What kind of magic? This is called cultivating immortality!

Earlier in the taxi, Sousei had a brief conversation with Chika, and she instructed the two of them to meet at this station.

Now that she has arrived, but she has yet to appear, Cangxing can't help but feel a little worried.

"There's been an unusual incident at a cemetery where people have suddenly come back to life. Qianjia is dealing with it and can't get away, so she asked me to come and meet you," Qiu Bi replied truthfully.

“You’re picking us up, then you…” Cang Xing stopped mid-sentence, looking helplessly at Zhong Hui, whose arm she was holding.

Cupid was also staring at Zhong Hui.

Is it that it doesn't want to show itself? In the end, it's all because of this damned guy. But in the end, whether it hides or not, it makes no difference.

"Haha..." Cangxing chuckled awkwardly, reaching out to hug Kyubey and gently stroking its soft fur. "Zhong Hui didn't mean any harm, he... he just..."

When the words were about to come out, Cangxing was completely at a loss for words; she simply couldn't find a suitable excuse to defend him.

"It's alright. I'll let it go this time for your sake." Kyubey's voice was soft and gentle. As Cangxing gently stroked him, his resentment gradually subsided.

"Qiubi, you're so kind." Cangxing smiled even more gently, hugging it tightly in her arms. At the same time, she turned to look at Zhong Hui, her bright eyes full of pleading, "Please don't bully Qiubi anymore. Let's all get along well, okay?"

Without hesitation, Zhong Hui raised his hand and solemnly swore to the heavens: "I hereby swear before all the heavens and myriad worlds that I will never bully Qiu Bi even once in the future."

The sky is still the same sky, a clear, sunny day.

Seeing that a few words had resolved the feud between the two, Cangxing felt a great sense of accomplishment, secretly marveling to himself: This is my unique personal charm...

Kyubey gently broke free from Sousei's embrace and hovered in the air: "Let's go, I'll take you to see Chika."

Cangxing and Zhong Hui followed behind it.

After walking for a few minutes, Cang Xing turned her head to look at Zhong Hui, who had a cold expression, and asked in confusion, "Wasn't the crisis resolved? Why haven't you deactivated your transformation yet?"

"There is still one matter that has not been resolved."

"what?"

The words had barely left his mouth when Cangxing realized something was wrong.

Before she could react, a beam of light suddenly shone from Zhong Hui's staff, and a thunderbolt crashed down from the sky.

The boy leading the way was instantly struck by lightning, his skin torn open, and he screamed as he fell heavily to the ground, lifeless.

Cangxing stared blankly at Kyubey, who had died again. "Didn't you just swear that you wouldn't bully it anymore?"

“Yes.” Zhong Hui said with a calm and serious expression, “I did promise not to bully it anymore. I simply killed it and did not break my oath.”

Uh… that seems to be true. Cangxing could only tentatively ask again, “Then can we not kill it?”

“No.” Zhong Hui shook his head decisively in refusal.

He had never hated anything in his life, but Kyubey had to be one of them. It was a physiological aversion; he wanted to kill him the moment he saw him.

Upon hearing this, Cangxing lowered his head in disappointment.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the new Cupid reappeared.

As soon as it appeared, it glared at Zhong Hui with extreme resentment, no longer willing to suppress its anger, and roared, "Damn it! You uncontracted magical girl! I will never let you get away with this!"

"Oh?" Zhong Hui's lips curled up, his fighting spirit blazing. "Enough with the nonsense, let's fight!"

Chapter 39 Magical Girl Chika

In the open space, the charred and twisted corpse of a kitten lay lifelessly on the ground.

As the instigator, Zhong Hui was now filled with fighting spirit, his gaze fixed on the reborn Qiu Bi in mid-air, as if he wanted to kill the cute white creature again.

On the other hand, Cupid, who was the victim, was furious and full of resentment just moments before. But when he met the murderous intent in the other's eyes, it was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head, and most of the anger burning in his chest was instantly extinguished.

No matter how much hatred surged within it, and how much it wished it could kill this strange magical girl before it, it was destined to have an insurmountable chasm between them.

That's the difference in strength.

Because its fighting ability is no different from that of an ordinary house cat, its only advantage is its ability to regenerate infinitely.

The ability to regenerate infinitely is extremely powerful when combined with any offensive method, but if used alone, it's basically just a punching bag that keeps reviving.

With such a limited ability, Kyubey would be no match for a magical girl with extraordinary power, let alone a magical girl. Even encountering a stray dog ​​on the street would be a life-or-death situation.

Having come to terms with this cruel reality, it gritted its teeth and swallowed back all the anger and resentment it felt.

Just you wait, you won't be arrogant for long... It glared at Zhong Hui with extreme resentment, suppressed all its ferocity, and returned to its soft and cute appearance. It then turned around and pounced on Cang Xing.

Cangxing opened her arms and gently pulled it into her embrace, stroking its soft fur with her fingertips to soothe it. At the same time, she turned to Zhong Hui and said, "Alright, alright, let's stop for now and finish the mission, okay?"

She had completely given up on persuading Zhong Hui to let Qiu Bi go, and only hoped that the two could get along well during the mission, or at least not fight to the death as soon as they met.

After the mission was over, I'll let Kyubey go somewhere else... Cangxing secretly made up his mind.

Zhong Hui nodded in agreement, and the staff disappeared from his hand.

Seeing how readily he agreed, Cangxing felt even more uncertain. She hugged Kyubey tightly, swallowing back the long speech she had prepared, and stared at Zhong Hui with suspicion in her eyes: "Then... can you undo the transformation first?"

Zhong Hui shrugged indifferently, and a soft light suddenly flashed by. His magical girl outfit disappeared instantly, and he returned to his original thin and sickly appearance.

Kyubey, who was comfortably nestled in Cangxing's arms, was startled by Zhong Hui's change in appearance. His round pupils contracted in shock, and his face was filled with astonishment. He exclaimed in disbelief, "How can you be a man?!"

Zhong Hui ignored the other party and strode forward. In his eyes, this cute white creature was already a name on the Book of Life and Death, and he would find a way to kill it sooner or later.

Cangxing quickly picked up Qiubi and followed, trying to smooth things over as they went: "Don't worry about such a small problem. Anyway, we're all protecting the world. Let's go, let's hurry up and find Qianjia so we can resolve the abnormal incident in Tai'an County as soon as possible."

As she spoke, she secretly kept an eye on Zhong Hui ahead, fearing that he might suddenly turn on her and cause trouble.

Without signing a contract, he could transform into a magical girl, and in a male body at that… At this moment, Kyubey’s desire to kill Zhong Hui had reached its peak.

……

Ronglong Cemetery, on the outskirts of Tai'an County.

This is an old cemetery with a long history, quietly nestled in a lush woodland. For hundreds of years, it has buried countless souls and exudes a desolate and silent atmosphere.

But today, a strange change has quietly occurred in this cemetery that has been silent for many years.

The old, weathered graves trembled slightly, and the dead buried deep in the ground began to emerge from the earth.

Broken skeletons and dried-up corpses crawled out of the coffin one after another, slowly opening their eyes and fully reviving.

These dead, resurrected by the witch, are unconscious, feel no pain, and feel no fatigue. They only carry out the witch's orders to hunt down all the living.

They are extremely difficult to eliminate. Even if their limbs are broken, their heads are separated, or even if only a broken finger bone remains, they will still relentlessly attack living people.

If these spirits were allowed to flood into the urban area of ​​Tai'an County, it would be an absolute catastrophe for the ordinary residents who have no power to resist.

The residents of Tai'an County are undoubtedly lucky.

The undead uprising had just begun when Chika, who was in charge, received the news and rushed over.

Above the clear blue sky, a blinding red streak of light streaked across the sky, leaving trails of tiny sparks falling along its path.

Instead of being extinguished by the breeze, these flames burned even brighter, landing precisely on the dead wandering towards the city, escalating into blazing infernos, and ultimately incinerating each and every one of them into ashes.

After clearing away twenty or thirty wandering dead, the magical girl Chika landed steadily and stood before the cemetery gate.

This is a beautiful and elegant young woman with fair and smooth skin, so clear and flawless. Her eyebrows and eyes are clean and sharp, and she has a naturally dashing and lively temperament.

She wore a form-fitting, flowing crimson dress, its hem resembling molten lava, fiery and vibrant. Several crimson wind patterns shimmered faintly on the skirt's edge. Paired with her short, loose, and light crimson hair, she exuded a perfect blend of two contrasting qualities: delicate and radiant, and sharp and dashing.

Gazing at the corpses constantly coming back to life in the cemetery, Chika's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she murmured, "Why are so many coming back to life this time... Could it be that the witch hiding in the shadows is losing patience and preparing to attack? This is troublesome..."

In the past, the number of dead who were resurrected by the witch was at most a dozen or so. Today's number was truly beyond her expectations, which made her feel uneasy.

These dead were not difficult for her to deal with; she could burn them all to ashes with a few bursts of flame. What truly terrified her was the sorceress who remained hidden in the shadows and never showed herself.

A witch with the ability to resurrect the dead is at least comparable to a three-star magical girl, while she is only a two-star magical girl. She has no chance of winning in a direct confrontation and can only barely protect herself at best.

Once the witch appears and personally intervenes, controlling a massive army of the dead to invade, her own safety will be in jeopardy, let alone protecting the city. In that case, the safety of many residents will be in grave danger.

"I wonder if Kyubey has received Sousei and the others..."

As Chika was worrying about the situation and whether reinforcements would arrive, several mournful howls of evil spirits suddenly rang out in the cemetery, breaking her thoughts.

The hundreds of dead who had come back to life in the cemetery all sensed the presence of the living. They turned their stiff bodies around and locked onto the red figure at the entrance. Then they charged out like madmen.

Let's deal with these immediate problems first.

As soon as she finished speaking, a raging fire rose from her palm, the flames surging and distorting the surrounding air.

She remained calm, unaffected by the intense heat, and instead dipped her other hand into the flames.

When the hand was withdrawn, the flames in the palm had dissipated, and in its place appeared a longbow that was entirely crimson and carved with fire lotuses and phoenixes.

With her longbow in hand, Qianjia gazed indifferently at the approaching army of the dead.

Just as the numerous dead gathered into a ball and were about to rush towards her, she lightly touched the ground with her toes, leaving behind a trail of fire lotus, and then, as graceful as a fire phoenix, she soared into the air.

The dead's attack missed, and before they could launch their next move, the remaining fire lotuses transformed into a cage of flames, trapping them inside and relentlessly burning their decaying, skeletal bodies.

Looking down at the roaring, screaming corpses engulfed in flames, she showed neither sorrow nor joy. Her fingertips lightly drew back the bowstring, and her red lips parted slightly: "Fire Lotus Arrow Rain!"

The bowstring swayed, and several fiery lotuses bloomed in the air.

The next second, a dense rain of fire arrows poured down like a tidal wave, covering the sky and shooting at the dead. The dead, trapped in the cage of fire, could not escape and were instantly engulfed by the raging flames.

The flames roared and crackled as the dead burned to ashes, leaving behind a large clump of black ash in the flames.

With just this one move, the crisis in Tai'an County was easily resolved.

Chika remained vigilant, her gaze sweeping across the entire cemetery with suspicion, lest any escapees slip through her net or any new anomalies occur.

Suddenly, she noticed a blurry yellow figure standing behind a tree.

A witch? Without much thought, she drew the bowstring, and a fiery lotus bloomed above the figure's head.

Before the rain of arrows could fall, a gentle breeze swept by, and the figure suddenly vanished.

Could I have seen wrong? Come to think of it, I don't seem to have sensed any witch's presence... Looking at the bizarre scene before her, Chika became increasingly uneasy.

"Ding dong~"

The ringing of her phone pulled her back to reality. She took out her phone and saw a message from Cangxing on the screen.

Chapter 40 Grief Arises

The phone screen only displayed these two words: Arrived.

But these two simple words were enough to put Chika's mind at ease.