 points

Power: 26

Agility: 30

Stamina: 72 (True Attributes)

Intelligence: 90 (True Attributes)

Charm: 77

Skill 1, Mind-Body Mobilization (Passive, Level 50): Due to the witch’s special constitution, each increase in Intelligence Attribute also increases Stamina Attribute, both of which are True Attributes.

Skill 2, White Witch (Passive, Level 42): Life Value +500 points, Mana Value +2000 points, Charm +15 points, immune to certain Spiritual Control.

Skill 3, Avatar·Natural Language (Special Ability·First Stage, Level 31): Meilodi can communicate with viviparous animals and command wild beasts as long as it doesn’t go against their nature.

Skill 4, Avatar·Animal Behavior (Special Ability·Second Stage, Level 40): Meilodi can transform her avatar into any form of wild beast, concealing the unique aura of the avatar, greatly reducing the possibility of exposure.

Skill 5, Avatar·Thousand Faces (Special Ability·Third Stage, Level 10): Meilodi can manifest her avatar and attach it to her body surface, thus arbitrarily changing her appearance and temperament.

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Meilodi’s avatar has three abilities, or rather, these are the three stages of witches. Witches have six stages. Although the witch system does not have clear strength levels, they have growth stages; the higher the growth stage, the more this witch has perfected her control over her avatar.

Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean strength; it depends on the avatar’s abilities. That’s why there are no strength levels among witches, as it would only cause misleading effects.

First-tier witches have just awakened and can initially use their avatars, like Meilodi’s ’Avatar·Natural Language’ ability, which is the ability of a First-tier witch. First-tier witches cannot freely operate their avatars and can only use the passive abilities of their avatars.

Second-tier witches can initially control their avatars, transforming them and externalizing energy.

The third tier is the most important stage for witches, where they manifest their avatars, allowing them to become tangible entities. Meilodi and Isa belong to third-tier witches, although their combat strength cannot be compared.

Fourth-tier is about fusion, the fusion of the avatar with the witch. Su Xiao hasn’t seen a witch at this stage. Who knows what monstrous thing will appear after a witch merges with her avatar.

Fifth-tier witches begin to differ; they completely fuse the avatar within themselves. Elemental witches like to manifest their avatars into certain objects. If they completely fuse with their avatars, they are the first to die when absorbing elements.

There is only one Sixth-tier witch: Dark Raven. Short-lived, powerful, with unknown specific abilities.

Awakening, control, manifestation, fusion, complete fusion, this is the growth path of all witches. Most witches get stuck in the second stage. Third-stage witches are not uncommon but not rare either. Fourth-stage witches are extremely rare, usually found only in the southern part.

As for Fifth-tier witches, they rarely appear. Based on known intelligence, there are very few Fifth-stage witches on Dark Raven Continent, one of whom was slain by a Third-stage elemental Black Witch about 300 years ago.

Clearly, the combat strength of that Fifth-stage White Witch wasn’t impressive, like a scientist fighting with a warrior. No matter how authoritative the scientist is, the warrior is obviously stronger in terms of force.

Due to this event, the witch’s strength ranking collapsed, with a Fifth-stage White Witch slain by a Third-stage Black Witch. Such tier-based comparisons are completely misleading.

Meilodi is a Third-stage witch; her abilities encompass three types: communicating with small animals, transforming her clone into small animals, and changing her own appearance and temperament.

With Meilodi’s combat efficiency, she wouldn’t stand against a First-tier elemental witch; even if confronted with a First-stage elemental witch, she would turn and flee. Personality determines combat effectiveness; those unsuitable for combat remain so even when awakened as witches.

Su Xiao proposed Meilodi join him in hunting witches firstly because Meilodi’s combat strength was low, easy to control, and secondly because she herself is a witch. Her understanding of other witches is far superior to others.

"That’s impossible. Didn’t you see at the city gate earlier? I was genuinely surrendering then; those soldiers could really kill me..."

Before Meilodi could finish her words, Su Xiao stood up and grabbed her face with one hand.

"What are you doing?"

Meilodi looked at Su Xiao puzzled. Su Xiao was determining whether she was using transformation abilities. After a series of checks, he found Meilodi wasn’t using transformation abilities.

Su Xiao finally understood why Meilodi dared to impersonate big shots. As long as she passed the city gate inspection and successfully entered the city, she could use her transformation ability to turn into that big shot’s appearance and start her deception.

As for why she didn’t use it before entering the city, the reason is simple. If she dared do so, she might be shot dead before even entering. If Meilodi used her avatar at the gate, those soldiers wouldn’t waste words and would shoot immediately.

"Guess what I did during the 8 hours and 16 minutes you were asleep."

"Eh?"

"You wouldn’t want to know. Wait here, dare leave the hotel, and A Mu will break your neck immediately."

Su Xiao stood up, stretched, and walked out of the room. He was heading to the Holy Healing Church.

"Wait, what did you do while I was asleep?"

Meilodi’s breath hastened. With Su Xiao’s reminder, she had already noticed the ’strangeness’ in her body.

"Just planted a few bombs for you."

"Bom... bombs, inside here?"

Meilodi pointed to her abdomen, and Su Xiao didn’t answer her question and walked out of the room.

Su Xiao placed a bomb inside Meilodi’s chest cavity? Of course not... Given a witch’s perception force, if an Alchemy Bomb were placed inside them, they would definitely sense it.

Su Xiao simply didn’t put one; this is the safest method. As long as Meilodi can’t find a bomb in her body, she won’t dare to escape at will. The unsolvable part is, there’s no bomb inside her, and she can never find it unless she gets someone to slice her body.

Inside Holy Healing City, the sunset shrouded the entire vast city. The streets were filled with warm tones, appearing quiet and peaceful, with chimneys sending smoke curling up from each household. Most civilians had ended their busy day.

Walking down the street, Su Xiao headed straight for the city center, where the headquarters of the Holy Healing Church was located.