Chapter 162: Let’s Fight, My Best Friend (Part 1)

In Li Qing’s gradually blurring field of vision, the rain, mixed with the shattering of the dome, fell like a grand funeral, drifting down in endless flurries.

Then—

“BOOM—!!!”

A deafening roar, so heavy it made even the marrow tremble.

Steel smashed brutally into this land of despair.

The high-temperature exhaust flames of the thrusters churned up huge clouds of white steam in the downpour, releasing a sizzling hiss.

Through the swirling white mist, Li Qing saw a steel hand.

And within that palm, it was holding up a petite figure.

……

Their gazes met in midair.

Through the cold curtain of rain, Li Qing saw those eyes clearly.

There was no fear there.
No hesitation.

Only concern overflowing to the point of spilling over, and… anger?

“Ah…”

Li Qing opened her mouth, wanting to shout.

But from her throat came only hoarse breaths.

It hurt.

It really hurt.

The stump of her severed arm burned fiercely.

But… compared to this heart-rending pain, what made her want to scream even more was that idiot standing on the mech.

“—Are you an idiot?!”

She screamed hoarsely in her heart.

I clearly… clearly told you to take Bing-chan and Ying-chan and run away!

I clearly already gambled my life away, just to buy you even one second of survival!

Why did you come back?

Bringing that white-haired fluffball who normally does nothing but act cute…
back here to die?!

Please…

Do you think this is some old-school, all-ages magical girl anime?

Where you just shout “friendship” once and power up to insta-kill the boss?

Wake up, idiot.

Modern magical girl shows…
they’re all dark and brutal, all about killing people!

What exactly are you trying to perform?

A king descending from the heavens?

Rain mixed with blood flowed into Li Qing’s eyes, stinging and sour.

She felt something warm surge from the corners of her eyes.

She didn’t know whether she should cry or laugh.

Even though her reason was screaming insults at that idiot…

Even though she had ten thousand reasons to tell her to go back…

But…

Watching that usually cowardly person
charge back into this place—

It was actually… just a tiny bit cool.

However…

“Why do you think you can win?”

Seraphine didn’t even turn around.

She merely tilted her head slightly, using those alluring yet extremely cold pink eyes to glance sideways at that tiny figure.

“A mere insect… dares to interrupt my meal?”

The corner of her mouth curved into a cruel arc.

“Looks like… I’ll have to properly discipline that rude little mouth of yours!”

Before the words finished—

“Pa—!”

That small foot wrapped in a loafer casually kicked at a chunk of concrete rubble about the size of a fist at her feet.

“BOOM—!”

That kick looked effortless, yet it produced a sonic boom that tore through the air!

The unremarkable stone instantly turned into a fired heavy armor-piercing round, carrying a shrill scream as it shot straight toward Lin Yu’s face!

Fast!
Too fast!

So fast that Lin Yu’s brain didn’t even have time to issue the command “evade.”

But—

“Buzz—!”

No command was needed.

This was exactly why it was called a “personal weapon.”

It was an extension of the soul, the manifestation of instinct.

Almost at the exact moment the stone detonated forward, the massive, arm-mounted heavy tower shield floating behind Lin Yu had already deployed automatically!

“BOOM—!”

The stone smashed violently into the blue psionic energy shield, instantly shattering into a sky full of dust.

Although the enormous kinetic energy was perfectly absorbed by the shield, the terrifying impact was still transmitted through the mech to Lin Yu’s body.

“Buzz—!”

Lin Yu let out a muffled grunt, her whole body jolted as if shoved, her chest—

That was close!

She didn’t even have time to marvel at how insane the mech’s automatic defense was before hastily landing on the ground.

Don’t give the enemy a chance to breathe!

Fire!!!

Clack clack clack clack—!

Amid the blood-pumping sounds of mechanical transformation, Da Bai’s steel giant hand that had been holding her instantly retracted.

Within a single second, it reorganized and transformed into a cannon!

Deep within the thick, brutal barrel, an eerie blue glow gathered wildly, as if compressing an entire storm!

BOOM—!

A pure blue energy shell roared out!

Its speed was so great that even visually, a trailing flame appeared.

Facing this strike that could melt steel, Seraphine merely let out a disdainful snort and slowly extended that slender, fair palm.

Just like before, when she caught the Terror God’s chosen one’s punch.

So boring—

However.

At the instant her palm truly made contact.

Szzzz—

The expected calm sensation of “taming a little bird” did not appear.

Instead, a force that made her deeply uncomfortable drilled madly into her palm!

Huh?!

On Seraphine’s face—always maintaining an elegant smile—there appeared, for the first time, a trace of shock.

The tremendous wind pressure scattered her black hair, whipping her pleated skirt loudly in the gale.

What’s going on?

This feels a bit… strange?

Although she still relied on her absolute superiority in power to forcibly twist her wrist.

Whoosh—BOOOOM!!!

The out-of-control energy shell brushed past her shoulder, blasting an entire load-bearing wall behind her into rubble.

But…

Something happened that made Li Qing, watching from afar, doubt her own eyes.

That Seraphine…

That monster who treated Yaye Ying’s full-fire barrage like fireworks…

That being who could catch Luo Shaotian’s Terror-infused iron fist with one hand—

Actually staggered under this blow, her body swaying slightly, stepping back…

Half a step?!

Lin Yu—

So this is why Xiao Bai wanted me to come back?

Is it really… this strong?

“Szz…”

A wisp of greenish smoke rose from Seraphine’s fair palm.

She slowly raised her hand, staring at the charred patch of flesh on her palm, her pink pupils contracting sharply into pinpoints.

This time, she finally looked straight at the girl in the pink dress.

That gaze was no longer mocking, but—

“Your psionic energy…”

Seraphine clenched her teeth.

“How is it so… impure?”

As if she had smelled something disgusting, her refined features twisted slightly as she flicked her hand away in distaste.

“Or rather…”

“Why is there a stench in your psionic energy that I absolutely hate?!”

Facing Seraphine’s gaze full of disgust and interrogation, Lin Yu didn’t stop to launch into some long-winded explanation.

Are you kidding?

I’m here to fight, not to give you psychological counseling!

Villains die from talking too much, and if heroes talk too much they die too—an eternal truth.

So not only did she not answer, she instead brazenly raised her hand and made an extremely provocative finger-gun gesture at Seraphine’s delicate face.

From those soft pink lips came a playful onomatopoeia.

“Since you hate this smell…”

“Then let me make you… eat a whole lot more, choke to death for all I care—”

“Szz—BOOM!!!”

Da Bai, already perfectly in sync with her intent, needed no extra command at all.

That still-scorching thick barrel instantly completed a second charge.

A blue death shell roared out once more, carrying even more violent kinetic force, blasting straight toward Seraphine’s face!

However.

Facing this even fiercer strike, Seraphine merely stood in place, not even raising the hand she had used to defend earlier.

The corner of her mouth curled into a cold smile brimming with malice.

“Hmph…”

That smile made Lin Yu’s heart skip violently, a wave of extreme foreboding surging up within her.

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