Chapter 190

This extremely special category of magic is the core reason why the <FlashDance> series of projects were able to be implemented.

As we all know, Magical Girl are products of idealism; they need love, desire, emotion, and perseverance to create the miracles called magic.

Shine Magic is an amplifier of miracles.

Magical Girl can become special "wishing bottles" through a certain medium, thus possessing the power to draw upon, or rather, borrow from, the love, wishes, emotions, and obsessions of specific people.

Based on this foundation, and through a certain ritual, it can be unified and transformed into a blazing brilliance, thereby achieving the effect of large-scale cleansing of calamities, and even assisting [Pure White] in suppressing forbidden areas.

In short, idols are the medium, the stage is the ritual, and fans and audiences are a specific group of people.

As for Shine Magic, it is a group field magic created by the combined Destined Magic of multiple [Witch].

In fact, you can tell just by looking at their [Flow State] abilities. Kiriwake Yayoi's [Perfect Performance Method], Ji Shuzhu's [Puppet Melody], Chu Yuanqing's [Pure White Aria], and Chu Wangshu's [Phosphor Tide] are all products centered around the stage and aimed at creating idols.

The so-called Netherworld Butterfly are precisely the group that has gathered this group of [Witch].

The meaning of "Captain-Class [Witch]" is almost the same as that of the captain in a girl group.

Xie Qingyu is the most suitable "Wishing Bottle" to become the central hub among the Netherworld Butterfly. Her Shine Magic effect is the best when she is in the Center position, so she is undoubtedly the core of the team.

It's worth mentioning that each time the Shine Magic is activated, the [Witch], acting as a "Wishing Bottle," can passively retain some benefits, thereby accelerating her growth.

This applies to Little Idol who are either [Witch] trainees or even [fuel] trainees; the only difference is the level of benefit they receive.

Therefore, Public Performance is equivalent to a military exercise, or even an arms race.

The live audience is an indispensable element; otherwise, with the technological level of Flash Dance, it would be entirely possible to project the audience below the stage to the contestants in real time, and project the idols on the stage to the audience in real time, thus achieving the goal of a risk-free Public Performance.

Xie Qingyu felt a pang of emotion as she thought about this.

<Shining Stage> is definitely the gentlest of the Kindling Project, with no conspiracy theories or anything sordid about it.

The nations united solely to cultivate enough [Witch] and gather enough Shine Magic, so that before [Pure White] collapsed, they could wipe out the thirteen forbidden zones and all the high-level [Calamity Species] in one fell swoop.

If we succeed, we can save the world without bloodshed.

Even if they fail, the [Witch] they cultivate will still be powerful enough to become a sharp weapon for humanity to suppress calamities.

As for why nuclear weapons weren't used for extermination?

Because of the extremely unique Life Form of [Calamity Species], thermal weapons have limited effect on them.

Moreover, in places like forbidden zones, nuclear bombs are unlikely to kill the calamity, but they may break the suppression of [Pure White] and open the valve of the apocalypse ahead of time.

Therefore, the authorities are currently waiting for the moment when [Pure White] collapses, and then they will pour all the chips they have accumulated over 17 years into the thirteen forbidden areas and all the marked high-risk areas, in order to achieve the greatest results with the least risk.

Xie Qingyu pondered for a moment, setting aside those distant thoughts, and continued:

"Teacher Dream Weaver said that there's a high chance of a surprise in this Public Performance; maybe there's an outstanding junior among them."

The girl raised her chin, making a solemn vow:

"I bet the surprise it was referring to is Chu Yuanqing, the pretty girl who's so close to Xuan Bao. She might be able to help us find out if there are any Calamity Beasts in the venue."

After hearing this, the Little Butterfly paused for a moment in an eerie silence, and then said:

"But Xiaoyu, didn't you say last time, out of jealousy, that Chu Yuanqing must be the kind of bad woman who likes to deceive young girls everywhere? Xuan Bao's relationship with her is so good that they hugged in public, isn't that going too far?"

Xie Qingyu's anxieties about the future of humanity were instantly overwhelmed by shame and anger. She slammed her hand on the table and said:

"One thing at a time! That was about my elder sister's dignity, this is about being responsible to the younger generation!"

In short, we must wait and hold onto hope.

Xie Qingyu and Violet were bickering, but Xie Qingyu was focused on micro-manipulating the techniques.

This was the first time she had shouldered such a heavy responsibility. She was extremely nervous, fearing that a few Calamity Beasts might suddenly appear in the Waiting Room, the audience seats, or other parts of the venue and devour all the lovely juniors. She dared not slack off in the slightest.

Time passed second by second, and the team on stage had finished their performance.

This team is a classic example of a team whose Combat Power exceeds their rating. Apart from Lin Bao'er, each member is a contestant who has stepped into the realm of "Flow State". The explosion of four "Flow State" states brought a shock to the scene that was no less than the Stage Aura created by Xie Qingxuan's last Shine Return.

The biggest surprise was Liang Xiaoxiao.

After all, Ruan Wutong, who was also in the D-Class, had a record of four wins and four losses, which made her stand out and let the audience know her strength in advance. But Liang Xiaoxiao had really lost many battles before, and had hardly won a single Stage Battle. She was just a nobody who was ignored by everyone.

This outburst of "Flow State" was truly a stark contrast, completely unexpected by all viewers.

In the Waiting Room,

Looking at the beautiful girl with a bright smile on the stage, Kiriwake Yayoi felt something was off. She murmured in confusion:

"Why do I feel that Liang Xiaoxiao's 'Flow State' state has a bit of Xiao Qing's flavor?"

The Green Eyed Cat was a little wary. She wrinkled her delicate nose, imagined for a moment, and was immediately Xiaoxiao. Could it be that Qing Bao have to Heart Tide?!

Something's not right, this is definitely not right!

Xie Qingxuan pursed her lips, feeling envious.

She also wanted her Heart Tide to be filled with Qing Bao's essence.

No, she should try to infuse Qing Bao's Heart Tide with her own unique flavor.

Tang Liuli was unaware that her disciple had already put her skills to practical use, even surpassing her own, while she remained at the simplistic stage of learning how to kiss him back.

The Little Cotton-padded Jacket was much simpler; she saw this as proof of friendship and wanted to capture some of Qing Bao's essence in [Phosphor Tide], which she greatly envied.

Chu Yuanqing herself was very confused about this. Of course, she could see that Xiaoxiao had used her own aura to replace the disaster aura to construct the [Cocoon of the Heart], which was why there was her own flavor in the Heart Tide.

But it turns out...

Would this even work?

Why doesn't even she know?

But this should be considered a good thing. Xiaoxiao's [Flow State] state will give her a slight buff that suppresses the Calamity Beasts, so it's okay to ignore it.

On the screen, the next team then takes the stage.

Chu Yuanqing was the next team to perform. Since the stage performance was only five minutes long, and the subsequent voting session was also limited to five minutes, they left the Waiting Room first and walked towards the back of the stage.

During the event, the noise from the audience became increasingly louder due to the lack of soundproofing, allowing the Little Idol to experience a long-lost sense of tension ahead of time.

Chu Yuanqing's eyelashes drooped, his mind as still as an ancient well.

In the past, she might have cared about the 5,000 people present, their gazes like licking lips in her Supernatural Senses. But now, the killing intent to annihilate the Calamity Beasts and the sense of mission to protect the children were like towering mountains, suppressing any extraneous thoughts.

At this moment, even the thunderous cheers from the outside world were stripped away into extremely faint patches of color, gradually fading from the senses.

The next moment, a few stray noises came from afar.

Chu Yuanqing suddenly raised her eyes, the gold in her pupils burning. Under the strange gazes of the Little Idol, she looked towards the back of the stage, at the blue sky divided into small sections by the elevated structure, as if she had foreseen something ominous.

At the same time, a purple meteor streaked across the sky.

"Xiaoyu, there are multiple D-Class and E-Class Calamity Beasts on the flanks, main gate, and north gate of the venue, attempting to break through the defenses from the front. Most of them are mental and non-physical types, specifically targeting firearms and soldiers. We need to finish this quickly."

Using the violet as a coordinate, Xie Qingyu instantly teleported to the sky. She lightly touched the air with her parasol, and ripples spread beneath her feet. Glancing at the area where the turmoil was taking place, her beautiful purple magic spread like smoke, using the distant ring of phosphorescent powder to flex.

At this moment, the flowers of the soul bloom, and a surge of magic flows like a tide.

The girl's slender fingers spread out as if pulling on invisible threads, causing the phosphorus powder floating within a radius of several kilometers to swirl around. In an instant, specks of light filled the entire venue, surpassing the brilliance of a bright sunny day.

"Violet!"

The Little Butterfly, assisting the spell, replied:

"Anchoring complete."

Then, the fine phosphorus powder, like a rain of petals, engulfed all the attacking Calamity Beasts. The moment they touched the enemy, they gently adhered, eroding like spores, and expanding like water, before exploding rapidly and burning like ghostly fire from the underworld.

What's remarkable is that this attack seems to have the ability to distinguish friend from foe; apart from the Calamity Beasts, anything that the phosphorus powder touches will quickly evaporate and disappear.

Xie Qingyu was on high alert. She cautiously used her magic to observe the Calamity Beasts, which were being possessed by the Netherworld Fire and were gradually losing their ability to resist, even beginning to revert to their egg-like state. She murmured in confusion:

Is it over?

The Little Butterfly flew around warily, saying:

"Silly Xiaoyu, don't plant your flag at this time."

After speaking, Violet seemed to realize something and exclaimed in surprise:

"Wait, this is bad!"

Xie Qingyu's consciousness suddenly became dizzy. Her Soul Flower continued to sway, and she instinctively shifted her gaze according to the crisis. However, under the manipulation of some force, she was still forced to turn her head and look at the stage within her protective range.

At that moment, the five thousand audience members sitting below the stage, like puppets controlled by strings, collectively raised their heads to look at this [Witch], their thousands of eyes, writhing with shadows, meeting her gaze from afar!

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The instant their eyes met.

The shadows hidden in the eyes of the audience seemed to have shifted through refraction, turning the girl's azure pupils into a dark, lifeless void.

At this moment, the flower within the soul trembled violently, as if sensing the crisis. The [Chuan] level magic surged and went berserk, and the brilliant light, like a coloring game, flooded the dome with a beautiful deep purple, forming a tide that swept back and forth.

The Little Butterfly, in its haste, crashed into Xie Qingyu's body. As it merged with her, it cried out loudly:

"Xiaoyu, quickly use [Full Bloom]! This is definitely a high-risk Calamity Beasts of the mental or even the rule-based type!"

Xie Qingyu's eyelids drooped uncontrollably; she was extremely sleepy. The scene before her eyes was like an overturned bucket of paint, with vibrant colors swirling and shifting. She gritted her teeth and resisted, saying each word clearly:

"Magic Armor, Reconstruct!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

The blessings made when the flowers Flower Bloom still echo.

--[I hope that my friends and family can all have eternal love.]

This wish, constructed from the Flower Language of violets, has transformed into a tangible authority in the present moment, causing the Magic Tide that stained the sky to flow backward in an instant, embracing the girl's body and surging into her rock-and-roll Lolita dress.

Thus, the blessing transformed into mysterious patterns of an unknown spell, flowing like light around the entire body, instantly disassembling and reconstructing the Magic Armor's form. Violet petals swirled and bloomed around it, like a magnificent sea of flowers in Provence in springtime.

--[Full Bloom].

This is a skill unique to the [Full Bloom] stage. It takes the blessing engraved in the soul as its core, synchronizes with the lantern, allows the Soul Flower to merge into the body, completes the reconstruction of the Magic Armor, and enters the true battle stance.

The darkness in Xie Qingyu's pupils was crushed into a corner, where it seemed as if violets were blooming. The drowsiness in her mind was shattered, her vision returned to normal, and she even smelled that extremely subtle aura of disaster for the first time.

Even so, the [Witch] dared not look at the audience below. She calmly used her magic to observe the situation below, but found that the thousands of audience members seemed to have been deprived of their memories, and their attention was entirely on the stage, showing no sign of anything unusual.

Was it a hallucination?

Xie Qingyu immediately dismissed this guess. Still shaken, she pursed her lips and whispered:

"How did this Calamity Beasts manage to sneak in and hide among all the audience members?"

"No, we can't take any more risks. This Public Performance has already failed. We must tell Dream Weaver teacher and call for an immediate halt!"

It's important to understand that when Magical Girl activates [Full Bloom], she temporarily abandons her human attributes, perfectly merging with the heart flower to become a truly idealistic being, thereby gaining resistance to most abilities.

Among them, the mental element is almost completely immune, and the rule element can also resist with magic.

The fact that this Calamity Beasts still has power within me indicates that it is definitely a troublesome rule-based creature, with a rating of at least B-Class. Given that it has infiltrated the venue, there is no hope that the Public Performance can proceed as planned.

Therefore, cutting losses in time is the right thing to do.

After speaking to the Dream Weaver Rabbit through her earpiece, the girl was about to fall into the venue and use magic to isolate the five thousand suspected "infected" audience members from the stage. However, as soon as the parasol in her hand began to flutter, the spell she had created shattered.

A chilling aura, like a thin mist, emanated from his eyes, sending out terrifying whispers into his brain:

"Found... [Pure White]... its true form?"

"That troublesome [Witch]... kill her!"

These information-rich words echoed intermittently in my ears.

The calamity in the girl's eyes changed from a harmless mist to a sharp, steel-like edge. Her azure pupils were ripped apart and shattered, and the filthy calamity grew out like branches, leaving behind empty eye sockets and blood dripping like tears.

Xie Qingyu's other eye became unfocused, losing all its luster as if lost in thought. She felt a sharp, dull pain, and the numbness stimulating her nerves surged up like a tide. The calamity power that had been exempted by [Full Bloom] returned once again.

"Violet."

Xie Qingyu closed her eyelids, her voice calm as she murmured, the Little Butterfly that had become part of her Magic Armor and transformed into a brooch suddenly trembling with extreme rage, accompanied by an accusation that surpassed even the monstrous whispers of a monster. The spell, called the Underworld Flame, began with her bloodied, rotting eye socket, using blood and magic as fuel without restraint...

--Burning fiercely!!!

The sound of the flames rising drowned out the murmurs.

The Captain-Class [Witch] showed no surprise, as if she had been waiting for this Calamity Beasts to make its move, and revealed her guess:

"Drawing upon fear, Dreamweave, altering consciousness, distorting the five senses... Have you escaped from the [Inverted Tower]? The high-risk Calamity Beasts —Nightmare."

She had already vaguely sensed something was wrong when Dream Weaver Rabbit didn't make a decision immediately.