Golden Tea glanced at the calm and collected Bingtang beside her, who was sipping his black tea.
Probably no one would have guessed that the owner of the largest Ice-Colored Era Group is actually the leader of the Azure Cloud Sect —although nominally Shion.
However, from the perspective of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, Shion is more like a henchman.
Of course, this is not to say that Shion is unimportant. Given her strength, every word Shion says carries weight.
However, the only person they could negotiate with was Bingtang, so in the eyes of outsiders, the leader of the Azure Cloud Sect was ultimately Bingtang.
They are now in one of the towers in the cluster of towers behind them.
The tower contains entirely independent spaces, making it quite safe, and it was not long ago that the gray-white magical girl appeared.
Golden Tea had already sent people to move the rest of the magical girls to a safe location.
Now the tower complex is filled with magical girls from headquarters.
Are you sure there's nothing wrong?
"It's quite good as a warm-up before the Mental Landscape Trial," Bingtang said somewhat absentmindedly. "Don't worry, with a true disciple here, there won't be any danger."
"Well... I'm not worried about that at all."
Golden Tea was naturally aware that there was a mole within the General Administration, and had been closely observing and on guard.
I didn't expect them to take action today.
They thought the arrival of the Azure Cloud Sect would make them wary, but instead they became even more arrogant.
Despite thorough preparations, some areas still needed to operate normally at Bingtang's request, to avoid alerting the enemy.
Moreover, Golden Tea hadn't expected that her authority within the General Administration would be compromised; the security system in the General Administration's central tower was now almost entirely shut down.
Golden Tea was initially worried that something unexpected might happen.
But actually, when that magical girl named Dandelion single-handedly swept more than ten gray-white magical girls into the sky, she had nothing left to worry about...
Not to mention that a Blue Flower suddenly appeared later.
It directly Freeze the gray-white magical girls who were chasing Iris.
This was a perfect attack on the General Administration, from the inside out.
And just like that, it became a performance, so casually described...
"Are you all going to be killed?"
Golden Tea simply asked that question.
Bingtang paused slightly as she sipped her tea, turned her head to glance at Golden Tea, and asked, "Why do you ask that?"
Golden Tea, still maintaining her elegance, stirred her milk coffee in the same way as Bingtang.
But actually, my palms were sweating.
"Because I've heard that the Azure Cloud Sect doesn't usually hold back..."
Actually, it's not just hearsay.
From Golden Tea's own observation, the Azure Cloud Sect basically kills their enemies...
"Hmm, I remember there are some people you know in there?" Bingtang fiddled with her mirror.
They were monitoring the situation in various localities under the General Administration, and that was also part of the Bingtang for their efforts).
Of course, this was also thanks to the mole who interfered with the central control tower of the headquarters.
Otherwise, a large-scale spell like the one involving Bingtang, which has a comprehensive view of the situation, would be detected and dispelled by the headquarters immediately.
But now, it seems that no one in the entire General Administration has noticed the faint mist and ice crystals floating in the air.
"I think they've been bewitched..."
Golden Tea attempted to negotiate.
"Don't worry, our Azure Cloud Sect isn't some terrorist organization," Bingtang Tang said calmly. "We wouldn't kill someone who has no power to resist."
Well, based on the information from various sources, it doesn't seem to be like that...
Golden Tea thought about it for a moment, but ultimately said nothing.
Bingtang said calmly:
"But are these magical girls really that high-level? How come they were able to shut down the headquarters' central tower? Aren't you the magical girl with the highest authority in the headquarters?"
At this point, Golden Tea looked slightly embarrassed. "Well, theoretically speaking, I am indeed the magical girl with the highest authority in the General Administration, but I'm just a magical girl."
At this point, she sighed, "The highest authority resides in the Magical Kingdom, and the ruler of the Magical Kingdom is the Incubators..."
Bingtang tilted her head. "You mean, the Incubators of the Magical Kingdom are attacking the headquarters of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau?"
"That's not the case."
Looking at the headquarters amidst the wind and snow, Golden Tea felt as if he had returned to the days when he was sent as an envoy to North Yankton.
There are only two true disciples in total. I feel that if a real fight breaks out, the General Administration will also fall...
"Just like the magical girls within the headquarters have different ideologies, the Incubators are not a monolithic group either."
Bingtang Tang rubbed her forehead in exasperation. "Ugh, there are factions here too...?"
Golden Tea shrugged. "Who knows? Incubators also have intelligence. Although they seem to have some kind of cluster consciousness, they don't connect to the cluster when they are born from the seed. Moreover, they have the ability to act freely outside the cluster. This has led to a group of Incubators who are unwilling to connect to the cluster and are dissatisfied with the Incubators cluster."
How did you confirm whether the Incubators were lying to you?
" The Incubators don't lie." Golden Tea glanced at the other monitors again. "I can guarantee that. I've tested it many times, and they really don't lie."
Bingtang nodded, offering no rebuttal.
Because they possessed Four Leaves and Six Leaves clovers, they had conducted corresponding tests on the Incubators, naturally targeting Jiang Si's Incubators who had once been very close to her.
Incubators do not lie; in most cases, newly born Incubators know nothing except some basic magical girl knowledge.
While Incubators can share information, there seem to be some limitations in this regard.
At the very least, newly established Incubators should not have such authority.
Otherwise, the Azure Cloud Sect wouldn't be completely unaware of the Incubators. These seemingly innocent and cute little things are exactly as the sect leader said.
In reality, they were a group of cunning and experienced cultivators.
"And this group of Incubators, Incubators group, chose the Witch Association's path."
Golden Tea's expression turned slightly somber. "They call themselves Dream Hatchers, not Incubators. They claim to create a perfect dream for magical girls. The Incubators believe they have been infected by the witch, exhibiting a large amount of negative emotions and inappropriate sentimentality. Although these Dream Hatchers have broken away from the group, they still retain their authority. They can come and go freely, whether it's the headquarters or the Magical Kingdom. Moreover, they can disguise themselves, making them very difficult to capture."
Why don't the Incubators arrest the traitors?
" The Incubators believe this is a different evolutionary branch." The magical girl leader of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau shrugged. "They just want us to be careful. They don't intend to intervene in anything. Most of the time, the Incubators will do nothing; they just observe. They don't care what kind of beings are born, as long as the world remains normal."
"So you didn't take any precautions against the Dream Hatchers?"
Golden Tea smiled slightly, "Since the Dream Hatchers have left the cluster, they can't use the data from the Magical Kingdom. They have to collect data again. In this regard, I used some of the Incubators ' permissions to limit the range of data they can collect. So they shouldn't have the data on the Azure Cloud Sect's magical girls, nor the data on the Full Bloom magical girls collected by the Magical Kingdom..."
"Is this why you're so eager to cooperate with us?" Bingtang Tang asked knowingly. "Because we can deal with the Dream Hatchers?"
"Just one of them."
In fact, Hongmian and the others had always suggested that they should not rely too much on the Azure Cloud Sect.
Golden Tea thought the same way; the saying goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." So they directly learned from the Azure Cloud Sect.
Improving the overall strength of the magical girls in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau is safer than relying directly on the Azure Cloud Sect.
but.
Golden Tea looked outside at the gray-white magical girls who had all been captured, and the two true disciples even started arguing among themselves.
It even escalated into a physical fight...
The Dream Hatchers attack that had worried her for so long—the other side even possessed the power of the Gray-White Remnants and had seduced some magical girls into joining them.
As a result, they were easily dealt with by the two true disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect...
"We also want your help in monitoring and dealing with the Old World, including the Witch Association, and in finding the Dream Hatchers..."
"No problem."
I originally just wanted to bargain, so I said all my demands at once.
Bingtang Tang readily agreed and looked at her, asking, "Is there anything else?"
"No more for now."
"Okay." Bingtang smiled. "Don't worry, as long as you provide the Mental Image Domain Trial, we'll handle the rest."
This is so reliable!
I'm sorry, Hongmian.
Golden Tea can no longer return to her former identity as an independent and self-reliant magical girl representative councilor.
These magical girls from the Azure Cloud Sect are so incredibly useful!
It's not that I lack backbone; the wheelchair is right here.
Who can resist shaking? You shake it too...
"Oh, by the way, there's something I'd like to ask you."
"What?"
"Regarding the prince of the Mirror Kingdom..."
Just as Bingtang Tang was about to ask the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau if they had any more information, the entire tower began to shake violently!
When the two looked outside, they saw an overwhelming surge of Filthy Magic Power that swallowed up the entire headquarters!
"Senior Golden Tea!"
Hongmian ran upstairs, covered in sweat, "It's... it's the witch!"
However, neither the Bingtang nor the Golden Tea calmly observed the situation reflected in the ice mirror.
Don't worry.
Golden Tea looked up and glanced at that familiar, Filthy Magic Power.
"It's the sect leader's daughter from the Azure Cloud Sect."
The real wheelchair has arrived!
Despite her outwardly elegant demeanor, Golden Tea inwardly clenched her fist and shouted "Nice!"
He no longer needed to explain to Hongmian why he was completely dependent on the Azure Cloud Sect.
Let Hongmian see for herself.
Why did I give up walking independently?
It pierced straight through the bottom of the headquarters' gray-white Yarrow and crashed into the sky!
It took a long time before it finally managed to hold onto the clouds in the sky and stop. Its gray-white magical armor was almost falling apart, but in the end, it did not disappear.
The magical girls in the tower complex all peered out at the greyish-white Yarrow that had fallen from the sky, somewhat puzzled.
Because Golden Tea strictly forbids anyone from going out without permission, no one dared to venture out rashly—everyone had witnessed the attack on headquarters by the gray-white magical girl, so they wouldn't necessarily still think the gray-white magical girl was a good person.
The gray-white magical girl is the enemy, the intruder.
but.
Everyone looked up at the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, which was now shrouded in darkness, and at the girl emerging from the swirling, murky waves of Filthy Magic Power behind her.
This person doesn't seem like a good person at all!
"Don't be afraid, everyone!"
A disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect loudly explained, "This is merely our sect master's Human Emperor's Secret Art. The black smoke you see is the imagery of the [ Opening the Sun ] in the [ Twelve Year Guardians to the Black Bird ] of the Human Emperor's Great Dao. It's a magical effect, a special effect of magic!"
"My sect leader is actually a magical girl!"
However, no sooner had she finished speaking than the dark witch suddenly appeared above the Yarrow.
The gray-white Yarrow immediately turned its head, Protego Totalum unfolded in an instant.
However, it shattered with a deafening roar! The witch's foot slammed into the head of the gray-white Yarrow!
It fell to the ground like a shooting star!
Cracks spread wildly across the ground like a spider web, blasting out a huge crater!
The head and upper body of the gray-white Yarrow were buried underground!
The magical girls hiding in the tower fell into an instant silence.
"What? I can't see it at all... She doesn't look like a magical girl at all..."
Someone asked a question in a low, hesitant voice.
The disciple who had just been loudly explaining immediately fell silent.
"Don't panic, there's a twist!"
Immediately, another disciple chimed in. "That's one of our sect leader's divine powers, [ Wisdom King's Wrath ]! Great wrath manifests great compassion; seeing it is like seeing the Great Bright King himself—a compassionate magical strike!"
But then the witch in the sky pointed her fingers like a sword and made a light slash.
The grayish-white Yarrow that crashed into the ground splattered blood everywhere, and even its limbs flew off! The witch even grabbed a hand and took a bite out of it.
"This, this is also a Vidyaraja, [ Vajra's Wrath ], uh, who devours all evil..."
The disciples who had initially predicted a reversal of fortune gradually quieted down.
This is something even a god couldn't reverse...
"The problem lies with the skill, with magic. Yes, that's it with magic. Even the sect leader couldn't do anything about it..."
Before she could finish speaking, the witch in the sky crashed down!
In an instant, the arm pierced through the chest of the gray-white Yarrow, and with a fierce grab, ripped out its heart!
The disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect fell silent.
Sect Master, what are you doing?!
If it weren't for Golden Tea's restraint, and having witnessed the danger posed by the gray-white magical girl before, it wouldn't have been possible.
Many magical girls couldn't resist stepping in to lend a hand!
After all, this witch looks far too evil!
Even the other disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect were momentarily speechless.
Sect Leader, could you please tone it down a bit? You've terrified the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau; it's hard to explain this now...
Shion was naturally indifferent to these trivial matters.
The grayish- Yarrow is still alive.
It didn't even revert to its transformed state.
The opponent has set "Restoration to the Original State" as a passive ability, which automatically Restoration to the Original State whenever they suffer a fatal wound.
Its magical reserves are also quite substantial.
Apparition
It's magic I've never heard of before.
Yarrow always has a bunch of little magic tricks it doesn't know about.
However, just as the gray-white Yarrow was about to ascend into the sky, Shion took a step and grabbed her ankle.
It was thrown off again!
As it fell, the greyish-white Yarrow turned around, and its wand burst forth with blue flames, shooting towards the dark-skinned girl in the air!
"Expulso ( Expulso )"
Shion stretched out her right hand and grabbed the spell.
A massive explosion erupted from within, instantly shattering and scattering the magical armor on his right arm!
Tiny scratches appeared on her smooth, fair right arm, with even a little blood flowing out.
A hint of amusement flickered in her vertically slanted pupils. Shion nodded. "Not bad."
With a slight bend of his right finger, he touched the falling gray-white Yarrow.
"Expulso ( Expulso )"
The same move, but with completely different results.
The pitch-black magic struck the grayish-white Yarrow, and the girl's body began to crack from the inside out.
The moment the magical girl transformed from the Incubators was completely annihilated, another ripple spread out.
Then, the General Administration began to crack from the central level!
First, the teaching building and the huge playground surrounding it were the first to collapse in this ripple.
The immense impact caused Blue Flower and Yumo to lose their flight and plummet downwards!
It then quickly spread from the teaching building to the dormitory, and even to the tower complex behind it!
Bingtang and Golden Tea were watching Shion's battle from the tower when, in the blink of an eye, the tower collapsed in the aftershocks. She, Bingtang, and Hongmian were caught in the dense, chaotic rubble and fell headfirst into the ruins!
The voice of the Azure Cloud Sect magical girl rang out again. "Don't worry, this, this is [ Other Shore's Heavenly Collapse ]!"
"We still have [ Foundation Establishment Realm ]..."
Before the words were even finished, the rest of the towers collapsed as well, followed by a flurry of screams and shouts!
No one listened to the explanation anymore.
Wood chips, metal scraps, dust, and pebbles spread silently.
Then a cracking noise was heard!
Yarrow, being below, had the clearest view. She saw the entire headquarters transform from a complete Sky City into ruins and rubble in just a few breaths, mixed with numerous magical girls in free fall, all of which turned into a magnificent and dense meteor shower that swept in!
Golden Tea finally lost her composure, pressing down on her skirt to prevent it from rolling over and covering her face, and turned to look at Bingtang, "Didn't you say it was fine?!"
Even though Bingtang was now falling upside down, she was still holding her teacup, the tea inside Freeze into ice crystals. She continued to drink slowly and deliberately, offering a casual word of comfort.
"Don't worry, the sect leader has his own plans."
For a moment, Golden Tea even felt a sense of defeat; she was just too elegant!
You are truly elegant; the question is, what's next?
The enormous impact made it difficult for the transformed magical girl to maintain her balance, let alone the many magical girls around who hadn't transformed. Hongmian was already on the verge of tears!
But soon, all the sounds disappeared, even the whistling wind in your ears vanished.
The screaming girls froze. The crushed ice in the Bingtang cup melted into water, but it also solidified in mid-air like rubber.
" Mediocre Work, number three."
A confident and bright voice then resounded through the sky:
" The Amber Sea of a Breath's Eternity!"
The gravitational field spread out from mid-air, affecting all the magical girls, as well as the dense rubble, glass, wood chips, various tables, chairs, and appliances, and even a speck of dust.
Everything froze in mid-air!
Shion tilted her head slightly, her golden vertical pupils landing on the blue, floating magical girl below.
Even her magic began to stagnate and become blocked...
Magical Girl Iris.