Chương 110: Ji Ying Accepts Reality, and Her Suddenly Refreshed Life

After the mournful cry that echoed through the quiet corner, filled with a sense of utter despair, ceased, Ji Ying buried his head in his hands and remained in that collapsed posture for a long time before slowly straightening up.

The night breeze was still chilly, brushing against her scantily clad clothes, bringing a chill that gradually calmed her heart, which had just experienced great ups and downs.

Yes, stay calm.

After the initial shock, anger, shame and other complex emotions gradually faded, Lin Che's strong rationality, which belonged to an adult and had been beaten down by society for many years, finally prevailed.

He began to think, to think about the current situation, and to think about the next step—what he should do.

Although she absolutely does not want to accept this feminine, lightly dressed form of "Silent Shadow" now, and for a long time to come, there seems to be no better way than to grit her teeth and accept it.

Just like before, he had to accept that after being reborn, he was forced to become a pink-haired magical girl who was less than 1. 4 meters tall.

Fate is a cruel thing sometimes, giving you no room for negotiation.

Admittedly, her previous fantasy of crushing all enemies with the mighty presence of a dark, ferocious, heavily armored knight and stylishly destroying everything was completely shattered.

But—even if this form of attire were a little more revealing, a little more shameful, these are all real.

Her own power.

The Void Apostle form belonging to Jiying and the Magical Girl form belonging to Xingshuang each have their own focus and unique advantages.

Even if his "Tears of the Stars" are fully restored soon, this power from the Void Realm will surely become a crucial trump card in his hands, an important reliance to deal with more complex situations.

Yes, although this little "interlude" happened in the middle that made one want to die on the spot, Ji Ying's initial idea of getting familiar with this newly acquired power remained unchanged.

She now urgently needs to test what limitations her "new" Shadow Form has and what specific things it can do.

The moment this thought arose, the jet-black arm armor that had previously merged into her body silently reappeared on her slender arms, and the two jet-black blades gleaming with a chilling light on either side of the arm armor also silently sprang out.

The next moment, her body left a blurry afterimage in place, and she mysteriously traversed several meters, silently appearing in the dense shadow of a thick camphor tree not far away.

"As expected—" Ji Ying looked at the spot where he had just been standing and understood.

What she just did was the same method she used when she merged into the shadows and left in front of Liuli. This should be one of the abilities she currently possesses, unique to the "Silent Shadow" form of the Void Apostle.

This is an ability to jump and traverse between different shadows, achieving short-distance spatial movement, somewhat similar to the previous Mirror Lord's ability to teleport between different mirrors, only the medium is different.

However, this ability does not seem to be without limitations.

She could clearly feel that each jump consumed a certain amount of virtual energy, and the distance of the jump was also limited. With her current level of control, the limit was probably only about ten meters, and it could not be used continuously.

Despite its limitations, Ji Ying knew very well that if this ability was used properly, combined with his extremely fast movement speed, it would be enough to make most enemies unable to pinpoint his location.

Besides that, Ji Ying turned her gaze to the black blade that had sprung out from the side of her arm armor. She slowly raised her arm, letting the gleaming blade tip slowly approach the rough trunk of the camphor tree beside her.

Even though there were several centimeters between the blade and the bark, and the two did not make any direct contact, a clear, shallow scratch silently appeared on the hard bark.

Ji Ying's pupils contracted slightly.

She had no intention of damaging the trees in the park, so what she did just now was a very simple and basic attempt, without deliberately injecting too much virtual energy into the blade.

Even so, these two jet-black blades still demonstrated a terrifying cutting ability.

She could clearly feel that when she consciously poured the ethereal energy within her body into these two blades, they would possess an indestructible sharpness that transcended the laws of physics.

Moreover, with the increase of injected virtual energy, both the cutting ability of the blade itself and the cutting range it can affect will be greatly improved.

The hard bone plates that the previous erosion-level Void Beast was so proud of proved to be as fragile as tofu taken straight from the refrigerator under these two sharp blades.

Currently, these black arm armors, which combine offense and defense, are a direct manifestation of her core abilities in this "new" form.

The sturdy arm armor itself possesses a terrifying defensive capability comparable to the armor of the previous Black Armored Knight form, enough to easily block attacks that even Starfrost's combat suit could not completely defend against.

The jet-black blade that can be projected from the side of her arm at will grants her an extreme, powerful attack capable of tearing anything apart.

Combined with the previously demonstrated elusive "shadow leap" ability—this is simply a perfect set of skills.

A template designed for close-quarters assassination.

With a thought, Ji Ying's arm armor transformed into black light and merged into her body once more. She sat back down on the slightly cool bench, looked down, and began to seriously consider her next course of action.

First and foremost, she needs to train and improve her close-combat skills as soon as possible. Whether as Xing Shuang or Ji Ying, close combat will be an unavoidable fighting style for her in the future.

Secondly, it is necessary to collect as many Void Beast energy cores as possible. Since replenishing Void Energy is so difficult, these energy cores, as well as the "Void Source" that may be seized from other Void Realm Apostles, have become crucial strategic resources. Therefore, before and after Starfrost's power is fully restored, she will still go alone to deal with those small Void Realm infiltration incidents that randomly occur in various corners of the city.

However, next time, she might not kill those Void Beasts in her Starfrost form, but instead choose to do so in her current Shadowless form, which makes her extremely embarrassed.

Thinking of this, Jiying couldn't help but recall the scene when she witnessed Liuli fighting those virtual beasts. Her clean, powerful slashes and the remarkable combat intuition she displayed in offense and defense made her realize that she still had a lot to learn in this area.

It seems that I really need to find an opportunity to learn from that "junior" in this regard.

After confirming the future course of action, Ji Ying looked down again at her overly slender and fair hands, and even lower down at her long, snow-white, and undisguised thighs.

Once again, she let out a long, heartfelt sigh.

To be honest, she had considered using magic to transform into casual clothes, just like when she went shopping with her two juniors before, so that her current "Shadowless" form would appear less "revealing".

However, such an approach would naturally continue to deplete already scarce virtual energy.

In order to prepare for the fierce battles that may come at any time, and to deal with Mirror Lord or other enemies again in the future as the Void Apostle "Silent Shadow", she now has to carefully save every bit of Void Energy.

Therefore, she had no choice but to painfully abandon the idea of "changing into normal clothes".

The only saving grace is that she doesn't need to take care of two younger generations who haven't fully matured yet, as she did when she was Starfrost.

The Shadowless form probably won't appear in front of others that frequently.

Moreover—if it's just that you see it yourself, the shame isn't so intense that it's unbearable if you just bear it and get used to it.

After all, just like when she accepted that she would become the magical girl Starfrost, perhaps after changing herself so many times, she would gradually get used to it?

With this almost self-destructive "optimism," Ji Ying slowly stood up from the bench, dusted off non-existent dust, and prepared to go home.

However, the moment she took her first step, a familiar, gentle, and healing magical energy suddenly appeared not far from her.

Then, a voice, equally familiar yet chilling, softly broke the silence: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Ji Ying's body stiffened instantly. In an almost frozen, slow-motion manner, she slowly turned her head toward the direction from which the sound came.

Then she saw a magical girl with long, emerald-green hair and a matching battle suit, raising a wand that emitted a faint glow and looking at her warily.

Who else could it be but Yin Xue?

She opened her mouth and squeezed out a few broken syllables with a strong tremor from her throat.

"Won't·-. -"