Huan Hong had already arrived. She’d learned her lesson and was now using binoculars to observe the Demonic Creature from high altitude.
This time, she didn’t rush in to fight immediately, because the area was still semi-suburban. The population wasn’t dense, so there was no immediate risk of civilian casualties.
She observed the Demonic Creature through the binoculars. Based on its build, it did look like an Intermediate Evil Demon. The speed and strength it displayed matched, and its defensive capabilities after being attacked also fit the characteristics of an Intermediate Evil Demon.
She checked the creature’s ears and didn’t find any headset-like device—everything seemed to point to an ordinary Intermediate Evil Demon.
She pulled out her phone and messaged: [@Yin Lin, what’s wrong with this Demonic Creature? It looks normal to me from here.]
She even recorded a video and sent it to the group.
The Southern Battlefield was different from the Northern Battlefield. The Defeated Team’s firepower here was indeed ferocious—like the difference between minions pushing in League of Legends versus a ten-hero teamfight.
Yin Lin’s Northern Battlefield was more like minions pushing, while Huan Hong’s Southern Battlefield was as intense as a teamfight—artillery filling the sky.
The Defeated Team’s photon rifles dealt more damage to the Demonic Creature than traditional kinetic weapons. They’d even pulled out the mana-infused shells originally meant to target Magical Girls.
They’d kept those hidden before, hoping to catch the Magical Girls off guard. Now that the plan had failed, they were freely using them against the Demonic Creature.
Noticing this detail, both Huan Hong and Yin Lin grew more disgusted with the Defeated Team.
The Defeated Team had lost sight of priorities. They’d prioritized dealing with Magical Girls over fighting Demonic Creatures.
Continuing her observation, Huan Hong saw that the Defeated Team’s heavy firepower had wounded the Demonic Creature, causing it to bleed profusely. The creature stopped just moving around and started to fight back.
The Countermeasure Center naturally received the intelligence and began analyzing these samples. It took the expert group only ten minutes to propose several hypotheses—these two Demonic Creatures seemed to be carrying out some kind of mission and possessed the ability to “remember commands.”
In the Northern Battlefield where Yin Lin was stationed, the Special Task Force’s firepower was too weak to threaten the creature, so that one was still following its original orders.
But in Huan Hong’s Southern Battlefield, the Demonic Creature had come under heavy attack from the Defeated Team and felt threatened. The situation was evolving into a “beast counterattack.”
Huan Hong didn’t strike. She continued to observe. On one hand, she was curious about the Defeated Team’s combat capability; on the other, she didn’t want to get into a conflict with them.
She was still a bit afraid. She often saw self-media news about Magical Girls being captured and cruelly treated.
The Special Task Force couldn’t catch Magical Girls, but the Defeated Team was different—they had means.
“Can’t handle Demonic Creatures, but we can still deal with you Magical Girls?”
The Defeated Team’s reputation for bullying the weak and fearing the strong had spread everywhere.
The battle below continued. This time, the Defeated Team deployed two helicopters, using photon rifles to fire at the Demonic Creature from high altitude.
To improve their hit rate, they arrogantly lowered their flight altitude to 500 meters.
An Intermediate Evil Demon couldn’t leap 500 meters—it wasn’t a Cadre-level Demonic Creature, so it lacked that supernatural ability to propel itself into the air.
Nevertheless, the Countermeasure Center issued repeated warnings—based on calculations from physicists and mathematicians, an Intermediate Evil Demon could reach that altitude with ranged attacks.
The warnings came over a dozen times, but the Defeated Team didn’t change their approach. They stayed at 500 meters, attacking the Intermediate Evil Demon on the ground.
Didn’t they know the danger? They did.
Didn’t they know the Countermeasure Center’s experts were professionals?
They knew that too.
It was like people who run red lights—don’t they know it’s illegal? Don’t they know they might get killed? They know everything.
They just gamble that it won’t happen this time.
The Defeated Team was the same—gambling that nothing would go wrong this time. If members died, they could recruit more.
If vehicles were destroyed, they could build new ones.
Closing the distance to improve accuracy and reduce damage falloff had become their top priority.
A few more bullets struck the Demonic Creature’s head, leaving small dents like marks on a steel plate.
The creature roared, clearly enraged.
Huan Hong continued watching through the binoculars and saw the Intermediate Evil Demon grab rocks from the ground and hurl them into the sky.
The stones only reached about 400 meters, not enough to hit the helicopters.
This made the Defeated Team even more cocky.
They maintained their altitude and kept shooting. The artillery vehicles also fixed their angles and bombarded the creature on the ground.
The first shot missed; the second hit, actually knocking the Intermediate Evil Demon rolling twice across the ground—it suffered both physical and magical damage.
The Defeated Team cheered. Even the experts at the Countermeasure Center who had been constantly issuing warnings couldn’t help cheering for a moment.
The Defeated Team’s equipment could actually deal substantial damage to Demonic Creatures—that wasn’t common.
The battle continued. The Intermediate Evil Demon stood up again, now bearing new wounds, more serious than ordinary scratches.
Another shell came down. This time, the creature raised a hand to block it, its massive body only stumbling back half a step.
It grabbed another rock from the ground, crushed it into a hail of small stones, even scraping its own arm until it bled.
It was like a legendary giant pitcher.
It stared at the helicopters in the sky, charged up, then hurled the debris with ferocious force—the attack was so powerful it created a shockwave.
The throw surpassed 500 meters directly. A mass of gravel slammed into the helicopters—some hitting the fuselage, others striking the rotors.
One helicopter’s rotor was severed, causing it to crash. The crew ejected to safety.
The other helicopter immediately climbed higher, afraid to continue the attack.
But when it reached 600 meters, the creature’s next volley arrived—more gravel.
The dense swarm of stones snapped the helicopter’s tail section, causing it to spin out of control and also begin to fall.
Once again, the crew ejected in emergency.
Silence fell over the Countermeasure Center. Though the Defeated Team’s disregard for orders was infuriating, seeing them shot down still made everyone—fellow humans—feel uneasy.
A moment later, the Countermeasure Center resumed operations.
They confirmed one thing: these two Demonic Creatures that appeared today were clearly different from before. They bore extremely faint traces of having been “trained.”
That kind of clue couldn’t be hidden. Under the scrutiny of so many experts, the slightest hint would be caught.
“Our suggestion is to let the Magical Girls take action. Don’t send humans anymore—it will only cause more casualties,” said the Human Supremacists in the Countermeasure Center.
Someone had to test the Demonic Creatures’ capabilities. The Special Task Force and the Defeated Team had already gone. Now it was the Magical Girls’ turn.
The acting person-in-charge tapped his leg as he thought for a long time, then finally gave the order—
Hold position. Continue observing.
What exactly were these two Demonic Creatures… they could only let the Magical Girls find out.