My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl! Chapter 46

This all happened within a few seconds.

"It's better to take one out first. Taking on both at once is still too dangerous."

Tang Zhiqing said, "I didn't expect you to learn so quickly."

You'd been learning pretty slowly before. How had your skills suddenly improved so much today?

"Teacher Tang taught me well!"

Lu Ming said modestly.

He gave Tang Zhiqing the credit.

I'll just secretly put my own points in.

Lu Annuan listened, frowning at Lu Ming. Since when had he been practicing martial arts with Tang Zhiqing? She hadn't even known.

Though she was a little unhappy, this wasn't the time to chat.

She could ask Lu Ming about it after they got home.

Now, the three of them were facing Rust again—an injured Rust, at that. Their odds of winning if they attacked together were high.

"Just in time, I've gathered enough magic power."

Rust said in a muffled voice. It stared directly at Lu Ming as an invisible force field spread outward, kicking up dust. The streetlights along the surrounding roads flickered as if they had poor electrical contact.

The invisible force field moved quickly. Lu Annuan was shoved away as though she had crashed into something.

Tang Zhiqing was experienced and reacted quickly. Seeing that Rust's gaze was fixed on Lu Ming, she hurriedly reached for his hand, only to be knocked away by the force field as well.

The streetlights below returned to normal, while Rust's force field sealed it and Lu Ming inside a semicircular area.

Lu Ming observed it and realized that the force field had no offensive capabilities. It seemed to exist solely to trap the two of them inside.

Was this Rust's ability?

A real man's one-on-one battle?

Simple and easy to understand.

Outside the force field, Lu Annuan saw Lu Ming trapped inside and blasted the barrier with a magic cannon. When the smoke cleared, there wasn't a single trace of damage.

Looks pretty tough.

Lu Ming pointed at Lion Cadre, who was shaking off dust as he rose from the rubble, and said to Lu Annuan and Tang Zhiqing, "Go deal with the other one first. Come save me after you've finished him."

Tang Zhiqing nodded. Lu Annuan hesitated for a moment. "Be careful! I'll be back soon!"

It wouldn't matter if they didn't come back.

He had already decided to take down Rust by himself.

Otherwise, how would he protect them in the future?

Besides, he was the future Great Demon King!

Rust rose onto all fours and looked at Lu Ming. "Even we don't understand the conditions under which Evil Beasts are formed. But one thing is certain: they are born from humanity's negative emotions. The negative emotion that formed my core granted me this ability. This is the first time I've used it. Killing Magical Girls is too boring for me. Only the strong are worthy of being killed by me."

Lu Ming said, "Then why don't you go find Empress?"

The strongest modern Magical Girl ought to count as strong, right?

Rust shook his head. "No. She's too strong."

"..."

Why did it feel like you were all brawn?

But sometimes, you were pretty smart too?

Rust narrowed his eyes at Lu Ming. "There were two Magical Girls interfering with the battle before. This time, you're alone, and you're no match for me. You can start thinking about your last words."

Lu Ming smiled, clenched his fists, and took a fighting stance. "My childhood sweetheart and the student council president are right beside me. I can't die embarrassingly."

Rust lowered his body and stared intently at Lu Ming.

Suddenly, it pushed off with its feet and instantly appeared beside Lu Ming, its claws hooking toward his collarbone.

Lu Ming's eyes flicked over as he bent down to dodge. He clenched his fist and drove it upward into Rust's body. Rust roared and took the blow head-on. Though the punch blasted a hole through its body, it still opened its jaws and bit toward Lu Ming's head with its sharp teeth!

I don't want to end up like Senior Sister!

Seeing the teeth closing in, Lu Ming tried to pull back his fist, but Rust clamped it inside its body with its muscles, leaving him unable to withdraw it.

Clang!

The teeth collided with a piercing sound. Lu Ming narrowly avoided them. He didn't retreat—instead, he exerted force with his arm and lifted Rust into the air!

Rust felt itself sweep through a semicircle in midair, its head spinning.

Boom!

Lu Ming slammed Rust hard into the ground, then pulled out his fist, which was stained with the black magic power left inside Rust's body.

Rust let out a beastly roar and rolled over, trying to get back up.

Lu Ming beat the dog while it was down, his fists raining onto Rust's body. Every punch was heavier than Tang Zhiqing's magic arrows.

Rust felt that a few more punches would beat it to death alive.

It simply couldn't believe it.

Could a human really be this strong?

Would he become even stronger than Empress someday?

How could that be possible?!

Rust's claws grabbed Lu Ming's arms, cruelty flashing through its eyes.

It wouldn't allow such a thing to happen!

How could there be a man stronger than it?!

Rust's tail stabbed toward Lu Ming like a sharp sword. This was its final move.

Despicable?

The one who survived was the winner!

The incoming tail stopped beside Lu Ming's temple, less than a millimeter away from piercing his head.

In the frozen world, Lu Ming tore open Rust's claws and looked at the tail.

"If I hadn't happened to raise my concentration before and noticed it, you really would've killed me."

Lu Ming smiled. Beyond the force field, he saw Lu Annuan and Tang Zhiqing had already forced Lion Cadre into a corner, shouting as they fought.

Then all that was left was Lu Ming's side.

Lu Ming walked over to the frozen Rust and clenched his fist. He had learned the technique of exerting force from Tang Zhiqing. To unleash a complete strike, he needed to use the strength of his entire body—his legs, waist, shoulders, and arms.

But Tang Zhiqing had said it was useless. In a fast-paced battle, who would give you that much time to prepare?

One second was enough for an opponent to rush in and KO you.

But she didn't know that Lu Ming had more than one second.

He had three seconds!

More than enough!

One second remained.

Lu Ming put his entire body into the punch and drove it straight at Rust's head.

Rust felt its tail stab into empty air. Lu Ming, whom it had been holding, had somehow suddenly vanished and was already standing beside it. Lu Ming wore a smile as he punched toward its head.

I have to block it!

There's no time!

Smack!

Lu Ming's full-power blow scattered Rust's head. Its body shattered outright, and the black magic power that made up its body spilled into the air. Its final eye remained wide open, staring at Lu Ming, before it dissolved into the air.

With Rust destroyed, the force field trapping Lu Ming shattered and vanished like bubbles.

Lion Cadre panted as he fended off the attacks of the two Magical Girls. He had planned to hold on until Rust killed Lu Ming, then come help him.

Though he disliked Rust, he had to admit Rust was stronger than him.

But the one who appeared after the force field dissipated wasn't Rust—it was Lu Ming!

Rust, how did you die?!

Tang Zhiqing pointed her bow at Lion Cadre and asked coldly, "What are you planning in Haiyang?"

Lion Cadre searched for a way out while stalling for time. He chuckled. "No need to rush. In about thirty days, you'll know. Even Empress will be shocked. You Magical Girls from small cities really don't understand anything."

These days, even Evil Beasts discriminated based on household registration!

Lu Ming snorted. "Haiyang isn't some small place. It was officially named a new first-tier city this year."

"You haven't seen truly powerful Evil Beasts, so you don't know this city's potential. I'm telling you because even if you know, you'll be powerless to stop it. The preparations are nearly complete. The leader will use this city as nourishment and evolve into an existence stronger than Empress. By then, humans will be livestock."

Lion Cadre chuckled.

Still trying to play out some hentai plot?

Lu Ming narrowed his eyes.

Other than him, the future Great Demon King, no one could play that game!

Only he could!

Lion Cadre seized the gap while the three of them were thinking and sprinted to the side. He jumped off the high-rise building, then looked back with a smile—only to find Tang Zhiqing had already drawn her bow. A blue arrow shot toward him, the blue light in his pupils growing brighter and brighter before it pierced his head. He turned into black dust in midair and scattered away.

"What it just said..."

Lu Annuan was worried.

"It may have just been lying to escape."

Tang Zhiqing shook her head.

Lu Ming said, "But just in case, we should still look for anything unusual."

The two girls nodded, then suddenly felt something was strange.

Why was Lu Ming acting as the team leader and directing the two of them?

But... they would let him do it for now.

After all, they didn't dislike it.

Lion Cadre was shot apart by the arrow in midair. His remaining magic power condensed into a palm-sized winged lion, like a griffin.

"It's over, it's over. Even my core was blown apart. From now on, I'll have to use this weak form. Even a rookie Magical Girl could stomp me to death, much less that monster of a human."

Lion Cadre couldn't help wailing.

He cursed Lu Ming and the other two in his heart.

Flapping his wings, he headed off to complete the leader's final plan for this city.

In another thirty days, those three could be wiped out together!

Lion Cadre sneered, then turned his head and saw a black cat in the grass staring at him with curious eyes.

"?"

"Meow!"

"Don't bite me! I'm not a sparrow, you stupid cat! It hurts, it hurts! Help!"

[Detected a large amount of residual magic power from Code-named Evil Beast 'Rust.' Absorbing...]

This time it was a large amount?

Why hadn't it said that before?