Chapter 434 - 1: Take It
Anyang Town, above the sea.
Everyone stopped in their tracks, staring at the heart image remains that had turned into a sun of purple light.
The pitch-black night sky was thoroughly illuminated as if the whole world was dyed purple in an instant. The Magical Girls from the Disaster Strategy Bureau were utterly shocked.
"Is this the power of that Magical Girl, Dong Jun?" someone whispered, "Doesn’t this light feel warm...?"
"Huh? What nonsense is that..."
This night, they could no longer count how many times they had been shocked.
From the brink of collapse and tearing space, to the spread of purple veins throughout the heart image remains, it all happened in just half a minute.
Jin Cha had just arrived with people to set up a Defense Magic Array, even sealing off Anyang Town and forcibly dispersing the crowd.
Then the entire heart image remains caught fire.
No violent reaction, no terrifying explosion or spatial storm — this headache for the Disaster Strategy Bureau simply turned to ashes in the purple flames.
Hong Mian barely had time to share the shock with others, breaking free from Jin Cha, who had been holding her back, and rushed toward the heart image remains.
"Cyan Simurgh! Iris!"
Although the shell of the heart image remains was incinerated, it was evident that the internal contents hadn’t been damaged by the purple magic power.
In fact, many Mirror Country artifacts could be seen falling into the sea.
She saw a Complete Witch fall from above, knocked unconscious after being hit on the head by one of the Mirror Country’s artifacts.
But soon after falling into the sea, a piece of floating ice carried her, drifting away.
Many Mirror Beasts also rained down, but the well-prepared Magical Girls quickly shot them down with magic cannons, scattering all these falling Mirror Beasts.
After killing a few Mirror Beasts, Hong Mian continued to run toward the heart image remains.
"Cyan Simurgh! Iris! Where are you! Answer your teacher!"
More things kept falling, including the abandoned Hidden Sect, leaving Hong Mian unsure whether to feel sadness or joy.
Cyan Simurgh and Iris indeed succeeded in their task, preventing those Mirror Beasts from rampaging through the Hidden Sect and endangering everyone.
But, but...
She regretted it.
Perhaps it’s not very Magical Girl-like, but recalling her last instructions for them to close the Hidden Sect,
for a moment, Hong Mian felt remorse, thinking maybe she shouldn’t have sent them.
She even thought, what difference does it make if more civilians die...
Until Jin Cha patted her shoulder and called out, "Hong Mian!"
"You’ve dealt with Witches so often, don’t dwell on negative emotions now, or your Magic Armor will disintegrate."
Taking a deep breath, Hong Mian regained her composure, and her Magic Armor gradually stabilized.
In the past, with Jin Cha around, she couldn’t help but hide behind her as a little sidekick who didn’t need to think.
But right now, she couldn’t care less about what Jin Cha was thinking.
She just wanted to find her two foolish students.
However, as she watched more Mirror Beasts and Mirror World artifacts fall into the sea, she still couldn’t see the two figures, growing increasingly desperate and nearly breaking down, wanting to turn around and question Jin Cha.
"Teacher Hong Mian! Senior Jin Cha!"
A familiar voice pulled Hong Mian back from the abyss in an instant. She looked up suddenly, her once heavy expression relaxing upon seeing the two familiar figures, and her eyes reddened.
Ignoring Senior Jin Cha, she flew over and hugged Cyan Simurgh and Iris, "You two scared me to death! Remember to run if there’s danger! Whether the task is successful or not doesn’t matter..."
Cyan Simurgh, seeing Teacher Hong Mian cry in front of her for the first time, also felt a twinge in her nose and hugged Teacher Hong Mian, responding with an "Mm."
Only Jin Cha, looking at the unconscious Iris, asked solemnly after their emotions had settled a bit, "Iris, did you achieve Full Bloom?"
Hong Mian was startled, hurriedly wiping away her tears and carefully examining Iris.
There were no significant issues with her body, just that she was still unconscious.
"Yes, the situation was critical at the time, a group of Catastrophe Dragon replicas were trying to leave through the Hidden Sect, and Iris went Full Bloom..."
"But from Iris’s body," Hong Mian pinched Iris’s cheek, "there’s no sign of that deadly aura from a Full Bloom?"
"Because Celestial Thunder suddenly descended, interrupting Iris’s Full Bloom process..."
Jin Cha and the newly calmed Hong Mian both paused, "Interrupted, Full Bloom?"
"Yes, it was purple lightning, the magic power should still be the power of the Magical Girl Zi Yuan..."
Cyan Simurgh took a deep breath, "The final explosion of the heart image remains was also stopped by her power, you should have seen it, right?"
The two exchanged a glance and fell silent.
Of course they saw it, the pervasive purple magic power that turned the heart image remains to ash.
No one could ignore it.
Jin Cha was certainly aware of Zi Yuan’s prowess, but the current display of power...
Had she already achieved Full Bloom? And how was she still alive after maintaining Full Bloom?
Glancing at Iris, Hong Mian suddenly said, "If she can interrupt Full Bloom, does it mean she can go Full Bloom at will, borrow the power of Full Bloom, and then interrupt Full Bloom before the power backlash, using the Full Bloom power without any cost..."
Jin Cha’s lips moved, instinctively finding the statement absurd and wanting to refute it, but upon careful thought.