Is it only magical girls?

"indeed."

Qingyin thought it made a lot of sense, so she bent down and kissed Hongshi on the cheek.

"With deep respect, offer a kiss as a token of gratitude."

What the hell are you doing?! What happened?! Qingyinyinyinyin!!!

Yuanxing was shocked, and acted swiftly, kissing Qingyin on the lips to snatch back his master's cheek: "Hmph, luckily I reacted quickly and have now taken back my master's face."

"My face is still perfectly fine on my head, and you two shouldn't be bickering next to me. I do care a little about height."

However, Hongshi's warning was meaningless, and Qingyin continued to refute Yuanxing's words: "How can you take it back like that!"

In this battle, Yuanxing once again achieved a complete victory, and she was full of pride and smugness: "What's wrong with that?" After her victory, Yuanxing also began to care about her companion's condition: "Qingyin has changed a lot today. Did something particularly good happen yesterday? It's like a character in a game unlocking a key event and getting a new talent."

"Are the changes really that dramatic?"

Suddenly, Qingyin realized that everything around her was changing. Fangzhou, Qianchan, Hongshi—everything was getting bigger. Oh, but Yuanxing wasn't getting bigger. Of course, Qingyin quickly realized that it wasn't that the surroundings were getting bigger, but that she herself was getting smaller, along with Yuanxing. Yuanxing, like her, shrank in the blink of an eye and floated in mid-air due to the power of magic. Then, the two of them landed in Hongshi's hands, both of them like dolls held in Hongshi's single hand.

Hong Shi picked up the two of them and asked with his head down, "You two can chat happily now. What are you talking about that's so fun? Can I join in?"

Who would shrink someone just because they're chatting above their head?!

Yuanxing and Qingyin both shook their heads, indicating that they would never talk about it again, and hoped that Hongshi could turn them back immediately.

"Aren't we going to chat anymore?" Hong Shi asked with a mischievous smile. "It's okay. Weren't you having a great time just now, chatting so happily above my head? We can continue now. I love chatting with little kids, I especially love you guys like this."

Yuanxing said, "Master, I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Next time we chat, I will definitely be lower in altitude than you."

Qingyin nodded hurriedly.

Qianchan chimed in, "It's almost time to leave, Sister Hongshi, what do you think..."

She didn't say anything more, leaving the choice entirely to Hongshi.

Hong Shi then handed the baby-sized Yuanxing and Qingyin directly to Qian Chan: "They'll be back to normal in an hour. You can just take them with you and set off like this. It should be fine, right?"

Qianchan has no problem at all!

However, Nami had a problem. She stared at Qianchan with her eyes practically bulging out of their sockets. She was filled with envy, envy, and extreme envy. She wished she could take their place and go with them to fight the airship monsters and become their mortals.

Qianchan knew exactly what Nami was thinking, but sometimes people have to be ruthless and crush other people's dreams; that's just how cruel the world is.

Qianchan gritted her teeth and hardened her heart: "Nami, you guys are leaving too."

Nami closed her eyes in despair, forced to accept this reality.

Hongshi said, "If you behave well, I'll shrink Qingyin down for you to play with afterwards."

What's my opinion?!

Qingyin stared wide-eyed at Hongshi, but unfortunately, Qingyin was so small that no matter how wide she stared, no one could see her eyes. Even if someone did see them, they would only think she was cute.

Even though they were reluctant, Yuanxing and Qingyin were taken aboard the ark and then surrounded by a crowd. After all, they only had one hour to turn into little babies, so they had to make the most of every minute of that hour to watch the little babies.

Inside the ark, the crowd watched for over ten minutes before Lingling finally mustered the courage to extend her index finger and try to touch Yuanxing. Despite being unhappy about being turned into a baby, Yuanxing was still willing to grant Lingling's small wish. She gently touched her index finger to Lingling's, which startled Lingling so much that she jumped back.

Yuanxing muttered, "It's not that exaggerated..."

Through this incident, she learned a lot, the most important thing being: how to get along properly with the short Red World Sister.

Chapter 248 I didn't say anyone was a dwarf.

For a full hour, Yuanxing felt like she was at a concert, surrounded by incredibly enthusiastic gazes. Since she had nothing else to do, she simply pulled Qingyin along to sing and dance in the Ark, just like at a regular concert, while also reinforcing her curse. Yuanxing felt that since becoming a doll, the effects of the curse had only increased. Not only her colleagues, but even her close companions were finding it hard to bear, dancing along with the fans. The entire Ark was filled with a joyful atmosphere, completely unlike a journey to slay a lord-level monster.

The doll's curse lasted for one hour, and after that, Farstar returned to normal. As she recovered, a loud sigh echoed throughout the entire Ark.

"You should be happy for me, shouldn't you?"

In response to the many silences from the distant stars, and the cheers from Qingyin: "Yay! Hooray! We're saved!"

As expected, only Qingyin understood me. Yuanxing turned around and hugged Qingyin, both celebrating their release from the doll curse.

Yuanxing said, "Qingyin, you must pay more attention to how you communicate with the little dwarf in the future."

"You are really brave."

Faced with Yuanxing's words, his companions could only sigh in admiration and offer their sincere respect to Yuanxing, who had been so brave just after being freed from the doll's curse.

Yuanxing muttered, "I didn't say anyone was a dwarf."

Although I wanted to retort, "Do you think I don't know who you're talking about just because you didn't say it?", considering that what Yuanxing said was just playful banter between her and her apprentice, and that Yuanxing could handle it no matter what she did, it was uncertain whether others could handle it if they rashly joined in. So, everyone wisely chose to keep quiet.

The Ark was extremely fast, and it didn't take long for it to come face to face with the airship monster. The distance between the two was visible to the naked eye, but in terms of time, they would collide within a few minutes at most.

Farstar shouted, "Captain! What should we do?!"

Qingyin knew very well that the captain was talking about her, so she waved her hand: "First Officer Yuanxing, full speed ahead, let's crash into it!"

"Huh? Wouldn't it be bad to just crash into such a valuable ancient relic?"

Qingyin said casually, "Anyway, it's a freebie. Everyone get ready to log in and start the battle directly from inside the enemy monsters!"

Since it was given to me by someone else, I don't care how badly it gets damaged; it feels like such a pitiful ancient relic. But as the owner of the Ark, only Qingyin can decide how the Ark should act, and a direct collision was inevitable.

"Get ready for battle!"

As the sound spread, the magical girls sprang into action, finding their positions and gathering their magic in groups of three. None of the magical girls present had fought monsters in a long time. Ever since the citizens started marching every day, dreaming of joining the "Magic Monsters" movement, no monsters had been born in the entire city. Their wands were practically rusting, and they had almost forgotten how to use magic.

The Ark was much faster than prepared, and before most people could react, it crashed into the airship. The airship was no match for the Ark's rigidity and was easily smashed into the hot air balloon section. However, the monster was not an airship after all; even though the hot air balloon was damaged, it would not crash. Instead, it would send out numerous air elements from within the hot air balloon to attack the magical girl.

Large lord-level monsters like these likely possess a core. To defeat them, one must locate the core, break its barrier, and destroy it. According to records from the post-apocalyptic era, the method involved infiltrating the monster's interior, eliminating monsters one by one within its complex, maze-like environment, searching for the core, breaking its barrier, and then dealing with the entire core. Early texts indicate that dealing with lord-level monsters takes one to three months, as the process, like dealing with king-level monsters, primarily involves sealing them.

Later, as the number of magical girls gradually increased, the fighting style changed to magic cannon coverage.

Who would be so foolish as to go looking for the core? They would destroy all the places that could be destroyed with magic cannons, and the places that couldn't be destroyed were the core.

The hull on both sides of the Ark has openings corresponding to the number of magical girls. These openings are specifically prepared for the magical girls to unleash their magic cannons.

"First launch!"

At Qingyin's command, the magical girl at the front of the line unleashed her magic cannons, radiating all of T^貳久qi榴9I鏾坝溜's magic power. After leaving the ark, these magic cannons connected with each other, forming a magical energy halo that spread horizontally from the ark's core, obliterating everything that the halo touched.

"Second stage launch!"

The second wave of magic cannons gathered the remaining magic power from the previous attacks, forming a protective shield around the ark that completely protected it. But this shield wasn't just for protection; it also served as a continuation source of power for the next attack.

"Third stage launch 2 zero people 0 pa er!"

The triple magic cannon provided enough energy for the protective shield, which expanded outwards amidst thunder and lightning, completely enveloping the outer lord monster within ball lightning. Every part that could be pulverized was pulverized, and the entire monster vanished into thin air. However, the core would not be destroyed by this level of attack; it would take time to search the vicinity for the monster's core before the problem could be truly resolved.

This is where the enemy-detecting magical girls come in.

Several enemy-detecting magical girls closed their eyes and tapped the ground with their wands to sense the source of magical energy. The core of a lord-level monster can escape, so the tracking speed must be fast, otherwise there is a high chance that the core will escape.

Fortunately, the search went very smoothly, and Ye Liu found the magic core in just a few minutes.

The next step involves barrier-type magical girls. The core of the lord monster is protected by multiple barriers, and dismantling them requires several magical girls and a considerable amount of time. During this time, combat-type magical girls act as guards, ensuring that nothing goes wrong throughout the process.

According to the records from the post-apocalyptic era, accidents often happen, because lord-level monsters seem to call for nearby companions to save them. The appearance of large and super-large monsters is common, so vigilance should never be reduced.

Although monsters are rare these days, Yuanxing is still on high alert, as this matter is of paramount importance to her life.

Maintaining vigilance was worthwhile. Almost at the moment the entire barrier was about to dissipate, a fiery arrow traversed space and attacked Lingling. But Yuanxing was extremely fast, almost instantly deploying an invincible shield to completely protect her and Lingling. Then, a petite figure slowly emerged from the spatial portal.

The figure had a head of red hair that danced wildly like snakes, and its appearance seemed to be...

"Sister Hong Shi?!"

Farstar was only surprised at first; she quickly realized that the magic was completely different. Appearance could be changed through transformation magic, but the magic was different, and what stood before her was undoubtedly a humanoid demon. For a demon to dare to transform into the likeness of Crimson World Sister was undoubtedly a desecration.

"you wanna die!"

Four arms extended from behind Yuanxing.

Chapter 249: 249 should have remarkable effects in some aspects.

The four hands extending from Farstar's back each hold a small wand, meaning that Farstar can unleash five completely different spells at the same time.

The wands she held in both hands transformed into magical blades, which she thrust directly at her enemy with fury. However, the enemy was able to dodge at the moment of impact, as if he already knew where she intended to attack.

The magical girls around cheered when Farstar stabbed, but let out a series of gasps when she missed. After all, to dodge Farstar's attack so precisely was as if she had completely seen through it, and her steps had a leisurely and carefree feel to them.

Enraged, Farstar launched another attack. As she swung her long blade, her four arms behind her released magic missiles. The missiles rained down like a storm, but the enemy, now in the form of Crimson World Sister, easily grazed them, as if the magical attacks were not even in the same space as her.

The attacks repeatedly failed, and Yuanxing's anxiety grew even stronger.

At that very moment, a golden light struck the enemy squarely between the eyebrows. Although it had little effect, it was a solid hit.

Based on her magical senses, Yuanxing knew perfectly well that it was Qianchan's attack. The reason her senior could hit her so easily, despite her best efforts, was...

Qianchan's voice rang out: "Let me handle this. Yuanxing, you're not feeling well."

"It's okay, I can handle it."

Yuanxing has now calmed down and clearly understands why her attacks were ineffective. Her attacks contained too much anger and killing intent. Demons are the crystallization of malice and are extremely sensitive to malice; attacks containing malice are too easily detected. She shouldn't think about attacking the imitator of Sister Hongshi; she should think about proving her love, using love as her motivation. If she can't do that, she should at least try to empty her mind.

After clearing away the evil thoughts, the battle situation changed instantly. The monster enemy disguised as Sister Red was no longer able to dodge Farstar's attacks as easily as before. In the blink of an eye, she was full of openings, as if she was not used to the human body at all. In the blink of an eye, Farstar struck her forehead with a magic blade.

Only at the point where it was struck did layers of scales appear, preventing the monster from suffering any damage.

In addition, the monster's red hair transformed into crimson fire serpents, spewing flames towards the distant stars.

The magic wand behind Farstar spun, and a beam of light immediately enveloped him completely. The flames were meaningless in the face of the invincible shield.

However, Yuanxing also confirmed the enemy's identity. Such a powerful demon, and appearing in human form, was undoubtedly the Flame Serpent that had escaped after Shengjing's liberation. This also made the reason for her transformation into the Crimson World Sister clear, since she was sealed by the Crimson World Sister. If we look at the golden apple that Shengjing threw out back then, it was the forbidden fruit that could turn demons into humanoid demons.

Because the crimson fire serpent was exactly the same as the fire serpent they had been fighting before, the members of Starlight Company all remembered the true form of this monster. It was very likely that it was the king monster fire serpent they had fought against Shengjing before.

If it's a king-level monster, it might be difficult for Yuanxing to handle it alone.

Before his companions could make a move, Yuanxing said, "Leave it to me. This is an important opportunity for me, and I want to handle it myself."

The magical girls, who weren't from the same company, didn't think much of it. They simply felt that the "opportunity" Farstar mentioned was a chance to fight a humanoid monster they'd never seen before, and they cheered her on. But her companions knew exactly what this "opportunity" meant, and the thought of the "opportunity" Farstar spoke of made it impossible for them to look at the battle in the eye.

Yuanxing defends every opportunity as if it were her only chance, cherishing each one and filling herself with the fear of losing it. Love breeds fear, love fuels her battle, and fear makes her fearless. At this moment, in order to seize the future, Yuanxing's synchronization rate with magic reaches 400%, unleashing combat power far exceeding her usual abilities.

Farstar's four short wands continuously fired, rapidly gathering magic power to create magical arrows. While weaker than magic cannons, these arrows were incredibly fast, overwhelming the opponent. Farstar himself approached the Flame Serpent while simultaneously gathering magic power to unleash magic cannons. The magical arrows and cannon attacks rained down relentlessly, almost impenetrable. Even a king-level monster couldn't get close to its core under this barrage. However, the magical attacks were ineffective, insufficient to shatter the Flame Serpent, only temporarily suppressing it and preventing its advance.

On the other side, after confirming that Lingling had deactivated the core, Qianchan directly destroyed and purified the entire core, completely eliminating the airship monster that was sent to its death.

Realizing that a rescue was impossible, the Flame Serpent, which had been suppressed to the point of being unable to move forward, opened a magical space behind it and disappeared into it.

"Running pretty fast!"

Yuanxing stomped her foot indignantly, and the four arms behind her disappeared.

She looked at Qianchan: "Senior, what do you think of the Thousand Hands technique I just used?"

"Uh···"

Qianchan was at a loss for words. She wanted to say it was useless, but she was worried it would discourage Yuanxing, after all, she had put in a lot of effort to cultivate magic. Qianchan recalled the images of Yuanxing's hard work, but she had failed. The images she recalled were all of Yuanxing using his four hands to bully her, which had nothing to do with hard work.

So Qianchan put aside her worries: "It's no use. You might as well use the Floating Wand or the Autonomous Wand. They're much freer and the angles are more precise."

"Yes."

Thousand Hands: Aside from creating more hands to tease girls, it's almost useless. It feels inferior to the Autonomous Wand, which can use many at once. In terms of combat use, it's basically a relic of the past. However, it should have some miraculous effects in certain aspects, but those aspects still need to be tested.

Farstar made this assessment of the Thousand Hands.

Qianchan said, "Qingyin deserves the most credit this time. The Ark is really amazing. As an ancient relic, it is much more powerful than the Holy Grail from the distant stars."

"I refuse to praise one while criticizing another; the Holy Grail my master made for me is also excellent."

"Also great" actually means it's not as good as Arknights; otherwise, it would be "the best," but there's no need to elaborate.

Yuanxing asked, "How much magic power did Qingyin expend controlling the Ark? I think because of the Ark's power, we easily solved the problem this time. Otherwise, how about we just go and deal with the octopus directly?"

"I think it's okay."

All the magical girls present said there was no problem, so the ark set sail again, its destination the octopus.

Everyone thought this expedition would be the same as before, starting with an Ark crashing into the lord monster octopus to launch a surprise attack. However, when they arrived at the octopus's location, they saw the Flame Serpent drop a golden apple from the sky. The octopus that received the golden apple emitted a golden light and transformed into a woman wearing a white sailor uniform with green octopus tentacles that reached her ankles.

Chapter 250 Who turned you into this? Demon, demon, demon?

Looking at the two humanoid monsters below, Yuanxing's expression grew increasingly grave. The fact that the Flame Serpent could find companions made the problem even more serious. Finding one companion meant finding two, then three, four, and even a hundred and eight to form an organization exclusively for monsters. To prevent that from happening, these two humanoid monsters had to be eliminated right now, no matter what.

Far Star All-Print Neighbor Chess Bar - Master IV Martial Arts, Liu Wuwu, without hesitation, immediately issued the order: "Lingling, set up the barrier to block space! Other barrier types, please assist Lingling as well, don't let those two guys get away!"

"Yes!"

Ling Ling acted immediately without hesitation.

"Qingyin! Activate the main cannon! All combat-type magical girls, charge the main cannon!"

Qingyin really wanted to obey orders and say yes directly, but she didn't say it in the end: "Does the Ark have a main cannon? I don't know if it has a main cannon. Don't blame me if it doesn't!"