It was another day of routine training.
As Huali traded moves with Fu You as usual, Lan Lu's figure kept appearing in his mind.
Compared with Lan Lu, his movements were far too slow and stiff. He could dodge many of Fu You's attacks and occasionally land a light tap on her, but fighting at this pace felt nothing like fighting a Fierce Beast.
He kept replaying the details of that battle in his mind.
Fierce Beasts were generally huge, and they were generally stronger than Magical Girls.
Magical Girls did have impressive physiques, but only compared to ordinary humans. Against Fierce Beasts, they were almost never tougher or more resilient. Their real strength lay in their ability to use weapons—or rather, magic.
Even Magical Girls who specialized in close combat could deal effective damage only by storing magic in their weapons. Lan Lu's ring blades and Honglian's scythe were both weapons that made the most of that magic.
His wand had no sharp edge or enough reach. Even the gemstones set into it seemed rounded to an almost adorable degree, as though they had been designed to keep them from hurting anyone.
Even in his imagination, he couldn't defeat the Octopus Monster.
Clang!!
"Owww!!!!" Huali cried out.
Fu You gave him a disdainful look. "Get distracted in a fight, and you could die."
"I wasn't..." Huali clutched his head and backed away a few steps. He hurriedly cast Healing Spell on himself, and his head finally cleared a little.
"That's enough for today," Fu You said.
"Huh? We're stopping already?" Huali asked in surprise.
"Yes. We're done," Fu You said.
Huali hesitated, then hurriedly said, "I can keep training! I only got distracted for a moment."
Fu You sat down to one side. "Do you think this practice is