“—Three elite fighters killed in an instant!”
Haiyan’s breath nearly stopped.
Three Ghost-level fusion warriors had been swatted against the outer wall like flies, their guts and filth bursting out.
His entire squad only had seven Ghost-levels!
He growled into the communicator, “Bai He! Why is Golden Scale showing up on our side!?”
“Hold her off with everything you’ve got!”
“That’s the monster that defeated the Fifth Seat, Broken-winged Butterfly. How long do you expect me to hold her off?!”
“Do your best to stall her!”
Bai He issued a death order.
“Think of your family.”
“Screw you! You want me to give my life for my family? You think I care about them?!”
“Just stall her.”
Haiyan was so furious he wanted to smash the communicator right then and there.
Don’t be fooled—this squad of fusion warriors was strong enough to take over a city hall, but up against the likes of the Gray Witch Ariel, who was on par with Broken-winged Butterfly, they’d only end up dead, no matter how many came.
“Encircle her! Release the neurotoxin! Numbers Four to Eight… fulfill your glorious mission!”
The named fusion warriors all shuddered, survival instinct making them want to resist, but the sight of those just ruthlessly killed by Luo You, smashed to the wall, held them back.
Seeing Luo You’s eyes now on them, they dared not hesitate any longer.
The syringes attached to their combat suits extended and stabbed into their bodies.
“Huh? Lost control, have you?”
Luo You frowned.
This scene felt strangely familiar—just like the terrorist attack in Huahai City.
Xue appeared behind her, the childish face carrying an unusual air of authority.
“You, they’ve set a circle around us. Others are lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike.”
“Why are you telling me all this?”
“I’m just saying, I can fight, too.”
And then Xue was pressed to the ground by Luo You.
“Without my order, don’t do anything conspicuous!”
Even if Luo You knew this thing, Xue, had already recovered to King-level, there were too many eyes here! How could she let this one act freely?
If she kept this strength hidden, maybe next time it could be a secret trump card.
“Die!”
The unstable fusion warriors, now turned dimensional beasts, seemed to be guided by some force, charging in from four directions, while the rest waited at various points around.
A strange smell began to fill the air.
Luo You frowned, not choosing to fight head-on with the rampaging warriors.
She dodged skillfully and cast a wind spell at her feet, making sure the thick smoke in the air couldn’t become dense enough to obscure vision.
She did it out of caution, but in Haiyan’s eyes, he saw something else.
[She dodged?]
Haiyan remembered that during the Huahai City terror incident, Golden Scale had practically crushed three rampaging Ghost-level fusion warriors head-on.
Right! On the surface, she was still Magical Girl Golden Scale—she wouldn’t use Gray Witch powers to hide her identity!
Suddenly, he understood.
And now, Golden Scale also had a burden to protect!
In that case, stalling for time—a seemingly impossible task—had become doable.
Hope flickered in Haiyan’s heart.
He exchanged a glance with the vice-captain, also the only other King-level fusion warrior on the team.
Kite-flying tactic!
It meant not fighting Golden Scale head-on, always maintaining a safe distance while pinning her in place, launching ranged attacks instead.
No hope of wearing her down—just enough to buy time!
“Earthshaker.”
Luo You flicked her finger, turning a charging fusion warrior into ashes.
She was especially fond of using Earthshaker lately—high kill efficiency, short casting time, really handy.
At the same time, she noticed the enemy’s new formation.
[Kite-flying, huh…]
She sneered.
If not for wanting to catch a live one, she could break out at any time.
But right now, she urgently needed to know: When did Xue get exposed? How did it happen?
She couldn’t take Xue away with peace of mind unless she figured it out.
She still couldn’t spot the enemy’s commander.
If the government arrived, these people would fall into their hands, get interrogated about Xue, and maybe even track down her own true identity.
Luo You would never allow such a thing.
One minute.
If she didn’t catch the commander in one minute, everyone here would die!
She could let them escape, or fail to catch someone, but she absolutely couldn’t let them fall into government hands!
“Earthshaker!”
Luo You killed these fusion warriors as easily as reaching into a bag.
No one could last even a round against her.
At the same time, she discreetly activated part of her Crimson Authority to gather intel from the surroundings.
On the other side, Haiyan saw that even with the kite-flying tactic, his squad was losing members at an alarming rate, yet he felt no disappointment.
[It’s working!]
Haiyan was ecstatic inside.
The deaths of subordinates were just numbers, but every second, every minute bought was his achievement!
With more than half the team down, they could stall maybe two more minutes at best.
To drag it out longer, he and the vice-captain would have to act personally.
“First Order Magic—”
“No choice, vice-captain, we go…!?”
Hearing Luo You’s low chant drifting through the air, a tidal wave of terror surged in Haiyan and the vice-captain’s hearts.
First Order Magic… only the top ten magical girls could learn and use First Order Magic.
Such spells could instantly kill King-level dimensional beasts and even gravely wound Dragon-levels.
She was going to use that on them?
“Run!”
Haiyan and the vice-captain’s first thought was to flee.
There was no surviving this.
No matter how they thought about it, they couldn’t possibly withstand it.
If that spell landed, almost all the fusion warriors here would be wiped out.
First Order Magic: Divine Edict: Shall Be—
“Sugar-coated Bullet!”
Triumphant BGM blared from the sky.
Showers of candy rained down, each piece hitting with the force of a bullet, tearing up the ground as if swept by a multi-barreled 35mm autocannon.
Not deadly to the fusion warriors, but enough to sap their ability to resist.
“Ta-da—Lady Zhi Zhi makes her sparkling entrance!”
Luo You’s eyes darkened.
Now that Zhi Zhi had arrived, there’d be no killing these people.
Without doubt, those fusion warriors who’d lost their resistance would now be handed over to the government for interrogation.
[Why the hell are you still here!? Weren’t you supposed to go back?]
Luo You was seething.
She leaned down and whispered something in Xue’s ear, telling her to hide.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of two wounded figures slipping away.
At once, she realized those were the commanders she wanted to capture.
She wanted to give chase, but didn’t.
“Yo, Youyou, having a tough fight, huh~ Hohoho, without me here,” Zhi Zhi descended sparkling from above, wearing that smug look that made Luo You want to make her bawl on the spot!
“Ah~ what a brutal scene,” Zhi Zhi surveyed the ground, where more than a dozen fusion warriors lay—some dead, some clinging to life.
“Well, they’re for the authorities to deal with. Youyou, time to save people!”
“Alright.”
Luo You slowly followed Zhi Zhi into the residential building, but behind her back, she quietly cast a spell.
Instantly, a cloud of smoke and dust billowed out around them.
As the smoke began to cover all lines of sight, Luo You gave a final signal to Xue, hidden in the shadows.
—Xue, kill them.
“Okay!”
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