Chapter 326

Red and blue light converged in the air. Within the light, Chen Xiaoxia, wielding a giant sword, was in a blocking stance, while on the other side, Aurora's fist struck the side of Chen Xiaoxia's giant sword.

"Little Red?! What are you doing?!"

Aurora's sudden appearance to stop her greatly shocked Chen Xiaoxia.

"That's the question I should be asking!! Didn't you say Xiao Qiu was your best friend? Didn't you say you'd always believe in Xiao Qiu?! So what are you doing now?!"

Aurora questioned Chen Xiaoxia sharply.

Yu Muqiu stopped and turned to look at Aurora with surprise:

"Aurora... you... you weren't affected?"

"Just call me Little Red, like Xiaoxia did." Aurora and Chen Xiaoxia parted ways immediately. After correcting Xiao Qiu's form of address, she began to explain:

"I was affected at first too. It wasn't until today, when you said the number of magic circle nodes had another beginning, that I realized something was wrong. But even then, I wasn't fully awake. Luckily... Little K is still here."

Actually, Aurora was the one most deeply affected at the very beginning.

Compared to Chen Xiaoxia and others whose understanding was only somewhat vague, Aurora, whose strength was at the bottom and who couldn't use any Aurora before transforming, was the most easily influenced and manipulated.

But Stella overlooked one thing.

Whether Aurora is affected or not is irrelevant; what matters is whether Kelly is affected!

From the moment Kelly met Fang Ming again, she had a vague feeling that something was off about Fang Ming. The main thing was that when he was with Xiao Bai's attitude towards him was very strange.

Because Kelly had been observing from the sidelines, she was able to easily analyze these things. Especially after Aurora also started acting strangely, Kelly realized that Fang Ming was definitely not normal.

So, during today's patrol, while Chen Xiaoxia suddenly returned, Kelly had Aurora transform and used the Emotional Force to dispel the fog that lingered in Aurora's mind.

As soon as the fog dissipated, Aurora immediately realized her abnormal behavior over the past few days, and her absolutely abnormal behavior today, apart from Xiao Qiu's.

Aurora and Xiao Qiu weren't close, but she had a good relationship with Chen Xiaoxia.

When Chen Xiaoxia patrolled with Aurora, she often told her about Yu Muqiu.

Therefore, Aurora knew very well that while anyone in the world might not believe Yu Muqiu, Chen Xiaoxia was the only exception!

It's not about right or wrong; in fact, it's quite possible that Yu Muqiu was wrong, but Chen Xiaoxia would still choose to believe him.

Trust first, then question later – that's the true proof of the friendship between Chen Xiaoxia and Yu Muqiu!

But what is Chen Xiaoxia doing now?

"You're attacking your best friend!! Chen Xiaoxia! Wake up!!"

Aurora shouted loudly at Chen Xiaoxia.

Chen Xiaoxia was stunned; she froze on the spot.

Her hand gripping the greatsword trembled slightly; Chen Xiaoxia covered her head, her breathing becoming rapid.

"But... but Xiao Qiu wanted to hurt Brother Fang Ming..."

"When did Fang Ming become so important to you, Uncle? You're not Xiao Chun! How could you possibly turn against your friend just because of something Uncle said!"

"Xiaoxia! You've been influenced, don't you realize it?!"

Aurora's voice was deafening; Chen Xiaoxia froze again, countless thoughts colliding in her mind.

(The pink and blue pairing is locked in!)

(This is friendship! This is the friendship between Xiaoxia and Xiao Qiu!)

(I used to think Stella's abilities were too advanced, but now it seems there are many ways to counter them.)

(First of all, Xiao Qiu is unaffected, and Xiao Bai would definitely not be affected if she weren't in that terrible state.)

(You still have to rely on Little Red when it matters!)

(When things are going well, look to Xiao Qiu; when things are going badly, look to Xiao Bai; when things are desperate, look to Little Red!)

(Wwww insightful)

Aurora's seemingly miraculous appearance instantly gained her many new fans.

Meanwhile, through Stella's words and the phenomena on the Sky Screen, Xiao Bai also deduced the flaws in Stella's abilities.

Is Stella's ability terrifying?

That's terrifying!

They can inexplicably alter cognition, modify memories, and even manipulate collective memories to create the Demons they desire!

But for Magical Girls, Stella's abilities are actually only good for crushing weaker opponents.

First, those with high magic power will be resistant to Stella's abilities.

[Xiao Bai] will be affected because her body is already in a very poor state. It can be said that she is full of weaknesses and cannot resist Stella's abilities at all.

The reason why Chen Xiaoxia, Xiao Chun, and Dongdong are affected is either because they encountered their greatest fears, creating a gap in their hearts that gave Stella an opportunity to take advantage of them.

Either they were purely love-struck and never suspected 'Fang Ming,' thus allowing Stella to succeed with them.

Finally, due to insufficient magic power, Stella used her powerful magic to completely overwhelm and erase his memories.

Even so, Stella could only influence their perceptions; she couldn't truly control them like puppets.

Even Stella's magic can fail under external influences or intense emotional shocks!

Just as Kelly awakened Aurora, Aurora is now awakening Chen Xiaoxia.

Therefore, preventing Stella's ability is actually quite simple: set up a defensive node within your own Emotion Seed that can instantly unleash intense emotions.

Once Stella attempts to hypnotize, or even succeeds, the intense emotions hidden within the defense nodes will erupt instantly, disrupting the Cognitive Interference caused by Stella.

At that time, Cognitive Interference and hypnosis will be removed.

It's just unclear whether Stella is capable of undergoing a second hypnosis.

Xiao Bai didn't choose to ask Stella now, since the plot of Sky Screen is in its second half, and a lot of information will probably be revealed next.

Instead of making wild guesses now, it's better to wait until the entire Sky Screen is finished, gather all the information, and then discuss this further.

Chen Xiaoxia's thoughts were in disarray.

The friendship between her and Xiao Qiu, and her Fang Ming, were two conflicting thoughts swirling in her mind.

Aurora stared intently at Chen Xiaoxia, and finally said to Xiao Qiu:

What are you still standing there for?!

"Huh?"

"What 'eh'?! The old man is still waiting for you to save him! The silver-haired one too!! And that wretched guy, you're going to stop him too, right? If that's the case, then what are you still doing here?!"

"But... but Little Red, you..."

"Don't worry about me!" Aurora grinned at Chen Xiaoxia, "She won't hurt me. Although some of their thoughts have been changed, their nature hasn't, so... I'll be fine!"

After saying that, Aurora clapped her fists together, her smile widening even more, "And it's perfect timing, I also want to have a good fight with Xiaoxia!"

"..." Watching Aurora's retreating figure, Yu Muqiu hesitated for only a second before reaffirming his belief:

"Okay! Thank you, Little Red. Take care of yourself, I... I'll be back soon!"

"Ah, you'd better hurry, I don't know how long I can hold out."

Aurora waved her hand.

Although Aurora wanted to fight and spar with Chen Xiaoxia, she was still aware of the difference in their strength.

Putting aside the difference between the Middle Rank and Lower Rank, Chen Xiaoxia's Shining Form alone is enough to allow her to dominate Aurora.

Aurora can do now is use words to control Chen Xiaoxia.

So how long she can hold out depends entirely on how good Aurora's verbal skills are.

Fortunately, the relationship between Xiao Qiu and Chen Xiaoxia was indeed extraordinary, and Aurora's verbal sparring still had some effect on Chen Xiaoxia.

But unfortunately--

There's also a Xiao Chun here.

Whoosh whoosh--

The Arrows flew towards Aurora with a whooshing sound.

The Arrows were incredibly accurate... passing through the gaps beside Aurora's body.

Underarms, beside the neck, top of the head.

The Arrows was incredibly fast; by the time Aurora realized what was happening, Arrows had already passed. Aurora belatedly realized what had happened, and cold sweat instantly beaded on her forehead.

"Oh dear, how did I miss? I clearly aimed for a vital spot!"

Xiao Chun arrived with a smile and said to Aurora.

Aurora's forehead veins bulged, and she pointed at Xiao Chun angrily, saying:

"You did this on purpose!! You're settling a personal score!!!"

"Hmph, say what you will." Xiao Chun snorted, picked up the longbow again, and aimed it at Aurora:

"Get out of my way now, or next time... I won't miss!"

"Hey, wake up! It's obvious something's wrong with that old man, isn't it?!"

"The ones who are acting strangely are you and Xiao Qiu! What did Fang Ming do to deserve this treatment? He clearly... Fang Ming clearly cares about you so much... yet you did such a terrible thing to him..."

Xiao Chun's hand gripped the Vine Bow tightly; her fingertips were white, indicating that she was holding it very firmly.

This means that Xiao Chun is indeed very angry now, angry at what Aurora and Xiao Qiu did to Fang Ming.

But Aurora seized upon the grammatical error in Xiao Chun's words:

"What did we do to the old man? We were just trying to stop him from doing something bad! What could we possibly do to him?"

"Impossible! Brother Fang Ming would never do anything bad! It must be your fault!"

Murong Xiaochun said decisively.

Aurora slapped her forehead.

This guy's love-struck mind is hopeless!

But then she thought, if her perception were also changed, then when it came to Fang Ming, Aurora would probably punch someone the moment they said a bad word about Fang Ming.

While it might not amount to actual murder, it would certainly beat the victim to the point of being unable to care for themselves.

Compared to this, Xiao Chun is actually quite rational?

At least she didn't actually kill Aurora!

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Volume 4 <Magic Autumn> Theatrical Edition and Season 3: Chapter 355 Because I Like Him!

"Xiao Chun..."

Xiao Bai put her hand on Xiao Chun's shoulder. "You should correct this flaw. This isn't the first time, is it?"

"... sorry."

Xiao Chun covered her face.

Xiao Chun felt embarrassed, although she didn't think there was anything wrong with doing anything to pursue love and for the person she liked.

But causing trouble for her companions and failing to recognize the change in Fang Ming's brother in the Sky Screen was her mistake!

Sky Screen Xiao Chun, what are you doing?! Can't you see that Fang Ming has changed?

Seriously, have you been blinded by love?!

"... Love-obsessed people are truly terrifying."

Kelly chirped softly.

Aurora was speechless. In fact, if her perception had been altered, she probably wouldn't have believed that Fang Ming had any problems either.

For girls in love, the person they like is seen through a filter.