novelraw Chapter 251: Heavenly Tribulation as Guardian, Arrows Sweep the Eight Directions!
Chapter 251: Heavenly Tribulation as Guardian, Arrows Sweep the Eight Directions!
South China, Guangzhou.
Accompanied by flashes of lightning, resonating Magical Girls continuously fell from the sky.
From the initial dozen or so people, to almost all the Magical Girls of South China mobilizing.
But with each additional Magical Girl, the lightning in the sky flashed a bit more, and the concentration of thunderous energy grew denser.
The unity and effort of the Magical Girls, instead, made the lightning in the sky even more terrifying!
What was originally just thunderclouds over the Guangzhou area, with the increasing number of Magical Girls, gradually covered the entire South China region.
And almost all South Chinese people had walked out of their houses, gathered in open spaces, looking up at the Magical Girls striving in the sky and the terrifying thunderous movement.
For the people of South China, the suffering of this land had been far too much, and the Magical Girls were the last line of defense. The people of South China also respected and supported Magical Girls more than other regions.
The people of South China had always upheld the principle of sharing hardships with the Magical Girls, even if they couldn't help them directly.
When the Magical Girls fought hard, they would also come out to watch and provide support for them.Countless wishes would converge at this moment, bringing new power to the Magical Girls.
Transforming into the world's most brilliant miracle!
The Personal Reality of ordinary people was very weak, so weak they could almost do nothing.
But when numerous Personal Realities fused and connected to a Magical Girl's Personal Reality, it was different.
They would be the Magical Girl's strongest backing and greatest source of power.
Since the birth of Magical Girls, the people of South China had overcome all difficulties step by step in this way.
There was no reason to let little girls fight alone, to die alone.
They stood behind the Magical Girls.
If the Magical Girls were defeated, they would use their own flesh and blood for one final struggle.
From the time the Mirror Kingdom ravaged South China, every South Chinese person who was unwilling to leave and did not leave knew they could not rely on others.
Nearly a century of suffering had not scared away the people of South China. When they united to protect their homeland,
Neither the old world nor Disaster Beasts could snatch an inch of land from the living hands of the South Chinese!
"Call out their names loudly!"
"Come on, Magical Girls! Don't lose!"
In the squares, on the streets, in those parks, the gathered crowds continuously shouted, even raising lightning rods, wanting to share the lightning for the Magical Girls.
Many others quickly drove cars to where the Magical Girls had fallen, taking the little girls who had lost their fighting ability to hospitals and safe places.
Blackberry, covered in soot from being struck, sniffled, looking at the dense crowd below.
Although somewhat worried everyone would get hurt, having come this far, she also knew it was impossible to make everyone leave.
South China had no breed of people who would shrink back in danger, hiding behind Magical Girls and fleeing.
So, they could not lose.
If they lost, everyone would definitely get hurt, even die.
She looked up at the churning thunderclouds in the sky.
Although the power was terrifying, the resonance of all South China's Magical Girls collapsed after just two lightning strikes.
They couldn't even maintain the resonance anymore.
But, whether it should be considered fortunate or not, these heavenly thunderbolts had almost not damaged any buildings.
When hitting buildings, they would pass right through... It wasn't real lightning. As lightning constructed from mana, why would it specifically exclude buildings from its targets? This was something Blackberry couldn't quite understand.
Was this heavenly thunder some research product from the old world? To simply kill the people of South China while preserving the buildings for easy takeover?
She couldn't figure it out, and there was no time to think about it.
Because the third lightning strike was almost ready to brew, she could feel it was about to strike down.
The remaining seven or eight Magical Girls flew crookedly, clearly unable to withstand the next lightning strike.
"Resonance!"
She charged into the sky alone, heading straight for the heavenly thunder!
Bathing in the lightning, Blackberry felt a moment of dizziness.
The surrounding Magical Girls fell from the sky one by one, stray lightning bolts merely striking nearby cats and dogs slightly.
And turning them into charcoal.
The endless, horrifying lightning seemed to have no end, its power, under normal circumstances,
Would be enough to make her de-transform over ten times.
Even now, having resonated with the power of all South China's Magical Girls, her Magical Outfit was still wavering, wanting to disappear.
She gritted her teeth, clutching her Magical Outfit tightly.
No, it can't disappear here!
If it disappears, it's over!
The thunder sounded like thousands of thorns burning under voltage, sprouting, exploding, with detonations and tremors overlapping, like dense tearing of cloth exploding in her ears.
But it still couldn't drown out the support and cheers from the South Chinese people behind her!
Thinking of the many people behind her, those uncles and aunts, those older brothers and sisters, and the grandparents who couldn't move, all watching her with expectation and worry.
More power surged from Blackberry once again.
"I will..."
Her realm advanced another step further, taking a solid step forward!
Her total mana and control precision increased dramatically again, allowing her mana to assimilate with the lightning, even beginning to neutralize these world-destroying thunderbolts!
"Protect everyone!"
Black mana erupted from her, roaring, piercing through the lightning!
The crowd below erupted with astonishing cheers and screams, the joy of surviving a disaster quickly surging into waves throughout South China, wildly rushing to every corner!
Yet the next second, another lightning bolt struck Blackberry down!
The previously noisy South China instantly went silent.
Plunged into a deathly stillness.
However, Blackberry, who had fallen to the ground, though de-transformed, still didn't give up. She struggled to climb onto a rooftop.
Still facing the rolling thunderclouds in the sky.
But no more lightning bolts struck down; instead, they were slowly dissipating.
Blackberry was stunned, and then she heard the unfamiliar female voice she had heard before:
[Heavenly Tribulation passed. Congratulations, Magical Girl Blackberry, your illegal promotion has been converted to a legal promotion. Please continue to work hard.]
Gasping for breath, Blackberry wiped her dirty little face. After a good while, confirming the thunderclouds had indeed disappeared and there was no more danger, she finally slowly relaxed, trembling as she covered her chest.
Then she plopped down into a seated position, her whole body feeling somewhat weak.
That was truly, too scary, the lightning!
She might be afraid of rain and thunder for the rest of her life...
Just as her eyes grew a bit moist, the sky over all of South China cleared. When the first rays of the morning sun broke through the dawn,
A magnificent morning light gushed forth, rendering South China, which had been shrouded by thunderclouds, glorious and majestic.
Blackberry took a deep breath, turned her back to the morning light, and revealed a smile more dazzling and brilliant than the rising sun: "It's, it's okay, everyone! We won!"
After the Mirror Kingdom and the Golden Calamity Dragon, the greatest crisis South China had faced, thunderclouds that almost covered the entire South China and could destroy everyone, were finally defeated by everyone working together...
Just as the joy of surviving a disaster once again submerged the sudden panic and unease from moments ago.
Something suddenly covered Blackberry, plunging the world into darkness again.
"Wow, what a great opportunity!"
Blackberry turned her head. It was a Disaster Beast.
An A-level Disaster Beast, like a giant snake, was currently coiled around a tall building.
And the person standing on the head of that Disaster Beast who had just spoken was wearing a yellow robe, radiating undisguised malice as she looked at them.
An A-level Disaster Beast and an enemy from the old world, appearing suddenly when all South China's Magical Girls had lost their transformation.
Blackberry sniffled, wiping her tears.
Really, there was no way left...
But she still picked up a wooden stick nearby, standing in front of the Disaster Beast.
The yellow-robed person leaped down, landing on a streetlamp, smiling at everyone below: "Sincere thanks for the gift from an unknown ally."
The A-level Disaster Beast then roared at Blackberry!
The onlookers in the surroundings immediately rushed in front of her.
Adults shielded her behind them. In the sky, helicopters circled, continuously harassing the A-level Disaster Beast.
Disaster Control Bureau guards and police who surged out aimed their guns at the yellow-robed person and the Disaster Beast, pouring out bullets.
"Everyone, protect our little hero!"
"Move back, move back!"
An aunt held her and ran backward, but Blackberry just struggled, holding her Miracle Seed.
Trying hard to transform.
Wanting to protect everyone, wanting to become stronger, wanting to...
When she looked up, she saw the giant Disaster Beast opening its maw towards the crowd.
The yellow-clad enemy wore a mocking smile on her face. Countless artillery fire and bullets poured onto the Disaster Beast's body, all to no avail. Opening its mouth, it was about to swallow the people blocking its path!
"Transform!"
She clutched her Miracle Seed, almost crying out as she shouted,
Whoosh!
A massive purple arrow suddenly came from nowhere, piercing through the Disaster Beast's head!
Then, carrying terrifying momentum, it dragged the giant snake, as tall as a building, flying away until it was nailed to a tall iron tower in the east!
A splashing purple gleam transformed into three streams of light, instantly piercing through the yellow-robed person's right shoulder, left arm, and right thigh on the streetlamp.
The sudden change left everyone unable to react in time. Many people were still ducking their heads, raising their hands, waiting to be eaten. When they opened their eyes, they realized the A-level Disaster Beast, which could now almost destroy all of South China,
Had been pierced by a purple arrow in the blink of an eye, hung on the high tower.
The snake's body tensed and coiled, wrapping around the entire tower, emitting an unpleasant creaking sound. The reinforced concrete on the tower twisted and broke, crashing towards the ground. The snake's tail just swept lightly, and nearby houses were smashed!
Yet the arrow on the giant snake's head erupted with another burst of flames, engulfing the snake.
The massive snake body could no longer offer any resistance, quickly quieting down in the flames.
Everyone fell silent, even the helicopters circled in the air, seemingly shocked.
No one noticed that the yellow-clad enemy who had also appeared had a charred, gaping hole suddenly appear in her chest, as if burned through by fire.
Then she fell from the streetlamp to the ground like a dead dog.
Everyone just stared at the giant snake Disaster Beast and the huge arrow on its head, as large as an old tree, unable to look away for a long time.
Blackberry, tears still on her face, was somewhat dazed.
This arrow... how is it the same mana as the heavenly thunder?
...
Disaster Control Bureau, Central Bureau.
Compared to the situation in South China, the Central Bureau's situation seemed much better.
The reason goes without saying.
Because they had the strongest Magical Girl, Iris.
When all the Magical Girls were struck down by lightning and couldn't get up again,
Iris, without a Miracle Seed, charged into the sky alone, transformed by herself, and expanded her Mental Landscape.
Directly dragging all the lightning into her own domain.
Within her Mental Landscape, she used her own black hole to absorb all the heavenly tribulation lightning until the thunderclouds in the sky completely disappeared.
Everyone heard that strange mechanical female voice in their ears:
[Heavenly Tribulation passed. Congratulations, Magical Girl Iris, your illegal promotion has been converted to a legal promotion. Please continue to work hard...]
Logically, now should be the time for the Central Bureau to celebrate and praise Iris.
If her Mental Landscape hadn't exploded.
In fact, based on Iris's performance in the direct confrontation with Shion, many Magical Girls in the Central Bureau were discussing that Iris was really different now.
Perhaps she really was currently the strongest Magical Girl in the Central Bureau.
This time, transforming without a Miracle Seed and directly enduring the heavenly thunder made many Magical Girls worship her endlessly.
After all, three lightning strikes had caused half the Magical Girls in the Central Bureau to lose their fighting ability.
And Iris later took all the heavenly thunder by herself.
However, before everyone could cheer and fly up to welcome Iris's triumphant return, Iris's Mental Landscape exploded.
The black hole that had swallowed the heavenly thunder also directly detonated in the Central Bureau...
The result was that the Central Bureau's current state was no different from having been plowed by heavenly thunder.
Even so, Jincha couldn't say much.
After all, although Iris's Mental Landscape and black hole exploded, it only caused most Magical Girls to de-transform and didn't cause greater losses.
If Iris hadn't taken all of Shion's heavenly thunder, who knows what other damage might have occurred.
However, Jincha looked at the Central Bureau in complete disarray and felt a headache coming on.
Ever since inviting the Azure Cloud Sect over for exchange, the Central Bureau got bombed every other day. Really, the worst luck. Was Shion some kind of potato landmine girl...
"The Azure Cloud Sect can be engaged with, but try to keep a distance from Shion..."
Just as Jincha was making this judgment,
Dense clusters of A-level Disaster Beasts appeared in the sky above the Central Bureau.
The Magical Girls who had been chattering about whether Iris's merits outweighed her faults or vice versa all fell silent.
Everyone looked up at the horde of Disaster Beasts that almost seemed to drown the Central Bureau.
"Did Shion do this too..."
Jincha heard Hongmian's low murmur and gave a bitter smile, "Probably not."
Actually, she wasn't too sure either.
After all, who could guess what that person was thinking?
When the powerful become willful, it's really troublesome...
"Prepare for battle..."
Just as she rallied everyone in the Central Bureau to prepare for battle, her pupils suddenly dilated.
Hongmian beside her also stared into the distance, mouth agape. "What is that!"
In the far distance, an even denser rain of purple arrows than the Disaster Beasts suddenly descended!
...
East China, Beihai.
Bai Mei took a deep breath.
The scent of lightning in the air carried a slight numbness and burnt smell. That rotten egg odor somewhat washed away the lingering taste of ghost pepper noodle sauce in her mouth.
Qinghua beside her was sighing while holding her three Puppets.
The heavenly tribulation earlier had naturally locked onto both her and Qinghua.
In the end, it took three Puppets for Qinghua to barely block the heavenly tribulation.
As for Bai Mei, she also used four sword strikes, one more than when dealing with Thousand-Pinweed, to barely pass the heavenly tribulation.
Even Bai Mei had to admit that Master's heavenly tribulation was truly formidable enough.
She had also witnessed with her own eyes how Master was almost pressed to the ground by his own heavenly thunder.
Clearly, Master didn't want to transform and directly resist the heavenly thunder.
However, under the power of his own Magical Girl form, within Jiang Si's body, all the Polluted Magic, even curses, were being frantically squeezed out by Pure Mana.
His whole body crackled with sounds like firecrackers, to the extent that later on,
Bai Mei saw Master show a somewhat solemn expression for the first time, sweat pouring down his temples. Under the strongest Primordial Chaos Unified Qi, Five Elements Creation Nine-Nine Divine Thunder, he even crouched halfway several times, seemingly unable to hold on.
For Bai Mei, she almost couldn't resist giving Master a sword strike.
Because undoubtedly, this was Master's most vulnerable moment. If she struck down with her sword, it would definitely bring Master a great surprise.
But looking at the terrifying heavenly tribulation Master was enduring, she ultimately suppressed this thought.
In the end, the heavenly tribulation even tore Master's clothes apart.
This was the first time Bai Mei saw Master in such a sorry state. In her heart, she never imagined that one day Master would be forced to such an extent.
Even without transforming, Master's strength was incredibly terrifying.
She never expected him to be pushed to this point...
And when Jiang Si revealed his toned upper body muscles, Qinghua took photos frantically with her phone—she was hiding behind her Puppets, quite at ease, muttering while taking pictures, "This, this, this, I can definitely sell this for a high price!"
As for Jiang Si himself, under the high pressure of the heavenly tribulation, he indeed found a sliver of opportunity!
Using the External Dao Nascent Soul to control Polluted Magic, while he himself controlled Pure Mana, operating on dual threads simultaneously, kneading the two types of mana together.
The fusion mana, which would normally explode due to instability, maintained an astonishingly stable state under the bombardment of the five-colored heavenly thunder. His Purple Mansion Mental Landscape locked in the mana's dissipation, ensuring not a single bit of the fused yin-yang mana was wasted, all swirling like dragons within this body, even—
Cleansing the physical body!
The physical body, which had only improved at a slow, tortoise-like pace since stepping into Blooming, finally crossed the threshold of dual-attribute mana.
Without needing mana, without the External Dao Nascent Soul, without the Space Dao Seed, without the God-Inscribed Throne, without the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Technique, just the pure physical body alone could unleash immense power.
One step forward, Blooming Peak Great Perfection!
Ascending another tier, Half-Step Lush Leaves!
Laughing wildly, the ultimate physical body once again kneaded the two types of mana together. His fist emitted a black-purple light, and Jiang Si punched straight at the heavenly thunder!
The pure power of the goddamn quadruple flawless body plus the yin-yang mana explosive fist—what sky could withstand that!
The thunderclouds shattered, the blue sky reappeared. Jiang Si leisurely walked up into the sky, took a deep breath, and facing his newly ascended realm, couldn't help but want to recite a poem.
He was still pondering in his heart which verse from Gu Zhen Ren was more suitable—he mostly couldn't remember. He secretly fumbled for his phone in his pocket, planning to search for one on the spot.
Suddenly, he looked up, gazing towards Silver Lotus, who had failed her tribulation, and Keke, who had barely succeeded.
Several A-level Disaster Beasts were emerging from the void, attacking the two!
"I'm in a great mood,"
Jiang Si directly took out his Miracle Seed, "Can you not spoil it?"
Amidst the ancient, solemn tolling of a bell, after the transformation chant, a purple pillar of fire that pierced heaven and earth illuminated all realms!
Shion stepped out from the purple flames while taking out a longbow, much taller than herself, unused for a long time.
Compressing Divine Sense into linear threads, extending them, then shooting them out, spreading to all places she had ever set foot.
Then the linear Divine Sense captured, locked onto all Disaster Beasts that appeared after the heavenly tribulation in South China, North China, and East China!
The longbow was drawn to its fullest, purple arrows surging on the bowstring.
[Zhuo Bow]
From "Concealing the Heavens," the treasure guarding Zhuo Peak.
"Zhuo Bow Formless·Qi Reaches the Eight Directions!"
The bowstring was released. When the arrow shot out, it immediately split, dividing into countless arrows in the sky, heading in all directions like homing missiles, carrying a terrifying momentum as they charged forth!
In an instant, all A-level Disaster Beasts that appeared in various regions intending to attack Magical Girls undergoing tribulation were simultaneously shot dead!
Retracting the longbow, the Magical Girl standing above heaven and earth tilted her head to look.
Her purple pupils seemed able to pierce through space!
Within an independent mirror space.
A huge conference table was surrounded by seated people. The old world members monitoring Beihai all fell silent for a moment.
Among them, the old world witch who had taken the opportunity to lure out numerous Disaster Beasts to attack weakened Magical Girls even had her hand go limp. With a "crack," the mirror in her hand shattered.
She even fell straight from her seat, landing on the floor, face pale, sweat pouring down, gasping for breath.
Those purple pupils truly seemed to have locked onto her!
Then she somewhat hysterically roared, "She, she saw us!"
The others immediately comforted her, "How is that possible? Don't scare yourself!"
"Relax, the space here is different. Even the Mirror Kingdom might not be able to find us."
The witch took a deep breath, really wanting to nod.
But those cold, mocking purple pupils always made her feel somewhat unsettled, as if something was wrong.
A sense of unease persistently lingered in her heart.
The witch muttered, "No, no, I have to leave."
Just as she stood up to leave, the others at the conference table also stood up. "Where are you going? This operation was our private action, going against the alliance..."
"I don't want to die yet!"
The witch yelled, trying to leave when the others blocked her. "She just glanced randomly! This is our last chance!"
"What do you know? Get out of the way, don't obstruct..."
The witch, who was about to roar again, suddenly fell silent.
Then, on the mirror surface of the independent mirror space, a small purple dot appeared.
The next second, one of the arrows that had split from the arrow Shion shot not long ago,
Finally traversed space, suddenly piercing through her forehead!
The other old world members who were about to stop her all froze in place.
The arrow was stuck in the conference table, stained with the witch's red and white matter, trembling slightly on the table.
Everyone tensed their nerves, throats bobbing, eyes fixed on the arrow on the table.
The arrow twisted slightly. Immediately after, vast mana surged from the arrow, spreading throughout the independent space.
Then it exploded violently!
Amidst a chorus of miserable, shrill screams and shouts, the independent space shattered and collapsed, ultimately submerged in spatial turbulence amidst purple flames!