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

It was Lin Jiezi's fist.

Without warning, the girl with long, dark brown hair, completely naked, threw a punch that landed squarely on the wand of Nishio Reki, who had barely managed to create a halberd in front of Yuuki Yuki.

The fist collided with the wand, and silence returned, as if nothing had happened.

Immediately afterwards, the burst of wind pressure shattered the wooden frame of the entire locker room, and Nishio Reki's body was also sent flying by the recoil force of that punch.

The silver-white spear blade and the equally silver-white fist wrapped in lightning flashed past Nishio Reki as she flew through the air. For the first time, the two long-time feuding female gods unleashed their full power and aimed their attacks at the same target.

Not to mention Yuuki Yuki, even the two of them didn't see clearly what Lin Jiezi had done.

But everyone saw that the two figures heading straight for Lin Jiezi were simultaneously sent flying backward and embedded in the wall of the changing room.

When Yuuki Yuki took advantage of that brief moment to complete her transformation and prepare to escape, it was already too late.

Lin Jiezi's body had silently appeared in front of Yuki Yuen, and her open palm quietly landed on the black demonic pattern on Yuki Yuen's abdomen.

In that instant, Yuuki Yuuki seemed to hear something cracking inside her body.

Chapter 45 Chase

This was a miscalculation.

Seeing the change in Lin Jiezi, Yuki En couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Lin Jiezi is a mysterious person. After learning that Lin Jiezi has a close connection with the original magical girl, Yuuki Yuuki pays even more attention to the mystery surrounding Lin Jiezi.

Yuuki Yukino repeatedly deduced the relationship between Lin Jiezi and the original magical girl, and how to trigger Lin Jiezi's defense mechanism.

There are currently three known methods for Yuuki Yuki to bring forth the original magical girl.

Firstly, it is triggered after Nishio Reki or Urobuchi Mashiro fulfills certain conditions. For example, Yuuki Yuuki has seen it most often when Nishio Reki conveys the "information" of the original magical girl to others, and Hayashi Keko will transform into that form.

Secondly, Lin Jiezi herself was attacked, and Xu Yan Zhenshiro has already proven this to her through her own actions.

The third possibility is that the original magical girls would directly attack powerful corrupted magical girls, such as the user of the Three Pillars of Gods Staff.

However, this is just speculation, a reasonable deduction based on Hong Moli's past experiences, Lin Jiezi's empty shell constantly coming to him, and Xu Yan Zhenshiro's forced departure from Yuehai City.

But where exactly is the threshold for the original magical girl to awaken?

Yuuki Yukino now knows, although she didn't want to know this information under these circumstances.

As long as the Black Magic Mark is visible, that's enough.

Whether it was a hot spring or a change of clothes or other occasions, Yuuki Yukari never deliberately hid her black magic markings, but she never intentionally exposed them to Hayashi Mustard, causing her to overlook the simplest possibility.

When Lin Jiezi launched her attack, it was too late to dodge.

What happened next...

I can't remember Yuuki Yuki at all.

……

Nishio Reki, who had been knocked away by Lin Jiezi, quickly got up from the clothes rack he had crashed into when he flew backward. His black figure was like a little black cat leaping between buildings. Almost as soon as he fell, he rushed towards Lin Jiezi again.

The sharp wand in Nishio Reki's hand seemed to pierce right through Hayashi Keiko's body, mercilessly thrusting it at the naked girl with empty eyes, forcibly forcing Hayashi Keiko, who had already approached Yuuki Enishi, back several steps.

Ding.

That's definitely not the sound a wand makes when it pierces flesh.

"Take Yuuki Yukino and go first." Nishio Reki quickly gave the order to the others.

Sakura Hanako, who had never witnessed Hayashi Mustard transform into a primordial magical girl before, was momentarily flustered when she saw Hayashi Mustard undergo such a bizarre change.

Upon hearing Nishio Reki's order, Sakura Hanako no longer cared about the battle between Hayashi Keiko and Nishio Reki, and directly hugged Yuuki Yukino, whose eyes were gradually becoming empty and limp for some reason.

Sakura Hanako does whatever Nishio Reki tells her to do. This sense of execution, cultivated while fighting alongside other magical girls, allows her to take action the moment she hears a command.

The details of how Hayashi Keko blocked Nishio Reki's attack, which Sakura Hanako failed to notice, were exceptionally clear to Inuyama Tomoe and Tenrai Herika, who adjusted their positions and leaped to Hayashi Keko's sides to launch another attack.

A magic crystal the size of a fingernail blocked the path of Nishio Reki's sure-fire attack, precisely intercepting his strike that could have pierced through several layers of steel plates.

Nishio Reki's attack only made Hayashi's little rabbit hop twice.

What exquisite control over magic! And what solid magic power! Just seeing this scene made the girls' pupils shrink in surprise.

If others' control over magic is like hopping and skipping on a tightrope, Lin Jiezi's current state is like dancing on one leg on a tightrope. Unless someone sees it with their own eyes, no one else would believe that such a thing could happen.

No matter how strong Lin Jiezi's magic is, or how skillful she is at controlling it, it is not a reason for them to back down.

The destructive power of a magical girl unleashed by the gods is terrifying. Under normal circumstances, everyone would tacitly avoid such a situation, and even if they had to fight, they would control their power to some extent.

But they don't have the right to do so when it comes to the source of the magical girls' power.

The explosion and thunder sounded simultaneously, all to keep Lin Jiezi tied down here.

Lin Jiezi's response was simply to raise her arm and extend it towards Baqi and Herika.

That's all they saw.

But those raised hands were faster and exerted greater pressure than their attacks, sending both of them flying.

The punch felt like being hit directly by a naval cannon. Although it wasn't enough to cause injury, the result of the impact was that both Baki and Herika's hands were trembling uncontrollably from the force of the impact.

While deflecting the attacks of the two magical girls, Lin Jiezi bent her knee and directly pressed it against the shaft of the magic wand that Nishio Reki was tightly gripping, causing Nishio Reki to feel a sharp pain in his hand and almost drop his weapon.

Lin Jiezi's knees slowly fell, lightly touching the ground as she passed by, and she swept past Nishio Reki's shoulder like a gust of wind.

This guy didn't even glance at me, so her target must be...

Nishio Reki couldn't even stop his backward momentum, and it was too late to stop Hayashi Mustard. He could only shout for help from the magical girls who could hear him.

"She's heading towards Xiaoyuan, stop her."

With Helica and Baqi blocked behind them, Nishio had no time to react. At this moment, all they could rely on were Mizuno Yu and Sakura Hanako, who was holding Yuuki Enishi.

Mizuno Yu, the last remaining one, made her move at the critical moment.

An ice wall, rising like a skyscraper, blocked Lin Jiezi's only path. Even the scalding hot springs came to a standstill, and as far as the eye could see, there was only the immovable fortress formed by frozen ice and snow.

Even though Mizuno Yu didn't know exactly what had happened, having witnessed Hayashi's rampage firsthand, she knew that stopping Hayashi now was definitely the right thing to do.

However, Lin Jiezi was not someone who could be easily restrained. The petite girl's confrontation with the disproportionately large man was decided in an instant.

However, that seemingly unshakeable cliff was like a fragile piece of candy in front of Lin Jiezi's fist. Upon contact, it shattered like a broken mirror. The wind pressure from the punch blew large clumps of ice powder away, leaving Lin Jiezi's divination slip in a vacuum.

Not to mention the Ice Wall, even the Moon Bow that Mizuno Yu was riding was easily broken in two by the rushing Lin Jiezi's fist. Mizuno Yu lost her balance and did not even have time to adjust her state before she began to fall rapidly from the sky.

A mass of darkness silently condensed on the ground, rising up like a fountain just before Mizuno Yu hit the ground, supporting the falling Mizuno Yu on top, thus preventing her from suffering further impact.

But saving Mizuno Yu is not the primary function of these dark magics.

The black liquid, flowing like water, was engulfed by the ice powder that had been shattered by Lin Jiezi's fist and was now flying in the air. It surged towards Lin Jiezi, swallowing her body like a quagmire.

The black magic gradually materialized, piecing together to form bricks that built a real city wall around Lin Jiezi.

More and more bricks piled up, growing thicker and thicker, at an alarming rate, until they eventually embedded Lin Jiezi's body into the brick wall.

As Nishio Reki ran, he raised his palm toward Hayashi Mustard, and anyone could tell who was behind these bizarre attacks.

But Nishio, who was running away, never had time to elaborate, and such constraints were not a problem for Hayashi Mustard.

To restrain Lin Jiezi, the help of others is needed.

Nishio Reki yelled at Mizuno Yu, "Freeze!"

Supported by the black liquid, Mizuno Yuu remained lying down, not even having time to get up. Upon hearing Nishio Reki's call, she immediately clenched her fist, and magical power began to flow through Mizuno Yuu's fist.

The blue of frost immediately spread from the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the dark city walls, covering them with a thick layer of ice, making the prison even more secure and airtight.

After completely freezing the wall built into Lin Jiezi's wall, Mizuno Yu remembered that she was still lying on the ground. She quickly got up and white magic began to re-gather between the broken magic wands, repairing the Moon Bow that had been broken by Lin Jiezi.

Even Mizuno Yu couldn't escape looking shaken at this moment.

"Success?"

As Nishio Reki continued his frantic run toward Hayashi Mustard, his face darker than the fortress she had built: "If only it were that simple."

Before the words were even finished, everyone heard a loud bang coming from within the frozen city walls. The powerful resonance seemed to cause the ground beneath the girls' feet to tremble.

In an instant, shocking cracks, as thick as a thigh, spread across the city walls and the outer ice shell, as if something inside was about to break free.

The seemingly indestructible city wall actually couldn't even last five seconds before it exploded into pieces like fireworks.

Lin Jiezi appeared in the middle of the collapsed city wall, turned her head as if nothing had happened, and fixed her gaze on the receding figure of Sakura Hanako.

To be precise, Lin Jiezi was targeting Yuki Yuki, who was in Sakura Hanako's arms.

Lin Jiezi bent down slightly and shot out like a sharp arrow, immediately putting distance between herself and the girls.

"Is this guy even stronger than before?" Inuyama Tomoe, who was chasing after Lin Jiezi's retreating figure, gritted her teeth, letting the fierce wind she generated as she rushed past her: "How can he be this strong when he hasn't used any abilities?"

As if merging with the surrounding silver-white lightning, Helica, the Thunder God, transformed into a flashing arc of electricity, instantly overtaking the charging Baqi: "Stop talking nonsense! If you slow down any further, Sakura Hanako will be caught up!"

"She can't use her abilities now, so restrain her like before!" Nishio Reki shouted, flicking the tip of his halberd against the ground, sending waves of magical energy shooting towards Hayashi's back.

Lin Jiezi paused briefly, tiptoed, twisted her waist, turned around, and threw a punch that shattered Nishio Reki's magic.

Having dealt with the attacks that were holding her back, Lin Jiezi continued charging forward without looking back, leaving the girls behind.

The barrier of lightning, the spikes of frost, and the barrage of bullets raining down from the sky could only slightly slow Lin Jiezi down.

But this was already the girls' best effort. Even though their magic was still plentiful, there were still too few opportunities to create in such a race against time.

Now they wished they could squeeze out all the magic and potential in their bodies to stop that girl, who seemed a bit slippery to onlookers, from getting closer and closer to Yuuki Yuki. However, the reality was that they could only watch helplessly as Hayashi Kikuko got closer and closer to Yuuki Yuki.

Everyone was anxious because they couldn't keep Lin Jiezi, but Nishio Reki was even more anxious because he was running frantically to get closer to Lin Jiezi but could never catch up with her back.

"Rise Tsukimi! The first magical girl! The origin of magical girls! The maintainer of magical girls! The embodiment of rules! The god of magical girls! The embodiment of magical girls' will! The anchor of world lines! I've said everything! Look at me! I am your target! Come at me! Stay away from Eri!"

As Nishio Reki roared and ran, the tip of his wand drew one black blade of light after another, but it was blocked one by one by the fragments of magic power that condensed around Hayashi Keiko.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Jiezi had returned to Yuuki Yukino's side.

Sakura Hanako is not good at direct combat. If it weren't for the fact that Sakura Hanako was closest to Yuuki Yuuki and that's why she started running away with Yuuki Yuuki, it might have been a better choice for her to assist everyone.

But it's just a "what if," and no one can guarantee that things would have been better if Sakura Hanako had stayed.

But one thing is certain: in everyone's eyes, the situation is now as bad as it could get.

However, reality always likes to play a huge joke on everyone.

The already dire situation worsened when Yuuki Enishi opened her eyes.

Chapter Forty-Six: The Eve of Despair