The Ultimate Move Must Be Used

"Mm... I understand the reasoning, but does the ultimate move really have to be used? Someone could die, right?"

Fu You raised his face and looked at the Abyss Witch.

"Why transform if you're not going to use your ultimate move?"

"...Mm-hmm."

The Abyss Witch knew very well that the former Abyss Witch before her had always been notorious for her brutality. The destruction she caused ranked among the greatest of all Witches throughout history.

Yet even such a violent Witch had ultimately been tamed into submission by the Dark Witch.

And that was precisely what made that special photograph so evocative.

—It was as thrilling as kissing a tiger.

The Abyss Witch took a deep breath, then charged forward the instant the doors opened. Black magic surged up from her toes, her skirt fluttering without wind. With a light tap of her foot against the ground, she gracefully rose into the air.

She turned around, looked toward the Magical Girl behind her, and cleared her throat. Her previously timid voice abruptly became shrill and piercing. "Hahaha, there's a Magical Girl here too? Today, this Witch will take your life!"

Her magic-infused voice became a wave of sound that instantly spread throughout the entire building.

As the Abyss Witch rose into the air, a black curtain unfurled from within her body. Centered on her, a radius of five hundred meters was shrouded in a faint black mist.

Though it was still broad daylight, the ground had already sunk into strange darkness. Even the screens of the phones in people's hands dimmed within the black fog.

The black mist not only blocked out the light, but also brought a suffocating sensation to those within it, as though their throats had been seized. Everyone shrouded by it felt their chests suddenly tighten, as if something had covered their mouths and noses, making every breath take extra effort.

People hurried to the doors and windows, looking toward the source of the voice. The Witch from the abyss was now enveloped in darkness.

That darkness seemed like a twisted abyss that had appeared from nowhere in the sky, while the Abyss Witch stood at its very center, giving off a dim glow as she attempted to drag the entire world into the abyss.

The darkness continued to spread.

Fear appeared on people's faces.

"It's the Abyss Witch! The Abyss Witch has appeared again!!"

"What? Didn't the Abyss Witch disappear?! That Witch who could destroy an entire building with one wave of her hand is back?"

Dressed in a black gown, the Abyss Witch stood quietly in the air, carrying five parts wickedness, three parts pride, and two parts coquettish charm as she stared straight ahead.

And in the direction she was looking, a black shadow was rushing toward the Witch at incredible speed.

"So fast! What is that thing?!" someone cried out.

"It's pitch-black. Could it be another Witch?"

"Two Witches? That can't be possible, right? Wait, that looks like a Magical Girl?"

The black shadow shot straight at the Abyss Witch, a massive staff swinging toward her with overwhelming force.

The Abyss Witch twisted aside, the wind from the staff brushing past her shoulder. The black shadow immediately twisted again and swung the staff once more.

The attack was incredibly fast. The Abyss Witch raised a hand to block it, but the moment her body struck the staff, she was forcibly knocked back over five meters.

"No way, how can there be a black Magical Girl?"

"That's not black, idiot. When you look at a Magical Girl, you look at her hair color! She's blonde!"

"But why are her clothes black? Didn't they say only fallen Magical Girls wear black?"

"But aren't black stockings great?!"

The discussion over whether the Magical Girl had fallen died the instant it reached black stockings.

People took out their phones and began filming the sky.

The two black figures rapidly crossed paths, tangling in fierce combat. They moved so quickly that ordinary eyes could only catch the lingering golden traces within the darkness. In the darkness created by the Abyss Witch, the golden patterns on Fu You's clothes and her blond hair stood out all the more.

"Isn't that Magical Girl a staff user? Shouldn't she specialize in long-range attacks? Why is she fighting in close quarters the whole time?"

"Hurry up and use magic!"

The chatter of the bystanders did not affect Fu You's battle in the slightest. Her small face remained serious and calm, every strike serving the most direct purpose. The Abyss Witch could clearly feel that if she did not possess the combat ability expected of a Witch, she would probably have already been beaten into pulp by that staff.

Wasn't this supposed to be acting? Did acting need to be this serious?

The Abyss Witch vaguely began to feel strained. She took two steps back, her pale face twisting with wild delight as she spoke in a shrill voice. "Hahahaha, you think you can stop me? Open your eyes and behold this great Abyssal Power! Let me drag all of you into the abyss!"

Fu You's calm expression finally changed slightly.

His little mouth opened as he murmured in a tiny voice, "Your lines are kind of weird."

Eight enormous black spheres appeared around the Abyss Witch and began rapidly orbiting her body.

Seeing this, Fu You deliberately rammed into one of the black spheres.

In the eyes of the onlookers, the Magical Girl was violently struck by the suddenly appearing black sphere and sent flying into a wall.

The wall was smashed open with a hole, yet the Witch showed no intention of holding back. The eight black spheres turned into eight cannonballs and smashed one after another into the hole that had buried the Magical Girl.

The Magical Girl was not delayed by the pain of the impact. Embedded in the wall, she swiftly rolled upright like a carp and, at the same time, began sprinting across the wall with movements that completely defied the laws of physics, dodging every black sphere.

Then she leaped into the air and pointed the staff in her hand straight at the Abyss Witch.

His body suddenly halted in midair, and his staff suddenly began gathering all the surrounding light.

In that instant, even the sun seemed about to lose its radiance.

Black and white magic continuously converged into his staff from all around. The two colors condensed into tangible form, flashing and swirling wildly at the tip, and the sudden brilliance nearly blinded those staring directly at it.

Fu You remained expressionless.

First stage—

Second stage—

The Abyss Witch finally sensed that something was wrong, and her expression abruptly changed.

In the air, the eight black spheres swiftly returned to her side, becoming shields that protected her body. Facing the Magical Girl who was already charging power, she did not dare hesitate for even a moment and fled rapidly into the distance.

Third stage—

Fourth stage—

The light before the staff became especially intense.

Fu You frowned.

The light at the tip of the staff instantly burst forth.

In an instant, the clouds scattered, and the darkness retreated with them.

No one saw when the beam had erupted. By the time they noticed, a black-and-white pillar of light already connected the staff to the black figure that had long since fled far away.

Then, a black figure drifted down from the sky.

Fu You pursed his lips.

Thunderous applause and cheers erupted around him.

"The Magical Girl won!"

"But why is her magic black? Isn't black for bad guys?" a child asked.

Then the child's mouth was covered.

Fu You watched the black figure from afar. It slowly fell through the air, then after two seconds of falling, suddenly spun in midair and vanished without warning.

Only then did he secretly let out a breath, turning the staff in his hand into countless orbs of light that scattered through the air.

He ignored the people around him, merely tossing his hair and running a hand through it before turning and flying toward his room.

He grumbled inwardly.

The Witches of this generation seemed rather weak.

If he had charged his power to the fifth stage, she might not have had the chance to fall.

Meanwhile, the Abyss Witch—

"What about the lines?! Didn't we agree I'd say the lines first?!"