Magical Girls Exposed!

Though the Fish Monster Demon could slip away from most attacks, panic appeared on its face when it saw the trident coming at it, and it hurriedly dodged aside.

Thrust, dodge, sweep, evade.

The trident in Xiao Bai's hands did not look like something she was using for the first time. She stabbed, lifted, swept, and cleaved with effortless mastery of every move.

But the Fish Monster Demon itself was extremely nimble. Underwater, it was only slightly slower at dodging than the Speed Demon they had encountered before. Even though Xiao Bai could ignore underwater resistance while holding the trident, she could not land a single hit on the Fish Monster Demon!

"Useless... underwater... you... cannot... defeat... me!"

The Fish Monster Demon even had the leisure to taunt her. Its dead fish eyes stared fixedly at Xiao Bai as it asked:

"...And... why can... you use... my... weapon...?"

"Ask King Yama in hell!"

Xiao Bai snorted coldly and, with a forceful motion of her right hand, hurled the trident!

Xiao Bai's target seemed to be the fish monster, but unfortunately, she was slightly off. The trident wrapped in Chains brushed past the fish monster.

Worse still, as the Fish Monster Demon dodged, it caught the trident in its hand!

"Oh no! Black!!"

Chen Xiaoxia, who had been waiting for the signal, shouted at Xiao Bai when she saw this terribly unfavorable scene.

The Fish Monster Demon gripped the trident once again, a vicious gleam appearing in its fish eyes.

"...The one who should... go to hell... is you!"

The moment the Fish Monster Demon finished speaking, Xiao Bai mocked it in return.

"Heh, why don't you look at what you're holding?"

"?"

The Fish Monster Demon looked down, and its fish eyes widened even further.

Tiny, densely packed silver Chains suddenly shot out from the trident in its hand.

Countless tiny Chains connected to the thick Chain wrapped around the trident's tail. The Chains stretched into the distance, and then innumerable Chains emerged from the seabed.

In an instant, the previously empty waters became a cage made of Chains!

The suddenly appearing Chains were connected to the trident. Before the Fish Monster Demon could react, they bound its arms and body. Even its slick fish tail was locked down, and the tiny silver Chains embedded themselves in its flesh.

"How... is this possible...? When... did you...?"

The Fish Monster Demon looked up at the cage trapping it, then at the Chains binding its body, its fish eyes filled with disbelief.

Its not particularly intelligent brain began to recall what had happened, and it took quite a while before it understood how Xiao Bai had done it.

From the moment Xiao Bai began swinging the trident, the Chain connected to its tail had already begun following Xiao Bai's "dance" as it was laid out.

Every sweep, every thrust, every cleave.

They had all been weaving the cage!

And before Xiao Bai drew in the net, the Fish Monster Demon had not noticed a thing!

"Now!!! Blue idiot!!!" Xiao Bai roared at Chen Xiaoxia.

Chen Xiaoxia, who had long been ready, transformed the greatsword in her hand into a colossal sword dozens of meters long in an instant!

"Don't! Call me! An idiot!!!"

Chen Xiaoxia refuted Xiao Bai even as she shot forward, swinging the gigantic sword down at the Fish Monster Demon's head!

The greatsword split the seawater, and countless droplets evaporated under this blow.

Previously, the Fish Monster Demon could have avoided the strike through its own skin, but now, bound in place by the Chains, it had no way to escape!

"Die!!!" Chen Xiaoxia poured all her fury into her hands, along with every last bit of her magic power, flooding it into the greatsword.

The greatsword that split the water came crashing down. The blue blade struck the Fish Monster Demon's shoulder, and countless wisps of black vapor scattered from it as the greatsword cut into the Fish Monster Demon's body!

"I... cannot... die here... I still haven't...!"

Yet the Fish Monster Demon forcibly relied on its physical strength to withstand the greatsword, which could have severed almost anything!

It struggled against Chen Xiaoxia, and both of them roared at the same time.

"Dieeeeeee!!!!"

"I... cannot... die here!!!!!"

Their roars intertwined underwater, the currents created by their sound waves spreading farther away.

At that most crucial moment, Xiao Bai's figure suddenly appeared at the Fish Monster Demon's side.

She held a broken scythe in her hand. The Severing Magic attached to it, like magic bestowed by the Grim Reaper, easily sliced through the Fish Monster Demon's head!

A cold flash swept past, and the Sky Screen itself seemed to have been split in two, the upper and lower images shifting apart.

Once it was over, the Fish Monster Demon's head floated in the water, while Chen Xiaoxia's greatsword completely annihilated the rest of its body.

Thus, the battle against the Level Four Demon finally came to an end.]

The Charm of BGM

(It's getting hype!)

(Die, Fish Monster Demon!!!)

(Good riddance!! It hurt my Xiao Bai!)

(What do you mean yours? Xiao Bai is mine!)

(Xiaoxia is awesome! Xiao Bai is awesome!!!)

The moment the Fish Monster Demon died, cheers immediately erupted across the comments.

Not only because the Fish Monster Demon was ugly, but also because it had injured Xiao Bai.

Among the current audience, Xiao Bai's popularity was anything but low. Her injury had made many of her fans furious.

Now that the Fish Monster Demon was finally dead, the fans' cheers were only natural.

Watching this scene play out on the Sky Screen, even Fang Ming, who had already experienced it once, could not help breaking into a cold sweat when Xiao Bai and Xiaoxia joined forces against the Fish Monster Demon.

He had not felt much while fighting it back then, so why did watching it from the sidelines now, paired with the BGM, make his blood boil like this?

Was this the charm of BGM and close-up shots?

"...Tch, this Xiao Bai really is..." Youyou's voice suddenly came from beside him.

Fang Ming glanced at her without changing expression. "What about her?"

"She's troublesome."

"Troublesome?"

"Yes, very troublesome. She looks only a little stronger than the other magical girls, but... her combat skills and experience seem very extensive. That alone puts her above every magical girl right now."

Youyou analyzed the situation seriously.

Fang Ming nodded noncommittally.

Her combat skills were extensive because Fang Ming's original body had mastered quite a few fighting styles.

Eight Extremes Fist, Karate, Sanda, Kickboxing, and Judo...

Thanks to his cheat ability, Fang Ming had dabbled in many things. Though most of them were at low levels, merely introductory, his combat-related skills were not at a low level.

Especially after becoming a magical girl, he had paid even more attention to improving those skills.

So even without transforming into a magical girl, Fang Ming could, with various pieces of equipment, reach something close to Batman's level.

Well... perhaps a little weaker than Batman, but at least stronger than an ordinary person.

As for combat experience... Fang Ming naturally needed opponents when practicing his fighting techniques.

He had sparred with all kinds of coaches and had even fought one against four before.

He did not lack experience in that regard either.

Therefore, if they did not count the power-of-will magic and magical power, Fang Ming could knock Yu Muqiu, Chen Xiaoxia, and Dongdong to the ground even if all four of them attacked him together, relying solely on combat experience and skill.

But then again—

"Are you treating her as an enemy? Otherwise, you wouldn't find her troublesome."

Fang Ming asked Youyou as if casually.

Youyou's rabbit ears twitched as she smiled. "Whether she is an enemy or a friend... we'll have to meet her to find out. I just don't think she'll agree with my plan."

"Because she's hard to fool?"

"Oh my, that's too harsh. I haven't lied, you know. I've never deceived Dongdong."

Black Rabbit spoke with a smiling face.

Fang Ming looked deeply at her and said nothing more.

Whether she had deceived anyone or not, only Black Rabbit herself knew.

[Although the Fish Monster Demon's body had been destroyed, its head had yet to dissipate.

"I... still haven't..."

The Fish Monster Demon's head drifted through the water. Driven by its own will, it was somehow still able to retain a trace of life.

But the four Nightmare Seeds at its core had all fallen to the ground. Its disappearance was only a matter of time.

Xiao Bai seemed unable to bear watching any longer. She created one final Chain and shattered the Fish Monster Demon's head out of thin air, sending it on its final journey. Only then did she walk over to the four fallen Nightmare Seeds, lightly wave her right hand, and draw them into her palm.

The barrier began to shatter, and the armaments on the three magical girls all vanished, restoring them to their previous ordinary outfits.

Once the barrier dissipated, the three of them appeared in an empty corner of the aquarium. Yu Muqiu, who had watched almost the entire battle, looked at the red blood seeping from Xiao Bai's shoulder and asked worriedly:

"Xiao Bai, you..."

But before she could say, "Are you okay?", Xiao Bai's actions interrupted her.

Three Nightmare Seeds were tossed over by Xiao Bai, floating before Yu Muqiu and Chen Xiaoxia.

Xiao Bai casually tucked the fourth Nightmare Seed into her pocket before saying to the two of them:

"I'll keep one Nightmare Seed for now. I'll return it to you later."

"Wait, what are you going to use the Nightmare Seed for?"

Nino, who had apparently run off somewhere to take shelter earlier, suddenly appeared and asked Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai said nothing and merely looked at her silently.

Stared at by those crimson eyes, Nino shrank back as though frightened. But she quickly forced herself to continue.

"The... Nightmare Seeds are dangerous..."

"I know."

"What if... another Demon appears..."

"It won't, and even if one really does appear, I can destroy it." After saying that, Xiao Bai added:

"Besides, I won't use it for long. I'll return it to you in a few days."

"..."

This time, Nino had nothing to say.

The scene fell silent. Xiao Bai stood there for a while before suddenly asking Nino:

"By the way, how many Nightmare Seeds are left?"

"Ah... um, there are seven left."

Nino counted them, then added, "Including the one in your hand, there are eight left."

"Seven, huh? Got it."

After saying that, Xiao Bai turned and left. Against the aquarium's blue curtain of water, her silver hair swung out with a sheen like rippling light.

This time, neither Chen Xiaoxia nor Yu Muqiu called after her. They could only watch as she walked into the darkness.

After quite a while, Chen Xiaoxia finally turned to Yu Muqiu.

"Xiao Qiu, are you okay?"