harleyscars Chapter 294 Huandie’s painstaking efforts
Chapter 294 Huandie’s painstaking efforts
Chapter 294 Huandie’s painstaking efforts
The moonlight was soft and gentle, its clear glow spreading across the earth, as if the whole world was gently covered by a mysterious and soft silver veil.
The Kikyo Judgment Team walked along the dilapidated streets of Jiefang South Road. Bai Youqing, who was at the back, looked up at the starry sky and murmured, "The starry sky is so beautiful tonight."
"Yes, although there are many abyssal beasts in this area of Jiefang South Road, the scenery here at night is really beautiful," Xia Qing remarked.
"Alright, are you here for a stroll or for training? Get ready, I can sense a lot of Abyssal Beasts around here."
Naraku Hoshi looked at the Kikyo Judgment Squad members beside him with a sense of helplessness.
"This is our first time going out at night, so we're feeling a bit emotional."
Xia Qing stuck out her tongue, her expression turning serious.
The environment on Jiefang South Road is not very good; during the day, you can still see the road and the distance clearly.
However, at night, all the Kikyo Judgment Squad could see was endless darkness. Even with the faint light from the moon and stars in the sky, their field of vision was still very limited.
"Qingju, could you please create a few light sources to attract the Abyss Beasts?" Xia Qing said to Li Xuanyu beside her with a smile.
"Yes, no problem."
Li Xuanyu moved quickly, her magic power rapidly condensing into six small orbs of light that scattered around them in the sky. The light source wasn't particularly bright, but it was enough to illuminate their surroundings.
Their actions were like lighting a bonfire in a dark and eerie forest, instantly attracting all sorts of wild animals.
"Senior Azure Star Mage, during our battle later, I'd appreciate it if you could point out the shortcomings of our Kikyo Judgment Squad."
"Yes, no problem."
Naraku Star, watching the abyssal beasts approaching from all sides, instructed, "I'll stay nearby and watch over you. If you need help, feel free to call me anytime. Don't try to tough it out, understand?"
"OK."
In the pitch-black wilderness, with the appearance of the blue light source, all kinds of creatures that like to forage at night emerged.
Not only the abyssal beasts, but also some rats and wildcats that were corrupted by the abyssal nitrogen. These creatures' bodies have undergone drastic changes; some have become long claws, while others have grown hard keratin on special parts of their bodies.
However, these creatures were basically scattered and fled after the Kikyo Judgment Squad casually unleashed a few magic beams.
A few minutes later, Li Xuanyu suddenly spoke up: "To our southeast, there are three Eclipse-level abyssal creatures."
Upon hearing Li Xuanyu's words, Bai Youqing almost instinctively cast a detection spell in that direction. A moment later, the other party's information appeared before her eyes: "Three Abyss Werewolves."
"receive."
Xia Qing chuckled, and a flame gun radiating a blazing red light instantly appeared in her hand.
Narakuhoshi stood to the side, looking at the Kikyo Magical Girl Squad with some curiosity. They had gotten along very well these past few days, but she wasn't very clear about their strength.
The Abyss Werewolf possesses the strength of the [Eclipse] level, but its power increases during the night of a full moon. It has a particular fondness for fresh flesh and blood, which can help it heal its injuries. Furthermore, it is exceptionally sensitive to the smell of blood, so encountering this calamity beast often results in a fight to the death.
Generally, a [Budding] magical girl of the same level would be doomed to encounter such abyssal creatures. Even a [Scattered Leaf] magical girl of a higher level could be killed if she wasn't careful. Now, these three [Eclipse Moon] level abyssal werewolves are equivalent to three [Falling Sun] level abyssal creatures. Even if Xia Qing's current strength is [Breaking Bud], she should still have a difficult time dealing with them...
From a distance, one could only see that the three abyssal wolves were enormous, nearly three meters tall, with ferocious and terrifying heads, protruding mouths, and sharp canine teeth that pierced through their lips, demonstrating their terrifying bite force.
Whoosh!
Upon seeing this terrifying monster, Xia Qing didn't hesitate at all. She swung her flame gun and flew out at lightning speed, like a streak of fiery red flame. The moment Xia Qing rushed out, Naraku Star suddenly felt that the monster's aura had faded, or rather, disappeared, as if it had never appeared at all.
To Naraku's astonishment, Xia Qing had already rapidly approached the three Abyssal Werewolves. It was known that Abyssal Werewolves had an extremely sensitive nose, and only when Xia Qing appeared behind them did the three Abyssal Werewolves react and try to quickly change direction.
But it was all too late, whoosh!
Xia Qing has unleashed his pent-up firepower.
Instantly, a dazzling fireball erupted from the tip of the spear, piercing the night sky and striking the first creature that lunged at it with the precision of a shooting star.
She blasted the opponent into dust. As the other two Abyss Werewolves roared and pounced on Xia Qing, her figure flashed suddenly, appearing behind one of the Abyss Werewolves like a ghost. With a gentle poke of her fiery red spear tip, a flower of blood instantly bloomed on the Abyss Werewolf's chest.
Immediately, she took flight again, easily dodging the attack of the second abyssal werewolf. Her nimble feet landed on the werewolf's head, and with a light flip, she leaped onto its back, a faint silver light flashing through the air.
With a thud, the head of the third abyssal werewolf was severed from its neck, and its body collapsed, gushing blood that quickly stained the ground red.
Her agile movements and the powerful magic emanating from her magical artifact surprised and astonished Narakuhoshi, who couldn't help but notice her impressive talent.
"Hehehe, how about it, Xiao Qing? Pretty cool, right?"
Xia Qing stylishly asked for a gun perk and said to Bai Youqing with a grin.
"Pfft! We're here to practice teamwork, not to watch you show off your gun skills by yourself. Besides, if it were me, I could have finished the fight in one less round than you." Bai Youqing snorted.
"Then I'm really looking forward to your performance later!"
Over the next ten minutes or so, several more abyssal beasts arrived one after another, and each magical girl took turns fighting. They did this not only to show off, but also so that the Azure Star mages could have a general understanding of each of them.
However, after Narakuhoshi saw the overall strength of Kikyo's Judgment Squad, his expression became unusually strange.
You guys called her out in the middle of the night, are you sure you're not just making fun of her? No, you're all so strong, why are you worried about losing to the Sunflower Judgment Squad in a team battle?
You should know that any one of the magical girls here could fight against two of their magical girls.
The members of Kikyo's Judgment Squad were unaware of Narakuhoshi's true feelings.
After the battle, Xia Qing returned to Bai Youqing's side. Looking at her increasingly rebellious junior, she couldn't help but tease her, "Xiao Qing, didn't you say you'd use one less turn than me? How come you used one more turn than me?"
Ever since Sister Violet started guiding the Kikyo Judgment Team again, Xia Qing could sense that Bai Youqing's personality seemed to have changed. She became somewhat sinister, and although she used to be a very cheerful girl, she has become increasingly strange.
Especially when it comes to questions about Violet, the other party always inexplicably reveals a possessiveness towards Violet.
It was very strange, but she couldn't understand why.
Upon hearing Xia Qing's words, Bai Youqing retorted indignantly, "I was talking about Abyssal Werewolves, not Abyssal Hellhounds. They are two different creatures, okay?"
"Alright, stop arguing. There's a falling sun in the northwest... no, not a falling sun, it's a Shura-level calamity beast that's rapidly approaching."
Li Xuanyu's expression was initially relaxed, but it quickly turned serious. She had encountered abyssal monsters of the Asura level before.
Previously, Sister Violet had specially taken them to experience the oppressive aura and abyssal nitrogen emanating from the [Shura] level abyssal beasts, and told them with a smile that the [Shura] abyssal beasts here would be their final exams.
If you can defeat the [Shura] Abyss Calamity Beast on your own in the future, you will have passed the test.
However, the abyssal aura she sensed now was completely different from the abyssal aura she had felt before.
"Perfect timing! Didn't the Azure Star Mage say that the Sunflower Judgment Team worked together to kill a [Shura]-level Abyss Calamity Beast? Let's work together tonight to kill one and show Sister Violet what we can do." A fighting spirit instantly shone in Xia Qing's eyes.
At the same time, she looked at Bai Youqing beside her, and the corners of her mouth turned up: "Little Qing, let's have a competition later to see who played the biggest role in slaying the Abyss Calamity Beast, okay?"
"Let's compete then."
Bai Youqing gripped the Green Ivy Sword tightly in her hand, her eyes also filled with surging fighting spirit.
Not only Bai Youqing and Xia Qing showed strong fighting spirit, but Li Xuanyu and Han Xue around them also gripped their magic-equipped guides tightly. If they could kill a [Shura] Abyss Calamity Beast before the Sunflower Judgment Squad, they believed it would definitely give Sister Violet a big surprise.
Looking at the spirited Kikyo Judgment Team, Naraku Hoshi hesitated, wanting to say something but holding back. This time, the Abyss Calamity Beast was not a simple [Shura]-level Abyss Calamity Beast. The dense Abyss Nitrogen it emitted would take even her a lot of effort to deal with.
However, considering the overall strength of Kikyo's Judgment Team in the past, she was somewhat uncertain.
After thinking about it for a long time, she decided to let the Kikyo Judgment Team give it a try, which would be a good opportunity to train their teamwork skills.
She had set up a magic circle nearby, so that if anything went wrong, she could take action at any time to transfer these magical girl juniors into the magic circle for protection.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Grim Reaper was strolling leisurely along Jiefang South Road, not in a hurry to meet the "juniors" of Abyss Academy (all of them were Professor Violet's students, with the Grim Reaper being of a slightly higher seniority). He was in a very good mood today.
It wasn't just because he had been resurrected, but because shortly after his resurrection, Princess Huan Die immediately ordered him to return to Ye Qiu City.
What does this tell us?
This shows that Princess Huan Die has feelings for him, a privilege that no other abyssal beast has ever enjoyed.
Speaking of which, he had just arrived at Jiefang South Road tonight when he heard other Abyss Beasts complaining incessantly on the Abyss Network. They said that Princess Phantom Butterfly always brought a team of magical girls to fight them. If it were a normal battle, that would be fine, but she also explicitly demanded that they not bully the weak or kill them.
But isn't bullying the weak and eliminating the root of the problem the classic sayings Princess Huan Die taught them?
But now, the other party is forbidding them from doing so.
That's so unfair to the beasts!!!
Upon hearing this, Abyss Cutter No. 4 immediately found it amusing, saying, "After all..."
These abyssal beasts are just too stupid.
Can't you even understand such a simple principle?
The rule against outnumbering the weak is not allowed because these insects are the whetstones prepared by the Illusion Butterfly Palace for the Abyss Beast trainees. The reason she had the Iris Palace train all kinds of Abyss Beasts is to select qualified Abyss Warriors.
Only by defeating this whetstone can one be considered a true Abyss warrior recognized by the Illusionary Butterfly Palace.
It's easier to understand why sharpening stones aren't allowed to be destroyed, since they need to be used repeatedly, so they can't be damaged at will.
That raises a question: why is he coming over to join in the fun?
It's actually easy to understand. It's like making a group of kids do math problems. They do three or four and then they don't know what to do anymore, racking their brains and scratching their heads.
Then they started discussing it, saying that the questions Lao Qiu set were so difficult, they were practically inhuman.
At this point, what should you do if you are a top student in the eyes of an old man?
And now Death Cutter No. 4 has this idea. Although he doesn't like to bully weaker opponents, since this is a test given by the Illusionary Butterfly Palace, he naturally needs to take it seriously.
After all, he was also very curious about the quality of the whetstone that the Illusionary Butterfly Palace had prepared for the Abyss Calamity Beast.
The moon hung high in the sky, emitting a soft silver light that bathed everything in a silvery-white hue.
The members of the Kikyo Judgment Team listened as a deep, continuous rumbling sound gradually approached.
This abyssal beast was different from any abyssal beast they had ever seen before. The previous abyssal beasts either observed them silently and then suddenly attacked when they relaxed their guard, or they were mindless and violent abyssal beasts that made a loud noise and charged straight at them.
But the abyssal beast before them was completely different. It walked straight out of the darkness and looked at them with a look of disdain, as if they were some kind of toy.
This enraged the magical girl members of Kikyo's Judgment Squad, as this was the first time they had been mocked by an abyssal monster.
Anger doesn't equate to irrationality. Xia Qing turned to the azure-dressed magical girl beside her and said with a wry smile, "Xiao Xue, this abyssal beast looks somewhat familiar to me. I think it's called the Abyssal Cutter. If it is the Abyssal Cutter, then the pressure on our Jie Ren's battle bow will be immense!"
"But then again, I feel like it doesn't quite look like it. Do you know what type of abyssal monster this is?"
Looking at the enormous creature before her, Han Xue said with a hint of helplessness, "You've guessed half of it. If I remember correctly, the Abyss Calamity Beast in front of us should be an advanced version of the Abyss Cutter—the Death Cutter."
"ah?!"