novelraw Chapter 228: The Fastest and Strongest True Disciple
Chapter 228: The Fastest and Strongest True Disciple
"Why would you forget to bring your Miracle Seed!"
"And we're at the Central Bureau!"
"My bad, it's mainly my fault." Iris, being carried by Silver Lotus on a petal platform, gave a silly yet elegant chuckle. "I slept too late, got up too early, my hands were cold in the morning, I ate beef noodles before coming, the grass on the way here was too dry, too wet, too dense, too sparse, the air was polluted, the air was fresh, the road was too flat, too slippery, the sun was too bright, Qingying wasn't here..."
Then, facing Keke and Silver Lotus's gazes, she declared righteously, "Who knew enemies would suddenly appear at the Central Bureau!"
"Even when sleeping at home, you must always keep your Miracle Seed by your side!"
Keke shouted while deploying a mana barrier, "Isn't that the basics of being a Magical Girl?"
"But generally, you don't need to bring your Miracle Seed at the Central Bureau..."
Saying this, Iris looked a bit aggrieved. "No enemy has ever been able to enter the Central Bureau before... If Qingluan were still here, she would definitely speak up for me..."
The two of them were truly at a loss.
However, when they exited through the back door of the teaching building, they found that there were hardly any Magical Girls left in the school.When that dark-circled Magical Girl transformed earlier, quite a few people could still be seen below. But by the time the group came downstairs, they could only see several of those gray-white Magical Girls who had surrounded them.
At first, Keke thought they were doomed. If they were all Magical Girl Killers...
How could they possibly win!
So their initial goal was simply self-preservation.
Originally, this was the Disaster Control Bureau's headquarters. As Iris said, generally speaking, it was safer than being at home, so not bringing a Miracle Seed was normal—especially since there were mana alarms that would immediately enter a state of alert upon detecting abnormal mana.
But the gray-white Magical Girls had been present for so long, yet the so-called mana alarm never went off!
Is even the Central Bureau this lax...?
Of course, Keke hadn't planned on relying on the Disaster Control Bureau anyway.
From the very beginning, Keke thought the Azure Cloud Sect members were also here, and Teacher Shion might have come too—though she hadn't seen her, she heard she was supposed to come.
So even though she saw seven or eight gray-white dreg Magical Girls, and Keke felt a bit nervous inside.
She still resolved that as long as they held out until the other Azure Cloud Sect disciples arrived, it would be fine.
But upon contact, she realized she might have been mistaken.
These gray-white Magical Girls...
Didn't seem that strong?
The previous Magical Girl Killer had left a strong impression on Keke, with abilities specifically targeting Magical Girls, forcibly canceling transformations, not to mention possessing astonishing mana reserves and control precision.
But these few in front of her, at the moment of mana contact, Keke discovered they didn't seem that exaggerated.
Their mana reserves weren't that exaggerated. Although the nature of the dregs' polluted magic still existed and could convert her pure mana, it was far less severe than the effect on Yiyi.
Besides, Keke also had polluted magic.
Polluted magic was difficult for gray-white mana to convert.
Moreover, Keke took her manipulation of polluted magic a step further, cleverly hiding that mana within her pure mana—unless one's perception and control of mana had reached Teacher Shion's level, it was absolutely impossible to detect the subtle polluted mana mixed within her own.
Therefore, these three gray-white Magical Girls were all a bit stunned, as it was their first time encountering pure mana that couldn't be eroded by gray-white mana...
A somewhat bold idea sprouted in Keke's heart.
Maybe, she could defeat them all?
"Keke! Don't space out! Hurry up and go!"
But a shout from Captain Silver Lotus behind her snapped Keke out of her fantasy.
She didn't dare act recklessly.
After all, Silver Lotus and Iris, who couldn't transform, were behind her. Keke had to ensure their safety first.
However, the gray-white Magical Girls opposite weren't just wooden dummies either. Upon realizing Keke's magic barrier was difficult to breach, two of them immediately split off to bypass Keke.
Silver Lotus's petals instantly scattered!
Although the petals couldn't achieve lethal force against these gray-white Magical Girls, this dregs' polluted magic could only interfere with mana and magic, not the physical phenomena already formed by magic.
Such as visual displacement caused by light interference through petals.
Silver Lotus's primary focus from the beginning had been illusion magic. It was just that the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau had too few Magical Girls, and coupled with Dandelion's tempering, she had also developed many combat spells.
Now, facing these opponents where mana was difficult to use effectively, Silver Lotus picking up her old specialty found that her illusions were much more useful...
Too bad they were completely useless against Dandelion.
"My Miracle Seed is over at the dormitory building!"
Iris also waved her magic wand, using gravity to deflect the mana blasts from the surrounding gray-white Magical Girls.
Her magic was exceptionally effective against these Magical Girls using dregs' polluted magic.
Because all her magic was achieved through magical physical phenomena caused by mana. In other words, the formed gravity phenomena couldn't be interfered with by gray-white mana.
"Just you wait until I get my Miracle Seed!"
While being carried by Silver Lotus, Iris loudly taunted the gray-white Magical Girls above.
Keke and Silver Lotus were both amused and exasperated for a moment.
But Keke had already pretty much figured out the abilities of these few Magical Girls and actually felt somewhat confident and less afraid.
Find the right opportunity, control mana and precision, and then—
"Great Barren Imprisoning Heaven Finger!"
Four or five fingers simultaneously descended, pressing the gray-white Magical Girls in the sky into the ground!
The explosive roar and the sunken ground made both Iris and Silver Lotus freeze for a moment, even slowing their running speed.
Amidst the swirling cherry blossoms, Keke took a deep breath.
It took a lot of effort to ensure each finger didn't damage the Central Bureau's teaching building...
"Let's go..."
Just as she was about to call Silver Lotus and Iris behind her to head back to the dormitory building, a huge clock face suddenly appeared beneath their feet.
The enormous clock face almost encompassed the entire Central Bureau!
Time stepped into stillness at this moment.
Only Keke, through her polluted magic, barely broke free from the restriction. Then she looked up and saw another dreg Magical Girl floating in the air.
Holding a pocket watch in her hand, she gently turned the hands.
"Disintegration Moment."
The hands on the huge clock face beneath their feet overlapped.
*Click.*
Accompanied by ripples spreading, when time began to flow again.
Silver Lotus's transformation instantly canceled!
Keke, however, showed no change at all, only the several Great Barren Imprisoning Heaven Fingers around her disappeared.
The gray-white Magical Girls over there seemed somewhat surprised, looking at Keke. Iris also exclaimed in admiration, "Actually special like me, little sister Keke! Maybe you can become my student."
The few gray-white Magical Girls immediately exchanged a look, then flew up together. Four of them entangled Keke, while the rest charged towards Silver Lotus and Iris.
Keke immediately wanted to support them, but the two dreg Magical Girls just used their mana to constantly harass and redirect Keke—their magic interfered with spatial and directional perception here!
"Yiyi!"
"Don't worry about us, focus on the fight!"
Silver Lotus shouted loudly, immediately grabbing Iris and pulling out her pistol.
"Stay behind me!"
Casually throwing out the mana grenades, flashbangs, and even polluted magic dirty bombs that could interfere with mana detection, procured by the old director.
For a moment, she actually managed to blow several gray-white Magical Girls into disarray!
Leaving Iris dumbfounded again. "When you came to Beihai before, you weren't like this?"
"While you were sleeping, everyone was improving." Silver Lotus said while firing to harass the gray-white Magical Girls in the sky, directing the two of them towards the dormitory building. "Even if we can't transform, we still have to fight!"
"No, how do you carry so many weapons..."
"Habit."
Iris regarded her with newfound respect.
Not relaxing in the slightest even at the Central Bureau, carrying these weapons at all times. Thinking about how she had gotten carried away and didn't even want to bring her seed—no, not forgot, Iris simply didn't think to bring it when she left.
After all, she often didn't bring her Miracle Seed when at the Central Bureau before. Qingluan would help keep it then, and she could always ask Qingluan if needed.
It was just too embarrassing to say that, so she claimed she actually forgot.
The strongest Magical Girl reflected deeply. A true master always keeps the heart of a beginner. She would also learn from Silver Lotus in the future, carrying weapons at all times, never letting her guard down just because it was the Central Bureau...
Not that it hindered her from still being the strongest right now. Once she got her Miracle Seed, she would wipe out all these gray-white Magical Girls!
However, when they reached the dormitory building, three gray-white Magical Girls were still blocking the entrance.
Keke watched the four gray-white Magical Girls desperately dodging her Great Barren Imprisoning Heaven Fingers, their tactic focused on not engaging head-on, just harassing her from the surroundings, always preventing her from leaving.
So she glanced at the already pitted and scarred ground of the Central Bureau and took a deep breath.
Originally didn't want to go too far...
Glancing at Silver Lotus and Iris who had nowhere left to run, a three-colored fire lotus instantly ignited in her hand!
Let's just blow up the entire Central Bureau!
"What's going on, Super Qinghua just went to the bathroom, how did it get so chaotic."
However, a gust of cold wind blew past, slightly solidifying the agitated fire lotus in her hand.
As if about to freeze, Keke was startled and immediately looked down.
The girl crouching by the window still wore an unserious smile, looking cheerfully at the gray-white Magical Girls besieging Keke and the other two below.
"Where are the other Magical Girls at the Central Bureau? Why can't I see anyone anywhere? Little Yumo is over there fighting so intensely she won't even acknowledge me... Oh, by the way, the Disintegration Moment completely failed to capture her. This girl flew to a higher place in an instant, so no need to worry..."
As a result, those gray-white Magical Girls completely ignored her, just raised their magic wands together, aiming at Silver Lotus and Iris!
Just as Keke was getting anxious, the terrifyingly powerful mana blasts solidified in an instant, turning into ice pillars.
And Qinghua also stepped down from the window, walking through the air, supported by the wind beneath her feet. "Although Lady Bingtang always says I have no manners, it seems you guys are even ruder. Can't you listen to Super Qinghua finish speaking?"
The three gray-white Magical Girls blocking the entrance instantly froze. Then a gust of wind blew the three Magical Girls away, smashing them onto the ground, shattering into pieces.
Qinghua waved her hand. "Go on in. Leave this to Qinghua. So, how was that line? Pretty cool, right?"
"Dandelion said something similar earlier." The stunned Silver Lotus subconsciously said. "She said it more stylishly..."
Qinghua was taken aback, then said resentfully, "Damn that little Yumo, actually stealing my line!"
As soon as she finished speaking, that gray-white Magical Girl who had been near Keke, holding the pocket watch, immediately turned the watch hands again.
"Disintegration Moment!"
This time, the clock face even expanded right beneath Qinghua's feet!
Yet when the hands overlapped, Qinghua remained motionless, smiling as she looked at her.
Instantly appearing before her, pressing down on her shoulder.
As ice spread from the shoulder to the other's entire body.
The gray-white Magical Girl looked at Qinghua's pretty face with a completely bewildered expression.
Polluted magic and two types of pure mana surged, completely ignoring the erosion of her dregs' polluted magic!
"Idiot."
Far away in Beihai, at the Azure Cloud Sect's Illusory Moon Cavern Dwelling, Qinghua's main body lay on a soft quilt.
Her bare feet raised, swaying leisurely, holding a phone in her hand just after finishing her daily game tasks.
Qinghua yawned, tapped auto-battle, then rolled over, toes hooking half the quilt, lying on her back looking at the familiar ceiling.
Stretching lazily.
"Disintegration Moment only works on Magical Girls. It's ineffective against puppets without a Personal Reality. And Super Qinghua is a genius, having long since mastered the transformation of three types of magical energy. But Qinghua doesn't want to advance to Lush Leaves. Lady Bingtang would definitely increase my workload."
Muttering, after knocking down all those gray-white Magical Girls over there, Qinghua picked up her phone again to play her game.
"And who would personally go to the Disaster Control Bureau Central Bureau for a social exchange event? I haven't finished the Magical Girl Idol Project event yet. I'll go after I pull the Sect Master..."
...
Never expected that Incubators could transform into Magical Girls.
Is this the reason why Incubators record all Magical Girls' abilities and combat experience?
Fundamentally speaking, the Incubators that appear from the birth of a Magical Girl are also newborn pets.
Jiang Si had tried many times over these years.
Every time a Magical Girl was born, the appearing Incubator was new, without memories or abilities.
Sometimes there were even Magical Girls without Incubators. There wasn't any specific pattern, it was relatively random.
At such times, some old Incubators would occasionally go to guide new Magical Girls.
These old Incubators who had lost their Magical Girls would sometimes select some girls with potential who hadn't transformed yet to nurture.
Cultivating them into qualified Magical Girls.
For example, Qingying was like that.
Jiang Si knew that Incubators could obtain some of a Magical Girl's power.
He had also wondered, after a Magical Girl died or lost her power, whether the Incubator would obtain all of the Magical Girl's power.
Now it seems this point can be confirmed.
Incubators don't even need a Miracle Seed to transform.
The state after transformation is almost indistinguishable from a Magical Girl—although Jiang Si didn't let the other transform, the feedback received was unmistakable. Blood, even the feel of flesh.
Not an illusion or mana, but genuinely transformed into a Magical Girl.
Excellent feel.
Jiang Si looked up again at the now quiet group of Incubators.
"Time's about up."
At this statement, the Incubators became restless again.
"Cluster?"
"Cluster!"
"Soul Union..."
"Illegal!"
"Negotiate!"
The driver, having snapped out of his shock, glanced at Thousand-Pinweed who had gotten up and immediately hid behind Jiang Si.
Although he didn't know what the current situation was, this guy was his only lifeline now.
They were just here to negotiate about destroying the Mental Landscape trial grounds.
How did it turn into internal strife...
Another Incubator flew out. "We are willing to cooperate with you, tell you the method to enter the Mental Landscape trial..."
"What I want is for you to join the New Witch Association."
Jiang Si rejected without hesitation. "I don't trust members outside the New Witch Association. And you're still pets of Magical Girls, a bunch of Incubators. Who knows if you're leading us into a trap? Join the New Witch Association, sign the contract."
Even Thousand-Pinweed listening felt some admiration.
Clearly he himself was the mole, yet he turned around and started accusing the other side of being moles, and so righteously!
Your mental fortitude is simply invincible, Jiang Si!
"Sorry, we cannot sign a Witch Contract."
Joining the New Witch Association requires signing a Witch Contract, and the Witch Contract is similar to a curse.
Once violated, the consequences are easy to imagine.
Jiang Si nodded. "Then go die, all of you."
The driver's heart skipped a beat: "Bro, we still have the mission to destroy the Mental Landscape trial..."
"To defeat the external enemy, we must first secure the internal front!"
Jiang Si, unable to hold back any longer, charged forward!
However, the Incubators weren't panicked either. He saw some Incubators in the back row light up simultaneously.
Jiang Si also didn't hesitate in the slightest, stomping heavily on the ground, causing countless stones to bounce up. He flicked his fingers, casually flicking the surrounding stones away, accurately hitting the glowing Incubators in the back row!
The stones' power was terrifying like bullets, instantly piercing through the Incubators' heads.
"Cluster Mapping."
One Incubator suddenly murmured.
Immediately, the Incubators in the back row lit up together.
"Magic Barrier!"
The remaining stones were all blocked.
Yet Jiang Si charged forward without pause, kicking the barrier!
That powerful area protection spell was actually kicked apart by him with just his foot!
The moment he charged into the Incubator group, whether it was the driver or Thousand-Pinweed.
They both had the illusion of a large dog charging into a group of cats, opening its jaws wide...
The first Incubator to successfully transform was the one who called herself the fastest and strongest Magical Girl, Iris!
Jiang Si kicked her flying!
Just as he was about to finish her off, another successfully transformed Incubator charged up.
Jiang Si felt it looked somewhat familiar, but couldn't remember who it was.
Then he heard the driver behind him shout heartbrokenly, "Dujuan!"
Sounded a bit familiar.
Jiang Si smashed her head apart with a punch.
In the distance, a Magical Girl who seemed to be someone's sister—Jiang Si couldn't quite remember—but she should have been a Witch.
Yet was also transformed by an Incubator.
A massive mana blast was terrifyingly gathering, about to shoot over. Jiang Si took a step, arriving before her.
Grabbing her magic wand!
Instantly crushed the mana blast gathered on her wand!
Without any pause, he grabbed her head, then casually grabbed the Incubator-transformed Silver Lotus beside him, smashing the two Magical Girls' heads together. They instantly shattered like watermelons.
Then he casually used Silver Lotus's remains as a shield in front of him, blocking the terrifying light cannon from Qingluan behind. Another Magical Girl, Hongmian, attacked from behind. Jiang Si turned and delivered a side kick, pinning her against the wall!
Applying force abruptly!
Hongmian on the wall and the half of Silver Lotus in his hand both exploded with a bang!
Immediately, an Incubator loudly chanted:
"Mana Wind Blade!"
Then it was like a welding site, sparks flying everywhere, illuminating the entire cavern. Countless invisible blades constantly scraped sparks off Jiang Si's body.
Bathing in the divine blades, Jiang Si charged forward recklessly. The few Magical Girls in the back row who had already transformed successfully.
Were also smashed to pieces together!
When the last Iris got up and tried to use gravity magic, Jiang Si simply stood before her, raised the magic wand, and smashed it down!
All mere fake cultivators at early Blooming, facing Jiang Si's Peak Blooming Great Perfection physique. Once he got close, they couldn't even use magic before being crushed!
Until the last Incubator's head was stomped to pieces, everything returned to calm.
Thousand-Pinweed wasn't particularly amazed by Jiang Si's strength anymore; she had experienced his monstrous physical body before.
What surprised her was how the Incubators had learned all her Magical Girl abilities...
"Thank you, Driver Mr. Lu Anqiao, Witch Mi's contributions."
"All data collection complete. Magic Mapping concluded."
Jiang Si looked down at the debris all over the ground, all melting into gray-white dregs.
So that's it.
Had they already mastered Primal Mana long ago? Or were they born from Primal Mana?
Just as all the mana was about to fuse, Jiang Si punched again!
"Sectumsempra!"
This time, no sparks flew.
The left hand wearing the ring, along with the arm, flew up, amidst splattering blood, exploding into a mist of flesh and blood!
Yet Jiang Si didn't retreat, not even seeming to feel the severed arm, and kicked again!
"Protego Totalum."
The gray-white mana dregs gradually gathered into the form of a Magical Girl.
And Jiang Si's kick this time failed to break through the protection. Instead, he himself was repelled and sent staggering backward repeatedly, until stopping beside Thousand-Pinweed and the driver.
Thousand-Pinweed stared dumbfounded at those Incubators fusing into the form of her own Magical Girl!
Only it was made of gray-white dregs.
She immediately glanced sideways at Jiang Si's severed arm, initially somewhat worried about how to explain it if his arm was really severed.
Then she saw Jiang Si's severed arm was gradually regenerating.
And it was turning into a dragon claw...
It's over, completely unable to keep up with the speed of events, what is all this...
"Need help?" Thousand-Pinweed, holding her slender magic wand, still asked. "Though fighting oneself is a bit weird."
"I'll handle it myself. If you dare intervene, I'll tell Bingtang how much money you spent on Harry Potter merch when we get back."
"Ah? How do you know..."
She had told Xingxuan everything while chatting.
Jiang Si cracked his neck, glancing at his severed left arm and the ring.
The moment he sensed danger earlier, he fully activated the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Technique.
Yet still couldn't avoid being cut.
This was Thousand-Pinweed at full power.
When serious, her Sectumsempra could still catch up to a fraction of Bai Mei's sword energy.
However, for the other side to completely replicate Thousand-Pinweed's abilities was truly incredible.
Thousand-Pinweed beside him was also curious.
These Incubators could actually fully use her power.
But judging from the earlier thanks, they probably did something to Mi and the driver, leading to collecting her data—fortunately, the Sect Master had everyone suppress all Incubators early on.
Otherwise, if every skill learned got replicated by Incubators, how could they play!
Quickly transforming, considering whether to risk Bingtang's scolding to help, the next second, the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed transformed by the Incubators moved!
Extreme speed, instantly grabbing Jiang Si's head, flying out like a cannonball!
Smashed his head fiercely into the wall!
Thousand-Pinweed and the driver both turned around, immediately looking at Jiang Si pressed into the wall. The Incubator-transformed Thousand-Pinweed followed with another punch, fiercely smashing it onto Jiang Si's head.
The entire cavern shook!
Completely replicating Jiang Si's fighting style, as if retaliating with the same attack!
Yet when the dust settled, they found the white Thousand-Pinweed's punch had been caught by Jiang Si.
Immediately after, a terrifying whip kick fiercely smashed onto the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's neck.
Thousand-Pinweed instinctively shrank her neck, feeling her own neck hurt a bit...
That gray-white Thousand-Pinweed also staggered, almost unable to stand steady!
Just as she was about to get up, Jiang Si's right leg pressed down again, forcibly pressing the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's head down!
Then, in the instant of retracting his leg, his finger tapped the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's forehead.
Sword Intent fused with Divine Sense, sword energy that could touch the soul!
The soul ultimate move 【Meteor Thrust】 from Ancestor Qin Meng, all unleashed through this Meteor Finger Technique!
Instantly piercing through the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's head. The gray-white Thousand-Pinweed also flew sideways, crashing into the wall with a bang. The entire cavern shook and collapsed, rubble almost burying the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed.
Thousand-Pinweed's eyelids twitched violently.
Never expected that going all out seriously, she could still fight so fiercely. That hit didn't look light!
Could he really win?
But compared to Thousand-Pinweed's optimism, Jiang Si clearly knew that last hit wasn't fatal at all.
His Divine Sense wasn't abundant; this attack was just to create distance.
Then he grabbed the necklace around his neck.
The Golden Calamity Dragon King's win rate was only ninety-nine percent. Using it against a fully serious Thousand-Pinweed wasn't safe.
He planned to decide the outcome in one go.
When the purple Miracle Seed floated up from his neck, blooming with blazing light.
Immediately, a melodious bell tolled!
Thousand-Pinweed and the driver both widened their eyes simultaneously!
The youth held that Miracle Seed that only Magical Girls could possess, the profound sound of the Great Dao faintly emerging:
"Heaven and Earth are not humane—"
The gray-white Thousand-Pinweed who climbed out of the rubble just tilted her head, holding the magic wand, pointing at Jiang Si.
"Expelliarmus."
"—Treating all things as straw dogs!"
Boom!
Accompanied by an explosion of purple and gray-white light.
The driver and Thousand-Pinweed both raised their hands to block the dust and sand.
Then when they looked up again, they found the entire upper wall of the cavern had been blown off!
Blazing purple flames and gray-white magical energy entangled as they soared into the sky, causing the surrounding river to evaporate large amounts of water vapor!
Amidst the swirling smoke, Thousand-Pinweed saw the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed slowly getting up.
The witch hat was completely blown to pieces, her magical outfit mostly destroyed.
But was gradually recovering.
Turning to look, opposite the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed.
No Magical Girl figure appeared.
The youth stood there expressionlessly, holding the necklace that had broken from his neck.
The purple Miracle Seed was still burning wildly, but gradually dimmed.
Then, slowly disappeared.