“The Magic Girl teams from other cities are on their way! We just need to stall it! Don’t be reckless!”
Seeing Hyacinth looking like she was about to fight the Star Realm Jellyfish to the death, Bai Ling stayed close to Hyacinth, shouting loudly.
As an Observer, Bai Ling believed she understood Hyacinth’s personality very well—
No matter how strong the enemy, she would rise to the challenge, but she often got herself into trouble.
Many times before, when facing Xin Yuehu, Hyacinth always rushed to the front, but she was also always the first to be beaten badly.
But fortunately, Hyacinth was not disheartened by this; the only time she felt down, she adjusted herself, and her strength as a Magic Girl was steadily improving.
This made Bai Ling feel very relieved.
But today, Bai Ling did not want Hyacinth to act impulsively like before.
“Are you listening to me, Hyacinth!”
The White Sable Spirit anxiously pressed her.
“Don’t confront this guy head-on! You three alone can’t defeat it!”
“Then should we just watch it flatten the entire city?!” Hyacinth retorted, looking at the Observer beside her.
“You’re really stubborn, kid. At least three Magic Girl teams are on their way, you just need to… Watch out!!”
Before she finished speaking, a powerful magic fluctuation entered the Observer’s perception, and Bai Ling immediately shouted loudly.
Hyacinth didn't hesitate either, maneuvering in mid-air, narrowly avoiding a magic beam, almost grazing it!
Nan Xiaofeng looked up in the direction the beam came from, meeting the gaze of the eye under the jellyfish’s bell, which emanated a strong, fierce light.
“Be extremely careful. Its magic power is not comparable to those trash Monsters summoned by Xin Yuehu!”
Bai Ling reminded Hyacinth beside her.
“That beam just now could pierce through your defenses with a single shot! Absolutely, absolutely do not try to block it directly!”
“…I know, Bai Ling, you’re so noisy.” Hyacinth gritted her teeth and replied.
Sixteen years ago, a Star Realm Jellyfish also appeared above Rong City, causing immense destruction.
The seniors used all their might to try and stop it, but they still couldn't stop that jellyfish Monster at the time.
What’s more, this jellyfish Monster is even stronger than it was sixteen years ago!
“…If I don’t try, how will I know I definitely can’t defeat it?!”
Hyacinth muttered to herself, stubbornly raising her greatsword towards the jellyfish Monster’s tentacles and slashing with all her might!
“Crack!!”
The sensation of cutting something transmitted from the sword hilt.
One tentacle was severed, its wound overflowing with Star Realm aura, making it impossible to imagine how much immense magic power was contained within this Monster’s body.
“#####————!”
The jellyfish Monster roared loudly.
Perhaps sensing the pain of its severed tentacle, the surrounding arm-like tentacles immediately surged towards Hyacinth, looking as if they wanted to entangle and surround her.
Hyacinth wanted to dodge.
But the tentacles’ agility far exceeded imagination; with just two feints, Hyacinth was already surrounded by the translucent jellyfish tentacles, as dense as a jungle.
“Oh no, quickly find a way to break out!” Bai Ling cried anxiously.
Greatsword swinging, the sky-blue Magic Girl fought in a tangled mess with the tentacles.
But for every one she cut, more tentacles would fill the gap, and the encirclement rapidly tightened, determined to firmly entangle this uninvited guest!
Just as the encirclement was about to close, three magic cannon beams hit the nearest tentacles! Ripping open several gaps!
“Boom!!!”
“!”
Hyacinth looked back, exchanging a glance with Iris, who had set up her magic cannon in the distance.
“Well done!”
Nan Xiaofeng loudly praised her teammate’s support, seizing the opportunity to break free from the gaps.
Iris quickly retreated, reloading her magic cannon with magic power while carefully observing the unusually large jellyfish Monster in front of her.
Merely attacking the tentacles was probably not enough to defeat this jellyfish Monster, or even to cause any substantial impact on it.
They had to find a way to attack the main body high in the sky!
“Hyacinth! Don’t get entangled with these tentacles, the main body up there is its source of power!”
“Then I’ll try to rush up, you two cover me!”
With that, Hyacinth nimbly dodged a tentacle whip and rapidly ascended!
…
A fierce battle.
From fighting the tentacles to the bell, and then being suppressed by magic beams, the Magic Girl trio’s intense battle with the Star Realm Jellyfish had already lasted over ten minutes.
Although the duration was far less than the one at the Association’s affiliated academy, the intensity had completely surpassed all previous Monster battles.
The Hero Association’s online live broadcast couldn’t capture it up close; under the influence of Star Realm Magic, it could only focus from afar, and people could only see the figures of the three Magic Girls leaping up and down around the giant Monster in the video.
The scene was extraordinarily magnificent, once igniting a dense barrage of comments.
But as time passed, people suddenly realized with horror—neither the magic cannon nor the greatsword’s close-range attacks could cause even a tiny bit of damage to the jellyfish Monster’s main body!
“Things don’t seem quite right…”
People watching the live broadcast were on tenterhooks.
The screen began to fill with comments like “Magic Girls, you can do it!”, but more people chose to remain silent.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the situation was indeed not good.
.
“How much longer until reinforcements arrive?”
Barely dodging a magic beam, Hyacinth immediately channeled magic power to repair her damaged greatsword, asking Bai Ling, who was clinging to her back.
“…At least twenty minutes! This guy is disrupting the nearby Star Realm Magic, so the reinforcing Magic Girls can’t fly at full speed!”
“Are you kidding me? Hold on for another twenty minutes?…”
Hyacinth’s heart tightened, and she said in surprise.
Forget twenty minutes, it was a question whether she could even last five more minutes!
The jellyfish Monster’s magic beams were terrifying; just a graze could completely shatter her greatsword, which was formed by magic power, let alone a direct hit.
Fight for twenty minutes under that density of firepower?
Bai Ling also knew that her request was indeed a bit excessive.
According to the senior, the Red Snow quartet only managed to hold on for ten minutes against the Star Realm Jellyfish back then, and Hyacinth’s trio fighting for fifteen minutes was already an exceptional performance.
To persist for another twenty minutes, unless…
—Star Shadow.
Bai Ling remembered this term that the senior had told her.
The Magic Girls’ new form, a powerful state capable of a second transformation under firm belief! Magic Girl Red Snow used this form to single-handedly stop the Star Realm Jellyfish sixteen years ago!
But could Nan Xiaofeng, who didn’t even have a year of experience… truly achieve this second transformation…?
【Have you played enough?】
“!!!!”
The low, deep voice from above made everyone suddenly freeze; even Bai Ling looked up in a daze.
A giant evil eye opened under the Star Realm Jellyfish’s bell, but it spoke, defying common sense, its voice deep and resonant, as if from the distant starry sky.
“What?! A talking Monster?!”
Bai Ling trembled all over in shock, gripping Hyacinth’s shoulder tightly, saying in horror.
Hyacinth looked at the Observer behind her in confusion, then looked back at the Star Realm Evil Eye, frowning deeply.
【Such weak attacks, yet you wish to defeat me? Are today’s Magic Girls truly so ignorant?】
“You… Who exactly are you?! Why are you…”
Bai Ling cried out in fear.
She didn’t understand!
Monsters were beasts or objects corrupted by Star Realm Magic; theoretically, they shouldn’t possess self-awareness!
But this talking guy in front of her… clearly overturned her understanding as an Observer!
【So many years have passed, I thought the Magic Girls had grown to a level where they could contend with me, but I didn’t expect them to be so weak.】
【Since that’s the case, I shall take this city for myself! Heheheh!】
Controlling the jellyfish Monster to spout classic villain lines, Su Tianqing thought to herself.
Is that villainous enough? She even thoughtfully designed a script.
A super Monster, after a setback, cultivates diligently for fifteen years, then returns to seek revenge on the Magic Girls! Such a script is fantastic!
But lines alone aren’t enough!
The pressure on the Magic Girls is far from sufficient! To force them to reveal their new form, the Star Realm Jellyfish must unleash its full power!
【—You annoying things! Let you disappear here!】
“Not good! Hyacinth! Run!”
Feeling the massive magic power erupting from the Star Realm Rift, Bai Ling cried out in a panic.
Before Hyacinth could react, the magic beam unleashed from the jellyfish’s evil eye had already arrived!
“Boom!!!”
“Whoa?!”
Magical Girl Hyacinth—directly hit!