Chapter 85 The Sky Gradually Brightens (6,000 words)

The Resurrection Gu's range is not large. From Ziyuan's perspective, it is currently only within Jiangming City. Once it leaves Jiangming City, the Resurrection Gu's ability will become ineffective.

As long as the magic is spread beyond Jiangming City, or even further afield, this matter can be easily discovered.

Moreover, the time of rewind is very short. By comparing the rate of magic depletion inside and outside Jiangming City, the rewind time can be accurately deduced.

It is seven minutes and thirty-six seconds.

It's unclear whether it's a fixed seven minutes and thirty-six seconds, or if she simply rewound for seven minutes and thirty-six seconds.

Judging from the situation, Chi Lian wouldn't hold back when facing death.

Of course, even without the difference in magical power, Shion could guess it.

In fact, any normal person with a little experience should have realized this the moment they saw the Gu worm.

Cicadas in spring and autumn.

As for those who see Gu worms but can't think of the Spring and Autumn Cicada, they're probably just elementary school students.

After all, only elementary school students can't access or understand such profound works.

Moreover, she had already sensed something was amiss when she entered the Mirror World.

The magic emanated from her body and touched the feedback of her surroundings, which she could discern subtly each time.

The slight, unusual sensation of repeatedly releasing magic was very noticeable.

The effect of backtracking is not perfect.

Any magical girl of the Blooming rank should be able to detect something amiss if she has a keen enough sense of magic.

In the end, Chi Lian showed no sign of pretending.

She was eager to start something.

Unfortunately, their methods and thinking were still too superficial.

People who haven't read online novels are like this: even if they obtain rare and precious materials, they still can't make the most of them.

The means of application are limited, and there is a lack of imagination and creativity.

Remember to read more online novels in your next life.

At the very least, learn how to make full use of your abilities to plan and strategize, just like she, Shion.

After all, even I, without the profound knowledge and innate wisdom I gained from online novels, might have fallen here as well.

Who would have thought that such a small city as Jiangming would have such a strange object?

But whether it's Spring and Autumn Cicada, Hundred Generations Book, or simply saving and loading, it all ultimately requires startup time.

It can be initiated by thought, by death, or by some other means.

As for Ziyuan, she had already devised many ways to deal with the situation.

The most common and troublesome "cheat codes" in online novels are always those of reborn characters who are fearless of death.

Arriving in the extraordinary world, if you don't prepare measures to deal with these kinds of abilities, it's just wishful thinking to try to dominate the world forever.

Using the icy coldness of rock sugar to completely seal off the opponent's actions and thoughts is an extremely convenient and effective method.

With further development, the icy coldness of rock candy has become increasingly sophisticated in terms of its freezing properties.

It freezes magic, seals off movement, and even freezes thought.

But without actually killing the target.

Looking at the purple magic crystal that sealed the Crimson Serpent, emanating a chilling aura.

Although fire and water magic properties had already been developed before, this was the first time that water could be used to transform into ice, a further property change.

She helped develop Bing Tang's various abilities, not simply because she was kind-hearted, but to make Bing Tang stronger.

It's simply because she needs all of the rock candy's abilities.

It's more accurate to say that the entire Qingyun Sect's true disciples' ability development was all for the purpose of creating new skills for her. As long as the ability was useful, she never minded copying it for use.

If you look closely, you can sense a distorted feeling of the abnormal flow of time on Chi Lian's body.

Her body seemed to be aging faster, but some force was slowing down the aging process.

He walked up to Chi Lian and reached out to touch the magic crystal that exuded a chilling aura.

Chi Lian's entire body was enveloped in a faint purple glow.

Magical threads, like blood vessels, permeated her entire body—her blood vessels, internal organs, muscles, and even her brain. The purple magic flowing throughout her body not only solidified her completely but also provided her with vitality.

After the Gu worms covering its body were infused with magic, more and more threads began to connect clearly to everything.

Ultimately, it all converged on her left eye.

Ziyuan bent down, her eyes, the same color as the ice crystals, shimmering, and a small, inconspicuous Gu worm was placed in Chilian's pupil.

Countless silk threads clung to the tiny Gu worm, connecting all the Gu worms on Chi Lian's body.

And it seeped into her brain.

"Such a precious treasure."

Ziyuan stretched out her hand, and the hard, cold purple ice crystals melted rapidly under her pale purple fingertips, flowing out a crack that allowed her fingertips to pass through until they were pressed against Chilian's eye sockets. "Giving them to you would be a waste."

First, use magic to replace the silk threads connecting the Spring and Autumn Cicada with other Gu insects, and even use magic to replace some structures in the brain of the Crimson Serpent.

Carefully and meticulously maintaining the integrity of the entire structure.

The pale fingers penetrated the eye socket, turning crimson, and then, pinching the eyeball, gently gouged the entire eyeball out.

Ten minutes and thirteen seconds.

The ice crystals collapsed, ending the freezing effect.

Having regained her mobility, Chi Lian instantly knelt on the ground, clutching her bloodied, empty eye sockets, and let out a shrill scream!
She covered her eyes with one hand, blood mixed with Gu worms and purple threads, constantly flowing out from between her fingers, her screams gradually becoming hoarse and frantic.

He quickly tried to activate his ability to rewind, but found that he could no longer do so.

My own time is gone.

She has died of old age.

His hair turned white rapidly, and his skin became wrinkled at a visible speed.

Having lost the Resurrection Gu, the reversal of time began to be applied to her relentlessly!
Backtracking is not without its side effects; each backtracking session accumulates traces of time.

Perhaps one day, when the burst of energy erupts, it will instantly kill you, but as long as there is a Resurrection Gu, this time can be pushed back indefinitely until one day the time accumulates to the point where even the Resurrection Gu can do nothing about it.

However, without the Resurrection Gu, the accumulated time alone is enough to take her life!

The body ages inevitably, even to the point of decay and maggots!

"give me back!"

He screamed with all his might, but his voice was already hoarse beyond recognition.

Ziyuan looked at the cicada in her eyeball, and the tiny cicada was struggling violently, just like Chilian.

Then they realized something was wrong.

This tiny Gu worm hidden in the other person's eyeball is not a cicada.

Once completely stripped away, the power of this Gu worm can be understood, which can be discovered by circulating magic power.

This Gu worm's ability is to slow down the flow of time in the body, and with enough magic power, it can even stop time in the body.

It seems that the power of reversal does not come from the Resurrection Gu, but from Chi Lian herself.

He glanced down at Chi Lian.

In her eyes, the woman before her was an old and decaying corpse, yet from some unknown source, a force was propelling the corpse to its feet, allowing it to move.

The mysterious power that appeared out of nowhere on the other person reminded Shion of Iris's Mental Image Domain.

But Akane is not a magical girl.

"give me back!"

Shaking her head, Ziyuan simply shook her hand sharply!

The eyeball vanished instantly in her hand, and in Chi Lian's single, desperate eyeball, her small, fair hand slowly released its grip.

Only dust remained, drifting in the wind.

It's not a pity, because there's no need to rely on external things on the path to enlightenment.

It's a pity that I missed the opportunity to emulate some of the Qingyun Ancestors...

"My resurrection gu..."

Chi Lian's voice was filled with sobs, heart-wrenching pain!
"My God, the Resurrection Gu!"

In no time, Chi Lian's hair had turned completely white, her body was withered, and she was almost dead.

She is the daughter of Mankai Magical Girl, a person born with miracles.

The power inherited from his mother allows him to turn back time.

It was the last gift her mother left her.

Step into the miracle bestowed by the magical girl in full bloom; you can use it without even needing magic power.

However, the downside is that each time you use it, your time flow rate will increase rapidly.

In reality, this is a limited ability that can only be used a few times. According to Chi Lian's own calculations, she would die of old age after about seven or eight uses, so she has always used it very carefully.

She is actually only nineteen years old this year, but she looks as mature as if she is almost thirty. This is because of the effect of using a time-lapse technique a few years ago.

If she could, she wouldn't want to use this ability.

Until she found the two complete witches' lament seeds in South China.

One was refined into a bewitching gu that could control magical girls, and the other was refined into a resurrection gu that could fix its own time.

In the years that followed, she cautiously used the Resurrection Gu to test her own rewinding ability, and finally confirmed that as long as she used the Resurrection Gu, her rewinding ability could be used indefinitely!
Because of the bond between the two, Chi Lian would generally use the term "Resurrection Gu" to refer to the ability to rewind time.

Even so, Chi Lian remained extremely cautious.

No one knows how many times the Resurrection Gu can withstand the cumulative time of reversal; in the past three years, she has only used it a dozen times.

Every time, I was extremely careful, afraid of being discovered.

However, in reality, he was never exposed when he clashed with the two magical girls in full bloom.

It was less than a day... no, less than an hour after encountering this monster.

She has retraced her steps thousands of times; she herself has lost count of how many times she has gone back in time.

It wasn't that she was brave; it was that she would die if she didn't use it.

Fortunately, the Resurrection Gu managed to hold on until the very end.

Until the girl in front of him plucked the resurrection curse from his eye...

The signs of decay and death were so obvious, although there was still an unclear, warm force constantly preventing the body from aging.

But this is clearly a drop in the ocean.

In the end, he was unable to take revenge...

He looked up at the girl who was pointing a magic javelin at him.

Crimson Serpent, lying prostrate on the ground, showed no fear. She looked up directly at the magic javelin and hysterically cried out, "Mother shouldn't have protected you. It was because of protecting you that Mother entered Mankai and was killed by the Disaster Management Bureau!"

Countless roars of monstrous beasts echoed from all over Jiangming City!

Not only the northern part of the city, which was originally managed by the Witch Society, but also the southern part of the city, which was under the jurisdiction of the Disaster Management Bureau, saw a surge of disaster beasts!
"It's all your fault! That's why she died. I'll take revenge on all of you. I'll kill everyone, I'll kill the Disaster Management Bureau..."

The withered red lily crawled forward a little more, its face contorted in a terrifying grimace, "You all deserve to die!"

The calamity beasts that appeared in every corner of Jiangming City were all B-level calamity beasts.

Because of the uncontrollability of A-grade disaster beasts and the difficulty in their creation, Chi Lian only managed to make one. Therefore, she raised only B-grade disaster beasts.

B-level monsters are scattered throughout the city, in all crowded places and in hard-to-patrol corners!
It was originally intended as a last resort to threaten the Disaster Management Bureau.

In the end, regardless of whether it succeeds or not, they can kill everyone and ruin the Disaster Management Bureau's reputation!

This time, there wasn't even time to use it before they were about to die.

She simply released them all and destroyed Jiangming City!

Die, all of you! Die, all of you!
"You're the one who killed them all!"

Even if I can't kill the magical girl in front of me, I'll still disgust her to death!
Unexpectedly, when I looked up, I didn't see the angry and anxious expression on the girl's face.

Instead, he gave her a smile that held a hint of appreciation.

It must be said that even when pushed to the brink of despair, to the point of hysteria, it was still possible.

When she looked up and saw that smiling face, Chi Lian was momentarily stunned.

Even the high spirits were somewhat calmed down.

What a shameless person...

"well done."

The B-level monsters that had been spawned around them rushed towards the girl.

Ziyuan merely flicked her finger slightly.

The surrounding monsters instantly turned into a pool of magical liquid that splashed out!

Then she watched as the magical girl casually stuck the purple javelin in her hand into the ground.

The magic, like countless living tree roots, surged wildly along all the veins beneath the city's surface—roads, alleys, subway tunnels, underground pipes.

If you look down from the top of the city.

It was as if a giant spider web had suddenly spread out beneath the city, centered on that tiny purple light!

Sudden and swift!

In an instant, it encompassed all the land in Jiangming City.

Purple magical veins crawled all over the ground, buildings, and various structures, and these same magical veins also wrapped around all the people and monsters!

In the underground warehouse.

Since Ruoyun left, Qianjing has been taking her master to shelter from the rain in the ruins of the underground warehouse.

Suddenly, a bunch of B-rank disaster beasts gathered. Qianjing was worried about Ruoyun and how she would deal with such a large group of B-rank disaster beasts to protect her teacher.

As a result, when the magical blood vessels spread throughout his body in the blink of an eye, all the B-level disaster beasts outside stopped moving.

"teacher……"

Looking back, Bai Mei, who had kept her eyes closed the whole time, said calmly, "Don't worry."

With a slight smile, the senior sister of the Qingyun Sect gently comforted her, "Just quietly admire the majesty of our Qingyun Sect Master, watch it carefully, imprint it in your heart, and remember it firmly. This is the true strength of our Qingyun Sect!"

As soon as Bai Mei finished speaking, the magical veins on the ground, which seemed to be breathing, suddenly lit up, and huge magical wooden stakes broke through the ground beneath the feet of countless B-level disaster beasts!

It pierced through all the B-rank magical beasts and hung them in the sky!
"You must never go astray like Ruoyun."

Qianjing stared blankly at the purple magical veins that spread throughout the city, continuously connecting the B-rank disaster beasts, her tone filled with fear yet deep longing, "This, this is... the power of the Sect Master?"

"Ruoyun, you're really, really silly..."

on the street.

Ruoyun took a deep breath as she looked at the calamity beasts that had been easily strung together.

Looking far into the distance towards the Disaster Management Bureau at the center of the magic.

This is the power of the sanctuary.

She knew all the magical girls in Jiangming City better than anyone, and the strongest one was Teacher.

If the teacher can't do that kind of power, then it means that no magical girl in Jiangming City can do this kind of thing.

Currently, in the entire Jiangming City, there should only be one person who can wield such terrifying power, and who is not a magical girl.

Jiang Mo Tu.

It must have been power obtained from the Sanctuary. When fighting the teacher, the Sanctuary Walker didn't go all out.

In fact, she could tell that the Holy Walker had been handling the fight with ease and always seemed to have a backup plan.

Although Ruoyun wasn't very strong, her teacher always praised her for having good judgment.

They can always accurately assess the strength of their target.

She looked up at the millions of B-level calamity beasts hanging up, her gaze growing ever more resolute.

“Teacher, I’m not wrong, you are all wrong. Even you, teacher, could never reach this level.”

"A realm that can only be reached by becoming a member of the Holy Order!"

"I will definitely prove it to you, teacher!"

School parking lot.

Having just run through a group of monstrous beasts and painstakingly returned the car, the twins hadn't even had time to head back when purple magical veins had already spread all over Jiang Ming's body.

She witnessed the massive explosion at the Disaster Management Bureau that cleared up the weather throughout Jiangming City.

With the Witch Society of the Disaster Management Bureau already dead.

She's next!

He kicked his legs frantically backward, making a "thump thump thump" sound, until he reached the wall.
"Twins were wrong, twins were wrong, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

The purple magical veins on their bodies throbbed with fear, and the twins felt as if a time bomb was stuck to their bodies.

But she dared not move, for if she did, things would be even more disastrous.

The more they resisted, the more enthusiastically the sect leader killed them!
Then, the magical veins on the ground, the walls, and the surrounding B-level disaster beasts began to pulsate.

Upon seeing the magical veins on the calamity beast, the twins burst into tears.

"No! Sect Master, I've shed blood for the sect, I've done my part for the sect! You can't kill me along with the calamity beast! Lord Bing Tang will be heartbroken, and killing me will taint your magic! Spare me..."

The next second, magic instantly pierced through all the B-grade monsters in front of him!
The filthy magic splashed everywhere like rain!

"Ahhhhh!"

Crying loudly, the twins hugged themselves tightly, "I don't want to be strung together, Sect Master!"

However, after crying and fussing for a while and groping around on his body, he found that he was perfectly fine.

The crying gradually subsided, and then the person stared wide-eyed at Jiangming City, only to discover that the entire city was filled with calamity beasts.

He immediately beamed with joy.

"I knew the Sect Master wouldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, hehe, the Twins will always follow the Sect Master..."

However, when I got up, I suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

They hurriedly searched for a toilet.

"I need to pee! Help!"

……

The aged Crimson Serpent surveyed the entire city, where the monstrous beasts were strung together.

Even without being able to see the entire city, she could still sense how spectacular the scene was.

Some were pierced by three or four weaker monsters, like a string of candied hawthorns; some were powerful monsters, pierced by three or four light guns, like ingredients being roasted; some were pierced from head to tail; some were cut in half; some had only a head left; some had half a body still twitching.

The sky above the entire city transformed into a massive execution ground, where these monstrous beasts were densely impaled and hung above, emitting faint growls before gradually fading into deathly silence.

It looks like some kind of dark and gloomy forest.

Even though the sun is shining brightly, all I can feel is coldness.

The shadow of the calamity beast stretched across the ground before beginning to melt.

The city is starting to get noisier.

Seeds of lamentation from the dead beasts kept flying over and landing beside the little purple girl. Chi Lian coughed violently and stared blankly at her.

Captain, three years...

When Chi Lian spoke with difficulty, her voice was already incredibly aged.

"You, you're a magical girl like Mother, aren't you?"

"Why, you're alright..."

Ziyuan raised her head slightly, "Just half a step."

"That's it..."

She murmured to herself and curled up.

It felt like I was back on that day.

The most radiant mother became a corpse, alone in the house, curled up.

It was cold, and my whole body ached.

She asked everyone why her mother had died, but no one gave her a reason.

Only one person told her that her mother died protecting everyone, and that everyone would remember her.

But what's the point?
The dead are dead. Pretending to commemorate them is just a way of enjoying the fruits of their mother's sacrifice.

What's the point of compensating themselves? They can't compensate their mother in the slightest.

Chi Lian doesn't need any compensation from the Disaster Management Bureau; she just wants her mother to be with her.

After Mother's death, everyone should laugh, eat, and drink as usual.

She was just constantly angry and filled with hatred!
People kept advising her to move on, saying her mother wouldn't want to see her like this.

Since the mother is dead, it doesn't matter what those who are still alive say.

It shouldn't be like this.

They should be the ones who die.

The one who should be smiling is the mother; the one who should be living a peaceful life is the mother who is a magical girl, not this group of weak and timid people.

Chi Lian wanted to kill them.

She didn't want to let any of the ordinary people who killed her mother—the disaster control bureau, the witch—go; she killed them all and sent them to her mother.

Let those who are already dead die!

She once had the chance to kill the comrade who had killed her mother, but the magical girl simply threw away the seed, hugged her, and kept crying and apologizing to her. Even though Chi Lian had stabbed a knife into her chest, she did not resist.

Chi Lian hated her own weakness, so she escaped the Disaster Management Bureau and the magical girl group. She constantly tormented and trained herself in the Witch Association to become stronger.

I must kill those who killed my mother and avenge myself against all the enemies who caused me to lose her!
In the final moments of her life, the warm force that prevented her from dying of old age grew stronger and stronger until it enveloped her.

It's like when she was a child, her mother was holding her.

"Mother……"

The old woman murmured.

A real, illusory blue-and-white magical girl appeared on her body and gently embraced her.

A fiery purple spear fell.

Pierce through the magical girl and the witch together!
(End of this chapter)

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