Magical Girl defeated?
Passersby either covered their mouths, shielded their eyes, wore expressions of horror, or looked grave—none dared to believe the news.
Since the Original Four Fiends of this world were either eliminated or suppressed by the Magical Girls, a thousand years had passed. Over the years, how long had it been since a Magical Girl was publicly defeated by a Monster?
Yet now, the bloody truth unfolded before everyone’s eyes: the Magical Girl codenamed Star Splitter was slammed into a wall by a Black Mist Monster and was stuck fast, unable to be pulled free.
The powerful Monster, enveloped entirely in thick black mist with ghostly flames flickering in its eyes, cast a cold, disdainful gaze directly at Star Splitter.
In the Monster’s hand was a heavy Black Greatsword, embroidered with strange and mysterious magical runes.
The blood groove along the blade glowed a vivid crimson, like a gluttonous beast waiting to be fed, watching and choosing its prey with predatory eyes.
But it hadn’t had that greatsword before!
What exactly was that greatsword?
Could this be a new species of Monster never seen before?
The reporter from Hope Entertainment fixed her gaze tightly on Lu Liang.
His cold and terrifying appearance, his cool weapon, and his record of defeating a group of Magical Girls on his first appearance.
Black Knight.
For some reason, the name sprang up automatically in the reporter’s mind when she saw the Monster’s form.
Black Mist Monster, Black Greatsword—the heavy and epic aura that surrounded him fit perfectly with the image of a knight.
If she could capture this moment on camera and headline it “Shocking! Black Knight Monster Wins Against Multiple Magical Girls on Debut—Future World-Destroying Demon King?” the traffic would explode instantly.
The reporter was ecstatic inside.
She seemed to already see herself as the rising star of journalism.
Publishing this article meant praise from the editor-in-chief, promotions, and raises.
Quickly, she raised her camera and snapped several shots of the Black Knight on the rooftop. But after finishing, she suddenly realized she’d forgotten to load film!
Damn it!
She panicked and begged her assistant for more film while silently praying that the Magical Girl could hold the Black Knight off a little longer.
“What is that?”
Star Splitter stared at Lu Liang in terror.
This time, she wasn’t acting—she had truly been defeated by him.
Just as she was about to unleash her finishing move and kill Lu Liang in front of everyone, Lu Liang somehow summoned a Black Greatsword.
Then, that greatsword erupted with power that rivaled the Cleaver in Star Splitter’s hands!
From the greatsword, Star Splitter sensed a familiar aura—almost as if these two weapons shared the same origin.
In fact, both weapons were Heavenly Demon Armaments!
But why? Why would a Monster be wielding a Heavenly Demon Armament?
That was absolutely not a power a Monster could control!
What exactly was this Monster?
“This is my Heavenly Demon Armament, named—”
Under Star Splitter’s gaze, Lu Liang slowly repeated the name the greatsword seemed to be telling him:
“Slashing Money Greatsword.”
“Slashing… Money Greatsword?”
Hearing this ominous name, Star Splitter’s face immediately paled.
Shaking, she pulled out her phone and zoomed in four times before daring to fix her gaze on the screen.
Her eyes went wide.
Three thousand yuan had just been sliced from her bank card!
“Bastard!”
Seeing this message, the last shred of reason Star Splitter had finally snapped.
Damn it… this was insane! Why did this Monster’s Miracle Power have to be so disgusting and low?
Every fight meant her opponent was fined again and again.
Even the weapon directly slashed money out of her card!
What’s worse, with the help of the opponent’s Miracle Power, Star Splitter couldn’t even trace where her money had gone.
The money slashed away was truly gone—it was worse than money laundering!
Seeing her money chopped off felt like she’d been physically stabbed out of nowhere. She might as well have been cut for real!
Faced with these harsh numbers, Star Splitter roared:
“Ahhhhh! I will kill you for sure!”
She poured her magic power into her Heavenly Demon Armament without hesitation.
Fueled by her suppressed rage, the Cleaver suddenly grew several times larger, and the countless Clones of Cleaver behind her merged into a blood-red shadow.
Despite Star Splitter’s mad assault, the Black Mist Monster remained calm, moving with ease.
But no one knew that beneath the black mist, Lu Liang’s face had turned pale and cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.
Of course, this expression wasn’t fear of the Magical Girl.
After acquiring the Slashing Money Greatsword, an ominous blade, a new message flashed through Lu Liang’s mind.
【Ability: Heavenly Demon Armored Form, waiting to unlock, progress 4500/1,000,000 yuan.】
This damn Miracle Power, after draining so much of his hard-earned money, wasn’t satisfied and wanted even more.
Damn Heavenly Demon Armored Form—this time it demanded a million yuan!
Lu Liang roughly understood his Miracle Power was a total rip-off.
Although unlocking new abilities looked promising, they all came with enormous costs.
Like the Slashing Money Greatsword in his hand.
Each Heavenly Demon Armament had unique powers.
Star Splitter’s Cleaver summoned Clones of Cleaver.
Lu Liang’s Slashing Money Greatsword revolved around money.
It had two abilities.
The first was called Money Loss.
As the name suggested, when an attack landed, it would slash money from the opponent.
But the money wouldn’t transfer to Lu Liang’s account. Instead, through Miracle Power, it was moved to an “Ability Awakening” account.
And this Money Loss wasn’t one-sided; it worked both ways.
While using the weapon, Lu Liang’s own money was also being slashed. Just now, 1,500 yuan flew out of his account.
Fortunately, the greatsword wasn’t only about Money Loss.
Otherwise, without Star Splitter even needing to act, Lu Liang would have smashed this useless sword into scrap right then and there.
The second ability was Money Absorption.
Building on the first ability, after the Money Loss effect triggered, the greatsword’s surface would be covered with a layer of blood light, entering the Money Absorption state.
In this state, when the sword struck the enemy again, it would randomly obtain an item from them worth no less than twice the amount lost due to Money Loss.
Lu Liang didn’t care about getting a Cleaver or anything else.
That thing might be valuable, but the probability of drawing it at only 4,500 yuan was unlikely.
He just hoped to claw back some blood—to minimize his losses today.
Holding the Slashing Money Greatsword glowing faintly with blood light, Lu Liang held his breath, every muscle trembling with excitement.
At this moment, he was like a gambler about to throw the dice—no one knew how it would end until the dice stopped rolling.
As Star Splitter wildly swung her reckless slash, tearing apart everything before her, Lu Liang raised his greatsword.
Like a blood shadow flashing, he moved with surprising speed despite the sword’s weight.
Finally, Lu Liang charged straight at Star Splitter and mercilessly struck her feathered robe.
The Magical Girl’s robe had some defensive power, and since Lu Liang only wanted money, not to kill, the Slashing Money Greatsword left only a shallow mark on the robe’s surface before gliding off like a dragonfly’s touch.
At the same time, the faint blood light on the greatsword quickly dimmed.
Money Absorption succeeded!
A strange object suddenly appeared in Lu Liang’s hand.
He had no time to examine it and hastily stuffed it into his pocket, then vanished like a black shadow, fleeing toward a less crowded area.
This time, Star Splitter no longer chased after Lu Liang like a madwoman.
Feeling something had suddenly been taken from her, she froze as if shocked, her cheeks flushing red.
Staring unbelievingly at Lu Liang’s disappearing back, tears welled up in her eyes.
She immediately dropped her weapons, curled her knees to her chest, and crouched on the ground!
The enormous Cleaver also dissolved and vanished as her magic power supply ceased.
On the commercial street.
Click click click!
The reporter from Hope Entertainment’s fingers nearly smoked as she furiously pressed the shutter button.
Only after Lu Liang’s figure disappeared from sight did she reluctantly release the button.
“Ah, why did he run away so fast? I thought the Magical Girl could hold him off a bit longer… Oh well, I already got some great shots. Hey, this one’s really something!”
The reporter happily browsed through the photos on her camera.
On the screen was the Black Knight, surrounded by dark mist, holding the massive sword, his fiery eyes flickering like hellfire.
Facing him was Magical Girl Star Splitter, half-kneeling on the ground, her face a picture of defeated despair.
“Hmm… Black Knight, Black Knight, hehehe.”
The reporter chuckled foolishly, hugging her camera:
“I have a feeling you’re going to bring great upheaval to this era. Just don’t die so easily before you give us Hope Entertainment more explosive news.”