Versatile Mage: I have 999 talents!

Chapter 162 Laying the Foundation for a Monarch's Rule for a Moment
"You should have told me sooner." Wang Feng gently squeezed the small hand in his palm.

Ye Xinxia's ears turned slightly red, and her voice was barely audible: "I... I just didn't want to trouble you, brother."

Wang Feng shook his head helplessly and squeezed her hand tighter: "Don't waste your time. This plague won't stop until the culprit is dealt with."

"It's mental pollution, right?" Ye Xinxia asked.

"Oh?" Wang Feng raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "You noticed? It seems that not all the teachers at the Parthenon are just seeking fame and fortune."

"How dare you! How dare you slander my Parthenon!" A sharp rebuke suddenly pierced the air.

An old maid with a wrinkled face led two high-ranking Silver Moon Knights charging in aggressively.

"Who is this old witch?" Wang Feng asked casually.

Ye Xinxia nervously tugged at his sleeve: "She was sent by the Great Sage... to supervise my head maid."

"Oh? The foreman—" Wang Feng's lips suddenly curled into a dangerous smile, and his pupils instantly turned into silver light.

Before the Gulan maid could even react, she was sent flying backward as if struck by lightning.

Blood drew a blinding arc in the air as she crashed into the distant ruins like a puppet with its strings cut, raising a cloud of dust.

The two Silvermoon Knights were stunned, their faces turning deathly pale.

Time seemed to freeze for three seconds before one of the knights finally found his voice: "Damn it! How dare you—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was like a fly swatted by an invisible giant hand, flying out along the same trajectory and crashing heavily beside Gulan.

Wang Feng's gaze shifted to the last knight, a chilling smile playing on his lips: "Want to try too?"

The knight shuddered, instantly casting aside all chivalric principles.

"No, it wasn't me! I didn't do anything!" He shook his head frantically.

"Tell your Great Sage and the Temple Mother a message," Wang Feng's voice suddenly turned icy cold. "My Xin Xia disdains the position of Holy Maiden! Moreover, you have broken my promise, so Xin Xia will be taken back by me, Wang Feng!"

"Take your colleagues and get out!"

The angry shout transformed into a tangible mental shock, terrifying the knight to the point of utter panic. He frantically dragged his two unconscious companions away from the quarantine zone, scrambling and stumbling as if a demon were chasing him.

The Silver Moon Knight's hasty retreat quickly disappeared at the end of the street.

"Brother Wang Feng." Ye Xinxia gently tugged at his clothes, her voice soft and sweet.

Wang Feng squeezed her soft little hand and sneered, "Don't worry, they won't let you off so easily."

Ye Xinxia's pupils contracted slightly, then she suddenly realized: "You mean I have something they want?"

"Silly girl, you've finally figured it out?" Wang Feng affectionately pinched her rosy cheeks.

Xinxia's fair cheeks immediately flushed red:
"Actually, I've always found it strange. The Parthenon is full of geniuses, so why was I chosen? The special treatment the High Priestess gave me always seemed rather odd..."

She tilted her head back, her clear eyes filled with confusion: "But what do I, an ordinary person, have that they would want?"

"Well—" Wang Feng was about to explain when his cell phone suddenly rang in his pocket.

The words "Lingling" are flashing on the screen.

"I'll tell you the answer after we've resolved this matter." Wang Feng pressed the answer button. "Now, it's time to meet the mastermind behind this plague!"

……

The prison is perched atop a steep coastal cliff, its dark gray stone walls plunging vertically into the turbulent sea.

Below the cliff, tens of meters high, jagged rocks, like menacing fangs, appear and disappear amidst the waves.

“This is it. The earliest cases appeared in this prison. Inmates’ drug purchase records show that just three days later, the plague broke out throughout Croatia,” Lingling said.

Wang Feng toyed with a crystal-clear bead between his fingers, which was now shimmering with an eerie red light. This was the Condensed Evil Bead, which he had brought back from Japan, obtained casually when he helped Mochizuki Chika rescue Tsuruta.

The Nine Netherworlds have already drained the original evil energy from this bead, and now this empty bead is thirsting for new nourishment.

Although it wasn't very useful to him, who didn't need the Demon type, this bead had the miraculous effect of allowing Dimensional Beasts and Contract Beasts to advance to the Monarch level.

Wang Feng's lips curled slightly as his gaze swept across the entire prison:
The Crimson Demon here, along with the mental pollution that permeates the city, can serve as a sacrifice to lay the foundation for Setsuna's path to becoming a monarch!
...

In the cold, damp prison corridor, a middle-aged prison guard with an unusual expression quickly approached.

"Gentlemen, this way please."

The group followed him through the ordinary prison area and arrived at the steel cell block where serious offenders were held.

Suspicious dark red stains had formed on the rusty iron gate.

"Enough." Wang Feng suddenly stopped. "Where is your master?"

From the very first moment he saw the prison guard, his spiritual power had already seen through everything.

The 'person' in front of me is nothing more than a little red demon in human skin!

'Mogno' slowly turned around, its dark eyes darting around eerily, and suddenly its mouth tore open to its earlobe.
"You'll know when you become my nourishment!"

Its skin began to twitch violently, as if countless maggots were crawling beneath it.
Its black pupils instantly turned blood red, and its aura surged! Several cracks appeared on its head, from which more than a dozen centipede-like segmented tendrils emerged and danced wildly in the air.

Lingling gasped, goosebumps instantly spreading across her arms. Ye Xinxia immediately stepped in front of her, the magical bracelet on her wrist glowing faintly.

"Ugh—" Lingling covered her mouth and took two steps back.

Ye Xinxia immediately stepped in front of her, preparing to activate the [Heart of Water] given to her by Wang Feng.

Wang Feng suddenly scoffed, "So ugly, yet you come out to scare people."

Didn't your mother teach you to pay attention to the appearance of the city?

Before he could finish speaking, crimson flames suddenly wrapped around his right arm.

The raging fire element instantly condensed into a massive fiery fist imprint, hurtling towards the Red Demon with earth-shattering force.

"Fierce Fist - Burning Heaven!"

boom--! ! !
The crimson flames exploded like a raging torrent, completely engulfing the Red Demon.

The twisted monster struggled wildly in the sea of ​​fire, emitting a chilling shriek.

The high temperature caused the surrounding air to distort violently, and even the steel railings began to turn red and soften, emitting crackling sounds.

After the flames subsided slightly, Wang Feng casually tossed out the Condensation Pearl.

The crystalline beads floated in mid-air, emitting an eerie suction force.

The already dying Red Demon, like a tattered rag that had been drained of its life force, was completely sucked into the bead amidst screams.

"Is it over?" Ye Xinxia breathed a sigh of relief, her tense body finally relaxing.

Wang Feng toyed with the glowing red condensed bead in his hand: "The source is solved. Next, we just need to use mind magic to extract the remaining negative energy from the patient's body and pour it all into this bead."

After absorbing the entire Red Demon, the Condensation Pearl was already two-thirds full.

If all the negative energy that has spread out can be recovered, the accumulated energy will be enough for Setsuna to break through to the Monarch level in one fell swoop!

“Let’s go,” Wang Feng put away the beads, took Ye Xinxia and Lingling’s hands, and said, “After we clean up this mess, we’ll go back to Venice.”

(End of this chapter)