Proving one's status starting with magical girls

"Ah Qing, are we really not going to help?"

In the distance, a platinum-gold magical girl grabbed the flower stamen tentacle of a vile beast and then pulled the beast's body out from under the collapsed building.

The inferior beast, having lost its natural cover, entwined its roots and stems, transforming them into two main trunks, each tens of meters thick, topped with large brown flowers.

In the eyes of the blue magical girl, they looked a bit like giant twin sunflowers.

Well, if we disregard those bizarre flower stamen tentacles.

The blue magical girl sat on the top floor of the building, listening to her somewhat worried words, and kept swinging her legs covered in white stockings.

"Susu, after you transform, you have to call me Magical Rice Sprout."

"But last time after I transformed, Ah Qing, you clearly told that older sister my real name..."

"Xiao Su, you know how willful A Qing is."

Just then, a gentle voice came from Yuan Su's side, and Dao Ya turned around upon hearing it.

Suddenly, a dignified, golden-haired magical girl appeared behind her.

This magical girl has a beautiful face and long, wavy golden hair, with only a small braid on the side.

She wore a puff-sleeved, fitted court-style blouse with lace trim at the neckline and a large gold satin bow pinned to her chest. The fitted waist accentuated her shapely figure.

Beneath the gray miniskirt were knee-high socks with fine gold stripes, the tops of which accentuated the curves of her thighs.

She wore off-white lace-up ankle boots and matching elbow gloves, with her fingertips peeking out slightly.

Looking at this magical girl who had the air of a "senior," Ina showed no surprise.

"Ah Wu, you're here."

The magical girl codenamed Evening Dance did not answer her, but instead focused her gaze on the battlefield not far away.

"The damage caused by this monstrous beast seems to be quite severe," she said in a deep voice.

"Well, it is, after all, a 'grown' level inferior beast."

Rice Sprout, resting her chin on her hand, watched as Bai Chi dodged the flower stamens and tentacles while using his magic bow and arrows to pierce several large holes in the plant beast.

But under her watchful eye, these horrifying wounds quickly healed completely.

"The negative core of a 'defective' level inferior beast is exposed outside its body. If the method is right, even a magical girl of the 'Faint Light' level can handle it alone."

"But 'adult' inferior beasts are different. Their strength and physical strength are not only greater than those of defective inferior beasts, but even their negative cores are hidden inside their bodies. Even a magical girl of the Bright level would have a hard time dealing with them."

"Just like now."

She gestured with her chin, indicating that the two of them should look at Bai Chi.

But Magical Girl Wanmai's attention was elsewhere in her words.

"Magical incandescence? Has its radiance truly reached the bright level?"

"But how is this possible?" The blonde magical girl looked somewhat surprised.

"I heard it was done by that section chief."

"Section Chief? Is that the magical girl Hara Sode?"

"But hasn't she been retired for many years? And why would she do this?"

"If Incandescence were still at the Shining level, it could still use Magic Melody, which wouldn't be able to stop even an adult inferior beast, right?"

Daoya shrugged.

"Who knows?"

"In that case, Ina, when do we make our move?" Yuan Su asked疑惑地.

"Let's wait and see," Ina said.

She rushed over as soon as she received the message from the Otherworld Society, but Bai Chi arrived even earlier than her, which made her realize how troublesome this inferior beast was.

"SuSu is only a faint light. Although AWu is at the same bright level as me, AWu's ability probably won't be very effective against that inferior beast."

Ina stood up and stood at the edge of the building, a gentle breeze ruffling her light blue hair.

"First, let her find the negative core of that inferior beast, then we'll strike and seize it in one fell swoop!"

"Only by obtaining enough Negative Cores to exchange for Soul Gems can I have a chance to become a Shining-class Magical Girl!"

"If my awakened melody still doesn't work on my sister by then, then I'll have no choice but to go to my senior."

As the battle between the platinum-colored magical girl and the plant-like monsters in the distance intensified, Inagi continuously accumulated magical power within her, ready to make her move at any moment.

"By the way, she should have seen the message I sent her earlier, right? Nothing should happen now."

……

"Something's happened!"

Inside the subway station, watching the crowds running past her, Li Jiangqun felt a chill in her heart.

She struggled forward, trying to see what was chasing the crowd behind her, but the throng kept sweeping her backward.

There's no other way; since we can't see it, we might as well escape with the crowd.

But where can you escape to from the subway station? It's just another entrance.

Dressed in suits and wearing gray iron masks, the Demon Sky combatants stood in perfect unison blocking the entrance to the passage, causing the crowd to unconsciously surge backward.

But in their brief panic, they forgot what had driven them here in the first place.

"——"

A tall figure strode heavily from behind, while in front of him, the Demon Sky combatants, in perfect unison and wielding electrified iron rods, gradually approached.

As a result, the crowd was unable to move forward or backward and could only huddle together in the waiting passage of the subway station.

At that moment, they desperately wished that subway trains carrying passengers would arrive from both sides and take them away from this suffocating place like the wind.

But the two sides were empty, and the platform was separated by thick tempered glass, not even giving them a chance to jump off the tracks and escape.

The crowd was panicked, chaotic, and disorderly, but as the figure behind them gradually approached, the crowd slowly quieted down.

Amidst countless terrified gazes, the tall, gray figure was gradually illuminated by the overhead lights, revealing its horrifying form.

That was a non-human being; if one had to give it a name, perhaps it could be called a demon.

Its black body, over two meters tall, was covered in white bone armor. It held a bone longsword in its ferocious claws and wore a gray robe. It stared at everyone present with its third eye above its mouthparts.

Then, the evil spirit spoke, its voice indistinguishable between male and female.

"Gentlemen, it's a pleasure to meet you all."

"I am the demon under the command of General Despair, Fu Xun."

"I have been invited by the witch under the Grand Duke to execute you all."

As soon as the demon finished speaking, no one dared to utter a sound; the huge subway station was eerily quiet.

"But before the execution, I can give you all a chance."

"If anyone swings a sword at me, as long as I have my fill, I will only kill one out of two."

As it spoke, it took a gleaming longsword from its waist and threw it to the ground with a crisp sound.

However, the crowd was deathly silent.

Just as the demon was about to swing his knife in disappointment and begin the slaughter, a crisp sound broke the deathly silence of the subway station.

"I'll be your opponent!"