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

Therefore, for whatever reason, I still need to stay here and keep Sheng Shiyin calm.

As Yuuki Yukino made her decision, she spoke and walked, slowly extending her hand to the hesitant Seishin.

"Back in Rainbow City, you wanted to talk to me, and you even told me to be careful of Genken Mashiro. You must have some issues with her, right? So why don't we just talk things out instead of starting a war here? It's really strange, isn't it?"

“Yes, that’s right…” Saint Shion hesitated, as if recalling that morning in Nijima City when the nun took Yuuki Yui to her hotel room: “That’s right, in Nijima City, I was planning to talk to you and ask you to leave… because I sensed some danger and familiar information about you.”

"That's right! That's it."

"But! It still didn't work! The nuns who were by my side! The most important people I grew up with! They all disappeared completely because of you!"

Suddenly, Saint Shion roared, and her huge scythe sliced ​​through the cold air, swinging towards Yuuki Yukino's head.

Chapter Ninety-Eight: Navigating the Boundary Between Life and Death

The sharp scythe sliced ​​through the air, aiming straight for Yuuki Enishi's throat.

At the same time, the nun who had remained unmoved also shouted out.

"Your Excellency! No! Stop the attack immediately! Your physical condition no longer allows you to fight her!"

Yuuki Yukino's eyes caught the scythe swinging towards her and paused for a moment, but then accelerated again, continuing to approach her as if it really wanted to kill her.

Saint Shion did hesitate, but in the end she still chose to be her own enemy.

However, the scythe ultimately failed to actually touch Yuuki Yukino's body.

Just centimeters from Yuuki Yuki's throat, Seishin's wand suddenly stopped.

But this is not because Seishion showed mercy to Yuuki Yui, nor is it possible that Seishion would be so kind as to show mercy to Yuuki Yui.

Several thin, hair-like purple lines connected Yuuki Eri's raised hand to the ground, blocking the path of the scythe. It was these lines that blocked the fatal blow from Seishin's scythe.

The taut lines and the strength of the scythe in Saint Shion's hand wrestled against each other, and then, with a buzzing sound like the strumming of a zither, the wand was deflected back.

Saint Shion only took half a step back, and the huge scythe that had been deflected landed heavily on the ground with a whooshing sound.

Having completed her transformation, Yuuki Yukino gently lowered the hand with lines wrapped around her fingers. The purplish-black lines rearranged and combined in the girl's hand, transforming into the shape of a giant sword. Although it had not yet been raised, its sharpness was already pointing at Seishin.

Yuuki Yukino lightly kicked the greatsword onto her shoulder and raised an eyebrow at Seishin.

"Aren't you going to listen to her?"

Saint Shion took a deep breath, her expression becoming even more ferocious, and she charged at Yuuki Yukino again, dragging her scythe in one hand.

"I want to avenge them!"

The scythe attacks were swift and fierce, each strike aimed directly at Yuuki Yukino's vitals. With the added magic power of a primordial magical girl, this offensive made it quite difficult for Yuuki Yukino to cope.

But Yuuki Yukino isn't fighting alone.

After the release of the god, the long katana that was as tall as a person met the huge scythe, and narrowly helped Yuuki En block Seishin's attack, causing Seishin's scythe to be deflected again.

"But you sent those nuns to intercept us, not the other way around. In such a critical situation, we won't waste our time doing something like that."

"You were the ones who killed them! It was you!" Saint Shion wouldn't listen to a word. The gray flames burning on her scythe roared as if she wanted to devour all the enemies in front of her.

The offensive resumed, with Yuuki Yuki and Koumori attacking from both sides. Despite not having fought side by side many times, their teamwork was exceptionally smooth.

If one side blocks Saint Shion's attack, the other side will seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. In this way, even if Saint Shion's speed and strength have increased compared to before, it will not be easy for her to defend herself.

Just then, Bai Gui Qian You floated up behind Sheng Shi Yin like a ghost, a gray aura symbolizing death covering the short dagger in his hand, and stabbed towards Sheng Shi Yin's back.

Saint Shiyin raised her arm, which was dripping with golden blood. The dagger was unable to pierce Saint Shiyin's slender arm for a moment. Saint Shiyin actually used her own body to block the attack of Hundred Ghosts and Thousand Demons.

Having failed in her first attack, Qianyou immediately chose to retreat. As if weightless, she unfurled her large, kimono-style demonic robe and landed on the back of a bench on tiptoe.

"If we don't take action against them, we'll be the ones who fall."

"I don't care! You are the culprits! You are the ones who took away what is most important to me."

Unable to contain herself any longer, Baqi unleashed a torrent of curses and, taking advantage of the moment when Sheng Shiyin was distracted, launched a deadly surprise attack on her.

"Are you out of your mind? They were willing to sacrifice themselves to buy time, and instead of doing what you were supposed to do, you're acting like a little kid throwing a tantrum and even fighting with us? How can you do this to the time they bought for you? You've let them down! You've let everyone down! You deserve to be played like a fool!"

However, Higanbana, who possessed a portion of the original magical girl's magic, was not so easily defeated. Although she was hit squarely by Baqi's attack and the shockwave of the explosion engulfed her entire body, it was Baqi who trembled slightly as she held the gun blade.

It's like hitting a steel plate with an iron bar. The steel plate might be fine, but the force of the impact will seriously injure your arm.

"Die! Die! All of you, die!"

Saint Shiyin emerged unharmed from the smoke and dust of the explosion, but with tears in her eyes and a completely self-destructive look on her face. She screamed loudly and raised her weapon at the group again.

"I don't care! I don't know what to do anymore! You all should die! May you all fall into hell!"

With Saint Shion's roar, the pale flames burning on her scythe suddenly began to burst forth, as if to incinerate everything in sight.

It's about "skills," and Sheng Shiyin is getting really serious!

The powers of the original magical girl were not manifested much in Seishun—aside from compressing the force field surrounding the entire Moonsea City to an extremely small point, she did nothing else.

However, the boost that the original magical girl's magic gave to Seishin's own strength should not be underestimated. Seishin is now like she's been given a stimulant, unleashing power that Yuuki Yuuki could never have imagined.

Saint Shiyin isn't very smart; she's easily led astray, lacks self-control, and frequently changes her mind—she's practically synonymous with trouble.

From beginning to end, Seishion didn't do anything truly unforgivable, but her presence was felt in every mess and bad deed, which was quite a headache for Yuuki Yui.

Saint Shion's personality is indeed quite troublesome, which caused her to change her mind on some things she should have insisted on.

For example, when Kuroba Reise was on the verge of death, Seishion approached Inuyama Tomoe; and when Yuuki Eri was originally going to stay away from Urouge Mashiro, she suddenly decided to stand on the same side as Urouge Mashiro.

But this guy is being extremely stubborn in this matter. He should be more flexible, but he insists on destroying Yuuki and her group with a "never give up" attitude.

What's most troubling is that Saint Siyin might actually have that kind of power now.

"It's coming, watch out!"

Yuuki Yui gave a warning, and several magical girls simultaneously took to the air, dodging the flames that Seishine had unleashed towards them.

But the fierce flames suddenly turned in mid-air and continued to attack the girls from behind, relentlessly pursuing them like real snakes.

The girls dodged left and right, while Sheng Shiyin screamed and swung her scythe, controlling the movement of the flames. The pale flames left behind after passing through continuously squeezed the girls' space to move, and soon they would have nowhere to hide.

If they had only been protecting themselves from attack, the situation might not be so bad now, but there is another person they have to protect at the scene.

Kneeling on one knee, Nishio Reki continuously channeled magic power into the surrounding area, creating a force field for the girls that was strong enough to withstand the power of the magical girls released by Seishin. This was the foundation that allowed Yuuki and the others to fight here.

The black magic flowing like water through every corner of the room was rapidly evaporating under the burning of the pale flames, while more magic would flow from Nishio Reki's body, filling the holes scorched by the flames.

Nishio Reki cannot be moved. If there is the slightest mistake, the force field that Nishio Reki has created may collapse, and the magical girls who are exposed to the force field again will have no chance to avoid the flames.

In just a short while, Nishio Reki's forehead was covered in sweat, and no one knew how much longer he could hold on.

In order to prevent the force field from collapsing immediately, Yuuki and the other magical girls had to use their own power to directly block the fiery attacks from Seishin.

After her battle with Tsukimi Rie, Yuuki Yuuki never felt that disgusting feeling of being relentlessly watched again.

Even more deadly is that Saint Shion's attacks are not limited to tongues of fire; she also has her own scythe.

"No, if this continues, we'll be stuck with nowhere to retreat sooner or later!" Baqi cursed angrily. The intangible flames made it difficult for her to deal with her attacks, which is why she was in a dilemma.

"Perhaps Xiao Li won't be able to hold on before we defeat her!" Yuuki Yuen's expression was also unfriendly.

The situation has become extremely chaotic, with the girls doing their best to restrain Sei-on.

As for how long they need to keep them occupied and how to defeat Saint Shiyin, no one has a good solution, but this is all they can do for now.

At this moment, Saint Shion has not yet used her full strength. Perhaps her current state is already her full strength. It is understandable that she cannot exert her full power since she has seized the power of the original magical girl in a strange way.

This is arguably the only good news for Yuuki Yuuki right now; at least their battle hasn't destroyed the entire Grand Cathedral or even the Holy Eternal Academy as she had anticipated.

"Calm down! Seishion! Calm down! What's the point of us continuing to fight here! Do you even have enough strength left to fight against Genki Mashiro?"

While dodging, Yuuki Yui was also trying to use talk therapy to treat Seishin, this mentally unstable little psychopath.

Whether it's truly moving the other person or just distracting Seishin, it's acceptable in Yuuki Yui's eyes.

"It's okay! It doesn't matter! Genki Mashiro! She! Must die! You all must die!"

With a roar, Saint Shion brought her scythe down, startling Yuuki Yukina so much that she flew back several steps, focusing on dodging Saint Shion's attack.

He's sick, mentally ill, and beyond help!

"This guy's gone mad, he's hopeless!" Yuuki cursed inwardly, but her words were much more restrained.

"Perhaps I can keep her in check?" Hyakki Chiyu suddenly said.

Hong Moli grabbed Qianyou's hand and threw the girl out of the flames' attack range. Crimson magic transformed into a blood shield, keeping the flames out, but the blood shield was also rapidly evaporating amidst the crackling of the flames.

"Qianyou, what are you going to do?"

“Her attribute is the same as mine, ‘death.’ To resist her attack, we either need to use ‘life’ like Sakura Hanako or use a similar attribute to directly counter her.”

“But your magic power can’t compare to that of Saint Shion,” Yuuki Yuen reminded her.

Hyakki Senyou shook her head: "It's alright, as long as you seize the opportunity and keep her occupied for now. Yuuki Yukino, your abilities should come in handy, right?"

"Not necessarily, but I can try." Yuuki Yui didn't dare to guarantee Qianyou's safety at this time, but there was only one way to break the deadlock.

"Then it's up to you."

As Bai Gui Qian You spoke, the dagger that had been used to unleash divine power disappeared from his hand. He then clasped his hands together in front of his chest, making a crisp sound.

Her gorgeous magical attire, resembling that of a courtesan, combined with her current actions, makes it hard for Yuuki Yuki not to think of a prayer.

Hyakki Chiyu's two clasped hands, palms touching, rotated individually, obscuring the girl's eyes.

Saint Shiyin immediately realized what Hyakki Chiyou was doing, raised her scythe and pointed it in Hyakki Chiyou's direction, and several tongues of fire roared and rushed forward.

At the same time, Bai Gui Qian You suddenly moved his hands away, and another layer of impenetrable mist seemed to rise from his gray pupils.

Behind the girl, an even denser gray mist swirled and spread, filling the few remaining spaces in the room where the magic of water and fire intersected.

"Reveal yourself, Yomotsu Hirasaka!"

Something seemed to be slowly rising from within the mist.

If Yuuki Yuki isn't mistaken, then it should be a road.

Separating life from death, the path to the underworld.

The menacing flames began to wane rapidly in the mist, and then slowly went out.

"It's a success!" Baqi exclaimed in surprise.

"Hurry up, Qianyou can't hold on for long."

Hong Moli drew her sword and dodged, aiming directly at Sheng Shiyin's vitals.