Chapter 40: Saving the Situation

Countless flesh walls formed a protective barrier around the Grand Priest, wrapping him inside like a flower.

The spear collided with the flesh wall, drilling toward its center like a spinning drill.

The sound of tearing flesh echoed endlessly, and finally!

The spear broke through the last layer of the Grand Priest’s defense.

“Ah!”

The Grand Priest’s scream echoed from within the flesh flower.

The Tentacle Aggregate then gradually stopped moving.

The two Magical Girls, drained of their magic, slowly descended.

Huang Xi, exhausted from magic depletion, didn’t even care about the dust and blood on the ground and sat down heavily.

She gasped for breath, looking at the weakened Tentacle Aggregate.

“Is it over?”

Huang Xi asked, her tone uncertain.

Mu Yurou was still standing, but she wasn’t much better than Huang Xi. Over-compressing magic made her whole body ache, and the weakness from magic depletion lingered.

“Seems like it… God, I’m so tired.”

Mu Yurou helped Huang Xi up, and the two made their way to a bench in the Amusement Park to rest.

“I hope that last blow finished that guy off.”

They sat on the bench, the feeling of barely surviving still hanging over them.

“That attack just now… was really cool.”

Huang Xi tried to fix her hair, messy from the battle.

“Let’s use that move less in the future—my body still hurts…”

Mu Yurou slumped onto the bench.

“I’ll massage you~”

Huang Xi’s not-so-clean hands reached for Mu Yurou.

“Is this really the time for that, pervert…”

Mu Yurou slapped Huang Xi’s hand away, then looked up at the red Protective Barrier covering the entire Amusement Park.

“When will this Protective Barrier break?”

Mu Yurou asked.

“Who knows? Lily Senior should have already taken action. Breaking through is just a matter of time. What do we do now?”

“Let’s search for survivors. My sister should still be here—I hope she’s okay.”

Mu Yurou stood up, her figure trembling with weakness.

At that moment!

The massive Tentacle Aggregate began to wriggle again.

“Still not dead!?”

The Tentacle Aggregate slowly rose, the bud on its head gradually blooming.

The Grand Priest’s body had already been pierced by the Pink Spear, which remained stuck in him.

Blood flowed from the Grand Priest’s lips, but the madness on his face didn’t fade.

He pulled out Starlight Judgment, throwing it to the ground. Starlight Judgment dissolved into waves of starlight magic.

The Grand Priest’s wound was so severe that one could see straight through to the other side, a terrifying sight.

“Hahahaha! Did you really think you could kill me?”

“This is the power bestowed upon me by the great Father God!”

The Grand Priest shouted.

“Oh gods! Watch me as I judge these two Magical Girls! Let me offer chaos in your name!”

“Submerge in chaos!”

The Tentacle Aggregate slowly moved toward the two of them.

Mu Yurou and Huang Xi no longer had the strength to fight.

That last attack had already drained all their fighting power—they were now lambs to the slaughter.

“You run… I’ll hold this guy off. Go find your sister.”

Huang Xi stepped forward, but her Magic Staff, drained of magic, flickered into white light and disappeared.

“No. You can barely maintain your Magic Attire…”

Mu Yurou used her last strength to conjure a Starlight Spear, but it flickered, as if it would disappear at any moment.

“You can’t stop this guy alone. I’ll stay with you. Otherwise, everyone in the Amusement Park will die—including my sister…”

“We’ll hold out as long as we can.”

Mu Yurou used the spear to support herself.

“Hahahaha!”

The Grand Priest screamed madly, manipulating the Tentacle Aggregate’s tentacles to attack the two.

Huang Xi tried to form a Protective Barrier, but as soon as it appeared, it flickered and vanished.

Just as the tentacle was about to pierce Mu Yurou, a black sword shadow slashed through it!

The tentacle was cut in two, twitched on the ground, and then turned to dust.

“Eh?”

Huang Xi looked up.

The Black-haired Witch hovered in the air, holding a jet-black sword.

“How disgusting.”

The Black-haired Witch landed in front of them, silver-red eyes fixed on Mu Yurou.

Only then did Huang Xi see her face clearly—black hair, red eyes.

It was the witch who had attacked Poppy.

Mu Yurou tensed, struggling to point her spear at Mu Ming.

“Witch!? What are you trying to do?”

Mu Yurou demanded.

“I just saved you guys, okay? Is it really polite to point a weapon at me now?”

Mu Ming brushed the spear aside with her finger.

“Look at you two—so pathetic. It’s just a big lump of flesh. You couldn’t handle that?”

Mu Ming mocked them.

Mu Yurou lowered her spear, but her guard didn’t drop.

“You attacked Poppy. Why would you save us?”

Huang Xi asked the question on both their minds.

“Do I need a reason?”

“I’m a witch. Witches don’t need reasons for anything, you know?”

“I thought saving you would be fun, so I did. I thought attacking that red-haired little girl would be fun too, so I did that.”

“Right now, I’m on your side, so relax a little~”

“If I wanted to hurt you, you two would’ve been dead already~”

Mu Ming’s voice was as harmless as a little girl’s, but the two couldn’t let their guard down.

“I don’t trust you, but I need your help. That tentacle monster—can you fight it?”

Mu Yurou and Huang Xi had no strength left to fight.

Lily Senior still hadn’t broken through the barrier.

All they could do was hope this witch could help them defeat the monster.

Mu Ming turned to look at the massive Tentacle Aggregate.

“An Abyssal-class Grand Priest… Honestly, it’s impressive you managed to hold out this long at Blossom Level.”

“Again, you… Witch, we were supposed to be allies! Our power all comes from the great Father God! Why do you keep interfering with our plans!”

The Grand Priest’s voice rang out from the tentacle flower.

“Who’s your ally? Are we even close? Who’s this ‘great Father God’ of yours? Please, it’s the modern era. Who still believes in gods—especially evil ones?”

Mu Ming sneered.

“Insolence! The great Father God is not to be blasphemed! You keep interfering with our plans—you’re just an Abyssal-class yourself! Today I’ll sacrifice you to my great Father God!”

Countless tentacles lunged at the three of them!

The Black-haired Witch simply stood with her sword, unmoving.

“Tch~”

Mu Ming snorted.

Suddenly!

A pinkish-purple starlight cut through all the tentacles!

The White-haired Witch stood before them, her pink-purple sword blocking every attacking tentacle!