The magical girls in these World Bubble all use Shion's magic.
Jiang Si also understood why the other party would want to throw her into that kind of World Bubble.
Forced transformation might also be part of Dream Hatchers Little Seven's plan, in order to obtain a large amount of magic power from herself.
The phantom of the World Bubble needs to become real, and even be able to maintain its own strength while detaching from the World Bubble.
The required magical power is obviously exaggerated, but it's just a drop in the ocean compared to the magical power of the Magical Girl Shion.
Although the World Bubble where Lu Ya was located did not completely drain Shion's magic, it was enough for her to use.
This was the first time he had ever encountered someone who dared to use Shion like this.
"This was once the strongest magical girl in a certain world."
Little Seven sat quietly on the shoulders of the blue-purple magical girl, patiently explaining things to them:
"The magical girl Xiyue saved her world six times. Until the seventh time, the world's essence was exhausted, all the magical girls lost their miracles, and she alone defeated an S-class Calamity Beast with her Mental Image Domain, ending her Moment of Awakening before she even reached Full Bloom."
Beneath the blue sea lie the remains of countless Calamity Beast.
The surging waves continuously pushed dismembered limbs, internal organs, and dark, Filthy Magic Power onto the shore.
Little Seven affectionately rubbed her cheek, "If it weren't for losing the magical girl and her habitual attempt to stop a robbery leading to her being shot, the magical girl Xiyue could still have brought about a miracle again. This was the strongest magical girl in the world that once existed." The blue sea continued to erode the golden Emperor domain.
The blue-purple magical girl ignored Little Seven's incessant chatter; her lifeless eyes were fixed warily on the Golden Calamity Dragon King and Jiang Si. Having just awakened from the projection, all she knew was to fight.
Although the initial Reality Marble Deployment did manage to disrupt the Emperor's domain, the Emperor quickly caught up.
Diffusion-style Mental Image has an unparalleled advantage over substitution-style mental imagery, but its effectiveness in actual combat depends on the player's skill. For example, Magical Girl Xiyue's Mental Image Domain is substitution-style, yet it doesn't suffer any disadvantage against the Emperor's diffusion-style field.
The Mental Image developed later will naturally disrupt the Mental Image that has already been formed.
In a contest of Mental Image Domain, one must first consider the types of the two parties' domains, and secondly, the order in which they begin.
The third is to look at the characteristics of Mental Image.
As the sea relentlessly washes over the Emperor domain, its golden hue is gradually fading.
This is Xiyue's Mental Image, Mental Image possessing the [Dissolve] property effect.
Having discovered the Emperor's diffusive domain from the very beginning, she flipped the outer shell and the inner shell, allowing the outer shell of her Mental Image Domain to touch the Emperor's diffusive domain.
Once the Mental Image collide, the opposing Mental Image will be dissolved first, thus preventing it from harming Xiyue's domain.
A diffuse Mental Image cannot directly destroy a replacement Mental Image from the outside; the superiority or inferiority of the domain type is instantly reversed!
"In Xiyue's world, there is no distinction between Full Bloom and Full Blossom. Mental Image Domain is quite common; almost every magical girl possesses it. Her combat experience in Mental Image Domain Mental Image Domain surpasses yours."
Jiang Si ignored Little Seven and simply patted the Emperor's head.
"Change the touch probability at the edge of the domain to slow down the neutralization of the rules in the Mental Image Domain on both sides."
The Emperor paused for a moment, then immediately followed Jiang Si's orders to perform calculations and construct models. He then caused various unexpected events to occur within the contact area between the two domains: spatial rifts, collisions of rubble, speed bumps, or the sudden intervention of World Bubble.
It doesn't involve directly manipulating probability to affect the opponent's Mental Image, but rather manipulating the environment to slow down the rate at which the rules of the Mental Image are dissolved... However, this is only a defense and cannot prevent one's own Mental Image from eventually collapsing.
"Continue to spread."
The Emperor hesitated for a moment.
Because continued diffusion means that the probability of Mental Image touching the edge will become more arbitrary and difficult to control.
However, after only a moment's hesitation, the Emperor immediately followed Jiang Si's orders and began to frantically expand his Mental Image once again!
There's no need to worry about magic power; the magic power emanating from Jiang Si is almost inexhaustible!
In the distance, a blue-purple magical girl drew a trident from the ocean of her own Mental Image.
Jiang Si, who had been indifferent, immediately turned her head and looked at the trident in the other person's hand with admiration.
"It's actually the Sea God; he truly deserves the title of the strongest."
The Emperor's lips twitched slightly, and he merely warned, " The Mental Image Domain is about to collapse!"
As it continues to expand, the construction of Mental Image becomes increasingly difficult. Expanding Mental Image are almost like painting in a space without a canvas. Due to their non-closed nature, they are even easier to break from the inside than replacement Mental Image!
Because the structure is too loose.
The replacement Mental Image is almost indestructible from the inside; it can only be destroyed by defeating the magical girl herself or by expanding the Mental Image to the outside. However, the weakness of the expanding Mental Image is that once the enemy's damage to the Mental Image reaches a certain critical point, this "sky palace" will collapse! The magical girl Xiyue is clearly too familiar with Mental Image warfare. While continuously dissolving the Emperor's Domain within the fixed range of the replacement Mental Image, she even took out her trident and shot it out of her own Mental Image Domain, directly embedding it into the Emperor's Golden Domain.
The pale blue magic continued to spread faster along the trident!
Xiyue knows the weaknesses here perfectly well...
The simple step of flipping the inner and outer aspects of Mental Image is something that ordinary magical girls cannot do.
Little Seven tilted her head and smiled, "In a battle of Mental Image Domain, it's impossible for you to beat Xiyue. You have no idea how many battles she's fought in Mental Image Domain battles. In that world where every magical girl has Mental Image Domain, she became the strongest with her own interchangeable Mental Image Domain."
As Little Seven spoke, the Emperor's Mental Image finally began to crumble.
The golden hue was rapidly fading, no longer even able to encircle Xiyue, allowing the magical girls to move freely and approach them! "We can't hold on much longer!"
Despite the Emperor's warning, Jiang Si remained calm and composed. "Isn't it almost time?"
"It touched the edge of the Calamity Beast's internal space."
The Emperor was taken aback, then indeed discovered that his Mental Image Domain, after reaching the barrier of a living being, could no longer expand further...
She suddenly remembered that this place full of World Bubble was actually inside a certain Calamity Beast.
Since it is inside a certain Calamity Beast, there are naturally boundaries; it is not the boundless world of the true world.
"This is the boundary and outer shell of your Mental Image."
Jiang Si seemed to have already guessed this, and simply said:
"Let's shut it down."
The Mental Image, which originally had no boundaries, spread and enveloped all the inner walls after touching the inner walls of the Calamity Beast.
The lockdown is complete!
The Mental Image, which was originally just painting in the air, suddenly had a canvas and a real shell and edges. The Emperor's diffuse Mental Image gained the characteristics of a replacement Mental Image and was stabilized again!
Little Seven and Xiyue both wore expressions of disbelief.
"Impossible." Little Seven finally couldn't hold back any longer and jumped off Xiyue's shoulder. "A diffuse Mental Image Domain shouldn't have a replacement function." Mental Image are essentially still constructed; diffusion and replacement are just features.
Magical girl Xiyue's eyes lit up as she gazed at the boy in the distance with amazement and admiration. "However, it can only be done in this special environment where the 'world' has boundaries. You're truly remarkable. You noticed this from the very beginning?"
Even within the World Bubble, the boundaries are intangible. Although there may appear to be boundaries on the outside, they are never actually within reach on the inside. This technology is only possible to achieve within such a living entity.
For Xiyue, the other party's judgment was truly astonishing.
It's as if they've also experienced countless battles in the Mental Image Domain.
"The problem is, now that we're both swapping Mental Image and completely isolated from each other, what do we do?" Little Seven tilted her head. "This isn't the time to praise each other, you know, Magical Girl Xiyue."
"Of course there is a way."
Little Seven looked at her expectantly, "Come on, let them see the strongest magical girl's strategy for countering the Mental Image Domain!"
The magical girl Xiyue, wielding a trident, turned and ran!
" The Mental Image Dash!"
Even Jiang Si and the Emperor were stunned, not expecting the other party to actually run away.
Didn't you come here to fight on your own initiative?
"Such a large-scale, diffuse Mental Image must consume a lot of magic power. We just need to wait until they run out of magic power!"
Little Seven was speechless. "Is this considered the strongest?"
However, Xiyue merely narrowed the scope of her Mental Image to reduce magic consumption. "As long as we win, why worry about everything else? We have to run when we need to!" The problem is that this entire area has now become part of her Mental Image's range.
"With such a large-scale diffusion-based Mental Image, it's impossible to have a guaranteed hit lock," Xiyue said calmly. "They're the ones who're anxious now." And indeed, Xiyue's words proved true.
It wasn't easy for the Emperor and Jiang Si to maintain such a large-scale Reality Marble Deployment their combined magic.
Once the Mental Image is expanded to its limit, there is no guaranteed hit lock-on effect.
However, the Emperor's speed had already surpassed that of Xiyue!
By imbuing itself with the probability of manipulation, the speed of flight becomes almost invisible to the naked eye!
In an instant, it arrived above Xiyue and unleashed a breath of dragon's breath without hesitation!
He brandished his trident, thrusting it fiercely towards the dragon's breath, before snapping it in two with a "crack"!
Xiyue's pupils suddenly contracted.
The trident is an extension of the Mental Image Domain's abilities, capable of fusing with the opponent's magic; it shouldn't break so easily...
The opponent's probability manipulation curse has spread to the trident!
This means that her Mental Image neutralization has begun to fail; the breakthrough is happening too fast!
However, the next second, Xiyue threw the trident at an extremely fast speed. The entire trident exploded and expanded in front of her, instantly simulating a small Mental Image Domain that swallowed the Golden Calamity Dragon King's breath.
The technique of Mental Image segmentation wasn't difficult for her, and she used it as a shield in crucial moments, but it also greatly damaged her own Mental Image. If this continued, it would naturally collapse first...
Then she saw the boy jump down.
His jump was so fast that his figure transformed from a point into a line.
Concentrating its power and speed to the extreme, it crashed down on the magical girl Xiyue!
The immense force even shook the Mental Image of her being, which had been flipped over. Xiyue instantly plummeted into the World Bubble below, then continued her descent to its deepest point!
"Hey, hey, hey, is this even human?"
As Xiyue got up from the ground, she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
"At present, it doesn't seem to qualify as human," Little Seven replied.
Being beaten to the point of vomiting blood in her magical girl form was a first for her...
Sure enough, all sorts of amazing things happen To Live.
When he looked up, he saw the boy hurtling towards his head like a meteorite once again!
She immediately rolled over to dodge, but the force of her landing on the ground sent her flying, crashing through another World Bubble. She tumbled for a while before finally coming to a stop.
Xiyue scrambled away to create some distance, grabbed a trident to steady herself, and then, seeing the boy about to charge again, expanded her shrunken Mental Image.
The sea covered the land, and the boy's movements immediately slowed down, making it difficult for him to move even an inch.
As the Filthy Magic Power dissolved, the Calamity Beast transformed, and dragon scales began to appear on its body, it too quickly dissolved!
Even the fragmented Mental Image the Mujin that Lian Jiang Si planned to unfold was dissolved!
Below, countless remains of Calamity Beast began to stir, piecing together a gigantic monster that roared and howled at the boy, swimming up from the deep sea and lunging to bite him.
However, the boy simply raised his foot and stomped down hard!
The monster that had just been swimming upstream was immediately trampled back!
The seawater beneath his feet was split apart by his stomp, revealing a huge whirlpool beneath which lay the dried-up seabed. All the seawater was pushed away by the impact of his stomp, and it took a long time for it to recombine!
The effect of dissolving his body has temporarily disappeared.
But only when the Golden Calamity Dragon King approached, and Jiang Si was enveloped in a golden curse, did he completely break free from the dissolving effect in his Mental Image. The sea of rules, capable of dissolving almost everything...
The Primitive Imperial City is by the sea, Yellow Springs Road by the water.
[ Yellow Springs Water ]!
Jiang Si's expression was serious. He never expected that he would experience the same things that even the powerful Emperors Huang and Ye had encountered on their paths to defying the heavens.
Will he carry the water of the dead across time and space to eliminate all enemies? What a young Supreme from the Immortal Ancient Era! What a prodigy from that time!
It's Return to Truth hard to deal with without transforming.
"To be honest, I've never been pushed to this point before."
Xiyue, breathing heavily, held the trident in her hand once more and continued:
"If I let you experience more battles in the Mental Image Domain, then my title as the strongest might truly be undeserved."
Xiyue tilted her head back and gazed into the distance, as if she could see her hometown. "Perhaps one day I really will lose. Perhaps one day I will lose faith in magical girls."
"But definitely not today!"
The trident in the blue-purple magical girl's hand suddenly slammed into the ground.
" Mental Image, unfold!"
The unfolding of the Mental Image caused both Jiang Si and the Emperor to frown.
"What's the point of expanding the Mental Image Domain here again?!" Little Seven asked, puzzled. "It's going to shatter!"
However, Xiyue just grinned and said, "This is the edge of the world."
The Emperor was startled and looked down.
The Mental Image attached to the inner wall of the Calamity Beast clearly emerged!
"A diffuse Mental Image can be sealed off by using the edge of the 'world'," Xiyue said slowly, looking at the boy. "Does this mean that a replacement Mental Image can also obtain the characteristics of a diffuse Mental Image by breaking through its outer shell?"
The magical girl revealed a slightly manic and excited expression:
Let's take a gamble!
"Boundless replacement of Mental Image expansion within three seconds!"
Three seconds is the maximum time that can be maintained after the Mental Image boundary is shattered.
The trident suddenly shattered its own Mental Image shell, and then, as the edge of the "world," the inner wall of this Calamity Beast that devoured the World Bubble suddenly expanded outward again!
Although the boundaries constructed by the Emperor's Domain have not disappeared for the time being, they prevent the edge of the Emperor's Mental Image from adhering closely to the interior again!
Jiang Si suddenly looked at Little Seven. Only Xiao Qi could control the expansion of the inner wall of this Heavenly Devouring World Bubble Calamity Beast.
Little Seven smiled calmly and composedly.
"This is the strongest magical girl in the Mental Image Domain."
Jiang Si sneered and simply ordered the Emperor, "Continue the expansion."
The Emperor immediately expanded his Mental Image again, trying to press it tightly against the inner wall to ensure the stability of the Mental Image's boundaries.
However, Xiyue's self-created boundless Mental Image expanded to the outer edge of the Emperor's Domain at an even faster speed within those three seconds! The replacement Mental Image itself has an unparalleled advantage in expansion speed compared to the diffusion type!
It dissolved the Emperor's expansive Mental Image boundary in an instant!
Although a large amount of golden curses poured into the Mental Image when the boundary was destroyed, the Xiyue Mental Image itself was able to dissolve these curses. In an instant, Jiang Si crossed the distance between the two and delivered a powerful high roundhouse kick to Xiyue's head!
The Mental Image that has lost its outer shell can no longer stop him!
However, Xiyue seemed to have anticipated this. The seawater enveloped her, but the kick still landed squarely on Xiyue, causing the magical girl to stumble backward and almost fall.
However, the transformation and the Mental Image have not yet been removed.
Xiyue's Mental Image closed again in the final third second!
Jiang Si quickly created distance; even though he was engulfed by the Mental Image, it would be difficult for him to cope without transforming.
Although Xiyue's temples were covered in sweat and blood was trickling from the corner of her mouth, she revealed a bright smile, "It seems to be feasible." Not only did she break the seal of the Emperor's Domain, but Xiyue's Mental Image Domain also occupied the edge of the inner wall of the Calamity Beast.
As a result, the Emperor's Mental Image Domain could no longer be closed!
Let's start over now!
Xiyue said confidently and wildly, "A clash between diffusion-based and substitution-based Mental Image!"
Returning to the beginning, Xiyue's Mental Image continuously dissolved the Emperor's diffuse Mental Image state, which was actually a dead end.
The Emperor's Mental Image has begun to crumble...
Suddenly, Xiyue's expression froze, and she looked up to see the boundaries of her own Mental Image flipping once again!
After the replacement Mental Image is closed, the outer shell is very fragile and easily broken by the diffuse Mental Image from the outside. However, the inside of the Mental Image is different. Generally speaking, the toughness inside the Mental Image is beyond imagination, and it is absolutely impossible for someone to break it from the inside.
So, faced with a diffusing Mental Image, she developed the technique of flipping the shell to ensure her Mental Image wouldn't quickly collapse within the diffusing Mental Image. But now, suddenly, the shell of the Mental Image flipped itself...
Manipulated by probability? Impossible. My Mental Image has been constantly neutralizing the Golden Calamity Dragon King's Mental Image magic effects; probability fluctuations couldn't possibly affect my own Mental Image...
Xiyue suddenly looked down at herself.
The golden curse was incredibly glaring!
Then she looked at the boy who had rushed in and kicked her earlier.
It was the curse that came with the kick that came when the Mental Image expanded and the other party passed through Mental Image!
The curse has no effect on the Mental Image, but if it hits the magical girl herself in this way, there's no way to avoid being affected!
Because of the probability fluctuations of the Golden Curse, she made a slight error when manipulating her Mental Image, causing the boundaries of the Mental Image to flip... This Golden Curse, even if it is affected, is difficult to be aware of on one's own until the result is problematic.
Only then did they barely realize what was happening.
That's just too outrageous...
"Amazing, Xiyue."
The boy praised him, and the next second...
boom!
There was no chance to maneuver; in the next second, countless curses and even the boy's terrifying attack landed on the fragile outer shell of the replacement Mental Image!
Like a knife and axe, his right leg cleaved through the Mental Image and slammed heavily into Xiyue's body!
"I would call you an ancient freak! A rare and extraordinary being from the mortal past!"
The shockwaves and ripples from the Mental Image explosion spread outwards again and again. Xiyue, having exited her transformation, crashed into a World Bubble above like a meteor. The entire World Bubble quickly cracked and collapsed!
Xiyue fell to the ground along with the fragments of the World Bubble. She struggled for a moment, then collapsed limply to the ground.
"You've already won, why are you still swearing...?"
Looking at the boy in the sky, Xiyue pouted and said aggrievedly, "But, whatever, you won anyway, so you get to decide..." The Dream Hatchers Little Seven slowly approached her side, tilting his head:
"What a pity, the once strongest magical girl, Xiyue, actually lost to someone else in the battle of Mental Image."
"There's nothing I can do. Even though I'm said to be the strongest, I'm actually fighting with all my might every time." Xiyue face covered in dirt, said calmly, "I almost lost many, many times along the way. I was just... very lucky. But this time, it seems luck isn't on my side." After all, her opponent was a monster who could manipulate probability and cheat.
I've tried so hard, everyone will forgive me, right?
Little Seven licked her cheek. "Unfortunately, there's no way to send you back to the past to make up for your regrets, to avenge your killer, or to fulfill your wishes..."
"I didn't make any wishes to you."
Xiyue gazed at the Golden Calamity Dragon King and the boy approaching, and said softly, "I only wanted to continue protecting them; that was my wish. Unfortunately, I lost. I'm so sorry everyone..."
"You and your world have long since vanished."
She heard the boy sitting atop the head of the Golden Calamity Dragon King say, "What exists now is merely a reflection."
The words of the victor always make people believe them without even realizing it.
Because there is no reason to lie to the loser.
"I see." Xiyue murmured, and as she gradually disappeared from sight, she smiled with relief and joy, "That's wonderful. Even if we lose, it won't kill everyone. That's really great..."
The Emperor looked at the vanishing Xiyue: "Ancient freaks and immortal beings, they're all praising you."
As the Xiyue disappeared, it curved its eyes into a satisfied smile before vanishing with the wind.
Jiang Si tapped the dragon head.
Xiyue's illusion disappeared, but Shion's magic did not completely disappear; instead, it was absorbed again by the Incubators.
Then, the magic of Shion awakened even more World Bubble.
One by one, the magical girls who were once the strongest in their own worlds have opened their eyes.
The magical girls who hadn't participated in the battle before, having received more of Shion's magical power, also flocked to the area.
At first glance, it's as if the Supreme youths of the heavens have descended from the ancient ruins, traversing the river of time and space, shining like countless stars!
They all unleashed a magical suppression no less powerful than Xiyue's without any concealment!
Dream Hatchers Little Seven wagged its tail, gazing at the exhausted Golden Calamity Dragon King and Jiang Si.
The Golden Calamity Dragon King's Mental Image collapsed after Xiyue's death.
Its purpose is thus achieved: after the Mental Image collapses, problems will arise in Personal Reality, including the efficiency of magic operation and the control and use of magic.
Even the Golden Calamity Dragon King is no exception.
Unable to maintain its Golden Calamity Dragon King form, it gradually shrank, transforming into thirteen dim, crimson-gold orbs that returned to Jiang Si's body. "Successfully extracted the Golden Calamity Dragon King's power."
"Your current power consists only of your physical body and your magical girl transformation."
Dream Hatchers Little Seven said earnestly, " The Filthy Magic Power and Calamity Dragon form of your physical body have been dissolved, and their strength has begun to decline. Without Calamity Beast, your physical strength cannot be replenished."
"Although the performance far exceeded expectations, it is currently in line with our plans."
More magical girls, radiating magical energy surpassing that of Xiyue, began to appear behind Little Seven.
"Transform into a magical girl, Mr. Jiang Si."
His calm tone carried an indescribable arrogance, as if he had already calculated everything about Jiang Si.
From the moment they entered the World Bubble, every step was meticulously planned. From using the World Bubble to absorb magic power to stripping away the Golden Calamity Dragon King, they had rehearsed it countless times.
Jiang Si didn't dislike the feeling of being studied and targeted.
He sensed the World Bubble flowing into his body and began to gradually grasp the knack of using World Bubble to supply magic.
But that's not enough; for the current situation, that alone is insufficient.
He took out the Miracle Seed, the purple seed burning brightly. Even if he lost all his power, as long as he took out the Miracle Seed and transformed, he would have the power to crush everything.
As soon as Little Seven, the Dream Hatchers, saw that he had taken out the seed, its tail wagged a little faster.
"Let us witness the true power of Magical Girl Shion!"
However, Jiang Si simply shook her head.
"Unfortunately, you're still a little short."
"Really?" Little Seven tilted her head. "Then let's give it a try?"
Numerous magical girls simultaneously unleash their Mental Image Domain —dense forests, eerie mountains, cities, and the vast universe—all sorts of Mental Image Domain envelop him!
However, Jiang Si merely held the Miracle Seed, ignoring the Mental Image of the magical girls, and instead, with even greater arrogance, sneered at the Dream Hatchers: "A mere Burial Realm, a defeated shadow."
Why do you block my path to heaven?
Then, he waved it lightly.
The promised transformation words didn't appear; the boy's lips moved, but he only uttered four words.
" Reality Marble Deployment."
The wonders of the world have vanished here.