Little Blue Gets a Power-Up / Clever Little Cui

Thinking of this, Cong Yu felt that the future was bright.

First, go home and talk to Yaochuan Guang and the others. Then, after the Captain-General has finished extorting money, we'll see which cabinet ministers deserve to be killed.

Cabinet members who support the Anti-King Project purely for the sake of humanity will live, but those who act out of self-interest...

Cabinet Minister: Ha, already... gone to Hell.

Chapter 507 Little Lan's Reinforcement

"I'm back."

As Cong Yu said this, she changed into slippers in the entryway. Hong followed behind her, holding a book and with a bit of sweat on her forehead. "You're back, you're back."

In response to their words, Lantian Zhu silently raised his hand.

Yaochuan Guang, lying on the sofa opposite Lantian Zhu, poked his head out and replied, "Welcome back, Cong Yu- chan and Ms. Kurenai."

Upon hearing this, Cong Yu immediately went over and sat down next to Yaochuan Guang, the two of them squeezing together: "Snuggling together—"

Upon hearing Cong Yu's words, Yaochuan Guang, who was about to move aside to make room for Cong Yu, found himself glued to the sofa.

She even moved closer to Cong Yu.

"Hehe, Cong Yu- chan, so cute!"

"..." Hong looked at them speechlessly, plopped down next to the farmer from Lantian Zhu, and threw the <Source Severance · Radiance> in her hand on the table.

This caught the attention of Lantian Zhu, who was watching a TV series. She immediately leaned over, sucking on a candy as she examined the thick book.

Then he quietly turned to the first page.

Lantian Zhu is like this; she likes to rummage through things...

"What is this? A spell?"

Lantian Zhu's words also drew Yaochuan Guang's attention. "Eh? Kurenai-sensei, what's this? A new technique?"

Hong nodded and leaned back on the sofa. "What new technique? It's even more exciting than a new technique... You'll see when you learn it."

Yaochuan Guang didn't seem very interested; she even copied down "Yaochuan Formation" and "Light Crystal"... and learned them.

The former was relatively easy to figure out, but she had absolutely no clue about the latter.

Teacher Hong means to solidify some kind of "Killing Intent" into a physical form... which is the exact opposite of the "Guarding Intent" of the Crimson Formation.

This is indeed a bit difficult for Yaochuan Guang.

Based on her years of experience with magical girls, Lantian Zhu judged the spell. "Such a thick spellbook? It must be very powerful."

Hong nodded with a smile, or rather, with a mischievous grin. "It's indeed very powerful. This technique made me scream in pain."

These words drew a sidelong glance from Cong Yu.

Lao Hong is getting better and better at this "telling the truth, but misleading people" approach—learning nothing good and only learning bad.

It can't really be called lying.

But Red wasn't being hit by the spell; rather, she was screaming because the spell was used...

Isn't this a bit malicious?

With this in mind, Cong Yu looked down on Hong's perverse sense of humor, then reminded Lantian Zhu, "It is indeed a very powerful technique."

"But there are side effects... It's extremely painful when the procedure is used. After Hong tried it, she collapsed to the ground screaming."

"..." When he said the first half of the sentence, Yaochuan Guang was very curious about what kind of powerful technique Cong Yu- chan had mentioned... but he immediately became dejected after hearing the second half.

No, she didn't want to learn such a terrifying technique.

Cong Yu laughed out loud and poked Yaochuan Guang's butt, who was sprawled on the sofa. "Idiot... where's Xiao Cui?"

Yaochuan Guang, who was called an idiot, didn't react to the nickname at all. "I went to play cards with Nagashima Koki... not poker, but the kind of card game where you bump into each other, lose health, and summon monsters."

Oh, Magical Girl Showdown... or is it just a magical girl dueling board game?

I think I've heard of Cong Yu before.

Thinking this, Cong Yu looked at Lantian Zhu and found that she was still engrossed in reading the book "The Source Severance of Radiance".

Cong Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Seriously? Little Lan, you want to learn this?

In the past year, Cong Yu has not only become more lenient with his hands, but also with his heart... He will go forward to comfort Hong when she screams in agony, and he will even try to please the Doctor.

Now, Cong Yu doesn't really want to see Little Lan screaming and yelling afterward.

After all, her appearance before she became famous was already tragically exaggerated.

"This spell... seems to be cast by consuming someone else's magic power."

Lantian Zhu turned the pages of the book of techniques, pondering this...

The principles behind this technique seem quite interesting.

Yaochuan Guang immediately misunderstood what Lantian Zhu said.

"Other people's magic?"

Repeating this, Yaochuan Guang blinked, then exclaimed in shock, "What a powerful and insidious technique!"

Cong Yu: "???"

Red. "???"

While it is indeed powerful, to call it insidious... I don't think it reaches that level, since the source of its destructive power is a simple and straightforward explosion.

In comparison, the red Crimson Formation seems even more sinister.

After all, it's the kind of technique that involves secretly stacking layers and requires enough time to accumulate power... it just feels very sinister.

After a moment's thought, Cong Yu realized how Yaochuan Guang had come to understand the "magic of others" that Lantian Zhu had mentioned.

So, without hesitation, Cong Yu started rubbing Yaochuan Guang's head. "You can't steal the enemy's magic, you idiot... 'Self' principle, 'Self' principle."

Even though Hong had taught him many times before, Yaochuan Guang, that idiot, still naively thought that what Lantian Zhu meant by "consuming other people's magic power to release" meant that... although it's true that laymen are prone to such misunderstandings.

"Huh? Is that not allowed?"

Yaochuan Guang said that at first, then pouted awkwardly, "No, that's not what I meant..."

Little Guang clearly thinks that way, doesn't he?

Lantian Zhu stared at Yaochuan Guang with dead fish eyes, then picked up the book and read it as if it were a precious treasure, "Recovering the magic power that dissipates after someone else casts a spell, storing it as a source of magic power for casting spells... and then releasing it through 'Radiance Mode,' a very good idea."

For a magical girl like Lantian Zhu, whose magical energy reserves are rather limited, this should be a very powerful spell.

While that is indeed the case, however...

Hong glanced at Lantian Zhu, who was scanning the spellbook, and already understood her thoughts. However, she still reminded her, "It's very difficult to learn."

As she said this, Hong's expression became very serious. "And it really hurts when you use it, so you should be mentally prepared..."

"..."

"Isn't this just a joke?"

Lantian Zhu raised her head, her expression calm but her eyes showing a hint of surprise. "Senior Hong, you can't even endure 'pain'?"

Both Hong and Lantian Zhu had served in the Purge Squad and knew what the grueling training there was like... In fact, Lantian Zhu was just an unofficial member.

"It's not physical pain, but a breakdown that travels from the heart to the whole body... If you can learn it, you'll probably understand."

As Hong said this, she reached out and took a cookie from Lantian Zhu's mouth to eat.

Lantian Zhu, however, was clearly not deterred by such words. She nodded seriously and then began to study <The Source Severance of Radiance>.

She's had enough of being surrounded by overpowered characters and just an ordinary magical girl...

Patch! It's an enhancement patch!

Chapter 508 The Clever Xiao Cui

"Oh dear, what a pity, I didn't get to see Xiao Cui here..."

As Nagashima Koki said this, she flipped through the cards in her hand one by one. "Wait, this Blue Sky ☆Chan card is sparkly! Is it worth anything?"

Xiao Cui corrected her friend without batting an eye, "It wasn't me, Xiao Cui, it was Magical Girl☆Cui... As for this Collector's Edition Blue Sky ☆chan."

As she said this, Xiao Cui raised one hand, holding up five fingers.

Instantly, Nagashima Koki's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "Could it be five thousand? Wow, we're rich!"

Xiao Cui shook her head helplessly at what Nagashima Koki said, saying, "That was a free gift from this issue of Magical Girl magazine. It might appreciate in value later, but right now it's only worth five yen... nobody wants it."

Ah, this...

What a pity.

Under Nagashima Koki's regretful gaze, Xiao Cui tore open the card pack in her hand and began to look at the cards one by one.

Unlike Nagashima Koki, who bought several packs hoping to make money, Xiao Cui was actually preparing to build her own deck. So she was opening packs while picking out cards she was familiar with from the mobile game and adding them to her deck.

Then, a glittering card caught her eye.

Nagashima Koki and several onlookers immediately widened their eyes... Wow! What a lucky guy!

Main battle card - Elf King Xiao Cui

UR (Ultra Rare) card, 52 attack, 99 defense, 99 tactical points... These stats are just too good to be true.

As a character who relies on skills, the UR card with a total of 250 points has an extremely perfect numerical distribution.

With 99 points of defense, it's just enough to withstand a single strike from the previous version's mainstream [Saintess Joan of Arc], who has 99 attack power...

A character's defense will not be eliminated when it reaches zero; it will only be considered defeated when it becomes negative.

With a tactical strength of 99, she has a 1% chance of failing when casting skills.

The God of the Hundred-Sided Die will bless every "Magical Girl Showdown" player, so that kind of bad luck won't happen... probably.

Amidst the envious glances of those around her, Xiao Cui calmly held the card and quickly fell into deep thought.

Because we will continue to unlock the accompanying skills for [Elf King Xiao Cui], this card pack contains a total of four skills.

Although you can only bring two in a formal match, it's still better to bring them all.

Okay, because of the concept of "side deck".

In a best-of-three series, you can rotate the character's skills in the side deck, so it's best to unlock all of them.

This card pack contains four exclusive skills, two of which are also UR quality... There are also several UR quality support cards in the bundle.

"..." Oh no, this feels like a bottomless pit.

Moreover, the deck system is too strong, and it feels like it will soon become a banned deck, making it unusable for playing cards... The decks that I painstakingly built will become a pile of useless paper.

Thinking this, Xiao Cui touched the money Yaochuan's sister had given her in her pocket, and looked at the card holder in the card shop...

Almost instantly, Xiao Cui lost interest in the physical card.

I'd rather go home and play the Magical Girl Showdown mobile game... If I sold myself and spent all the money on the game, I could build eight different card decks.

With that in mind, Xiao Cui immediately took Nagashima Koki and ran away.

I also brought along a "collector's edition of Lantian Zhu" worth "five yuan," intending to laugh at Sister Blue Sky when I got back.

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"Boom!"

"Gah... Uh... Uh..."

"..."same.

Cong Yu couldn't help but think this, looking at Lantian Zhu who was slumped on the sofa clutching his chest... Ah, it looks like he's in so much pain.

The pain was so intense that my whole body was trembling.

Just by using <Source Severance: Radiance> to shake the air, Lantian Zhu has already become like this...

However, according to Miss "Masterpiece"'s previous statement, those magical girls who called themselves "Anti-King" did not seem to be in much pain.

Is there any difference in the given surgical techniques?

Or did they simply hold back?

Cong Yu felt that it depended on whether the other party was an old magical girl or a new generation magical girl... If it was the former, she would probably force herself to hold back.