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

Xingyu hung her head, panting, with stray hairs falling across her forehead and swaying back and forth. Her bright eyes coldly stared at the person in front of her.

The gray-robed man stood with his arms crossed, his eyes full of contempt. The magical girl in front of him knelt wearily on one knee, her gorgeous dress showing rips.

Everyone could see that Xingyu's magic power had weakened to a very low level. Under the siege of everyone, she could only try her best to dodge the enemy's attacks in a disheveled state.

However, the gray-robed man still did not make a move, and Xingyu's idea of ​​using the man's strength against him and taking him hostage could only fail.

"You're really resilient. Any other magical girl would have been crippled here by now, but you're still holding onto your magic... Are you looking for a chance to retaliate?"

The man in the gray robe covered his face: "Should I say you're resolute, or ridiculous?"

"Give up! Why not join us, the 'New Humans'? Magical girls don't belong to humans. This is ultimately the power of magic. Do you know the purpose and conspiracy of magic?!"

His tone grew increasingly harsh, even bordering on exasperation.

"Our power as [New Humans] truly belongs to humanity and is in our hands. Your strength is fake... Although your will is strong, everything you possess is illusory. Why not join us...?"

"What about creating a new world?"

Before she could finish speaking, the crowd swarmed forward again, launching deadly attacks from all directions. Xingyu hurriedly constructed magic arrays to defend against the invasion of the alien substance. To conserve energy, she only built defenses where she could not withstand the attack.

Trying to stop one problem only to find another, and in her haste to focus on one while neglecting the other, she was slammed to the ground by a powerful impact.

Xingyu lay on the ground, propping himself up on his elbows, his back already showing signs of continuous corrosion.

"Tsk, so cautious."

Xingyu ignored the mental attack. They both understood that they were worried about a final counterattack. Today's battle had to have a result, and the gray-robed man would not give them any chance before that.

Magical Girl Hoshino's fame spread throughout Fangzhou City in just one year, and even reached neighboring cities, thanks to her rapid increase in strength and the reputation she gained from countless virtual beasts and criminal wizards.

Unlike many powerful but simple-minded magical girls, Hoshino does not display childish rudeness or recklessness in battle.

The outcome of battles between magic and other elements largely depends on prior preparation and tactical wisdom. Even with formidable strength, recklessness and a lack of information about the opponent can cause the battle to take a sharp turn for the worse.

Many of the gray-robed man's colleagues fell to Hoshino because they underestimated other magical girls.

In the end, they either died or were imprisoned in the Anti-Demon Department, rendering them completely useless.

Xingyu had only two carefully preserved spells left in his hand. Seeing that the other party was not taking the bait no matter what, he sighed.

If that doesn't work, the only option is to gather all the magic power and use it in another spell to temporarily block everyone's attacks and escape the encirclement.

But where could she possibly escape to... with so little magic left, staying on this land would only lead to her being slowly worn down and killed.

Xingyu probably realized that this place was the [Void Tremor Land] that the elves feared, the exile space between the mortal world and the void.

The cracks that appear in the city, also known as void tremors, are the connection between the city and the "Void Tremor Land," from which countless void beasts are transported.

As for where the void is and what it looks like, nobody knows...

Xingyu finally made up her mind to escape for the time being and wait for another opportunity. Perhaps her companions would come to rescue her. Every minute she tried was a chance.

A commotion arose not far away, and the group that had been eyeing Xingyu intently turned around, drawn by the noise.

Xingyu was taken aback, stopped driving the spell, and looked up in that direction.

Tang Ming leaped several times, nimbly landing on the tall buildings by the intersection. He slid down the glass curtain wall with one hand and grabbed a magic stone with the other. The crystal-clear magic stone exuded abundant magic power.

Tang Ming observed Xing Yu's position, then pushed off with both legs, shattering the glass beneath his feet. He then leaped above the intersection and threw the jade stone towards Xing Yu's location.

"This is... a magic stone that stores magic power. Is it trying to save me?!"

Xingyu instinctively took flight and caught the magic stone that was thrown to her before the others could react. Holding the crystal-clear jade in her hand, Xingyu felt a sense of joy after a long drought. A trace of magic power emanated from her fingertips and slid into her body, nourishing her essence.

"No problem... Although it has too many impurities and little magic power compared to the original, I can still barely use that spell."

Tang Ming lured several people into the trap and strangled them. Only one person remained to block his continuous stabbing, but the medium through which the shield was deployed was completely shattered.

This man must be quite wealthy. After Tang Ming finished his attack, he took out a magic stone, intending to use it as a medium to cast an attack spell.

These are the most precious things to wizards. Without the magical girl's gift of projection, wizards would need magical resources as a medium to cast spells and research incantations.

Most magical resources are controlled by the magic departments in various cities and the Wizarding Towers. The rest are available on the black market and are extremely rare.

Tang Ming also knew about this thing, but instead of being wary, his eyes lit up. Xing Yu's magic power had not been replenished and was almost depleted after continuous battles.

Although it's unknown how much this magic stone can replenish, it's generally usable as a resource medium used by wizards for magical girls.

Desperate measures are needed; bringing this magic stone to Xingyu is the only chance to defeat the gray-robed man.

Tang Ming had a very clear understanding of his own strength. Anyone who entered the magic realm, whether a magical girl, a parasitic entity, or an ordinary wizard, was extremely sensitive to the intensity of magical power. The gray-robed man could cripple him with just a flick of his finger.

Tang Ming seized the opportunity, his entire body covered in crystal armor piercing out and embedding itself into the bodies of the dying people lying on the ground. The areas infected by the void alien gradually lost their luster, and the shiny crystals turned into a plain gray-black.

Tang Ming extracted all the heterogeneous material inside the crystal, and the heterogeneous material contained in these people was far greater than that of the miscellaneous fish and insects.

So the opponent tragically discovered that before he could even activate the magic stone in his hand, Tang Ming rushed over with even greater power and killed him instantly.

In his haste to preserve the magic stone, Tang Ming accidentally smashed the opponent's head with a single punch.

Blood and brain matter soaked his smooth crystal armor. Although Tang Ming couldn't smell it, he still felt nauseous.

In past battles, he subconsciously avoided using brutal attacks. Although he had taken many lives from the sidelines, it was because after the alien substance was extracted, the infected bodies of the opponents could not sustain life and died.

He wasn't afraid to kill; in this era, death and slaughter were commonplace. But as an ordinary person, he still harbored an insurmountable fear…

Tang Ming trembled slightly, but he quickly calmed himself down. Now was not the time to be sentimental. Xing Yu was about to give up, so he hurriedly grabbed the magic stone from the pile of corpses and jumped out of the window.

"You're really special... a strange beast indeed." Xingyu tilted her head, seemingly lost in thought.

"Draining the magic stone, plus the energy generated from self-damage, and the little magic power I have left after enduring for so long... that's enough."

The magic stone in Xingyu's hand fell to the ground and rolled away; the jade had lost its luster.

The talisman in Xingyu's hand disappeared, and only two lines of spells on the four pages of the magic book in front of him flickered faintly.

Her slender, jade-like fingers gently lifted and touched one of the lines. A beam of light flashed from the book, shooting rapidly into the pitch-black sky, becoming the only shooting star.

"Having exhausted all my magic, could you spare me some?" Xingyu bowed slightly, adopting a ladylike manner.

"The Tears of Asteria!"