Chapter 629 Eileen's Battle Form

To be fair, Eileen does have really long legs now, and she even has eight of them at once—in addition, she has a more intimidating physique and a mature face, as well as a rather frightening "fighting stance," but all the prestige that she managed to build up is ruined by her constant nagging.

Of course, there was also good news: her nagging was actually quite endearing to Yu Sheng. After all, having spent so much time with the noisy Eileen, if this little thing really changed her body and personality, Yu Sheng might not be able to accept it... Mainly, he couldn't imagine what such a silly doll would look like when she became serious and aloof. After all, even the original Eileen from 3,700 years ago went up to the Goddess of Omens while cursing.

After rambling on for a while, Eileen began to study her new body with great interest.

Although she had already activated this body when she fought the cultists, she obviously hadn't studied it carefully in such a chaotic situation—that's why she was so obsessed with hitting people's knees with a frying pan. She was really unfamiliar with this Spider Goddess pose and didn't know how to fight in this form, so she could only use it to intimidate people.

Of course, despite saying that, Yu Sheng still had a strong suspicion that this low-quality doll just liked to hit people on the knees. After all, classic tactics are always the most effective. Her debut battle was when she challenged an opponent three stories high with a frying pan. Her groin-crawl footwork and foot-splitting sword technique were probably engraved in her soul.

After pacing back and forth for a while, Eileen finally got used to walking on eight legs. She happily spun around in place, her upper body swaying from side to side: "Hey Yu Sheng, let me tell you, walking like this is actually quite convenient! Eight legs are definitely more stable than two legs, it's hard to even fall... But you absolutely can't think too much when you take a step. Once you start thinking about which leg to step with first, you're doomed, you won't even be able to walk anymore..."

Hu Li yawned, its ears drooping, and mumbled sleepily, "So, which leg are you going to step with first?"

Eileen: "...Silly fox, you did this on purpose, didn't you!"

Upon seeing this, Yu Sheng quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, you two both have more legs than me—Eileen, stop arguing about your eight legs and hurry up and study the other aspects of this body, or you'll shrink back and we won't be able to study it anymore."

Eileen then said "Oh," and stretched her humanoid half-body back and forth: "In other forms... I seem to be very strong? And this body feels very sturdy, but it's too big and it's inconvenient to move around..."

As she spoke, she suddenly stopped, looked down at Yu Sheng thoughtfully, and after two seconds suddenly smiled, as if she had thought of something, and bent down to reach out her hand to Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng didn't react for a moment: "Hey, what are you doing..."

The next second, Eileen picked him up in her arms, overjoyed: "Finally, it's my turn to lift you up! Hahaha, Yu Sheng, you're so tiny right now~"

Yu Sheng was completely exasperated. He tried to pry the silly doll's arm off while grimacing, "Stop! Stop! Put me down—this shell of yours is so uncomfortable!"

Eileen then giggled and put Yu Sheng back on the ground, then looked down at her own body: "Hey, to be honest, this body's magic resistance seems pretty high. The lightning bolts and stuff those ordinary priests used were like tickles when they hit me... And this form also allows me to directly control 'spider silk,' the black kind..."

As she spoke, she waved her hand in mid-air, and strands of black threads appeared out of thin air around her. The "Ominous Threads," exuding a chilling aura, intertwined into a net in the air, which she then skillfully unraveled into threads, dazzling the eye.

Yu Sheng, standing to the side, stroked his chin and asked, "What about your other body? Also, can the golden threads summoned by your other body appear at the same time as these black spider silks?"

Eileen thought for a moment, then her body swayed, and the enormous "Spider Goddess" form collapsed, revealing the golden-haired Alice doll on the open ground. At the same time, the black spider silk in mid-air was suddenly stained with gold, and the unsettling chill was replaced by a warm and resilient aura.

“It doesn’t seem to work,” Eileen casually put away the golden threads. “It can only maintain one form at a time, and the two types of threads seem to be mutually exclusive—the black spider silk is more offensive and is very useful for capturing or weakening enemies, while the golden threads are more suitable for self-repair and defense.”

Yu Sheng nodded thoughtfully: "That makes sense... after all, the origins of your two forms are clearly from two different systems."

Eileen opened her mouth and let out a big yawn.

The weariness on her face deepened, and she even looked somewhat listless.

“I think…” the blonde doll muttered, but before she could finish her sentence, her body suddenly swayed and her physical form visibly shrank a little.

Eileen paused, blinked, and instinctively walked towards Yu Sheng.

She took just one step and was only a little over a meter tall. After taking two more steps, she shrank into a tiny doll.

The 66.6-centimeter-tall doll wobbled its short legs to Yu Sheng, tilting its head back and blinking its eyes.

Familiar perspective, familiar height.

"...It really shrank back again!!" the little doll exclaimed. "This time it lasted even longer than it did with Marlene, and it even unlocked a new form. I thought it would finally stabilize!"

Despite her loud and boisterous manner, Eileen was noticeably less panicked this time than before.

Yu Sheng looked as if he had expected this, and couldn't help but laugh when he heard the little doll's rant: "I never thought your form could be stable from the beginning. This is obviously a 'battle stance' that needs to be charged to maintain. Being able to last for a few hours is already supermodel-like."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Eileen take a few more steps closer. The little doll tilted its head back with a mischievous grin on its face, showing two small, sharp teeth, and laughed like a fox that had found snacks in a cupboard.

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "What do you want to do?"

"Let me recharge, let me recharge," the little doll rubbed its hands together, "Just a couple of sucks... or even just a sip, hehe..."

Before Yu Sheng could speak, Hu Li, who was yawning and dozing off nearby, suddenly raised his head, his two big, furry ears perked up, and his face looked like he was ready to take a bite.

Yu Sheng: "What kind of people are around me...?"

Despite his feelings, he did not refuse the little doll's request—after all, it was an essential step in this "test".

He ultimately had to verify whether Eileen's "battle stance" was truly reproducible.

Recalling the process of the little puppet accepting "sacrifice" during the previous battle, Yu Sheng cleared his throat and raised a hand: "Lu..."

He had barely uttered a word when he heard a whoosh, and a dark figure leaped out from mid-air. The Holy Maiden swiftly stabbed a gash in his arm with her knife...

Eileen hadn't even noticed when Luna had appeared nearby. She was so startled she nearly tripped over herself, jumping up and staring at Luna with wide eyes as if she'd seen a ghost: "Hey, when did you get out of the C-shaped buckle?! You're like a ghost!"

Luna landed lightly, retracting the blade from her fingertips into a hidden compartment in her thigh as if finishing a dance. With one hand on her chest, she bowed slightly to Yu Sheng, exuding a dashing and elegant air: "Ready at any time."

She looked like she had just rescued someone, and no one would have guessed that she had actually just stabbed her master without being told...

Yu Sheng held up his bloodied arm and said, "Alright, alright, stop wasting time. It should be healed by now—Eileen, what are you planning to do? Just suck it or go through the proper procedures?"

The little doll was taken aback: "A procedure? What other procedure is there?"

“Going through the process is to completely recreate the ‘sacrifice’ scene at that time—you first pull your head off, and I’ll smear it all over your face.”

Eileen immediately took a half step back—it seemed that her simple little brain hadn't thought that far ahead at all. Only then did she recall the situation at the time, and quickly shook her head vigorously: "No, no, no, according to my feeling at the time, it should be enough as long as it can be 'absorbed'."

“Alright then,” Yu Sheng bent down and held out his arm to the little doll, “while it’s still warm.”

Eileen blinked, stepped forward, hugged Yu Sheng's arm, and took a bite.

Crimson blood smeared half of her face.

It wasn't that she deliberately rubbed it on her face—it's just that with her 66.6-centimeter-tall body, even her face is small, so it's unavoidable that she would lick half of her face.

Then the three people on the scene (including Luna, who had just appeared but had actually been secretly observing for who knows how long) looked at the little doll standing on the ground with tense expressions. Hu Li even forgot about getting a bite for a moment.

Blood quickly seeped into the doll's body, and a glimmer of light seemed to appear in Eileen's eyes. This time, Yu Sheng could even clearly feel the change in her aura.

Some dormant power is awakening within her, and the connection established in her blood is coming into contact with that power.

The next second, Eileen's aura suddenly intensified. She took two steps back, looking down at her hands: "Oh, right, right, that's the feeling! That's how it felt back then, and then I..."

Her figure blurred, then began to grow, from 66.6 centimeters to one meter, one and a half meters, one meter, back to 66.6 centimeters...

Before Eileen's excitement had even subsided, the special effects on her body disappeared. The little doll looked at the ground and saw it was back to its familiar distance. A few seconds later, it looked up in confusion and said, "...How the hell did I turn back?!"

However, everyone present was just as bewildered as she was. Even Yu Sheng didn't understand what had just happened. He turned to look at his arm, which was almost healed, and then at the doll standing on the ground. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "...How about we go through the proper procedures? You can take your head off first."

Upon hearing this, Luna pulled out her knife again...

(End of this chapter)