As Heibaixiong’s voice fell, he flicked his wrist and several throwing knives appeared between his fingers.
“Now… the opportunity has come.”
Pei Keke saw his stance and her face turned pale. This was completely unlike the confident person from before.
Fortunately, since Su Ziling was standing in front of her, no one except Su Ziling noticed her expression change.
Of course, Su Ziling didn’t care. She just calmly stared back at Heibaixiong and let out a thought-provoking sound.
“Hmph…”
Then, mana gathered in her hand, a pale luster that was restrained yet as sharp as a deadly weapon, chilling to the bone.
But Heibaixiong didn’t seem afraid at all.
“I know you’re good at close combat, but coincidentally, the melee Magical Girls I’ve defeated number at least ten or twenty.”
‘Exaggerating.’
Lin Yizhou, watching from the sidelines, silently commented.
He didn’t plan to get involved, but he also didn’t plan to stop them. After all, in this situation, stepping in would only make him lose favor with both sides.
So he might as well sit down and watch the show with some tea. At worst, Fan Zhicheng would get a beating and then be sent to the Magical Girl Alliance for a while.
The standoff between the two finally ended. Heibaixiong made the first move, aiming his throwing knives at Su Ziling’s head and launching them at a terrifying speed close to a bullet.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Three cold gleams tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek, and shot straight toward Su Ziling’s face at a terrifying speed close to a bullet.
What’s more, the moment he threw the knives, his body lunged forward like a cannonball, following close behind.
The knives were a feint, also a cover.
However, Su Ziling easily caught the knife that was as fast as a bullet between her index and middle fingers. Facing Heibaixiong’s fierce attack, she didn’t retreat or fear at all. Instead, like a ghost, she flashed to his side and threw the knife she had caught back at him.
“Returning this to you.”
Seeing the danger, Heibaixiong immediately rolled to the side, dodging the deadly knife.
Thud! The knife deeply embedded into the ground where he had been standing, the handle trembling violently.
After forcing him back, Su Ziling did not pursue. Her figure was as light as a falling leaf, silently landing back in front of Pei Keke.
Not knowing if there were other Monsters, rashly pursuing could lead to her showing an opening, and if the opponent took a hostage, it would be very troublesome.
Faced with this black-gold colored Magical Girl image, her cool movements and calm expression left the people present stunned and speechless.
Most importantly, her very youthful appearance combined with her mature personality really made it hard to look away.
Facing the gaze of the crowd, Su Ziling sighed helplessly, but she had no time to distract herself by evacuating the crowd.
“Pant… pant… As expected of the Protean Witch…”
Heibaixiong stood up somewhat disheveled, the ease on his face long gone, replaced by unprecedented gravity.
Big Brother really didn’t lie to me…
This ‘Protean Witch’ is really strong, at least stronger than me.
Why isn’t such a strong Magical Girl on the Magical Girl Alliance’s roster?
But even if she is strong, it doesn’t mean he has no chance of winning.
Why do Magical Girls rarely engage in close combat? The fundamental reason is that Monsters are more skilled and familiar with melee, and Magical Girls are naturally small in stature.
It’s like on a basketball court. No matter how skilled you are, a 1.4-meter shorty facing a two-meter giant guarding the basket simply can’t show their skills.
Thinking of this, Heibaixiong gathered all his strength into his legs, preparing to launch a strike that could knock her down in one blow.
In terms of speed, Heibaixiong had absolute confidence.
“Still not planning to give up?”
Because she had to protect the dazed Magical Girl behind her, Su Ziling did not initiate an attack.
“Heh…”
Heibaixiong had finished gathering his power, but Su Ziling remained motionless. The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but turn up.
Then, under everyone’s gaze, he turned into an afterimage, charging straight at Su Ziling. Just as he was about to reach her, he performed a sliding tackle, forcing himself into Su Ziling’s blind spot on her side.
His thick right leg carried immense force, whistling like a battering ram toward Su Ziling’s seemingly fragile calf. If this hit landed, it would be enough to make her lose balance and fall instantly!
The idea was perfect, but—
Just because others couldn’t see clearly didn’t mean Su Ziling couldn’t.
Just as that lethal sweep was about to connect, Su Ziling lightly tapped the ground with the tip of her foot and leaped upward as gracefully as a feather.
That sweeping kick, carrying terrifying momentum, barely grazed the sole of her boot, continuing unabated like a runaway train, violently sweeping toward the life-sized Meluke standee beside them.
“What?!”
Heibaixiong was stunned. He clearly didn’t expect Su Ziling to react in time.
“Holy crap! My wife!”
Lin Yizhou, who was eating melon on the sidelines, couldn’t sit still anymore. He threw all thoughts of watching and drinking tea to the wind. As a Meluke enthusiast, how could he just watch that life-sized standee get destroyed?
Besides, that was the life-sized standee he had reserved!
So without a word, he immediately pressed the transformation button, poured a large amount of mana to reinforce the standee, and then instantly canceled the transformation.
The whole process took less than a second. The audience’s attention was on Su Ziling and Heibaixiong, so no one noticed the anomaly beside them.
Bang!!
A dull, disturbing loud sound rang out.
Unable to stop his momentum, Heibaixiong’s right leg, which was filled with all his strength and was enough to kick through a steel pillar, slammed solidly and without cushion into that indestructible “Vibranium Wife.”
Since every action has an equal and opposite reaction, he couldn’t break that life-sized standee, so the consequences…
A crisp, teeth-grinding sound of bone cracking clearly reached everyone’s ears.
“Ow!!!”
Heibaixiong hugged his calf, letting out a heart-wrenching, inhuman scream.
As for Su Ziling, seeing Heibaixiong rolling on the ground and screaming, she couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
She had originally planned to seize the aftercast of his move and completely take him down, but she never expected such a dramatic and laughable scene to occur.
And more importantly, Su Ziling had noticed that Lin Yizhou had acted.
It’s just…
Who the hell were you just calling “wife”?
Su Ziling looked down at herself, then at the Magical Girl Meluke standee not far away.
Is she your wife that you just shouted?