Starting from a Magical Girl, Dominating Eternity

Iris carried the unconscious Hong Mian, panting heavily.

Due to the collapse of space, they got separated while chasing the Catastrophe Dragon, but Iris still found Teacher Hong Mian.

The danger level of the Heart Image Remains exceeded her imagination.

From the beginning, her nerves were taut nearly every moment, and every battle was incredibly arduous.

Luckily, it’s me, the strongest Magical Girl, Iris, here.

Otherwise, who knows what would have happened to Teacher Hong Mian and that idiot, Cyan Simurgh.

"Thank goodness I insisted on taking the exam back then, took it several times before passing. Hmph, when we go back, I must have a word with Senior Jin Cha. If I hadn’t insisted on entering the Heart Image Remains, this mission would have been a total failure from the start!"

She mumbled to herself as she walked.

In the vast Beihai, there wasn’t a single person. If she didn’t talk to herself a bit, she’d die of boredom.

"I haven’t found Cyan Simurgh yet, but she’s sure to head to the core. As for me, I just need to take Teacher Hong Mian along the planned route to the core." Iris leaped and darted among the buildings. In this scenario, conserving magic power would be wise.

"But..."

Iris stopped atop a tall building, looking around. What she saw was still Beihai, but it was already very different from what she remembered.

"Where’s the road?"

Shorter buildings, narrower roads, smaller cities; the sight made the girl dizzy, as though facing a formidable enemy: "...Where’s the road!?"

"Can anyone tell me where the road is—!" Iris screeched, "Without a parade and band, I can’t find the way ahhhhh!"

Perhaps she was shouting too loudly, and the Teacher Hong Mian she was dragging finally woke up.

"Can’t walk without someone leading you, Iris? Is the strongest Magical Girl so inflexible?"

Iris continued her bizarre screech happily, "Teacher Hong Mian——!"

Even though she’d already exited her transformed state and wouldn’t be able to transform again soon, Hong Mian still tapped her forehead.

"Quiet down a bit, Iris.

"We’re not in class time now, Teacher Hong Mian."

"Heh, are you rebelling against the heavens?"

"A teacher lying on a student doesn’t have the right to say that, you know."

Seeing the ever-energetic Iris, Hong Mian couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, softly saying, "You’ve really worked hard, Iris. Didn’t expect I’d become a burden to you."

"Ahaha, why are you saying that suddenly, teacher? If you really feel sorry, you could help me make up for the credits I lost before..."

"Don’t even think about it."

"Tch, such a lack of sincerity," Iris wasn’t very concerned, "Anyway, I can make them up myself. If you don’t want to, then don’t, it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t!"

Seeing Iris emphasize how much it didn’t matter a few times, Hong Mian couldn’t help but laugh, "If we really solve the problem here, you won’t need to worry about those credits."

"That’s true." Iris suddenly grinned mischievously, "Then dock more of Cyan Simurgh’s credits for me, so I’ll win!"

"You..."

Hong Mian was just about to scold a bit when the whole space suddenly shook.

Soon after, the space in the sky began to twist, and cracks appeared in the sky.

Before Iris could react, massive purple magic power burst out from the cracks.

Then it swiftly turned into a torrent, instantly crashing through the sky above!

As an ocean of purple magic power poured down, both were swept far away before they could respond.

Fortunately, Iris maintained her transformed state, always able to protect Hong Mian.

Yet she couldn’t avoid being pressed down by the purple magic, falling directly into the building, taking a long time to climb out from it.

She immediately looked at Teacher Hong Mian, "Are you okay, teacher!"

"I’m fine." Hong Mian floated in the air, looking up at the seemingly endless magic, "This is..."

"It must be that guy!"

"That guy, that guy—"

Iris pulled Teacher Hong Mian to a safe spot, herself standing atop a tall building, pretending to look seriously at the waterfall-like purple magic:

"—The emissary from Beihai, the petite girl from Beihai, the witch’s executioner, the witch association’s killer, the cunning Magical Girl crushing evil plans, the expert in eliminating Disaster Beasts, the short girl bleeding for love, the world champion of fighting skills, the petite Magical Girl staking the title of Beihai’s strongest, the short yet super-strong 600-level Full Bloom Perfection, my ultimate rival! Zi Yuan from the Cyan Cloud Sect!"

Hong Mian’s heart trembled, "How did she get in?"

"Who knows, that gal is amazing, has many tactics, after all, she’s my rival!"

More than anything, Hong Mian was shocked by this magic power.

The headquarters had gathered quite a bit of information on Zi Yuan, but it was clear everyone misunderstood Zi Yuan a fair bit.

Especially such power, it’s not something a Full Bloom Level Magical Girl could possibly possess...

Boom!

Though they couldn’t see what was happening above from the lower level, they could feel the bizarre flow of magic, especially when the Heart Image Remains was pierced. That strong sense of rupture, even without seeing, could be experienced with extreme clarity.

The entire Beihai was enveloped in a sea of purple magic for a long time before it gradually dissipated.

Layer upon layer of space began to collapse, from the dense web of cracks above, extending all the way from top to bottom.

Then came the rain of falling mirror fragments; with the barrier of the space above disappearing, she finally figured out where they were— the third layer.