Bang!
The energy shield shattered instantly. At the critical moment, a cyan magic halo appeared just in time.
Su Xiaowei fell backward, and a soft, large bed caught her steadily.
She rolled onto her side, hugging a life-sized body pillow printed with an image of Su Xiaocheng wearing pajamas. Her legs wrapped around it, and the blanket automatically covered her. Already deeply exhausted, Su Xiaowei fell fast asleep in less than a second.
“What’s with this body pillow?” Su Xiaocheng’s vision went dark for a moment.
This body pillow is pretty nice. I should get one custom-made later too, Lu Yinxi thought to herself. However, now was not the time to dwell on that.
“Never mind that. The Witch Church people are trying to escape,” Lu Yinxi’s voice snapped Su Xiaocheng back to attention.
Wrath saw that her attack had been blocked by magic and was currently retreating toward the elevator platform.
“Damn it! Why are there magical girls inside the Security Council’s base?” Wrath cursed angrily as she fled.
Jealousy, who had stayed outside, frowned upon sensing the magic fluctuations underground. Seeing Wrath fly back to the surface, she asked, “What was that magic fluctuation just now?”
“The intelligence was wrong. There are A-rank magical girls in the base. We might have walked into an ambush,” Wrath said gravely as she landed beside Jealousy.
“If it’s only A-rank magical girls, we shouldn’t lose,” Jealousy said, not understanding why Wrath was so panicked.
“Really?” Wrath let out a cold laugh.
Three domains bloomed with light. Lu Yinxi and Lu Shiyuan flew up to the surface. Although Su Xiaowei was lying on the bed, the bed itself also rose into the air. The three of them faced off against Jealousy and Wrath from a distance.
Su Xiaocheng remained underground as a precaution.
“Lu Yinxi? Why are you here?” Jealousy’s gaze was immediately drawn to Lu Yinxi. Although her transformed outfit and appearance were slightly different from usual, Jealousy still recognized her at first glance.
“Who are you?” Lu Yinxi looked at Jealousy with confusion. Visibility was poor under the influence of the rain curtain, and the other party was wearing a black robe, making it impossible to identify her.
“I never imagined you were a magical girl. Good… very good indeed.” Jealousy’s voice became twisted.
“What a strange person,” Lu Yinxi muttered under her breath.
Amid the noisy rain, Jealousy precisely caught that faint complaint.
Jealousy’s rage meter instantly exploded. At this moment, she looked more like Wrath than the actual Wrath beside her!
The mirror in Jealousy’s hand flashed with demonic light. Deprivation Magic activated.
“Hm? Deprivation Magic again?” This was the third time Lu Yinxi had faced this ability, so she was quite experienced.
Stage lights from her concert tour flashed brightly, clashing directly with the Deprivation Magic.
Seeing that even Jealousy wasn’t afraid, Wrath became even bolder. She transformed into a streak of demonic light and flew toward Lu Shiyuan.
Meteors orbited around Lu Shiyuan. One broke away from its stellar path and smashed toward Wrath.
Boom!
Their first collision produced a violent burst of sparks.
Wrath punched the meteor to pieces. The aftershock from the clash of wild magic power swept outward, clearing the rain curtain within dozens of meters.
“Come on, let me see how many more times you can launch attacks like that.” Wrath licked her lips as she looked at the remaining seven meteors orbiting Lu Shiyuan.
“Oh?” Lu Shiyuan waved her hand. Her spiritual outfit changed style, and the number of meteors in the stellar path was replenished back to nine.
Wrath’s movements paused slightly.
“Let this young lady see where your limit lies.” Lu Shiyuan stopped wasting words and simply began smashing meteors relentlessly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Violent explosions rang out one after another. Wrath moved up and down and side to side within the rain curtain, but no matter how she dodged, Lu Shiyuan always managed to drop a meteor right near her at the perfect moment.
A slight miss didn’t matter. It was an area-of-effect attack anyway; the result was the same after the explosion.
Although she was being suppressed the entire time, Wrath wasn’t too flustered. An A-rank magical girl’s magic power was ultimately limited. She wanted to see just how long Lu Shiyuan could last when her magic consumption far exceeded her own.
Unlike the explosive battlefield on this side, Lu Yinxi and Jealousy’s fight appeared extremely quiet.
The properties of Deprivation and Assimilation eroded each other. Killing intent hid within the silent tug-of-war.
The magic mirror in Jealousy’s hand rippled with light. Looking at Su Xiaowei in the back, she pondered, “The last magical girl is a support type? Then there might still be a chance.”
A figure slowly emerged from the mirror’s surface, its A-rank aura clear and unmistakable.
Seven-colored flower petals unfurled. The Flower Witch irritably shook off the rainwater on her body and raised a magic barrier. The rain from the Rain Curtain struck humans and witches alike without discrimination.
“Go down and eliminate the Security Council’s chief researcher. We’ll hold off the magical girls up here,” Jealousy ordered coldly.
The Flower Witch flew toward the underground area with somewhat stiff movements. Having left the [Purification Seed], most of her sanity was already gone. Her behavior was now not much different from that of an ordinary witch.
“The Flower Witch? Why is she here?” Seeing the familiar witch dive underground, Lu Yinxi showed a slightly strange expression.
However, it wasn’t a big problem. The Flower Witch’s aggression was generally low, and Su Xiaocheng, who currently held the [Purification Seed], could be considered the strictest mother to all witches.
Lu Yinxi continued suppressing Jealousy. She had already gained a slight advantage. Maintaining this rhythm, victory was only a matter of time.
The Flower Witch entered the underground through the shattered elevator shaft. Before long, she found An Li, who was organizing the cleanup of the scene and reinforcing the defenses.
Although her target was right in front of her, the Flower Witch’s attention was completely drawn to Su Xiaocheng nearby—or more precisely, to the aura of the [Purification Seed] on her.
“Mine…” A trace of clarity returned to the Flower Witch’s eyes, but it was quickly drowned out by crimson again.
“Bad news, it’s a witch! Everyone, prepare for combat!” Lu Chenyi commanded.
The guard members dropped their rifles and switched to strangely designed crystal-energy guns. Now that the enemy had changed from ground-walking lizards to a witch, they actually felt more at ease. Concentrated beams from the crystal-energy guns shot toward the Flower Witch.
But their relief quickly vanished.
The seven-colored petals on the Flower Witch’s head trembled slightly. All the crystal-energy beams aimed at her dissolved completely.
“Is this… an A-rank witch?” An Li saw yet another A-rank enemy and immediately gave up.
“Since the magical girls have already gotten involved, one more or one less doesn’t matter.” An Li consciously stepped back a few paces to avoid causing trouble for Su Xiaocheng.
“Give… it… back…” the Flower Witch said in a slurred voice. Vines extended from her hand, reaching toward Su Xiaocheng.
In her perception, Su Xiaocheng was only a B-rank magical girl and had no ability to resist her.
The [Purification Seed] inside Su Xiaocheng released purifying power that merged with her own magic. Su Xiaocheng tapped her magic staff on the ground, forming a shield filled with powerful purifying energy.
The moment the vines touched the shield, they recoiled sharply. The purifying magic followed the retreating vines, relentlessly burning the Flower Witch’s body.
“Ah!” The Flower Witch let out a painful scream.
An Li looked at Su Xiaocheng, her eyes lighting up.