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

"Ding!"

Tang Ming poked his head out and glanced at the metal box blocking his way. After blocking a solid magic spell, there wasn't a single scratch on it. Purple light kept flowing on it, and the entire box turned purple, sticking to his hand like glue and spreading outwards.

The man's pupils contracted. He clearly saw that just before his magic was released, the other party swung his arm and held the briefcase in front of him, the radiance striking the briefcase solidly.

There was no penetration, no explosion; it was like a pebble being blocked by an iron plate, making a crisp sound.

He immediately stepped back, his back hitting the wall. He hurriedly ran outside, the narrow corridor offering only this one escape route.

The man's on-the-spot skills were excellent. As a wizard, he was well aware of the advantage of striking first in battle and the importance of prior preparation.

He didn't have time to protect his body. While running, he turned his head and the magic patterns on his arm lit up. Several beams of light shot towards Tang Ming. Compared to the sneak attack, the magic seemed loose and chaotic.

He couldn't expect too much from the spell he had hastily cast. He had no idea what kind of being the other was, so he could only follow the basic countermeasures: slow down the other's speed, guard the exit of the passage, and then turn around to release the Explosion spell.

Tang Ming's transformation was completed in an instant. Purple threads crawled all over his body, instantly wrapping around and expanding, completely enveloping him.

Compared to a week ago, his purple crystal armor is now much tighter against his body, unlike before when it would even get stuck when entering a door. The luster of the amethyst is also getting deeper. If he were to fight his previous self, he could easily take on five of them at the same time.

Tang Ming took a little time to adjust to the invasion of the foreign substance into his skin's blood vessels. Although he didn't feel as burning "craving" as in the illusion, he was still somewhat restless.

He paused for a second, then took a step back and shot out, instantly traversing most of the passage. Several beams of light shot towards him, and he immediately dodged to the left and right. His speed had increased to a new level, and he could even anticipate weak magical attacks.

The man looked horrified, but he opened his mouth to shout, perhaps too frightened to speak, or perhaps he felt that talking to the [Virtual Beast No. 6] on TV was a complete waste of breath.

He threw out the disposable mediums on his body. Some of them had been pre-set with spells and could be released directly upon activation. Regardless of whether they were useful or not, he threw them directly into the passage. Anyway, this underground alley was only a few meters wide, so it would definitely be able to stop the other party for a while.

Then, without looking back, he headed towards the emergency exit, taking three leaps at a time as he fled upstairs. As he ran, he skillfully activated the medium stored in his watch to cast an amplification spell on himself.

He felt lighter and faster.

Tang Ming saw the flying mediums and the unfolding magic, recognized a few of them, and immediately shouted, "These are mine!" Since his voice couldn't travel through his body...

He struggled to dodge the first two shots, but the space was too small, and he subconsciously didn't want to damage the shops next to him, so he was hit directly by the next few shots.

He immediately felt... a painless sensation, and the crystals around his body didn't even change at all. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his arms, which he had raised in a panic, and continued to chase after the man who had run into the stairwell.

The two remained silent for several seconds, making no noise whatsoever. Apart from the dull thuds of magic and the bodies of the ethereal beasts colliding, the underground passage was relatively quiet.

It's like two people sitting in an empty arcade, battling it out in front of a machine, with only the joystick and the sound effects of the hits, and the constant pressure in the air...

But for the man, it was a matter of life and death, and this pressure grew stronger and stronger. He dared not look back at all, urging all his magic power to run away, and then...

"Hmm!"

His entire body was suddenly suspended in mid-air, his neck was clamped tightly, and he struggled to pry it open with his hands, but the hand on his neck did not budge, and his neck was cut with bloody marks by the crystal armor.

Tang Ming was somewhat pleased to feel his speed, but he couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the medium he had carefully collected for so long was useless in front of the Void Beast.

Even those who can use magic are worlds apart from beasts and magical girls.

Tang Ming carefully controlled his fingers, afraid of accidentally snapping the other person's neck with too much force. He asked, "Who are you? How did you find this place?"

The other person just groaned in pain and ignored him. Tang Ming realized that his words wouldn't get through, slapped his forehead, and cursed himself for being stupid.

However, he recalled that in the illusion, Xingyu could hear what he casually said, and that he and his senior chatted through heterogeneous transmission... Perhaps in some scenario, he could also achieve the same effect as magical communication through heterogeneous transmission.

He tried to use the alien energy within him to communicate with the other, but it was clear the other hadn't heard him. It simply turned its head with difficulty and stared at him, "I... are you human?"

Tang Ming had no tricks up his sleeve; his current behavior was as ridiculous as when he dreamt as a child that he could control objects with his mind. Apart from making the sound of defecating, the other party was completely unaware of the sound of him manipulating the alien medium.

In the end, he still couldn't speak in his transformed form. The illusion was too special to be replicated, so Tang Ming had no choice but to put the man down, break all four of his limbs with one foot, and then carefully rip open the man's clothes and throw his personal magical artifacts down the stairs.

After confirming that the other party was unable to move and would not die for the time being, Tang Ming hesitated for a moment, then his crystal armor softened and turned into threads that flowed out from his arms, and Tang Ming deactivated his transformation.

After de-transforming, Tang Ming was just a healthy adult. If the other party used instant-cast magic to ambush him, he would cooperate and die instantly. However, Tang Ming still wanted to ask some questions and couldn't bear to kill the other party directly.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Don't make me repeat myself," Tang Ming asked again.

The other person's limbs were broken, and he was gasping for breath in pain. Fortunately, the amplification spell was still on his body, which relieved his pain and bleeding. Otherwise, he would have fainted long ago.

Seeing the ethereal beast exuding a chilling, corrosive aura suddenly transform back into the human form he had seen before, the man's eyes widened, and he even forgot his pain, clearly finding the scene unbelievable.

"Are you human... or a beast...?"

He struggled to lift his head, trying to see Tang Ming clearly again. Before, he had seen that the other party was just an ordinary person without magic power, but upon closer inspection, the other party had become a deadly void beast without magic power.

"Could it be... that the humanoid virtual beasts... are all human?"

"I'm a human being. You can die if you don't answer my questions." Tang Ming showed an impatient expression and lifted his leg, pretending to end the conversation.

"No... I'll talk," the man pleaded, shaking his head in alarm.

He knew he might not make it out alive, but seeing such a strange thing today—a person turning into a virtual beast, and the transformation being like this—he didn't want to die without knowing why.

"I am a folk wizard, and I sensed this place while searching for magical fluctuations..."

Tang Ming listened quietly to the other person's story, his left hand still firmly held in the purple, heterogeneous metal briefcase. He occasionally looked up at the outside of the staircase, afraid that the commotion might have attracted someone else's attention.