Chapter 561
After resting on the bed for a while, Fang Ming closed his eyes and began to organize the memories in his mind.
After returning from the Dream World, my mind was filled with many memories of that world.
These are all memories generated when this body was 'automatically taken over' while Fang Ming's consciousness traveled to another world. Now, Fang Ming has received them all, allowing him to quickly understand and know what has happened in the past month.
"It's already been a month... Wait, Xiao Qiu and the others are planning to face Pillar-Tier Demon today?! Tsk, that's too hasty, I haven't even come back yet..."
Seeing the decision Xiao Qiu and the others made from his memory, Fang Ming hurriedly jumped out of bed, intending to go outside the World Barrier to meet up with Xiao Qiu.
But as he passed the training ground, he noticed extremely intense magical fluctuations within it.
People are training at the training ground.
Who could it be so late?
Fang Ming walked toward the training ground with a surprised expression. As soon as he approached the training ground, he saw a red light moving rapidly in the training ground.
It's Aurora.
"..."
Fang Ming secretly hid in a corner, watching the red-haired girl training hard in the training field.
He didn't show himself; he just stayed there watching Aurora for a while before silently leaving.
He could roughly guess why Aurora was training alone here late at night. Normally, Fang Ming would be happy to go in and have a heart-to-heart talk with Aurora.
But now... he hasn't forgotten that the Magical Girls are still outside the world, planning to fight a final battle against Pillar Rank Demons.
So whatever it is, let's talk about it when we get back.
As long as he doesn't immediately run off to another world after returning, Fang Ming will have plenty of time to talk to Aurora.
Beyond the world, everything remains the same as before.
Scattered starlight twinkled in the depths of the World Sea. Occasionally, a few points of light would suddenly light up, but they would quickly dim and disappear, never to be seen again.
The World Sea, in some ways, are the same as the cosmos.
Each of those points of light is a world in itself. Some are very close together, while others are quite far apart. They may appear to be small points of light, but in reality, they are separated by millions of light-years.
But unlike the universe and stars, when one world is Destruction, another world millions of light-years away will not wait millions of years to see that point of light dim.
No matter where you look at it or where it exists, the number of light points you see is synchronized.
So...
When Yu Muqiu saw those many points of light going dark, he understood something profoundly.
The Demons... are slowly sweeping across worlds that possess civilization and 'hope'.
They are marching in this direction.
Even though the Demon King has been sealed away, they are still acting according to Demon Lord orders.
No, perhaps they simply don't care about the Demon Lord's orders.
Now that there are no Magical Girls to stop them, they can Destruction a world without magic by doing whatever they want.
Without Magical Girls, without Demon Lord, and without Overlord Demons, the mere presence of Pillar-Tier Demon would be enough to Destruction all worlds.
And they... are the only hope to change all of this.
"Can we... really do it...?"
Yu Muqiu asked himself silently.
--It's achievable.
"But... but I... am not that strong yet..."
--It's achievable.
"... Why... why didn't you come out to help me?"
--I... can't help you forever, and... this is a path you have to go through.
The voice in her heart was chatting with Yu Muqiu.
Although the voice never introduced itself, Yu Muqiu and the voice had never met face to face.
But Yu Muqiu knew perfectly well that the person was himself.
My future self, the self in the Sky Screen, that self... who seems to have become a 'god'.
She arrived at Yu Muqiu's place while Fang Ming was 'asleep'.
Occasionally, she would use Yu Muqiu's voice and image to talk to everyone, but most of the time, she would only talk to Yu Muqiu in her heart, just like now.
In her words, she doesn't belong to this world; this world doesn't belong to her, and she doesn't need to have deep interactions with others.
It's very rational, yet also very sad.
Yu Muqiu didn't know what she had gone through to become like this, but she felt that she shouldn't have become like this.
Yu Muqiu wanted to introduce his future self to his companions several times, but each time he was about to say it, they would force him to change his words to something else.
--I don't belong here.
This is the sentence she will say most often in the future.
The future her seemed to think that this was fine, just watching Xiaoxia and the others like this was enough.
The more she becomes like this in the future, the more heartbroken Yu Muqiu becomes.
This remains true even now.
Although her voice was calm, Yu Muqiu could still detect a hint of fatigue and weariness in it.
So... from how far into the future did she return to the present?
What happened to make her look like this?
Will the Sky Screen... reveal all of this?
Yu Muqiu had countless questions in her mind, but these questions were temporarily suppressed after Xiao Chun's reminder.
"Xiao Qiu! He's here! It really is the Calamity Demon!!"
Looking at the red light hurtling towards them at Speed Demon in the distance, Murong Xiaochun shouted a warning to Yu Muqiu.
Pillar-Tier Demon in reality is about to arrive!
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The Calamity Demon arrived very quickly.
Almost as soon as he sensed the Magical Girls' presence, he appeared before them in an instant.
The other party looked exactly like him as shown on the Sky Screen, both wearing armor and having horns on their heads, looking like a demon general.
The Calamity Demon who arrived here glanced around at the Magical Girls present, and finally fixed his gaze on Yu Muqiu, whose representative color was pink:
"Magical... girls? That's surprising. I thought you were going to run away."
"You're the one who can run, aren't you?!"
Chen Xiaoxia performed as expected, and she taunted the Calamity Demon, "Just don't run away with your tail between your legs!"
"Hmph, there are some incredibly arrogant guys like you among Magical Girls too."
The Calamity Demon snorted coldly.
Chen Xiaoxia did not answer this time. She simply brandished her greatsword, assumed an attack stance, and was ready to launch an attack on the Calamity Demon at any moment.
The Calamity Demon shifted his gaze from Chen Xiaoxia to Yu Muqiu and asked in a deep voice:
"Before we begin, I'll ask you one last question: you're the ones who resolved the bloodshed and Paranoia, aren't you?"
"Is there any need to ask a question with such an obvious answer?"
Yu Muqiu answered in this way.
She gripped her wand tightly with both hands, looking quite nervous.
Xiao Chun noticed this, her brows furrowing slightly. She gave Yu Muqiu a deep look, and finally, together with Yu Muqiu, they looked at the Calamity Demon and said:
"They were indeed taken care of by us, and now... we will take care of you too!"
Xiao Chun drew her Arrows, aiming it at the direction of the Calamity Demon.
"Is that so? I'm quite curious, what exactly bestowed upon you—"
Bang!!
An invisible shockwave exploded, and the figure of the Calamity Demon instantly appeared in front of Xiao Chun. His face was very close to Xiao Chun's, black magic surged from his body, and dazzling lightning enveloped his hands as he slapped towards Xiao Chun's chest and abdomen!
As he made this move, the Calamity Demon uttered the second half of his sentence:
"--The courage to face me?"
"Xiao Chun, watch out!"
Splash--
A cherry-pink chain suddenly appeared behind Xiao Chun, wrapping around Xiao Chun waist and throwing her violently further back.
The attack from the Calamity Demon grazed past Xiao Chun at a very dangerous distance, but even so, the Magical Armament on Xiao Chun's abdomen was shattered, and blood flowed out.
Clearly, if Yu Muqiu hadn't come to the rescue in time, Xiao Chun would already be disemboweled.
"We can't let our guard down! Everyone! Go all out!!"
Yu Muqiu, who was controlling the chains and dragging Xiao Chun away, shouted to his companions.
The first Shining Light shone from Chen Xiaoxia's body, followed by the second layer of Shining Light!
The Courage Light burst forth, a magical force comparable to Pillar Rank, erupting in the void!
The Calamity Demon's pupils contracted slightly as he instantly looked at Chen Xiaoxia, who was going all out, and watched as the blue light arrived in front of him in an instant!
Blue magical particles drifted in the air, and the Greatsword of Courage in Chen Xiaoxia's hand shimmered with a deep blue light as if it had been enchanted.
The giant sword, enhanced to its maximum, slammed down towards the head of the Calamity Demon!
Clang--!!
The Calamity Demon raised his arm, easily blocking Chen Xiaoxia's attack, but his expression was anything but relaxed; instead, it appeared quite ferocious.
"So that's how it is... So that's how it is! The legendary Shining Form... you've actually mastered it! No wonder that Witch set up so many barriers to protect you--"
But the Calamity Demon was interrupted by an even more intense attack before he could finish speaking.
Pale green Arrows rained down from above like a torrential downpour, completely obscuring the Arrows of the Calamity Demon and submerging him in a sea of green Arrows.
Xiao Chun, also in her Shining 2 form, has a cold expression as she continuously fires Arrows.
The Calamity Demon made its move almost without warning, launching its attack almost instantly.
At this moment, Xiao Chun is also imitating the way the Calamity Demon does, without giving any warnings or shouting out the name of the move, and using his fastest speed to launch the strongest attack so far!
While launching the attack, Xiao Chun couldn't help but glance at Yu Muqiu a few more times.
Her gaze fell on the chains beside Yu Muqiu, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes.
Chain...
In reality, Xiao Qiu never mentioned to them that she was already able to learn her companions' abilities.
Xiao Qiu hadn't mastered this move before...
Yu Muqiu didn't notice Xiao Chun's gaze; she looked nervously at the Calamity Demon.
Xiao Chun and Xiaoxia's attacks may be strong, but for a veteran Pillar-Tier Demon, these attacks should be nothing.
If we compare them based on the total amount of magic power...
Xiao Chun and Xiaoxia's combined magic power should have barely crossed the 100,000 mark.
Pillar Rank Calamity Demon should have a total magic power of over 200,000!
Although the total amount of magic power can no longer be the absolute standard for judging strength after crossing the Pillar Rank, more than double the amount of magic power will still give the Calamity Demon an unparalleled power advantage.
Now, the only thing the Magical Girls can rely on is the information about the Calamity Demon hidden in the Sky Screen!
The Calamity Demon knew nothing about them, but they... knew everything about the Calamity Demon!