When everything calmed down, the purple spear gradually disappeared in the wind.
The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin were still circling around the Chongxu.
When one of the coffins was slightly offset, dark magic flowed out from it.
It looked like eerie ashes.
The last remaining modern factory in Chongxu was also completely transformed into a cemetery in the ashes.
Shion stepped over the Yarrow and looked at the Hogwarts Grand Academy, which she was protecting behind her.
Although it has been covered by something eerie, it still retains the appearance of Hogwarts.
In a world steeped in cultivation and immortality, this British Gothic building stands out starkly.
No one knows what the Yarrow did, but the eeriness of the Other Shore Plateau couldn't completely cover up the school.
They developed a path no less unique than their own from another incompatible lineage.
Shion stood there admiring the scene for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.
The magical creatures that Thousand Yarrow Yarrow had previously kept were now surrounding her, whimpering and sniffing at the blood on her body, nudging her with their heads and turning her over and over.
She picked up the magical spear and Shion at Hogwarts.
Just as he was about to throw it, someone pulled him from behind.
" Shion."
Shion turned her head to look, and the person who was pinching her sleeve and gently tugging at her was none other than Bingtang.
His gaze was fixed quietly on the Yarrow, without meeting her eyes.
He simply tugged at her sleeve for a long time before softly saying, "Let it go. Her academy won't get in the way. Besides, don't you think this is even stranger?"
Then, with a little force, Bingtang pulled Shion's hand back.
Shion ultimately did not throw the spear; after letting go, the spear in her hand dissipated in the wind.
Didn't you say you weren't coming?
"Come and check on things after you've finished."
Bingtang released Shion's sleeve, lowered her head, and still didn't look at the sect leader. " Yarrow is actually a very slow learner. She grew very slowly in the Azure Cloud Sect, but she is a very hardworking child, more hardworking than anyone else. In fact, she didn't initially like to imitate Harry Potter. Instead, she searched for many other online novels, TV series, and comics before finally finding Harry Potter, a system that suited her better."
Bingtang walked over to the Thousand Yarrow Yarrow, shooed away the magical creatures that were nudging around it, and then said, "She was very happy with her rapid progress back then, and then she came to me saying she wanted to show you. I told her that if I showed you directly like that, her master might forget about you in no time."
"So I taught her a crooked trick: while everyone was demonstrating those immortal cultivation techniques, she should show you Harry Potter's magic. Sure enough, it attracted your attention. After all, Yarrow is quite special, isn't she? Who knew she would become so fascinated, and you, the sect leader, would watch over her and praise her so highly."
Picking up Yarrow, Bingtang looked at the little girl's drooping arm and reached out to tug it. "Perhaps it was partly my fault, but Yarrow has improved very quickly since then and even made it into the True Disciple's lineage. Because it was so effective, I stopped interfering."
Shion simply listened quietly from the side, neither interrupting her nor showing any impatience or desire to leave.
He listened blankly, like an exquisite statue, expressionless and meaningless.
" Yarrow is actually very insecure, although Tiana. Tiana is even a bit insecure— Yarrow always comes to ask me if Master really hates her, if Master has said anything bad about her in front of me, if Master is going to drive her away or anything like that. This girl seems bold on the surface, but she's actually very timid behind the scenes."
Shion finally took a step and walked towards the Other Shore Plateau.
"So, you hate her now? Are you satisfied with her final performance?"
In the end, Bingtang still asked her own question for the child she had raised from a young age.
Shion paused slightly, then said, "I'm very proud of it."
"More imaginative than Bai Mei, he found a unique path to enlightenment and can be considered the foremost of the Seven True Disciples."
I knew it.
Bingtang smiled gently, "I can tell that you've always valued Yarrow the most. After all, Bai Mei and the others have only gone far on your path, but Yarrow has always been unique, and you really like it. It's just that this girl wants you to keep noticing her, always saying that Harry Potter is better than cultivating immortality, which annoys you, and you always argue with children."
I didn't argue with her.
"If only you could tell her yourself, Yarrow would be so happy," Bingtang murmured, hugging Yarrow. "I also told her to soften her stance a little, say some nice things to your master, and maybe he'd like her back. But kids grow up, and sometimes you just can't control them. Everyone has their own ideas, and I can only offer my opinions—"
As she spoke, she stroked the Yarrow's cheek with her right hand. "You've all grown up."
Bingtang's voice trembled slightly, and after a long pause, she sighed, "We've grown up; playing house is over."
Are you going to find Bai Mei and the others?
Before leaving, Shion casually asked, "Give them a hand."
"How could that be?" Bingtang hugged Yarrow and simply smiled faintly. "I'm your little follower. According to the Witch Association, I'm the biggest and most loyal lackey. How could a lackey betray its master? Even if I go to hell, I'll be by your side."
In the end, Shion turned her head to glance at Bingtang behind her.
They have been together for three years and have long been accustomed to living together.
If they were separated, it wouldn't just be Bingtang that would find it difficult to adjust.
Because habits are hard to break in a short time.
And Shion just happens to be someone who doesn't like to change her habits.
So she nodded and said, somewhat awkwardly, "Very good."
Aside from that, there was no further explanation; he turned and disappeared into the chaos of the Other Shore Plateau.
The only one left, Bingtang, hugged the Yarrow and looked at the decaying Hogwarts. Although many parts were damaged, at least the appearance was still preserved. However, the original writing on the huge plaque had faded, revealing the original content.
"The Headmaster of Hogwarts."
After saying that, Bingtang couldn't help but laugh, then nudged Yarrow's head with her own. "Silly girl, your master said you're the head of the Seven True Disciples. I'm so happy for you!"
Muttering to herself, Bingtang looked up at the rapidly approaching fiery red figure.
"Really, being a step too slow could have caused trouble."
Not long ago, near the collapsed New World.
When Keke came down from the Magical Kingdom, she looked at the New World was already in pieces, and South China and West China had completely collapsed, and she was almost in a daze.
Then Black Keke's words came to mind.
"She is definitely serious."
Actually, she couldn't quite tell whether she was saying it herself or Black Keke was saying it in her mind.
She had considered that such a day might come, that the New World might really collapse.
The more powerful we become, the more fragile we will discover in this New World.
It's not that the former enemies were so powerful, but rather that the New World itself is maintaining a fragile balance, like a dilapidated wooden house that could easily collapse with the slightest push.
Miss Prince once said this to her in a mocking tone.
Despite having such talent, Shion- sensei clings to this worthless thing, treating it like a treasure and refusing to let go.
The Prince, however, had no interest in this world that was on the verge of collapse from the very beginning.
However, as long as Shion- sensei is there, even a dilapidated wooden house on the verge of collapse can always be maintained.
As long as Shion- sensei is there----
Looking at the Beihai floating in the dark asteroid belt, Keke glanced around at the other places.
They couldn't even find the locations of other cities.
The entire New World shattered and floated everywhere. By the time she stepped into the Beihai, there was no one left in the Beihai, and most of the buildings had collapsed.
Keke once thought she had come to the wrong place.
Her mind was a bit of a mess, but as she walked along the main road in Beihai, looking at the ruins all around her, an idea that made her both laugh and cry pop into her head unconsciously.
The Mochi master is going crazy again.
Perhaps it's because whenever Mochi- senpai occasionally returns to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, he always flies into a rage.
Carrying a speaker and blasting extremely aggressive music, he strode in from afar with a menacing air, like a small tank. He smashed the door with a single punch, overturned the carriage, and cursed the developer and the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, which led to Keke always seeing Mochi as a volatile person.
Even in my mind, I felt a little guilty and scared because I was thinking about hearing Mochi- senpai's music, screams, and roars again.
But she quickly realized what was happening.
The Beihai has completely collapsed. Not to mention the Mochi Senior and the Civil Engineering Brigade, even the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau has been wiped out.
It's unlikely anyone will redevelop this place.
To take it a step further, perhaps Mochi- senpai and everyone in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau have perished, and she has completely lost contact with them.
Keke shook her head frantically, trying not to think too much.
"I told you, she is the new Beast of the End."
Keke travels through the Beihai in search of her home, hoping to retrieve some of her treasured possessions.
Black Keke sighed from inside the egg, "And it's even more dangerous than the Beast of the End, because the Beast of the End only devours worlds that are already dead. It keeps appearing here, just wanting to clean up this destroyed world. But you, Shion- sensei, are different. You, Black Cocoa, only took 0.000001 seconds to know that your Shion- sensei would personally cause the world to die."
What do you think is Shion- sensei's reason for doing this?
"How would I know?" Black Keke's tone was quite relaxed. "Didn't that Qianye say that your teacher Shion, plans to eliminate all magical girls to save the world? But it seems like he won't spare many ordinary people either."
"I also believe that Ms. Shion has her reasons; she doesn't really want to destroy the world—"
"Oh, that's what everyone who does bad things says. Didn't I say the same thing before? It doesn't matter who dies, as long as we achieve our goal, we can start the next round. But you all treat me like the villain."
Black Keke's tone was somewhat sarcastic, "It doesn't matter who's in this cycle, the next cycle, and the cycle after that, as long as we can find the final perfect ending, all the sacrifices we make now will be worthwhile, because in the end we can erase all the sacrifices."
What's the difference between me and Shion?
Keke was speechless for a moment.
They could only silently continue their search for their home.
Keke couldn't find her home.
Beihai is not actually intact; it's full of dilapidated ruins. Perhaps their homes have collapsed, or perhaps they fell out of the city along the way.
Where did my brother go?
Keke couldn't stop thinking about this.
Somewhat dazed and confused, they hadn't been able to find their way home.
However, Keke eventually arrived at the entrance of the Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
She gazed at the completely cracked space, where the Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau building was faintly visible in another part of the space.
Keke took a deep breath and reached out to grab the spatial rift.
With the proper channels of entry destroyed, she had no choice but to tear through space with her bare hands and step into the Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
Upon entering the Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, they saw flames everywhere.
Purple flames.
Keke walked towards the area where the fire was the most intense, going down to the very bottom where the intense heat made it almost impossible for her to stand.
The Witch Tribunal.
Seeing the signboard already melting in the flames, Keke's heart skipped a beat. She quickened her pace and flung open the door.
boom!
The massive explosion of flames shoved Keke away, but Keke to take another step forward, defying the explosive force of Shion- sensei's magic.
Then everything inside the Witch Tribunal came into view.
The bodies of members of the Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau were hanging everywhere.
Keke's throat bobbed as she looked at those—familiar faces.
"This is the Time Furnace."
Keke suddenly turned her head and saw Senior Susan sitting in a chair with Peony lying next to her.
Susan then turned her head away; although her pupils had turned purple, she no longer possessed any magic.
His belly was also engulfed in purple flames and was burning fiercely.
"Don't worry, people burned in the Time Furnace won't die."
This senior colleague, who usually had a stern face, spoke in a gentle and calm tone, as if he had become a different person.
"What exactly happened?"
Keke's dry voice was disturbed by the sound of burning, but Susan still heard it.
"This is how to save everyone."
"Who said that!"
"Of course it's Lady Shion. I'm an undercover agent sent by the Azure Cloud Sect to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau. I'm an inner disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect."
Keke immediately quieted down, her expression somewhat confused.
Susan ignored her, and only reached out with difficulty to tug at the Peony in front of her.
A cigarette fell to the ground.
Susan reached out and picked it up, glancing at it. "They clearly said magical girls can't smoke, and that lollipops are fine instead, but you secretly bought cigarettes yourself. No wonder you have a husky voice. How much have you been smoking behind my back, Peony— "
As he spoke, he picked up the cigarette, casually placed it on the nearby flame, lit the butt, took a drag, then paused, rolled his eyes.
"Why is it cigarette candy? You're so boring—"
" Susan!" Keke finally couldn't help but cry out, grabbing her collar, "What are you doing! You killed them all? Even Senior Peony— "
"Well, since we're all going to die anyway, I might as well do it. It's Shion's order."
Susan gently pried Keke's hands off her collar, pushed her away, and said calmly.
She then looked up at the ceiling, where the stones and planks began to fall one by one. Her hanging body had now fallen to the ground and was being engulfed by the fire.
"But you're no longer my mission."
Susan took another deep drag of her candy, Return to Truth inhaling a bit of smoke, and coughed. " The Time Furnace can Soul Materialization. After being digitized, they'll be transported to the Other Shore Plateau. Don't worry, they're not dead. I'm just sending everyone there ahead of time—"
This is murder!
"Yes, but that's sometimes how it is, there's nothing you can do about it."
Keke approached her, glaring angrily. "What do you mean there's no way? What exactly is there that you can't do!"
"Your question will be answered by Shion later."
Answer my question!
I have to go now.
"You----"
Another explosion propelled the unsuspecting Keke backward, until she flew out of the Witch Tribunal and crashed into the elevator.
Susan, holding Peony's hand and with a candy cigarette dangling from her lips, smiled slightly at Keke and waved, "Good luck, Keke."
Keke scrambled to her feet and tried to rush over. " Susan!"
Then, the roof of the Witch Tribunal collapsed, engulfing Susan in a massive fire.
Soon the entire Witch Tribunal collapsed, followed by an even more violent explosion!
Even though Keke has unknowingly Permanent Full Bloom and is forcibly using the power of Dream Marrow to advance further, she is still being suppressed to the point where she can hardly move forward.
That was practically the power of Shion- sensei herself!
By the time everything calmed down, the Witch Tribunal had been reduced to a dark ruin.
Not even a body was left behind.
Keke sat down on the ground in a daze, staring at the ruins, feeling a sense of reality for the first time.
Teacher Shion became an enemy.
I feel genuine anger towards Ms. Shion.
"Can you still deny me now?" Black Keke's voice was as always, without much heaviness or mockery, just still frivolous. "Anyone can talk big without experiencing the same things. You don't hate, you just live in the moment, but what happens when everything in your life is destroyed?"
Who can resist the urge to seek the next cycle of reincarnation? Who can resist the urge to seek a happier world? This broken world, this hopeless life—who can bear it?
Keke stood up, supporting herself on the red-hot steel plate beside her.
"I am you, Keke. We are the same. It's just that you are the Keke who hasn't experienced my life yet, but you will experience it sooner or later. Shion just took a step earlier. Even without Shion, you would have seen these things soon. In fact, because of Shion, you have been protected too well and have only seen this scene now."
Tell me, even now, do you still believe that reincarnation is unnecessary?
Keke looked at the Witch Tribunal, which was billowing with smoke. The explosion had even blown up the entire Disaster Countermeasures Bureau above, revealing the bright sky above.
She staggered forward.
Then, from the direction of Chongxu, a monstrous purple magical power shot all the way to the sky above the Beihai!
Keke was still in a daze, immediately looked up.
"It's Elder Shion ----"
The teacher was unable to speak. Keke ignored Black Keke and simply flew up, heading straight for the Chongxu!
However, she soon realized that it wasn't just Ms. Shion.
There's another kind of magic, that's from the Yarrow.
The two magical forces collided violently.
Even if there's only one, even if there's only one, we must stop Ms. Shion!
In my brain, which was already unable to think clearly, only this thought remained.
As they sped along, the flames on their bodies grew ever stronger, until, upon reaching the Chongxu, they had almost transformed into a fireball the size of the sun!
However, the Chongxu had completely changed.
Nine giant dragons, pulling a massive bronze coffin, circled wildly around Chongxu. Upon seeing her, the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin roared at her and even blocked her way.
"Don't get in my way!"
Keke charged forward without slowing down, and a fiery red explosion erupted on the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin!
The fiery red demonic armor was stained with a few specks of pitch-black bone ash.
A strange power seeped into the demonic armor, but Keke didn't even look at it, only burning even more fiercely, forcefully breaking through the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and rushing inside!
The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin did not disappear; the shattered dragons were enveloped by a strange, eerie mist and quickly restored themselves.
The ashes from the coffin fell even more heavily on Keke, to the point that Keke, who was like a sun, was extinguished in an instant.
Even the magical armor paled in comparison.
Keke was slightly taken aback when the dragon Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin suddenly turned around and lashed its tail, dragging the coffin and striking Keke hard!
Staggering slightly, Keke also felt the power emanating from it, which seemed to originate from Ms. Shion.
It is neither pure magic nor Filthy Magic Power, nor even Remnants magic.
But Keke recognized it; it must belong to Ms. Shion.
Keke had spat out a mouthful of blood, did not stop at all, but instead took advantage of the momentum to continue falling into the Chongxu!
The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin chased after it for a while, but stopped when they reached the vicinity of Chongxu.
It merely hovered around the Chongxu, but did not stop Keke from rushing into the Chongxu, which became incredibly eerie. Everywhere was shrouded in mist, all the light was distorted, there were huge stone statues, tombs everywhere, and desolate ruins covered with weeds.
It's like a place where no one has lived for millions of years.
Then, when she stepped into the interior of the Chongxu, both auras had disappeared. Following the aura of magic, she quickly found the vicinity of Hogwarts —only this place remained barely intact.
But everywhere was overgrown with vines and weeds, cracked and decayed, covering the Hogwarts school buildings that had only been built a short time ago.
Then she saw the plaque of the Hogwarts gate, which she had seen many times before, lying next to the collapsed wall.
A poem has replaced the familiar school name.
"With a pure heart, I once felt ashamed of the immortal path, and thus I sought to establish another way."
"The magic wand, working alone amidst myriad laws, stands guard to avert collapse."
Keke murmured the verses, but her heart was filled with only desolation.
" Shion's own handwriting."
Keke turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, and finally saw a familiar face again.
Bingtang Jie also stood next to Hogwarts, as if she had already noticed her, and simply watched her quietly.
"Sister Bingtang ----"
Then Keke saw the Yarrow in her arms, its drooping hand falling to the ground.
Insects were crawling around on my fingertips.
"You're finally here, Keke," Bingtang Tang said gently. "Do you remember what your brother told you?"
Keke instinctively took a step back, but then steadied herself and pursed her slightly chapped lips. "Was it made by Ms. Shion?"
"Yes."
Faced with Bingtang's response, Keke finally gave up that last shred of hope and expectation.
She looked at the Yarrow in Bingtang's arms, "Why did Shion do this? Why, why?"
"Who knows? She never explains herself to others, so people always misunderstand her and can't understand her—"
"This can't be a misunderstanding at all!"
Bingtang simply gazed tenderly at Keke, listening as the girl suppressed her emotions and whispered, "This isn't a misunderstanding at all. It's unforgivable, truly unforgivable. What is she trying to do? I don't want to understand—"
Bingtang didn't interrupt her; she simply hugged the Yarrow and turned to walk towards the cemetery behind her.
Keke paused for a moment, then followed Bingtang forward.
There were graveyards and cemeteries everywhere, until they followed Bingtang to the center of Chongxu.
It was a plateau, and below the plateau was an abyss.
Keke recognized it at a glance; this was the plateau from the Land of the End.
Then, Bingtang Tang placed the corpse of the Yarrow down.
Keke had just seen the abyss.
It was packed with corpses.
Sonora's, Su La's, Jialan's, magical girls from other places, familiar and unfamiliar, filled the abyss.
It should be one's own corpse; only one should die.
"It's like this, we—no, I should say me, Keke— if I don't die, everyone else will have to die. For me, it's definitely better to let my own corpse fill this place in their place, right?"
Then, in a corner, she saw Yinlian's corpse.
"So tell me, Keke."
The pile of corpses collapsed, Yinlian's body was covered by the others, completely disappearing from sight.
Black Keke's voice questioned her again, "Do you still think there's no need for reincarnation, that it's enough to just live in the present?"