Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 221: Astral Projection

The entire tunnel fell into deathly silence.

The female ghost in red, who was clinging to the front of the bus, was also stunned for a moment. After a long while, she bit her own finger, then cautiously took an eyeball from Jiang Si's hand.

She then slowly stuffed it into her empty eye socket.

That eyeball actually began to turn slowly. The red-clothed female ghost blinked, looking first at the driver who was scared out of his wits, then at the youth who was coldly staring at her. Her single eye then looked at the other eyeball still in the youth's hand.

After hesitating for a while...

She walked to the other side and made way!

Xingxuan muttered, "She actually dug them out alive..."

Qianzhencao, meanwhile, explained, "As long as you stuff it back in while the eyeball isn't paying attention, right?"

Although she had been scared out of her wits by these bizarre things just moments ago, Xingxuan quickly pulled herself together.

Among the three parties present, both Jiang Si and Qianzhencao had displayed abilities far beyond ordinary people.As a fan of Battle Demon Continent, she absolutely could not let Bai San lose face!

She pulled out a card and directly swiped her recently developed new skill card.

[Stellar Mark Descends: Purple Extreme Demonic Pupil.]

Her purple eyes momentarily resembled Shion's somewhat. The flow of mana in the entire environment fully unfolded within her vision.

However, apart from Qianzhencao beside her, she could hardly detect any mana at all.

The surroundings were as quiet as a graveyard. Her Purple Extreme Demonic Pupil was cultivated to the point where she could see even the crawling insects on the ground clearly.

Yet, she still couldn't discover anything.

Qianzhencao, after confirming Jiang Si was fine, cast a protective charm around him while glancing at Xingxuan. She then noticed her changed pupil color and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, are you imitating the Sect Master? Your pupils turned purple."

"No, this is the Purple Extreme Demonic Pupil I cultivated by absorbing the purple eastern energy at dawn every day. It possesses strong observational power and vision. Cultivated to a deep level, it can even launch mental shocks!"

"Then what do you see?"

"Nothing at all."

"So it's just for show?"

"Absolutely not! The Purple Extreme Demonic Pupil is very powerful!"

As Qianzhencao spoke, she waved her magic wand.

"Lumos!"

The entire tunnel, including the bus, was instantly illuminated.

Qianzhencao's lighting spell revealed the scene outside.

Outside, densely packed little witches wearing cloaks were riding broomsticks, flying back and forth.

Yet, the little witches seemed to be fleeing in panic, their hands gripping their broomsticks tightly.

They only needed to lightly brush past the Disaster Beasts...

"Avada Kedavra!"

Countless Disaster Beasts were instantly annihilated!

Xingxuan couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

It was true that each true-transmission disciple possessed astonishing abilities.

But ever since they met, Qianzhencao had always seemed a bit silly.

She was even scared by the female ghost earlier, to the point where Xingxuan had almost forgotten her status as a true-transmission disciple.

Now, with just a small display of skill, Xingxuan quickly recognized the gap.

Although after entering the Azure Cloud Sect, she had quickly tracked down several ten-thousand-year soul beasts through sect missions, obtaining the long-awaited fifth and sixth soul rings, and was now a Soul Emperor...

The gap was still too obvious.

Moreover, while there were many Magical Girls capable of defeating A-rank and B-rank Disaster Beasts, very, very few could do it so swiftly and cleanly.

The sixth rank, Soul Emperor, corresponded to the mid-stage of Blooming. But Qianzhencao, this true-transmission disciple before her, had probably long reached the ninth rank, the Titled Battle Demon realm.

She was very likely above level 95!

A Super Battle Demon, or even a Limit Battle Demon!

Such clearing performance was something many local Disaster Control Bureaus dreamed of having in a Magical Girl!

Soon, the tens of thousands of Disaster Beasts outside the tunnel were completely eliminated.

And Qianzhencao quickly flew back.

There wasn't a speck of dirt on her. Forget bloodstains, there wasn't even an extra wrinkle on her clothes. Adjusting her witch hat, Qianzhencao glanced at Jiang Si, who was protected by her magic.

He had already sat down on the bus seat.

"It's a dream."

Xingxuan asked from the side, "What?"

Qianzhencao got off her broomstick, walked over to the sleeping driver, and gently touched his forehead.

"Indeed, it's a dream. So realistic it's almost indistinguishable from reality."

"Ah?"

Only then did Xingxuan realize the driver had been sleeping all along.

"He probably wanted to first use a horror movie to scare us, making us believe the dream was real, so that his subsequent spells would take effect." Qianzhencao quickly pieced together what had just happened. "Because the horror content failed, he directly used the dream spell."

"Why?"

Looking at Jiang Si, who showed no signs of fear at all, Xingxuan felt a bit confused.

"Does reading too many web novels make you immune to fear?"

She felt her Sect Master's taste was a bit hard to understand.

"Because Disaster Beasts are born from human fear. This person really wanted to use our fear to summon Disaster Beasts." Qianzhencao explained. "So he first used horror movie content to make us afraid. Once we are afraid, Disaster Beasts will appear."

"To make the spell work, the person affected must personally acknowledge it."

She looked at Jiang Si, who was reattaching the driver's head.

This guy... didn't he realize it from the very beginning?

So, whether it was reattaching the driver's head or digging out eyeballs for the red-clothed female ghost...

He fundamentally eliminated their fear, directly turning the horror film into a New Year's comedy...

This was also the reason why the red-clothed female ghost obediently stepped aside in the end.

Without anyone fearing them, and without anyone truly believing they were ghosts, they were just clowns in the dream.

Continuing to scare would only expose the act.

Although she felt a bit annoyed, she had to admit it was no wonder Lady Shion took a liking to him; he did have some insight.

Of course, he still couldn't compare to Lady Bingtang.

"So what do we do now?" Xingxuan had completely given up on thinking. With a true-transmission disciple here, she really didn't need to overthink. She just needed to ask. "How do we get out?"

Qianzhencao blinked, a playful glint appearing in her light blue pupils, like a little witch about to play a prank.

"Give me your hand."

Xingxuan didn't doubt her and handed over her hand.

"Xingxuan."

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to come to my branch sect? We could do a crossover fanfic together, it would definitely make us famous!"

"What kind of crossover?"

"Battle Demon Continent and Harry Potter!"

"No..."

Before she could finish speaking...

"Voldemort is actually in the Battle Demon Continent!"

"Hehehe, hydrogen..."

Xingxuan's eyes snapped open.

She was panting, her face deathly pale.

The bus was completely intact.

It really was a dream.

And it was a dream that included everyone.

Xingxuan immediately looked around.

Both the driver and Jiang Si were safe and sound.

Xingxuan immediately followed Qianzhencao off the bus.

She was just standing outside the bus, looking around.

Qianzhencao activated her demonic sense, scanning the area.

"Can't detect it at all."

Xingxuan once again activated her Purple Extreme Demonic Pupil.

"Your colored contacts are useless again!"

"As if you have a solution!"

Qianzhencao chuckled "hmph," holding that slender magic wand, she began to wave it in the air.

Her movements were elegant yet filled with a sense of power.

"Just watch."

As she spoke, astonishing mana erupted from Qianzhencao's body!

"The ultimate spell of Harry Potter!"

Polluted Magic carefully extracted from Grief Seeds, Pure Mana, and the restored dregs' polluted magic.

Although she lost face in front of the Sect Master last time and fainted on the spot...

Qianzhencao, shamed into courage, had been pondering how to use it ever since returning.

In the end, she finally found a method.

Although she couldn't spread it out wantonly like the Sect Master, as long as she first expanded her demonic sense, then partially converted it to Divine Sense, and used the method of demonic sense coverage combined with Divine Sense search, she could greatly reduce the consumption of Divine Sense. Although it was a bit slower...

It guaranteed she wouldn't be drained dry immediately!

"Point Me!"

"This isn't the ultimate spell at all! A hundred people know it!"

She scanned the surrounding ten-mile radius.

She soon found the target.

"Daring to capture the Sect Master's man? You're asking for death!"

...

Hiding in a dark corner was a witch named Mi.

This was Mi's special ability.

Because her opponents were all Magical Girls, she had researched many techniques that didn't require mana to deal with them.

She had never failed before.

And because of this ability, she was highly valued within the Witch Association.

Even the higher-ups of the Azure Cloud Sect had to be wary of her.

In fact, from the start, she never planned to fight head-on.

Next, she just needed to wait for the targets to fall into the dream, then quietly transport them away.

Although it was a dream, the pain was real.

She discovered the dream had unfolded, but the targets showed no signs of waking.

Just as she was about to move them in the dream...

However, when Mi tried to drag Jiang Si away, she realized something was wrong.

Actually, Jiang Si was still in the dream.

To ensure Jiang Si stayed in the dream, she had designed many layers of nightmares for him to face alone.

The first level was a laser corridor.

Finally, with nowhere left to hide...

The youth simply stopped dodging.

The lasers passed through him like harmless light.

Meaning, in his consciousness, his own body was harder than lasers!

Of course, that wasn't the main point. In the dream, if he thought he was tough, then he was tough.

The problem was, while he was traversing the laser corridor in the dream, in reality, he backhandedly slapped her!

This couldn't be explained by simple multitasking!

Next, in the dream, the elevator at the end of the corridor opened, and zombies swarmed out, biting towards the youth.

Then she watched as all those zombies' teeth shattered and flew off...

If they couldn't even bite through, how could they infect?

While he was besieged by zombies in the dream, Mi tried to continue dragging him away. This time, she kept her distance, using a hook to catch the youth's clothes.

Then Jiang Si suddenly stood up and came over to give her another slap!

He directly made Mi cry.

These two slaps swelled her face so much even her own mother wouldn't recognize her!

Most importantly, Jiang Si was clearly still in the dream; the crystal ball showed him slaughtering his way through the zombies!

Did his body form muscle memory for automatic counterattacks without needing any consciousness?

Just as Mi was dragging Jiang Si...

Jiang Si suddenly broke free from the dream.

Then, just like that, he walked over and gave her another slap.

Mi was about to be scared to death.

He definitely wasn't awake.

But the problem was, even in the dream, he could still accurately locate her.

There was no need to go around.

Mi directly changed the dream setting to "The Ring."

She even gave up on the horror elements, just wanting to trap him.

Yet, with just a glance...

Not only that, Jiang Si also pulled the girl Sadako out from the well.

Are you trying to defy heaven?!

Next was "The Grudge."

All were once the stuff of Mi's nightmares.

Discovering physical attacks were useless, she directly turned herself into a ghost.

Cold knowledge: In reality, humans can't twist their own necks to become a vengeful spirit, then twist them back to resurrect.

But now Mi felt this intel might be inaccurate.

Immediately, she transferred him again.

This time, it was "The Mummy," sealing him inside a pyramid, thinking it would keep him quiet for a while.

Unexpectedly, he directly chiseled through the wall, rushed out, and beat the pyramid into sinking!

In reality, Jiang Si, with his eyes tightly closed, once again rushed in front of her!

And delivered a slap!

He didn't do anything more, just chased and slapped, chased and slapped.

Chasing and slapping frantically!

"Evil witch! Where have you hidden Jiang Si and the driver uncle!"

Having located Mi, Qianzhencao immediately blocked her path, and Xingxuan quickly caught up from behind.

Just as the two Magical Girls were still worried about the safety of those two and planned to subdue the witch before them...

They saw Mi suddenly throw herself at Jiang Si's feet.

Only then did Qianzhencao realize Jiang Si was actually awake.

Looking at Mi with red eyes...

It was like she had grabbed onto a lifesaver.

"I was wrong, I really was wrong! Please stop hitting me, stop slapping me!"

As she spoke, she began to cry.

"I surrender, I'll turn myself in!"

So, when Jiang Si woke up from the dream...

He saw Qianzhencao and Xingxuan looking at him with strange expressions.

And a witch kneeling at their feet, crying.

As the Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect, Jiang Si naturally had to maintain the sect's dignity.

"Azure Cloud Sect disciple Jiang Si, successfully completed the mission and captured the criminal!"

His tone even carried a hint of pride!