madnovel Chapter 143 Curiosity
Chapter 143 Curiosity
Chapter 143 Curiosity
After Qin Xiaoling finished breakfast and left for school as usual, the living room, which had been filled with laughter and conversation, fell into dead silence once again.
Noah's smile vanished instantly, replaced by her previous expression of slight disgust. She then took out her phone and started playing with it by herself.
Su Qingyuan lowered her head. Now, only Xiaoling still treated her like family. Even—this "warmth of family" might be lost after Xiaoling learns the truth.
She stood up dejectedly, about to leave, when Noah suddenly spoke—
"The Fallen Celestials, the Fallen Celestials, what happened to them?" Noah didn't look up, still staring at her phone. "Didn't you say they retreated immediately? What actually happened?"
Su Qingyuan trembled slightly and sat back down in her chair. The main reason she told this lie was that defeating two "Eternal Radiance" level magical girls sounded too exaggerated, and she simply couldn't explain it.
But now—there's no point in lying anymore.
"I killed them all."
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"Oh." Noah's reaction was quite calm. In fact, when she re-established contact with Shui Li, she already knew that the Fallen Celestial Pivot and the Fallen Celestial Authority were already dead.
The reason she asked that question was because she was more curious about something else—
"Can you tell me how you defeated those two?" Noah put down her phone and looked up at Su Qingyuan.
"Although your mental fortitude is strong, the fact that you were able to kill two 'Eternal Radiance' level magical girls is beyond my expectations. At first, I thought you could at most buy Rei a chance to escape."
Su Qingyuan nodded, feeling a little more relaxed.
She sensed that Noah's attitude towards her had improved slightly. At least, she no longer looked at her with the same disdainful gaze one would show to trash.
"Don't misunderstand." Noah seemed to see through her thoughts. "I'm just genuinely curious about how you defeated Tianquan and Tianshu. Especially Tianquan; her mental abilities are absolutely unbeatable for magical girls below the 'Eternal Shao' level. Under normal circumstances, you would be a helpless ordinary person in front of her."
"Because—they underestimated me and didn't go all out from the start. If the two of them had joined forces from the beginning, I probably would have been dead by now." Seeing that Noah's opinion of her hadn't changed, the glimmer in Su Qingyuan's eyes dimmed, but she still answered the question honestly.
"Oh?"
"Originally, the Fallen Ones had already tried to steal my power, but the Fallen Ones wanted to—well, have some fun—so they temporarily removed my power. This gave me an opportunity."
"My idea is—we must find a way to deal with Tianquan first, otherwise I won't be able to handle Tianshu later. And—"
Actually, I had a rough idea of Tianquan's ability to read minds.
"Tianquan always acts alone when arresting magical girls below the 'Eternal Beauty' level. However, when facing an opponent of the same 'Eternal Beauty' level, she must lead her companions in a coordinated attack. This suggests that her mental imagery may only be effective against magical girls below the 'Eternal Beauty' level."
"Therefore, I replicated a mental image that could instantly elevate my cultivation level to the 'Eternal Radiance' level."
Noah's brow furrowed slightly.
"Does this kind of mental state exist?"
"Of course there is." Su Qingyuan nodded. "It was the day you invited everyone to the hot pot restaurant—wasn't that child there too? That magical girl named Fuping—"
Noah then realized what was going on.
So that's how it is—it's the ability of duckweed.
Indeed, as long as one obtains the heart image of the floating duckweed, one's realm can instantly become the "Eternal Shao" level.
"After replicating the mental image of the floating duckweed, I temporarily raised my cultivation level to the 'Eternal Shao' level, rendering Tianquan's mental image ineffective. Then, taking advantage of the moment when she thought victory was assured and was completely unprepared, I unexpectedly and severely injured her with a suicidal move."
"However, that would have rendered me unable to fight. So after that, I immediately copied Yotsuba's heart image and instantly healed all my injuries."
"This ability to instantly heal is so strong—I don't even want to change it—"
"However, it seems that Tian Shu is planning to take advantage of my self-healing ability and devise a strategy to kill me in one blow."
This is also the weakness of this mental state: no matter how strong its regenerative abilities are, it's all meaningless if it's directly killed.
"So I had no choice but to switch to Tianji's teleportation—"
That's right. When the Fallen Celestial Pivot first attacked and defeated her, the conversation between the Fallen Celestial Authority and the Fallen Celestial Pivot allowed her to roughly guess the Celestial Pivot's abilities—
"Stop playing around, Tianji, can you teleport there?"
"Of course. I've already marked her."
"Even with teleportation, I could only severely injure the Fallen Celestial Pivot once. After that, she used her mental image to prevent me from getting closer, so I had no choice but to use..."
"My time stop, right?"
Noah interrupted her.
Su Qingyuan was stunned for a moment. "? — How did you know?"
"When time stops, all those who can stop time can sense it. Right after the battle in Moonflower City ended, I felt a time stop lasting a full five seconds. Ayanami, on the other hand, could only stop for half a second at most. Only you can do that."
Su Qingyuan nodded. "You knew I was going to make a move back then, huh?
In fact, Su Qingyuan is still wary of Noah's abilities.
The "first encounter kill" effect of time stop was simply too powerful. From the perspective of the Fallen Celestial Pivot at the time, it was as if three spears inexplicably stabbed her in an instant, and she was defeated without knowing what happened.
During the time stop, the opponent was completely unable to defend or make any response. Su Qingyuan felt that unless she knew Noah's ability in advance, she would have no chance against her at all—no, even if she knew her ability, it would be very difficult to counter it.
"Okay, I understand the general idea. But there's still one question."
Noah's expression changed from calm to somewhat serious, and she even leaned forward slightly.
"If you want to copy someone else's mindset, there are two conditions: first, you must have seen the mindset holder in person; second, you must have a general understanding of the principles behind the other person's mindset."
"You did see those magical girls when we were at the hot pot restaurant last time. But who told you about Floating Leaf, Four-Leaf Clover, and my Heart's Embrace?"
Su Qingyuan was slightly startled, then subconsciously looked away, avoiding Noah's questioning.
Seeing Su Qingyuan's reaction, Noah didn't seem to care. She yawned, stood up, and said, "If you don't want to say—then forget it. I can probably guess who it is."