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

"Tsk tsk tsk, who else! Come on! Who else! Come at me all at once!" Baki hung the gun blade on her back, clapped her hands as if she had finished her job, and shouted loudly at the few remaining magical girls in the sky.

The magical girls who have managed to persevere until now are no rabble, but most of them are injured and in poor condition.

Their mission was to prevent anyone from getting close to Asahimi, which sounded like a simple task, but what actually happened left these magical girls in disbelief.

The magical girls even felt that they weren't the ones stopping them, but rather that the two of them had turned around and surrounded their large group.

This large group of people charged over in a mighty manner. Not to mention the four magical girls fighting with the nuns of the Holy Temple, the blue-haired girl standing on the moon bow, the dog-toothed girl in military uniform, and the magical girl in nurse's uniform holding a large syringe were just three people who were about to wipe them all out.

Moreover, the one who actually launched the attack among the three was not the magical girl in the nurse's uniform with long blue-purple hair who looked like an eggplant. Although some of them saw that the eggplant magical girl's support magic was very strong and wanted to launch a sneak attack, after they broke through the layers of encirclement and rushed to the eggplant magical girl's side, they were instead pricked by that big syringe and had their drums throbbed. So they temporarily gave up on that idea.

If we keep fighting like this, we're really going to be wiped out!

Fortunately, the remaining few are magical girls who possess the power to unleash divine power, so determining a winner won't be so easy.

However, acting rashly is certainly not an option.

"Inuyama-senpai." Sakura Hanako flew to Inuyama Tomoe's side and whispered in her ear, "If they keep acting like this, it won't be easy for us to break through."

"It's alright, let's just wait it out. Once we take them all out, no one will be able to stop us." Ba Qi wiped the sweat from the tip of her nose.

“But Yuuki-senpai has been captured. If we don’t save Yuuki-senpai…” Sakura Hanako stammered, glancing at the several magical girls standing guard opposite her while quickly glancing at Inuyama Tomoe beside her.

Inuyama-senpai's feelings for Yuuki-senpai were no secret. Everyone watched as Yuuki was captured by Asahiya, and even Sakura Hanako felt anxious. But for some reason, Inuyama Tomoe seemed completely unaffected and didn't seem nervous at all.

"Ah... this..." Inuyama Tomoe scratched her nose again: "It shouldn't be a problem to leave Yui alone for now."

Sakura Hanako stared at Inuyama Tomoe with an incredulous look for a long time, but didn't say a word.

Sakura Hanako knew she shouldn't judge Inuyama Tomoe, but at this point, she was still being told to just ignore it. Sakura Hanako found this hard to understand and even harder to accept.

But Inuyama Tomoe seemed to have read what Sakura Hanako was thinking, and grinned at her.

"I was startled at the time and almost rushed out, but after thinking about it carefully, I realized that Xiaoyuan couldn't be that weak."

Sakura Hanako gritted her teeth, swallowing hard. "But what if something really happens to Yuuki-senpai? What if Asahimi has some incredible abilities? What if Yuuki-senpai used up too much magic power in one night..."

“You’re right, that makes a lot of sense.” Ba Qi crossed her arms in agreement. “But since I’ve entrusted everything to Xiao Yuan, of course I have to trust her! If something really happens to Xiao Yuan, there are definitely people who are more anxious than I am.”

Sakura Hanako followed Tomoe's gaze and swept it around the chaotic battlefield.

Standing beside him, Mizuno Yu was drawing her bow and nocking an arrow, using the pure white moonlight as a beam of light, waiting to deliver a crushing blow to the magical girls charging towards her.

Back to back, Hong Moli and Bai Gui Qianyou, now in a state of complete liberation, combined offense and defense, repelling all the attacking nuns with their crimson and ashen magic. Wherever they couldn't reach, the runic greatsword of Hei Yu's reincarnation would always make up for the oversights.

Helica was enveloped in silvery-white lightning, as if she were wearing a suit of lightning armor. Her figure appeared and disappeared, and she fought back and forth with the Holy Sister who was as steady as a rock and held a long sword. Neither of them could break through the other's defense for a while.

Further away, Sakura Hanako could still clearly see Asahiya and Urobuchi Mashiro, as well as Yuuki En, who was tightly bound by tentacles. However, the distance was too far for Sakura Hanako to see clearly.

"You mean, Yuuki-senpai deliberately approached Utsugi Mashiro this way? But... isn't that too dangerous? The chances of Utsugi Mashiro not being wary of Yuuki-senpai are practically zero!"

Sakura Hanako understood what Inuyama Tomoe was saying. Yuuki Yukino was indeed getting close to Urobuchi Mashiro, but this behavior was like tying her own hands and feet. The other party couldn't help but be wary of Yuuki Yukino, and she might end up losing more than she gained.

But then, Sakura Hanako noticed something was amiss.

As if afraid of being overheard by the person on the other end, Sakura Hanako lowered her voice to the whisper of a mosquito.

"Wait, where's Nishio-senpai? Why don't I see Nishio-senpai?"

Instead of giving a direct answer, Inuyama Tomoe gave Sakura Hanako a confident thumbs-up from behind.

Her thumb clenched, gripping the gun blade that Baqi had carried on her back. The blade spun in the girl's hand, leaving afterimages, flashing a cold silver arc in the moonlight. The mechanical clicking sound shattered the fierce wind, and dangerous magic manifested once more.

Inuyama Tomoe raised an eyebrow and arrogantly lifted her chin.

"We've had enough rest! Let's begin our second round!"

……

"Hey!"

With a loud shout, Helica deflected the longsword she was holding, and the lightning wrapped around her arm surged toward the gaps in her defense like a cluster of small snakes.

A sudden gust of wind swept around the swordsman, slicing the surging lightning to shreds at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye. The sharp magic that spread out forced Helica to temporarily avoid its edge.

Helica briefly stepped back, only to feel a sharp pain in her shoulder. A warm current flowed down her shoulder, staining her magical armor red, before being evaporated by the surrounding lightning, leaving a burnt, fishy smell.

If it were a back-and-forth battle, Helica would have a more comfortable fight, but right now, Kenji is doing nothing but defending and using his powerful bursts of attacks to force Helica back. This kind of turtle-like fighting style is making Helica very unhappy.

Most of the time, she was just hitting the turtle's hard shell, and every now and then the turtle would stick its head out of the shell and bite her. It would be strange if Helica was happy.

Herica had exhausted too much of her power with that attack that dried up the black mud, otherwise she wouldn't be struggling so much now. Besides, this was above Moonsea City, and Herica didn't dare to unleash the same unrestrained and ferocious attacks she had in the Dreamland.

Not to mention injuring the ordinary people below, the powerful attacks could also accidentally injure the magical girls fighting nearby.

"Ugh, so annoying! Why can't you just move aside?" Helica complained, the lightning floating around her body scorching the wound on her shoulder, using this brutal method to barely stop the flowing blood and the pain in her shoulder.

She held the sword horizontally in front of her, bracing the back of the blade with one hand, with the sharp edge facing the ground, but the sharp blade could strike Helica at any moment if she needed to.

But without a doubt, she was showing through her actions that she didn't harbor much hostility, at least unlike the three Holy Sisters who were fighting fiercely with the three corrupted magical girls.

"Because this is the Holy Maiden's order, I can only ask you to stay here. Actually, I don't want to fight you either. Judging from your current condition, you probably can't hold on for much longer. If we can coexist peacefully, we can stop fighting each other."

"Who wants to stop with you! If your so-called saintess gets captured, do you think you'll just let things go peacefully?" Helica curled her lip, unconvinced by Jian Chi's words.

"of course not."

"That settles it!"

Fists and longswords clashed again, with Helica once again overwhelming the swordsman with a barrage of attacks, but the swordsman still had plenty of strength left.

"Besides! Your saintess! is Saint Prayer! And she! What does she say her name is! Asahi Mi!" With each punch, Helica would shout it out, as if it would add more power to her punches. Shouting it out would also make Helica feel better.

"The Holy Maiden is the Holy Maiden. Her name and title are unimportant to me. My duty is to be loyal to the Church and to the Holy Maiden." Jian Zhi parried with his sword, the magic circles on his wrist spreading out to deflect the lightning that was coming along his blade.

"This isn't loyalty, it's blind loyalty! No! It's stupidity! Don't you want to look at your so-called saintess? She's already fallen!"

"Just as you trust your companions, I unconditionally trust the Saintess's choice. The bishop has also said that she will become the most worthy saintess and the hope for the future of the church."

"Ha! The bishop said that? You really listen to Saint Hymn."

For a fleeting moment, a crack appeared in the seemingly impenetrable defense.

Helica seized the opportunity and her attack struck the swordsman's shoulder precisely, blasting off a large chunk of her nun's habit and leaving a noticeable bruise on her skin below.

Helica wanted to throw two more punches, but Kenji had already unleashed a gust of wind with his blade, and Kenji used this opportunity to retreat several steps, getting out of Helica's attack range.

Kenmochi glanced down at the wound on his shoulder, the blade reflecting a chilling gaze, but no colder than the fleeting glint of coldness in Kenmochi's eyes.

"Who did you just say the bishop was?"

Herica stuck out her little finger and picked at her ear: "Saint Shion, the one who was pinned down by Gen Urouge Mashiro and pierced through the tentacles, can't you see that? No, the current bishop is no longer Saint Shion, it should be Gen Urouge Mashiro."

Upon hearing the name Genki Mashiro, Kenmochi's expression became even more complicated, as if he had thought of something, and the wrinkles between his brows deepened.

It seems like something incredible has happened to this guy.

Oh, that makes sense. It's said that all the nuns in the sanctuary were dealt with by Mashiro Gorgen alone, and it seems this guy with the knife is no exception.

If there's no opening, create one. The opponent was already wavering when Helica casually mentioned Saint Hymn. Why not take this opportunity to go up and give him a good beating?

The lightning-like fists descended like a storm, but the sword-wielding movements became slower. Helica couldn't tell if this was due to her injuries or because her words had distracted her.

However, Helica thought that this guy would open his mouth and ask her what happened, but to her surprise, he fell silent instead.

"Looks like you don't know anything? Oh right, since you were taken care of by Mashiro Urouge once, it's normal that you don't know anything."

Despite Helica's obvious provocation, Kenchi kept his lips tightly shut and remained silent.

"However, you are a magical girl, and a nun from a holy temple whose mission is to punish fallen magical girls. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to just be an accomplice to evil?" Helica steered the conversation back a little. She wanted to overcome this difficulty, not to have a trash talk exchange with Kenchi and get into a huge argument.

"I did not act as an accomplice to evil. If I could, I would not want to fight anyone, especially an ordinary magical girl like you." Kenmochi denied it outright, but her tone was not so strong, as if she herself did not have complete confidence in her words.

"They are corrupted magical girls! You're aiding and abetting them! If you don't want to, then get out of my way!" Helica pressed on relentlessly: "If you're a nun from the Holy Temple, you can sense it too, right? They're not ordinary corrupted magical girls! The power they wield comes from the Primordial Darkness, the mortal enemy of your so-called god!"

Herika and Kenmochi couldn't hear the conversation between Urouge Mashiro and Yuuki Yuki, so they naturally didn't know about the duality, let alone that the church had been using that power to maintain stability all along.

In general, using this power is tantamount to apostasy, and the most serious kind at that.

Seeing that Jian remained silent, Helica spoke even more aggressively.

"Moreover! You have already been defeated! You remember, don't you! Her ability to return your souls to your bodies! It is also the ability of the offspring of the Primordial Darkness! The evidence is irrefutable!"

Even so, I don't believe that Her Majesty the Saintess is wrong.

Helica was furious: "Idiot! Why are you so stubborn!"

“I’m not being stubborn! I’m just fulfilling my responsibility. We are all children of the church, children raised with grace and doctrine. As leaders of the nuns in the church, our vow is to give everything for the church.”

Jian Chi gently shook his head and revealed his longsword.

"Whether the Holy Maiden is wrong or not, I will judge with my own eyes, but now, I can only choose to fulfill my duty. Having once sent almost all of my companions to their deaths, I will never make that mistake again. I will use the second life given to me by the Holy Maiden to prove that I am right here."

……

Mashiro Gorgen is a complete madman.

Yuuki Yukino now has to curse in her heart once again the sentence she has cursed countless times.

If the consciousness within Lin Jiezi is the primordial consciousness, then Xu Yan Zhenbai should also be communicating with the consciousness of the primordial darkness, and actively accepting that part of the consciousness.

To ask a tiger for its skin! Using "asking a tiger for its skin" to describe Mashiro Gorogen's current behavior is perfectly normal.

To escape the clutches of the Primordial, the Primordial Darkness split itself into three parts, and this split is almost irreversible under normal circumstances. Even if they find their own host, they may be hunted down and killed by the Primordial.

By using a large amount of filth and magic to corrupt the primordial power, and then reclaiming the power of the Three Pillars, the primordial darkness, which had been shattered, must have been told to Urouge Mashiro by the primordial darkness in some way.

Moreover, Mashiro actually did just that. To completely erase the Primordial Darkness, the only way was to bring Him back to life. This also aligned with the Primordial Darkness's consciousness—that a broken body could be restored to wholeness. Even if the Primordial Darkness was left with only instincts, he would not refuse this invitation.

Whether it was Genki Mashiro's success or her inability to deal with the Primordial Darkness in the end was not important to Yuuki Yuuki.

Because no matter which one, the harm it brings will not be small.

While Yuuki Yui was pondering what Genki Mashiro had said, Genki Mashiro and Asahimi were also repeatedly reflecting on what Yuuki Yui had said, and began discussing it in front of her without any attempt to hide it from her.

In exchange, Yuuki Yuki did tell Genki Mashiro a part of the history she had witnessed firsthand, but only a part.

"He obtained Nyarlathotep in other timelines and even fought with Inori. Even if this story is made up, it shouldn't be this outlandish." Genki Mashiro's movements remained unchanged.

"Mashiro, are you saying that Yuuki Yukino lied to us?" Asahi asked, having already come straight to Mashiro's side.

“I don’t think so. The information she presented wasn’t fake, but time travel is inherently a paradox.”

"How should I put it?"

“Mi, think about it carefully. If I went back to the past, would it be my past or my future? Even if time is out of order, its overall trend will still flow forward, and more and more branches will emerge. So-called time travel is not just about going back to the past. Its essence is to bring countless possibilities into the present. Do you understand what I mean?”

"I don't really understand, could you explain it more clearly?"