"Look at that guy, just like soone who's been constipated sitting on the toilet but suddenly got blasted by swamp gas, spraying shit all over the walls."
Jin Ruochu burst into laughter, making a statent completely unbefitting her young lady status. Not only did she want to defeat the enemy, but she also wanted to ruthlessly mock them to crush their morale.
"So tired."
The pink-haired girl who had just shown her divine might lay down straight, causing the three teammates beside her to sigh helplessly, speechless. There was no helping it—Fortune and Misfortune magic was just support in the early stages, unable to activate for two minutes.
Fortunately, the Red Rhino had also been badly damaged by the explosion and was now hiding deep in the mountain, not daring to attack.
Nan Zhiyi put her hands together in a ditative pose—she had another task.
Hibiscus ordered: "Since we've already broken through the air defense network, maintain suppression. Wait for Jin Ruochu to recover before engaging the enemy."
With that, she held her staff pointing toward the ground. The next mont, brilliant magic beams cut through the sky and fell precisely, accurately hitting the Disaster Beast swarm attempting to attack the landing force.
The battle-hardened magical girl Hyacinth's magic power had reached another level. Although ti magic currently lacked large-scale, high-intensity output capability, the magic power that was part of her Origin could do it. Even the simplest bombardnt technique produced astonishing effects—barrage coverage within a hundred-ter radius, swift sweeps bringing chains of explosions, corpses of Disaster Beasts scattered all over the mountains and plains, countless enemies killed.
Hibiscus's achievent of the next stage of Origin—Magic Power Internal Compression—could do more than just break armor; more importantly, it raised her output level by a whole tier.
Nan Zhiyi suddenly opened her eyes. "Found the Sea Demon's location."
As she reminded them, she deployed her Small Universe centered on a coordinate point. A starry sphere suddenly appeared in the waves, annihilating a thick octopus tentacle—but missed! Moreover, the cursed eye on the severed limb still stirred restlessly, shooting a beam of light toward Nan Zhiyi.
At the critical mont, Hibiscus pushed the girl away, taking the hit squarely on her back without question.
This was the Disaster Beast's full-power strike before being wounded.
The silver-haired girl's body surface was covered in bronze color, motionless. At this, Nan Zhiyi wanted to die from regret, rushing over but feeling only the coldness of tal.
Jin Yulu crashed into the octopus's severed limb, shattering it completely, but the deed was done. She sensed the dejected mood of Jin Ruochu and Nan Zhiyi. Could it be that their first full deploynt would suffer casualties?
Crack crack crack!
Suddenly, the bronze shell on Hibiscus's body surface filled with cracks and shattered piece by piece. She shrugged her shoulders, still calm and composed.
"...Before departure, I told you all to protect your bodies with Origin. Just now Nan Zhiyi was focused on attacking and neglected this point. Don't worry, I'm fine. Non-rule-based abnormal status skills are easily resisted by brute force. This kind of ability is rather useless—it only works on third-rate opponents. The higher the level, the less useful it becos."
"Continue searching the sea and increase strikes on land Disaster Beasts. We still have a chance."
As Hibiscus spoke, she flicked her finger, and the magic barrage continued unabated.
Are you a bomber?
The soldiers stood frozen. Although the silver streamline trailing across the sky was visibly Lyra, how had the firepower level suddenly surged by so much? She must have been hiding her strength before!
Jin Yulu was equally indispensable. At this mont, in her mythical form, she actually had no special abilities—she was just big enough, fast enough, and hard enough. Circling in the air, sotis diving, sotis banking, like an aerial gunboat always keeping her firepower aid at the enemy.
As fellow magical girls, she and Hibiscus's auras converged with perfect coordination, precisely striking Disaster Beast swarms to destroy their organization.
"Are you standing around wanting people to laugh at you?"
Colonel Josh ordered the army to prepare quickly. At this mont, they displayed qualities worthy of a battle-tested force, constructing beachhead defenses in orderly fashion despite such an intense battlefield.
It was rather unfortunate that Gallup had lost combat capability—who told him this body was still new and he'd encountered the killer who had previously killed him? He could only express regret. Actually, there was no shortage of conflict among Holy Relics, occasionally resulting in deaths. She couldn't be bothered with disputes caused by private fighting among rcenaries.
"Hey! If you want to find the Sea Demon, I have a clue," Josh shouted loudly. "I left a blood marker."
Nan Zhiyi, who had been searching with ntal power with her eyes closed, was overjoyed and responded: "Thank you, Colonel. I understand."
Based on Josh's aura, checking the sea surface indeed showed weak feedback. This ti she wouldn't make another mistake.
"I've fully recovered!"
Jin Ruochu, who had been lying there panting, suddenly did a carp-flip and stood up, full of fighting spirit, rubbing her fists together. She secretly swore this first battle must be beautiful.
Jin Yulu said: "Although manifesting mythical form without any special abilities has relatively low consumption, I'm nearly at my limit and can't continue maintaining the World Serpent. But don't worry, fighting in human form is no problem. Instructor, what do we do about this situation?"
"Priority is removing the petrification effect. We can't let the Sea Demon escape. The Abyssal White Whale blocking shipping routes would also be troubleso. Nan Zhiyi and I, who have control skills, will deal with them."
Hibiscus was equally concerned about casualties. If the petrification effect broke through the irreversible threshold, people would truly die. Moreover, even if they didn't actively pursue and kill, the Disaster Beasts would still co after them, so they might as well take the offensive.
Supporting the Island 24 battlefield not only released goodwill toward the official pro-establishnt faction represented by Josh, but also paved the way for exploring Hermit Island.
"In that case, I'll drag the Red Rhino along with Miss Jin."
"You all know the enemy data, be careful. We'll split into two groups then, see you later."
Bang!
The golden World Serpent burst like a punctured balloon into a cloud of white mist. The magnificent creature that had filled the sky disappeared in the blink of an eye, inevitably creating so tension on the field. After all, regardless of anything else, everyone counted as comrades now—sharing advance and retreat, life and death. If sothing went wrong with the reinforcents, they themselves would definitely not have it easy. Following the principle that when lips are gone, teeth feel cold, they naturally cared about friendly forces.
Looking closely, they saw a total of four streaks of light in the clouds, splitting into pairs and scattering. The most recognizable were Lyra and the Star Observer—familiar faces.
Although they had never grasped specific facial details, such gorgeous flight trajectories were equivalent to calling cards. They represented a sense of security.
There were also two unfamiliar faces. One should be the golden dragon's true form, dressed in the sa golden yellow like a dragon robe draped over her body, radiating predator-like pressure every second. The other was entirely pink, accompanied by falling cherry blossoms—the ability to single-handedly open a path to heaven should have co from her.
"The target is a decapitation operation!"
Josh was slightly stunned after sensing the advance route with ntal power.
Simply unimaginable what kind of bold skill and courage it took to directly pursue and kill Boss Disaster Beasts—didn't they want their lives? Or rather, they must have absolute confidence.
Actually, she could accomplish it by risking her life too. The so-called "finding dignity" just now ant that even without command responsibility, she had to take down a Boss Disaster Beast. Fortunately, reinforcents ca, which in a sense saved her life.
The only romance on the battlefield was probably forming inexplicable bonds with complete strangers.
"Over there, very large——"
Nan Zhiyi pointed at the sea surface, but her words got stuck in her throat because the Sea Demon with its tentacles flailing was much larger than imagined. Neither her domain nor ti acceleration could completely cover it, let alone that it retained powerful petrification skills.
Although it had been proven that status effects could be forcibly removed through Origin and Regalia, not everyone was the magical girl Hyacinth.
Hibiscus shaded her eyes with her hand and glanced over. On the sea surface, octopus tentacles danced wildly, making it hard to distinguish real from fake.
On the other side, the Abyssal White Whale returned to the battlefield under the Sea Demon's cover, roaring as it attacked the warships. The two were working together to create a hunting ground, preparing to devour everything.
"Don't be hasty."
The silver-haired girl murmured softly, both encouraging herself and advising Nan Zhiyi to be careful. Petrification couldn't be delayed—at most five more minutes and the human body's life magic power would be completely frozen, after which there would be no salvation. But the Sea Demon's vital points remained elusive, and she couldn't deal with it the sa way as the Abyssal White Whale...
Wait! The giant octopus that had been severely wounded by the Small Universe was actually attacking its own subordinates, grabbing small Disaster Beasts one by one and squeezing them until they burst like juice.
Hibiscus had a flash of inspiration. "If it encounters prey as large as the Abyssal White Whale, it should surface, right?"
"Too dangerous! They're covering for each other."
"Aren't we doing the sa? The difference is that beasts' cooperation can never compare to humans. Once a companion is in trouble, it doesn't mind kicking them when they're down. But this isn't enough—I must also serve as bait."
Hibiscus laid out her bold plan, making Nan Zhiyi frown deeply, but she still nodded in the end. "Leave it to ."
No sooner had she spoken than everything beca sluggish—waves gentle, birds frozen, along with the girl's worried expression and resolute gaze extending together, a mont infinitely prolonged.
4x acceleration!
The silver-haired girl, the only one maintaining normal flow rate, was covered in afterimages as she flickered repeatedly. Incomparable speed was about to erge, exceeding the current triple limit she could bear, leaving her skin torn and body covered in wounds, but unable to shake her fighting spirit in the slightest. Killing intent locked onto the Abyssal White Whale from afar. It was charging toward a warship when it was firmly controlled, even its thinking becoming sluggish, watching helplessly as the silver streamline broke through the air.
Hibiscus extracted a cube of sluggish seawater from the normal sea surface within a limited range. This ti it was the garrison's turn to witness a miracle firsthand.
Like an air aquarium trapping the previously invincible Boss Disaster Beast.
Crack crack crack.
Sharp cold light swept through, dismbering it into chunks of at. This performance was identical to the Edo battlefield, except more sharp and reaching perfection.
One move to defeat the enemy—the Abyssal White Whale was killed.
Everyone felt a gust of wind sweep past their ears, with a cutting sensation on their cheeks, as if a blade had wiped across their necks, making them shiver all over. What kind of monster could instantly kill a Boss Disaster Beast? Lady Lyra was becoming more and more skilled—she was stronger than in her debut battle.
However, only Hibiscus understood that she had squeezed out every bit of strength without reservation. For a short ti afterward, she would lose combat capability and be very vulnerable.
Sure enough, the Sea Demon, already driven mad by blood and aroused to ferocity, pounced regardless of everything.
Behind the silver-haired girl fell tons of seawater and chunks of the Abyssal White Whale's corpse as the ti magic was released, and of course her magic-rich body. No Disaster Beast could miss such an opportunity—like sharks slling blood.
It revealed its massive head, opening a mouth full of sharp teeth like an abyss. The putrid, bloody sll was suffocating, and such an ugly, bizarre true appearance was enough to give people nightmares.
Hibiscus turned back and said coldly: "It's precisely because you can't control yourself that you're livestock."
"Domain Seal!"
Nan Zhiyi ford hand seals, and the starry scene under her feet rapidly extended, instantly enveloping the two girls and the Sea Demon's head.
But things went against her wishes. Because the Sea Demon was too large, complete sealing wasn't achieved—another small part remained outside the domain range, the two pressing against each other. Unable to completely seal ant she couldn't fully mobilize the domain's stellar bodies. Now they entered a deadlock of competing forces. The slightest carelessness would cause the magic to backfire and cause severe injury. This situation was critical for Nan Zhiyi, instead putting herself in danger.
"Sorry, my performance was too ugly..."
"No, it's already good enough. You should look carefully at the results you've achieved." Hibiscus pointed at the Disaster Beast's bloody, mangled flesh at the domain boundary.
The Sea Demon seed not to be trapped inside, but was actually more severely injured. Survival instinct began to overco predatory desire as it prepared to flee.
What, sweating profusely now, huh?
Ti magic wouldn't give the enemy such a chance. The world lost color and stopped, the principles of all things' operation making way for the silver-haired girl. At this mont she had ample ti to concentrate Origin—11 seconds of pause was also a life countdown.
Pouring in everything with all her might.
Boom!
White-hot light cut through the sky, the trendous sound echoing across the entire island, brilliant and dazzling.
A torrent shot from Hibiscus's index finger into the Sea Demon's head. Despite its powerful vitality, the opponent scread in pain but still held on. Almost simultaneously, all petrification curses converged toward her. The silver-haired girl, who couldn't spare attention for defense, had her body surface covered in bronze color, and her magic output suddenly dropped. The Disaster Beast's greatest trump card lay in its exaggerated vitality. Once entering a war of attrition with a magical girl, the latter's chances were slim. Now it all depended on who could completely kill the enemy first.
Just as Hibiscus felt her strength rapidly draining, she saw the domain rapidly shrink to surround herself, not so much as to seal and interrupt output—perfectly tid defense.
Nan Zhiyi said breathlessly: "Thanks to you, this big octopus, I finally understand that Small Universe isn't the most solid shield either."
"Then I'll give it my all."
Origin suddenly surged, pouring into the magic beam, breaking through skull and brain, splattering blood. Then it penetrated through the body once more. The white-hot light flew into the clouds, blasting open a gap and letting down sunlight. Such terrifying power even made the intensely fighting island briefly quiet.
The Boss Disaster Beast codenad Sea Demon crashed down with a thunderous sound, completely lifeless, utterly dead.
The magical girls didn't need to do anything extra—the Disaster Beasts beside it sward up to feast, greatly reducing pressure from the naval battle as the two greatest threats were eliminated.
Crack crack crack!
The sound of petrification breaking rose and fell. The survivors lay on the ground gasping heavily with lingering fear, clearly feeling the beauty of being alive for the first ti.
Hibiscus also breathed a sigh of relief, afraid this move might be permanently effective.
In the original storyline, Hyacinth and Manjusaka's decisive battle on the moon's surface forcibly shattered the planet, but the fragnts remained perpetually sluggish in space, not completely separating because infinitely extended sluggishness barely maintained gravity. What appeared to be a moon broken into several pieces still maintained tides. By the sa logic, the moon could no longer serve as a base—it was constantly under attack by cursed teorites and probably wouldn't last a hundred years. That was the mark of magic reaching the pinnacle—miracles in the hands of withering-period magical girls never wither.
However, they were still immature now. Even a single Boss Disaster Beast was a severe challenge for Jin Yulu and Jin Ruochu.
...
Just as the Sea Demon battlefield began.
Jin Ruochu and Jin Yulu, responsible for the volcanic summit battlefield, arrived together, then they were dumbfounded.
The rock rhinoceros that had seed mighty and inviolable from afar revealed its true form after that explosion: a red rhinoceros only slightly larger than a wild boar. The two, accustod to seeing large creatures, were instead surprised. That's it?
Jin Yulu, with military background, reacted fastest, firing a magic beam without hesitation—the simplest and most practical attack thod, aid at the enemy.
Bang!
An earth wall rose to block the magic power, then it rged into the rock and disappeared.
It seed to vanish, but to magical girls, its presence was everywhere. According to intelligence provided by Hibiscus, the Red Rhino possessed destructive attributes and had been companions with the volcano for years, able to move through it and even control it to so degree. It was precisely because of this "truly active volcano" that human armies had been unable to cross the line for many years.
Jin Ruochu wouldn't indulge the enemy. She imdiately crouched down, supporting herself with her hands on the ground. "I'll make the volcano blast you out."
Just as she was about to act, she was stopped by her companion.
"Don't you rember the magic rules? The instructor said: Ti magic has the highest consumption, Mythical magic has the least consumption, Skill magic has the smallest cost, and Causal magic has the greatest cost. Save it a bit."
Jin Yulu's earnest words made the pink-haired girl pause slightly, then nod seriously. The hand touching the ground instead emanated wisps of magic power for detection.
"Such amazing precision!"
The girl in dragon robes widened her eyes, not hiding her admiration for her comrade.
"Although you all see using magic frequently, I've never neglected the fundantals, all for today."
Jin Ruochu tracked with magic power and captured the Red Rhino's figure. Even hiding in the mountain couldn't conceal its traces. However, after determining its location, she looked troubled—too deep. This guy was practically staying next to the lava. Honestly, compared to the Sea Demon and White Whale with their considerably strong main bodies, the Red Rhino had to occupy advantageous terrain. But as compensation, once it secured a position, one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.
She grasped Jin Yulu's hand, transmitting the magic aura to share coordinates, then asked: "It's hiding too deep. I must rely on your power."
"Don't worry."
"Do you need any help?"
"Just a bit of luck—give the minimum amount of fortune."
No sooner had she spoken than fine scales appeared on the girl's body, layer upon layer like armor, modifying her body without losing a kind of beauty—heroic and extraordinary, with dignified bearing.
The most distinctive feature of Mythical magic was "dual transformation"—besides the full Regalia form, there was also the transformation that ca with the magic itself, the most essential ability. Taking the World Serpent as an example, "survival of the fittest" was a developed application; the actual underlying logic was massive size with almost no upper limit. As long as magic power continued to increase, it would grow larger and larger.
The World Serpent's value in its own series lay in its initially massive form, and being thick-skinned was also an excellent chanism.
Roar——
Dragon cries rang through the nine heavens as a golden figure swelled up, then Jin Yulu dove straight into the crater, rapidly excavating at the Red Rhino's location.
With pure physical strength alone, she turned everything upside down. What was clearly the simplest whack-a-mole action forcibly created a small earthquake—flying sand and stones, spraying rock and soil. Taking the crater as center, continuous landslides occurred, with so rubble even rolling down the slopes to the feet of soldiers who had just landed.
Faced with this scene, they were left only with shock—that was power beyond human reach.
From another perspective, they should indeed be grateful both sides were on the sa front. Everyone stared blankly at the golden dragon pounding the crater like grinding dicine, the force so fierce it caused earthquakes that made it hard to stand. Hard to imagine what the performance would be if they fought the army?
Gallup trembled all over, gritting his teeth: "Colonel, what's your take on these reinforcents?"
"They're not Disaster Beasts—that's enough."
Josh couldn't be bothered with miscellaneous matters. Right now she was worried about the safety of the petrified, because if they all died, it would be no different from a defeat.
Blood-condensed threads split from her body, pulling the petrified as close as possible for protection, otherwise breaking them would have unpredictable consequences. Actually, Josh had already accepted the Salvation Church's reinforcents from the bottom of her heart—the more fighting force, the better. Miss Pasha was also open-minded about this.
"...What the front lines think never matters. What matters is we must all win this battle, and they can use this to establish their position."
At the crater battlefield, Jin Yulu, who had been excavating for a long ti, finally found the Red Rhino.
"Let's see where you run!"
"Woo!"
The Disaster Beast charged, trying to squeeze into a rock crevice, but was blocked by Jin Ruochu. The next mont, the pink-haired girl kicked upward—an seemingly casual attack that happened to hit the heart, paralyzing it for an instant. However, an instant was enough ti. Jin Yulu imdiately returned to her original form, condensing magic light in her hand and ramming it into the Red Rhino's body. Blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Magical girls often seed to lack attack power because their opponents were usually large, but encountering the Red Rhino type, one punch could split it open.
Boss Disaster Beasts weren't easy opponents either. Almost simultaneously, the surrounding rock walls automatically separated, flowing with rolling lava.
It rolled away in embarrassnt, making the lava forcibly separate a protective barrier. Unfortunately, things went against its wishes—unluckily, control progress declined, causing a stream of lava to pour onto the Red Rhino. Although it could control the earth's crust to so degree, that didn't an immunity to damage. In an instant, its flesh dissolved with sizzling boiling sounds.
Jin Ruochu slowly approached, saying in a deep voice: "Once an enemy appears in my sight, it's locked on."
After special training, the girl was more skilled with Causal magic.
For example, she didn't need to precisely balance fortune and misfortune—just applying the concept of "who is luckier and who is unluckier" would do. Things would develop smoothly in accordance with this. For an enemy in a disadvantageous position, the greatest misfortune was being unable to escape, so at this mont the Red Rhino was equivalent to being firmly locked by fate.
Jin Yulu attacked from the other end, severing one of the Disaster Beast's legs.
The next mont, they both condensed magic blades and slashed out fiercely, their forms crossing past each other as they severed the beast's head. Then that head rolled to one side by "inertia," seemingly about to fall from the ground fissure...
She stepped on the head trying to escape. "Small Boss Disaster Beasts often have stronger vitality. If the instructor hadn't provided intelligence beforehand, I probably wouldn't have believed it."
"It's actually not dead even with its head cut off!" Jin Ruochu showed disgust. "Dr. Mu once said magical girls in later stages can do this too, even progressing toward true immortality. That scene would definitely be horrifying—we'd all be monsters."
"Let's talk about future matters in the future."
"Right."
The two magical girls simultaneously channeled magic beams at full power, completely annihilating the Disaster Beast. At the sa ti, the volcanic activity that had never ceased on Island 24 gradually cald.
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