I almost couldn't resist taking action.
For Shion, watching Bai i battle the enemy made her hands itch terribly.
The enemy's strength was unquestionable. Among all the Magical Girls she had seen, only the Magical Girl Killer's stats could compare.
Fighting her would definitely be satisfying.
With the enemy's stats, she wouldn't have to hold back her strength. She could properly stretch her muscles and bones.
Moreover, every opening the enemy exposed gave her a feeling of... it was just too perfect. Not taking a kick at it would almost feel disrespectful to the opponent.
But she still held back!
Because this was Bai i's promotion battle.
Shion, as her master, knew that Bai i's current realm had stagnated, unable to find a path forward.
Although she had only just learned this by seeing it, it didn't change the fact that she knew.
It was worthy of the title "master."
Since this was her disciple's promotion battle, she, as the master, had to properly hold the line and not interfere with Bai i's fight.
If she intervened and caused trouble now, it would instead affect Bai i's promotion.
So Shion could only stand there, holding herself back, unable to move.
Like an exquisite little doll placed atop the Calamity Dragon's head.
Afraid that if she moved even a little, she might accidentally...
Take a swipe at Ailin, causing Bai i's promotion to fail.
Then she would truly be a failure as a master.
So even until the mont Ailin unleashed that final sword strike, Shion forcibly held herself still.
That sword strike was truly a good one.
Better than Bai i's.
Even Shion sowhat appreciated Ailin's strike.
Although it still couldn't compare to the final comprehension of the Sword Heart, Ailin's attack actually contained about thirty percent of Bai i's Sword Intent.
Combined with the full mana of a Pseudo-Full Bloom.
Perhaps the power of this strike even surpassed Bai i's.
And this was just after stepping into the Pseudo-Full Bloom realm, without much ti to practice and familiarize herself with her power and magic.
Given more ti, matching a true Full Bloom might not be impossible.
Even a stinking outsider, relying on her own effort and talent, wouldn't be inferior to the orthodox path.
Unfortunately, she wouldn't get that chance.
Only after Bai i completely slew Ailin, and Ailin's puppet-like outer shell shattered, revealing the true Disaster Beast form inside, did Shion let out a slight sigh of relief.
Being a master is truly not easy.
Just enduring not snatching opportunities from your disciple, not fighting your disciple's powerful enemies, is quite the hardship.
How is this different from being a parent? You have to resist evil thoughts about good things and gift them to your disciple.
Most importantly, no one praised her! She held back for so long without acting.
Held back until her mana was almost overflowing.
And no one knew how much grievance she suffered.
It was like an obsessive-compulsive person seeing a domino chain stuck halfway.
And she couldn't intervene herself.
Pure torture!
If not for her Shion's perfected temperant, she might have gone berserk from this, demonic thoughts sprouting, tribulations returning, enlightennt descending, clarity restored, obscurity... forgot the middle part, anyway, hard by delusion, hard to the extre, vomiting blood from severe injury!
Moreover, such imnse sacrifice went completely unknown.
Bai i was wholly focused on the battle, surely unable to perceive her suffering here, but she couldn't bla her.
If one fights with their entire heart and soul, how could they have spare ti to consider others' thoughts?
It's just that this felt like giving without receiving, making her feel quite unbalanced.
This kind of losing business must never be done again.
Never again will she let Bai i steal her punching bag...
"Thank you, Master, for holding the line and aiding Bai i's breakthrough."
Over there, after landing and withdrawing from her transformation state, Bai i's arms were restored, and all her injuries had vanished.
This was the benefit of being a Magical Girl.
Each transformation and withdrawal refreshed one's state, which was quite useful.
The cost was rely so physical strength and ntal energy.
Bai i bowed respectfully towards her, her etiquette impeccable. "You never intervened in Bai i's battle until the very end, allowing Bai i to advance further. Thank you for your understanding, Master. Watching such a battle must have been very taxing. Bai i, though untalented, wishes to relieve your worries and verify the results of this breakthrough."
Truly her most valued and most understanding senior disciple.
Even amidst intense battle and during promotion, she could still comprehend her master's thoughts.
As soon as she had a breakthrough, she actively sought battle.
Good, very spirited!
She had known from the start that Bai i wouldn't betray her heartfelt intentions, which was why she gladly held the line for Bai i.
In the future, she should take Bai i to gain more experience against other enemies.
The faint traces of resentnt and frustration originally present in Shion's beautiful brows vanished without a trace after Bai i's two sentences.
Although her heart was both satisfied and sowhat proud that her senior disciple could understand her good intentions, she still suppressed her brows and said lightly, "Hmm, this master didn't do much. It was all your own effort. As for sparring, wait until you've completely digested everything. There's no hurry to fight."
"Not at all, it's all thanks to your master's good intentions. The fact that you could face such a powerful enemy and resist acting, Bai i is truly in awe! If it were Bai i, she would have long been unable to resist slashing out with a sword. Therefore, please accept a sword strike from Bai i, Master."
"Heh, you should also gain more experience."
Although a faint sense of gratification had already surged in her eyes, Shion rely lifted her fair little chin. "For , to act or not is rely a thought. How could I be troubled by this? A cultivator should act according to their heart's desire! The matter of sparring, do not ntion it again!"
"I heed the master's teachings."
In the area of "Master Psychology," in the area of "The Shion Tree," in the area of "The Sect Master's Temptation."
As the senior disciple and the first mber of the "Sect Master's Observation Diary" research group.
She naturally had a precise grasp.
Asking Master Shion to rely watch the battle without acting was sowhat forcing her.
Ever since the Azure Cloud Sect was first established, the master had always been a bit hyperactive.
To put it plainly, she couldn't sit still. Usually, she was either training or sparring. In short, she would stand if she could, never sit; she would move if she could, never stay still.
And during this battle, Shion watched from above the entire ti, truly not moving at all.
Until the very end, even when Bai i almost failed to block that sword strike, Shion did not intervene.
Even Bai i herself was sowhat surprised. Apart from the initial full-map reveal, the master actually managed to endure, watching the entire battle.
Not even a trace of mana aura leaked.
Because if she had intervened, Ailin certainly wouldn't have held out.
And Bai i's Sword Heart might have gained a flaw.
Now, with Shion not intervening at all, she had blocked all of this False Emperor's moves, defeating her squarely and honorably.
Her Sword Heart was perfected, and her future path would have no flaws or hidden dangers.
All of this was thanks to her master's cultivation and assistance. She was genuinely grateful.
The two walked amidst the ruins.
Although she had sent the Golden Calamity Dragon King, driven by The Emperor, to retrieve the Dream Core, Shion was still quite interested in this world.
The white dregs' world was thoroughly polluted and saturated, equivalent to a clone of the Curse Realm.
But the Curse Realm's Living Planet was dead, so this world itself had lost its main body.
It gradually developed an independent consciousness.
That's right, this curse-saturated world had also co back to life.
Dregs represented death, with no miracles, no future, and no hope.
Curses represented despair, but despair was not death.
Despair itself was still a symbol of life.
Because one was still alive, one could despair.
The curse reawakened the already dead world and bestowed it with despair...
"Miss Shion."
However, halfway through their walk, soone blocked their path.
Shion looked up and saw a young girl.
She appeared to be around fourteen or fifteen years old, with pink hair tied in twin tails.
But the exhaustion and age in her eyes clearly didn't match her appearance.
Soon after, Shion quickly recognized her identity from her mana and characteristics.
Jade Fox, who should have died and vanished during the fusion with Ailin's transformation.
Now stood before the two of them, holding the Miracle Seed that Ailin had used.
Bai i instinctively stepped forward, wanting to shield Shion.
But she was imdiately pulled back by Shion's casual gesture.
Bai i hadn't reacted yet and initially wanted to break free.
But when she looked back and saw the cold expression on her master's handso face...
She instinctively relaxed her strength and was pulled by Shion, sitting down on the ground.
Shion snorted coldly, flicked her sleeve, and walked away.
She stepped in front of Bai i.
She said nothing, yet everything was said.
Letting you gain experience earlier was one thing.
Considering you just broke through, I won't take advantage for a spar.
Now, finally, another big fish appears, and you still want to snatch it?
Only pay lip service to respecting your master, is that it?
Your little actions with your hands show no intention of stopping.
Is there no end to this?
Seeing her master's delicate, pretty little eyebrows rise, Bai i knew in her heart that she had overstepped.
How could she not know what her master, whose temper was as small as her Mind's Eye, was thinking?
So she smiled sowhat apologetically, stood up, patted the dust off, and stepped back. "Sorry, Master, it was a conditioned reflex. This body sotis doesn't listen to commands."
"You still need to train."
"Master is right."
The young Jade Fox glanced again at Bai i beside Shion, feeling infinite envy and sighing in her heart.
She took a step forward, and her body flickered slightly.
It seed she wasn't a physical entity.
Her real flesh body had been destroyed. Now, she should be an illusion ford from her Personal Reality.
After a brief thought, Shion understood what had happened.
These two originally hadn't reached the Nascent Soul stage, but through the fusion of the Dream Core with their Personal Realities, they ascended in one step, their souls reappearing, falsely holding a Nascent Soul.
After Ailin failed, she lost control of the Nascent Soul, turned into a Disaster Beast, and her soul scattered.
And Jade Fox, who had originally been devoured as the loser, regained control of the Nascent Soul. This should now be her Nascent Soul form.
As everyone knew, Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul. It could be called the infant of the Primordial Spirit, and also represented the cultivator's original infant body.
Regardless of Jade Fox's original appearance, her Nascent Soul would necessarily be a youthful form.
If she cultivated for a while longer, this Nascent Soul could serve as her second body for revival.
Because it wasn't a true Full Bloom, lacking the power of rules, and she couldn't find anyone related to her power, parasitic revival like Great Emperor Mùjǐn's was impossible.
Moreover, her Personal Reality had already fused with Ailin's, so presumably, she couldn't fuse with a second Personal Reality.
"No need to be nervous, Miss Shion. After Ailin failed, this seed can only be considered waste. I am rely taking advantage of my fading existence to seek so answers from you."
Jade Fox knelt and sat on the ground, showing she ant no harm.
Then, with a sowhat dazed expression, she asked in a hazy voice, "Exactly... what does it an to be a Magical Girl, Miss Shion?"
"Although all people of the old world see you as their greatest enemy, and I, for the sake of the Black Mountain Realm, feared you imnsely, at the end of my life, when I look back on my Magical Girl career, I have begun to waver. And this wavering, I can only seek the answer from you."
Asking about the Dao?
Shion's expression turned solemn. As a Dao Master, with the experiences of many ancestors to draw upon, she wasn't afraid of discussing the Dao.
It's just that she truly wasn't skilled at discussing the Dao.
"Why?"
"Because you are the pinnacle of Magical Girls. An existence like yours should be the answer to what a Magical Girl is, walking the absolutely correct path."
Jade Fox fell silent for a mont, then began to speak:
"I beca a Magical Girl to save everyone in the Black Mountain Realm. I fought constantly, fought endlessly, until... the world died, and miracles vanished. I myself no longer believed in miracles and never had hope again."
"Being a Magical Girl was simple at first. I just had to kill those enemies. Those Disaster Beasts, those monsters, and those villains. By killing them, I could help people, save others."
"But when the Black Mountain Realm was about to perish, when we had to expand outward, I had to face so opponents I couldn't label as evil."
"So were Magical Girls, so were just ordinary people. They were like , rely wanting to save their own world. Including the Magical Girls of South China, they were only protecting their holand. I... never thought they were hateful, never thought they were wrong."
"I didn't want to destroy. I didn't want to harm anything. I just, like when I first beca a Magical Girl, wanted to protect everyone in the Black Mountain Realm, wanted to find a path for them to survive. But just for that, I had to fight Magical Girls who held the sa thoughts..."
After a long silence, Jade Fox seed to rember sothing. When she raised her head, tears flowed quietly, but her expression was rely blank. Her pupils reflected that beautiful purple figure:
"I couldn't distinguish right from wrong. I just fought on for the Black Mountain Realm, for everyone, but ended up harming many innocent people. I don't know if I can even be considered a Magical Girl. Actually, I'm just another type of Disaster Beast, right?"
At the end, Jade Fox collapsed forward, her illusory body unable to support her any longer.
Before them wasn't so aged, cunning old world enemy. It was rely a Magical Girl who had been constantly pushed forward.
Forced to fight, to advance, and finally left bewildered.
Shion crouched down, legs together, hands resting on her knees. "So that's why you lost to Ailin."
Jade Fox was stunned for a mont, then nodded. "Yes. I couldn't be as pure as her. So, I lost."
An impure Personal Reality, even if far surpassing the opponent in strength.
Theoretically capable of devouring the other through sheer quantity.
In the end, because she wasn't obsessed enough, she was devoured instead.
She was practically the most stereotypical cannon fodder villain in web novels.
However.
Shion smiled slightly.
That smile, for so reason, seed sowhat warm to Jade Fox.
"Unable to persist in your self, neither good enough to be utterly thorough, nor bad enough to feel at ease. Soone of your level generally has no right to co ask anything, because I have no interest in people like you."
Jade Fox let out a heavy sigh.
"But, I'm in a good mood today."
The young girl stood up, gave a little hop. Amidst her flying hair, that exquisite face, which had never known confusion, tilted slightly.
Even in profile, it remained flawless, causing Jade Fox to lose herself in it for a mont.
"I can give you an answer."
Shion patted her fist. She needed a punching bag now.
Her hands were itching unbearably, craving a fight.
So.
"No need to dwell on the past anymore. Life is too long. No one can guarantee they'll always be right. What you can choose is how to end your life. And the way one ends their life is the ultimate reflection of a person's value."
Jade Fox looked up. "Do I... still have the power to choose? At the end of my life?"
"Of course."
Shion extended her hand towards her. "I am the one who will destroy all [Dregs]. I am your [Dregs'] ultimate enemy. It has nothing to do with the justice of other Magical Girls. To you, I am an enemy who shows up for no reason, wanting to kill you all."
"The Black Mountain Realm, the Mirror Kingdom, the Curse Realm—they are all the sa to . It's not to protect anything, not for revenge. It's simply that I want to destroy you."
"So, to you, I am absolute evil."
"No need to consider those aningless things anymore. Stand before and use all your strength to fight ."
"Because you stand opposite , all your mistakes beco insignificant. Because you stand before absolute 'evil' and rise in resistance."
"No need for others to acknowledge you. I will prove it for you. Your actions, the aning of your life as a Magical Girl, will be endowed with justice the mont you beco my enemy."
"Co."
The purple deity bestowed such grace and promise upon her.
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