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

The battle axe parried the azure trident, the whip bound the thunderous fists, the heavy hammer shattered the giant claws of the crystal cluster, the barrage suppressed the cold rain of arrows, and the katana cut through the scattered blades of grass.

Finally, the same clash of guns and blades, the explosion briefly halting the mad dog's advance.

All the magical girls were forced back in a matter of breaths.

Yuuki Yukino, lifting her long skirt, reappeared at the center of the circle as if nothing had happened.

Dark tentacles, resembling giant trees, surged and grew from beneath the floor tiles, like a giant mouth swallowing the girls whole.

The tentacles continued to grow, and the eight girls, who were suspended in the air in a spread-eagle position by the tentacles, slowly rose up beside Yuuki Yuki.

Meanwhile, screams of alarm rang out from all around.

Overturned cars, smashed light signs, cracked earth, burning flames... ferocious beasts ravaged the land, the city's order was disrupted, and the peace of the past was gone.

"Yuuki Yukina!" Helica stared at the flames shooting out behind Yuuki Yukina, her pupils bloodshot. "No! You bastard! Do you know what you've done?! What do you take what Yuuki Yukina wanted to protect for granted?!"

Yuuki Eri, who would risk injury and be at a disadvantage to protect civilians even in the face of conflict, has now turned her evil claws on ordinary people. This is absolutely unforgivable.

Yuuki Yukino, who had her back to Helica, turned her gaze back and gave Helica a completely indifferent look, as if the tragedy before her had nothing to do with her.

This look fueled Helica's anger even more. The surging lightning crawled up her wrist and covered the entire tentacle, scorching the vicious monster that was restraining her with the intense heat of the lightning.

But the ever-growing tentacles rapidly repaired the damaged parts, rendering Helica's fierce attacks futile.

Herika Tenrai wasn't the only magical girl trying to break free from Yuuki Enishi's clutches, but no matter how secretive or frantic their actions were, they couldn't escape the inescapable trap laid by Yuuki Enishi.

Just as the girls were struggling, Sumireko Yumehara's knowing voice suddenly rang out.

"I see."

"What? What do you know?" Inuyama Tomoe asked hurriedly.

"Fear... filth... The one currently controlling Yuuki Enishi's body is only attacking ordinary people as a means, not an end! Her real goal is to collect everyone's negative emotions. She needs those evil thoughts as a binding agent so that she can completely integrate the power within her! She is doing what Genken Mashiro did!"

With the situation urgent, Sumireko Yumehara didn't care about hiding her identity or her image, and instead shouted out loud, which was unusual for her.

"Although Yuuki Yukino is strong now, she hasn't reached the point where the Primordial Darkness has fully manifested within her. The various abilities she's been using before were just a smokescreen! She's not that strong right now! There's still a chance!"

Yuuki Yukino turned her head back with interest, her drooping eyebrows slightly raised, and she glanced at Yumehara Sumire with a look that was both admiring and disdainful.

puff.

Yuuki Yukino's body vanished from its spot, and then she punched Yumehara Sumireko in the abdomen. Several cracks immediately appeared on the armor protecting Yumehara Sumireko's body, and she curled up in pain, letting out a muffled groan.

"so what?"

boom.

Another punch landed on Sumireko Yumehara's stomach, completely shattering the armor on her abdomen and leaving a dark bruise on her flat stomach.

"So, what can you do?"

Sumireko Yumehara was breathing heavily. Although this body was created by magic, it could only save her from fatal injuries. However, in order to be completely synchronized with this body, any damage to her body would be completely reflected in her soul.

"Huh...huh..."

But Sumireko Yumehara's face, covered in sweat, showed only a forced smile.

Yuuki Yukino narrowed her eyes slightly, ignoring Yumehara Sumireko's feigned strong smile.

That look seemed to be saying to Sumireko Yumehara: Stop pretending.

Yumehara Sumireko gasped for breath a few more times, trying to calm the pain from being directly beaten by Yuuki Yuki, but her provocative tone towards Yuuki Yuki only intensified: "I may not be able to do anything, but there are others who can."

As Sumireko Yumehara's voice faded, a tentacle behind Yuuki Yuki exploded with a loud bang. The tentacle, as thick as a giant tree that several people could hug, instantly turned into sticky pieces of flesh that scattered everywhere. The fragments fell softly to the ground with a sticky sound.

Yuuki Yukino's pupils suddenly shrank, her smile vanished in an instant, and she abruptly turned around to look behind her.

She only saw the hem of a white military uniform flutter past her.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain came as sharp canine teeth dug into his neck.

Chapter 274 I'll Beat You Down!

Sharp canine teeth pierced her fair neck. As if every night, Inuyama Tomoe transformed into a greedy beast, frantically demanding something from Yuuki Yuuki.

But this time it's different, completely different.

Inuyama Tomoe's sharp teeth are no longer filled with love and aggression.

Yet, just like always, it was as if something had truly been torn from Yuuki Yukino's body.

Yuuki Yuuki's body stiffened slightly, and then a magic wand woven from silk threads was thrust into the back of Inuyama Tomoe, who was holding her in her arms and biting her hard.

Yuuki Yui's hands were incredibly fast, a testament to the results of her special training with Koumori to adapt to high-speed combat. From the moment the wand took shape to its arrival behind Bachi, it seemed as if it all happened in the blink of an eye.

"Big sister! Be careful!" Hong Moli shouted a warning.

But then something amazing happened.

Yuuki Yukino was fast enough, but just before her wand was about to pierce Inuyama Tomoe's body, Inuyama Tomoe's body vanished directly from Yuuki Yukino's arms.

Yuuki Yuuki suddenly turned around and swung her wand behind her, narrowly blocking the downward slash of Inuyama Tomoe's spear, which had appeared behind her at some unknown time.

No one blinked in such a dangerous moment, but they still couldn't catch the two people's movements. They could only feel the magical aura spreading out like ripples, and the resulting gale ruffled the girls' long hair.

What exactly happened in that instant?

"Silently inject the explosive magic into the entire tentacle, and then detonate it directly?" Yuuki glanced at the wand in her hand, which had been neatly sliced ​​open by the gun blade, and casually tossed it aside.

"So, because you can't fuse all the wands, you want to replicate the tragedy of Moonsea City here?" Baqi twirled the gun blade in her hand, put her finger on the trigger, and raised her head.

"You only absorbed some of Miyashita Mia's magic power, which isn't enough for you to squander at will, so you're thinking of finishing this quickly to give us the illusion that you're very powerful?"

Yuuki clicked her tongue almost imperceptibly, then held her palm up, the threads weaving into the shape of a magic book covered in sharp crystals.

Although Yuuki Yuuki's fighting style is diverse, there is only one true form of Nyarlathotep's wand.

Just seeing this wand here is enough to prove that what Baqi and Yumehara Sumireko said earlier was true. Yuuki Yuuki was not able to fuse the power of the three gods as she had shown. Her wand is still Nyarlathotep.

Yuuki silently reached her hand into the fluttering pages of the book, as if she had grasped something.

As Yuuki Yuki slowly withdrew her tightly clenched hand, the object became increasingly clear before the girls' eyes.

Judging by its shape alone, the thing was exactly a spine, but it was completely different from the skeleton of the creatures that the girls had in mind. It presented a strange twist, and from half of the spine, it was full of sharp blades with bone spurs.

The overall shape is more like a sword, isn't it?

The longsword with the spine was completely gripped in Yuuki Enishi's hand. Its withered color and twisted shape made it seem as if it wanted to erase all life, which made people feel uneasy from the bottom of their hearts.

brush--

With a flick of her wrist, Yuuki Yukina created a portal that appeared in front of her. Without a word, Yuuki Yukina vanished into the portal.

At the other end of the portal, Yuuki Yuki appeared behind Inuyama Tomoe, and the Spine Sword fell down.

But Inuyama Hatsuki disappeared again at the last moment before the sword fell.

With a loud bang, Yuuki Yukino stepped back, her long dress tearing open and revealing faint charred marks on her skin below.

This time, the playful look on Yuuki Yukino's face completely disappeared.

"Msisha?"

"Smart~" Baqi snapped her fingers cheerfully.

Blackish-purple smoke curled from Baqi's gun blade, seeping deeply into her white military uniform like a print. The ends of her flowing silver hair were tinged with a faint black, and her bright red eyes gradually faded to a radiant light pink.

Yuuki Yukino lowered her chin slightly, and her figure disappeared again.

But Baqi was not at a disadvantage at all, and her spear blade met Yuki Emi's spine sword attack in return.

As the explosion rang out, the two people in the air had already completed their second exchange, and another gust of hot air blew towards the girls' faces.

Three times, four times, as if a series of fireworks had exploded in the sky, the two figures kept crossing over, dazzling the eyes.

"Wow...so fast! How did those two even manage to fight? Even with my help, the band couldn't possibly reach that speed, could they?" Sakura Hanako stammered.

“It’s not a matter of speed, but Yog-Sothoth’s ability to manipulate time and space. Although the time stoppage is only for a brief moment, this ability to transcend the laws of physics is what makes her powerful. It’s like making the enemy play a video game with a laggy internet connection,” Sumireko Yumehara explained.

A deafening thunderclap rang out beside them, and the tentacles binding Helica the Thunder God turned to ashes.

"Stop standing there! While she's distracted, why don't you hurry up and run out instead of waiting for her to get back into position and deal with us?"

Herlica patted her hand, which was crackling with silver-white lightning, glanced at Sumireko Yumehara who was explaining, and then ran to Yuu Mizuno's side, tearing open a twisted tentacle.

A storm of blood and a grayish-white mist then rose up, causing the two giant trees with tentacles to shatter and wither. Several emerald-green spinel stones sprouted from one of the trees, making it look more like a tree, but it was also crushed to pieces.

During the fight between Inuyama Tomoe and Yuuki Yuuki, the magical girls who had been controlled by Yuuki Yuuki had already broken free of her control.

　 However, this also illustrates one thing.

Inuyama Tomoe is indeed able to keep Yuuki Yuuki from paying attention to her surroundings.

call out--

Baqi abruptly stepped out of the smoke and dust and stood with the other girls.

Several tentacles waved wildly, clearing away the smoke and dust from the explosion.

The tentacles slowly retracted behind Yuuki Yukino and returned to the grimoire floating beside her. Yuuki Yukino tilted her head, revealing an expression that was both cute and incredibly strange.

"Don't fight?"

“Go ahead and fight, I could fight you like this all day long.” Baqi revealed her white teeth, her black and white military uniform fluttering in the wind, but what Baqi did was completely different from what she said. The gun blade in her hand was behind her back, and Baqi’s free hands were spread wide open, as if she wanted to embrace the smoke of gunpowder.

Yuuki Yukino's eyes drooped even more: "Do you think that just because you have the power to fight me, you can have a proper talk with me?"

"Talk? Yes, I really want to have a good talk with Xiaoyuan." Baqi tilted her head as well, but the movement was extremely casual, looking more like she was loosening her stiff neck: "But, it's better to just beat you down."

"Aren't you going to do anything about the people around here?" Yuuki Yuuki glanced at the monsters wreaking havoc and the wailing crowds near the station.

But none of the magical girls moved; everyone was looking at Inuyama Tomoe standing in front.

Meanwhile, Inuyama Tomoe was looking at Yuuki Yuuki and speaking in a teasing tone that was both relaxed and impossible to decipher.

"Of course we should manage it, but even if we wanted to, you would still cause trouble, right? So it's better to just beat you down first."

"Oh."

Yuuki Yukino agreed and suddenly raised her arm.

But at the same time, a loud bang rang out, hitting Yuuki Yuki's wrist and stopping her raised hand.

Yuuki Yukino raised her head with an unfriendly look, only to meet Tomoe's slightly amused expression.

Despite realizing she had been provoked, Yuuki Yukino remained calm and composed, stomping her high heels hard on the ground.