Under Wang Yue’s close scrutiny, Lilith felt a wave of self-consciousness. Though she pursed her lips and acted as if she didn’t care, she secretly regretted stripping down so boldly.
As time stretched on, her cheeks began to burn and her gaze grew restless.
“You shouldn’t be wearing so much either!”
With a sudden spark of inspiration, Lilith reached out to yank at Wang Yue’s clothes.
“What are you doing? Why so sudden—” Wang Yue retreated, causing the grab to miss. She wore a peculiar expression before her lips curled into a mischievous smirk. “You feel like you’re at a disadvantage and want to balance the scales? Then you should put your clothes back on, not take mine off. That’s total pervert logic!”
“Shut up!”
Lilith’s face turned crimson in an instant. Being exposed so ruthlessly left her both embarrassed and enraged. Her eyes flashed with a fierce light as she glared at the young black-haired girl.
Seeing things were taking a turn for the worse, Wang Yue stepped back and raised her hands.
For a daily spat, there was no need to start blasting each other with Witchcraft. Both girls naturally dropped into grappling stances, facing off from a distance.
No words were needed; this was a challenge!
Their eyes shimmered with confidence, and their movements radiated an aggressive aura.
Wang Yue didn’t reject such a contest; in fact, she loved it. This was the inherent charm of competitive sports.
Besides, no one could resist the thrill of conquering Lilith. The mere thought of pinning this fierce, violent, and overly beautiful girl to the ground, holding her in a submission lock until she begged for mercy… the visualization alone made her desires soar.
Seeing Wang Yue’s fighting spirit ignited, Lilith felt her own blood boil. A strong desire for dominance surged within her. Her thoughts mirrored Wang Yue’s perfectly, causing a strange, feverish flush to bloom on her cheeks.
“You’re finally… getting passionate… I’m so happy…” Lilith’s voice warped with excitement. “But I’m going to pin you down… make you kick around on the ground like a frog… croaking away…”
“How much do you actually like frogs…?”
Wang Yue dropped her center of gravity and lunged forward. In a flash, she closed the distance to Lilith’s right side, reaching out to hook her waist.
Since Lilith wasn’t wearing clothes, there were no points of contact for a traditional judo-style struggle. Wang Yue couldn’t exactly pull her hair, so her only options were to target the waist or the legs.
To her surprise, the golden-haired girl planted her feet firmly. Instead of retreating, she met the charge head-on, pouncing onto Wang Yue’s back like a predatory cat!
With one hand gripping Wang Yue’s skirt and underwear and the other hooking an arm, Lilith locked herself in place. She immediately tucked her body and dropped, her calf hooking the inside of Wang Yue’s thigh as she used the momentum to flip her backward!
Hikikomi-gaeshi!
Wang Yue’s heart sank as she lost her balance. Her body soared uncontrollably through the air.
She was still holding onto Lilith, however, so the two girls tumbled together, rolling across the floor in a tangled heap.
Lilith ended up on top again, pressing her weight onto Wang Yue’s chest. Her arms clamped down like iron pincers, attempting to isolate Wang Yue’s arm for a joint lock.
In the nick of time, Wang Yue pulled her arm back and flipped her body. Harnessing the power in her spine, she twisted violently!
But!
Before she could make her next move, a heavy weight slammed into her back. With a dull thud, she was pinned flat against the floor by Lilith.
Expectations had been beautiful before the fight started, but unfortunately, Lilith wasn’t an opponent who could be defeated by imagination alone.
Her immense core strength, combined with an unnaturally flexible waist, allowed her to exert high-frequency, powerful bursts of force during the scramble.
Moreover… being clothed was a massive disadvantage!
Wang Yue felt a deep sense of regret. In this situation, her clothes provided endless grip points for her opponent, while Lilith was seamless and slippery, impossible to get a firm hold on.
However, she couldn’t exactly call for a timeout to undress. If she did that, Lilith would mock her for a literal year.
Still!
Even in such a massive disadvantage, Wang Yue would never surrender!
Looking shy, getting teary-eyed, and letting Lilith toy with her? Absolutely impossible!
A fire burned within the young black-haired girl. Pressure only triggered a more forceful counter-reaction.
Though she was pinned, she hadn’t lost yet. As long as she could trap one of Lilith’s legs, she had a chance to reverse the position on the ground!
Wang Yue bucked her hips, thrusting her right leg upward to wedge it between Lilith’s thighs. She then hooked her calf inward, intertwining it with her left leg. In an instant, two sets of exceptionally fair, slender legs tensed, tangled, and squeezed with immense force. With a muffled grunt, Wang Yue heaved Lilith over. Both girls shifted into a side-control scramble, locked in a stalemate.
The two fair, delicate girls twisted and turned on the floor, their hair a mess and their faces flushed. Their breaths were ragged and trembling. Their near-perfect legs were slick with sweat, and as their muscles tensed and strained, they ground against each other like oiled blocks of iron.
But Lilith was Lilith, after all. Wang Yue’s explosive power only held out for half a minute before she began to falter.
Engaging Lilith in close-quarters combat was essentially asking for humiliation, especially under the unspoken rule of not using Mystic Arts.
Strangely enough, just as Wang Yue was struggling to keep up and reaching her limit, Lilith was the one who gave up first. She hurriedly pushed Wang Yue away and scrambled back as if escaping, grabbing a bath towel to wrap herself up. She sat with her back to Wang Yue, her face a deep shade of crimson.
She didn’t say a word, just sat there kneeling on the floor with a dazed expression. From beneath the towel, two cute little white feet peeked out; her soles were pink, and her toes were curled tight.
“Hmph, looks like I’m the stronger one after all,” Wang Yue said, acting shamelessly.
“Shut up!” Lilith turned her head and shouted in embarrassed indignation. Then, biting her lip hard, she glared fiercely at her friend.
Wang Yue seemed to realize something. She averted her eyes and began fussing with her bangs to hide her own internal fluster, saying obediently:
“So… Lilith-chan, are we still practicing?”
Lilith was still huffing and didn’t answer.
Seeing her pouting while trying to untangle her hair with her fingers, Wang Yue quickly brought over a comb. She helped manage the golden mane that had turned into a bird’s nest, slowly combing it until it was as smooth as shimmering silk.
Once her “fur” was smoothed out, Lilith’s mood improved. She clamored, “Come on, come on! I can’t wait.”
Wang Yue offered her tail.
Lilith took it. It felt delicate in her hand, and she couldn’t resist stroking it a few times. Wang Yue frowned but pretended not to notice. As Lilith gripped it tight, a continuous stream of magic began to flow into her body.
As the input increased, the magic solidified into crystals, extending outward from Lilith’s palms. It soon spread across her entire body, forming a hard shell.
This shell acted as a pressurized container, while the internal magic concentration continued to rise to a terrifying level.
Inside the Crystalline Figure, marquise-shaped magic crystals flowed and intersected. The friction of their facets produced a high-frequency sound, like precious gems crashing against one another.
Wang Yue stood by, watching closely to prevent the magic from becoming unstable or chaotic.
Magic was an extremely stable force; until it evolved into mimetic spells, the risks remained relatively low.
Half an hour later, Lilith completed her Second Augmentation. The excess magic dissipated into a purple aurora, bathing the room in a dreamlike glow.
The golden-haired girl opened her eyes, which now held a deeper, more tranquil light. Her entire aura felt like a mirror-polished blade.
She lifted her fingers and noticed that her unpolished nails had turned a beautiful lavender purple. Looking down, her toenails were the same.
The bones throughout her body had been saturated with magic. Aside from her teeth, which remained enamel-white, everything had taken on a purple hue.
“So beautiful!” Wang Yue praised.
“Hmm…”
Like a curious child, Lilith performed several strange, contorted movements to adapt to her body’s new changes.
After a moment, she arched her back and said, “Help me pull out my spine.”
“What?”
“The textbook says that after the Second Augmentation, the spine can be pulled out. Hurry up! I haven’t seen my own bones yet!” Lilith urged.
“If I suddenly disconnect your spine, you’ll wet yourself,” Wang Yue said slowly.
“I won’t. If you don’t believe me, look for yourself.”
Wang Yue hummed thoughtfully and activated a Primal Rule. She reached her hand into Lilith’s chest cavity to check the nerve distribution, promptly taking back her previous statement.
Inside Lilith’s thoracic and abdominal cavities, she found new bundles of nerve fibers. These branching paths had grown to replace some of the functions of the spinal cord.
This meant that even if her spine were shattered, she wouldn’t suffer from high-level paralysis.
