Tang Qi could see wisps of grey and black Magic Power, like mist, pouring out from that beautiful figure, then coiling around his soul, dragging him into that terrible world.
It was a realm filled with foreboding, void of light or bright colors, all was dim and grim, with vortexes swirling, warping this realm into something even more sinister, akin to the most terrifying nightmare.
Once trapped within, one would never be able to escape.
The only way out was to submit.
"Submit to me, and you shall become the Child of Misfortune, and you shall possess the power of Misfortune."
In Tang Qi's mind, a dream-like voice echoed.
A strong impulse, like poisonous vines, climbed up, wrapping around Tang Qi's mind, making him want to bow down, to kneel, offer eternal loyalty, and kiss the toes of the beautiful lady in front of him, becoming her most humble servant.
In fact, Tang Qi's body was already bending under the suppression of the grey and black Magic Power.
The completely changed Sally, her perfect face now wore a sneer that charmed all living beings, enough to drive countless men mad, to make them pay any price, as if she foresaw the scene of Tang Qi kissing her toes.
Just a human youth who had just entered the Transcendent realm, if not for the recent return of the Spiritual Tide, she wouldn't have taken interest in him.
However, from an angle she could not see, Tang Qi slowly closed his eyes, as streams of Information Fragments flowed before him, he activated a Skill, igniting a… Sun.
Encountering Doomsday Magic!
Transforming into the Slave of Misfortune!
Target: Extraordinary Human!
Conducting Magic Power Level Assessment!
Unique Magic Power [Melting Furnace Power] overflowing!
Assessment Passed!
Transformation failed!
...
"Boom"
"Hiss~"
Just like throwing a red-hot iron into deep snow, the snow didn't melt completely, but around Tang Qi, now transformed into a golden sun, the wisps of grey and black Misfortune Magic disappeared at an alarming speed, utterly vanishing.
The dark elf-like girl, that ridiculous sneer solidified, then turned into a scream, the gentle grey mist instantly transformed into terrifying whips, and along with the girl's screams, whipped Tang Qi's body at a frequency that seemed to tear one's eardrums apart.
Her scream carried an ominous tone, overpowering the Manatee Sea Demon.
"Son of the Melting Furnace, damn legacy of the Master of the Crucible, weren't you disgusting guys extinct in the Great Catastrophe of the last era?"
"Why? How can you, like rats, survive so early on the Origin Star, lurking beside me, also wanting to destroy one of my Avatars, I will not let you succeed."
"Die, all die."
This sudden change left Tang Qi, the 'instigator', momentarily unable to react.
However, it wasn't hard to extract some astonishing information from the words of the crazy girl, the Witch's alternate personality.
The origin of the Golden Furnace Meditation is not simple!
Holds a grudge against the Witches from the Exotic Realm!
The Witch misunderstood his purposeful approach!
In the end, she is afraid.
Just like a wild beast displaying its full power when threatened,
the Witch's alternate personality is not human.
Yet at this moment, Tang Qi still felt her emotions, but regrettably, there was nothing he could do.
He had to transform into the Golden Furnace and maintain a meditation state.
Tang Qi couldn't be sure, if he broke his meditation, could he win against the Misfortune Witch's secondary personality by simply using Melting Furnace Power?
He hadn't tried, but Tang Qi knew the chances of winning were not high.
Perhaps the Melting Furnace Power and the Doomsday Magic were of the same Transcendent Level.
But Tang Qi wasn't the so-called Son of the Melting Furnace, he only mastered the Meditation Method and did not possess other corresponding inheritances; moreover, he hadn't been practicing the Meditation Method for long.
And his opponent was a pure Misfortune Witch, a Magic Power separated from the avatar of the Exotic Realm Gods, residing in Sally for over a decade, nurturing a Witch's secondary personality that perfectly wielded that portion of Doomsday Magic.
If he left the "Golden Furnace" state, Tang Qi doubted if he would be instantly dismembered.
It was incredible, but both of them were indeed in a stalemate.
Even more incredulously, Tang Qi knew that continuing the stalemate would lead him to regain the upper hand.
From his Special Ability's vision of Information Fragment before entering meditation,
there was such a prophecy:
Just before the time limit arrives, if the Witch cannot capture a suitable Slave of Misfortune, she will face two choices: forced fusion with the primary personality to dismantle the Sealing but that would cause unpredictable consequences, or be resealed and wait for the next appropriate time.
Time limit countdown: three minutes.
This fragment of revealed information, after years, indicated that the main object sealing the Doomsday Magic was no longer that pair of spectacles, but Sally herself who acts as the "container". As a secondary personality, the Misfortune Witch only had two options: to break the container or merge with it.
As a Goddess of the Exotic Realm, she would definitely not allow herself to be assimilated by a human girl, so her choice was self-evident.
Indeed, Tang Qi's prophecy became reality.
The frenzied Witch quickly calmed down, staring at Tang Qi, who was with closed eyes emitting Golden Light, her brow slightly furrowed, the crown on her head blooming even more enchanting Black Flowers, more ominous.
At one side of them, Mrs. Hudson held the spectacles that were slightly trembling, seemingly about to fly back onto Sally's nose.
The information Tang Qi knew, she knew even clearer.
And what Tang Qi did not know, such as she had a third choice, which was to turn Mrs. Hudson next to her into a Slave of Misfortune. But that too had risks, as Mrs. Hudson was just an ordinary elderly lady and might simply die during the transformation process.
Now, the Misfortune Witch was at a disadvantage.
The first choice, merging with Sally, she would absolutely not do, as controlling this body for the first time as a secondary personality, a merge might lead her to be completely devoured by the main personality, Sally. By then, she would no longer be the Misfortune Witch but a Witch wielding powerful ominous Magic.
But the second choice, even less likely. Returning to the Sealing meant Tang Qi could survive, and then dealing with a helpless young girl as a Transcendent Human would be imaginable.
A strong secondary personality, nurtured by Magic Power from Exotic Realm Gods!
Yet, falling into disadvantage during a standoff with a young man who had just entered the Extraordinary Domain not long ago?
This, was unbelievable, but it became reality.
"Misfortune roams the same path, sometimes afflicting this person, sometimes another, but it always favors me, only when the Supreme Divinity Fate incarnates again can I escape their recoil, becoming the sole Fate Goddess."
"Before escaping, since resistance is futile, let's compromise."
"My main body could never imagine, I would choose to… negotiate with the Son of the Melting Furnace."
Muttering some sort of parable, the grey-black mist that filled the entire fitting room suddenly surged, retracting back into Sally's body, and at this moment, the body controlled by the Witch's secondary personality suddenly stepped forward, her soft lips directly pressing onto Tang Qi's forehead.
A circle of grey mist dispersed, filling Tang Qi's mind with an ominous Charm.