“Yahoo————!!”
A thunderous roar echoed across the sky as a man carrying three rocket fireworks made a dazzling entrance.
“Huff… huff… huff…”
Li Chi had activated transparentization. He hovered in the air ten meters away from Yao Shangxing, watching.
He had been here the entire time.
Even the human tissue that flew out when Yao Shangxing crashed into the bird monster had come from Li Chi’s own body.
At that moment, Li Chi had positioned himself between Yao Shangxing and the monster. He used wings generated from his external cells to wrap around Yao Shangxing and shield him from the explosion. However, because his current body strength was still far below his Dark Fang state, the wings he created were accidentally shattered by the fireworks.
Of course, he could generate as many of those as he wanted, so it was no big deal.
The only one who suffered real damage was probably that bird monster. Li Chi had not spared it a single thought, which led to the monster losing its ability to fly and being subsequently beaten up by the magical girls.
A moment of silence for it.
That said, the fireworks given by that magical girl music teacher were really powerful. Although the wings Li Chi generated were thin, they were tough enough that ordinary bullets could not pierce them. Yet those fireworks had directly blown the wings to pieces. Even Li Chi himself had nearly fallen out of the sky.
“This guy… he’s about to fly out of Canghai City, isn’t he?”
Li Chi observed the buildings below and judged that they had reached the edge of the city.
“No good. This guy is playing around too much…”
Li Chi spread his wings and flapped hard. A violent gust of wind swept through the area.
“Hey, hey, hey! Why is there suddenly wind?!”
Yao Shangxing was thrown off balance by the sudden hurricane. The fireworks on his back also changed direction because of the strong wind, now blasting straight downward.
“Hey, hey, hey! I’m done for!”
“No, you’re not!”
Seeing his mistake, Li Chi immediately adjusted course and flew toward the white trail left by Yao Shangxing’s fall.
Just before Yao Shangxing hit the ground, Li Chi managed to grab him in time. He continued descending at high speed while gradually reducing their velocity until both of them landed safely.
However, because the fireworks were so powerful and Li Chi’s handling had been clumsy, Yao Shangxing had already passed out before Li Chi even caught him.
Therefore, Yao Shangxing never noticed Li Chi’s presence.
The wind on the ground gradually died down. Li Chi gently laid the unconscious Yao Shangxing down.
The moment he straightened up, his brows furrowed.
—Killing intent.
And not just one source.
Li Chi turned around and saw pairs of crimson eyes lighting up one after another in the shadows of the street.
They emerged from ruins and alleyways. Their forms varied, yet all of them radiated the same malice.
Monsters. And monsters with absolute malice.
Leading them was a wolf-like monster. It was powerfully built, its sharp claws dragging against the ground and producing an ear-piercing scraping sound. It stared at Li Chi, lips pulled back to reveal sharp white fangs.
“Well, well. Look what we have here?” the wolf monster sneered. “A lone member of our kind? Or… some busybody mongrel?”
The monsters behind it burst into crude laughter.
Li Chi said nothing. He shifted slightly, placing himself between the unconscious Yao Shangxing and the monsters.
“Don’t be nervous, kid.” The wolf monster raised a hand. The laughter behind it stopped instantly. “I saw those moves you pulled off earlier. You’ve got some skill. Come work with us—join us. Let’s tear those magical girls of Canghai City to pieces one by one, eat their flesh, and drink their blood!”
He spoke as casually as if he were discussing what to have for dinner.
Li Chi lowered his head and looked at his own hand.
This body, at this moment, did not feel the usual coldness of its cells. Instead, it felt a certain impulse rising from the blood.
Bloodlust. This was his body’s reaction upon encountering this group of monsters.
The Amazon cells were stirring. The moment his body sensed malice, the bloodthirsty desire that had been suppressed for so long revived.
He raised his head.
“You’re not ordinary monsters, are you?” he said quietly. “You were originally humans, weren’t you?”
The wolf monster froze for a second, then burst out laughing. “Ha! You’ve got good eyes. That’s right—we all were! We used to be human!”
He spread his arms as if showing off. “What, does it feel familiar?”
Monsters transformed from humans were far more dangerous than ordinary ones.
Ordinary monsters were more like newly born creatures. Their perception of the world was the same as humans—they had to experience and feel everything themselves.
But monsters transformed from humans were different.
The reason they transformed was usually because the malice in their hearts could no longer be contained. They had gone to extremes and become monsters.
As the saying went, the average quality of people in this world was ridiculously high. Those who became evildoers had long since lost the right to be called human.
In other words, the monsters standing before him—former humans—were nothing more than irredeemable villains.
“No.”
Li Chi looked at him, his gaze terrifyingly calm.
“You’re just a bunch of trash who can’t even control your own malice.”
The air froze for an instant.
The wolf monster’s smile stiffened on his face, then twisted into furious rage.
“Since we can’t talk, then go to hell!!”
He lunged forward. His claws tore through the air, aiming straight for Li Chi’s throat.
Then he stopped.
Not because he wanted to.
Li Chi’s arm had already pierced through his body.
Li Chi had closed the distance at some point. His fingers, sharp as blades, had stabbed into the wolf monster’s soft abdomen. In the hand that had penetrated the monster’s body, he was gripping its spine.
Amazon Omega.
Even after coming to this world and undergoing some changes, his fundamental nature had not shifted completely.
He was still that bloodthirsty monster. He was still that aberrant knight.
“You…!”
For the first time, fear flashed in the wolf monster’s eyes.
Li Chi looked at him. The armor on his face cracked slightly.
Rip—!!
The wolf monster’s vision was suddenly engulfed in blood-red blackness. He could still smell a faint scent of blood, but his body had already lost all sensation.
He did not know what had happened. He only knew that he had been instantly killed by this unfamiliar monster.
After becoming a monster, the fangs and claws he had been so proud of had been completely useless in this fight.
He had not even had time to resist before he was killed.
If only he could do it over again…
If he could start over… he would avoid this guy… hide somewhere he couldn’t see… and slowly torture… those… magical girls…
“I’ll tell you something.”
Li Chi spoke with perfect clarity while chewing on the wolf monster’s head.
“Do you know why most monsters can still revive even after they’re defeated?”
He leaned forward slightly. After walking up to the group of monsters, he suddenly pushed off with both legs.
“Because they still have the qualification to live in this world!”
He gripped the Fighter Grip and yanked outward. A one-meter-long javelin was forcibly pulled from his body.
The javelin was still connected to flesh and muscle. Blood dripped from its tip.
Li Chi aimed at the monsters and threw it with all his strength.
The next second, blood sprayed.
A single javelin had simultaneously pierced through three monsters. The force was so great that it nailed them directly to the wall.
“But you people actively abandoned your human identities. You gave up your qualification to survive in this world. This world… has no need for you!”
Li Chi then charged into the group of monsters like a wolf among sheep and began a one-sided massacre.
One minute later.
Li Chi stood in the middle of utter chaos.
Nothing remained standing on the ground around him.
Those monsters who had been shouting about slaughtering magical girls moments ago had now been reduced to a field of broken remains.
The wolf monster’s headless corpse lay at Li Chi’s feet. Its head had been spat out because it tasted too bad.
Judging by the state of that wolf head, its forehead had been chewed into a pulp. Yet both eyes were still wide open. Even in death, it had never figured out how it had died.
Li Chi raised a hand and casually wiped the bloodstains off his faceplate.
His expression did not waver in the slightest.
There was only one thing he found rather curious.
He had dealt with ordinary monsters before. After those monsters were killed, they would usually drop a sparkling crystal block.
But these monsters who had been transformed from humans—their bodies neither dissipated nor dropped any crystal blocks.
Could it be that they were not real monsters?
Li Chi shook his head and decided not to think about it for now.
These people might not be monsters at all. They were simply special creatures that only had the appearance of monsters.
He only needed to know one thing—these people did not have the qualification to live in this world.
He turned back to look at Yao Shangxing on the ground. That guy was still unconscious, and there was even a silly smile on his lips. No one knew what kind of good dream he was having.
Li Chi was silent for two seconds.
Then he walked over and picked Yao Shangxing up from the ground.
“Seriously… why do I have to do these stupid things with you?”
He muttered, then lit the last remaining firework on Yao Shangxing.
Whoosh—!!
The firework shot into the sky once more.
Li Chi spread the wings he had generated and followed the trail of fire, returning to the sky once again.
On the ground, only a field of unattended wreckage remained.
……
Ten minutes later.
Two figures slowly walked out from the darkness.
“This is…”
White Lion looked at the remains scattered across the ground, his brows knitted tightly.
He knew these monsters.
They were a group of desperadoes who had been transformed from humans. They had wanted to join the Dark Organization, but Black Dragon had rejected them on the grounds that they “had no qualifications.” In their shame and anger, they had sworn to kill all the magical girls in Canghai City in order to prove their worth to the organization.
At the time, Black Dragon had only said one sentence.
“Let them come.”
And then there had been no further word.
White Lion had originally thought Black Dragon meant for him to deal with these ignorant fools—he had already prepared to make a move.
But now…
“Black Dragon, who did this?” White Lion stabbed his Ice King Sword into the ground, crouched down, and examined one of the remains. His frown deepened. “These wounds… aren’t the work of magical girls. Too brutal. It’s like they were torn apart by wild beasts.”
Black Dragon did not answer.
He simply stared quietly at the field of wreckage. The corners of his mouth suddenly curved into a faint, meaningful smile.
“White Lion.”
White Lion, who had been crouching to inspect the remains, looked up.
“In a while,” Black Dragon turned around and gazed toward the distant sky, “you will meet him.”
White Lion was stunned. “Him?”
“And,” Black Dragon’s voice came from ahead, carrying a hint of deeper meaning, “he will be our colleague. He will be part of our plan, and he will also be our most capable assistant.”
White Lion watched Black Dragon’s departing back, then looked again at the field of blood and flesh, falling into deep thought.
A colleague?
This method was a bit too wild…
Still, using this kind of method against evildoers did not seem so bad.
White Lion grew more and more curious about what kind of person this so-called colleague was. Even without having met him yet, he already felt a strange sense of appreciation for this unfamiliar guy.
……
Some time later.
Two figures descended from the sky.
One blue. One red.
They were Magical Girl Blue and Magical Girl Red.
Their expressions were innocent, yet at this moment their eyes were wide open as they stared at the ground.
“This… this is…”
“Monsters.” The blue-haired girl crouched down. Even though her stomach was churning violently, her expression remained grave. “According to Xiao Qi and the others’ detection, these should be the extremely dangerous monsters that were marked. They tried to invade Canghai City, but…”
She paused and looked at the large, indescribable mess in front of her.
“But… someone already took care of them.”
Red covered her mouth, her voice trembling. “Took care of them… but this is way too scary…”
A night breeze blew past. The sound of the wind covered the sound of a girl vomiting.
The two magical girls stood pale-faced before the field of wreckage, speechless for a long time.