Proving one's status starting with magical girls

Her long, dreamy purple hair, reaching the ground, cascaded down like a waterfall, adorned with a purple floral bow that accentuated her fair and translucent skin.

She wore a gorgeous pale purple trailing ball gown, adorned with purple flowers and gemstones, with layers of lace-trimmed tulle in the skirt, black silk stockings over her knees, and purple crystal stilettos.

She wore matching lace gloves and held a pale pink magic wand tightly in her hand. The wand was topped with a beautiful purple rhombus-shaped gem and supported by a pair of angel wings.

The figure's blue-purple eyes shone like stars as she stared directly at the beast in front of her, allowing Li Jiangqun to see only her gentle yet resolute profile.

"Magical girl...Ziou..."

The magical girl, codenamed Purple Peony, transformed from An Lin, appeared before her like a ray of hope in a desperate situation.

After transforming, Zi Mu did not rush to attack the inferior beast. Instead, she immediately used her magic wand to release a huge purple barrier to isolate the inferior beast from the surrounding crowd.

"...It's dangerous here. I'll take you away from here first."

She whispered to Li Jiangqun, who was protecting the little girl. After bringing the little girl to safety, the little girl excitedly rushed into the arms of a woman who was crying tears of joy, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl with the ponytail in front of her seemed to want to say something, but the barrier had already been cracked by the beast, and Zi Mu knew that she could not delay any longer.

So the magical girl lightly touched the tip of her shoe and, under Li Jiangqun's gaze, gracefully flew into the air, holding her magic wand, facing the inferior beast.

"We can't let you continue to cause destruction!"

"Hiss!" The barrier had reached its limit. The beast angrily smashed the barrier blocking its way, opened its huge mouth, and let out a deafening hiss.

The beast's claws descended towards Zi Mu's location. Zi Mu's figure appeared extremely small in front of this giant claw, as if it would be crushed by this terrifying claw strike in the next second.

"boom!"

The giant claw descended, raising dust and leaving a deep claw mark embedded in the street, but there was no sign of the magical girl beneath it.

"Looking for me?" A cool voice rang out above the beast's head. The beast raised its head, and there stood the dreamlike magical girl, who was gracefully standing on its head, calmly looking down at it with her blue-purple eyes.

Realizing the enemy was right above it, the beast didn't hesitate to swing its giant claws at its head, trying to destroy the insect that exuded a disgusting aura. But the clumsy claw attack missed again. Purple Oyster leaped backward, and the light at the tip of its wand shone brightly.

"Magic converges, destruction."

"Bang!" Purple magic condensed into a solid beam of light, shooting towards the black gem on the beast's chest.

Sensing danger, the inferior beast instinctively lowered its massive body, causing the beam of light to graze the black gemstone and explode with intense light on its enormous body.

"Hiss!!!"

As the light faded, a huge wound appeared on the beast's body. But this monster felt no pain; only its rage swelled infinitely.

Ta-da.

Zi Mu landed lightly in her high heels, but looking at the wounds on the beast, there was no joy on her face.

Because just a few seconds later, the wounds on the huge, inferior beast healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"As expected... it won't be easy to finish this off in one strike."

Inferior beasts are monsters born from negative energy; their physical bodies are merely their outward manifestations in the material world.

Purple Oyster can use this attack countless times, but apart from restraining the beast's actions, it cannot truly eliminate the beast.

Unless you can attack the beast's true core.

Then Zi Mu focused her gaze on the black gem on the chest of the inferior beast.

— Negative core.

That's what the fairies who came to the real world from the magical realm called it.

The inferior beast is not a normal life form. Generally speaking, such a monster born from pure negative emotions cannot have a body in the real world unless something can fix the inferior beast firmly in the real world like a nail.

And this 'nail' is the negative core.

Once the negative core is destroyed, the inferior beast will be submerged in the ocean of reality, like a ship with its ropes broken at the harbor, and will never be able to condense into a substantial body again.

Zi Mu aimed her attack at the negative core on the beast's chest from the very beginning. However, since she missed her first strike, the beast would inevitably be wary of her next attack.

"Dragging this out will only cause further damage... We must act quickly."

With a determined heart, Zi Mu nimbly leaped and dodged around the arena. After dodging the attacks of the beasts once again, she raised her wand high and flew into the air, the seed of hope on her chest blooming brilliantly.

"Magic Scattering, Binding!"

The massive amount of magic power was divided into several parts by the wand, and then this magic power turned into ethereal purple mist that fell down. By the time the inferior beast realized something was wrong, this purple mist had already transformed into a magnificent purple silk, which tightly bound the inferior beast's limbs and tail.

"call…"

Releasing such a large amount of magic power at once was a considerable burden even for Zi Mu, but fortunately, the results were remarkable, and the beast's actions were successfully controlled.

All she needs to do next is destroy the negative core and eliminate the inferior beasts, and then this disaster will be over.

The gem at the tip of the wand began to shimmer, and magic drew in the breeze. Purple Peony stood gracefully before the inferior beast, aiming the wand at the negative core.

"It's over, the magic converges, break..."

However, just before Zi Mu was about to destroy the negative core, that familiar yet eerie drowsiness struck again. She held her forehead, trying her best not to collapse, but the magic power she had gathered dissipated in an instant!

"…not good!"

"hold head high!!!"

The beast roared and angrily broke free of its restraints. The sudden reversal of the battlefield situation caught everyone off guard.

Once the beast regained its mobility, only three words remained in its mind.

Kill her!!!

The beast's sharp, knife-like head pierced towards the purple peony with astonishing speed. The latter, influenced by the emotions within the Seed of Hope, had no time to retaliate.

That was beyond description. The moment the inferior beast-headed blade struck the purple peony, it was like a heavy hammer smashing into the sky. An invisible shockwave erupted, and with a crack, it was as if something had shattered.

Then, the sky was filled with purple light.

Amidst countless withered purple petals, Zi Mu's magical girl form shattered, and An Lin lost consciousness, helplessly falling from the sky.

Seeing the girl about to fall to her side, Li Jiangqun didn't have time to think further. Instinctively, she stretched out her arm. A faint silver light flashed, and she felt her arm sink. She barely managed to catch the girl's body.

After Li Jiangqun reacted, a slightly annoyed voice came from the mirror she was wearing.

"Foolish apprentice! You're just going to use your bare hands to catch someone like that? Aren't you afraid of ending up with crippled arms?"