Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

Like ashes after a fire, the magical armor covering Yuuki Eri's body is slowly turning into invisible particles and dissipating into the air.

In Yuuki Yuuki's memory, things are either directly destroyed or transformed into magic power, and such a situation is very rare.

Yuuki Yukino is now completely naked; not only is her stomach covered by black stockings, but even some parts that are not convenient to talk about are...

abdomen?

Why did the black demon mark branded on my stomach turn out like this?

Why is it flashing so actively?

Isn't this... a sign of "contamination" that Miyashita Miya mentioned?

"Xiao Yuan! Hurry up and deactivate your transformation!"

Did Nishio Reki's voice relay the order from 50 to Yuuki Yukino?

she does not know.

All Nishio Reki saw was Yuuki Yuki, whose magical armor had vanished in the wind, raise her trembling hands, lift her cheeks, and utter broken, incoherent syllables.

"Ah, ah... ah ah..."

Yuuki Yukino's knees buckled, and she collapsed to her knees with a thud, like a puppet with its strings cut. Her knees hit the floor with a dull thud.

Her long pink hair hung down to her chest, and her bent fingers seemed to be digging into her cheeks and eye sockets, sinking deeper and deeper into her eye sockets.

Yuuki Yukino's breathing grew heavier and heavier, the sound of her inhaling seemed to be squeezing her lungs dry, her violently trembling pupils lost their original focus, and her eyes gradually became empty.

Whether or not the message is delivered is no longer important; Yuuki Yukino is no longer willing to listen to anything.

Despite Nishio Reki's immediate response, her worst fears still came true.

The current situation with Yuuki Yuki is difficult to handle.

New changes began to appear on Yuuki Yuuki's body.

The morbid smoke replaced Yuuki Enishi's demonic attire, beginning to fulfill its original purpose of concealing her body.

The smoke even made the obligation seem a little too good; ordinary clothes wouldn't cover a person up completely.

The irregularly shaped wisp of smoke, nearly two meters in diameter and constantly writhing, completely enveloped Yuuki Yuki's body, completely concealing her figure.

This kind of Yuki En makes it difficult for Nishio Reki to distinguish whether what's over there is a humanoid figure hidden in the smoke or a chaotic fog.

Then, the fog that Nishio Reki had been staring at disappeared.

Along with Yuuki Yukino's body.

Almost at the same moment, the swirling mist collapsed behind Nishio Reki.

Emerging from the mist, Yuuki Yukina's leg, raised above her head, slammed down towards Nishio Reki's head.

Nishio Reki reacted quickly, immediately flipping his wrist to hold his wand behind his head, blocking Yuuki Yuki's kick.

In a collision between a wand and a human body, the wand should always prevail over the human body.

However, there was no sign of injury to Yuuki Yuuki's ankle, and she continued to press down hard on it.

Instead, Nishio Reki, who had blocked Yuuki Yuki's attack, suddenly collapsed to his knees, raising his trembling hands high as he struggled against Yuuki Yuki's foot, which was pressing down on the wand.

As time went on, the balance of power continued to shift towards Yuuki Yuki's side.

Nishio Reki's hand was getting lower and lower.

Glistening beads of sweat dripped from Nishio Reki's nose, leaving a small, firework-shaped puddle on the cement floor beneath his knees.

With a crackling sound, the water stain split open along with the ground, and cracks spread outwards like a spider web from the center of Nishio Reki.

With a loud bang, Nishio Reki's body felt light as he fell along with the shattered bricks and cement.

Yuuki Yukino's legs retracted into the mist, and what extended out again was no longer a human part.

Nishio Reki witnessed the entire battle between Tsukimi Rie and Yuuki Yuuki. During that battle, Yuuki Yuuki created an irregular giant hand made of tentacles, which slapped at Nishio Reki as if swatting away mosquitoes.

On the ground, dodging such a heavy attack is not difficult, but in the air where there is no leverage, it is not so easy to avoid being hit.

But there are ways.

With his halberd in hand, Nishio Reki tapped the shaft of his halberd on his twisted palm, using the reverse force to retreat towards the residential building.

The door was kicked away by Yuuki Yuki, and the semi-open corridor at the entrance was smashed down by Yuuki Yuki. If this continues, Nishio Reki will really be homeless.

Moreover, there are some things in that room that Yuuki Yuuki absolutely must not come into contact with.

As Nishio Reki prepared to retreat, Yuuki Yuuki was not about to let her leave so easily.

The giant hand that had knocked Nishio Reki away retreated back into the smoke, and what emerged from that cloud of mist was the complete Yuuki Yuki.

A complete Yuki bond does not necessarily mean a normal Yuki bond.

That appearance was so different from usual; it was definitely not the usual Yuuki Yukino.

A rapier, a warhammer, a whip, a katana, and four magic wands floated behind Yuuki Yuuki, as if an invisible hand was manipulating them, forming an inescapable net of attacks.

In a typical storyline, Nishio Reki would probably shout something like, "Yuki, wake up!" while hitting and trying to persuade her.

But Nishio Reki is no ordinary person.

The solution to Yuuki Yukino's current state is actually quite simple.

Why worry so much? Just wake him up.

However, the person who finally fell to the ground, surrounded by those dark purple tentacles, and looked down at with his eyes lowered, was Nishio Reki himself.

Chapter Twenty: Do you understand the significance of being ten times stronger after turning evil?

The battle has dragged on for so long, is it because Nishio Reki's power is insufficient to defeat Yuuki Yuki?

No.

Just like the Pokémon-catching game that Yuuki Yuuki has been playing recently, defeating Pokémon is much easier than catching them.

Nishio Reki's goal was to stop Yuuki Yuki, not to let her ascend to heaven.

Yuki Yuki was already quite strong, and now she's in a berserk state. Subduing her without harming her will be a major challenge for Nishio Reki.

More importantly, she couldn't harm Yuuki Eri, nor could she affect the surrounding buildings. After all, this was a residential area, and she couldn't go all out and cause trouble.

This restrictive fighting style made it very difficult for Nishio Reki.

The best solution Nishio Reki could think of was to slowly wait for Yuuki Yuki's magic power to run out. If that could be done, the rest would be very simple.

Nishio Reki knew that Yuuki Yuuki possessed a lot of magic, but she didn't expect it to be this much.

As a result, she went too far.

The unpredictable fighting style displayed during the battle with Kuroba Reisei, the seemingly inexhaustible and vast magical power, combined with Nishio Reki's holding back, all these factors combined to ultimately create Nishio Reki's current unfavorable situation.

Nishio Reki was intentionally controlling his strength, constantly depleting Yuuki Yukino's stamina and magic power, while Yuuki Yukino was launching a frenzied counterattack without any restraint.

Yuuki Yukino's rampage was merely a state of berserk behavior; she hadn't lost her mind and become a reckless fighting machine. Judging from the occasional grumbles she still managed to utter, Yuuki Yukino was in a semi-conscious state.

She is capable of thinking, but not like the usual Yuuki Eri.

In other words, Yuuki Yuki's combat experience is still there.

Nishio Reki excels at close combat. Her fighting style of controlling Kuroba Reisei in a few moves is her forte. Once she is dragged into ranged combat and without the assistance of the pure white coffin, her attack methods become extremely limited.

Despite repeatedly trying to get close, Nishio Reki was repeatedly forced back to his original position by the various strange things summoned by Yuuki Yuki, and he was unable to achieve his goal.

Yuuki Yukina was expending her magic power to block him, and Nishio Reki was unable to defeat her with a powerful attack, so he could only expend a large amount of magic power to deal with her.

As a result, her energy expenditure was actually much greater than that of Yuuki Eri.

If she had known this would happen, she would have chosen a different battlefield where she could better utilize her abilities.

If this continues, I might really lose.

As Nishio Reki thought this, he used his spear to slice the enormous worm, which seemed to be about to devour everything, into pieces.

At the same time, Nishio Reki's body was also pulled back to the ground by the worm's tail, rolling several times on the ground before barely coming to a stop.

We need to try a different approach.

Nishio Reki struggled to his feet, leaning on his wand, and looked up at Yuuki Eri, whose entire body was wrapped in tentacles in mid-air.

Her magical armor was already riddled with holes from the recent battle, and the girl's body was covered with noticeable wounds, though not serious.

On the other hand, Yuuki Yuki, who was sitting high above, was as if the battle had never happened. She sat with her legs crossed on the throne made of tentacles in mid-air, looking down at Nishio Reki, who was having great difficulty even getting up.

Her long, messy pink hair fluttered in the wind, just like the translucent tentacles that were currently clustered around her, their roots intertwined like withered branches.

The few rays of moonlight pierced through the clouds, illuminating Yuuki Yukino's calm and composed expression.

Behind Yuuki Enishi lay the cracked ground, the fallen trees, and the devastation left by the recent battle in the residential area.

Fortunately, Nishio Reki got away from the residential building immediately, so the damage to his own doorstep was the only damage he caused.

"Ha...ha...Well done, Xiaoyuan."

Nishio Reki rubbed his neck and stretched his stiff body. He slammed his halberd heavily onto the ground and, amidst the rising dust, pointed it at Yuuki Enishi in mid-air.

"I'm not happy at all to be praised by you." Sitting on the throne made of tentacles, Yuuki Yuki didn't move at all. She just waved her hand as if shooing away noisy mosquitoes, and her attack was already completed.

Countless dark purple wands spread out like an iron curtain behind Yuuki Yuuki.

Dark as a night, yet brilliant as the stars.

That purple sky transformed into a plundering, ominous star, shooting towards Nishio Reki without any distinction between them.

Nishio Reki flung away his halberd, and the clanging of metal against metal created an impenetrable barrier with his wand.

No matter how many wands Yuuki Yuuki fired, she couldn't break through this seemingly vulnerable defense.

"I'd be quite happy if you could compliment me a few times."

Swinging away with the last wand, Nishio Reki flicked the single ponytail he had just tied up upstairs.

“Oh—” Yuuki Yui nodded noncommittally, stroking her chin thoughtfully: “It was definitely the right decision not to let you get close.”

"It seems that attacks launched from the sky can't hit you. What then?"

Yuuki Yukino raised her hand and snapped her fingers in the air.

In stark contrast to Yuuki En's light and airy movements, a mountain of katanas slowly rose from the ground beneath Nishio Reki's feet, trapping him within.

"Tsk." Nishio Reki clicked his tongue, touched the tip of the knife with his toes, and leaped into the air.