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

"Understood." Inoue nodded slightly, then looked at Gyoken Mashiro: "Gyoken Mashiro, what do you need us to do?"

Genken Mashiro raised her chin with satisfaction, revealing her sharp shark teeth. For the first time since her plan failed, her swirling eyes shone with that unfathomable yet even more dangerous light.

"Summon all the nuns of the Holy Church. If Yuki needs it, do everything you can to give her a little trouble."

Chapter 294 She threw the dice

Yuuki Yukino fell slowly from the sky like a pink feather, drifting to the empty plaza of Moonsea Park in front of Helica Tenrai, who was holding a one-eyed battle axe and pointing it at the sky.

But Yuuki Enishi arrived so quickly; the distance that could barely be seen with the naked eye took only a few seconds for her.

Taking advantage of those few seconds, Nishio Reki quickly began to flee into the distance. Otherwise, he would only become a burden in the battle that might—or was inevitable—between Yuuki and Helica, or even be directly affected by it.

Although Nishio Reki's legs are nowhere near as fast as a magical girl's, those few seconds are enough for her to run dozens of meters.

Between Yuuki Yuki falling from the sky and Tenrai Herika watching Yuuki Yuki, no one paid any attention to Nishio Reki.

Yuuki Yukino didn't need to pay attention to what Nishio Reki was doing, and Herica's highly tense nerves left her no time to notice.

I really succeeded.

But what's next? What's the next step after I forced Yuki Yuki out of that space?

We are now only on a relatively equal footing, but equality in status does not necessarily mean equality in strength.

Moreover, the price of Helica's feat of splitting open the entire space with a single blow was also very direct and obvious.

Helica felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained away, leaving her feeling empty inside. Although she hadn't yet collapsed to the ground, the situation wasn't looking good.

“Helica.” Yuuki Yuuki, who had landed in front of Helica, spoke: “You are always doing things that I don’t want you to do.”

At this moment, Yuuki was wearing a large coat, one of the ones she had worn before, which almost completely hid her clothes underneath, leaving Herika wondering why Yuuki was dressed like this.

But with Yuki Yuki standing right in front of her, Helica couldn't possibly be thinking about clothes at this point, could she?

"Oh, I'd be quite happy to cause you trouble." Helica weighed the battle axe in her hand, then hoisted it onto her shoulder.

Herlica appears carefree and seemingly full of loopholes, yet she keeps a close eye on Yuuki Yuuki's every move, fearing that Yuuki Yuuki might take this opportunity to do something underhanded.

Just like it is now.

Clang.

Yuuki Yukino drew a semi-transparent spear blade wrapped in purple silk threads and swung it at Herlica without uttering a single unnecessary word.

The sound of collision was the sound of Helica, the Thunder God, swiftly swinging her battle axe against the spear blade.

Yuuki Yukino was forced back half a step by Helica, who looked at her with a slightly surprised expression.

"Your reaction is quick." Yuuki Yuu rotated her wrist, readjusting her posture as she gripped the gun blade.

“I guessed everything you did.” Helica grinned, the axe blade striking the floor tiles with a dazzling spark as she firmly grasped it. “After all, you’re much easier to guess than Yuuki Yukina herself.”

Yuuki Yukino slightly raised her long eyelashes, a barely perceptible smile blooming at the corners of her lips. Her expression as she looked at Tenrai Herika again was slightly more serious than before.

But that was only a little bit. In the next second, Yuuki Yuuki's body shot out like an arrow on a bowstring, heading towards Tenrai Helica, who was only a few meters away from her.

The weapons clashed, and dazzling flames danced around the girl, like summer incense sticks blooming for the two of them.

“I don’t intend to do anything excessive to you, Helica, otherwise I wouldn’t have kept you and all of you here until now.”

"Is that so? If you could have done it before, you would have done it to me already!"

The conversation did not affect the girls' fierce offensive. The two, who seemed to be in complete control, could decide the outcome in an instant if they made the slightest mistake.

"Your attack... that's not your power. Are you actually using the power of a corrupted magical girl for victory?" Yuuki Yui had already noticed this during the fight.

"So what if she used it? So what if she employed it! After spending so much time with Yuuki Yuuki, does it really matter whether she's a corrupted magical girl or not? What matters is what she's actually doing with this power, right?"

Herlica grinned defiantly, her battle axe deflecting all of Yuuki Yuuki's swift and agile attacks, and she even launched a series of counterattacks.

The battle with Yuuki Yuuki didn't seem as difficult as before. Helica didn't know if it was just her imagination, but it wasn't a bad thing.

However, we cannot let our guard down. Yuuki Yukino has not yet used that ability. Once she does, the battle will be over quickly.

Is it because she has no weaknesses so far, or is Yuuki Yukino waiting for the perfect moment to use it?

Just as Helica was momentarily distracted, Yuuki Yuki's spear blade pierced through her blind spot. As Helica raised her hand to block, a black tentacle burst from the ground, stabbing towards the spot where Helica had just been standing.

"What good will it do you to stop me?"

"There's no real benefit, but it's enough if it benefits the entire Yuehai City. How could you ask such an idiotic question? Are you really stupid or just pretending?"

Yuuki Yukino tossed her long pink hair aside, like a cherry blossom in full bloom, and the aura emanating from her instantly changed.

"I'm making you think I'm stupid."

Herlica felt a blur before her eyes, and then Yuuki Yuuki's figure vanished without a trace, just like a dream ball disappearing into the human world.

Almost simultaneously, Helica felt a chill down her back, as if something was about to pierce her body.

But Helica was ultimately unharmed; however, a large hole appeared out of nowhere in the dense electric fence behind her.

Helica couldn't trace back what had just happened, but she already knew that something had occurred.

"You just used time stop, didn't you?"

As Helica spoke, she turned to look at Yuuki Yuki behind her, revealing an expression of unsurprised surprise.

Meanwhile, the lightning around Helica grew stronger, rapidly repairing the hole in her back.

Helica was absolutely right. In the brief moment she hadn't realized she was in, Yuuki Yuuki had silently landed behind her.

Just as Yuuki Yuuki launched a surprise attack on Helica's body, an electric net that shouldn't have been there suddenly appeared in the air, colliding with Yuuki Yuuki's wand that was reaching for Helica, deflecting Yuuki Yuuki's attack.

This attack tore a hole in Helica's defenses.

"You think that by setting a trap around yourself, even if time stops, I can't hurt you?" Yuuki Yuuki retorted, revealing the reason why her attack had failed.

“At least I defended against it, didn’t I?” Helica tilted her head and rushed forward.

Yuuki Yukino, however, showed an indifferent expression and moved her somewhat stiff neck from side to side.

"If it doesn't work the first time, try a few more times."

After another strange sensation, Helica felt the defense above her left shoulder being torn open.

However, Herica herself was still unharmed.

Yuuki glanced at the charred sleeve she was wearing, which had a burn mark from the intense lightning, revealing her arm.

“I’m not stupid enough to only set up one layer of defense so that you can get close to me so easily.” Helica beckoned with her finger.

Although Helica didn't show it on her face, she was actually starting to panic.

Time stopped again; Yuuki Yuuki used this power once more.

Fortunately, Yuuki Eri can only stop time for a fleeting moment. There is a huge difference between having the power to control time and being able to freely manipulate it. This difference is even greater than the difference between learning to ride a bicycle crookedly and performing high-difficulty acrobatic stunts on a bicycle.

Otherwise, Helica would never have thought of using this method to fight against Yuuki Enishi.

So, what about the intervals between uses?

As Helica was thinking, she suddenly noticed a shallow wound on her right calf, from which blood immediately flowed. The electric fence protecting the area had vanished without a trace.

Has Yuuki Yukino really broken through my defenses?!

Helica hurriedly repaired the electric grid, continuing to defend against Yuuki Eri's attacks while using the grid to compensate for her inability to move freely in the time-stopped world.

Although those electric grids could only barely stop Yuuki Emi's attacks, they were still much better than physically withstanding them.

Moreover, judging from Yuuki Yuen's subsequent attacks, she had already reached her limit in terms of what she could do. During the pause, Yuuki Yuen did not have much time to act.

However, little by little, they add up. Even if Yuuki Yuuki's attacks are deflected, her ability to stop time means that she can launch attacks much faster than Helica.

If this continues, four times—no, maybe three more—my attacks will be completely broken through by Qi Jiuwu's group chat.

However, that's not bad either.

Helica silently counted the numbers in her mind, determined to close the gap between them even if she couldn't keep up with Yuuki Yuki.

Three times, twice, once!

It's now!

As Yuuki Yuuki's figure disappeared, she remained in a desperate defensive posture. The defenses she had set up around her were torn apart by Yuuki Yuuki's attacks, with the most fatal blow aimed directly at the real body of Tenrai Helica.

Yuuki Yukari's eyes were filled with unprecedented seriousness. If she really wanted to hurt Helica and eliminate her as well, now was the time.

Yuuki Yukino's time stop had reached its limit and was automatically canceled.

However, Yuuki Yuki's attack did not.

Several tentacles suddenly bloomed from behind Yuuki Yuuki, surrounding her from all directions like a Venus flytrap, blocking all of Helica's escape routes.

Those were not mere tentacles; at the tip of each tentacle grew a sharp magic wand, like a bizarre iron tree that had given birth to countless weapons. The fate of any creature enveloped by it was self-evident.

Helica used all her magic to its limit, letting the lightning stimulate her muscles, and ran towards the light at the fastest speed she could.

The electric grid around Helica was crackling and popping, and countless tentacles were being electrocuted into charcoal. A nauseating smell of burnt flesh emanated from the sticky layer of skin on her body.

Even so, they relentlessly eroded Helica's defenses, tearing layer upon layer of electric nets to shreds, and finally heading straight for Helica's body.

The tentacles' attack was so fierce that even if Helica was fast, she could only feel the dark magic behind her getting closer and closer, even completely blocking her view in front of her.

Helica desperately channeled her magic, but it was too late. The black tentacles tightened abruptly, completely enveloping Helica, even swallowing her outstretched hand, which she seemed to be grasping at a last straw.

ended.

Once captured by her own tentacles, there was only one fate for Helica the Thunder God.

Yuuki closed her eyes with satisfaction, and through the corner of her eye, she seemed to have already seen her victory.

However, a white sun rose amidst Yuuki Enishi's layers of tentacles.

Yuuki Yukino's pupils suddenly contracted, and without even thinking, she activated her time stop.

During the pause, Helica, still in a sprinting posture, appeared in front of him. Behind Helica were a series of afterimage-like arcs of electricity. Even during the pause, Yuuki Yuuki could seem to see Helica moving forward continuously.

After that, the tentacles he used to restrain Helica's body were blown to pieces, and countless pieces of flesh were thrown into the sky like fireworks.

The magical armor Helica wore was different from the one Yuuki Yuuki had seen before.

Is this the liberation of the gods?

Could it be that Helica was fighting him using only her True Name Release just now?

In fact, she shattered the space she was in with an axe while simply in a state of true name liberation?