At this mont the Salvation Church and Allied Forces had entered mutual visual range. The key was breaking through the boundary between Fallen Zone depths and core layer, where year-round hurricanes and infection factors lingered. Passing through safely would take considerable effort.
If struck while half-crossing, they'd be dood, so the Magical Girls responsible for maneuvering the island were extrely cautious.
Crack crack crack!
Continuous explosive clashes in the sky made everyone's hearts race, involuntarily worried. At this mont it was ultimately backbone Hyacinth taking on everything, causing concern.
They could vaguely see signature moves like Ti Slice and Temporal Cross-Section, but they were either dodged or blocked—the first ti such a situation occurred. Usually invincible magic faced a severely disparate origin with greatly reduced effects. The so-called intelligent subspecies Disaster Beast lived up to its reputation, possessing Disaster Beasts' powerful physical qualities, vitality, and origin plus supernatural beings' flexibility and combat intelligence—full of oppressive force.
Even from observer perspectives, Obsidian's power was clear—that bearing exceeded hegemons, an absolute ruler reigning over the Fallen Zone.
Precisely because of this power, it could indeed claim this place was a cultivation ground.
Those insufficient in strength couldn't understand the battle situation, only recognizing streaks of teors crossing the sky.
But whenever black magical torrents washed in all directions, the star representing Hyacinth dimd one degree, aura like a landslide continuously collapsing. Moreover, they noticed the combat altitude gradually falling back to sea level.
Splash!
Suddenly Jin Ruochu in Hermit Island's defensive works collapsed, blood flowing from all seven orifices. Surrounding dical team Magical Girls imdiately gathered around preparing battlefield ergency treatnt.
"Stop it." Her voice was already slurred. "Don't mind —maintain the cost or magic effects will weaken."
Only then did everyone understand Magical Girl Manjusaka had been using causal abilities for long-range support. Without luck protection, battlefield conditions would be worse. Seeing this, Jin Yulu planned to support, but aerial energy tides rose another level. In explosions, an aura finally rapidly fell.
Smoke cleared to reveal the silver-haired girl covered in wounds, gasping for breath, blood-soaked. In contrast, Obsidian hadn't even taken effective damage.
Both sides gazed at each other, each secretly shocked.
Hibiscus hadn't expected the intelligent subspecies to display such powerful suppression—could say she had difficulty breaking the enemy's Origin Shaping throughout. Was it insufficient level? Wrong—attributable to quantity differences. As a Growth Stage Hyacinth, even with outstanding technique, couldn't break through defense quantitatively, forced into hit-and-run entanglent.
Muscle soreness from overexertion spread throughout her body, plus rapidly depleting magic from healing wounds—she couldn't last much longer this way...
"Strange, is the legendary Church only this level?" Obsidian smacked its lips.
"Guess."
"...Those idiots reported your information to . Know what? They said Hyacinth was very threatening, but nothing special."
"Then don't drag it out—show more pressure if you can."
Mockery aside, the fact it couldn't take down the enemy quickly was undeniable. Must shatter the balance to create victory opportunities. Current condition was far from enough—fortunately it was increasingly adapting to relatively magic-poor regions. At this mont Obsidian spread both hands laughing heartily, muscles throughout swelling another size, light flowing, clouds dispersing. Expanding shockwaves from its center made the sea boil.
A completely new and powerful species announced itself to the world—wanting to drink blood, to slaughter. Magic power capable of remotely crushing warship wreckage firmly locked onto Hibiscus.
Nan Zhiyi paled: "Buying ti simply won't work—why doesn't she take her own safety seriously? Xiangyun Wei, Gu Rubai, go prepare nuclear warheads—"
"Yes ma'am."
Before other Magical Girls could react, the two nad had already acted.
At this point they had to risk using trump cards. For the Church, nuclear delivery thods weren't difficult—the key was grasping timing.
Situation developnt proved Nan Zhiyi's foresight, as the 4 high-tier Disaster Beasts that had retreated showed signs of returning to battle.
The two top combat forces clashing above the clouds also noticed this, but unfortunately had no spare ntal power for wide-area sensing. Especially for Hibiscus, keeping eyes on the enemy before her took everything, even squeezing physical strength.
Half her ability to not collapse now ca from willpower.
Obsidian suddenly swung toward the clouds, instantly clearing heaven and earth with brilliant light. The persistent mist actively dispersed under widespread attention.
"You know what? Powerful Disaster Beasts can continuously infuse regions with origin pressure forming forbidden zones, like the permanent magic on your island. But cultivation grounds no longer need any protection—quite the opposite, I sound the horn of attack. You can all watch closely—it's not that we Disaster Beasts prefer gloomy lands, but they will beco the past."
"Rambling so much just to say this—attracting everyone's attention? Are you a kid lacking recognition?"
Hibiscus's rciless retort made the intelligent subspecies's face darken, then it gnashed teeth:
"I'll also kill the so-called strongest Magical Girl—not just kill, but brutally torture to death, letting the whole world witness your fall."
Faster than words was its movent, almost instantly reaching the silver-haired girl's side. Though in incomplete state from interrupted incubation, suppressing a re Growth Stage Magical Girl was no problem.
Whoosh!
The instant rushing wind sounded in her ears, Hibiscus activated ti stop—forgotten which number this was. Without this move's fault tolerance, she'd have died countless tis.
She found the Disaster Beast before her had a more slender form like a cheetah, blade in hand slashing her cheek, not even ti stop fully reacting.
And Sands of Ti flowed too fast!
Representing maximum stop ti rapidly sliding from 30 seconds—not enough for Hibiscus to withdraw to safe distance and build power. Only one card left: advancent stone fragnts...
Unexpectedly the next mont frozen state ended. Obsidian's magnificent energy tore through both protective origin and magical Regalia dual defenses. Amid its laughter, increasingly adapting to its body, power steadily rising. The enemy who hadn't managed to pull back distance fell into wrestling—equivalent to death countdown.
"Right, Hyacinth. This feeling—thanks for the sparring—"
Raising origin output another level, it forcibly crushed Hibiscus's strength, one claw slashing into her neck, another stabbing her chest—hanging by a thread.
Once Obsidian caught opportunity for full-power attacks, it definitely aid for effective damage weak points. So Hibiscus dared not be careless. At this mont blades entered flesh, just milliters from fatal. She had to burn all magic power strengthening defense.
Her two hands also respectively blocked left and right claws. Though skin split and flesh tore, she didn't relax at all.
A pair of mortal enemies stared at each other zero-distance. Instantly they erupted into a brilliant light sphere, explosion tearing dust bringing out a stream of black blood.
Both roared, stirring magic in all directions. In 100% collision force shockwaves, skin and flesh tore, bones shattered.
Penetration!
Instantly Obsidian's shadow crossed past, mouth curving up in explosive laughter.
Hyacinth's Regalia had a huge hole replacing the chest area, neck similarly bearing fine bloody cuts severing halfway. Then life force reactions dropped to freezing point, blood like rain staining the sky red, like a broken-winged bird falling from the hard-won clear sky. Church mbers saw most clearly—filled with suffocating feeling.
The victor had his back to the loser, facing the boundless earth, overlooking shocked gazes of mortals. At this mont all was silent as if people's voices were stolen.
"Run faster—I'm coming to kill you—"
Suddenly an astonishing aura ca from behind. Unable to dodge, Obsidian had half its right arm severed, injured for the first ti since battle began, and the wound suppressed regeneration.
It simply severed the arm letting it completely recover from the wound, then observed the attack direction.
Obsidian was stunned, never expecting such a turnaround after such unreserved circumstances. Turning back revealed Hyacinth with wounds still unhealed, yet aura not diminishing but increasing.
She had her back to the blazing sun, light passing through clouds draping the silver-haired girl in garnts, casting shadows that instead shrouded the Disaster Beast.
"Who did you say you'd kill?" Blood-coughing Hibiscus smiled freely. "You haven't passed my checkpoint yet."
Hibiscus lightly traced her neck—the fine wound hissed with heat then healed completely. The chest cavity rapidly recovered, covered with Regalia showing stronger energy reactions than before—full condition, as if the previous life-threatening mont never existed. No, overcoming heart and brain weaknesses indicated one thing: brand new realm! The strongest Hyacinth once again led ceiling refreshnt.
This era's first Blooming Stage Magical Girl was born here.
Around her, 3 dium advancent stone fragnts dimd then disappeared. Sands of Ti finally achieved breakthrough to the third elent's new stage:
Ti Slice.
In the previous ti stop, Hibiscus had predicted Obsidian would go all-out to kill her, so used the reward without hesitation.
Advancent stone fragnts from entering Fallen Zone depths, from the smart product conference, from saving Tulip—combined together finally opened doors for the long-bottlenecked ti magic, producing the "Ti Slice" skill.
Adding corresponding Blooming Stage Origin Shaping and Regalia Upper Garnt, still full three elents advancing, right at the life-death line—one beat slower ant decapitation and death.
Mission accomplished.
Third-stage watershed Magical Girl power flowed within her, surging endlessly, self-circulating. Magic power shortage seed resolved. Because the Blooming Stage resonated with world energy—since I exist here, why need another process? It resonated, similar to Disaster Beasts' resonant deduction abilities on living things, while Blooming Stage resonated with the world's abundant power.
No wonder it was completely different from before—indeed living up to its na, this might had already blood and flourished.
Obsidian stared at the intoxicated silver-haired girl dumbfounded. "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
"Kid, try attacking and see if you don't know?"
"Go die."
The enraged intelligent subspecies Disaster Beast suddenly charged, tracing a teor wrapped in Mach rings breaking sound barriers, tearing the target with unprecedented ultra-high speed, blade penetrating the opponent's heart. Before it was clearly the severely wounded Hyacinth—the feel was perfect.
No, the rapidly dissipating life force after severe injury wasn't fake—so magical creation that could bear damage while in a state of fusion with the main body, ready to leave or not leave.
Outstanding combat intelligence let Obsidian guess about seventy percent instantly, plus Disaster Beast perception of Magical Girls wasn't wrong...
Terrible!
A drop of sweat flowed down its forehead. The upright flying posture actually showed a trace of dejection. Simple—re special abilities didn't warrant intelligent subspecies worry. The terror was that triggering damage immunity skills essentially ant its speed fell behind others.
All observing parties were equally shocked, both fearing Obsidian still retained strength and puzzled why it seed so easy.
At this mont Nan Zhiyi finally breathed relief.
But she still didn't forget commanding nuclear warhead deploynt, seeing Hegemon Disaster Beasts stirring restlessly after the stalemate, seemingly wanting another battle with Salvation Church.
Beach Magical Girls bustled preparing to et enemies again—everyone decided to trust Hyacinth anyway.
Distant pickup fleets similarly ready to strike. If the Church's number one trump card lost, Kale and Snow Maiden would rescue people and completely destroy the necessarily severely wounded intelligent species.
All battlefield-capable powerhouses focused perception on the two above the clouds.
Crack!
Suddenly the pierced Hyacinth's skin showed silver fine sand like a statue. Correspondingly, behind the sculpture appeared an intact, undamaged complete Hyacinth. She hadn't been affected at all.
"Did you turn the previous mont's self into a decoy shield?"
Facing Obsidian's shock, Hibiscus smiled faintly without answering. Facts were similar—using Ti Slice to cut out a ti point from the user, 100% bearing damage.
This move's power lay in almost never fearing speed—anyway, cutting out the previous mont to et enemies.
She snapped fingers making multiple overlapping shadows appear around her body, seemingly several unstable doubles in states of about to appear or not yet appeared. Unable to determine the situation, Obsidian continued attacking but found every strike missed. Overlapping outlines on the main body disappeared and reappeared, taking full attacks but leaving the main body undamaged.
"That's it?"
Still stubborn, it unexpectedly had no warning as the silver-haired girl erupted origin infusing her body with a punch—plain movents carrying deadly might.
Sky exploded with thunder, spreading shockwaves splitting clouds, sea receding, islands swaying. Everyone was terrified by such pressure. Even those on Hyacinth's side never imagined reversal coming so fiercely. The seemingly invincible intelligent subspecies Disaster Beast had protective origin shattered, actually rolling its eyes as its body tilted back, barely stabilizing after a daze.
Cold sweat soaked its back. At this mont Obsidian couldn't understand ti magic mysteries, heart filled with fear.
People on Hermit Island quietly discussed a possibility.
Jin Yulu murmured: "The origin explosion just now absolutely couldn't be accomplished by one person alone—perhaps Ti Slice is supplying energy to the main body."
"What do you an? So what does this have to do with ti? Vector? Gravity? Or sothing else?" Nan Zhiyi scratched her head puzzled.
"Easy to understand—drawing energy from different ti slice versions of yourself." Jin Ruochu hit the nail on the head.
In combat intelligence, besides Hyacinth, Protea ranked highest, imdiately realizing Sands of Ti's changes. Thanks to gaming and manga reading plus extensive knowledge, Manjusaka's comprehension was equally top-tier, only inferior in battlefield instincts.
As for Magical Girl Dandelion, she was very self-aware—suitable for developing special domains like Small Universe, but needed to think carefully about other new abilities.
"So what about the tactical nuke?" Jin Yulu asked.
"Send those Disaster Beast clusters circling back a big gift. Since they dare co back after being beaten away, hurt them thoroughly. You cover later—using maximum Domain Projection to deliver small-yield nuclear bombs is no problem. Fallen Zone is already rotten enough—light a firecracker for it."
Boom!
Another punch from the strongest Magical Girl hit the intelligent subspecies Disaster Beast's abdon.
Transmitted severe pain made Obsidian dizzy—never experiencing this since birth, strange yet fearful.
One distraction let Hibiscus seize the opening, hand emanating light, cleanly severing one of the enemy's legs. The window ti flow congealed short-term, preventing recovery—also a strategy against high-regeneration strong enemies.
Very good.
Why didn't she use the Temporal Cross-Section earlier? Because it belonged to skills requiring buildup and remote release—in rapidly changing top expert combat situations, better than nothing. Now with further developnt of Sands of Ti, she could seamlessly connect Temporal Cross-Section for close-combat deploynt, greatly improving damage efficiency. Similarly, Ti Slice's magic support let Hibiscus unleash attacks wantonly, storm-like pressure firmly suppressing enemies.
Precisely because entering Blooming Stage, she gained clear understanding of incomplete intelligent subspecies: indeed far exceeding Growth Stage Magical Girls, similar to newly advanced Blooming Stage.
But reality was full of variables.
According to netizen power level discussions: "Strongest magic holders lead sa level by 0.5 tis, while complete three elents add another 0.5 tis." Though numbers seed small, they were enough to create gaps. Combining Sands of Ti and full elents, once Hyacinth broke through she reached skilled Blooming Stage—incomparable.
Hard work paid off—precisely because of thick accumulation and thin release, she could hold advantage.
"If I hadn't been incompletely incubated, would I let you show off?" Hysterically roaring Obsidian shot light from its mouth.
This strike was easily avoided by Hibiscus, exploding into clouds behind her, firelight reflecting the surrounding kiloters blood-red, making everyone tremble with fear.
Seawater evaporated, dense mist rising. The vast South Pacific actually showed a crater comparable to an island, massive seawater pouring in to fill it. Even distant Hermit Island and Allied fleets pitched endlessly.
Too exaggerated!
Observers directly felt cheek pain and skin heat.
On the carrier island, Josh murmured: "Quickly report to headquarters for synchronized news—this is genuine single-output city-annihilation level firepower. Prepare strategic submarines."
Communications personnel solemnly followed orders—everyone was deadly silent.
High above, Hyacinth touched her left cheek—completely burned with carbonization signs, like being hit by white phosphorus spreading along skin burning. Though dodged, attack aftereffects reached this level! Besides the catastrophe that dominated the sky like natural phenona at first appearance, intelligent subspecies were most terrifying.
"Not regenerating?" Obsidian pointed to its own face beaten to expose teeth after one punch. "We're both talking with air leaks."
Hibiscus snorted coldly without responding.
At their level, perception was minutely detailed—every breath, every blood flow, even cellular efficiency of wound repair was familiar. They'd captured each other's regeneration reaching a threshold where efficiency would drastically slow. Similarly, protective origin was weakening.
This was the victory signal! Both top experts naturally understood but were more careful—fault tolerance decreasing.
Even showing disadvantageous signs didn't prevent it from occasionally delivering highly threatening counterattacks. Regardless, intelligent subspecies counted as current Planet Gaia world's top-tier Disaster Beast existence, let alone high-magic environnt enhancent.
Couldn't be careless.
The determined silver-haired girl's gaze sharpened as she vanished.
Here again!
Following that split-second dizziness feeling, Obsidian suddenly threw a punch, energy eruption comparable to the previous light flow, moving on thousand-hamred intuition.
Sure enough found it, but the silver-haired girl before it was covered in various shadow layers breaking apart while she remained unhard.
Trapped! This instant it realized trouble—never expecting Hyacinth to deliberately expose flaws baiting attacks to completely absorb its desperate full-power strike for consumption. In the light flow, the girl stood proudly, instead eting unprecedented surging origin while walking through air like a mountaineer bathing in blizzards, step by step climbing peak corners.
She t the light flow grasping Obsidian's fist, suddenly squeezing—bones shattered inch by inch, twisted like a pretzel transmitting force through the entire body.
"Damn." After consumption it couldn't strengthen flesh in ti to resist damage.
Intelligent subspecies transformation characteristics showed fully now. At the critical mont it suddenly beca a snake, ejected tail piercing Hibiscus's throat Regalia.
Snap!
Unexpectedly couldn't advance further, even being tightly bitten by the opponent. She showed a bloodshot-eyed smile plus muffled voice: "You can break Regalia—what about protective origin? This body that sparred with World Serpent? You glow from mouths—so do I—"
Teeth suddenly clamped shut with Disaster Beast wails as Hibiscus spat out a snake tail section.
Mouth full of blood adorned the silver-haired girl's wild bearing—even Disaster Beasts feared this mont.
Transformation risks too great!
After personally experiencing this, Obsidian returned to humanoid form, but the missing flesh couldn't be restored—left calf completely empty. The situation was extrely critical as it was first to show truly mobility-affecting, difficult-to-recover physical trauma.
Obsidian reacted fast enough, knowing allocating energy to regeneration was worse than attacking, but regrettably the light flow was easily avoided by Hibiscus again.
"We've dragged this out too long—ti to end it."
Before words finished she vanished, next second a delicate hand grasped the Humanoid Disaster Beast's face like an iron clamp, firmly gripping the target so it couldn't even open its mouth. It watched helplessly as overlapping shadows around the silver-haired girl gradually fused into her body one by one, energy climbing steadily, temperature so high that air spontaneously combusted, losing oxygen.
Thump—
Already missing an arm and leg, Obsidian's torso was torn apart by frontal origin explosion, turning to dust without a trace of residue remaining. But it wasn't over yet.
Temporal Cross-Section fired in rapid succession, semi-transparent lens fragnts continuously slicing through the remnant body, making it smaller and smaller.
At the final mont Obsidian was instead bewildered, panicking and shouting: "Hyacinth, don't forget—I still have other reinforcents."
Then it howled skyward, reaching the Fallen Zone center.
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