My ex-girlfriend is a magical girl junior?

Chapter 239 The Incredibly Threatening Eclipse

Xingxian knew very well what a terrible disaster it would bring to this city and even this country if the Corrosive-level World-Eroding Species was not completely eliminated here and allowed to escape.

As the inspector of the magic kingdom, she had no choice but to take on this responsibility.

Prior to this, she had dealt with many tricky Void Realm infiltration incidents and encountered various powerful Void Beasts with bizarre abilities.

Therefore, even when she was in poor condition, she still maintained absolute confidence in facing an enemy of the Corrosion level that she had never seen before.

A sharp glint flashed in Xingxian's silver-gray eyes. Although she wanted to finish the battle quickly, she did not use those high-level spells that consumed a lot of energy at the beginning. Instead, she chose to launch a probing attack first.

"Whoosh—!"

Several pale purple beams shot out from the tip of her wand, blocking all escape routes for the cat-like phantom beast at different angles.

Faced with an attack that was neither particularly powerful nor fast, the World-Eroding Species merely swayed its body slightly and easily dodged it with a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.

Then, it dipped slightly to gather its strength, and the next moment it charged towards Xingxian like an arrow released from a bow.

"As expected, it's very fast." Xingxian's eyes remained unchanged. Speed ​​is a prominent feature of many Void Beasts, so it was not surprising that it appeared in this World-Eroding Beast.

Instead of confronting it head-on, she flashed backward at an extremely high speed, while simultaneously drawing her hands together. Hundreds of pale purple magic threads appeared out of thin air, weaving together into a giant net that enveloped the black phantom beast, attempting to completely bind it.

"roar--!"

The cat-like Eclipse seemed to sense the threat as well. It let out a silent roar, and its three pairs of scarlet compound eyes instantly locked onto the incoming magic threads.

Just as the silk thread was about to touch its body, its obsidian-like body suddenly rippled with an eerie light, and its entire form became transparent and illusory for a moment.

All the magic threads passed through the phantom without hindrance and landed in empty space.

"The ability to become ethereal?!" Xingxian was slightly startled, but her movements did not stop at all.

She immediately deduced that this ability to be immune to physical constraints must have some kind of limitation.

Almost at the same time that the Eclipse Species' form became solid again, several magic orbs that had already been condensed by the Star Strings and were spinning at high speed roared out.

Faced with this unavoidable attack, the Eclipse reacted with extreme speed. It slightly arched its body and lashed its long tail back like a whip.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

Several dark purple energy arrows, imbued with rich ethereal energy, shot out from its burning tail, precisely meeting the incoming magic orb.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Violent explosions rang out one after another in mid-air, and shockwaves from the collision and annihilation of magic and ethereal energy spread outwards.

However, Xingxian's attack did not end there.

Just as the Eclipse used its energy arrows to defend itself, she had already anticipated its actions. Her figure appeared like a ghost above and to the side of the Eclipse, and a magical energy ball that was even more dazzling and larger than before had appeared in her hand.

The Eclipse Species clearly sensed this enormous threat as well. The flames burning at the end of its tail suddenly swelled, and a dozen dark purple energy arrows rapidly condensed from them, then rained down on Starstring in the next instant.

Xingxian swayed slightly, her graceful movements like a butterfly fluttering in the air, easily weaving through the dense rain of energy arrows without letting any attack touch her body, while rapidly approaching her target.

"it's over!"

She gave a cold shout and slammed the energy ball in her hand down hard.

This time, the Eclipse, having just released its energy arrow, seemed to be too slow to dodge effectively.

"boom-!!!"

With a deafening roar, the energy ball slammed solidly into the back of the Corrosive Species, unleashing a blinding light.

"Whoa—!!!"

The pitch-black monster let out a roar filled with pain and rage, clearly suffering considerable damage.

As expected, the ability to become ethereal cannot be activated continuously; there must be a time limit.

Although he had succeeded in his attack, Xingxian was not at all relaxed. Instead, he calmly analyzed his opponent's abilities and limitations, his brows furrowing slightly.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but every time I attack, just before locking onto my opponent, I always feel a sense of sluggishness, as if something is interfering with my attack, preventing it from achieving its best effect.

Otherwise, that attack just now should have yielded even greater results.

and----

As the battle dragged on, her already meager magical energy was being depleted at a rate far exceeding expectations, and that familiar feeling of weakness surged up like a tide once more.

The battle thus became a stalemate.

Despite her superior combat experience and skillful magical techniques, Xingxian was able to maintain the upper hand on the field.

But she soon discovered that what should have been a "crushing victory" was becoming increasingly difficult.

The opponent's elusive "etherealization" ability rendered her proud magic thread binding tactics almost completely ineffective; and the high-speed energy arrows constantly being fired from the tail also forced her to devote a considerable amount of energy to dodging and defending.

What bothered her even more was the lingering unease of being unable to accurately target her attacks. Under the influence of multiple negative conditions, the cat-like Eclipse began to gradually turn the tide.

"hateful----"

After yet another seemingly perfect attack was narrowly dodged by the opponent, and he was almost grazed by the aftershock of the energy arrow, fine beads of sweat began to appear on Xingxian's forehead, and he was secretly surprised.

Although she is currently in poor condition due to yesterday's despicable sneak attack and earlier special training, she is still a Rainbow Light-level Inspector. The cat-shaped Void Beast opposite her, although it is said to be a World-Eroding Species, is essentially just an Erosion-level Void Beast.

Even though he is currently very weak, with his rich combat experience and magic manipulation skills, he shouldn't be struggling so much against an erosion-level void beast that is far below him in level.

—No—that's not right! This Void Beast is completely different from those ordinary Corruption-level beasts! Whether it's its endless stream of bizarre abilities or its combat intelligence far surpassing that of its peers—

A thought flashed through Xingxian's mind that even she found alarming.

Although they all use ethereal energy as their source of power, ethereal beasts do not have the authority of ethereal apostles. Instead, they generally possess special innate abilities. The more numerous and powerful these abilities are, the greater the potential of the ethereal beast.

This cat-shaped Void Beast, which possesses the ability to become ethereal, shoot high-speed energy arrows, and seemingly possesses interference capabilities and astonishing speed, is quite powerful among the Corrosive Realm Species of the Corrosive Class. It definitely has the terrifying potential to evolve into a Lord-level being.

The moment she realized this, Xingxian's eyes became incredibly serious, and the threat level of the virtual beast in front of her rose significantly once again in her mind.

Such monsters must be completely wiped out here!

The process of virtual world infiltration, from the appearance of the bubble to its bursting, is essentially the process of virtual world destroying and replacing the real world.

Since humans can serve as anchors to reality, then virtual beasts can rightfully serve as anchors to the virtual world. It is precisely for this reason that if all virtual beasts within the range of the virtual world bubble are eliminated, the bubble will naturally burst, and the infiltration process will stop.

The Corrosion Species in front of us, which is no longer restricted by the range of the Void Bubble, has a chance to passively trigger Void Infiltration as long as it exists in reality.

Once it successfully evolves to the Lord level, it will have the ability to actively trigger large-scale infiltration of the Void Realm anytime and anywhere, raising the threat to an unprecedented level, even comparable to those Calamity-level Void Beasts that have not yet escaped the Void Realm bubble.

Xingxian began to adopt a defensive stance, dodging the attacks of the Eclipse Species with his rich combat experience and skillful techniques, while forcing himself to calm down and think about an extremely important question: Why did Jingjue choose to expose the existence of the Eclipse Species here?

The rarity of the Corruption Beast is self-evident. The energy fluctuations caused by the infiltration of the Void Realm by the Corruption-level Void Beast are easily detected. The birth of a Corruption Beast of this level requires that no magical girl go to deal with its corresponding bubble before it bursts.

With testing equipment now covering almost all areas, the probability of this happening is extremely low.

More importantly, the bursting of the void bubble means that the previously covered area has been completely voidified, which is a very serious event.

Previously, every region that had been completely virtualized was closely monitored and continuously repaired by specialized personnel, because such regions could be regarded as virtual territory and could become outposts for a large-scale invasion of reality by the virtual world at any time.

In other words, even in the hands of that bastard Mirror Lord, there would be very few of these Eclipse Species with such great potential, and there might even be only this one!

Given that it's such a precious trump card, why would Mirror Lord choose to reveal its existence so easily?

—It's really worth pondering.

What exactly is his purpose? If it's merely to defeat himself and Liuli Yinxue together, why not personally engage in the battle instead of releasing these enemies in batches?

Xingxian's mind raced through Jingjue's previous actions, and he suddenly discovered a certain pattern.

After they dealt with the first batch of humans who had transformed into beasts, the strange roadshow vehicle appeared; and just as the situation had begun to improve thanks to Yin Xue's decisive actions, the enemy released the current Corrosive-level World-Eroding Species—

It's as if—that guy has been observing them and constantly escalating the crisis based on their performance?

In other words, once either his side or Yin Xue Liuli's side gains the upper hand again, Jing Jue will almost certainly send out an even more formidable opponent, or even himself.

What exactly does he want? Is he just looking to watch us struggle for his amusement? That seems to fit his despicable character.

However—the fact that he immediately resumed operations the day after suffering heavy losses suggests that he must have some deeper purpose.

"No, we still don't have enough information to determine his true intentions."

In the brief moment between swinging her wand to force him back, Xingxian glanced down at the battlefield where Yinxue and Liuli were fighting. The sight before her made her heart sink.

Although Yin Xue remained decisive, after each attack using her vines, a trace of undisguised pain and exhaustion would flash across her face. Clearly, fighting under the psychological pressure of "potentially killing her own kind" was taking a much bigger toll on her than she had imagined.

Liuli's situation was even worse. Although she tried her best to keep her movements precise, her eyes were full of struggle and hesitation. She was almost grazed by the enemy's attacks several times and only managed to hold on by relying on Yinxue's distraction to protect her.

Although the two worked together seamlessly, they were already showing obvious signs of fatigue in the face of the endless stream of enemies, and they might not be able to hold on at any moment.

"hateful!"

Xingxian cursed under her breath, forcing herself to put aside all her speculations about Jingjue's conspiracy.

The current situation is one of absolute passivity for our side, and the threat of this World-Eroding Species is real. Even if the other party might personally intervene after we deal with that World-Eroding Species, we must completely eliminate it here. Moreover, Yin Xue and Xiao Li need my help, and I can't delay any longer!

The moment she made up her mind, Xingxian's eyes became more determined than ever before. She began to mobilize the little magic power she had left, preparing to launch a more decisive offensive.

However, just as Xingxian was trying to focus more intently on locking onto the other party, she subconsciously met the gaze of the crimson compound eye of the Eclipse Species.

"Buzz—!"

An irresistible wave of dizziness instantly swept over Xingxian's mind, making the world before her eyes spin.

—Spiritual interference?!

Xingxian immediately stiffened, realizing that the awkward feeling of being unable to lock onto an attack earlier was not an illusion.

She immediately pretended to be severely injured by the mental shock, covering her head and swaying precariously in mid-air, as if even maintaining flight had become extremely difficult.

"roar--!!!"

The Eclipse Species clearly noticed Xingxian's momentary lapse in concentration. In its eyes, the powerful magical girl who had been dominating it from the beginning had finally revealed a weakness due to its carelessness.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

It let out a murderous roar, then transformed into a deadly black afterimage, lunging at Xingxian with its dark claws aimed straight at her chest, pouring all its power into this attack.

Just as it was about to tear Xingxian's body apart as it wished, the girl, who had been clutching her head and looking pained, suddenly regained clarity and calmness in her eyes.

"Now!"

The antique gear pocket watch that she had been holding in her palm suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and the hands began to rapidly reverse.

With a series of buzzing sounds, an invisible ripple spread out from Xingxian's body in an instant.

The Eclipse, which was charging forward with overwhelming force, suddenly froze. All its movements became incredibly slow in Xingxian's eyes, as if it were sinking into a sticky quagmire.

Xingxian did not waste this precious opportunity, pouring most of the remaining magic power in her body into the wand in her right hand without reservation.

Pale purple light gathered and compressed wildly at the tip of the wand, eventually forming a spiraling magical spear that shimmered with an aura of destruction and seemed capable of piercing through everything. The surrounding air began to distort as it could not withstand this terrifying power.

Xingxian looked down at the cat-shaped Eclipse, which was almost frozen in mid-air and whose eyes were filled with human-like horror, his face full of cold determination.

"In the name of Inspector Xingxian,"

"Disappear completely right here!"

「i

With a low shout, the magical spear, carrying an unparalleled momentum, thrust forward fiercely.