My Endless Life.

Chapter 385 Reappearance of the Image

So... is it a rare item?
After being surprised for only a moment, Li Qi thought that the girl might be holding some kind of strange object in her hand, because he did sense the presence of a strange object on the girl.

I just don't know what the original object is.

"Don't be afraid! I'll take care of these 'nightmares' for you, and they'll be over soon!"

While Li Qi was still thinking, the girl in front of him turned around and gave him a lovely and shining smile.

She seemed to treat Li Qi as a child who had strayed here, and her words were extremely gentle.

Li Qi did not respond and looked at the other person calmly.

The girl's gaze did not stay on Li Qi for too long. After giving him a warning, she turned around to face what she called the "nightmare" in front of her.

The girl turned her back to Li Qi and waved the magic wand in her hand.

While waving the wand, Li Qi heard the 'complaint' of the wand in the girl's hand:
"Go deal with the Nightmare Core directly! It's much better than wasting time on these 'remnants'! You've exhausted your magic power here, what are you going to do next!"

Hearing the sound of the wand in the girl's hand, a question mark appeared above Li Qi's head.

How...is this wand alive?
The magical girl's magical object is this magic wand? ?

Li Qi's gaze shifted from the girl to the magic wand, and he saw that the sparkling heart-shaped crystal in the center of the magic wand was flickering with the appearance of the sound.

Perhaps noticing Li Qi's look, the magic wand's voice suddenly changed and said to Li Qi:

"What are you looking at! You little brat, if Xiaoying dies here, you will be buried with her!"

"Okay, Ai Xin, he's just a child, there's no need to ask so much of him. Besides, these are just a few remnants of nightmares. I can handle them. This is not the first day I've been a magical girl. You have to believe me!"

Hearing the vicious voice of the magic wand towards Li Qi, the girl named Xiaoying hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

Perhaps knowing that the situation was urgent and not the time for an argument, the magic wand stopped talking and after a half-second of silence, it said in a low voice:
"…There are a total of twenty-three remnants here. If you don't want to waste your mana, try to eliminate them all at once…"

"No problem, just use the magic I learned yesterday!"

The girl was full of confidence. She waved her right hand and the magic wand created several pink stars behind her.

Cross-shaped starlight floated behind the girl. Li Qi roughly counted them and found that the number of these floating star points was exactly the same as the number of shadows in front of the girl's eyes.

Then the girl raised her wand and held it high. The twenty-three cross star lights behind her flew into the sky at the same time.

"shine--"

Twenty-three stars locked onto the twenty-three shadows that appeared on the scene, and the girl's spell also came out:

"——Starlight!"

Swish-!
Twenty-three rays were fired simultaneously in an instant.

Countless cross star lights were like sharp swords falling from the sky, accurately piercing through the body of each shadow!

Pink light filled this strange space, highlighting the girl's energetic and hopeful appearance.

This made Li Qi, who was inside the protective barrier, feel... as if he was watching a special effects animation named "Magical Girl" up close.

“…She’s really a magical girl.”

Deal with enemies in a cool way, protect the people you want to protect, be full of love and hope, and bring a sunny atmosphere to people.

The magical girl, who I had only seen in children's animations, now appeared in front of me in real life. I have to say that this was an extremely novel experience.

After dealing with the shadow enemy, the magical girl turned to Li Qi with a bright smile and said softly:
"Look, the monster has been dealt with."

"Solve it!" The Magical Girl had just finished speaking when the Angry Wand couldn't help but scolded, "You said you could save mana! Tell me how much mana you used in that move just now! Tell me! How are you going to attack the core next time!"

Being scolded by the magic wand, the magical girl's expression suddenly became guilty.

Her eyes darted around and she retorted in a low voice:
"Well...I didn't use much, there's still...some left..."

boom! ! ! !

Before the magical girl could finish her words, there was a loud explosion in the area floating on the top layer.

Debris from walls and buildings flew everywhere, and a shadowy monster that looked like a western dragon broke through the walls and emerged into the air.

And then Li Qi heard a familiar laugh:

“Hahahaha!! How can a mere evil dragon be a match for my magic! Take this! Evil Dragon of Doom, look at my light of annihilation—!”

Yi Cheng's second-year laughter resounded throughout the entire space, and her figure vaguely appeared on the top of the ruins covered by dust.

Through the dust, Li Qi could see Yi Cheng holding the magic book in one hand and pointing the other hand at the evil dragon flying in the sky.

Circle after circle of red magic circles that Li Qi couldn't understand appeared in the air. They started from Yi Cheng's hand, one layer on top of another, each layer bigger than the last!
The bright red magic circle, like the color of blood, the extremely red magic beam was amplified by layer of magic circles, hitting the flying dragon that was knocked away by Yi Cheng and completely covering its body.

From the perspective of others, the red beam that completely covered the black dragon looked like the real light of annihilation.

“This…this…this…what is this?!”

The pink-haired magical girl was obviously shocked by the attack that went beyond common sense and screamed.

She waved the pink wand in her hand and shouted:
"Is that a magical girl too?! Didn't you say I'm the only magical girl?!"

"I don't know! Besides, she doesn't look like a magical girl!"

Wand retorted immediately.

Li Qi glanced at the magical girl who was obviously in a state of confusion, and recalled the conversation between the girl and the magic wand just now.

This magical girl just said... the magic wand said that she is the only magical girl?
So this magic wand is that magical object?

So what is the cost of using this magical item?
It seems that this magical girl is very powerful, and she doesn't have the second-year syndrome like Yi Cheng, nor does she have any other defects.

It might seem counterintuitive that such a powerful force could be used without any outwardly visible cost.

But putting aside this magical girl, Yi Cheng's power also really made Li Qi feel puzzled.

It stands to reason that the aura emitted by such a huge amount of energy should be enough to make ordinary people tremble.

Even if it was just the spiritual power that was released, it should be enough to make Li Qi feel threatened. However, after the attack just now, Li Qi felt a little weak.

It's like... a special effect. The visual effect is indeed maximized, but the actual damage doesn't seem to be that high.

But looking at the dragon falling from the sky, the damage doesn't seem to be fake.

So was Li Qi wrong? Or was there something else going on?

Li Qi's eyes moved back and forth among the people.

After dealing with Fei Long, Yi Cheng flew down from above with Ye Yue. When she saw Li Qi here, she greeted him with surprise:

"Oh, isn't this my friend? Why are you here too? Could it be that, like me, your workshop has lost its burning magic power?"

The magic of scorching heat should refer to heating. Having chatted with Yi Cheng online for a while, Li Qi was already familiar with some of her words. At this moment, he responded with ease:

"I'm just curious about this place, so I came to take a look."

"I see. Your curiosity about everything must be the reason why you can become the Master of All Machines."

"Wait...wait a minute! What are you talking about! What Master of Myriad Machines? Who are you?!"

The communication between Yi Cheng and Li Qi made the magical girl, who was confused about the situation, even more confused.

She looked at Li Qi who was protected by the magic barrier. His pink eyes, which shouldn't exist in reality, were filled with surprise that was difficult to conceal.

After hearing the magical girl's voice, Yi Cheng turned his attention to the magical girl.

Unlike the first time he met Li Qi, when he could tell Li Qi's "identity" at a glance, Yi Cheng's gaze stayed on the magical girl for a long time without making any sound.

The magical girl was also looking at Yi Cheng. She was a little scared by Yi Cheng's gaze, and her own momentum was weakened a lot, but she still managed to speak:
"You...why are you looking at me? You haven't answered my question yet!"

"Humph, I have no obligation to answer your questions."

Yi Cheng snorted coldly, raised his head and turned away, no longer looking at the magical girl.

The magical girl was stunned. Her hand holding the magic wand trembled, as if she was resisting the urge to hit Yi Cheng with the magic wand. She took a deep breath and said:
"Forget it, no matter who you are, please leave here quickly! The Nightmare Core is not something you can handle. Only magical girls can deal with it!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Hasn't that lizard been taken away by me..."

Yi Cheng frowned and looked at the flying dragon falling in the distance, and stopped talking halfway.

Li Qi also looked over there, and saw that the flying dragon that was shot down by Yi Cheng in the distance was now staggeringly climbing up from the ground, and its momentum seemed to be even stronger.

At the critical moment, the magic girl began to explain with the magic wand in her hand:
"It's absorbing the remaining shadows of this nightmare! Not good...!!"

"Roar!!!!"

The flying dragon roared towards the sky, and the black energy accumulated in its mouth burst out in an instant. The strong bombardment was even larger than the one launched by Yi Cheng before, and it flew towards the magical girl!

"Protective barrier!!"

The magical girl's pupils shrank, and she instantly stood in front of Yi Cheng and Li Qi. She pointed her wand forward, and a pink barrier followed her English spell, protecting everyone in the blink of an eye.

The black beast roar bombardment with lightning hit the magic girl's barrier. When the magic barrier collided with the bombardment, the magic girl showed a painful expression on her face.

"Xiaoying! Don't resist! Your magic power can't sustain it!!"

The wand said anxiously to the magical girl.

The magical girl reluctantly responded:

"...No...No...She...and the child are still behind me..."

"Let them die! Xiaoying——!"

The sound of the wand was filled with urgency and even a hint of crying.

Seeing that this only appeared in animations, where the protagonist would rather fight hard than let innocent people get hurt when faced with a crisis, Li Qi frowned even deeper.

He looked at the magical girl in front of him who was struggling to hold on, then looked past her and at the flying dragon that was releasing artillery fire in the distance.

Feeling the power they released here, Li Qi seemed to sense something and raised his hands and clenched them.

"Maybe it will work here..."

He muttered to himself, saying words that no one else could understand, and walked forward.

The magical girl was still struggling to hold on. Seeing Li Qi approaching her and trying to leave the barrier, she immediately shouted anxiously:

"Little boy! Don't go over there! It's dangerous!!"

Li Qi didn't respond, he didn't even bother to look at the magical girl.

As she looked anxious, she raised her hand and stretched it outside the barrier.

"No--!!"

The magical girl exclaimed and reached out to Li Qi, wanting to continue protecting him.

However, in a blink of an eye, tremendous energy spread in all directions with Li Qi as the center. The powerful energy shattered the barrier, knocked the magical girl away, and blew Yi Cheng and Ye Yue behind him back again and again.

When everyone straightened their bodies and looked forward, a shocking scene appeared before them.

Li Qi’s figure…is still there.

But at this moment, he is no longer the one wearing thick cotton clothes.

He was wearing a dark green military uniform and a military windbreaker of the same color over the uniform. On the shoulders of the windbreaker were engraved military ranks that Yi Cheng and the others could not understand.

And if they could see the front, they would see a series of medals on the chest of the military uniform.

Yes, this is exactly how Reacher looked when he was in the wizarding world.

The Wolf of Uno, the image of the youngest general in history.

(End of this chapter)