Chapter 122 Rules
The purple-black magic power spread, the stench became stronger, and the screams of the beasts resounded throughout the nest. The spider's figure was gradually shrouded in the smoke of magic power, and the blurred figure twisted under the gaze of the two magic girls, making a teeth-grinding pulling sound.
The shadow gradually grew taller from the size of a normal person, and gradually overlapped with the spider remnant under it. When the smoke dissipated, the person who appeared in front of the two was no longer the original man, but a hideous monster with an upright upper body but covered with an exoskeleton.
The height of this monster is similar to that of the white spider. Its original appearance can be vaguely seen, and it is unknown what the relationship between it and the spider is. After its transformation, it becomes further alienated and appears even more terrifying.
Looking at the Delphinium that was locked in the flesh and blood network together with the magic suit in front of it, the monster raised its head slightly, opened its mouth, and let out a hissing sound that sounded like laughter.
However, during the brief few seconds when he transformed, Delphinium was not completely inactive.
Almost at the same moment when the purple-black magic power erupted, the heart gem under her neck and her eyes began to shine, and the azure light burst out from her flesh and blood. Then, at the moment of looking at the remnant beast, she broke free from the restraints around her.
Holding back the severe headache that broke out almost at the same time, Kuizi controlled the magic suit and began to leap forward, shouting, "Dengzhan, do it!"
Since the enemy has voluntarily turned into a crippled beast, there is nothing left to argue about and it is just a fight to the death between the two sides.
A dark brown stream of magic power fell along with her words, and the nail gun, which was flashing with light, made a series of sounds of breaking through the air and stabbed towards the monster on the ground.
"squeak--"
The crippled beast responded to the attacks of the two magical girls with its own roar, and purple-black magic power swept up from the surroundings, and immediately engaged in a battle with the two magical girls.
After a brief roar and crash, the two magical girls retreated from the magic smoke together and fell to the ground.
"So hard!" Dengzhan shook his hands, looking pained, "The shell on its body is several times harder than the pupa shell! Is the metamorphosis so strong?"
"...No." Delphinium replied indifferently, "That guy is not molting yet."
"Eh?" Dengzhan tilted his head in surprise, "Is that the pupa?"
"It's not a chrysalis either."
Delphinium loosened the Masterpiece Blade that she had tightly grasped in her hand, and the silk thread was rewoven, and a weapon like a two-handed sword appeared in her hand: "To be precise, this guy should be called a 'shellbreaker', or a 'half-molt'."
"It sounds like a really weird name..." Dengzhan hesitantly said.
"The real metamorphosis can only be handled by the Flower level."
Grasping the two-handed sword in her hand, Kuei-Jin lowered her body's center of gravity and lowered her voice: "If it is really a mature moth, then you would never have had the chance to see me alive before."
"Is it so exaggerated?" Dengzhan was a little shocked. "I thought the Bud level was on par with the Tui level. After all, you see, a powerful Leaf level can usually fight against a Pupa alone, right?"
"The evolutionary level of the remaining beasts is only related to their life stage, and it does not correspond one to one with the ability of the magical girl."
Delphinium sighed: "Why don't you, a bud-level, know this? What certification card do you have now?"
"White brand..."
Dengzhan stammered awkwardly, "I was promoted to Bud level at the beginning of the year, but I was rejected when I took the Zipai certification exam in March..."
Delphinium looked at her helplessly and was about to say something when a thread made of flesh and blood suddenly burst out from the smoke and shot straight towards them.
The expressions of the two magical girls immediately returned to seriousness. They jumped in different directions and dodged the attack.
However, what surprised them was that the thread didn't seem to have much power. It flew for a short distance after hitting the air, then hit the wall of the nest nearby, making a "pop" sound and exploded into a ball of blood.
Almost at the same time, the entire nest was filled with the sounds of "pop" and "pop", which continued to ring out.
After hearing these voices, Delphinium paused for a moment, then, as if realizing something, suddenly shouted at the lamp: "Barrier!"
"Huh?" Dengzhan responded with some surprise, but still subconsciously cast the Favo rune from her sleeve, and a magic barrier formed in front of her in an instant.
This is not the end yet. Delphinium also unfolded her magic outfit at the same time. The silk threads once again weaved into a hollow protective network, wrapping the two of them in it.
Then, a violent roar caused the entire nest to begin shaking violently.
"What on earth is this?" Amid the noise, Dengzhan raised his voice and asked Delphinium.
"It's a nest."
Delphinium stared at the changes in the space outside the magic suit, and spat out these words from between his teeth: "The previous nest belonged to the big guy who turned into a puppet, and now this is its own nest."
"Beyond the nest above the pupa, doesn't that mean..."
Dengzhan thought about what Kuizi said, and looked up at the sky with Kuizi.
After the roar, the two of them were already in a completely different space.
Unlike the previous nest with its bright white lights and silvery white walls in the style of the Strategy Bureau, the current nest had obviously changed its appearance, and what was presented before the two was a nauseating scene.
——This is a damp nest filled with various broken bones.
Everywhere they looked were corpses and body parts. The two of them saw cruel scenes that could not be seen even on the most intense battlefield or the most brutal execution ground.
The stench that was even more disgusting than that of the giant beast's lair penetrated the network of magic armor and almost made Dengzhan vomit.
Delphinium did not respond.
Of course, it's not that she doesn't have any feelings at all, but these feelings are not the focus for her right now.
Looking past the corpses around, Delphinium's gaze was fixed on the center of the cave not far away.
In the center of the cave, there was a huge flesh and blood spider web that was no different from the previous one. More tumors densely hung down from the spider web, like a freezer full of pork in a slaughterhouse.
And above that spider web, there were several completely different figures.
Several girls with different body shapes and clothes, but all wearing golden robes, were hanging there quietly.
They were all tightly bound by the bloody spider silk, and their whole bodies were tied up like dumplings, hanging in the center of the spider web, motionless. Only the faint magical light flickering around them was enough to prove that they were not completely dead.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this situation cannot be sustained for long.
The bloody spider silk that bound them was like a pipe, drawing their magic power out of their bodies and continuously transferring it to the spider web. And every time the spider silk moved, the breath of Maowei and the others became weaker.
The price of the continuous extraction of magic power is that the figures of several magical girls have begun to become illusory and even transparent, which means that their true appearance has been damaged.
If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before several magical girls on the investigation team die.
"Senior Maowei..." Dengzhan also saw this scene and subconsciously wanted to shout out, but was stopped by Cuiqiao.
"They are still alive." Delphinium shook her head, "Don't be distracted, deal with the enemy first."
"Huh, I know." Dengzhan calmed down, but was still filled with anger, "It's simply treating them as..."
"What they need is magic power, and magical girls with a high enough level of Kaihua can produce magic power continuously. They can do such a thing with their non-existent moral bottom line like monsters."
Delphinium put down his arms and said in a deep voice, "Be careful, this guy's abilities are definitely more than this. Even if it is not a complete metamorphosis, after breaking through the boundary of the pupa stage, its nest has changed."
Although incomplete, the essence of the "shell-breaker", that is, the half-molted, is completely different from the pupa.
As the literal meaning suggests, the beast's transformation from "pupa" to "molt" is just like an insect turning into an adult after pupating, which is a huge leap in the level of life.
As the iconic ability of the pupa-stage remnant beast, the nest will also begin to change dramatically after it reaches the stage of metamorphosis.
"You mean, its nest already has rules?" Dengzhan asked seriously.
"Nine times out of ten, it will happen, just like in our Wonderland."
Delphinium looked around and began to search for traces related to the enemy's abilities: "You'd better unfold your own wonderland now, otherwise this nest will only have its rules, which will be very disadvantageous to us."
The so-called "rules" are a special application of soul power.
Whether it is the magical girl whose ability has blossomed to the bud level and awakened the wonderland; or the remnant beast that has evolved beyond the limit of the pupa stage and touched the ladder of metamorphosis, as their souls become stronger and the power of their mind and will gradually manifests, they form an ability called rules.
This rule is only effective in the magical girl's wonderland or the lair of the cruel beast.
Because they originate from the soul and will, the abilities reflected by the rules are naturally varied, but they are often related to the magical girls' magic costumes.
After all, the power of the magic suit comes from the true self, which contains the soul. The magic suit is inextricably linked to the rules of the wonderland.
Delphinium once saw a magic girl whose magic suit was a stopwatch. The rules of the wonderland were a game of "one, two, three, wood", and this rule would work together with the magic suit's stopwatch. As long as the stopwatch stopped ticking, the entire wonderland, including the magic girl herself, had to stop moving, otherwise the limbs would age rapidly. If the rules were violated too many times, the limbs might decay into dust.
As the owner of the wonderland, the magic girl's biggest advantage is that she knows when the stopwatch stops. So she can move freely while the magic suit is running normally.
Correspondingly, the enemy who didn't know when the stopwatch would stop could only stay still as much as possible, not even daring to breathe, and would not dare to move his body at all unless he tried desperately. Naturally, he would be at a huge disadvantage in the battle with her.
This is the power of rules. As long as the strength of your soul and will is not much weaker than that of the enemy, then in your own wonderland, the enemy must follow the rules, otherwise he will pay an extremely tragic price.
However, when Delphinium made her suggestion, the lamp next to it suddenly fell silent.
This made Delphinium feel a little strange for a moment, and she couldn't help but continue to ask: "What's wrong? You can't use Wonderland now?"
"No, it's not that." Dengzhan raised his head slightly and said helplessly, "It's just that my wonderland may not be convenient to use here."
"I know. I won't pursue your Wonderland rules." Delphinium stopped and looked at her, "You just need to tell me what to do and when."
She could understand the feeling of a magical girl who didn't want to expose the rules of her wonderland. After all, the greatest power of the rules themselves lies in the information gap. When the enemy doesn't know the rules, the rules are most lethal.
A rule known to the enemy will greatly reduce its threat level, no matter how severe the cost of violating it is.
However, after hearing her words, Dengzhan still shook his head: "It's not that question. I don't really mind others knowing my rules, it's just..."
"Just?" Delphinium raised an eyebrow.
"Even I can't master the rules of my wonderland." Dengzhan replied embarrassedly, "I often get injured when practicing using the wonderland, so..."
Before she could finish her words, the beasts' attack began again.
The spider claws as sharp as spears pierced out from the darkness and hit the wall of Delphinium's magic suit. Although it did not break it, it easily chiseled a hole in it.
After the spider claws pierced into the inside of the magic suit, several bloody spider silks stretched out through the holes and quickly pounced on the head of the Jade Bird.
Delphinium had never let its guard down, so it reacted immediately when the attack began. It raised its hand and formed a barrier to block the spider silk attack.
"Then choose the right time to use it, and try to affect the enemy in one go."
Even in close combat, she still spoke, and then swung the magic armor in her hand that turned into a masterpiece blade, and slashed at the spider claw that was stabbing her.
Sizzle!
A teeth-grinding friction sound was heard as the blade slashed on the spider's claws, and one could even faintly see the reflected sparks.
The attack failed, but Cuiqiao remained calm and composed. With a mind as clear as a mirror, she used her magic power to perform several leaps in the air, and flew from the spider's claws to the upper body of the crippled beast.
In order to activate her magic suit and deliver a powerful attack to the enemy at close range, Delphinium wrapped the masterpiece around her hands, turning them into giant boxing gloves.
However, when she wanted to swing her fist down, she found that her elbow could not bend at all for some reason.
She glanced at her arm and saw that a strand of spider silk had appeared there at some point, wrapped around her joints and locked them tightly.
--rule.
The two words appeared in his mind again, but before Delphinium could make any further move, the spider's claws had already stabbed from below.
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(End of this chapter)
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