Black Magical Girl

Magical girls were synonymous with all things beautiful.

They had exquisite appearances, dazzling magic, elegant and unique dresses, and fought with style and grace.

This was Xia Cheng’s entire impression of magical girls, and in fact, all the magical girls she had ever seen fit this image, including herself after she became one.

However, the magical girl standing before her at this moment was completely different.

She was the epitome of black—to the point of being oppressive.

The girl’s tall figure stood gracefully in the sunlight, dressed in a meticulously detailed lace gown.

She was like a noble lady from a classical period, exuding an air of nobility from head to toe.

The black gloves she wore added to her elegance.

Yet, on her wrists and ankles were what appeared to be very heavy metal bracelets, and a black choker adorned her snow-white neck.

This attire gave the noble lady a somewhat restrained look, like a prisoner.

Her ear-length, light purple gradient hair fluttered in the wind.

She turned her head slightly, and her blood-red pupils reflected Ye Huasheng’s dazed face, showing no expression.

At some point, the wind began to blow fiercely across this battlefield.

Ye Huasheng snapped out of her daze.

It was the black-clad girl before her who had saved her.

She inadvertently noticed the silver belt cinching the girl’s slender waist, on which was embedded a dim, blood-red gemstone, looking very familiar.

“You saved me… Are you also a magical girl?” Ye Huasheng recognized it.

It was the same Source Blood that identified her as a magical girl, but with a slight difference: hers did not have that brilliant starlight within it.

‘An unseen, black magical girl…?’

“Me?”

The black-clad girl didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, she looked down at her own form, her eyes filled with a mix of novelty, appreciation, and amusement, like someone who had just gotten a new toy.

“I suppose so.”

“Suppose… Look out!”

Ye Huasheng, having gotten her answer, was about to say more, but her expression suddenly changed, and she shouted.

Because she saw the silver spider, which had been cut in two, had somehow re-formed and was opening its gaping maw!

The black-clad girl, however, was completely unconcerned.

Looking at Ye Huasheng, she lifted her rosy lips and said softly, “Look out for what?”

The silver monster charged with a ferocious aura, its fangs almost at the girl’s neck.

With a little force, it could have bitten off that head, which was as delicate as a doll’s.

Ye Huasheng subconsciously wanted to raise her wand and counterattack, but she had just stood up from exhaustion and fell to the ground again.

She could only watch helplessly as the monster’s teeth closed, and then…

Its throat was seized.

“…Huh?”

The scene before her left Ye Huasheng stunned.

The silver spider’s fangs, gleaming with a sharp light, bit down on the girl’s neck, but there was no bloody scene as imagined.

Instead, they shattered as if they had bitten into steel!

Not only did the black-clad girl not lose her head, but she also fiercely raised her hand, forcefully grabbing the monster’s throat and pulling it in front of her, as easily as if she were grabbing a kitten or a puppy.

Although a magical girl’s body was strengthened to some extent after transformation, there was a limit.

A tenfold increase was already the maximum. After all, they were magical girls, not muscle girls.

But the scene before her was far beyond Ye Huasheng’s imagination!

The silver spider roared, trying to break free from the girl’s grasp, even using its tentacles to choke her and break her neck.

Its human-like eyes were filled with fear.

But the black-clad girl’s only comment on its struggle was, “A lot smarter than yesterday.”

As soon as the black-clad girl’s words fell, she single-handedly threw the huge spider monster to the ground.

The earth trembled, and the spider roared in pain.

The reflection in its black-and-white eyes was the girl’s petite fist—

Boom—!

A simple punch produced a deafening explosion.

Such a small fist, one that made you want to gently hold and caress it, actually created a shower of sparks when it hit the silver spider’s body!

Boom—!

The black-clad girl struck again, hitting the spider’s human-like face squarely.

The powerful impact directly destroyed its feigned humanity.

Half of its body even disintegrated in a terrifying shower of sparks and explosions.

It couldn’t even let out a cry of agony.

Ye Huasheng swallowed, watching the dream-like scene before her with her mouth agape.

She saw the black-clad girl lift her leg high, her long, elegant, white thigh stomping down on the monster.

Bang—!

A surging explosion engulfed everything.

The silver shadow turned into nothingness in an instant.

The shockwave rolled over, blowing Ye Huasheng’s hair high.

Her eyes were filled with horror, and only three words remained in her mind: Impossible!

However, reality was inescapable.

When the dust and smoke cleared, only the figure of the black-clad girl remained standing.

The enemy that she and Lilia had fought so hard against, the terrifying Anomaly that had nearly killed them, was destroyed just like that, so easily…

She couldn’t even tell what kind of magic that was! Where was the wand? She couldn’t even sense any magic power!

This was simply impossible!

Just as Ye Huasheng was in shock, the ground suddenly trembled.

Then, the earth cracked.

It seemed that the black-clad girl’s stomp just now was not only to kill the monster.

Static-like electrical sparks flickered on her body, and a wail was forced out from a shadow on the ground!

There was another one hidden underground, kicked out by the black-clad girl’s stomp!

In the next moment, Ye Huasheng understood what the black-clad girl meant by “smarter.”

It wasn’t that there was another one, but that the one fighting (one-sidedly) with the black-clad girl just now was just a split body. The real main body had already fled underground!

She didn’t know whether to be more shocked by the silver spider’s human-like intelligence or by the fact that its first reaction upon facing the black-clad girl was to run.

Did it also feel fear!

“Hey, instead of watching the show here, shouldn’t you go check on your companion?”

The black-clad girl glanced at Ye Huasheng, her cold voice devoid of emotion.

Only then did Ye Huasheng snap out of her series of shocks.

She quickly ran to the distant, motionless Lilia and clumsily held her in her arms.

However, when she touched that cold skin, Ye Huasheng’s heart almost stopped.

Taking advantage of this momentary opportunity, the silver spider scurried away on its eight legs.

At this moment, it had no thoughts of predation, only the most primitive, most instinctive emotion—survival!

However, it was a futile effort.

No matter how it ran, no matter how it moved its eight legs, it couldn’t take a single step.

Because a storm that had appeared out of nowhere had already entangled it, bound it, and was even blowing it towards the black-clad girl!

And she had already assumed a punching stance.

With just a soft word:

“PUNCH!”

A punch was thrown, carrying an unimaginably terrifying energy impact.

In the deafening explosion, all the silver was completely destroyed, as if it had never existed in this world.

However, when the black-clad girl turned around, she saw Ye Huasheng holding Lilia, her face filled with anxiety and helplessness.

Normally, a magical girl’s life force was very strong.

As long as there was a trace of magic power, she could quickly heal her own injuries, and even if she was unconscious, her magic power would automatically take effect.

However, Lilia at this moment did not look like she was recovering at all.

Her face was pale, and even her breathing had stopped.

Magical girls could also die… their captain, the magical girl named Leng Xuan, had told them this once.

Ye Huasheng had once dismissed it, thinking that the invincible magical girls could never be defeated.

“What do I do… how do I save Nannan… I’m a magical girl, I’m a magical girl… right, healing magic!”

Ye Huasheng suppressed her grief and suddenly remembered healing magic.

Even the lowest-grade healing magic could bring a dying ordinary person back.

However, just as she raised her wand, preparing to use healing magic, she suddenly remembered—she didn’t know any healing spells at all.

A six-star magical girl could learn very few spells, most of which were a crude use of their own talents.

But general spells like healing and teleportation were very easy to learn.

However, at that time, Ye Huasheng was only focused on learning those powerful, gorgeous attack spells and disdained these auxiliary spells, thinking it was enough for Lilia to learn them… she had never imagined today’s situation.

“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!”

Ye Huasheng’s snot and tears finally couldn’t be held back.

She tightly gripped Lilia’s gradually stiffening body.

Her mind was a blank. She couldn’t think of what to do to save her most important friend… what would a life without Pan Nannan be like.

“Alright, stop howling. She’s not dead yet.”

Ye Huasheng looked up.

The black-clad girl had come to her at some point and said with a frown and a look of helplessness.

“Right, you’re a magical girl, you’re a magical girl too!”

Ye Huasheng’s eyes lit up as if she had seen a lifeline, and she was about to reach out and grab her.

However, the black-clad girl dodged, looking at the snot and tears on Ye Huasheng’s hands with disgust.

“Please, use healing magic quickly. Nannan can’t hold on much longer!” Ye Huasheng fell to the ground and quickly got up, looking at the black-clad girl with a dusty and disheveled appearance, like a lamb awaiting salvation, pitiful.

“But the problem is, I don’t know any healing magic either.” However, the black-clad girl shrugged, looking helpless.

Hearing this, the light in Ye Huasheng’s eyes almost went out, and she immediately started to wail again, “Nannan!”

“I told you to stop howling. It’s so noisy.”

The black-clad girl finally couldn’t take it anymore and chopped Ye Huasheng on the head. “Who told you only healing magic can save people?”

Hearing this, Ye Huasheng’s crying immediately stopped.

She looked over in disbelief. “Isn’t it?”

The black-clad girl let out a deep sigh, walked to Lilia, pushed the dumbfounded Ye Huasheng away, and reached out to touch Lilia’s chest.

A tiny, almost invisible electrical spark jumped from her fingertip.

Thump—