Chapter 179 Welcome Back
After the ability of "separation" was released and the white fog was dispersed, the battle situation changed further in an unknown direction.
The most obvious point is that the Delphinium has changed from the previous defender to the attacker. However, this "attack" is not a simple physical attack, but an attack on intelligence.
Possessing the ability to separate means that as long as she knows and understands a certain ability of Yuan, this ability will be instantly excluded from the battle.
Keeping a close eye on Yuan's movements, Delphinium changed the form of her masterpiece to fight back, while constantly observing her opponent's every move, and began to look for the next target to activate her ability on in her mind.
She knew exactly what she had to do and what her real goal was. It was impossible to seriously injure or even kill the opponent in such a short time. The only thing she could do was to weaken Yuan's ability.
Although Fate Weaving under normal circumstances cannot permanently deprive the opponent of his ability, as long as the "separation" is successfully achieved, the opponent will not be able to use it again, at least for a short period of time.
The first time she used her life-weaving ability, she separated the opponent's Qi. As long as she could separate a key concept the second time, Yuan's combat power would be greatly weakened. At that time, she could let Hong Siyu defeat the opponent.
And with Hong Siyu's fighting style, what is the biggest obstacle to defeating Yuan? Kuizi began to think about this.
One of the obstacles is undoubtedly the separated Qi. The opponent relies on his own Qi to greatly weaken the lethality of Hong Si and the technique. It is undoubtedly a troublesome ability.
Another obstacle seems to be the ink-like magic suit in his hand.
Yuan calls this magic suit "Baiwu". Judging from its use and performance, the ability demonstrated by this magic suit is transformation and extremely strong penetration.
No matter whether it was the magic barrier created by the ritual or even the masterpiece of Delphinium itself, once it came into contact with Yuan's magic suit, it seemed to lose its magical properties and was cut apart by "Baiwu" in physical form.
Although the true ability of this magic armor is not clear, just from the appearance, it is already a threat enough to Hong Siyu.
Because Hong Siyu obviously doesn't have the ability to fight in close combat like herself, as a magical girl whose style is ridiculed as a "turret", her fighting style relies on spells and magic suits to suppress the enemy with long-range firepower. Because of this, once Yuan chooses to transform the magic suit into a long-range weapon and fight with Hong Siyu at a long distance, Hong Siyu, who lacks defensive means, may become a target.
Thinking in this way, if the opponent's only means of long-range attack is separated, then the subsequent battle will definitely lead to a situation favorable to Hong Si.
However, although the idea is beautiful, the reality is regrettable: Delphinium cannot directly separate the opponent's "magic outfit".
Because the essence of the magic suit is actually the true nature of the magical girl, separating the magic suit means directly depriving the other party of part of their true nature. Just by hearing the concept of "true nature", you know that it is not something you can handle now.
The stronger the concept of separation, the more magic power is consumed and maintained. Even for a Delphinium at its peak, it is extremely difficult to separate a part of a Hanaru's true self with one sword.
Therefore, if she wants to get rid of the opponent's magic suit, the concept she cuts off must not be the "magic suit", but must be something else.
So, what exactly should this thing be? As she thought about this, the attacking movements of Kuei-Chrysanthemum became much stronger. She began to abandon some of her defenses and even began to take some injuries on her own initiative, in order to force Yuan to make some more risky responses.
This is not only because she doesn't have much time left, but also because she wants to force the other party to reveal more of his abilities.
This kind of thinking naturally could not be perceived by Hongsi and Semi outside the field. From their perspective, the battle undoubtedly began to turn into Kuei suppressing Yuan. The removal of the white mist directly caused Yuan's fighting style to change. Although its movements were still swift and skillful, they had obviously become much more awkward.
The layer of white mist made of "air" that was cut off by the Delphinium was a natural defense against magic. In previous battles, whether against humans or beasts, this defense method was always effective. Because of this, Yuan had become accustomed to abandoning defense against magic attacks in close combat.
Although this did not mean that she had lost her ability to fight magic normally, the sudden change in her fighting habits did have a certain impact on her. It was also because of this that she gave Delphinium the opportunity to attack.
There is not much time left for the reappearing magic suit, and if Delphinium wants to win in the remaining time, it must take more radical measures.
Yuan was unable to use the defensive ability of Qi, and Delphinium also gave up defense in order to gain military merit. The battle became extremely dangerous from then on. Small wounds kept appearing on the two of them, but they didn't care at all.
The magic suit only has one minute left to last.
Delphinium and Yuan were no longer able to speak. They were concentrating on each other's actions and trying to react as quickly as possible.
The scissors in his hand had gradually become illusory, and the originally solid outline had become blurred, but the battle between the two was still in a stalemate. Even though Delphinium had gradually suppressed the opponent's offensive, it still could not find an opportunity to win with one move.
But she did not become anxious because of this. On the contrary, the more anxious the situation became, the calmer her mind became.
The Weaving Fate in his hand was almost unable to maintain its shape and was probably not far from dissipating, but Delphinium still failed to observe any opportunity that could decide the outcome.
If she knew the exact capabilities of the opponent's magic suit, then maybe Kusanagi could have directly made some moves on "Bai Wu", but unfortunately, Yuan was just bellicosity, which didn't mean she was a fool. After her own Qi was separated, she never mentioned anything about her abilities.
Obviously, she also knew that the magic suit of Delphinium had a certain time limit. When the five-minute time limit was over, the enemy in front of her would no longer pose a threat. So instead of anxiously resolving the battle, Yuan was now more like enjoying the battle.
There is only half a minute left to reproduce.
The rhythm of the weapons clash became faster and faster, and Delphinium began to increase the pressure further in an attempt to find the opponent's flaws. However, although Yuan had fallen into a passive position, he still defended himself tightly, and would rather suffer more minor injuries than reveal other information.
If the nature of the battle between the two had not changed, no one would know that they were not fighting a life-and-death battle, but an unprecedented intelligence war.
When the battle entered the last twenty seconds, Yuan even began to use tortoise shell-like defense, striving only to avoid mistakes and completely gave up on attacking.
"Is this the so-called direct victory?" Kuiqi had to speak again, trying to provoke him with words, "Winning by delaying time?"
"There are tactics for soldiers and strategies for wars."
Yuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly in the fierce attack: "Endurance is also an indispensable part of fighting. It is not shameful to surpass the opponent in endurance."
"Quibbling." Delphinium pointed out the essence of the other party's words expressionlessly.
"The fact is, as long as I win with a clear conscience, that's enough."
Yuan smiled indifferently: "No matter how nice it sounds, victory is the most important thing. When there is a possibility of winning, even if the victory is embarrassing, we must seize the opportunity!"
After saying this, she continued to take a defensive posture, as if she was going to drag it out to the end.
With only ten seconds left, Delphinium gave up all her tricks and launched a final fight, using 100% of her energy and launching an attack with all her might.
Blades, daggers, gloves, she kept using different forms of magic armor, and at the same time, she gradually narrowed the distance between the two sides, until finally, the two of them were able to see each other's eyes clearly.
The double pupils of the kite are like a bunch of raging fire, burning with confidence; the eyes of the delphinium are like a calm lake, hiding the unknown.
With only five seconds left, she untied the silk masterpiece in her hands and, as they both watched, intertwined it into a form that had never been shown before: a sickle extending from behind Kite.
"Masterpiece, No. 5, Harpa of the Harvest."
Taking advantage of the silk thread's deformable properties and bypassing the laws of human movement, Delphinium sent the sharp edge of the sickle to Kite's neck, almost just a millimeter away from cutting the back of the opponent's neck.
At this distance, as long as she slightly retracted the sickle, she could complete the attack and take off his head.
This was the first and last time she killed her opponent in this close combat.
She didn't expect to be able to kill the opponent with such an attack, but only by applying such tremendous pressure could she possibly see Yuan's true magical ability.
In the last five seconds before the magic suit reappeared, Delphinium hooked the sickle in her hand.
Under her gaze, Yuan's expression changed from astonishment and confusion to satisfaction and relief. Then, as if admitting defeat, she raised the ink-like metal in her hand and injected magic into it.
"Baiwu."
As she shouted, the sickle in the hand of the Jade Bird became extremely solid at that moment, and it was difficult to go any further after cutting the neck of the kite. It was as if it had touched an object that was much harder than the blade, and the sickle just cut aside.
This fatal attack was easily blocked with Yuan's shout.
This seemed like she had won the game, but both of them actually knew that from that moment on, Yuan had already lost the intelligence war.
Because she revealed the ability of her magic suit.
Delphinium's masterpiece, the sickle, is also made from her own magic suit. After personal interweaving and processing, it has been endowed with a lethality far beyond that of ordinary spells. In theory, as long as the attack is effective, there will be nothing that cannot be cut.
If you want to make this attack ineffective, you need to use stronger magic power to hedge it, and use magic power to disperse the sharp blade of the sickle to resolve this attack.
But obviously, under such urgent pressure to make a decision, Yuan did not use the magic power she was not good at, but the magic equipment ability she was most familiar with.
The ultimate effect of this ability was as if the sickle in Delphinium's hand had turned into ordinary iron, losing all the properties bestowed by magic the moment it hit Kite.
This kind of scene would only occur when ordinary iron cuts against a magical creation, as if it had touched something hard and smooth, and was blocked without causing any damage.
So, it is not difficult to guess what Yuan did.
In the last two seconds of the magic suit's reappearance, Cuiqiao raised the scissors in her hand and completed the cutting action in one second, declaring her understanding of Zhongyuan's ability at the last moment.
——"De-magicize, physicalize."
In order to ensure the accuracy of the declaration, she described this ability from both positive and negative perspectives. Then, she felt a huge amount of magic power coming from the scissors that were about to dissipate, and it almost took away most of the magic power in her body.
Crack.
With a light crisp sound, the scissors in Delphinium's hand and the ink-like metal in Yuan's hand collapsed together.
The scissors, which reached the reappearance time limit, completed their mission at the last moment.
Hong Siyu cannot reproduce the things in his memory repeatedly and continuously. After each reproduction, the record of the thing in "Yi Hai Bai Ji" will be completely consumed, requiring a long time to replenish.
For magic formulas, Hong Siyu can make up for this shortcoming by recording a large number of the same formulas, but for something as unique and special as magic equipment, this method is obviously not universal enough.
This also means that the outcome of this battle has been decided. If Delphinium successfully declares the opponent's magic equipment ability, it almost means victory; if the declaration fails, it means that both of them have lost the chance of winning.
As for the result, it was clear the moment one saw the magic armor in Yuan's hand - she succeeded.
The magic suit, which originally appeared in the form of a ball of liquid metal, has now lost its metallic luster and completely turned into a pitch-black, ink-like ball of magic.
This means that no matter which angle of Delphinium's declaration is correct, at least she has successfully separated the ability of the Kite Magic Suit: from now on, no matter how the magic suit changes its form, it is only changing the shape of the magic power, and it no longer has the same terrifying penetrating and lethal power as before.
Even if the opponent has some means to further unleash the power of the magic suit, the disappearance of this concept is irreparable. Once the concept of the core ability of the magic suit is removed, it is hard to say how much effect it will have even if it is strengthened.
As for how long this state will last - at least judging from the remaining magic power consumption of Delphinium itself, it will not be a problem to maintain it for a few more hours.
And a few hours were enough for Hong Si to resolve the battle.
The two just stared at each other quietly, and no one spoke for a while. Delphinium's face was calm, but her slightly trembling fingers proved that she was not without pressure; although Yuan's magic suit's ability was separated, her face showed more satisfaction after a fierce battle than the regret of failure.
"I lost." She spread her hands with a smile, "You are right, my magic suit ability is 'physicalization'. It is also the core ability of the magic suit. Without it, it will be difficult for me to defeat the junior over there in my current state."
"'Current state' refers to the state without using Wonderland and further abilities, right?"
Delphinium exhaled slowly: "That is to say, you actually have reservations."
"I told you I don't want to use my own wonderland."
Yuan shook his head. "Although my wonderland has extremely strong restrictive rules for everyone within the range, it actually has an overwhelming advantage over me. If I unfold the wonderland and use the rules, this kind of victory will be boring. If I say I don't want to use it, then I won't use it. As for further things, there is no need to talk about it. I hate fighting with the strong bullying the weak."
"You seem confident in your other abilities as well."
Delphinium raised an eyebrow. "Rather, I've never met anyone who considers 'using full strength' as 'bullying'."
"The full strength of a martial artist is different from the full strength of a magical girl."
Yuan put his hands on his hips and said, "A game without rules is no fun, a battle without an enemy is meaningless. Enjoy every valuable battle in life, respect every opponent who can bring me fun within the rules. This is my life creed."
——"This belief will only lead to me going back with you to be scolded by the leader!"
Seeing that the two of them were almost sympathetic to each other, Semi on the side shouted in frustration: "Please open the wonderland quickly and liberate us quickly! We are not here to play house. The source of beasts is very important!"
"Shut up, Sammy, don't say such things to ruin my mood when I'm enjoying the afterglow of the war."
Yuan glanced at it in dissatisfaction: "I finally enjoyed a hearty battle, I don't want to continue to worry about the troublesome things the leader told me to do."
"So you're going to go back like this?"
The other party's easy-going attitude made Kuiqi feel a little unreal, and she couldn't help but ask for confirmation: "You haven't used all your abilities yet?"
"If I lose, I lose. I don't like to make excuses."
Yuan waved her hand: "But, I didn't say we were going back like this, okay?"
"What?" Delphinium and Semi beside her made puzzled sounds at the same time.
"Please, I finally came out of my hard training and returned to the human city. I also want to enjoy modern life."
Yuan looked at the man and the goblin who made the sound and said, "I just came to Fangting City this morning, and you want me to go back to the wilderness in the afternoon? This is not how you practice hard. I want to have fun here for a few days!"
"As for the battle, it's not just this one."
She folded her hands and stuffed them into the wide sleeves of her Taoist robe. "It's rare to find such a good opponent. I will definitely have to spar with you a few more times. Don't mind me bothering you when the time comes."
"...You mean, this time doesn't count, we'll compete again next time." Kuiqi hesitated as she analyzed the meaning of the other person's words: "What if I lose next time?"
"Then I will kidnap you and the Source of Beasts together."
Yuan smiled cheerfully and said, "I am really interested in you now, and I am looking forward to your strength after you recover from your injuries. If you can join Claw Mark, we will definitely have a lot in common."
"No matter how many times you win, it doesn't count, but if you lose once, you really lose..."
Delphinium sighed helplessly: "I remember you were just saying 'I won't bully the weak'."
"Humph, all principles are ultimately based on my preferences and mood."
Yuan straightened his tattered Taoist robe, rolled up his sleeves, and rolled up the hem: "If you want me to give up completely, then defeat me when I have really tried my best. Then I will consider myself a failure in the mission and leave obediently."
After saying this, she reached out her hand, grabbed Semi, who seemed to be dissatisfied, and waved to the slightly tired Delphinium: "Let's go, next time I will go directly to the Strategy Bureau to find someone to contact you."
After saying this, the dark magic power enveloped her figure, and the figures of the human and the fairy turned into a shadow and disappeared from the sight of Delphinium and Hong Siyu.
The two magical girls were left standing there, staring at the empty sky, not knowing what they were thinking for a moment.
Cuiqiao thought about what Yuan said before he left, and finally had to admit: neither he nor even Fangting City had the ability to drive away this uninvited guest, and it seemed that he had to accept the existence of such an "enemy" here.
Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to be the type of person like Moss who would take advantage of ordinary people over a disagreement. He said he wanted to play here, and probably he really just wanted to play - unless he dine and dine for free.
After figuring this out, she couldn't help but sigh helplessly, turned back to Hong Siyu, wanting to ask about the specific situation here.
However, as soon as she turned around, she was greeted with a hug.
——"I'm back, senior."
Hong Siyu had already flown over from behind, hugged Cuiqin, and rested her chin on her forehead. Even if Cuiqin wanted to look up, she would not look down at all, just to cover up her slightly hot face after making this move.
Feeling this long-lost hug, Kuizi opened her mouth slightly. The question she was about to ask was replaced by another sentence at this moment. When she spoke, she only had a simple response:
"Ah, welcome back."
It's not just Hong Siyu who came back, but also the magical girl who had once retired but now returned to this world again.
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(End of this chapter)
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