Chapter 78: Bloom
“This guy is just too strong…”
After being blasted away by the magical beast again, Luo Shuangyue felt a bit of a toothache. The strength of this magical beast was truly overwhelming, like a hexagonal warrior with no weaknesses at all.
Although the beast’s body was constantly breaking apart, at this rate, she wouldn’t be able to last until it fully disintegrated.
No, I can’t drag this out any longer…
“Ye Lin, buy me some time!” Luo Shuangyue shouted at Ye Lin.
Luo Shuangyue was not someone who liked to rely all her hopes on a single powerful move. Unlike the magical girls who often used the magic cannon to decide the battle, she preferred using various small skills to chain together combos to secure victory.
This strategy worked well against opponents, but when faced with a situation like this, it exposed a major weakness.
These small skills can’t break through defenses!
Left with no choice, Luo Shuangyue had to resort to using that ultimate move which she had hardly used before.
And like the magic cannon of the magical girls, her ultimate move also required preparation to unleash. Given the current circumstances, all she could do was hope Ye Lin could stall for enough time.
Upon hearing Luo Shuangyue’s call, Ye Lin immediately leaped toward the magical beast, entangling it with her own body.
She realized that dragging it out further would lead to no good outcome, and since she was but a wisp of magical energy, it didn’t matter if her current form was destroyed.
At worst, her consciousness would return to the Sealing Card and continue to be imprisoned.
As if she had other worse fates awaiting her…
The magical beast angrily tore at Ye Lin, and in just over ten seconds, it used its terrifying brute strength to completely shred her apart.
The torn Ye Lin transformed into a slightly lighter black mist, merging into the ground. She had done everything she could; from here on, it was up to Luo Shuangyue.
Ten seconds is neither too long nor too short. During this brief moment, for which Ye Lin risked her ‘life,’ Luo Shuangyue successfully charged her energy. The scythe in her hand radiated a layer of gray light, and a strong aura of death slowly seeped from the blade.
“Final Chapter of Withering!”
From behind, huge black-purple butterfly wings unfurled, and countless death butterflies emerged from the void, transforming into a massive butterfly vortex around Luo Shuangyue.
Her body quietly disintegrated, merging into the swarm of butterflies, which then surged like a torrent toward the magical beast.
The attack that had previously only created sparks against the magical beast’s body now tore its flesh apart, causing the beast to let out a mournful roar.
The butterflies continued to tear at the beast’s body, leaving scar after scar. As the number of wounds increased, the rate at which the magical beast was collapsing accelerated.
Just a few more times like this, and…
Just as Luo Shuangyue thought this, a jet of pitch-black mist suddenly erupted from one of the beast’s wounds, instantly shattering her summoned butterflies, revealing her real form to the beast.
In the next moment, a beam of black light shot out from the beast’s wound, piercing through her left shoulder and sending her flying.
Not good… The moment she was sent flying, Luo Shuangyue immediately sensed something amiss. She didn’t expect this magical beast to use such a treacherous tactic.
She had been careless.
Her left shoulder, now completely numb, gave her a strange awareness that her magical power was rapidly flowing toward the injury, but the beast’s pursuit was already in front of her.
There was no time to dodge!
A thick black column of blood smashed into Luo Shuangyue like a battering ram, driving her directly into the ground.
And this strike directly knocked her out of her transformation state.
This scene made Xia Mo’s heart skip a beat.
The aura of Dark Butterfly has vanished?
Could it be… no way, she can’t be in trouble!
A surge of anger erupted from deep within her. The magical beast that still wanted to add insult to injury had become her true enemy.
Her comrades had fallen one after another, and here she stood, unable to do anything—how could she accept that!
I don’t want to be stuck behind my comrades, protected by them; I want to guard others just like them!
Crack…
The purple light radiating from Xia Mo became denser, and cracks began to appear on her magic wand.
But Xia Mo no longer paid attention to these details. Her heart held only one thought: to kill this monster, to avenge Ye Lin and Dark Butterfly!
As if sensing the surge of magical power from Xia Mo, the beast slowly turned to face her.
This also allowed Xia Mo to see the front of the beast, where it had been wounded by Dark Butterfly. This was the beast’s most vulnerable point!
“Disappear from this world!”
With a roar, Xia Mo’s magic wand completely shattered, and the magical power contained within surged toward the beast.
The purple torrent of magic slammed into the beast, forcibly pushing it backward.
But it wasn’t enough; the beast had not yet suffered any fatal damage.
“After all… can I not do it?” Xia Mo wanted to continue amplifying her magical output, but the magic cannon was already at her limit.
Is it really going to end here?
“Senior, don’t forget about us!”
A crisp voice sounded behind Xia Mo, and then two slightly weaker powers flowed into her body, replenishing her nearly depleted magical energy.
Luo Shuangxing and Xiaomimi stood behind Xia Mo, placing their hands on her shoulders and sending all their magical power into her.
“Come on, Senior! Show this ugly guy our strength!” Luo Shuangxing cheered loudly for Xia Mo.
Xia Mo didn’t turn around; she simply nodded silently, gritting her teeth and merging all her power into her magic cannon.
She cannot lose!
She will not lose!
A mix of white and brown appeared within the purple magic cannon, and the beast finally showed signs of fatigue against the second boost of the magic cannon. It howled in agony as its body began to break apart in large chunks.
Meanwhile, Xia Mo had completely entered a state of forgetting herself. At this moment, she was completely unaware that behind her had appeared four floating cannon platforms resembling wings, which aimed at the beast and launched rapid-fire attacks.
The magical power within Xia Mo should not have sustained such a horrific magical drain. The power that Luo Shuangxing and Xiaomimi provided was not much since they were just two newcomers.
But it was well known that magical girls were creatures of belief.
When her comrades fell one after another, and her juniors entrusted their last powers to her, Xia Mo’s breakthrough felt completely natural.
The flower that belonged to Xia Mo had already bloomed!
