Yes, I did all of this!

The setting sun kicked out and slammed into its shoulder.

The hanged ghost was struck hard on the shoulder, and its body swung backward unnaturally, as if its neck were really hanging from a rope, before swinging back.

"it's useless......"

"Don't listen to its nonsense," Cangyi said, and Huangyi followed suit a moment later.

The four magical girls unleashed a furious barrage of attacks upon it, lightning accompanied by surging winds, and flames and beams combined, bombarding the monster and leaving it covered in wounds...

Even so, the strange man still showed no sign of pain, his face remaining as lifeless as a corpse.

It slowly opened its mouth, its body incredibly stiff: "Powerful strength... Magical girl, you should thank the weirdos."

"..."

No one spoke; they were venting their power on the monster.

"Huangyi, decapitate him!"

As Yuhi looked at Huangyi and shouted, Huangyi immediately jumped high and slashed at the tentacles on the monster's neck.

However, that tentacle was incredibly hard, and Huangyi was unable to pierce it at all.

But it doesn't matter, this move wasn't used by her alone anyway.

Flames erupted from the thrusters on Yuhi's body, increasing her speed dramatically as she leaped to Huangyi's side. The thrusters beneath her feet propelled her attacks forward, and she kicked Huangyi's blade in the back.

"—Let me tell you..."

With their combined strength, they finally severed the tentacles, and the monster's head fell off, spitting out a ghostly green liquid.

"Magical girls and monsters are inseparable opposites..."

The head rolled to the ground, and the stiff expression finally revealed a sinister smile.

. . . . . .

Chapter 330: The Hanged Ghost

"Phew—that's it? It's only slightly stronger than an ordinary underworld monster."

Watching the guy's body gradually dissipate, Yuhi exhaled and said contentedly.

call--

The next moment, the eerie green aura condensed in the air once more and looked down at the group of magical girls.

As their eyes instantly hardened with alarm, it let out a low, hoarse laugh: "I am unkillable, magical girl. Remember what I just said."

After saying that, it dispersed again and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"...gone."

The setting sun clenched its fist, staring at the spot where it had disappeared, as if it wanted to unleash a burst of flame to see if it would reappear.

"Next up are these ordinary people."

Huangyi raised his head and looked at the people who were flying up while enveloped in wind bubbles, his face showing worry: "Cangyi, is there any hope for them?"

"This situation will recover once the monster is defeated, so we can ignore them now. But after this battle, you should know its abilities, right?"

Cangyi appeared beside them, looking calmly at the people floating in the air.

"If this power were to spread throughout the entire city... it would be extremely troublesome."

Huang Yi sighed and looked at Ling Yin: "Yin, they are alright now, you can put them down."

"Well, I see."

Lingyin nodded and put the people down.

"What that strange man just said..."

Feng Ling frowned, looking at the people falling around her, and said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the others fell silent; what it said was truly bizarre.

Coupled with its behavior just now, which seemed to be deliberately testing their strength, it made people feel heavy-hearted.

"What did it say?"

Xi Ri turned her head in confusion and looked at Feng Ling, asking a question.

"what?"

The wind chime paused, looking at the setting sun with a puzzled expression: "Didn't you listen to what it said?"

"Huangyi doesn't want us to listen to its nonsense, so I just ignored it."

Xi Ri picked at her ear and casually said, "You guys didn't actually listen to that, did you?"

"..."

Xi Ri's words left everyone speechless, unsure whether it was envy or something else.

"...What Xi Ri did was right."

Suddenly, Cangyi appeared and gave Xi Ri a deep look through his mask: "However... in short, don't believe what this strange man says."

"Do you recognize it?" Huangyi turned to look at her and asked.

"Do you remember the enemy of Cangyuan that I told you about? It's one of its tentacles."

"what?"

Huang Yi was puzzled, but he didn't forget to relay Cang Yuan's words to everyone.

"—Its words are nine times false and one time true, even more deceptive than Neville's. Don't think too much about what it says."

"Even stronger than Neville?" Yuhi stroked his chin. "You've fought both of them?"

"......No."

But Cangyi knew that Duanmu Mo was no match for the sea monster now, unless he could produce another "miracle" like the one that Shindai City used against the Wild Poison Vine and Kazekawa City used against the Old Man Crow.

As for which of the two is more eloquent... even Cangyi doesn't know, but after all, she has fought against that sea monster several times and knows its danger well.

"Cangyi, you said that nine out of ten of its words are false and one is true, so what is the truth..." Huangyi began, then asked after a moment of silence.

But before he could finish speaking, Cangyi interrupted him.

"Don't overthink it. When you start to wonder whether its words are true or false, you've already fallen into its trap."

Cangyi said indifferently, "My experience is that once you see it, don't listen to its nonsense, just go up and fight it."

To outsiders, Huangyi's repeated responses seemed a bit strange, but the three magical girls understood her situation and didn't say anything.

After hearing Huangyi's words, Xi Ri smiled and said, "Should we just go straight in and fight? I like it~"

"Then let's start now..." Lingyin was about to speak when she suddenly shuddered and opened her eyes wide to look around.

—She wasn't the only one; the other magical girls were also looking around in surprise.

In their perception, the aura of that same eerie green figure from before was spreading everywhere.

"...It seems the main body sensed our current situation and is no longer planning to hide it."

Cangyi looked around solemnly and said in a deep voice.

"You caught one and the whole nest came out, right?"

Xi Ri clenched his fist and cracked his knuckles.

Huangyi took a deep breath and looked at Lingyin: "Let's go together! Take them out one by one quickly."

"Ah."

Lingyin raised her hand and lifted the two of them up. The four of them immediately left, rushing towards the nearest strange man.

—Four magical girls flew through the air, passing by tall buildings.

On a rooftop, two figures were lying under a parasol, seemingly enjoying a leisurely sunbath on deck chairs.

It's understandable to still be sunbathing in this weather, but from another perspective, staying indoors with the heating on is a better option.

The magical girls wouldn't bother with this strange fellow; the situation was urgent, and dealing with the monster was the most important thing right now.

...Only after they flew away did one of the figures adjust the parasol, revealing its face.

Neville, wearing sunglasses, looked in the direction of the magical girl, casually picked up his drink, took a sip, and let out a satisfied sigh.

"That's what hypnosis is all about. You don't know how to enjoy it."

He turned his head, glanced at the passerby with the peculiar interest, and stood up:

"Alright, that's enough sunbathing for now. Thanks for the seat."

He took off his sunglasses and threw them at the passerby: "Things aren't peaceful right now, you should go and flee."

"Um......"

The man stood up in a daze and fled without even putting away his parasol.

Duanmu Mo nodded and pressed the top of the tooth-shaped belt.

The belt loosened, allowing Duanmu Mo to pull out the vampire monster card from the side and retract it into his body.

"Well done, magical girls! You've attracted a bunch of big fish."

Sitting down on the rooftop wall, Duanmu Mo looked at the distant scene, his tone filled with obvious anticipation:

"But what I want isn't these fish, but a big whale. Can you catch it?"

. . . . . .

boom!

A violent explosion rippled outwards, and the strange man staggered back a few steps before his body turned into wisps of blue smoke and vanished.

"Phew... I'm finally feeling some pressure."

Xi Ri let out a breath, sweat dripping down his face.

This was already the umpteenth strange creature they had encountered. Their energy was clearly depleted, and it seemed as if they were interconnected. With each one they took down, the next one became more familiar with their fighting style and stronger.

The longer the battle drags on, the greater the physical strain becomes.

"Yuzaki-senpai, can you still hold on?"