Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Jincha glanced at Bingtang beside her, who was calmly sipping red tea.

Probably no one would have thought that the current biggest boss of the Ice Color Era Group was actually also the leader of the Azure Cloud Sect—though nominally it was Shion.

But from the Disaster Control Bureau's perspective, Shion seemed more like an enforcer.

Of course, this didn't mean Shion wasn't important; with that level of power existing, every word she spoke carried corresponding weight.

It's just that the only one who could negotiate was Bingtang, so to outsiders, the leader of the Azure Cloud Sect ultimately was still Bingtang.

Their current location was inside one of the towers within the rear tower cluster.

The towers all had independent spaces, making them quite safe. Not long ago, when the gray-white Magical Girl appeared,

Jincha had already dispatched people to move the other Magical Girls to safe locations.

Now, the tower cluster was entirely filled with Magical Girls from the Central Bureau.

"Are you sure there's no problem?"

"As a warm-up before the Mental Landscape trial, it's quite good." Bingtang said somewhat distractedly, "Don't worry, with the true-transmission disciples here, there won't be any danger."

"Hmm... Of course, I'm not worried about that either."

Jincha naturally knew there were moles within the Central Bureau and had been closely observing and guarding against them.

She hadn't expected them to make their move today.

She thought the arrival of the Azure Cloud Sect would make them hesitate, but instead they became even more rampant.

Although preparations were thorough, at Bingtang's request, some areas still had to operate normally to avoid alerting the enemy.

Moreover, the fact that her own permissions within the Central Bureau had been compromised was something Jincha hadn't anticipated. Currently, the security systems in the Central Bureau's core tower were basically all shut down.

Originally, Jincha had been somewhat worried that something unexpected might happen.

But in reality, when that Magical Girl named Dandelion alone swept over ten gray-white Magical Girls into the sky, she had already stopped worrying...

Not to mention that later, a Qinghua suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Directly freezing the several gray-white Magical Girls chasing Iris.

This perfect assault against the Central Bureau, from both inside and out,

just like that, lightly and effortlessly, became a performance...

"Are you... going to kill them all?"

Jincha just asked this one question.

Bingtang, who was drinking tea, paused her movement slightly, tilted her head, and glanced at Jincha. "Why do you ask?"

Jincha, though still maintaining her elegance, imitating Bingtang's manner as she stirred her milk coffee,

actually had sweaty palms.

"Because I heard the Azure Cloud Sect usually doesn't like to hold back against enemies..."

Actually, it wasn't just hearsay.

From Jincha's own observations, the Azure Cloud Sect basically went for the kill against enemies...

"Hmm, I remember there are some acquaintances of yours among them?" Bingtang fiddled with her mirror.

The surveillance they were using to observe the situation in various parts of the Central Bureau was also Bingtang's.

Of course, this was also thanks to the moles interfering with the Central Bureau's core tower.

Otherwise, a large-scale magic like Bingtang's that gave an overview of the entire situation would have been detected and dispelled by the Central Bureau immediately.

But now, within the entire Central Bureau, it seemed no one had noticed the faint misty ice crystals floating in the air.

"I think they were probably bewitched..."

Jincha attempted to negotiate.

"Relax, our Azure Cloud Sect isn't some terrorist organization." Bingtang said indifferently, "We wouldn't go so far as to mercilessly kill those who can't fight back."

Um, from all available information, that doesn't seem to be the case...

Jincha thought about it but ultimately didn't say anything.

Bingtang then said calmly:

"However, are these Magical Girls' clearance levels very high? Why could they shut down the Central Bureau's core tower? Aren't you the Magical Girl with the highest permissions in the Central Bureau?"

At this point, Jincha looked somewhat awkward. "Well, theoretically speaking, I am indeed considered the Magical Girl with the highest permissions in the Central Bureau, but I'm just a Magical Girl."

Saying this, she sighed. "The highest authority lies with the Magic Kingdom, and the controller of the Magic Kingdom is the Incubator..."

Bingtang tilted her head. "You mean, it's the Incubator from the Magic Kingdom attacking the Disaster Control Bureau's Central Bureau?"

"Not exactly."

Jincha gazed at the wind and snow-swept Central Bureau, as if returning to the days of her diplomatic mission to North Yankton.

With only two true-transmission disciples total, if they really started fighting, the Central Bureau would probably fall too...

"Just like how the Magical Girls within the Central Bureau have different philosophies, the Incubators aren't a monolithic bloc either."

Bingtang rubbed her forehead with a headache. "Ah, there are factions even among them..."

Jincha shrugged. "Who knows? Incubators have intelligence. Although they seem to be some kind of collective consciousness, when born from seeds, they don't connect to the collective. And they have the ability to detach from the collective and act freely. This has led to a batch of Incubators unwilling to connect to the collective and dissatisfied with the Incubator collective."

"How do you confirm whether an Incubator is lying to you or not?"

"Incubators don't lie." Jincha glanced at the other surveillance feeds again. "I can guarantee this. I've tested it many ways; they truly don't lie."

Bingtang nodded, not refuting this.

Because they had Four Leaf and Six Leaf in hand, they had also conducted corresponding tests on Incubators, specifically that Incubator that had once been very close to Jiang Si.

Incubators indeed didn't have the capacity to lie. In most cases, newly born Incubators knew nothing besides some basic Magical Girl knowledge.

Although Incubators could share information, there seemed to be corresponding restrictions in this aspect as well.

At the very least, newborn Incubators probably didn't have that kind of authority.

Otherwise, the Azure Cloud Sect wouldn't be so clueless about Incubators. Those seemingly innocent and cute little things, as Shion said,

are actually a bunch of cunning and experienced Upper Cultivation beings.

"And this group of Incubators that diverged from the main Incubator collective chose the Witch Association's path."

Jincha's expression turned slightly grave. "They call themselves Dream Incubators, not Incubators, saying they want to create a perfect, flawless dream for Magical Girls. The Incubators believe they have been infected by witches, developing a lot of negative emotions and sensibilities they shouldn't possess. Although these Dream Incubators have detached from the collective, their permissions remain. They can come and go freely in both the Central Bureau and the Magic Kingdom. Plus, they can disguise themselves and are hard to capture."

"Why don't the Incubators capture the traitors?"

"The Incubators consider this a different evolutionary branch." This Magical Girl leader of the Disaster Control Bureau shrugged. "They just tell us to be careful. They don't intend to intervene and stop anything. In most cases, Incubators do nothing. They only observe. No matter what kind of existence is born, they don't care, as long as this world remains normal."

"So you haven't made any preparations against the Dream Incubators?"

Jincha smiled slightly. "Because the Dream Incubators have already detached from the collective, they can't use the Magic Kingdom's data and have to collect data anew. In this regard, I used some of the Incubators' permissions to restrict the data range they can collect. So they probably don't have data on the Azure Cloud Sect's Magical Girls, nor do they have data on Full Bloom Magical Girls collected by the Magic Kingdom..."

"Is this your reason for eagerly cooperating with us?" Bingtang understood. "Because we can deal with the Dream Incubators?"

"That's just one of the reasons."

Actually, Hongmian and the others had always suggested not relying too much on the Azure Cloud Sect.

Jincha thought so too. The saying goes, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.' They should directly learn from the Azure Cloud Sect.

Improving the overall strength of the Disaster Control Bureau's Magical Girls would be safer than directly relying on the Azure Cloud Sect.

But.

Jincha looked outside at the gray-white Magical Girls who had all been captured, the two true-transmission disciples even starting to argue among themselves...

To the point of starting to fight...

The Dream Incubator assault she had worried about for so long, with the other side even mastering the power of gray-white dregs, bewitching some Magical Girls to join,

had been easily handled by two true-transmissions from the Azure Cloud Sect...

"And we want your help monitoring and dealing with the old world, including the Witch Association, searching for Dream Incubators..."

"No problem."

Originally, she just wanted to haggle, so she blurted out all the requests at once.

But Bingtang agreed immediately and looked at her. "Anything else?"

"For now, no."

"Good." Bingtang smiled. "Don't worry, as long as you provide the Mental Landscape trial, leave the rest to us."

This is just too reliable!

Sorry, Hongmian.

Jincha could no longer return to that identity of an independent Magical Girl representative council leader.

These Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girls are just too useful!

It's not that I lack backbone, but with a wheelchair right here,

who could resist pushing it? You'd push it too if you were here...

"Oh, right, there's something I want to ask you."

"What?"

"About the Prince of the Mirror Kingdom..."

Just as Bingtang was about to ask if the Disaster Control Bureau had more intelligence, the entire tower shook violently!

When the two looked outside, they saw overwhelming corrupted magic power engulfing the entire Central Bureau!

"Senior Jincha!"

Hongmian ran up from downstairs, sweating profusely. "It's, it's a witch!"

However, both Bingtang and Jincha just calmly watched the situation in the ice mirror.

"Don't worry."

Jincha looked up at the familiar polluted magic.

"It's the Azure Cloud Sect's Sect Master lady."

The real wheelchair has arrived!

The seemingly elegant Jincha mentally pumped her fist and shouted 'Nice!'

Now she didn't have to explain to Hongmian why she was fully relying on the Azure Cloud Sect.

Let Hongmian see with her own eyes.

Why she gave up walking independently!

...

The gray-white Thousand-Pinweed, who had directly punched through the Central Bureau from below, smashed violently toward the sky above!

It took a good while before she desperately grabbed onto the clouds in the sky to stop, her gray-white Magical Outfit almost dissipating, yet ultimately not disappearing.

The Magical Girls in the tower cluster all poked their heads out, looking at the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed who had crashed onto the sky, somewhat puzzled.

Because Jincha strictly forbade unauthorized exits, no one dared to rush out recklessly—they had all seen the situation earlier when the gray-white Magical Girls attacked the Central Bureau, so they wouldn't still think the gray-white Magical Girls were good people.

The gray-white Magical Girls were enemies, were invaders.

But.

Everyone looked up, seeing the Disaster Control Bureau already shrouded in night, and that girl walking out from the waves of corrupted magic power, with black ink churning behind her, murky and foul-smelling.

This one looked even less like a good person!

"Don't be afraid, everyone!"

A disciple from the Azure Cloud Sect loudly explained, "This is just my Sect Master's Human Emperor secret technique! The black smoke you see is the imagery of [Opening the Sun] from the Human Emperor Great Dao [Twelve Annual Cycle Mystical Birds]! It's a magic special effect, a special effect of magic!"

"My Sect Master is actually a Magical Girl!"

However, as soon as the words were spoken, that pitch-black witch suddenly appeared above Thousand-Pinweed.

The gray-white Thousand-Pinweed immediately turned her head, protective charm instantly unfolding.

Yet it shattered with a boom! The witch's foot fiercely kicked onto the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's head!

Sending her plummeting to the ground like a meteor!

Cracks spread across the ground like a spiderweb, exploding into a huge crater!

And the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's head along with her upper body were buried underground!

The Magical Girls hiding in the towers instantly fell into complete silence.

"How, how can you tell... Where does she look even a bit like a Magical Girl..."

Someone stammered in a small voice.

The disciple who had just loudly explained immediately fell silent.

"Don't panic, there's a twist!"

Immediately another disciple chimed in: "That's one of my Sect Master's divine abilities, [Mingwang's Wrath]! Divine wrath manifests great compassion, seeing it is like seeing the heavenly Mingwang! It's a merciful magic strike!"

But then they saw the witch in the sky point her fingers like a sword and lightly swipe.

The gray-white Thousand-Pinweed embedded in the ground splattered blood, even her limbs flying apart! The witch even casually grabbed one of the hands and took a bite.

"This, this is also the Mingwang, [Vajra's Wrath], um, consuming all sins..."

The disciple who had said there was a twist gradually quieted down.

Even a god couldn't twist this situation...

"It's the skill's problem, magic, yes, magic is like this, the Sect Master can't help it either..."

Before the words finished, the witch in the sky plummeted down!

Her arm instantly pierced through the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed's chest, grabbing fiercely! Pulling the heart out alive!

The Azure Cloud Sect disciples all fell silent.

Sect Master, what are you doing, Sect Master!

If not for Jincha's restrictions, and having personally witnessed the danger of the gray-white Magical Girls earlier,

many Magical Girls would have been unable to resist coming out to help!

After all, this witch looked way too evil!

Even the other Azure Cloud Sect disciples found it hard to continue speaking for a moment.

Couldn't the Sect Master tone it down a bit? Scaring the Disaster Control Bureau's Magical Girls like this makes it hard to explain...

Regarding these trivial matters, Shion naturally didn't care.

The gray-white Thousand-Pinweed still wasn't dead.

Hadn't even de-transformed.

The other party had set recovery to original state as a passive ability, automatically activating recovery to original state whenever receiving a fatal injury.

Her mana reserves were also quite deep.

"Apparition."

Another magic she hadn't heard before.

Thousand-Pinweed always had a bunch of little magics she didn't know about.

However, the moment the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed tried to teleport away, Shion took a step and grabbed her ankle.

Swinging her down again!

During the fall, the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed turned, her Magic Wand emitting blue flames shooting toward the pitch-black girl in the air!

"Expulso."

Shion extended her right hand and grabbed the spell.

A huge explosion erupted from within, the Magical Outfit on her right arm instantly shattering and flying apart!

Fine wounds appeared on the smooth, fair right arm, even with some blood flowing.

Her vertical pupils gained a bit more amusement. Shion nodded. "Not bad."

Her right hand slightly bent a finger, pointing at the falling gray-white Thousand-Pinweed.

"Expulso."

The same move, yet the effect was completely different.

The black mana hit the gray-white Thousand-Pinweed, the girl's body starting to crack from the inside out.

The moment that Incubator-transformed Magical Girl was completely annihilated, another ripple spread out.

Then, the Central Bureau began cracking from the center!

First, the teaching building and the super-large playground surrounding it disintegrated earliest in this ripple.

The huge impact even made Qinghua and Yumo nearby struggle to maintain their flight posture, plummeting downward!

Then it rapidly spread from the teaching building to the dormitories, even to the rear tower cluster!

Bingtang and Jincha had originally been watching Shion's fight from the tower, but in the blink of an eye, the tower crumbled in the aftermath. She and Bingtang, along with Hongmian, mixed in the densely chaotic rubble and ruins, plunged headfirst downward!

That first Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girl's voice rang out again: "C-calm, calm, this, this is [The Other Shore Sky Collapses]!"

"We still have [Foundation Building]..."

Before the words finished, the other towers also collapsed one after another, followed by dense screams and shouts!

No one listened to explanations anymore.

Wood chips, iron pieces, dust, stones, silently spreading.

Then erupting with explosive noise!

Thousand-Pinweed below saw most clearly: the entire Central Bureau, from a complete sky city, turned into ruins and rubble within a few breaths, mixed with the many free-falling Magical Girls, transforming into a magnificent, dense meteor shower assault!

And Jincha finally couldn't maintain her elegance anymore, pressing down on her skirt with one hand to prevent it from flipping over and covering her face, while turning her head to look at Bingtang. "Didn't you say there was no problem?!"

Though currently also falling headfirst, Bingtang still held her teacup. The tea inside had frozen into crushed ice, so she continued drinking unhurriedly, casually comforting.

"Don't worry, the Sect Master has her own plans."

For a moment, it even made Jincha feel a sense of defeat—she's just too elegant!

You're the truly elegant one, but the problem is what to do next!

The huge impact made it hard even for transformed Magical Girls to stabilize themselves, not to mention there were many untransformed Magical Girls around! Hongmian over there was already so anxious she was about to cry!

But soon, all sounds disappeared, to the point that even the whistling wind in their ears vanished.

The originally screaming girls all froze. The crushed ice in Bingtang's cup melted into water but also solidified in mid-air like rubber.

"Mediocre Work, the third."

A confident and bright voice then resounded through the sky:

"One Breath Eternal Amber Sea!"

A gravity field spread out from mid-air. All the Magical Girls, and those dense rubble, glass, wood chips, various desks, chairs, appliances, even a single speck of dust.

All froze in mid-air!

Shion slightly tilted her head, her golden vertical pupils landing on the cyan-colored, floating Magical Girl below.

Even her mana experienced stagnation and blockage...

The Magical Girl Iris.