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Yu Muqiu's pupils contracted. She immediately stood in front, raised her wand, and a dazzling pink light burst forth once more.
The same Energy-Binding Rings, the same thick rays— the Dawn's Light, representing hope, was once again unleashed by Yu Muqiu.
Two Light Cannon, one red and one pink, collided violently in mid-air!
Boom!!!
The Light Cannon shone on the faces of the Magical Girls, and under their gaze, the two Light Cannon seemed to be locked in a stalemate, neither giving way in mid-air.
However, this stalemate only lasted for a few seconds before the black and red Light Cannon began to overwhelm the pink light of Hope's Light.
The glimmer of Hope's Light retreated steadily, and was swallowed up in an instant by the overwhelming Despair Power!
"Whoa!!!"
Three Magical Girls were engulfed by the devastating Light Cannon, screaming in agony.
In that instant, the offense and defense reversed again, and the people engulfed by the Light Cannon changed from the Demon Nicole to the Magical Girls!
But Demon Nicole didn't seem very satisfied with her move. She looked down at her fingers and frowned slightly.
"... Is the power not very great because there are no weapons?"
The Demon Nicole muttered to herself. After a moment's thought, she suddenly reached her right hand into the void. When she withdrew her hand, a black magic wand had appeared in her hand.
This was Nicole's previous weapon, the one she threw away after the Demons fused with it!
The magic wand that Magical Girl Nicole uses!
Now, the weapon is back in her hands!
Holding her wand, the Demon Nicole seemed to nod in satisfaction.
This time, she aimed at the three Magical Girls in front of her again. The three Magical Girls, who had just been hit by a Magic Cannon, were still covered in magical smoke. Seeing the actions of the Demon Nicole, Yu Muqiu thought to himself that something was wrong.
She gripped her staff tightly with both hands, and a magic circle appeared beneath her feet, preparing for an even stronger attack.
To Yu Muqiu's surprise and anxiety, after the Demon Nicole aimed at them, her gaze suddenly shifted to the World Barrier, and the magic power she had been accumulating abruptly turned towards the distant World Barrier!
Demon Nicole abandoned her plan to use this move against the Magical Girls; instead, she intended to use it to shatter the World Barrier and send coordinates to the Demons's headquarters!
"No... no!!! Stop it!!!"
Xiao Qiu rushed towards the Demon Nicole at lightning speed, blocking the path of Demon Nicole's Light Cannon attack and trying to use her own body to block the even more powerful cannonball!
Not only Xiao Qiu, but Chen Xiaoxia and Murong Xiaochun were also stopping the Demon Nicole in the same way, and at the same time, they were also attacking the Demon Nicole.
A pink ray of Hope's Light, a sword beam radiating azure light, and a luminous green Arrows flying towards the Demon Nicole— the power of the three merged together, rushing towards the Demon Nicole who was preparing to attack!
But the Demon Nicole merely chuckled, and the Magic Cannon that had been brewing at her fingertips for so long suddenly fired.
The Light Cannon fired silently, yet this silent Light Cannon easily annihilated the combined attack of the three!
The pink light of Hope's Light was swallowed by the Despair Light, and the azure sword light turned into fragments and was submerged in the Light Cannon. The crystal Arrows from Xiao Chun was completely destroyed by this Despair Light before it could even unleash its power!
Not content with absorbing the attacks of the three, the Light Cannon engulfed the three Magical Girls once more!
The magical shields of various colors shattered after only a second, but the three Magical Girls did indeed manage to stop the Light Cannon that should have shattered the World Barrier.
The price was... all three were severely injured!
"Cough..."
Yu Muqiu barely managed to support herself. Under the impact of the Despair Power, the Shine light on her body dimmed further, and her own magic power was almost depleted.
Even because of the attack by the Demon Nicole, Yu Muqiu couldn't help but feel a sense of despair deep in his heart.
Just now, she had experienced the true power of the Demon Nicole.
Without a sound, the Demon Nicole had crossed the boundary Middle Rank and Upper Rank, and her overall strength completely surpassed that of all Magical Girls!
This was an opponent they couldn't handle, but they had no way out!
What should we do then?
"They actually withstood it?"
On the other side, Demon Nicole was also somewhat surprised to see that the Magical Girls trio had actually withstood her full-force attack.
But she was only slightly surprised.
Because no one had ever said that she could only unleash her full-force attack once.
So once again, Demon Nicole, raised her wand at the trio of Magical Girls.
The wand, corrupted by the Nightmare Power, is once again imbued with the Despair Power. This Despair Light, a condensation of the negative energy of countless people, could strike three Magical Girls again, causing them irreversible damage!
But the three Magical Girls had no other choice at that moment.
Even if they suffer severe injuries, even if they have to give their lives, they will stay here to stop the other side from shattering the World Barrier!
Farewell, Magical Girls--
Demon Nicole, calmly declared her victory, not believing that the Magical Girls before her could withstand her upcoming attacks.
The Despair Light coalesced once more, and after a brief period of buildup, an even more powerful Light Cannon suddenly unleashed its power!
The immense magical power surged towards the three of them once again.
Just as the three were about to be hit by the attack, a figure in black and red flew towards them from below!
The figure, enveloped in black and red magic, arrived in front of the three Magical Girls at almost instantaneous speed.
The Magic Cannon attack unleashed by the Demon Nicole first struck this figure!
Boom!!!
This figure didn't unleash any defensive magic; she simply let the attacks land on her body, using herself as a shield for the three Magical Girls!
"Xiao Bai!!!"
Upon seeing the familiar silver hair of the person before her, Yu Muqiu cried out in surprise. Tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill over at any moment.
But Yu Muqiu immediately held back her tears, because she discovered that Demon Nicole, who had taken the Xiao Bai of Nicole's Light Cannon head-on, seemed... completely unharmed?!
"!!"
The Demon Nicole also witnessed this scene.
Staring at the unharmed silver-haired girl before her, the Demon Nicole was shocked.
"... How... how is this possible?!"
"In the end... you're nothing more than a collection of negative emotions." Xiao Bai, whose face was covered with black and red lines and was still in the process of Erosion Form, smiled.
She glared at the Demon Nicole and said in a booming voice, "But unfortunately, I am one now! So your attacks aren't even enough to tickle me!"
Whoosh!
The chains, stained crimson, led to a scythe, also stained crimson.
With a scythe in her hand, the silver-haired girl flashed and appeared beside the Demon Nicole in the blink of an eye, raising her scythe high!
The Demon Nicole's attention was drawn to the silver-haired girl, and facing such a formidable enemy, she dared not be distracted.
But out of her sight, a purple-clad, witch-like girl appeared beside Yu Muqiu. She reached out her hand to Yu Muqiu and said:
"Sister Xiao Qiu... this is the Hope's Light for everyone..."
Song Niandong opened her palm, and the light of Hope's Light, condensed from the Power of Hope of hundreds of thousands of people in Spring City, was in her palm.
The Hope's Light looked inconspicuous; it was just a radiant ball of light.
But this tiny ball of light is the key to the Magical Girls' victory over their powerful enemy!
This is not only the hope of hundreds of thousands of people in Spring City, but also the hope of billions of people in the world.
Looking at the Hope's Light in Song Niandong's hand, Yu Muqiu did not hesitate or waver at all. He stretched out his right hand and joined it with Song Niandong's hand.
The next instant, light burst forth!
The call to counterattack has sounded.
Chapter 180 airs in two episodes!
The Hope's Light and positive emotional power within people's hearts are now in Yu Muqiu's hands.
When the light faded, Xiao Qiu, in a new form, appeared before everyone.
The gown, already exceptionally gorgeous in its Shining Form, is now even more magnificent than before!
The gown became longer, the number of pleats increased, the bow on the chest became larger, and even the pigtails were adorned with pink, extremely gorgeous gemstone headbands.
The wand in her hand also changed shape. When it transformed from its normal form to its Shining Form, the short wand turned into a long staff. And when imbued with the Hope's Light in people's hearts, the pink wand turned into pure white.
And around the staff, there were scattered white starlight.
Every glimmer of starlight is a crystallization of hope in people's hearts!
This is a further step beyond the Shining Form. Normally, such a form shouldn't be activated, and therefore it wouldn't have a specific name.
But if I had to say—
Shining Form: Dawn Mode – that's the name of this form!
To shatter the darkness, dispel despair, and bring the dawn to all—that is the meaning of this form's existence!
"... So beautiful, Sister Xiao Qiu."
Song Niandong's eyes were filled with envy and longing.
What she actually wanted to become was just like that Magical Girls, just like Magical Girl Nicole she once admired.
But what did she actually do?
Using the hundreds of thousands of people in Spring City as resources to provide magic, and transforming the despair condensed from their dreams into Demons that nearly Destruction the world.
The predecessors narrowly escaped death, and Xiao Bai risked his life absorbing negative energy to fight against the Demons.
No matter how you argue about it, these things are Song Niandong's fault.
She did indeed do something wrong.
Yu Muqiu saw the desolation hidden in Song Niandong's eyes, but she didn't say anything to comfort her. She simply reached out and grasped Song Niandong's hand—the hand that offered her Hope's Light —and whispered to her:
"Dongdong, no matter what you have done in the past, and no matter what you think, at least here, you stand with us. You have handed the Hope's Light to me."
"So... forget about those upsetting things, and join me in destroying her!"
"Can... can I?"
Song Niandong stared blankly at Yu Muqiu, not believing she was qualified to fight alongside Xiao Qiu and the others.
But Yu Muqiu didn't think so. She gave Song Niandong an angelic smile and said to her:
"Of course! Because we're all Magical Girls!"
For Song Niandong, Magical Girls are beings that bring hope, love, and light to the world; they are among the most beautiful beings in the world.
Song Niandong may have taken the wrong path and done the wrong things, but since she was able to see the error of her ways at the last moment, she deserves to fight alongside them.
So Yu Muqiu took Song Niandong's hand, and their magic merged in their palms. The Power of Hope from the Dream World, through Song Niandong's hand, gathered on Yu Muqiu's staff.
Hope's Light shone once more, its light dispelling all darkness. Yu Muqiu pulled Song Niandong forward, their gazes firm and resolute as they faced the Demons restrained by Xiao Bai in the distance.
"Dongdong, let's work together to eliminate her!"
The stirring music abruptly stopped, marking the end of episode eleven.
No ED.
(Huh?! That's it?)
(Where's my erectile dysfunction?! Who's going to fix my erectile dysfunction?!)
(Holy crap, I just realized the ending theme was omitted in this episode, no wonder it was so long)
(Long?! Too short! Sky Screen, you'd better release all twelve episodes now! Otherwise... or I'll cry!)
(Xiao Qiu's new form is so beautiful!! But... this doesn't seem to be her permanent form?)
(This is obviously not it. This form requires the gathering of the Hope's Light to form. In future battles, it's impossible to have a support group of hundreds of thousands of people with you, right?)
(Emmm, but I think doing this in the real world seems like it might actually work...)
(Genius, you're a true genius!)
"Another new form?"