The Charm of BGM

Clearly capable of sliding most attacks away, the Fish Monster Demon showed a panic expression upon seeing the trident assault, dodging hurriedly to the side.

Thrust, dodge, sweep, evade.

Xiao Bai's trident in hand did not look like it was used for the first time, as stabs, parries, sweeps, and slashes, various moves came naturally to her.

Yet the Fish Monster Demon itself was extremely nimble, and underwater, its dodging speed was only a bit slower than the Speed Demon encountered earlier, so even though Xiao Bai held the trident and could ignore underwater resistance, she somehow couldn't stab the Fish Monster Demon even once!

"Useless... of... underwater... you... cannot win... against me!"

The Fish Monster Demon even had the leisure to issue a taunt, its dead fish eyes staring intently at Xiao Bai as it asked:

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

"Go to hell and ask King Yama!"

Xiao Bai let out a cold snort, her right hand exerting force as she actually threw the trident out!

Xiao Bai's target seemed to be the fish monster, but unfortunately it missed by a bit, and the trident wrapped in chains brushed past the fish monster.

And even worse, when dodging, the Fish Monster Demon actually grabbed the trident in its hand!

"Not good! The black ones!!"

Chen Xiaoxia, still waiting for the signal, called out loudly to Xiao Bai upon seeing this extremely ominous scene.

The Fish Monster Demon grasped the trident once more, a fierce look revealing itself in its fish eyes:

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

Just as the Fish Monster Demon finished saying those words, Xiao Bai's taunt followed closely after:

"Hah, take a look at what's in your hand?"

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The Fish Monster Demon looked down, and then those fish eyes widened a few fractions more.

Just saw that on the trident in its hand, dense, tiny silver chains suddenly flew out from within the trident.

Countless tiny chains connected to the thick chain wrapped around the tail of the trident, extending further away, and then numerous chains emerged at the bottom of the water.

In just a split second, the underwater area that originally had nothing suddenly turned into a cage composed of chains!

These suddenly appearing chains connected with the trident, binding its arms and body before the Fish Monster Demon could react, and along with its slippery fish tail, it was also locked down by chains as tiny silver chains embedded into the flesh.

"How... is it possible...? Exactly... when...?"

The Fish Monster Demon raised its head to look at the prison trapping itself, and then looked at the chains binding it, an incredulous expression in its fish eyes.

Its not particularly clever brain began to recall, taking a good while before finally figuring out how Xiao Bai managed to do it.

From the very moment Xiao Bai waved the trident, the chain connected to its tail had already begun to be deployed by following Xiao Bai's 'dance'.

Every sweep, every thrust, every slash.

Each was weaving the cage!

And before Xiao Bai pulled in the net, the Fish Monster Demon hadn't even the slightest awareness of it!

"Right now!!! Blue idiot!!!" Xiao Bai let out a roar toward Chen Xiaoxia.

Chen Xiaoxia, who had long since prepared, instantly transformed the greatsword in her hand into a towering giant sword dozens of meters long!

"Don't! Call me! Idiot!!!"

Chen Xiaoxia retorted to Xiao Bai's words while flying out at the same time, swinging the giant sword to smash down overhead toward the Fish Monster Demon!

The greatsword parted the ocean currents, and countless amounts of moisture were vaporized under this strike.

Earlier, the Fish Monster Demon could still avoid this strike through its own skin, but right now, because of the chains, it was bound in place and simply unable to escape!

"Go to hell!!!" Chen Xiaoxia poured all her anger into her hand, along with her own magic power, infusing it all into the giant sword.

The greatsword that parted the currents fell head-on, the blue giant sword landing on the Fish Monster Demon's shoulders as countless wisps of black qi drifted and flew out, the giant sword cutting into the body of the Fish Monster Demon!

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

Yet the Fish Monster Demon stubbornly relied on its own physical strength to withstand this giant sword capable of slicing through practically anything!

It engaged in a contest of strength with the two of them, and roars burst from both of their mouths at the same time.

"Go to hell,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah!!!!"

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

The roars of the two intertwined underwater, and the wave currents generated by the sound waves transmitted further away.

At the most critical moment, Xiao Bai's figure appeared abruptly at the side of the Fish Monster Demon.

In her hands she held the already fractured sickle, and the Severing Magic attached to the sickle, like magic appended by the grim reaper, easily grazed across the head of the Fish Monster Demon!

A cold light flashed, as if the sky screen had also been split into two, the upper and lower scenes shifting apart.

When everything ended, the head of the Fish Monster Demon floated in the water, and Chen Xiaoxia's giant sword completely obliterated its remaining body.

With this, the battle against the tier-four demon finally came to an end.

(It's getting hyped!)

(Go to hell, Fish Monster Demon!!!)

(Served it right!! For daring to hurt my Xiao Bai!)

(Whose Xiao Bai, she's mine!)

(Xiaoxia awesome! Xiao Bai awesome!!!)

When the Fish Monster Demon died, the live-stream comments instantly burst into cheers.

Not only because of the Fish Monster Demon's ugliness, but also because it hurt Xiao Bai.

And Xiao Bai's popularity among the current audience was not low at all; Xiao Bai's injury made many of her fans immensely furious.

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

Looking at this scene played on the Sky Screen, even Fang Ming, who had already experienced it once, couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat as he watched Xiao Bai and Xiaoxia team up against the Fish Monster Demon.

He hadn't felt much while actually fighting, but why did watching it from the outside now, matched with the background music, make his blood boil so much?

Is this the charm of background music and close-up shots?

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

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

"She's troublesome."

"Troublesome?"

"Yes, very troublesome. Her strength looks only slightly stronger than the other few Magical Girls, but... her combat skills and experience seem extremely rich. Just this alone makes her stronger than all the current Magical Girls."

Youyou analyzed earnestly.

Fang Ming nodded non-committally.

The reason his combat skills were rich was because Fang Ming himself had mastered quite a few fighting styles.

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

Because of his cheat, Fang Ming had dabbled in many areas; although most of his levels were not high and only at the beginner stage, his level in combat-related skills was not low at all.

Especially after becoming a Magical Girl, he paid even more attention to improving these skills.

So even without transforming into a Magical Girl, Fang Ming could reach somewhere around Batman's level relying on his various equipment.

Well... maybe a bit weaker than Batman, but at least stronger than an ordinary person.

As for combat experience... Fang Ming always had to find an opponent when practicing fighting skills.

He had sparred with various coaches and even engaged in a one-versus-four multi-person battle before.

He was not lacking in this aspect either.

Therefore, leaving aside idealistic magic and spells, based solely on combat experience and skill, even if Yu Muqiu and the three others teamed up with Dongdong to deal with Fang Ming, Fang Ming would still be able to beat them flat on the ground.

However, having said that--

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

Fang Ming asked Youyou seemingly casually.

Those rabbit ears of Youyou's twitched, and she smiled as she said, "Whether she's an enemy or a friend... we'll only know after meeting her. It's just that I don't think she will agree with my plan."

"Because she's hard to fool?"

"Aigoo, you go too far saying it like that. I didn't lie, you know; I have never deceived Dongdong."

The Black Rabbit said with a beaming smile.

Fang Ming looked at her deeply and did not continue speaking.

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

[Although the Fish Monster Demon's body had already been destroyed, its head had not yet dissipated.

"I... not yet..."

The Fish Monster Demon's head drifted in the water, and under the action of its own will, it was actually still able to maintain a sliver of life.

However, the four Nightmare Seeds that served as its root had all fallen to the ground, and its dissipation was only a matter of time.

Xiao Bai seemed unable to bear looking on, finally creating a chain out of thin air that shattered the Fish Monster Demon's head, sending it off on its final journey, before walking over to the side of the four fallen Nightmare Seeds and gently waving her right hand to make those Nightmare Seeds fall into her grasp.

The barrier began to shatter, and the armaments on the three Magical Girls were all unsummoned, restoring them to the appearance of wearing ordinary clothes as they had before.

When the barrier dissipated, the three appeared in an unmanned corner inside the aquarium. Yu Muqiu, who had watched almost the entire battle, looked at the red seeping from Xiao Bai's shoulder and asked worriedly,

"Xiao Bai, you..."

Yet before the words 'are you alright' could escape, her speech was interrupted by Xiao Bai's actions.

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

Xiao Bai casually tucked the fourth Nightmare Seed into her pocket, and only then said to the two of them:

"I'll hold onto one Nightmare Seed for now and return it to you later."

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

Nino, who had no idea where she had run off to hide earlier, suddenly appeared at this moment and asked Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai did not speak, simply looking at her silently.

Stared at by the other party's crimson eyes, Nino shrank her head back as if frightened, but quickly braced herself and said,

"The Ni... Nightmare Seed is a very dangerous thing..."

"I know."

"What if... new Demons appear again..."

"They won't, and even if they really do appear, I can eliminate them." After finishing, Xiao Bai added another sentence,

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

"..."

This time Nino could not say anything.

The scene grew quiet, and Xiao Bai lingered for a moment before suddenly asking Nino,

"Right, how many Nightmare Seeds are left?"

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

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

"Seven, huh? I understand."

Xiao Bai finished speaking and turned to leave, her silver hair flicking out a brilliance like watery light against the backdrop of the aquarium's blue water curtain.

This time neither Chen Xiaoxia nor Yu Muqiu called out to stop her, watching helplessly as she walked into the darkness.

After a long while, Chen Xiaoxia finally turned her head to look at Yu Muqiu:

"Xiao Qiu, are you okay?"