Mu Xi was bound by tentacles, the illusory eyes staring at her in a daze.
Suddenly, her body felt as if it had fallen into a bottomless abyss, countless streaks of starlight flashing before her eyes.
Stars.
She saw countless stars, so brilliant, hanging high in the deep sky.
The stars opened their eyes.
Countless bloodshot eyes seemed to pierce through Mu Xi’s soul.
Mu Xi couldn’t do anything. Her body was cold, unable to move, but she felt an indescribable sense of peace.
It was as if she had returned to her mother’s embrace.
She had never felt motherly love since childhood.
The words “parents” were a concept Mu Xi had never truly understood.
From the time she could remember, Mu Xi had always lived with Mu Yurou.
Where their parents had gone, she didn’t know.
They left only a house and some money, and then vanished.
She could only shoulder the responsibility of caring for Mu Yurou.
She gave all the money to Mu Yurou, living frugally herself.
On a certain day when she was eleven, she awakened the power of a Magical Girl.
She manipulated Starlight, turning it into her blade, driving away Insect Monsters.
Her formidable strength caught the eye of the Magic Association.
She was recruited and trained to become the strongest Magical Girl.
She never removed her Magic Attire in front of others, becoming the most mysterious and powerful Magical Girl.
Missions were few, because she had to take care of Mu Yurou.
One could say that during this time, she always played the role of “Mother” in the family.
Even though Mu Xi was less than a year older than Mu Yurou.
Until the rainy night five years ago, when everything changed.
She deliberately distanced herself from Mu Yurou, moving out of the house they had lived in together for many years.
She didn’t want the Pollution and bloodshed on herself to harm her.
Since childhood, she had no one to confide in.
She could only endure everything alone.
Countless nights, countless lonely tears.
She was so tired.
She wanted to be held too.
She also wanted someone to confide in, someone to share those negative emotions with.
She thought of Mu Ming.
Yes.
She was also a lonely person like herself.
She always tried to approach her.
Yet she herself kept neglecting and pushing her away.
In her heart, she must feel uncomfortable too.
Mu Xi understood why her behavior had been so strange today.
She envied the relationship between Little Rou and Huang Xi, and wanted to stand in the sunlight as well.
She was just a little girl longing for affection.
***
The Grand Priest looked at Mu Xi standing on the ground, her face expressionless, and was overjoyed inside.
He had just summoned one of the great Father God’s eyes.
It was enough to shatter a person’s spirit and reason, turning them into a walking corpse.
Even if he himself received a single glance, his reason would be damaged, let alone this Witch before him.
Though the price was extremely steep, costing half his Life Force, it was worth it.
With Pollution so high and power so strong, she could be taken as a Saint to transmit oracles, and Father God’s power could be extracted from her body.
“Hahahahaha!”
The Grand Priest laughed madly at the sky.
But he didn’t notice Mu Xi’s pupils gradually focusing as her consciousness returned.
“Stab!”
The sound of flesh tearing reached the Grand Priest’s ears.
His laughter abruptly ceased.
He looked down.
A dazzling, starlight pink-violet Starblade had pierced his heart.
Terrified, he looked forward.
Mu Xi was gasping heavily, plunging the blade into his body.
The Grand Priest coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell slowly.
Impossible!
She was gazed upon by the great eye!
How did she recover her sanity?
“Impossible! Impossible!”
The Grand Priest tried to stand and retaliate, but having exhausted his Life Force, he was powerless.
A mere piercing of the heart was nothing to the Grand Priest under normal circumstances.
But he had just offered his life to the supreme Father God, and his life was now counting down.
Mu Xi drew out the blade, preparing to deliver the final blow.
The Grand Priest looked into Mu Xi’s deep crimson eyes, as if understanding something.
Shock turned to confusion, then to acceptance.
Why, after being seen by Father God, did she not lose her reason?
Why did a Witch with such high Pollution not go mad like the others?
So that’s how it is!
“Hahahahahahahaha!”
The Grand Priest continued to laugh wildly, even at the brink of death.
“So it was you!”
“The great—”
Before the words finished, her head was pierced by Mu Xi.
“Annoying…”
Mu Xi had no patience for listening to a madman’s ranting.
Mu Xi pulled out the Starblade, blood beads clinging to it.
On his face, madness and fanaticism still lingered.
She looked up at the crimson sky.
Because the Grand Priest was dead, the Protective Barrier had shattered.
The Protective Barrier fractured like broken glass, letting real sunlight shine through.
The sunlight spilled onto the earth, and also into Mu Xi’s cold heart.
She should try getting along with Mu Ming.
Since she came, the nights no longer felt so lonely.
“Hu~”
Mu Xi let out a heavy breath.
The amusement park incident was over.
Next was the matter of the Magic Association.
She should go find Little Rou and the others.
But… where did they go?
During the battle, she hadn’t noticed where Mu Ming had taken them.
“Bang!”
A gunshot shattered Mu Xi’s thoughts.
Mu Xi swiftly turned and blocked the bullet with her blade.
She looked at the one who had attacked.
“Xiao Baihe…”
Olivia was standing not far away, surrounded by a group of Magical Girls.
Mu Xi was shocked.
She hadn’t expected her students to arrive here.
“Teacher!?”
Olivia was extremely shocked.
She didn’t expect Teacher to appear here like this.
This is bad.
Her students had appeared here.
The news that Crystal Orchid appeared in Red Sea City would definitely be reported to Headquarters…
“Teacher! Is that you!”
This wasn’t the time for a teacher-student reunion.
She still needed to find Little Rou.
Mu Xi slowly turned into a cloud of Black Mist.
“Where are you going? Teacher!”
Mu Xi and Olivia’s water-blue eyes met in the air.
Finally, Mu Xi disappeared into the air.
Olivia saw her Teacher’s silver-red eyes.
Teacher had truly become a Witch…
“Search for survivors…”
At this time, Wuwangwo stepped forward.
“Miss Baihe, we’ve lost contact with Lily of the Valley and Dandelion. They’re missing.”
“Missing? Where was their last signal sent from?”
Although Olivia still hadn’t recovered from the shock of finding Teacher, she forced herself to calm down.
Magical Girls going missing was never a good sign.
They were irreplaceable power, and more importantly, they were just children.
“The last signal was sent from here.”
“What!?”
In other words, those two children might have been taken away by Teacher!
Olivia had seen many Magical Girls who met tragic ends at the hands of Witches.
Teacher had already fully become a Witch, and even started targeting Magical Girls.
The day the Abyssal Beast invaded, she saved those two only to keep her prey from falling into other hands.
There was no choice…
A Witch Hunt must be carried out.