He had dreamed that strange dream countless times.
This time, although different from before, he still heard that sentence, "Why don't you accept it?"
Shikong got up and took out his phone to check the time, realizing that two more hours had passed since he came out. The young man pressed the sleep button on his phone, and the dark glass screen reflected his increasingly refined face.
Shikong noticed that his hair seemed to have grown longer, and there was a strange white streak in his black hair, which looked very out of place.
"I wonder if any barbershops are still open at this hour, it's such a hassle," Shikong had never noticed this before. It was only after he escaped the Demon Court that every time he transformed to reinforce the seal, his hair would grow longer and have a few white strands.
Looking at the face reflected in the screen, the young man murmured, "Have I gotten even more handsome?"
Walking all the way home, Shikong took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, took off his sneakers, put on slippers, and walked into the living room. Just as he was about to press the light switch, he found a girl in blue and white pajamas lying on her side on the sofa.
Shikong lowered his hand, which had already touched the switch, walked over to the girl, and gently poked her cheek.
The girl woke up with a start, sat up abruptly, her eyes misty with tears.
"Brother? When did you get back?" the girl asked, looking at Shikong with bird's nest-like hair.
Shikong said to the girl with concern, "It's been a while. Why didn't you go to your room to sleep?"
"Ah, it's nothing, it's good that you're back. I'm going back to my room first." In the dark living room, Shikong didn't notice his sister's flushed face.
The girl returned to her room, lay on her bed, and covered her head with the quilt. "Why did I see a hint of Li Yu Senior when I first saw my brother? Am I really still groggy from sleep?"
Impossible! How could a Magical Girl be a man! Even if there was one! It definitely couldn't be a decadent youth like my brother! Absolutely impossible!
Shikong watched his sister return to her room and then prepared to take a shower. Generally speaking, after becoming a Magical Girl, even without transforming, the magic flowing through the body would automatically clean all dirt and bacteria. So, for a Magical Girl, showering was more like a form of relaxation.
After showering, Shikong, with a bath towel draped over his head and wearing newly changed dark black pajamas, returned to his room.
His sister's strange behavior today actually warmed Shikong's heart. He realized that no matter how much his sister grew up, in his eyes, she was still that innocent and adorable little girl who followed behind him.
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Thus, three ordinary days passed.
Shi Yu didn't go to the Bureau today.
Shi Yu had told her brother before that the latest merchandise for Magical Girl Bai Leng was going to be released today. Shikong, who hadn't received his full attendance bonus this month, also took a day off to accompany his sister.
The siblings walked down the street, neither of them speaking. However, the girl's gaze was constantly fixed on the ubiquitous Magical Girl promotional posters and scrolling screens. When her own promotional photo was displayed on the scrolling screen, the girl shyly lowered her head.
Shikong noticed his sister's unusual behavior, looked up, and saw that it was Magical Girl Jing Lian Hua.
Shikong smiled and said, "Don't you like Jing Lian Hua?"
The girl's lowered face also began to flush.
"Sister, don't you think you look a bit like Jing Lian Hua? Could it be that you are…"
Shi Yu hurriedly covered her brother's mouth with her hand, "How could that be!"
"Alright, alright, it's impossible. But do you dislike her that much? You don't even look at her," Shikong removed the hand covering his mouth.
Shikong took out a tissue and handed it to his sister, "Wipe it. Be careful, you might have drool."
"How could I not like Magical Girls? Do you think everyone is like you? I can't believe there are people in this day and age who dislike Magical Girls," Shi Yu took the tissue.
Hmph, as expected, he's my "hated" brother. It's truly incomprehensible that someone would dislike the Magical Girls who ended the dark turmoil. He's truly a "hated" brother.
Crack.
The sound of breaking glass rang out, followed by a piercing alarm.
【A Disaster Beast has breached the Sky Dome System. Citizens, please proceed to the nearest air-raid shelter as quickly as possible!】
The alarm repeated continuously.
【A Disaster Beast has breached the Sky Dome System. Citizens, please proceed to the nearest air-raid shelter as quickly as possible!】
The girl grabbed her brother's wrist, turning around, and pulled him, rushing at full Speed towards the air-raid shelter.
The girl knew about the Sky Dome System. The Sky Dome System was established to defend against Disaster Beasts higher than the Destruction Class. The breach of the Sky Dome System indicated that this disaster was likely higher than City-Hating Class.
City-Hating Class: possesses an innate aversion to human settlements. The Sky Dome System was established to deal with this level of Disaster Beast.
Shi Yu pulled her brother, who was much taller than her, as they sprinted, creating a very peculiar scene.
Soon, the siblings arrived at the air-raid shelter.
Seeing her brother enter the air-raid shelter, Shi Yu's restless heart also calmed down.
The girl turned to run outside, but Shikong, knowing what the broken Sky Dome System meant, grabbed his sister's hand and pulled her into his embrace.
"Don't go to your death, this is not something you can handle," Shikong said, looking at his sister in his arms.
The girl frantically pushed her brother away, "What did you say? What is it that I can't handle? Brother, what are you talking about?"
Hearing this, the girl finally understood that her brother might know something.
"Brother! What do you know?" Shi Yu was a little anxious, watching her brother walk towards the safety door.
Shikong heard his sister's reply, turned his head, and said, "Wait for me to come back, okay?"
The young man's figure stepped out of the safety door.
Bang! The safety door closed completely.
The young man ran wildly, pulling out the starry sky-colored five-pointed star gem that had been in his pocket, clutching it tightly.
"Fight for life!"
The Magical Girls of that era all fought for survival, and this was also Shikong's transformation incantation.
As space warped, a pure white girl appeared, then vanished in an instant.
Mo Ying in the distance also sensed the fleeting spatial magic aura.
"Teacher has appeared?" Mo Ying's figure vanished into the shadows, rushing towards the source of the spatial magic aura.
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In mid-air.
A pure white girl stood high in the sky, facing a beetle-like Disaster Beast.
"Shanuk... Forbidden Object Class..." the girl murmured.
How could a Calamity Class appear in Nanhai City? First City-Hating Class, now Forbidden Object Class... Is it really as it said, that there will be an endless stream of Disaster Beasts attacking, just because it is sealed within my body?
Now is not the time to think about this.
Li Yu shook her head, clearing her thoughts.
The cube in Li Yu's hand transformed into a long spear. The next instant, she appeared in front of Shanuk, thrusting the spear. Li Yu stood sideways, holding the spear with one hand, and spun sharply, the spear tip drawing an arc in the air. Immediately after, with her back to the beetle, she bent backward and thrust out another spear, turning with the momentum. The spear tip was blocked by Shanuk's carapace, and the previous attacks only left a few scratches on the carapace. Li Yu pushed hard on the butt of the spear with both hands, sending Shanuk flying hundreds of meters away. Shanuk's carapace also cracked slightly from the impact, and all of this happened within one second.
Shanuk seemed to be enraged by Li Yu's attack. Shanuk spread the carapace on its back, releasing hundreds of small beetles, each with the strength of a Mad Demon Class.
Every Forbidden Object Class Disaster Beast possesses unique and powerful special abilities. It was clear that this particular Disaster Beast excelled at creating swarms of small beetles for group attacks.
The long spear transformed into a long bow. Li Yu's bow-drawing hand moved like a blur, and arrows, like a waterfall, flew out, each one accurately striking and killing a small beetle.
Shanuk, seeing the human in front of her kill her children, was furious. With the addition of the large beetle, Li Yu also began to struggle. A full-power strike with the long spear could only pierce Shanuk's carapace; how could rapidly shot arrows possibly harm Shanuk?
Li Yu teleported to dodge Shanuk's claw attack, her movements of drawing and shooting arrows without pause. Li Yu intended to prioritize killing the small beetles while simultaneously evading Shanuk's attacks.
Shanuk's attacks became faster and faster. Li Yu, who was simultaneously shooting rapidly and teleporting, also began to struggle. Shanuk quickly appeared in front of Li Yu, but before its attack landed, Li Yu teleported away. Shanuk seemed to have adapted to Li Yu's teleportation patterns. As soon as Li Yu teleported to another side, Shanuk arrived in an instant, and a claw strike hit Li Yu.
Li Yu was struck down from the sky by Shanuk. The Magical Armament on her abdomen absorbed most of the damage, but due to a lack of magic power, her Magical Girl dress was already ripped open, leaving a horizontal scratch on her abdomen. Blood gushed out as the girl half-crouched on the ground, clutching her abdomen with one hand, and with difficulty activated teleportation to send herself a hundred meters away. The pure white longbow transformed into a longsword. The girl laboriously held the longsword upright in front of her with one hand, while using the other hand to cover her abdomen, releasing magic power to accelerate the Speed of her body's regression.
However, Shanuk would not give Li Yu this chance, pressing its advantage. The girl felt the ground beneath her feet begin to vibrate, her expression flashed, and she quickly ascended, blocking the ground with the sword in one hand. A giant thorn protruded from the ground. Fortunately, the girl blocked in time and was only knocked into the air by the impact.
Li Yu stabilized her body and released her senses, hoping to catch Shanuk's trace. Shanuk hadn't appeared yet, and Li Yu's abdomen began to reassemble and recover. The spilled blood started to flow back, and the wound on her abdomen began to close. The torn dress revealed the girl's fair abdomen.
Shanuk abruptly appeared behind Li Yu. Li Yu sharply turned her head, moving her body, and with a flick of her right hand, the pure white longsword collided with the ferocious claw. Shanuk's other claw also quickly swung towards Li Yu.
Li Yu used her other hand to block the attack. The powerful impact sent Li Yu flying sideways rapidly. The pure white longsword, hooked by Shanuk's claw, also slipped from Li Yu's hand. The uncontrolled longsword transformed back into a cube and fell from the sky.
After being struck and sent flying sideways, Li Yu stabilized her body and stopped. This blow almost made Li Yu lose consciousness.
Feeling her condition, Li Yu's left hand was completely powerless; it must have been shattered. Her left eye was bloodshot, causing everything to be blurry.
Her elegant pure white dress was tattered and broken. Because she had just reinforced the seal not long ago, her own magic power was completely insufficient.
Li Yu teleported away from Shanuk again, trying to buy time for her body to regress and recover as much as possible.
Shanuk stood still, spread the carapace on its back, and began to release small beetles for the second time.
Li Yu, catching her breath, recovered a little magic power, and her body also began to regress and reassemble. The girl murmured to herself, "Why did a Forbidden Object Class Disaster Beast appear just as I reinforced the seal? Why has support still not arrived after half an hour?"
The sky was filled with small beetles, densely packed and obscuring the sun. But at this moment, the Sky Curtain descended, and a milky white Sky Dome covered this battlefield. Once the Sky Curtain fell, nothing could enter from outside, and nothing could leave from inside.
"It seems I won't be getting any support. So, I'm being treated as a sacrificial pawn, am I?" Because Li Yu possessed the rule-level skill of body regression, she couldn't die even if she wanted to.
"But it's a good thing it's me who came..." The girl's calm face held a hint of helplessness.
Li Yu raised her hand and waved it down, opening a spatial rift. Through the rift, she connected to the ground where her Magical Armament had just been knocked down. Li Yu caught the cube and transformed it into dual swords.
Her body had completely reassembled. The battle-damaged Li Yu stood in the air with dual swords, the girl stood sideways, holding a sword in her left hand, pointing directly at Shanuk.
Just as Li Yu was about to activate teleportation to engage Shanuk in close combat.
Mo Ying arrived at the last moment before the Sky Curtain fell, and a familiar voice came from behind Li Yu.
"Teacher! I'm here to help you!"
(Regarding why she was so battered fighting a Forbidden Object Class, which is only one level higher than City-Hating Class: three days prior, Li Yu used her own magic power to reinforce the seal, and she is currently in an overdrawn state. Also, the previous Prankster Beast, although City-Hating Class, was a special type of camouflage Disaster Beast, not because I wanted to see a Magical Girl's defeat CG.)