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Chapter 139 Bullying the Outnumbered? Unyielding Spirit! (Seeking 5,000 monthly votes)
Iris carried the unconscious Red Cotton on her back, panting heavily.

Because of the collapse of space, they got separated while chasing the disaster dragon, but Iris still found Teacher Red Cotton.

The danger posed by the mental image remnants had indeed exceeded her expectations.

From the moment I entered, I was on edge almost every moment, and every battle was incredibly difficult.

Thankfully, it's her strongest magical girl, Iris, here.

Otherwise, who knows what would happen to Teacher Hongmian and that idiot Qingluan.

"It's all thanks to my persistence in taking the exam. I only passed after several attempts. Humph, I'll have to give Senior Jin Cha a piece of my mind when I get back. If I hadn't insisted on entering the Heart Image Remains, this mission would have been a complete failure from the very beginning!"

She walked along, talking to herself.

The vast Beihai Park was deserted; if you didn't talk to yourself, it would be incredibly boring.

"We haven't found Qingluan yet, but she'll definitely go to the core. As for me, I just need to take Teacher Hongmian to the core along the original route." Iris darted and jumped between the buildings. In this situation, it was better to conserve some magic power.

"Can……"

Iris landed on a relatively high building. Looking around, although it was still Beihai, it was very different from what she remembered.

"Where is the road?"

Shorter buildings, narrower roads, a smaller city; the girl felt dizzy and on edge: "...Where's the road?!"

"Excuse me, where's the way?!" Iris cried out. "Without a guard of honor and a band, I can't find my way! Aaaaaaahhhhhh!"

Perhaps she was shouting too loudly, because the teacher Hongmian, whom she was dragging, finally woke up.

"Can't you walk without someone to guide you, Iris? Is the strongest magical girl so inflexible?"

Iris happily continued her strange squeal: "Red Cotton—Teacher—!"

Although she had already exited the transformation state and was even unlikely to transform again for a short time, Hongmian still tapped her on the forehead.

"Quiet down, Iris."

"This isn't class time, Teacher Hongmian."

"Ha, are you trying to defy the heavens?"

"A teacher who's lying on top of a student has no right to say that."

Looking at the still vibrant Iris, Hongmian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said softly, "You've really worked hard, Iris. I never thought I would become a burden to you."

"Haha, why are you suddenly saying this, teacher? If you really feel bad, you can help me make up for the previous credits..."

"Don't even think about it."

"Tch, that's really insincere." Iris didn't seem to care much. "Anyway, I can make up for it myself. If they don't want to, they don't want to. It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter!"

Looking at Iris, who had emphasized that it didn't matter, Hongmian couldn't help but laugh. "If we can really solve the problem here, you won't have to worry about those credits."

"That's true." Iris suddenly grinned mischievously. "Then deduct more of Qingluan's credits for me, and I'll win!"

"You..."

Just as Hongmian was about to complain, the entire space suddenly shook.

Immediately afterwards, the space above began to distort, and cracks appeared in the sky.

Before Iris could react, a massive amount of purple magic power overflowed from the crack.

Then it quickly turned into a torrent, instantly destroying the sky above!
A torrent of purple magic, like a vast ocean, poured down, and before either of them could react, they were thrown far away.

Fortunately, Iris remained in her transformed state and was able to protect Red Cotton.

However, he was inevitably pressed down by the purple magic and fell directly into the building, and it took him a long time to climb out of the building.

He immediately looked at Teacher Hongmian, "Are you alright, teacher?"

"I'm fine." Hongmian 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 Red Cotton to a safe spot, while she herself stood atop the high building, pretending to be serious as she gazed at the waterfall of purple magic:

"—An envoy from the North Sea, a petite girl from the North Sea, a witch's executioner, a witch's assassin, a small magical girl who shatters evil plans, an expert in eliminating calamity beasts, a short and pretty girl who bleeds for love, a world champion in martial arts, a petite magical girl who stakes her name as the strongest in the North Sea, a short but incredibly powerful level 600 Perfect Bloom, my ultimate rival! Ziyuan from the Qingyun Sect!"

Hongmian was shocked. "How did she get in?"

"Who knows? That guy is formidable, and he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. After all, he's a tough rival of mine!"

What's even more impressive than this is the magic of the red cotton tree.

The General Administration already has a lot of information about Ziyuan, but it is clear that there are quite a few misunderstandings about Ziyuan.

Especially such power, it's simply impossible for a magical girl of the Blooming stage to possess...

boom!
Although they couldn't see what was happening above from the lower levels, they could still sense the strange flow of magic, especially when the remnants of the mental image were pierced. The intense feeling of collapse was so clear that even though they couldn't see it, they could feel it perfectly.

The entire North Sea was enveloped in a vast ocean of purple magic, which slowly dissipated after a long time.

Layer upon layer of space began to crack, with dense cracks extending from the top all the way down to the bottom.

Then came a downpour of mirror shards. After the barrier above disappeared, she finally figured out where they were—the third floor.

In that instant, Iris looked up to see what had happened.

Then she saw:
The six-layered North Sea was dyed purple, and countless fragments were falling from all of it.

The fourth floor was completely shattered. On the fifth floor, it seemed as if the entire space had been destroyed by lava. The Azure Phoenix was standing on the only intact spot on the ground, staring blankly at the area above with the incubator.

On the sixth floor, dozens of long, purplish-black rainbows completely cut through and melted the space.

On the seventh floor, countless mirror beasts struggled to emerge from the mirror fragments, only to be instantly vaporized by the largest purple streak.

On the eighth floor, the calamity dragon flew and roared in chaos, constantly spewing dragon breath, but it was inadvertently melted by the purple aura falling from above.

Until the ninth layer, at the end of the defensive line, at the center of the rift in the sky, there was that almost invisible purple figure.

And then there was the tattered, pale green magical girl standing next to her…

But a moment later, the iris lowered its head.

She didn't have time to observe who the pale green magical girl was, because the space below collapsed, and her gravity magic was also affected!

They couldn't even protect Teacher Hongmian!

Perhaps for that magical girl, it was just a casual strike.

But for them, it was a terrible disaster!

As Iris saw Teacher Hongmian plummeting to the next level, she immediately gave chase. Just then, she heard Teacher Hongmian shout, "Don't worry about me! Go help Qingluan! Remember to follow Qingluan to the Hidden Gate! Close the Hidden Gate first! Then these Mirror Beasts will disappear!"

She saw Teacher Hongmian transform, but her falling body did not slow down. In fact, a Mirror Beast pounced on her, causing Teacher Hongmian to fall even deeper.

But when Teacher Hongmian's magical radiance exploded from below, Iris felt a little relieved.

After all, she's a veteran. Although Teacher Hongmian specializes in conquering witches, she can still protect herself even if she can't kill all the common monsters.

The entire mental image remnant was on the verge of collapse. If the mental image remnant collapsed and the hidden gate was not closed, endless mirror beasts would be born.

Moreover, the mirror beasts have a particularly troublesome characteristic: they can travel through any place with a mirror. If the place collapses and the hidden door is not closed, these mirror beasts will escape and become very difficult to find.

In that case, all of Magical Girl Hibiscus's sacrifices would have been completely meaningless...

Even if Iris were a fool, she knew what was important and what wasn't. She glanced worriedly at her teacher from afar, and after confirming there wouldn't be any problems, she immediately rushed towards Qingluan, shouting, "Qingluan! Quickly close the hidden gate..."

Before the words were even finished, a calamity dragon from the eighth floor suddenly plummeted down!

Shion's attack not only caused the mental image remnants to begin to collapse, but also caused the barriers between the various levels of space to disappear, and now even the monsters on the upper levels can fall down!
Fortunately, the barriers in each space began to recover.

Of the pile of calamity dragons on the eighth floor, only one fell. Qingluan, who was still immersed in the shock of Ziyuan's attack, also came to her senses, glanced down at Iris, who was falling with the calamity dragon, and immediately wanted to go down to help.

Seeing that her friend actually wanted to come down, Iris used gravity to press the calamity dragon in front of her to the ground while imitating Teacher Red Cotton and shouting, "Don't worry about me! If you come down, it will be difficult to go back up! The Heart Image Remains are about to collapse, hurry up and close the Hidden Gate! Do you remember the safe path that Teacher told you about!"

"Of course I remember!" Qingluan said worriedly as she clung to the gradually recovering barrier, "Be careful! Don't push yourself! I'll be right back! Wait for me!"

Iris sneered at the very moment the spatial barrier was restored.

"Heh, who do you think you're talking to!"

Iris looked at the calamity dragon waving its tail before her, her fighting spirit surging.

"I'm Iris, the strongest magical girl! Don't get lost and hold me back!"

……

Shion looked at Hibiscus, the magical girl whose head was half destroyed but who was still able to move.

She tilted her head slightly, somewhat surprised. This was the first time she had ever seen someone survive such a close-range attack.

Although one side of his face was like shattered glass, with shards still falling off, and the cracks were even spreading to the other side of his otherwise intact face.

However, the opponent was indeed not dead, still able to move, and had not even deactivated the transformation.

I wonder if the Hibiscus, which is a copy of the Mirror Kingdom, will be able to undo its transformation.

Most importantly, the opponent used spatial displacement to escape from her suppression.

Now that they've created some distance, just as Shion was about to approach, the area that was originally on the ninth floor suddenly changed after being sealed off again.

The more she flew, the farther away she got from him.

【Da Yi Tu】?
Not only that, the North Sea beneath her feet transformed into an endless ocean, and Ziyuan looked down.

The sea reflected the scene on the other side, where Bai Mei and Dong Jun were trying to freeze the entire mental image that was about to collapse.

Were they moved to the mirror space?

This place is clearly no longer inside the mental image remnants; the Mirror Kingdom's system has already opened up a new mirror space...

[A dangerous target exceeding expectations was detected; relocation to independent space.]

[Objective changed: Focus all efforts on slowing the collapse of the mental image remnants and accelerating the erosion process.]

[Objective changed: From defeating the dangerous target to delaying the dangerous target...]

Before the mechanical voice could finish speaking, Shion had already arrived, stepping through the air. With even greater speed and power, before the magical girl Hibiscus Space could unfold, her punch had already slammed out!

Want to play the mystery of "The Curtain Hangs, the Moon's Shadow, So Close Yet So Far" with me?

[Masterpiece, Part Eight...]

The magic was delayed by a second, and the person had already flown away like a shooting star!
The sound of something cutting through the air left a white trail across the sky. It skipped several stones as it fell into the sea, but eventually managed to stand up on the surface.

The remnants of a brocade tapestry in ruins.

Numerous spatial rifts opened up around Hibiscus, but Ziyuan did not rush to chase after them.

"Delaying time?"

Looking at the already broken and battered clone of Hibiscus, it simply waited quietly for her attack. The surrounding space kept distorting, spreading all over its body. It was determined to defend and absorb all her attacks, without the slightest desire to fight back.

Shion raised her right hand, and five streams of magic of different colors converged in her palm.

The once calm seawater began to make gurgling sounds.

From a gentle boil, the water gradually becomes hotter and hotter until it begins to boil, roaring, with heat constantly rising from the surface of the sea!

The clone of Hibiscus stared blankly at its surroundings, and any fragments that fell off its body were quickly melted as soon as they hit the sea.

Looking up, a lotus flower silently appeared in the magical girl Shion's hand.

The five-colored magic converges to form a lotus flower, small and exquisite, which, when quietly and gently rotates, resembles a work of art.

However, even Mu Jin, who was standing at a great distance, could clearly feel the violent, turbulent, unstable, and terrifying magical power within it!
The seawater beneath her feet was boiling like lava!
Instead of throwing the fire lotus away, Ziyuan grabbed it with both hands and pulled it gently.

The already extremely unstable fire lotus was actually pulled and tugged by her, gradually transforming into a spear with five flowing colors!

Then, they precisely locked onto the hibiscus standing on the sea surface.

Even as a machine performing a mission, the clone Hibiscus still subconsciously took a step back.

Immediately afterwards, the [Heavenly Grade Spell - Buddha's Wrath Lotus - Modified - Spear Version] burst forth!

The seawater below was like lava erupting from a volcano, gushing and roaring, but then completely evaporated the moment the spear fell!

Vast amounts of steam, generated by the high-temperature evaporation of seawater, rose into the air, causing the surrounding space to crack.

Mu Jin immediately stretched out her hands and used all the spatial abilities she had since her birth.

[A mediocre work, the third one...]

[Masterpiece, Part Six...]

【masterpiece……】

However, the moment the spear touched the space, it was engulfed by a massive amount of scorching magic, causing it to continuously collapse and explode!

The spear drew a fiery purple line, and countless spaces exploded, making the long purple line resemble a shattered, continuous galaxy!

[Requesting access to the realm of mental imagery...]

The five-colored spear plunged fiercely into the other half of the hibiscus's eye socket!
The terrifying heat spread along her head, the sea beneath her feet instantly evaporated, and the spear, carrying the already ablaze Hibiscus, plummeted into the dry seabed. Hibiscus clung tightly to the spear that had pierced her head, the space around her displaced, frantically devouring the flames and the surrounding seawater!

The heat spread in circles, evaporating the seawater within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. Large amounts of seawater poured into the arid seabed of the Five-Colored Spear, but it could not extinguish the intense heat!
From high above, a huge whirlpool appears in the middle of the ocean, swallowing the surroundings like an abyss!
Until a petite figure in purple fell from the sky, her beautiful purple boots landing heavily on the spear!
Hibiscus, who had been clinging tightly to the spear, let out a shrill scream!
The five-colored spear pierced through Mu Jin's head in an instant! Its momentum continued unabated as it pierced through the seabed!

The seabed shattered like a mirror, and the five-colored spear carrying Hibiscus's corpse passed through the seabed space and was nailed straight to the wall of the next level!
Ziyuan then jumped down from the gap pierced by the modified Buddha's Fury Lotus spear, glanced at the corpse of Mujin hanging on the spear, swaying weakly, and breaking into pieces, which must be completely dead.

He then looked around.

This was a city she didn't recognize, and the surrounding buildings were all styles she had never seen before, but all of them were made of glass.

These beautiful and enormous glass buildings look like palaces, magnificent and orderly.

In the very center was a huge square, and on the square stood a giant, transparent pillar, inside which lay a young girl sleeping peacefully.

An Shiyu.

[Warning, warning, the core area has been compromised.]

[Warning: Enter full emergency defense mode.]

[Proposal: Release all Magical Girl Hibiscus clones.]

[The proposal has been approved. Release all Magical Girl Hibiscus clones.]

Five or six magical girls, Hibiscus, emerged from the mirror.
Five or six Mulan members even gathered together. The one leading them was quite humane, smiling as she said, "You are indeed very capable, but now that there are six of us, I'm sorry, we'll have to gang up on you."

Ziyuan nodded, and then clapped her hands.

It seizes the magic around it, which then condenses and shapes in a strange way.

One after another, the Aster Puppet arrived from all directions.

Before long, they surrounded the six hibiscus girls.

The hibiscus, which had been smiling, stared blankly around once again.

Each one has almost the same magic as the original!
"It's ok."

Hundreds of Asters drew their bows together, unleashing a dense, overwhelming purple radiance.

"I would also like."

(End of this chapter)