Chapter 126: I'm Above the Ruins of My Heartscape—Everything's Normal Here
Chapter 126: I'm Above the Ruins of My Heartscape—Everything's Normal Here
"Your way of doing things reminds me of the Azure Cloud Sect."
Flying far behind the two trembling Complete Witches who had been converted, heading towards the Witch Association's gathering point, Hyacinth looked at the Heart Image Remnant constantly expanding in the distance and casually remarked, "If you didn't say anything, I would think you were a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect."
Although she had already reminded Hyacinth of the Azure Cloud Sect before, this method of forcing the Witch Association to submit through absolute violence and doing things her own way.
Really made her unable to help but speak out.
It's really similar...
However, the Saint Hall's Main God Space established by Shion obviously has nothing to do with the Azure Cloud Sect.
Although she didn't know what Shion was thinking, Hyacinth guessed there must be some deeper reason.
Whether it was herself or Coral, among those invited by Shion into the Saint Hall, there were no disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect.
"The Azure Cloud Sect, huh."
Mentioning this name, Ruo Yun's expression also showed a hint of melancholy.Seeing her expression, Hyacinth was slightly stunned, "Have you had contact with the Azure Cloud Sect?"
This expression clearly wasn't just knowing about the Azure Cloud Sect; there should be some connection.
Just as Hyacinth was wondering if the other party knew someone, she suddenly heard her say:
"Well, I was originally a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect. I joined the Saint Hall after leaving."
Looking at the remnant gradually merging with the fiery red sky, Hyacinth nodded, then suddenly looked up at Ruo Yun.
"Huh?"
Her empty pupils were now filled with confusion and incomprehension, "Why?"
The evening sunlight gradually faded. After flying for a while, they reached the sea. Waves of tide sounds mixed with purple mist washed over them before Ruo Yun answered, "The Azure Cloud Sect wasn't suitable for me. The Saint Hall and the Main God Space are more suitable for me."
"Um..." Hyacinth thought for a moment and asked with difficulty, "The Saint Hall Envoy you mentioned, is that, the purple-haired Magical Girl?"
"Sort of, although the first Saint Hall Envoy I met was Mr. Jiang the Demon Butcher."
Wasn't that still Jiang Si?
Why are the names so casual? First it was Jiang the Demon Butcher, now it's something like Simo Tu.
Isn't that basically announcing he's Jiang Si?
Is it on purpose?
Hyacinth was stunned for a moment but didn't reveal this information.
Maybe, maybe Jiang Si has some deeper considerations...
After all, this is his own business. Hyacinth just joined the Saint Hall and is still an outsider. Speaking carelessly would be annoying.
Thinking this, Hyacinth still asked, "What do you mean by not suitable?"
"I need stronger power."
The Azure Cloud Sect isn't lacking in power at all.
"And the Azure Cloud Sect ultimately feels more like a warm, big family."
Hyacinth blinked; this point wasn't wrong. In her impression, the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect had good relationships.
"Such a place only makes people weak, relying on teachers, never able to become stronger, never able to become independent, to become even stronger." Ruo Yun said seriously, "In the time I've been in the Saint Hall, I've progressed much faster than in two years at the Azure Cloud Sect. I've even touched the threshold of Blooming."
The problem is, if you worked hard at the Azure Cloud Sect, wouldn't the result be the same...
Hyacinth thought of the Azure Cloud Sect's seven true-transmission disciples and didn't know what to say for a moment.
And in that list, many magics that were free at the Azure Cloud Sect were charged here.
Jumping from the Azure Cloud Sect to the Saint Hall, no matter how you look at it, it's a loss, right?
Although since the boss is Jiang Si anyway, it doesn't really matter...
"And even the legendary sect master of the Azure Cloud Sect, no matter how strong, how could he compare to the Saint Hall's master."
Hyacinth smiled helplessly, "I think the two should be evenly matched."
"Far from it. The Saint Hall is a cosmic-level organization." Ruo Yun said proudly, "The Saint Hall's master resides beyond the shore, having made a grand vow to save all things."
"Beyond the shore?"
"The place where the Saint Hall's master lives." Ruo Yun wore an incredulous expression, "Didn't you look at the exchange list? That's a personal space that requires eighty thousand points to reside in, a high-end unit only senior Saints of the Hall in the Main God Space are qualified to live in."
"No matter how you look at it, that sounds like weapons or items."
Ruo Yun glanced at Hyacinth, "You don't understand. This is the threshold."
Although Senior Hyacinth was older than her, had read more books, and her academic qualifications were three masters higher.
But when it came to the Saint Hall, Ruo Yun ultimately knew more, "The threshold for verifying assets and viewing the property is eighty thousand points, which further proves the Saint Hall master's power."
Hyacinth felt a bit curious, "Ruo Yun, you seem like you've seen the Saint Hall's master?"
"I have seen the Saint Hall's master."
"Huh?"
Not long ago.
Ruo Yun silently thought.
That afternoon, that moment of greatest turmoil, that strangest dream.
An eternal encounter in that infinite space.
That bizarre gaze high above the universe had been watching her. That was probably the Saint Hall's master standing beyond the shore. It was precisely because he witnessed her fear and unease that he appeared in that dream and then made the Saint Hall appear before her again in reality.
The Saint Hall Envoys hadn't lied to her.
"This is a secret. Anyway." The girl looked at the Heart Image Remnant merging with the sky in the distance, her expression firm, "No matter how powerful the Azure Cloud Sect is, it's still only in East China. Even if I stayed there forever, I couldn't accomplish my dream. I would have left eventually."
Seeing Ruo Yun's firm belief in this, Hyacinth felt a sigh in her heart.
Hopefully, the Saint Hall can truly fulfill her dream.
But thinking that this girl before her was originally a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, deep down, she couldn't help but feel.
It's interesting.
She even felt immense anticipation and excitement about what reaction and expression Ruo Yun would have later when she learned that the Saint Hall Envoy she worshipped was actually the Azure Cloud Sect's sect master.
In the few days since performing missions for the Saint Hall, the things encountered were much more interesting than being a Magical Girl or a good girl at home.
Then, being a Saint of the Hall for a lifetime isn't so bad.
Thinking this, she followed behind Ruo Yun.
Suddenly, the two Complete Witches leading the way stopped.
Ruo Yun and Hyacinth approached, "Why did you stop?"
They saw the two Complete Witches trembling even more violently. One pointed in a direction, "Th-there, there are Magical Girls over there."
"Huh?" Looking in that direction, Ruo Yun saw a distant black dot, "Why is there a helicopter over this sea now?"
Hyacinth sensed familiar mana and looked curious, "Why are those two here?"
"Never mind that. Let's go to the Witch Association side first." Ruo Yun frowned and coldly said to the witches, "Use your best mana concealment, don't cause trouble for us."
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"Yingwei, are you sure this is how to control it?"
"No problem, trust me!"
Iris, still brooding over the helicopter being shot down during the day, dragged Qingluan to the shore again in the afternoon.
She specifically had her family send another helicopter.
"This time, nothing will go wrong." Yingwei said confidently, "Qingying, you'll control it for the middle part, and my gravity magic will be the safety net. The journey is only from the shore to the villa in the sea. At the very end, I'll take over. We'll definitely succeed! Proving I'm not a vehicle killer!"
"Isn't this cheating..."
"Heh." Yingwei said mysteriously, "It's only cheating if you get caught, Qingying. Even Magical Girl exams are like that."
Qingying was startled, "Did you really cheat?"
"Of course not, but I found someone cheating, and Teacher Hongmian, who was proctoring, didn't notice at the time." Yingwei snorted, "She still passed. That means cheating is allowed as long as you don't get caught!"
"I don't think that's how it works..." Qingying somewhat helplessly controlled the helicopter. Although it wobbled, it did fly normally.
"Charge!" Yingwei excitedly waved her fists in the co-pilot seat, "This time we'll definitely succeed!"
After the helicopter wobbled forward in the air for a long time.
Qingluan, "Are you sure there's no problem? Where is this?"
Yingwei, "Just follow what I said, it'll be fine!"
Qingluan, "I did follow what you said, so where is this?"
Yingwei, "I don't know. Although I don't know, heading towards the Heart Image Remnant is right!"
Qingluan, "We're lost! I'm such an idiot for believing you!"
Qingluan, "And for some reason, the helicopter is malfunctioning! It's not responding!"
Yingwei, "It's fine, watch my gravity control!"
Qingluan, "It's even worse now, you idiot!"
On the sea, the Magical Girls' grand villa.
After discovering Qingying and Yingwei were missing, Hongmian naturally went out immediately to look for these two girls.
As former students at the Central Bureau, Qingying had always been a good student, obedient and sensible. It was Yingwei, the troublemaker, who always caused chaos, and recently she'd even corrupted Qingying.
It's so late, and they're still not back!
Who knows where they ran off to? The Heart Image Remnant's abnormal activity is becoming more and more obvious...
While searching for the two students over the sea, she unexpectedly discovered the movements of Complete Witches.
Although the Witch Association's Complete Witches could all completely conceal their auras, making them almost impossible to find.
But Hongmian didn't think their Disaster Control Bureau needed to go looking for Complete Witches.
They just needed to set up magic arrays across the sea where the Heart Image Remnant was located and wait for those Complete Witches to approach.
And this happened to be Hongmian's comfort zone. She had come to the Heart Image Remnant early and spent most of her time setting up magic arrays here.
By now, the magic arrays were basically complete. The red mana was even hidden. Those Complete Witches would trigger the alarm immediately upon approaching.
Although the Heart Image Remnant tonight had been quite unstable, occasionally affecting her magic arrays.
But the experienced Hongmian naturally wouldn't be disturbed. While looking for Qingying and Yingwei, she quickly discovered a Complete Witch approaching.
"What madness is this in the middle of the night? Could Qingying and Yingwei have been captured?"
She suspiciously monitored the witch suddenly approaching, heading straight for the fissure.
It was a bit strange.
Upon closer inspection, she found no trace of Qingying or Yingwei. In fact, there was only one Complete Witch nearby.
Did she want to sneak in alone? As expected, the Witch Association isn't united. At a time like this, she actually wants to sneak off alone at night.
But did she forget that the Disaster Control Bureau's Magical Girls are still here?
How audacious! Do they really think the Disaster Control Bureau is some kind of trash?
She, Hongmian, was not to be trifled with!
She immediately flew up and shouted at the Complete Witch, "What are you doing here!"
However, she saw the Complete Witch showed no fear. Instead, she turned and flew towards Hongmian.
Hongmian sneered and was about to meet her head-on.
Suddenly, seven or eight more Complete Witches emerged from behind that Complete Witch.
All charging over!
Hongmian came to an abrupt halt mid-air, stopped, was silent for a moment, then snorted coldly, "Halt!"
Those several Complete Witches naturally knew Magical Girls here moved in groups. Hongmian must have people behind her too.
They all stopped, observing their surroundings.
The Heart Image Remnant behind seemed to have expanded a bit more.
Under many watchful eyes, Hongmian didn't have time to observe the Heart Image Remnant. She just faced all the witches present without a trace of fear, arrogantly saying:
"Do not approach the Heart Image Remnant. This is for your own good. Be careful of dying inside!"
Seeing the several Complete Witches remain silent and not taking rash action, Hongmian snorted coldly.
"If you want to die, go in by yourselves. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Saying this, she turned and flew back with an imposing manner.
The imposing manner was probably effective. The Complete Witches didn't immediately give chase.
She flew faster and faster until, after a certain distance, she quickly pulled out an Incubator, lowered her voice, and urgently said, "Quick, help me see if they're chasing!"
The Incubator also shrank its head, "Why don't you look yourself?"
"That would give it away! Hurry up and look for me!"
Only then did the Incubator cautiously look back, "N-no, they're not chasing."
Hongmian finally let out a long sigh of relief, only then realizing she was covered in sweat.
That was terrifying.
Magical Girls, of course, aren't afraid of Complete Witches. Even one-on-one, few Complete Witches can match a Blooming Magical Girl.
But a group of Complete Witches is another matter entirely.
Her magic was specialized against Complete Witches, but that didn't mean she could fight so many of them.
If a fight broke out, she wasn't sure she could retreat unscathed.
Who would have thought that Complete Witches, who always acted alone and never cooperated, would suddenly band together!
She was scared to death inside, but as a teacher and senior to the Magical Girls most of the time, she absolutely couldn't show weakness or reveal any vulnerability.
"Bad news! They suddenly started chasing!"
Hongmian's heart jumped. She immediately turned to look. Sure enough, over a dozen Complete Witches had suddenly started moving again.
They were flying towards her!
This instead made Hongmian angry.
Bullying the Disaster Control Bureau for having no one?
She immediately charged towards the grand villa and sounded the alarm, "Witch attack! All Magical Girls, prepare for battle immediately!"
However, the expected scene of everyone taking to the air upon hearing the alarm, showcasing the Disaster Control Bureau's glory, did not appear.
She had just shouted once when the entire villa suddenly "snapped" and disappeared from the sea!
The warm rooms turned into cold sea winds. Over a dozen Magical Girls were exposed in the air.
Hongmian's mind went blank.
With witches in pursuit, the villa suddenly disappearing meant the Magical Girls had no time to prepare for battle... She was going to get everyone killed!
Just as she was at a loss, she suddenly discovered everyone hadn't fallen into the sea.
Instead, they were floating in the air, looking surprised, flapping their arms in the air, even grabbing clothes nearby to put on.
Yingwei's magic...
Hongmian's eyes grew hot. She remembered Yingwei had always worried about what to do if the villa suddenly disappeared. She had thought the girl was silly.
Turns out the real fool was herself. Yingwei had saved her life!
She actually had seriously considered what to do if the villa was gone and prepared gravity magic protection in advance!
She had underestimated Yingwei.
When she gets back, teacher will definitely reduce your punishment!
Scanning the area and seeing everyone was fine, Hongmian immediately loudly declared:
"Everyone, prepare for battle!"
Colorful magical lights lit up one after another above the sea, dyeing the entire sea and sky brilliantly!
The Magical Girls immediately gathered behind Hongmian, confronting the witches!
......
"Holy crap, it's like neon lights! The Magical Girls transforming, my eyes are about to be blinded!"
Twins drove a yacht, carrying a large mirror, watching the confrontation from afar. Seeing Complete Witches approaching, she got excited.
"But the historically strongest organization, the Witch Association, versus the modern strongest organization, the Disaster Control Bureau! Hehe, it's like a century-defining drama! Twins is making a killing..."
"You haven't forgotten why we're here, have you?" The Prince said gloomily from the mirror, "You're here to help me and Mr. Simo Tu enter the Heart Image Remnant, idiot."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I know. Relax, Twins will definitely deliver you."
Twins was already used to this guy's habit of putting her down with every sentence. It felt like a verbal tic to him, utterly devoid of impact now.
After all, not only had he paid for a bunch of champagne for Twins, this super luxurious, expensive yacht was also paid for by His Highness the Prince.
And the other party didn't even need this yacht. The meaning was that once she delivered him to Simo Tu's side, this yacht would belong to Twins!
Forget about whether it was useful; she could sell it for a good price!
So in Twins' eyes, His Highness the Prince's few insults were truly meaningless, right?
When he has money, he really spends it!
"Are you sure you can really deliver me there?"
"Twins gets things done, don't worry. This is called hiding in plain sight."
"But the Magical Girls and witches above aren't weak, right? What if a fight breaks out? Can you handle it?"
"Who do you think I am!" Twins roared, "I'm bringing the boat closer!"
However, before she finished speaking, some Magical Girl above suddenly fired a mana cannon!
Twins was stunned. Which reckless idiot would attack at a time like this?!
Before she could react, a Complete Witch had already acted, releasing a cloud of ink-black smoke to block the line of sight. Then the mana cannon made a sharp turn—
Straight towards Twins!
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Twins desperately tried to turn the boat around, but it was too late. The incoming mana cannon directly blasted the stern!
Half the yacht was blown apart. Twins herself was sent flying, falling straight into the sea.
"My boat! Wait, I can't swim, help, help, save me..."
Just as Twins was flailing in the seawater, the two groups above had already started moving, about to collide!
Wait, don't fight, save me first! Aren't you Magical Girls?
"Aren't you a Complete Witch?"
The Prince said speechlessly on the ice, "Can't you just transform?"
Twins was stunned. Oh right, I'm a Complete Witch, right? What am I afraid of?
Mainly, she hadn't transformed in so long that Twins had almost forgotten about it...
She hated the feeling of polluted mana flowing all over her body during transformation. It always reminded her of the pain from experiments in her childhood.
So if she could avoid transforming, Twins tried her best not to...
Dammit, looks like she can't hide it anymore.
She fumbled for the Grief Seed on her ankle—she regretted hanging it on her ankle now; it was too much effort in the sea!
Just as she got up, she bumped into something cold and hard.
Twins was immediately overjoyed, desperately grabbing the cold, hard thing, finally climbing out of the seawater, gasping for air.
Ah! Great! Twins completed the mission today without transforming again!
Happily re-hanging the Grief Seed on her wrist, she looked closely and found the lifeline she grabbed was indeed ice.
Before she could think further, the seawater behind her froze again. She quickly climbed onto the ice to avoid being frozen.
The ice layer was thick and cold. Soaked in seawater, the slightly chilled Twins hugged her arms and looked up.
Under the bright white moonlight, an ice-blue figure walked on the sea. With each step, cold air and ice rapidly spread in all directions!
She stared blankly at that figure she had longed for day and night. The sect master's position in her heart, which had risen a bit, was quickly suppressed.
Raised high, the absolute number one!
"Winter-sama!"
The umbrella-holding girl stood below the Witch Association and the Disaster Control Bureau. The intense cold not only froze the seawater but even froze the mana from both sides.
The powder keg about to explode was forcefully suppressed!
Both witches and Magical Girls simultaneously stopped warily, turning to look at this suddenly appearing ice-blue Magical Girl.
Sounds of inhaling cold air rose one after another.
Because it was really cold.
Then, someone shivered and sneezed.
"Good evening, everyone."
The umbrella spun. The girl slightly raised her head. A smile brighter than the bright moon bloomed amidst the icy light.
It started snowing over the sea.
"The moonlight tonight is quite nice."
The ice-blue girl stretched out her hand, catching a snowflake, her smile gentle and graceful:
"Let's call this place the Illusory Moon Cavern Dwelling. How about it?"
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