“As long as we can cut off the two vines on her hands and legs, that’ll be enough!”
Xia Che made the judgment.
“I… I know that!”
Feizuan’s small face was covered in sweat.
Though she had plenty of magic power, her precision was terrible.
It was like filling a piping bag with uneven cream—the magic she squeezed out was either too much or too little, coming in bursts.
If it was too much, it might hurt Hui Jin.
If too little, it wouldn’t cut through…
“What should I do?!”
Feizuan’s panic was plain to see.
Hui Jin gritted her teeth and said, “Feizuan, output your magic at maximum power!”
“Huh?”
Feizuan froze, then slowly shook her head.
“No, no, if I do that, Hui Jin-senpai will definitely get hurt!”
Hui Jin gently lifted the corners of her mouth, revealing a faint smile.
“It’s fine. Trust me, Feizuan. Nothing will happen.”
Seeing the gray-haired girl’s smile, Feizuan was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and nodded.
“…I understand. Then…”
Thump!
A heavy, dull sound echoed through the hall.
Sakura Blizzard stumbled backward several steps before barely stopping, her face instantly turning deathly pale.
“Sakura Blizzard-san!”
Xia Che called out.
He looked at the strange man she was facing… no, according to Sakura Blizzard’s naming, it should be Shadow.
Just looking at him made Xia Che feel every hair on his body stand on end.
An extreme sense of crisis gripped his heart, and even his skin prickled with pain.
“Run…”
Sakura Blizzard gasped.
Just one punch had forced her to consume a huge amount of magic power to defend.
“This is an enemy we can’t beat! Run!”
Xia Che’s gaze sharpened.
He looked at his cousin, deeply unconscious not far away, then at Feizuan beside him.
Crimson flames sprang from her palm, burning away all the vines wrapped on Hui Jin, and also clinging to the girl’s delicate skin.
But Hui Jin’s skin showed no signs of burns.
On the contrary, as soon as the flames forged from magic touched her skin, they vanished like water onto a sponge, disappearing with a shwoosh.
Noticing this, Xia Che didn’t ask.
Now was not the time for questions.
When the vines were completely carbonized, Hui Jin gave a light tug, and they fell off her body.
Xia Che immediately grabbed Feizuan’s wrist and said with a serious expression, “Feizuan, let’s go!”
“Huh? Go where?”
Feizuan stumbled, pulling at his hand to ask.
“Get out of here,” Xia Che said in a low voice.
“Get out of here… doesn’t that mean abandoning the seniors? No, absolutely not!”
Feizuan shook her head frantically, “I can’t abandon the seniors…”
“Then what use can you be if you stay?”
Xia Che’s tone grew heavier.
“You’re not even D-rank. Staying here will only hold the seniors back!”
“B-But…”
Feizuan’s clear, ruby-like eyes trembled.
She looked toward the center of the hall.
There, the battle had reached a fever pitch.
Every punch Zhan Che threw looked plain and unadorned, yet when he launched one, you could hear the explosive sound of the air being torn apart!
Thump! Clang!
His fist slammed against the blade, producing a crisp ringing sound, and sparks flew in all directions.
Sakura Blizzard stepped back to absorb the force, then flipped her wrist, aiming the blade at Zhan Che again.
As a B-rank magical girl, Sakura Blizzard quickly adapted to Zhan Che’s rhythm, but the gap in rank was something technique couldn’t compensate for.
Even if she kept up with his movements and barely blocked his fists with her tachi, the terrifying magic following each punch—like a pack of wolves eyeing their prey—frantically gnawed at her magical defense, forcing her to spend even more magic on repairs.
Normally, a B-rank magical girl would have ample magic power, but after just a few exchanges, Sakura Blizzard’s magic was nearly depleted.
“Your precision isn’t bad, but your power is lacking.”
Zhan Che kept one hand behind his back and suddenly thrust out a punch!
The air let out a piercing roar.
Pitch-black magic erupted from his fist, the clawing, grasping magic like a beast opening its jaws wide, ready to utterly crush the one before it!
Sakura Blizzard’s pupils constricted sharply.
She knew she definitely couldn’t take this hit.
But what about dodging?
If she dodged, Zhan Che would seize that opening in half a breath.
He was after Feizuan and the others!
Therefore, she couldn’t give an inch!
In that case…
Sakura Blizzard took a deep breath, dispelled her magical defense, and gathered all her magic power into her blade.
The pure white tachi was wrapped in sakura-colored magic, emitting a series of metallic cries.
In the live stream, the commentator exclaimed excitedly, “It’s Sakura Blizzard’s ultimate move! Here it comes, here it comes! The Miracle Field where every frame is a wallpaper, folks—don’t forget to screenshot and save it!”
「Ooh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen Sakura Blizzard-sama use this move!」
「But will it even work… That strange guy called Zhan Che is A-rank, right?」
「Will she win?」
Sakura Blizzard sheathed her blade, bent forward, and closed her eyes, her breath like orchid mist.
The Miracle Field—the ultimate magic born from a magical girl’s complete mastery of her own soul.
It could be said to be her very soul’s true form.
Every magical girl’s Miracle Field was different.
When activated, the magical girl created a domain that didn’t belong to the real world, containing “rules” completely different from reality.
One hand gripped the hilt, while the thumb of her other hand pressed against the tsuba.
“All flash, no substance!”
Before the words faded, Zhan Che’s attack arrived.
The vast magic shattered the entire floor-to-ceiling window into pieces!
Shards of glass fell like snowflakes.
Sakura Blizzard slowly opened her eyes.
A trace of translucent magic turned into a teardrop, sliding from the corner of her eye and dripping onto the blade.
At that moment, she drew her sword!
The glass debris filling the air was ignited by the sakura-colored magic, turning into falling cherry blossom petals.
Zhan Che felt his vision turn white, but his momentum didn’t weaken in the slightest.
“Tch… useless!”
His pitch-black fist slammed into Sakura Blizzard, but he suddenly found that his arm had passed straight through her!
He pulled his arm back, and ripples immediately appeared on the “Sakura Blizzard,” like a hand stirring the surface of water.
An afterimage?
He looked around and saw that the scenery around him had completely changed.
It was no longer that cold, dark hospital, but bathed in a warm white light.
Countless cherry blossom petals floated down slowly from the sky, landing on the lake surface at his feet, creating ripples.
Below the lake was a labyrinth of emerald tree roots, with green algae spread like a thick blanket over them.
Transparent little fish lingered, then suddenly flicked their tails, swimming and weaving through this garden.
He stood in the lake, water just above his ankles.
“Tch… A Miracle Field… You’re the first B-rank magical girl I’ve seen who can open a Miracle Field.”
Zhan Che spoke while turning his body, his eyes hidden in the shadows constantly scanning the surroundings.
He laughed hoarsely, like a broken bellows being pulled.
“But just hiding won’t kill me, you know?”
The next moment, from his blind spot, a falling petal suddenly burst with intense light, and a blade light slashed out from within it!
Sshh!
Zhan Che stumbled.
Stinking black pus gushed from the gash on his back, falling into the lake like ink dripping into clear water.
Then, several more petals lit up in succession, followed by a series of powerful slashes!
Zhan Che guarded his front with both arms, but the blade light was extremely sharp.
Each slash carved a deep wound into his body.
His back, forearms, abdomen, thighs…
In an instant, the black blood had stained a large area of water.
“Hah…”
Sakura Blizzard let out a soft sigh.
At that moment, she was standing far away in a corner of this Miracle Field, her eyelids slightly lowered, her pinky finger tapping rhythmically against the hilt.
With each tap, the blade trembled in its sheath.
At the same time, a cherry blossom petal dissipated, turning into a sakura-colored blade light that slashed Zhan Che.
This was Sakura Blizzard’s domain:
“Mirror Flower, Water Moon.”
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