Tongues of orange-red fire devoured the walls like demons, crackling fiercely, yet amidst this terrifying scene, the golden figure still stood firm.
“Tch, with just this little ability, you can’t beat me!”
With a superhuman body, Alice was able to withstand the scorching flames.
The only thing she had to worry about was the wall, which was on the verge of collapse from the intense heat.
The walls could collapse at any moment… Alice herself could easily dodge, but what concerned her was whether this building would trigger a chain reaction and fall apart.
She had to finish this quickly.
Pushing aside the wall of fire before her, Alice rushed forward to confront the monster.
As before, the flame creature reacted a step ahead and dodged the girl’s rushing punch.
But Alice wouldn’t fall twice in the same place. With a crooked smile, she spun around and delivered a solid flying kick to the opponent.
This was a move she had learned from classmate Luo, and its power was undeniable.
In reality, it worked just as well—the monster was kicked hard into the wall, while the flames surrounded their master, alert to the magical girl’s approach.
“Looks like I need to take off your helmet first.”
A normal lv.3 monster could never cause this kind of destruction.
So the real culprit had to be that thing on its head.
She charged again at the monster, but just as the attack was about to land, a powerful sense of danger surged in Alice’s mind.
Meanwhile, in the banquet hall, the woman who had taken control gently pressed a red button.
“Boom! Boom!!”
The shockwave from the explosion sent Alice flying backward, and at the center of the blast stood Zhou Wei, her entire body engulfed in raging flames.
Under the watchful glow of the fire, she slowly rose, hovering midair.
The heat waves in the air had almost solidified, and the ground beneath her was melting under the intense blaze.
“The Controlled Monster System doesn’t just turn monsters into combat weapons at our command—it has another key feature worth noting.”
“That is, it awakens potential.”
“Our system uses special electromagnetic waves to compel the monster’s internal evil energy to evolve on its own, achieving advancement.”
As Dr. Wang narrated like a commentator, the monster shrouded in flames on the screen spread its “wings.”
They were wings woven from fire, with countless sparks scattering in all directions as the wings flapped.
Anything touched by these wings ignited instantly.
Alice had just stood up and glanced up at the humanoid firebird, about to speak, but found it diving toward her.
“!!”
The woman’s charred hand grabbed Alice’s shoulder tightly, and from between her fingers sprouted hard bird claws, which pierced the girl’s pale shoulder with ease, leaving two blood holes.
But Alice was no pushover… Seeing the monster bird trying to carry her away, she decisively grabbed its arm, flipped herself underneath, and fiercely kicked its head with both legs.
The firebird lost its balance and crashed into the castle along with Alice, but it quickly recovered, leapt outside, and was airborne once again.
“…Really, it suddenly became lv.4…”
“I always thought breakthroughs like this were exclusive to magical girls.”
Lying in the rubble, the Western girl’s blue eyes still fixed on the circling firebird… its blazing wings traced clear fiery lines against the night sky.
Just moments ago, Zhou Wei could barely still be considered human.
But now, there was no doubt—she was a monster.
Seizing what seemed like the perfect opportunity, it attacked the girl in the ruins again, its sharp claws aiming straight for Alice’s chest.
“Three… two…”
“One!”
Alice suddenly reached to the side, and with a crisp snap, tore off a nearby water pipe, swinging it fiercely in front of her.
“Bang!!”
Sound good?
Good is good.
The pipe made intimate contact with the heavy helmet, and Alice almost simultaneously got to her feet, gripping the monster bird’s wing tightly.
Ignoring the scorching heat that could burn her, she used brute strength to slam it to the ground.
“Die, you bastard!!”
The water pipe struck the damned helmet again and again. Amid the pounding and the girl’s rough battle cries, cracks finally appeared.
“Ha! Take my Magic Shatter Fist!!”
Magic energy surged through her fist as she swung at the mask on Zhou Wei’s face.
The tremendous force sent the entire body flying backward, crashing through two or three walls before finally stopping.
Violent, yes, but effective.
The pitch-black helmet was riddled with cracks, unable to hold, and shattered open, revealing the pale face inside.
“Finally… it’s over.”
Alice weakly knelt on the ground…
Having been in Jiangnan City for so long, this was the first time she encountered such a troublesome enemy that left her so battered.
In the high-society banquet hall, the crowd erupted with cheers even more fervent than the flames.
But they were not cheering for the victory of Thorn Rose.
They were celebrating the success of this technology…
The Flame Monster was only lv.3, yet under the boost of this system, it had broken through to lv.4, able to fight toe-to-toe with a magical girl of the same level.
Even more remarkable was that the operator controlling the Flame Monster was still a novice.
With such powerful combat capability combined with absolute obedience, anyone with a sane mind could see the boundless potential of this technology.
“Well, our entertainment show ends here.”
“Let’s look forward to the meeting to come.”
Just like when she arrived, Dr. Wang turned and left the banquet hall with her team, offering no explanations.
The screen lowered from the center of the hall was retracted, but the crowd remaining could no longer maintain their prior elegance and restraint… whispered discussions and back-to-back phone calls became the norm, and the piano music could no longer mask the greed in their hearts.
“Wife, where do you want to go?”
Yijinmo immediately stood up, but was stopped by Luo Shiyun.
“I… I want to step outside for a moment.”
That Dr. Wang was undoubtedly one of the executives of Thunder Company.
According to their agreement, Hidden Mist should already be tailing her somewhere, so Yijinmo had no need to worry.
What she cared about was the monster controlled by Thunder Company.
As long as the Red Spider Lily didn’t intervene, she was confident she could take it away before the company did.
The emergence of this technology was undoubtedly a wake-up call for the girl.
Until now, monsters had always been treated like criminals—wanted and hunted.
Even if they had done nothing wrong, they were often forcibly taken to unknown sanatoriums due to their extreme danger.
Though there was a chance of being subjected to illegal experiments, their personal dignity and safety of life were still somewhat guaranteed.
After all, monsters were still criminals back then, and the profits they generated were minimal—at most, selling blood samples for research.
But now… it was completely different.
Those guys had developed incredible value from monsters.
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