So that's how it was—the Regalia was named Hyacinth. The moment she completed full transformation, the name echoed in her mind.
It's you.
No wonder magical girls were basically named after flowers—it should be closely related to Regalia. The so-called hyacinth flower language had many meanings, such as victory, competition, life—very suitable for herself. The surging magic power flowing throughout her body reminded Hibiscus that her condition was excellent. Even a hole in her body healed instantly—a mere fatal wound.
"Big cat, you'd better contribute some spectacular footage—"
The girl's form whooshed and disappeared from her original position, closing in. Before the Disaster Beast could react, it saw a fist rapidly enlarging, aiming precisely at its face with a heavy punch that sent it crashing down three floors.
The collapse was still continuing, so Hibiscus took advantage of the enemy's fall to rush to the corner where she'd placed Nan Zhiyi, hugging her tight and never separating.
The furious Three-Eyed Cat roared and pounced up despite its injuries, carrying magic power release in one claw swipe, but was blocked by the girl's single hand without budging. It had clearly been able to tear flesh with one strike just now—how did changing form make her solid as a rock?
"Go down."
Hibiscus flew up with a kick hitting the monster's nasal bone, blood spattering with the sound of cracking in her ears.
The Disaster Beast tumbled down to the first floor. The collapse finally stopped, dust gradually settled, the building ruins revealed sky above, clouds parted to see clear skies, a ray of sunlight falling.
At the same time, Nan Zhiyi felt warmth and opened her eyes to see a silver-haired girl. Though details like eye shadow, pupil color, and temperament were all different, she could instantly confirm it was classmate Hibiscus. So beautiful—with her back to the light there was a kind of religious redemption feeling. The two were actually flying in the air at this moment, dreamlike and full of freedom. She had too many questions in her mind, but what came out was just one sentence: "You must be safe."
"Rest assured and go home. No need to look back, and there will definitely be no danger." Hibiscus carefully set down Nan Zhiyi.
Only after the girl hurried away did the Disaster Beast shake its head and stand up. After barely steadying itself, it bared its teeth and its whole body took on a metallic luster, strengthening its defense while staring closely at its target. However, the next moment Hibiscus disappeared from her original position.
0.2 second pause.
Suddenly a tremendous force from behind removed the Three-Eyed Cat's two hind legs.
Hibiscus, with comprehensively improved speed, grasped time changes to two decimal places—enough to determine championship in sports competitions. The magical girl who already surpassed human limits and climbed to a new level, combined with time stop positioning, was unavoidable.
Though contact immediately lifted it, so what? Powerful basic attributes would push magical effects to the next level—indeed Origin was greater than everything.
0.5 second pause.
Hibiscus gathered power to the limit and the moment the world regained color, she struck with her whole body's strength, her shoulder like a locomotive head pouring vast kinetic energy into the target's body—earth-shattering, cannonball firing. The completely unprepared or simply unable to prepare Disaster Beast took this hit full-on, half its body vanishing into smoke, whooshing as it flew backward.
The spreading shock wave made even the building's ruined state unsustainable, simply becoming a pile of rubble.
The landmark building's collapse made half the city deafeningly loud.
People couldn't help but stop their activities. From just now they had raised a question: why hadn't the Vanguard Disaster Beast that came rushing with such momentum appeared yet?
Obviously something was holding up this monster.
The absolute life forbidden zone from which all personnel had clearly evacuated continuously resounded with thunderous sounds, beating war drums, seeming to have the momentum of thousands of troops and horses galloping. Flying snow and frost had no choice but to drift helplessly under that impact, infected bodies losing function one after another—their master was caught in bitter battle. Many people heard for the first time a sound from Disaster Beasts other than roaring and howling: wailing.
Mixed with unwillingness, pain, sadness, and even a trace of pleading—the Disaster Beast was probably quite disadvantaged, being pressed to the ground and beaten, unable to escape disaster.
They couldn't figure out who was fighting no matter how hard they thought, but still felt it was better if the monster died.
"Roar—"
The Three-Eyed Cat dragged its broken body and suddenly leaped up, its big mouth covering the girl. Power exceeding a hydraulic press instantly closed, upper and lower jaws like giant pincers clamping together. Such bite force could easily tear through armored vehicles, yet couldn't shake the object in its mouth at all.
"It seems regeneration depends on Origin, defense depends on Regalia, output relies on magic... the most superficial understanding, I suppose. Thanks for cooperating with the experiment."
Hibiscus pushed with both hands like opening a door, making the Disaster Beast's upper and lower jaws crack and break.
She clapped her hands without a scratch, delighted in her heart. Currently she was in full transformation state—a three-in-one comprehensive enhancement. Defense from Regalia alone was already quite good, forcibly raising physical qualities to the same level as the Vanguard Disaster Beast. After making up for shortcomings, victory was established.
The monster gradually lost vitality.
1 second pause.
Time to completely finish it off, lest this guy pull some dying counterattack routine. The girl snapped her fingers to make all phenomena fade to gray.
To be safe, Hibiscus froze the world and gathered power at double efficiency, then stomped on the Disaster Beast's torso. The shock wave made surrounding building glass windows shatter with crashes, the ground cracked into craters evaporating wisps of heat, and the once-invincible Disaster Beast was utterly destroyed.
Caution was indeed correct, because even at the last moment it still showed muscle tension and power gathering phenomena. One careless moment might have brought a big reversal.
Too bad calculations were not worth mentioning before time magic.
The girl looked up at the sky to see clear weather, brilliant sunshine for thousands of miles, calm winds and peaceful waves.
"Really dangerous."
In terms of basic attributes, both sides were at the same level. However, the Disaster Beast's Origin power was clearly superior, completely capable of fighting to the death. It was just that Sands of Time's characteristics made up for the gap and even reversed it into crushing victory. This battle made Hibiscus understand that magic was indeed strong, Disaster Beasts were stronger, but ultimately the foundation had to be solid.
Extending her perception a hundred meters around, she didn't see Nan Zhiyi's figure. Good that she obediently went home. After this battle, she should accelerate her awakening—one more strength to face the catastrophe in the future.
Hibiscus stretched and walked out of the ruins to breathe fresh air. Currently Regalia showed no signs of lifting—seemed quite durable. Though the appearance changes weren't great, the full transformation state indeed disappeared. The difference was less of those colorful flame-like magic power effects. It seemed the real high consumption was the full state; the rest of the time just "wearing a piece of armor" as standard Regalia materialization consumed relatively little, or partial materialization was more cost-effective. She'd research slowly in the future.
Beep!
[Completed advice "Save Nan Zhiyi." Rewards distributed: Small Magic Advancement Stone, Universal Identity Card, 10 lottery draws, 1 million yuan]
So above fragments there was still a small advancement stone? What skillful neutered version rewards.
The identity card could be researched later.
Hibiscus had no time to think carefully. Currently quite tired, she had to hurry home or risk exposure if she fainted. To be cautious, the girl maintained her silver-haired appearance and stealthily returned home all the way—smooth sailing.
Along the way she only saw official personnel organizing civilian settlement order. Ningfeng Harbor, having suffered disaster, was recovering vitality, with many people thanking some unknown interceptor.
Even if they weren't sure whether it was human or not, everyone understood that without the Disaster Beast being blocked, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
Thus, the Ningfeng Harbor Vanguard Disaster Beast incident came to an end.