The Goddamn Great Forest
"They are the Seven True Disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect!"
The entire plaza was packed with people; not only the magical girls, but even the ordinary staff members had gathered there.
The General Administration's Mental Landscape Trial are always conducted in this manner, and all staff members can observe them.
Especially after introducing the assessment process as a prerequisite, it sometimes turns into something like a celebration.
However, just like how the New Year is losing its festive spirit, with each occurrence becoming more and more frequent, most of the staff are getting tired of it.
Since they don't offer holidays, if someone were to quit their job to watch the trial process, although their salary wouldn't be deducted, they wouldn't get paid on the days they weren't working. As a result, fewer people would go to watch.
However, upon hearing that the Seven True Disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect were making an appearance today, many people couldn't wait to come and join in the fun.
One reason for this is, of course, the outstanding performance of the Seven True Disciples during this period.
Leaving aside distant events, let's talk about recent ones. Not long ago, the news of Bai Mei killing the Pseudo Full Bloom of the Black Mountain Realm spread like wildfire in the Witch Association and the Old World. Naturally, some people at the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau headquarters also received the news.
Even without receiving any news, during this period, inner disciples came to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau headquarters to exchange ideas.
They certainly boasted a lot about their family's secret techniques.
The staff within the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau are generally quite enthusiastic about their own magical girls, and there have been many conflicts over whose magical girl is stronger. They are also quite dissatisfied with the inner disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect who are constantly boasting about the strength of the Seven True Disciples.
Most people were quite curious about the strength of the Seven True Disciples.
After the true story was revealed, she rarely showed herself. After all, the Azure Cloud Sect was a guest from afar, and neither the magical girls nor the staff of the headquarters would be so impolite as to go to the Azure Cloud Sect's so-called Mother and Child Building to inquire about their strength.
Now that they finally had the chance to witness the prowess of the Seven True Disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect, they naturally all came.
The crowd was so dense that even Susan felt immense pressure.
Instead, An Shiyu next to her cheered, "That's right, exactly! When we participated in the trials, it was even more exciting than this. We felt like big stars when we came down, it was so much fun!"
Iris immediately recognized him as a kindred spirit, and even though the poor child might be having a split personality, she hugged him, saying, "Yeah, yeah, it's so boring when nobody's watching the competition!"
They even led the chant, "Keke, Yiyi going! Azure Cloud Sect disciples, keep going!"
The numerous whispers gradually subsided as the Seven True Disciples entered one after another.
Everyone held their breath, intently observing the magical girls.
Four Leaves carried Six Leaves inside on her back; she was so excited last night that she couldn't sleep.
As a result, I kept dozing off all day, and I was still asleep when I entered the meeting room.
Four Leaves kept patting her younger sister's face, trying to wake her up.
Wearing roller skates, Blue Flower immediately made an I-shaped turn and skated over after landing in the private space.
A long icy trail was left on the grass; it was cool that he didn't say a word.
If I hadn't almost fallen flat on my face...
Yumo had somehow drifted to a corner, her breath extremely faint, unnoticed by many. She clutched her hood tightly, obscuring her face.
They were all so unique that even the Mujin within An Shiyu found it difficult to offer any support...
Only the Yarrow sat calmly on the broom, swaying leisurely as it flew above the meadow.
Dressed in a little witch outfit, she naturally attracted the favor of many magical girls in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
"Why does it seem like there are only five people?"
"Aren't they all here?"
"Tch, what a big shot..."
People were whispering among themselves. Susan pursed her lips, inwardly retorting that it was four, not five.
The Seven True Disciples are of extremely high status, and everyone is very busy, so it's already quite good that four of them could come this time.
If the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and the Azure Cloud Sect weren't partners, they wouldn't have been qualified to meet so many of the Seven True Disciples.
Even the inner disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect were quite excited to see the Seven True Disciples, and many of them waved the banners and cheering sticks they had prepared long ago.
"The Seven True Disciples of Azure Cloud are the strongest!"
Susan also saw Xingxuan.
A huge banner floated in the air, unlike any other, proclaiming "The Slime Seven Monsters are the Best in the World"...
The other Azure Cloud Sect disciples could also mingle and chat with the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
Everyone kept their distance from Xingxuan; the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau avoided her like the plague.
"Watch closely, this is the true form of our Slime Seven Monsters ' Martial Soul!"
Susan also subconsciously distanced herself from Xingxuan.
Looking back at the assessment space, I was momentarily confused.
The Seven True Disciples too late; in fact, the Calamity Beast had already been cleared out by Keke and Yinlian.
It seems there's little chance to make a move.
So, some people inevitably started whispering among themselves:
"They probably waited until this moment to sneak in, didn't they? No need to give themselves away..."
"What a classic villainous line..."
"This is a legitimate question!"
"I guess I was just late."
"Hmph, who knows? Anyway, the assessment isn't over yet."
Amidst the discussions outside, the scene on the vast grassland changed once again, this time arriving in a mountain forest.
The Seven True Disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect didn't react much. Four Leaves finally woke up Six Leaves. Blue Flower stretched her body. Yumo had already disappeared into the wind. Even Yarrow took out her magic wand.
No one spoke, and an inexplicable pressure spread throughout the entire venue.
Keke and Yinlian are relatively easy to talk to, since they are old acquaintances. Even if they weren't close, they wouldn't be enemies. Although it's not appropriate to greet them right now— Azure Cloud Sect and Disaster Countermeasures Bureau are two separate groups, and the two of them can't just go there like that.
But Hongmian and Shancha were in a much worse situation; both of them started sweating.
The Seven True Disciples unleashed their undisguised magical aura, which was truly unsettling.
"Dear fellow disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect."
Hongmian considered herself to be quite good at negotiation, so she took the initiative to say, "If you want to enter the Land of Mental Image, the assessment here is not over yet; this is only the first level of the test."
As soon as he finished speaking, a row of magical girls rose up densely above the mountains and forests! They were all clones of the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau!
"This is my clone; she looks just like me!"
A magical girl in the audience outside exclaimed in surprise.
"Is this my magic effect?"
"This is mine?"
"This is mine!"
"This is mine!"
Many magical girls found their own clones and found it fascinating. They watched as their clones surrounded the examiners and started chattering amongst themselves.
The magical girls from the Azure Cloud Sect, however, seemed unfazed by the sight.
"You guys don't seem surprised at all."
The Azure Cloud Sect disciple, when asked, glanced at the magical girl from the headquarters beside him and smiled slightly, "The Path of Puppet Illusions holds a unique position in our sect. Not to mention, our sect's records contain tales of the Young Emperor Huang Tian suppressing the spirits of ancient geniuses and fighting against the remnant soul of an ancient youth Supreme in the Yuantian Secret Realm. It's hardly surprising."
"Huh, is that so?" The magical girl from headquarters listened, somewhat bewildered. "Although I don't understand, you guys seem to know a lot."
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The discussions from the outside world naturally had no effect on the people inside the assessment space.
As the clones drew ever closer, Hongmian took a deep breath. "This second trial is far more troublesome than the first trial's Calamity Beast tide."
"You'd better be careful. If you fail, you'll become a laughingstock."
Inviting someone to join forces at this time is somewhat pointless, since they don't know each other well. However, Hongmian still possesses a friendliness far exceeding Golden Tea's expectations.
However, seeing that no one from the Azure Cloud Sect responded, Hongmian rolled her eyes.
The magical girls of Beihai are so rude!
The well-intentioned reminder went unanswered, so Hongmian gave Shancha a wink, and the two of them, along with Yinlian, Keke, and the remaining magical girls who hadn't been eliminated, began flying north into the mountains.
There are fewer magical girl enemies in the north, Hongmian plans to lead everyone to break through from this side.
The magical girls copied here are all at the Full Blossom stage. Although, according to the more detailed level classification nowadays, many are only at the Early Full Blossom, there are simply too many of them to fight against.
One of the magical girls in the group used a concealment spell to envelop everyone, while Hongmian moved around, searching for a weak point in the encirclement.
Break through the encirclement, then create distance as you run, disrupting the formation of these Full Blossom magical girl clones and creating opportunities to pick them off one by one...
For Hongmian, this simple strategic design is considered basic, after all, she has already done it many times.
Although this year's pre-assessment for the Mental Image Domain seems somewhat unusual, it is still within manageable limits.
So when the clones of the Full Blossom magical girls rushed in, Hongmian successfully led her teammates to break through the encirclement.
Hongmian's cautious yet reasonable plan naturally drew cheers from the magical girls of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau watching from the outside.
Although there's nothing particularly special about it, the Azure Cloud Sect is there after all.
During this time, the magical girls on both sides have been secretly competing with each other quite a bit, but there is no hostility between them.
But they didn't want their magical girls to lose.
To the magical girls at the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, it seemed like a group of transfer students had suddenly arrived at the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and were always spouting nonsense.
This is outrageous! How can we tolerate this?!
Sisters! Light up your magic wands!
Everyone must work together to achieve first place in this exam.
Let's teach them a lesson!
This is arguably the most vicious counterattack the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau could think of: everyone should strive to win first place through their own strength and suppress the arrogance of the Azure Cloud Sect's magical girls!
Seeing that Hongmian had broken through the encirclement, everyone's attention naturally turned to the Seven True Disciples of Azure Cloud, who had not made any moves so far.
After the magical girl from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau went into hiding, hundreds and thousands of Full Blossom Magical Girl clones immediately locked onto Seven True Disciples, and a large amount of magic began to flash around them.
Everyone held their breath, eager to see how the Seven True Disciples would face the onslaught of numerous Full Blossom Magical Girls.
Yarrow Grass waved her wand in her hand, like a conductor's baton.
With its eyes closed, it shook its head and drew graceful arcs in the air.
Without even glancing at the surrounding magical girl clones in Full Blossom, she simply pointed her wand at the Blue Flower and Dandelion!
"Confringo (Confringo)"
Boom!
A huge explosion suddenly erupted where the Dandelion and the Blue Flower were!
Everyone was stunned.
Holy crap, with so many enemies right in front of us, are we really going to fight amongst ourselves?
Is your Azure Cloud Sect's approach so unorthodox?
Some people even let out a cold laugh.
"Ignorance and weakness are not obstacles to survival."
"Arrogance is what's real."
Many of the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau couldn't help but nod in agreement.
That's incredibly arrogant! They're completely disregarding the clones of our Disaster Countermeasures Bureau's Full Blossom Magical Girls!
None of the magical girls from the Azure Cloud Sect objected; they simply watched quietly.
In the mountains and forests, the Dandelion was swept away by a howling wind, but it quickly disappeared in the explosion. Blue Flower, still wearing her roller skates, leisurely skated through the explosion and rushed out of the blast radius.
Only the hilltop where the three people were located was flattened in the explosion.
The massive explosion completely engulfed the attacks of the Full Blossom magical girl clones, and it continued to spread!
The heatwave swept across the entire area first, causing countless trees to break and their bark to turn black and dry.
The terrain was originally designed to provide a tug-of-war experience for participants to engage in with these Full Blossom magical girl clones.
It quickly turned back into a desolate wasteland!
This directly exposed the group of people to the vision of the Full Blossom girl clones, leaving them nowhere to hide.
Just as everyone was beginning to more deeply accept the notion of arrogance among the Seven True Disciples.
Over there, Yumo, floating in the air, held a few Dandelion in her right hand and gently blew them towards the Yarrow.
"Protego Totalum (Protego Totalum)"
The invisible wind blades were deflected by the barrier set up by the Yarrow, and the wind blades instantly sliced through the rows of magical girl clones flying past behind her.
Without any reaction, the hundreds of magical girl clones were displaced and vanished into thin air!
Neither Yarrow nor Dandelion looked at the magical girl clones; their gazes were fixed solely on the other party.
Yarrow once again used her wand to lock onto the Dandelion, although its ability to scatter in the wind was indeed troublesome.
It's almost impossible to lock onto, but Yarrow directly targets all the wind around the Dandelion with its magic.
"Incendio (Incendio)"
The flames spread wildly with the wind, quickly tracing their origin to the Dandelion!
Dandelion hadn't expected her magic to travel with the wind and burn, immediately cutting off the surrounding air.
The spread of flames is prevented by using a vacuum.
However, with flames attacking from all directions, she had no choice but to expand the vacuum area to a wider circle, thus confining herself within it.
The Yarrow aimed at the Dandelion from above, intending to annihilate it with its Divine Edge Without Shadow...
"Yes, yes, that's right. You two, stand there and don't move around, or you might miss the Super Blue Flower."
The two looked down at the same time and saw that the Blue Flower below had stopped skating and had drawn a large circle on the ground below them with ice blocks.
The Super Blue Flower suddenly stood at attention.
He looked up and saluted the two of them, saying, "Goodbye, you two."
Huge icicles rose from the ground!
The massive ice pillar instantly engulfed the Yarrow and Dandelion, and this attack also wiped out all the Full Blossom Magical Girl clones in the surrounding area.
Both inside and outside the venue were deathly silent.
"Arrogance and ignorance are not obstacles to survival."
Susan said sarcastically:
"Weakness is what matters."
Someone coughed awkwardly.
No one said anything more.
Even Iris wore a serious expression, muttering to herself, "We were careless this time. I should have participated too..."
If I could make a dazzling appearance at a time like this, it would definitely impress Shion and the others!
Well, now all the spotlight has been stolen by these true disciples...
Blue Flower clapped his hands, and was about to go find the others when...
Cracks began to appear on the massive icicle.
Gale-force winds and raging flames continuously seeped out from the ice cracks!
Until the entire ice pillar exploded with a deafening roar, huge shards of ice rained down like a storm, even affecting Hongmian's side, injuring many magical girls.
However, Blue Flower simply put her goggles back on and looked at the Dandelion and Yarrow that had been eyeing her ever since they emerged from the ice pillar.
"Although I had the chance, I wanted to take you both out here."
Super Blue Flower Porcelain, though defeated, refused to back down, saying, "But unfortunately, this is the only Magic Puppet that can get in. I'm not playing anymore, I'm going back to playing games..."
Clearly, neither the Dandelion nor the Yarrow wanted to hear her explanation.
The raging wind and the Divine Edge Without Shadow were both aimed at her at the same time.
Super Blue Flower Porcelain raised his hands, "Wait, wait, wait! This Magic Puppet is quite troublesome to make. I surrender, I surrender. Don't waste your energy on me. I know you two are having a great time, but think about it carefully, besides me, haven't you missed some troublesome guys again?"
"A friendly reminder from Super Blue Flower: the seemingly weak ones are the troublemakers!"
Both the Yarrow and the Dandelion were immediately taken aback and looked around.
Immediately, a sense of foreboding arose in my heart.
In the distance, space began to distort, and then became intensely hot!
"Good news, all the magical girl clones that Full Blossom in the independent space during the assessment are gone."
"What's the bad news?"
"If those two monsters run into us, none of us will survive."
On the other hand, the Hongmian team deeply felt what it meant for gods to fight and mortals to suffer.
As a result of the aftershocks, two magical girls nearly lost their transformed states and were knocked out of the assessment space.
The heatwave that swept across the entire venue, the sharp, biting icy rain, and the occasional bone-chilling wind almost gave them a magical cold...
What a monster!
A group of people can only try to keep their distance.
Then I prayed that they would fight it themselves and not notice this side...
Yinlian stared blankly for a while, then asked, "Why are they fighting?"
"Not on good terms?"
Keke mumbled a reply. The only people she was really familiar with in the Azure Cloud Sect were Teacher Shion and Dandelion. Although the other magical girls treated her well, she didn't really know them.
She was naturally at a loss when the magical girls of the Azure Cloud Sect suddenly started fighting.
"Should we help Dandelion?" As Blue Flower froze the two of them, Yinlian couldn't help but whisper, "It seems... something's not right with Dandelion."
Keke looked at Yinlian's worried face and couldn't help but laugh, "You're so worried about her?"
"No, that's not it!" Yinlian immediately retorted, "I... I'm just afraid that if she loses to someone other than me, wouldn't that make me look even more embarrassed!"
"Hehe, don't worry so much, Dandelion won't lose so easily..."
Yinlian then turned and asked, "Four Leaves, Six Leaves, is that really true?"
Keke's smile froze for a moment, then she turned her head and saw two little girls mingling in the middle of the group.
It seems that no one realized something was wrong.
It's as if Four Leaves and Six Leaves have been part of their team from the very beginning.
Upon hearing Yinlian's question, Six Leaves immediately raised her hand, like a student eager to answer a teacher's question, "Yes, yes, Dandelion won't lose so easily, she's amazing!"
No, no, no, no...
A huge sense of unease and disharmony welled up in Keke's heart.
"You two be careful, don't run around, or you'll be in big trouble if you get caught," Hongmian casually reminded Four Leaves Six Leaves. "Remember to hide among us, and they won't find you."
Shancha grinned blankly, "That's right, we must protect the Four Leaves Six Leaves!"
Keke gasped and tugged at Yinlian, "Yiyi..."
However, Yinlian seemed to have disappeared from her sight.
"Everyone!"
Not only Yinlian, but the other magical girls also seemed to be unable to see her; no one responded to her.
Just as Keke's hands and feet were getting a little cold, her arms were suddenly embraced.
Looking down, she Four Leaves Six Leaves each on one side, holding her arms, their faces beaming with innocent and sweet smiles.
"Sister, you're so amazing!"
"To be completely unaffected, this is the first time I've ever met someone Six Leaves..."
"But if we don't stop those two from going crazy, everyone will be eliminated."
"This place is too small. If those two get serious, no one can escape."
The two sisters each said something, making Keke a little dizzy.
"I'm not very familiar with you guys, am I?"
"Huh, is that so? Shouldn't we be pretty close?" Six Leaves, somewhat puzzled.
"Silly Six Leaves, it's just because the Sect Master keeps talking to us about Keke Coco," Four Leaves explained. "The Sect Master often says that Sister Keke is very smart, and her potential is similar to hers; she has the makings of Great Emperor!"
Keke paused, then asked softly, "Really?"
"Really, really!" Six Leaves replied immediately, "The sect leader has always told us to work hard to learn from Keke Coco, otherwise one day we will be surpassed by Keke!"
"Mmm, and Jiang Si, brother..." Four Leaves hesitated for a moment before saying, "He always says that Keke will definitely become the strongest magical girl, and become as powerful as the sect leader!"
"Really?" This time, it was Six Leaves who asked.
Four Leaves smacked her sister on the head hard. "How could it be fake!"
"Oh..."
Keke n't hear what the two were saying anymore; she was dizzy and disoriented, as if she had been drinking fake alcohol.
A slight, secret joy welled up inside me.
So, it turns out that Teacher Shion and my older brother both value me this much?
hey-hey...
Then the two girls shook her arms.
"Sister, sister, please help us!"
"Kill them all!"
"Four Leaves and Six Leaves want to go to the Land of Mental Image with their sister!"
"Okay, okay, I really can't do anything with you guys." Keke scratched her head. "This, this is my first time being a big sister..."
When the Four Leaves Six Leaves buds let go of each other.
A Fire Lotus began to bloom in Keke's hands.
Keke only has three kinds of magic: one given to her by Shion- sensei, one that is her own, and the other is Filthy Magic Power.
However, this time, a fourth kind of magic has entered.
Then came the fifth, the sixth, the seventh...
She glanced back and saw Four Leaves Six Leaves still wearing their innocent and adorable smiles, their magic flowing continuously to her.
Don't worry.
"Sister, all you need to do is maximize the power."
"Our [Cognitive Obstruction] guarantee our accuracy."
Let them see.
"Magical Girl Liuli is the strongest!"
Fire Lotus in seven colors.
Slowly blooming.
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