Transforming with the Metamorphosis Catchphrase, compared to transforming silently, can increase combat power by around ten to twenty percent.
This is a considerable boost in fighting strength, so most Magical Girls will shout out their Metamorphosis Catchphrase before battle to motivate themselves.
Some even choose especially cool ways to transform, making the effect even better.
For example, transforming while running, or charging at a Demon and shouting as you transform—these are just some of the tricks Magical Girls have perfected over time.
But right now, Yi was simply providing her magic power to Luo Shuangyue.
She didn’t need any of those flashy moves and just transformed directly.
Yi’s hair was dyed a deep blue by starlight, countless stars flowing through her waterfall-like long hair, making her look like a fantastical figure who had stepped out from a fairy tale.
Her emerald eyes had also turned—one black, one white.
The black eye seemed as if it could devour everything, while the white one carried the breath of creation.
She raised her hands, a few strands of glowing magic power pouring out from her palms, pitiful in both quantity and quality.
A New Bud Level Magical Girl could only manage this much.
Even though the hatred in her heart for Demons was bone-deep, even though her will was incredibly resolute, she still needed to go through the process of maturing.
It’s not as if pure will alone could let a New Bud Level kill an Emperor Rank.
That’s impossible.
Mind Burst has its limits, after all.
Even Xia Mo, with the kind of magic power best suited for Mind Burst, could only use it to barely tie with an Emperor Rank Demon for a short while at her very best.
Defeating an Emperor Rank Demon? Don’t even think about it—it’s simply impossible.
Luo Shuangyue took the magic power Yi offered, and, without letting the butterflies taste it, stuffed it right into her mouth.
Hmm, Yi’s magic power was different from Luo Shuangxing’s.
It had a fresh flavor, as if she were eating fruit in the shade of a tree.
Just one mouthful left her feeling refreshed and clear-headed; the exhaustion she’d accumulated these past days was almost completely swept away.
But in terms of taste, Luo Shuangxing’s was still more delicious.
Yi kept supplying magic power, and Luo Shuangyue kept stuffing it into her mouth.
As Yi’s magic was gradually digested and absorbed, Luo Shuangyue did feel a few unknown effects begin to manifest in her own magic power.
“Hoo… My magic is all used up, sorry.” At this moment, Yi cut off the supply, looking very tired.
New Bud Level, after all, the total magic power is just not enough.
Luo Shuangyue licked her lips, a bit unsatisfied, then told Yi gently not to force herself.
If it’s not enough today, they could do it again in two or three days—she was free these days anyway.
Eating too much at once could also be bad for her digestion.
Whether her words convinced Yi or not, the child left her Transformation and went to her room to rest.
Luo Shuangyue, on the other hand, followed Luo Lan into the neighboring Experiment Lab to test how much of Yi’s abilities she’d gained after devouring so much of her magic power.
“I can roughly imitate her magic power, but the conversion rate is very low.” First was the magic attribute. For Luo Shuangyue, this was the easiest to mimic; as long as she’d tasted a kind of magic, she could reproduce it.
However, how much she could convert depended on how much of that attribute she had consumed. The more she ate, the higher the conversion; the less, the lower.
Moreover, the converted magic was essentially a counterfeit—capable only of the most basic effects.
For example, Xia Mo’s Bond Magic: even if Luo Shuangyue could imitate it, it was useless.
Because the Bond Magic she mimicked couldn’t Mind Burst; true Bond Magic that could Mind Burst—otherwise, it’s just trash.
The same went for other types of magic power.
That’s why Luo Shuangyue preferred the ones with strong basic attributes—like magic that was scorching, corrosive, or imbued with various strange abilities.
“Her magic power is really strange. It doesn’t have much offensive force, but…” Luo Shuangyue flipped her wrist.
The Starlight Magic she imitated slipped into space.
In the Sea of Magic, invisible to ordinary people, this strand floated quietly, utterly unaffected by the raging tides.
It was as if it was born to resist the Sea of Magic!
“Miss Luo Lan, please move aside. I’ll try making a Teleportation Gate.”
“Okay.” Luo Lan hurried to the other side of the Experiment Lab and told the researchers working on equipment not to blink—make sure to record every step of Luo Shuangyue’s experiment.
Yes, there were researchers here.
Among them was a Transhuman, busy operating some new Magic Equipment that required magic to function.
This Experiment Lab was the headquarters’ most cutting-edge facility; only the Elite among Elites could work here.
Luo Shuangyue didn’t know the inner workings.
She first converted nearly half her magic power into Starlight Magic—even though the conversion rate was pitiful, the sheer amount of magic she possessed as someone on the brink of Full Bloom Class far outstripped what little Yi, the adorable novice, could offer.
Even with a low conversion rate, Luo Shuangyue’s Starlight Magic easily surpassed Yi’s entire stockpile.
With this magic, Luo Shuangyue figured she could at least try creating a Teleportation Gate… right?
“Huh?” Luo Shuangyue blinked. She seemed to have overlooked something crucial.
She had no idea how the Teleportation Gate actually worked—now, with just magic power in her hands, how was she supposed to make one?
Luo Shuangyue was like a craftsman with all the building materials but no blueprint for a marvel.
She hadn’t even seen what the marvel looked like.
And she wasn’t a genius with world-shaking intellect.
Trying to come up with the principles behind a Teleportation Gate on her own? She might as well die trying.
“Um, can you tell me how to make a Teleportation Gate?” Luo Shuangyue looked up, pleading for help from the scientists not far away.
Aren’t you all smart people? You must know something, right?
The scientists all shook their heads. This was magic, after all—what did a bunch of scientists know about that?
Maybe in a few years, when all the scientists had become Transhuman Magical Girls, Luo Shuangyue might get a better answer.
But for now, all she got from the smart-looking but stumped researchers was a definite no.
Teleportation Gates weren’t science—they were magic.
We scientists don’t understand this stuff.
Among the researchers, the only Transhuman lady had just recently undergone the transformation and was still adapting—she had no time to study magical theory.
So, the research into Teleportation Gates hit an immediate dead end.
Luo Shuangyue cupped a ball of Starlight in each hand.
Since she couldn’t get any intel from these smart people, she’d just have to rely on her own imagination.
She kneaded the magic power into the shape of a door.
Clearly, this self-deluding approach was completely useless.
After walking in and out of her magic doors a few times, Luo Shuangyue finally confirmed this attempt was a failure.
[As expected, creating something as advanced as a Teleportation Gate isn’t that easy.]
The difference between the magic of Magical Girls and Demons is really…a bit too big.
A Demon’s magic can be used straight away, but for a Magical Girl, you have to rack your brains to develop new uses. It’s a real pain.
“I’ll just have Yi show me how to make a Teleportation Gate tomorrow.” Luo Shuangyue regretfully reverted the two useless doors back into magic and spoke to Luo Lan.
“All right, I’ll arrange it.”
By rights, Luo Shuangyue’s task for today was finished; now she could wander around Headquarters at her leisure, so long as she didn’t go anywhere too confidential.
But as she gazed at the mass of starlit magic in her hand, she felt that, having gone to the trouble of converting it, she should at least try to find another use for it besides making a Teleportation Gate.
Thinking this, she recalled how Starlight Magic seemed especially resistant to the raging tides of the Sea of Magic.
Maybe she could use this to reduce the magic power consumed by stealthily traveling through the Sea of Magic?
With a thought, Luo Shuangyue summoned the Starlight Magic, forming an intricate Magic Circle in midair.
This was the Magic Circle for her Butterfly Transformation spell—an innate magic she’d mastered after awakening as a Magical Girl.
She wanted to see what would happen if she used a different magic type with this spell.
But the Magic Circle composed solely of Starlight Magic didn’t function at all; it seemed the spell had to be powered by Luo Shuangyue’s own magic.
Injecting her own magic into the circle and gradually adjusting the balance between the two, she finally got the spell to operate when the ratio hit seven-to-three.
The majority was Luo Shuangyue’s own black-purple magic, forming the foundation, with flecks of starlight scattered throughout the circle, lending the whole spell a touch of mystery.
Without hesitation, Luo Shuangyue leaped into the Magic Circle—she was confident in her own spell; there was no danger.
Her body was completely swallowed by the Magic Circle and transformed into a cluster of butterflies with starlit wings, vanishing from the room.
In that instant, none of the monitoring equipment could detect Luo Shuangyue’s presence. It was as if she had vanished from the world.
“Eh? Should we—” A researcher looked panicked, instinctively reaching for the red button at his side.
A hand immediately caught his wrist. “Don’t panic. The Magic Circle is still running. Miss Soul Butterfly is just testing her magic.”
Luo Lan signaled everyone to stay calm, to wait a few minutes. If Luo Shuangyue didn’t return, or if the Magic Circle disappeared, then it wouldn’t be too late to hit the alarm.
“It’s really different—Yi’s magic is practically made for the Sea of Magic!” Gazing at the starlit energy covering her body, Luo Shuangyue spoke cheerfully.
She had already left the Mother Star, crossed the layers of defenses set by Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls, and arrived at the Lunar Base.
Before, if she tried this, she’d definitely get knocked out of stealth by the chaotic currents set up by those Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls.
But with starlight’s protection, those mighty waves could no longer do her much harm.
She still got tossed around, but her little boat wasn’t being smashed to pieces anymore—a huge improvement.
What’s more, Luo Shuangyue could sense the Magic Circle anchored back on Mother Star.
With a single thought, she could instantly return from her current location.
Was this the prototype of a Teleportation Gate? she wondered to herself.
She wanted to see if, after leaving here, the Magic Circle on the ground would still function.
But in the end, Luo Shuangyue restrained herself—if it didn’t work, she’d have to struggle all the way back, giving Luo Lan and the others more trouble.
Sigh.
She might as well report her discovery to Luo Lan first, then test it out as much as she wanted.
With that in mind, Luo Shuangyue tugged gently on an imaginary thread in her mind, and suddenly felt as if she were bound by several sturdy ropes, her body and limbs yanked rapidly toward the marked location.
So fast!
The thought had barely formed when Luo Shuangyue crashed down hard on the ground.
It didn’t hurt—her body’s protective magic shielded her from this level of damage—but when she turned and saw the person-shaped dent she’d left in the metal wall, she felt that this ‘Teleportation Gate’ could be used as a very effective execution tool for ordinary people.
“Miss Soul Butterfly, are you all right?!” Amid urgent alarms, Luo Lan hurried to Luo Shuangyue’s side and pulled her out of the wall.
Everything had happened so quickly: Luo Shuangyue had vanished for less than three minutes, the Magic Circle she’d left behind flared with blue-violet light, and then Luo Shuangyue shot out like a cannonball, slamming into the laboratory wall.
The impact immediately triggered the lab’s automatic alarm.
Most likely, an on-duty Magical Girl was already rushing over.
“Did something happen? Is there an enemy attack?” Sure enough, seconds later, a heroic pink-haired girl burst into the lab.
She froze at the sight, then, confused, said, “Eh? Everything’s fine?”
“Ahem, Miss Peach, it’s a little complicated—I’ll explain everything in a bit,” Luo Lan coughed lightly, flashing an apologetic smile at the Magical Girl who’d come to check on them.