A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 403 Digestion is just a side effect; fighting is the real love.

"That doesn't make sense," was Xu Lie's first thought after learning that Xia Mi had digested the corrupted baron. His second thought was, "Could it be that Xia Mi has taken advantage of me again without my knowledge?"
The requirements for corruption are either a decline in thought or a degeneration in life. Xu Lie boasted that his thoughts had not changed, let alone declined. In other words, his life had been corrupted to the point of degeneration by Xia Mi.
Looking back on these days of frequent battles, to call it a decadent lifestyle... well, it certainly is quite decadent.

What is this? The Dragon King Jormungandr got involved, risking his own life to help Fenrir get some benefits?

"Hehehe, hehehe!" Xia Mi was different. Her plan had succeeded. She wrapped herself tightly in the blanket and wriggled around frantically, laughing foolishly as she did so, looking extremely crazy.

After so many days of fighting, Xu Lie and Xia Mi had become completely at ease with each other. Xu Lie patted Xia Mi's butt and said, "Stop wriggling around. Is this how you play the corrupt baron? You call 'fighting' corruption?"

Xia Mi wriggled again, poking her head out from under the covers. Her hair was a mess, like a bird's nest, and the smile on her pretty face couldn't be stopped. Her two moist lips were as red as ripe peaches: "Just tell me if the potion has been digested or not?"

"Hmph, the slow digestion of the potion before was just because I wasn't paying attention. When I truly put in all my effort, the speed of my advancement would frighten even myself!"

Xu Lie patted him again, annoyed. He looked at the Dragon King, who had become arrogant again after waking up. He was no longer the cowardly Dragon King who had begged for mercy last night. He had no memory of the beating. Only his eyes still gleamed with cunning.

Now that things have come to this, Xu Lie finally understands. He originally thought that Xia Mi had developed a taste for battle and was very fond of it, but it turns out that Xia Mi had been using these battles to digest the magic potion.

Xu Lie carefully reviewed the past week's 'battle' and realized that he had indeed been too immersed in the gentle embrace of love. Xia Mi's quick digestion was quite reasonable: "Get up and change your clothes, then go downstairs and get something to eat."

They were so engrossed in the battle that they had only eaten two meals a day for the past few days, though they had drunk plenty of water. They couldn't continue to degenerate like this.

"Huh?" Xia Mi was a little stunned. She subconsciously reached out from under the covers and grabbed Xu Lie: "Um, how about another round before dinner?"

"..." Xu Lie couldn't hold back any longer. Faced with the insatiable Xia Mi, he began to doubt his previous judgment: "Didn't you completely digest the corrupted baron?"

"Ahem!" Xia Mi coughed, feigning seriousness, and declared her battle maniac's declaration: "Digestion is just a side effect, 'fighting' is the real love."

Xu Lie has solved the case. The Dragon King wrapped in a blanket in front of him has extremely limited cleverness. He is not deliberately trying to digest the magic potion. In fact, his mind is only filled with yellow waste.

"I was wrong."

"Huh?!" Xia Mi's mouth gaped open in an exaggerated manner, not understanding why Xu Lie suddenly admitted his mistake: "What did you do to offend me?"

Could Xu Lie possibly have the ability to create clones? His main body stays with her every step of the way, but his clone has done something to betray her?

Surprisingly, Xia Mi, who was prone to overthinking, actually figured out Xu Lie's ability to create clones, which he had kept hidden for so long.

"..." Xu Lie shook his head, revealing the truth behind his apology: "My mistake was that I shouldn't have overestimated your intelligence, and even more so, I shouldn't have underestimated your desires."

After hearing Xu Lie's complete apology, Xia Mi began to perform her amazing face-changing act, going from being completely bewildered to seriously thinking about and understanding the meaning of his words, and then to being furious. Suddenly, she was propelled up like a white steamed bun and crashed into Xu Lie.

Xu Lie, who had anticipated this, gently caught her and attempted to open the blanket to unravel the family rules that Xia Mi had taught her.

Unexpectedly, Xia Mi held tightly to the inside of the quilt, preventing Xu Lie from untying it. Xu Lie immediately used reverse psychology: "Didn't you say we'd play another round? How can we play another round if you don't untie it?"

Xia Mi was also trying her best: "No way! Who told you to say I'm lecherous? What do you mean by underestimating my desires?! You're clearly passionate about 'fighting' too!"

"Huh?" Xu Lie was stunned by the question. No, you're only angry about this? Aren't you going to argue about intelligence?

"A good opportunity!" Seeing Xu Lie distracted, Xia Mi keenly seized the opportunity, used her charge attack again, and buried her head in Xu Lie's arms, opening her mouth and biting Xu Lie's mid-scalene muscle above his collarbone.

As she continued biting, Xia Mi took the initiative to untie the blanket and couldn't help but issue an invitation to continue the battle.

……

When Xu Lie and Xia Mi came out of the restaurant area on the first floor of the Lakeview Hotel, it was almost past afternoon tea time. Xia Mi held her lower abdomen with both hands, feeling very satisfied: "I'm so full, I feel like I've come back to life."

"What are we going to do now?"

Having eaten and drunk his fill, the Dragon King had no desire to think about anything, so he decided to listen to the advice of his external brain.

Xu Lie also made no arrangements, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "Now that you've finished digesting the Corrupted Baron, why not take this opportunity to hold the Chaos Mentor promotion ceremony in Auckland?"

The ritual for the Chaos Master is not difficult; it only requires causing people within a certain range to experience both physical and mental chaos, and then having them consume a potion while surrounded by this chaos.

It sounds similar to the ritual requirements for Xu Lie's previous promotion to deceive his mentor and the Time Worm, but Xu Lie's promotion requirements were for a city, while Xia Mi's chaotic mentor ritual only required a few blocks.

The difficulty level is more than just a little lower.

"Okay." Xia Mi agreed, and was even thinking that once she advanced to Sequence 5, she would go back and mock Old Tang, showing him how fast she advanced!

Xu Lie was prepared to lend a hand. He didn't need Xia Mi to slowly 'corrupt' people's hearts and create chaos; he could simply make a commotion, and Xia Mi would be able to take the medicine directly. "Gentlemen, gentlemen!" Before Xu Lie could act, Senator Bert Ross, who had been waiting in the hotel lobby for a long time, rushed over in a hurry, sweating profusely, as if he had seen a savior.

The sudden call drew frequent glances from another family of tourists and the hotel receptionist.

"Huh?" Xia Mi vaguely recognized the councilor in front of her, but couldn't remember his name at all: "You, aren't you, that guy?"

The congressman was stunned for a moment. No, sister, even though he was about to be dismissed, he was still in office. He couldn't be so disgraced and forgotten in an instant, could he?

Since he needed their help, the congressman could only suppress his dissatisfaction and put on a fawning smile: "Bert, I am Bert Ross, esteemed Madam Envoy, esteemed Sir Envoy, it is a pleasure to see you again. If there is an opportunity..."

When Xu Lie and his companion found Bert Ross, they introduced themselves as messengers from the North American diocese.

"What is it?" Xia Mi had almost forgotten about this insignificant councilor. She told him to get to the point and stop with the formalities, and not to disturb her and Xu Lie's time together.

Bert Ross choked for a moment, his smile twitching slightly. For his own sake, he decided to ignore Xia Mi's nonchalant attitude and quickly feigned pitifulness, pleading for help: "Oh dear, you two envoys, you don't know."

"Initially, I welcomed your church to Auckland, but a coalition called the Thirteen Families of North America approached me and threatened me that I must resist your church's expansion."

"Under the persuasion of the two envoys, I have realized my mistake. Religion is a matter of freedom; how can it be restricted? However, these thirteen North American families have come to me again and even threatened me with force..."

The more Bert Ross talked, the more agitated he became. He genuinely hadn't expected the thirteen North American companies to be so unscrupulous, putting a gun to his head and threatening him with constantly changing his orders.

To save his own life, Bert Ross had no choice but to agree outwardly, and then went to wait for the two messengers of the old church.

As a congressman, Bert Ross was aware of the darker side of society, where some extraordinary figures existed. He couldn't afford to offend either the Thirteen Families of North America or the Old Church. However, judging from the domineering missionary work of the North American Diocese in San Francisco, the Old Church was likely more powerful overall, so Bert Ross decided to side with the winner.

What Bert Ross didn't expect was that the two envoys hadn't left the hotel even once in several days since they checked in! Nobody knew what they were doing upstairs!
As Bert Ross waited and waited, his anxiety grew. Today, he finally saw his savior and ran up shouting, disregarding etiquette. He only hoped that the Old Church would take action quickly, eliminate the thirteen North American churches, and save him from his predicament.

Xia Mi became interested upon hearing this: "I originally thought that the target you painstakingly selected for me, Xu Lie, was useless, but now it seems that it can still be used."

"These are all the thoughts and efforts you've put into me, we can't let them go to waste."

After saying that, he locked onto the target outside the hotel and decisively activated 'Twisting'.

Before Senator Bert Ross could understand what was happening, he heard a burst of gunfire outside, a series of "bangs" that startled him. He quickly bent over, covered his head, and sprinted toward the hotel reception desk, trying to keep himself as low to the ground as possible.

Xu Lie could see clearly that Xia Mi had identified two mixed-race individuals outside the hotel who were tracking and monitoring Senator Bert Ross.

That's probably what Congressman Bert Ross was referring to—the thirteen North American mixed-race families that came to threaten him.

The two half-bloods originally intended to monitor Senator Bert Ross closely and shoot him if he disobeyed.

As a result, Xia Mi 'twisted' his thoughts, changing from shooting him directly to threatening him with a gun, thus causing chaos at the scene.

"Damn it! Stop! Stop right there!" The two mixed-race men fired shots as a deterrent, without hurting anyone, but it did provoke a counterattack from the hotel security guards.

The security guards here are legally armed, and they all pull out their guns and shoot without holding back at all.

The two mixed-race individuals were wounded and hurriedly found cover to take refuge. They looked at each other, as if things had gotten out of hand.
Before they could figure it out, their ideas were 'distorted' once again, and they simultaneously pulled out their phones to call for backup.

As a result, more mixed-race individuals from the thirteen North American families arrived and began a fierce shootout with the security personnel, escalating from surveillance and tracking to a terrorist attack on the high-end hotel.

The hotel manager panicked and hurriedly called a security company he knew. There are many security companies in the United States that can provide a lot of combat services as long as you have money.

Gradually, people of mixed race or from security companies arrived with guns, centered around the hotel, and the scale of the battle grew larger and larger.

Auckland is known for its friendly and honest people. Seeing such a big commotion, many citizens spontaneously took out firearms and ammunition from their homes and enthusiastically participated in the event. The chaos escalated and became uncontrollable!

Lake Auckland in the city center is in complete chaos!

The chaotic battle left Xia Mi dumbfounded: "No, just two 'Twisting' attacks, how did things turn out like this?"

“You’ll get used to it.” Xu Lie wasn’t surprised at all: “After all, it’s a free country. Gunfights are just commonplace for them.”

“When I was organizing promotion ceremonies, it was easy for a city to lose its order.”

Finally, amidst countless gunshots, Xia Mi successfully advanced to Sequence 5 Chaos Mentor.

(End of this chapter)