As Abigail, I caused trouble in infinite space.

After saying this, Abigail once again integrated the emotional crystallization that had already established connections with all the nodes into the Soul Gem, and then merged the Soul Gem into her own body.

At the same time, the strange black substance began to form cocoons around Abigail's body, and all the nodes in the world started operating at the same moment. Countless black substances were absorbed from people's bodies into these nodes and then uniformly transmitted to the place where Abigail was.

"what is that?"

On a certain street, Kyoko looked at a dark band of light in the sky and asked Sayaka beside her.

"Watch out, Apricot!"

However, Sayaka suddenly shouted loudly.

Upon hearing Sayaka's voice, Kyoko suddenly noticed that the area around her was filled with magical beasts, which seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

In an instant, the two transformed into magical girls, warily watching the magical beasts that walked past them without attacking them.

"What exactly is going on?"

Kyoko looked at the magical beasts that were completely ignoring them and asked Sayaka, who was standing to the side, with some confusion.

"I don't know either, but something big must have happened."

"Sakura-san, Miki-san!"

At that moment, Mami Tomoe's voice came from above.

"Asami!" "Asami-sister!"

The two looked on with some delight as Mami Tomoe descended from the sky.

"Sister Mami, do you know what's going on here?"

"Yes, these magical beasts suddenly appeared, and their numbers are so huge. What on earth happened?"

When asked by the two, Mami Tomoe could only shake her head helplessly.

“I don’t know exactly what happened, but it all seems to have started with those bands of light appearing in the sky. I looked and they were all concentrated on the buildings in the city center. Let’s go there.”

"Ah."

............

"Although I knew there would be many monsters attacking, I didn't expect there to be so many."

Looking at the densely packed magical beasts around him, Tianhuo couldn't help but sigh. However, these magical beasts weren't a big problem. For Tianhuo, who had the ability to influence an entire planet, the surrounding area had now been completely transformed into his domain. Any magical beast that entered this domain and wasn't strong enough would be instantly burned to ashes.

Only higher-level magical beasts can survive, but even more powerful attacks await these higher-level magical beasts.

"Miss Skyfire!"

Just then, Xiao Yuan's voice came from in front of Tian Huo.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan landed in front of Tian Huo and asked:

"Miss Skyfire, what exactly happened here? Why are there so many magical beasts? And what's that black ball... Abby?"

“That’s right, it seems you sensed it. It’s Abigail inside. Now is the crucial moment. Abigail wants to use this method to complete her ascension. As her friend, you should help her, right?”

“I will help Abby, but I hope you can tell me the whole story.”

"can."

Then, while fighting off the swarming monsters, Tianhuo told Xiaoyuan everything that Abigail had told her before, without reservation.

"Is that how it is? Can Abby really succeed?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any problems. That guy, at least in my memory, has never been a reckless idiot."

"Hmm, I understand. By the way, Miss Skyfire, you're incredibly strong."

Seeing that countless magical beasts around them would spontaneously combust as soon as they entered the area, and that even the slightly stronger ones couldn't survive until they reached them, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but gain a deeper understanding of the power of the Heavenly Fire.

"Actually, to some extent, all the strength I have now is thanks to Abigail. But let's not talk about that. Be careful, a magical beast has broken through my domain."

Just as Tianhuo finished speaking, a giant magical beast surrounded by countless triangles and squares, whose entire shape resembled a five-pointed star, appeared before everyone.

"That's a Nirvana Beast, the strongest known beast."

Looking at the magical beast, Xiao Yan explained it to the two of them.

"Miss Tianhuo, you should focus on dealing with the other magical beasts. Leave the Nirvana Beast to us."

Actually, dealing with the Nirvana Beasts isn't a big problem for Tianhuo, but since Xiaoyuan said so, let them handle it.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Seeing the Nirvana Beast moving in their direction, Xiaoyuan drew her longbow, and a pink arrow of light traced a pink trajectory before striking the Nirvana Beast.

boom......

The Nirvana Beast paused slightly after being hit by the arrow, but it did not seem to be injured.

"This monster is amazing!"

"Xiaoyuan, leave that monster to me. You can't use any power beyond your body's limits."

In response to Xiaoyan's concern, Xiaoyuan smiled and said:

"Xiaoyan, don't worry. Although the power of the Law of Cycles is indeed too great, it's still okay to use just a little bit."

"But......"

"Don't worry, I can tell what's important."

Seeing Xiaoyuan's persistence, Xiaoyan sighed.

"Alright then, you have to promise me that after this time, if another Nirvana Beast appears, you'll let me handle it."

"Well, I see."

Immediately, Xiaoyuan drew her bow again, and at the same time, power from the high-risk world flowed into her body. Her eyes turned slightly golden, and Xiaoyuan poured all this power into the light arrow.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yuan released her hand from the bow.

With a pink streak piercing the sky, the Nirvana Beast, which had previously been unharmed by Xiao Yuan's attack, was instantly pierced by this pink arrow of light, and its body turned into countless dust particles and disappeared.

Tianhuo, watching Xiaoyuan's arrow, didn't sense any particularly powerful energy in it, yet it easily killed the strongest Nirvana Beast among the magical beasts. Indeed, the power of the Law of Cycles was mysterious and immense.

"Fortunately, just as Abigail said, Madoka Kaname will help her after she finds out about this. If she had chosen to stop it, I might not have been able to stop her."

After saying that, Tianhuo glanced at the cocoon that Abigail had formed. The patterns on the cocoon were flashing, indicating that the process was going very smoothly.

Chapter 268 Things Don't Go As Planned

"Little Round!"

After dealing with the monsters for a while, Sayaka's voice came from afar.

"Sayaka, Asami, Kyoko, you've arrived."

Xiao Yuan looked happily at the three people who came to her.

"Xiaoyuan, what exactly happened here? Why are there so many magical beasts?"

"Is it related to that black ball?"

Upon hearing their questions, Xiaoyuan briefly explained what had happened.

"What do you mean? I don't quite understand. I understand that Abigail is in there, but I don't quite understand the rest."

Xingzi asked, somewhat puzzled.

Although Xiaoyuan explained that Abigail was in it, she herself was not quite sure why Abigail was in it.

"I don't know how to put it, but all we need to do now is protect Abby."

"That's what they say, but I don't think we're needed at all."

Mami Tomoe glanced at the monsters on the outside, who couldn't get in at all, and said.

"How did she do that? She's really amazing."

Xingzi looked at Tianhuo, who seemed quite relaxed, and said...

"Actually, Xiaoyuan, there must be a lot of things you're hiding from us."

Sayaka suddenly spoke up from the side.

"Sayaka?"

"Whether it's Abigail or this girl named Skyfire, you have no doubts about what they've done. It's not that you understand what they're doing, so you don't need to doubt them. But neither they nor what they're doing is anything that magical girls have ever encountered before. In my memory, Madoka, you couldn't possibly have come into contact with these things, but you act as if it's perfectly normal. What exactly happened while we were unaware?"

Sayaka's voice was calm, but she was terrified inside.

"Sayaka, about this matter..."

"Xiaoyuan, let me tell you."

At this moment, Xiaoyan stepped forward and said.

“Sayaka Miki, your feeling is right. Me, Madoka, and Abigail are not magical girls. Do you know why nightmares are so easy to deal with? Because I released them.”

"What? Xiaomei, what are you talking about?"

Mami Tomoe asked, somewhat incredulously.

"Don't you want to know the truth? Aren't I telling you now? Do you think being a magical girl is such an easy job? Do you think the world is as peaceful as it seems?"

"Hey, just say what you want to say, don't be so sarcastic."

Kyoko said with some displeasure at Xiaoyan's tone.

"You look flustered, Sakura-san. Actually, you and Miki Sayaka are able to live such a happy life all thanks to me! After all, Miki Sayaka has never been able to live for more than a month."

"Hey, what do you mean? How could I possibly die?"

Sayaka found it hard to believe Homura's words.

"Xiaomei, what you said is a bit too much!"

Mami Tomoe also felt that Homura was exaggerating.

"You all think it's fake, right? Well, don't break down next."

"Little Flame! You wouldn't..."

"Xiaoyuan, since they want to know the truth, then I will grant them their wish to be innocent."