Magic

Luo You saw the moment the Ram‑Head Centipede was reborn below, and in her heart she finally felt certain.

“Of course—it was deliberately imitating that person.”

“That person?” Xue, beside her, asked in confusion.

“Chi Yu! An old acquaintance!”

Her earlier suspicions, the source of her déjà vu— it all came from this.

The world at large knows nothing of Chi Yu; those who do know only the name, nothing more.

Only Luo You might be the one person who knows her best.

What the creature had done here both revealed an unknown facet of Chi Yu,

and fanned the flames of Luo You’s wrath.

Before she struck, there was one thing she had to clarify.

“Xue, is Plunder‑Light really immortal?”

“Uh…hard to say,” Xue answered. “Plunder‑Light is the apex that Sea of Realms creatures can evolve to. Its strength is all built up from Sea of Realms matter. Essentially it shares origin with the Sea of Realms. So—”

“If the Sea of Realms doesn’t perish, then Plunder‑Light won’t completely die either, right?” Luo You finished her sentence.

“Probably…yes?”

Even Xue was uncertain. Her true body remains sealed somewhere in the Sea of Realms. If she wants answers, she’ll have to find the seal first.

But Luo You believed this guess was almost certainly correct.

Any dimensional beast that stays in the Sea of Realms will passively strengthen irreversibly.

The more powerful the beast, the more Sea of Realms matter it contains.

Like the Dragon‑class dimensional beast just subdued in the Jiuming Sea—its body was intertwined with leaking Sea of Realms matter, a symbol of its Dragon‑class status.

The so‑called “seal” is likely a magic that blocks a Plunder‑Light from absorbing Sea of Realms matter, preventing its rebirth.

But…

“Is it possible, though?”

Luo You exhaled a breath of air laced with Divinity Particles.

Before coming, she had already confirmed—her attacks do inflict massive damage on dimensional beasts.

Whether it was Freesa killed in Flower City, or the beasts she single‑handedly annihilated in Jiuming Sea—they all showed that.

She would try now.

To see if it works against Plunder‑Light.

“Speaking of which, I still don’t know just how strong you are in combat,” Luo You suddenly remembered Xue had once been Plunder‑Light. Maybe she retained some fighting ability?

“Xue: A little. But not much.”

“Oh.” Luo You was not surprised.

Xue now possesses hardly any Sea of Realms matter—meaning her strength has dwindled to less than a tenth of what she once was.

“Then hide and just watch. And remember—not another solo move. And don’t call me by name!”

“Mm‑hm!” Xue dug a little pit in the ground, buried herself, leaving only her eyes visible.

Swoosh!

In a few breaths, Luo You transformed into a pink fading star in the sky, traversed thousands of meters, and landed in front of Xingyu and the others.

“Get out of my way. I’ll handle this!”

“Herrera? What are you doing now?!”

“Or do you want to—?” Xingyu covered her mouth, but quickly steadied herself, hope swelling in her heart.

The Aurora Witch Herrera is powerful beyond words—if she intervenes, even with that thing, maybe it’s doable?

And with two Ten Seats on their side, their odds improve drastically.

However, as they stepped forward to flank Luo You in battle, Luo You unleashed a terrifying aura aimed at them.

“I told you to get back. This is a matter between it and me—you are forbidden to interfere.”

“?!”

Xingyu’s heart leapt. So she is going to face that beast alone?

“But it’s Plunder‑Light! No matter how—there’s no way you can—”

“Plunder‑Light?” Luo You laughed, contemptuous. “Don’t be absurd. I’ve faced true Plunder‑Light before. This one is far beneath that.”

Xingyu opened her mouth to argue further, but Jin Wang placed a hand on her shoulder, whispering: “Let her speak.”

They didn’t retreat, but instead led the other magical girls toward the Super‑large Star Ring to rescue survivors.

Those who might get in the way stepped aside. Luo You was in no rush to strike—first she had to ask.

“You brat, answer me—what is your relationship with Chi Yu?”

“Oh?”

The human‑headed centipede looked surprised—did someone still remember that name… The stories about Herrera were true.

“Answer!”

“I am also Chi Yu’s blood brother—Wang Chuan.”

As expected…

Luo You’s eyes were full of regret.

The one who knows Chi Yu’s greatest secret must be someone closest.

She recalled now—when she visited Chi Yu’s grave, the young man she saw was the one who is now Wang Chuan.

“You should never have touched this power.”

“For the sake who burn wood for all, one must not let them freeze in wind and snow—any child knows that. My sister did so much, yet in the end can’t even claim her name. What irony.”

Wang Chuan spoke quietly: “Then I shall make this world remember again who defended them in those days!”

“Sigh—”

Luo You exhaled all her discontent and disappointment. When she lifted her head again, the sorrow in her eyes had vanished. Only an endless, surging killing intent remained.

“Talking is useless! Herrera, your cause with Chi Yu, I shall unravel it!”

Wang Chuan’s face twisted into a feral grin. His magic pulsed, flooding every inch of his flesh.

“Finally I can feel it… The secret that let Chi Yu outride all other magical girls.”

He opened his mouth to chant: “Ahead of the Anemosha Path lies a Sea of Corruption—”

A spell formed rapidly in front of his body. The ground beneath became swamp‑mud. Rotten flowers sprouted by the dozens—stems of bone, honey of blood—spreading to Luo You’s feet.

They climbed her ankles.

Luo You stood unmoved. One foot stepped down. The Thirty Lives Ten Directions Pure Land spread. Every corrupt flower turned to flying ash, becoming part of the Pure Land itself.

No matter what, magic’s essence is magical power. Entering the Three Lives, Ten Directions Pure Land has always been inevitable—only possession matters.

Yet the amount of magic was beyond Luo You’s expectation—it reached one third of what the Pure Land can bear.

“Returning this to you then.”

The Pure Land transformed into a golden spear, tinged with pink. It shot toward Wang Chuan.

Its speed was such that any stranger would have no way to dodge it. Wang Chuan was no exception. Half his body shattered.

His remaining right eye revealed profound shock.

Herrera’s attack speed was one thing—but what scared him more was…

[The wound… seems irreparable?!]

Nearby, someone was even more shocked.

“It’s using magic!”

Foyu saw it. Jin Wang beside her saw it too. That undoubtedly was magic!

This overturned everything they believed.

“How! How can it!?”

“Even if it snatched the Singularity Core and gained magical energy, who taught it magic? Magic is something only the Magical Alliance has. And I don’t recognize this magic! There’s nothing like this in the Archives!”