My wife is a magical girl, how can I be the villain?

Hua Lingyou withdrew her senses, turned her head with a face full of question marks, and stared at Tang Ming with a murderous gaze that the other could not see. She was stunned when she saw him.

Tang Ming's entire body was covered in crystalline armor that twitched incessantly. Pieces of purple crystals expanded and unfolded as if in a trance, and even began to split from the crystals in other parts of his body. The purple heterogeneous patterns on the crystal armor flickered in and out of focus, and even showed a tendency to wriggle towards his back.

His aura was extremely chaotic, and his crystal armor emitted a piercing friction sound, which finally caught the priest's attention.

"Tang Ming! What's wrong with you?"

Originally preparing to berate her, Hua Lingyou reached out and touched the other person's body, asking nervously.

She had never seen the transforming crystal armor, which could be controlled like an extension of an arm, act like this before. Even she could tell that Tang Ming was acting very strangely.

In fact, Tang Ming really felt terrible. The twitching sensation he had experienced before returned, even more intensely. He lay there completely unable to move, and a part of the alien substance in his body began to resist and pull away. Being synesthetically connected with the alien substance, he could feel a strong sense of disgust.

While this part of the foreign substance resisted, another part of the foreign substance was tightly bound to it, taking root in Tang Ming's skin and flesh. With this pulling and tugging, Tang Ming felt excruciating pain, as if his skin wanted to break free from every inch of his flesh.

"Ugh—"

Tang Ming couldn't help but shout it out, but fortunately only Hua Lingyou could hear him, so it wasn't too embarrassing.

"Where did this little bug come from? Catch it first, then search your memory!"

The priest raised his gray robe with his large hand, grabbed the blood scythe, stepped over the shoulders of the cult members next to him, and charged towards them.

"Hey! Aren't you moving? The priest is coming!"

While urging her on, Hua Lingyou took out a compass covered with a transparent glass cover. Through the glass, a cluster of tiny bubbles could be seen floating and constantly rotating.

She wanted to immediately unleash the bubble and send the two back to their coordinates below the anchor in reality.

"Damn! Too far away to detect?!"

Hua Lingyou activates microbubbles; the bubbles inside the glass dome expand rapidly before being pushed back into place by the dome. Since the device's coordinates are uncertain, the released bubbles could randomly connect to any location, posing a significant risk.

After failing to teleport, Hua Lingyou cursed under her breath but did not panic.

She first leaped up and controlled the "innocent" follower who was possessed, blocking the priest's path. The priest, who was focused on his goal, was startled by his follower and kicked him away.

"You want to betray us?!"

He raised his scythe high, intending to cut the obstructing cultist in one swift motion. But as he brought his blade down, he noticed the opponent's soft, strange limbs and the strange threads that stretched from his feet.

With a slight twist of his wrist, the blade that was aimed at his waist slashed down to his feet, severing the silk threads in an instant. The remaining threads became even finer, burrowing into the ground and rapidly being pulled away into the distance.

"Hmph! Trying to run away?"

Following the crawling marks on the ground, the priest confirmed that the little rat hiding behind the building was spying on them. He was furious and almost flew up, his whole body shaking violently, like a bat opening its blood-red claws to pounce on Hua Lingyou and Tang Ming.

Hua Lingyou acted decisively, throwing the convulsing Tang Ming onto her back, grabbing the compass in one hand, and running away. The alien matter on the ground rapidly returned to her body, replenishing her crystal armor defense.

"I definitely won't run if you don't chase me..."

Tang Ming's transformed crystal armor was much larger than hers. She carried Tang Ming on her back, her body swaying as she fled back the way she came, while also keeping an eye on whether the compass in her hand could be activated.

Although he was initially blocked by the followers, the priest flew low over Hua Lingyou and got closer and closer. He saw the two humanoid phantom beasts in front of him and recognized them at a glance as the two phantom beasts that had been used as bait a couple of days ago.

"Are you two Fu Ze's pets? Spying on my altar... What is Fu Ze trying to do?!" the priest shouted, but this question wasn't really meant to be directed at the other party, as the beast couldn't understand his words.

No… The priest got closer and closer to the other party and noticed the compass that Hua Lingyou was holding.

"Void beasts can activate bubble rifts? No, you're not void beasts. What exactly did Fu Ze do? Could he possibly modify void beasts... Never mind, we'll find out once we capture you!"

Hua Lingyou was already quite fast, and the priest's ability to fly at low altitudes surprised her greatly, but she was still confident that she could use her agility to evade his pursuit. What's the use of being fast but unable to catch him...

Unfortunately, she was now "burdened" with a heavy load, which slowed her down considerably and reduced her agility. She could already see the priest's shadow out of the corner of her eye, and his deep, unpleasant roar had already reached her ears.

"He really does know the boss... We can't let him get caught, or we'll be exposed!"

Hua Lingyou felt a chill run down her spine. As she ran, she slapped Tang Ming's face repeatedly. Despite the hard crystal armor, the impact of her hands and face made a loud "listen! clang!" sound.

"Tang Ming! How are you feeling? If you've recovered, get down and carry me while we run. You're fast, and it's too heavy for me to carry you..."

She noticed that the turbulent crystal armor on Tang Ming's body had calmed down, and the patterns at the seams of the crystal armor were no longer distorted. She hoped that he could recover from the "crash" he had just experienced.

At her urging, Tang Ming finally regained his mobility. He tentatively twisted his neck and wrists. "Don't move around like that! You almost tripped me at that speed!"

Hua Lingyou scolded, and Tang Ming immediately froze. He looked around and was startled by the priest who was within ten meters. The priest's thin and withered face, huddled in a gray robe, was almost visible.

"He's catching up quickly!"

"I know!" As soon as Hua Lingyou finished speaking, the priest behind her pulled out a scythe from his robe and "swung" at Hua Lingyou from the side. Hua Lingyou shuddered, grabbed Tang Ming's shoulder, and threw him forward with a back throw.

"You carried me on your back!"

Hua Lingyou felt much lighter after shedding her "burden." She touched the ground with both feet, bent her knees sharply, and suddenly leaped into the air, rolling forward and barely avoiding the range of the Blood Scythe's light and shadow.

She braced herself with her hands on the ground, the two blades visibly deforming as they struck the earth, and used the rebound to continue her forward somersault, just like a skilled gymnast on the competition field.

She was riding right on Tang Ming's back...

Tang Ming remained completely unfazed when she threw him away; Hua Lingyou had always emphasized his training in body control. Just now, he had even "unintentionally" completed a combination move in front of the captain.

He regained his balance in mid-air in an instant, reaching back with both hands to catch his senior's body. She was indeed incredibly light; even in her transformed, crystal armor was terrifyingly light. Tang Ming couldn't help but wonder how she could unleash such a frightening attack.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

His entire body's void essence has returned to normal, and has even integrated more closely with his body. In addition, he absorbed the void essence of the entire branch's followers today, and he has evolved to a higher level.

As he began to run with all his might, the priest, who was gathering his strength for the next attack, was instantly blasted hundreds of meters away.

"So fast?! Fine—don't blame me for not giving Fu Ze any face!"