Wei Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Chao Yan was frozen by the Tamamo Bell’s effect, and the crisis before her was temporarily resolved.
Ah Li, beneath her, was also unaffected by the bell’s effect. Thanks to her mental link with Wei Yang, she had directly disabled the safety lock she had set on the bell. This ensured that once the cooldown ended, the spatial freezing effect of the bell could be triggered seamlessly.
After all, the intensity of their vibrations had been great enough that it was hard to keep the bell from ringing.
Wei Yang put on her clothes and looked around, noticing that Yu Tu was also frozen nearby. The other girl was duck sitting on a cloud, her face flushed red. Not only were her pupils heart-shaped, but her hands were even placed… It was quite repressed; she probably only dared to do such a thing because others couldn’t see her.
She also roughly understood why she could touch Yu Tu before. The bell’s effect was a spatial rule type, treating everyone equally, even consciousness entities.
Now Wei Yang could touch Yu Tu again. While she was suffering, this girl was actually doing that kind of thing. Although she wanted to play a prank on this pervert, she decided against it upon second thought.
In that posture, Yu Tu was quite exposed. Wei Yang wasn’t a pervert, and looking any longer would be improper.
“Ah Li, how are you?”
“I’m so touched — you were worried about me first? I’m fine.”
Swirling purple smoke appeared instantly. Ah Li transformed back into her human form from her original Nine-Tailed Violet Cloud Fox state, successfully catching Wei Yang in a bridal carry as she fell from midair.
*Thump!*
With no one to catch her, Chao Yan fell straight to the ground. Held in Ah Li’s arms, Wei Yang turned her head to look and made a face at her.
‘That’s what you get for bullying me, you bad blonde.’
“But…”
“What is it, little one?”
“Where are your clothes?! Why are your clothes gone?! How am I supposed to look at you!”
Ah Li shrugged. There was no helping it; her transformation was like the Hulk’s — it would burst her clothes. When she changed back, she naturally had nothing to wear.
“Anyway, I’ve reset the safety on the bell. The freezing effect won’t end until I say so. What do you want to do now? I suggest going home — back to our home of fox spirits. There is a barrier protecting it that even Chao Yan can’t enter.”
“I suggest you find some clothes to wear first.”
“Eh? But this isn’t so bad, is it? Don’t you like it?”
“…I give up on you.”
After being set down on the ground, Wei Yang looked at Chao Yan. Because the situation had been so critical earlier, she hadn’t noticed that the woman was wearing a long dress. She clearly hadn’t been wearing clothes in the hot spring. Did she put her clothes on first and then come after me? If so, her speed was too incredible. Did she really have a chance of defeating her?
“Ah Li, can I stab her right now?”
“No. Once space is frozen, you can’t cause damage to living beings. But touching them is fine.”
Wei Yang roughly understood. ‘So it’s like King Crimson? I can move freely within the erased time but can’t directly attack people or objects.’
“Then I’ll take her clothes off and give them to you.”
But Ah Li shook her head and refused.
“I’m not wearing her clothes.”
“Why?”
“Because I hate her. She actually made a move on you.”
Wei Yang felt a bit touched, so she turned her gaze toward Yu Tu.
Ah Li let Wei Yang pull her along by the hand for a few steps. She watched as Wei Yang stood on her tiptoes and plucked a set of clothes as if from an invisible clothesline.
“They might be a bit small for you, but they’ll have to do for now. After all, what I’m wearing is even smaller.”
Dazed, Ah Li took a magenta T-shirt and light blue denim shorts.
“Huh? Where did you get these from?”
“Hmph. You didn’t expect that, did you? Actually, I know magic.”
“Eh? Okay then.”
Wei Yang guessed that although Yu Tu had a physical body while space was frozen, she was still only visible to her. This likely applied to Yu Tu and the items she touched. Once Wei Yang stripped the clothes off her, Ah Li could see them.
Although she felt a bit bad for her, it didn’t matter.
Ah Li had already changed into the clothes that originally belonged to Yu Tu, but they were, as expected, tight against her body.
On top, because of the massive difference in cup size — Wei Yang estimated the difference was between an E and a C — the T-shirt on Ah Li was practically ready to burst. The bottom was the same, barely covering Ah Li’s absolute territory, her thighs squeezed by the fabric.
“Um, Ah Li, are you okay? It looks like you’re about to suffocate…”
Unexpectedly, instead of feeling uncomfortable, Ah Li seemed to enjoy it.
“Ah… I feel like being treated this way occasionally isn’t bad either~”
“…As long as you’re happy.”
Ignoring her, Wei Yang thought about her next move. With this bell “cheat,” she could practically do whatever she wanted now. Of course, she hadn’t forgotten her original goal. That was to uphold the will of pure love and rescue her girlfriend in this world from Chao Yan’s clutches.
Since Chao Yan was frozen right in front of her, her girlfriend definitely hadn’t been NTR’d yet. At that thought, Wei Yang couldn’t help but feel a bit happy.
She would take this chance to go to her girlfriend’s location and get her out. She just had to consider where to hide her afterward so Chao Yan wouldn’t find her and take her back.
Should she go to the place Ah Li mentioned? The home of the fox spirits. Since she said there was a barrier, it must be extremely safe.
“Ah Li, please continue to help me. I’ll definitely repay you.”
“Mhm, of course I’ll help you, little one. After all, this is the first time I’ve seen a fox spirit as beautiful as you. If I don’t raise your favorability a bit, hehehe… I mean, it would be wrong not to take more care of you.”
Wei Yang decided to ignore that dangerous comment.
“Let me think… is her current location likely at the Starry Palace?”
In her game memories, her girlfriend’s most frequent location was the Starry Palace. It was one of the most magnificent buildings in Shendu. If there was one place she was most likely to find her girlfriend, it was certainly there.
“Ah Li, let’s go to the Starry Palace.”
“What about Li Mei? I thought you wanted to find her?”
“The problem is, we don’t know why Chao Yan came to what should have been Li Mei’s private hot spring. I can’t rule out the possibility that she’s already in league with Chao Yan, or that she’s already been eliminated by her.”
Wei Yang was also confused about how things had turned out this way. This part wasn’t in the original game plot. Chao Yan’s NTR targets had a specific order; the first should have been her girlfriend, followed by Li Mei. But clearly, the current plot had encountered some kind of error. Why?
‘Is it because of me?’
‘As a transmigrator, combined with the fact that the player Yu Tu joined this game because of me, the plot has taken an unexpected turn. Or could there be other transmigrators besides myself?’
“Ah, I can’t figure it out. I couldn’t even understand math…”
“What’s math?”
“It’s nothing. Let’s go. I need to check on my girlfriend’s status first.”
Hearing the word “girlfriend,” Ah Li wore a defeated expression.
“Ugh, I’m so sad.”
“Then… do you want a hug?”
“Okay!”
Having been comforted quickly, Ah Li followed Wei Yang toward the Starry Palace.