Shadow

The magic wand, a magical girl’s most essential weapon for battle, possesses extremely potent power.

It is an indispensable tool for casting spells, constructing magic circles, and regulating magical energy.

It could be said that as long as a magical girl holds her wand, she can draw upon a ceaseless wellspring of power!

Yet at this very moment, Ye Huasheng was watching Bai Hai wield her most important magic wand with the gusto of a tempest, flawlessly executing a thirty-six-move staff technique that sent the surrounding zombies scattering, not daring to get close!

THUD—!

Wielding the magic wand, Bai Hai was even more impressive than a magical girl.

A tap to the east, a sweep to the west, and great swathes of zombies either had their heads smashed or their limbs broken, falling to the ground and wailing incessantly.

He swung the wand so fast it left afterimages, leaving everyone utterly dumbfounded!

Could a magical girl’s wand be used like that?

With the help of the wand, Bai Hai was a force of nature, swiftly clearing out the surrounding zombies.

The wall of corpses they had formed crumbled.

He fought his way to Ye Huasheng’s side, cleared out all the approaching zombies, then turned and kicked, his foot passing under Ye Huasheng’s armpit to send the corpse clinging stubbornly to her flying!

Lilia snapped back to reality and immediately cast a spell, restraining the zombies that had been knocked down and were unable to get back up, one by one.

She then rushed to Ye Huasheng’s side to check her injuries.

Honestly, it was a terrifying sight.

There were dark bite marks everywhere, and her dress was torn in large patches.

However, the disheveled Ye Huasheng paid no heed to Lilia’s calls.

She just stared intently at Bai Hai, who leaped into the air and used the wand to break the last zombie’s spine.

She watched until he walked right up to her and said:

“Are you okay?”

As soon as he said this, Ye Huasheng lunged at him like an angry kitten, swiping with her claws.

But he easily dodged it with a tilt of his head and even said nonchalantly, “Full of energy.
Looks like you’re fine.”

“Bastard, give me back my wand!”

Hearing Ye Huasheng say this, Bai Hai didn’t immediately return the wand.

Instead, he caressed it right in front of her, like stroking her lover in front of a scorned partner, and even commented, “You know, I think we could try carving a blood groove into this thing.
It would definitely be very effective.”

“Shut up!”

Lilia quickly pulled the ready-to-bite Ye Huasheng back, stroking her back as if calming a cat, and cooed, “It’s okay, it’s okay, let’s not be angry.”

Ye Huasheng thought it was very hard not to be angry, but just as she was about to explode, she felt another, more severe wave of weakness.

She couldn’t even stand and crumpled to her knees!

“Chengzi!”

Lilia cried out anxiously.

She then noticed that Ye Huasheng’s delicate body was rapidly heating up.

Her knees, planted on the ground, were trembling violently, and a faint black aura even appeared on her fair face!

Bai Hai noticed this, and his expression turned grave.

She looked as if she had suddenly been struck by some illness.

Although she had sustained many injuries just now, didn’t magical girls have super-strong regenerative abilities?

This morning, she had over a dozen broken bones and recovered in an instant.

Why was this happening now?

Could it be that the wounds inflicted by this Anomaly were something even a magical girl couldn’t withstand?

But just then, Bai Hai’s eyes swept over Ye Huasheng’s shadow, and he immediately noticed something was wrong.

He shouted, “Blue one, get away from her!”

Lilia was stunned.

Suddenly, her vision went dark, as if something was pouncing at her.

But thanks to Bai Hai’s warning, she was able to react in time and dodge.

A black shadow grazed her face.

Everyone looked at the shadow and saw it was a pure black, ultra-small bat!

This tiny bat was about the size of a finger, as black as ink, and flapping its wings.

However, in less than two or three seconds, it suddenly fell to the ground.

Its black body twitched and then went still.

It was dead.

What… what on earth was going on?

“Give it to me!”

While everyone was confused, Ye Huasheng suddenly got up from the ground, snatched the magic wand from Bai Hai’s hand, and fired a micro-magic blast at the bat.

A flash of light, and everyone was forced to turn their heads away from the scorching heatwave.

When they looked back, only a pile of ash remained.

“It was that thing running around inside my body.
So disgusting.”

Ye Huasheng stroked her recovered magic wand and said to the pile of ash.

Bai Hai, however, slapped his forehead in frustration and pointed at her complainingly:

“Seriously?
That was a very rare research sample, and you just blew it up?”

“What else was I supposed to do?”

Ye Huasheng shot a glance at Bai Hai.

“Do you know how uncomfortable I was just now?
It took all my magic to force it out of my body!”

“That thing came out of your body?”

Lilia’s eyes widened as she looked at Ye Huasheng in disbelief.

“Actually, I felt strange too.
I just felt a wave of nausea, and then I somehow knew something had entered my body.
It was my magic that expelled it,” Ye Huasheng said, rubbing the goosebumps on her arm, seemingly still scared.

“To be precise, it was the shadow.
That thing came out of her shadow.”

Bai Hai glanced at Ye Huasheng, remembering the scene he had witnessed earlier.

The girl’s shadow had writhed strangely, as if experiencing some kind of rejection reaction, and had “spat” the thing out.

‘Shadow… shadow… could it be?’

And as if in response, the entire building suddenly began to tremble violently.

Everyone looked around in alarm, wondering if it was an earthquake.

Only Bai Hai scanned his surroundings, looked in a certain direction, saw the churning shadows, and suddenly tried to snatch the magic wand from Ye Huasheng again.

“Hey!
You’re grabbing my wand again!”

But this time Ye Huasheng was prepared and held on tightly to her wand, refusing to let go.

Frustrated, Bai Hai could only slap her and shout at an empty corner:

“Quick, attack!”

“Huh?
Why?”

“No time to explain!
Otherwise, give me the wand!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Huasheng immediately raised her wand and fired a micro-magic blast.

Then, everyone heard a sharp, piercing scream!

The shadow was alive!

“I knew it!
The shadow is the key!”

The shadow quickly transformed from a two-dimensional plane into a three-dimensional form.

Everyone witnessed the bizarre scene: the shadows of the zombies, as if stirred by something, rapidly converged in one direction.

A bat, half the height of a person, emerged from the shadows, glaring at everyone with vicious eyes!

“Why is there another Anomaly?”

Lilia looked at the giant bat before her and said in a voice full of disbelief.

However, Bai Hai shouted loudly:

“It’s not that there’s another one, but that another one was just born!”

Bai Hai looked at the scene before him.

While backing toward a corner, he said to the two magical girls, “This is an Anomaly that parasites shadows!
Attack now, it’s very weak!”

“Don’t let it escape!”

Just as Bai Hai had said, the moment this Anomaly stepped out of the shadow and into reality, it immediately showed a pained expression, as if reality itself was rejecting it.

It was completely different from the one that had flown away earlier!

“What’s all this nonsense… anyway, just attack, right?”

Ye Huasheng was completely baffled by Bai Hai’s words, but she knew one thing: she could now attack freely.

So, after realizing that all the police officers had retreated to a safe distance with the restrained zombies, she immediately launched her assault.

Lilia retreated behind Ye Huasheng and cast a strengthening spell.

Ye Huasheng felt a powerful force fill her entire body and immediately charged forward, unleashing several magic blasts in quick succession!

Of course, they were the weakened version.

These magic blasts, as if alive, drilled into the bat’s body from various tricky angles.

A series of popping explosions sounded, and the bat let out a pained scream.

But its fierce gaze remained fixed on Ye Huasheng’s figure.

Suddenly, its eyes widened, and a black light shot out!

But on closer inspection, it wasn’t a black light at all, but a swarm of the same black bats as before.

They let out ear-piercing shrieks and charged at Ye Huasheng.

Caught off guard, Ye Huasheng couldn’t dodge, but she also knew she didn’t need to.

A blue shield instantly materialized in front of her!

Ye Huasheng seized the opportunity and condensed a fist-sized magic blast, firing it at the bat!

BOOM—!

A dazzling explosion roared, shaking the entire building.

The dark figure was caught in the blast and turned into black fragments.

But the magical girls present didn’t feel any excitement from defeating the Anomaly.

Instead, they saw a scene that made their scalps tingle—

It had split into a swarm of small black bats!

They emitted a teeth-grinding shriek!

What on earth was this thing!

Seeing that the situation was bad, Ye Huasheng fired off another dozen or so magic blasts, trying to obliterate all of them.

However, when the light from the exploding magic blasts illuminated these bats, what she saw were even smaller bats!

Could it split infinitely?

The bats, now smaller than ants, scattered and flew in all directions.

They didn’t intend to fight but were preparing to fly toward the freedom of the outside world through the windows!

Ye Huasheng and Lilia saw this bizarre scene and wanted to give chase, but they felt something grab their feet.

Looking down, they saw that their shadows were being tightly bitten by a dark shape from an unknown source.

This actually rendered them unable to move!

“Duck!”

Just as the two magical girls were horrified by this scene, they suddenly heard a clear, indifferent voice ring out by their ears, and then—

A fierce wind suddenly rose!