5: Is Chapter 5 correct?

Jiang Qin slightly parted her lips, watching the battle fought by the unknown Senior before her.

The Senior had charged forward immediately after saying those words.

Listening to the Senior's words, Jiang Qin felt immense anticipation in her heart.

Could it be that the Senior was extremely knowledgeable about the Spiritual Energy Armor and was preparing to give her some pointers?

But after watching that Senior charge forward, Jiang Qin's eyes froze.

'Is this the battle of that so-called Magical Girl?'

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BOOM!!!!

Fang Xun looked at the Disaster Beast before him and brought his fist down directly.

The wind from his fist produced a sonic boom, stirring up ripples.

His Dao had truly manifested.

Although Fang Xun didn't yet know the underlying principle, this was it.

His Dao!

From this moment on, he would turn the tide and dominate for all eternity!

"Little monster, die!"

With one punch, nearly half of the Disaster Beast's head was blown apart. Limbs and debris splattered from its skull, with some pieces even landing at Jiang Qin's feet.

They squirmed, trying to reattach themselves to the head.

But after a moment, deprived of supply, they lost their vitality, and even the eyes on their palms turned dim.

Fang Xun looked at the shattered skull of the Disaster Beast, directly plunged one hand inside, swirled it in the brain matter, and grasped what he wanted.

When he pulled his hand back, a dark-colored crystal core rested in his palm.

This was something unique to mental-type Disaster Beast.

It was also the core Material for crafting a spirit energy crystal.

"Take this."

Fang Xun casually tossed the crystal core to Jiang Qin.

"Junior, this is your Opportunity. If fate allows, we shall meet again."

After throwing the crystal core, Fang Xun stood with his hands behind his back, his back to Jiang Qin.

"Th-thank you, Senior!"

Jiang Qin excitedly accepted the crystal core and bowed deeply to Fang Xun while clutching her magic wand.

A crystal core of this Rank, obtained so easily?

Should I turn this in?

When Jiang Qin stood up, she found that the Senior before her had already vanished.

"This must be the Great Senior; truly elusive."

Jiang Qin exclaimed in admiration. The Disaster Beast's life signs had disappeared, and the alarm had stopped.

Soon, professional Cleaners would arrive to clear the battlefield and restore what had been destroyed here.

She should get back to her initial assessment.

However, the bus was gone now; she could only fly using her Spiritual Energy Armor.

"But why did the Senior keep mentioning Magical Girl? Do I really look like one?"

Thinking this, Jiang Qin turned around to fly out of the city.

But when she turned, she froze.

Not far in front of Jiang Qin.

Stood a shadowy figure wearing a Great Sage mask. He was currently lifting up a shared bicycle.

He pulled out his phone, scanned the code, got on the bike, and cycled away with a creaking sound.

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"Jiang Qin, what are you looking at?"

Suddenly, a gentle female voice came from beside Jiang Qin.

"Ah?"

Jiang Qin snapped back to attention, only then realizing that the Senior had already ridden the shared bicycle far away.

Looking at the Senior's receding back, she felt something strangely familiar about him.

She didn't know why, but when the Senior mounted the shared bicycle, she suddenly felt as if a breath of a decaying, shut-in otaku had suddenly enveloped the Senior.

In short, it felt very familiar.

Even a bit intimate.

Seeing Jiang Qin in a daze, the female voice asked again.

"What happened here?"

Lu Li asked while retracting her Alchemy Long Saber.

The long blade contracted, finally transforming into a silver bracelet that adorned Lu Li's slender wrist.

She had already prepared for battle, but upon arriving here, she only saw devastation.

Someone had arrived faster than her and had already concluded the battle in just a few minutes.

While asking, Lu Li took out her phone and snapped a few pictures, uploading them to the Special Affairs Bureau's internal network.

"Dongcheng City Seventh Squad, Squad Leader Lu Li reporting. The alarm on Haihe Street has been lifted.

'B' Rank 'Heavy Group' Disaster Beast has been killed. Awaiting combat footage upload from the killer.

Haihe Street is severely damaged; please dispatch Cleaners quickly.

Preliminary team member Fang Jiangqin is on site; details to be supplemented after questioning.

Report complete."

After Lu Li finished composing the message, Jiang Qin, who had been watching Lu Li's actions from the side, finally spoke up:

"A Disaster Beast suddenly appeared here just now, and I couldn't defeat it. Later, a Senior wearing black clothes came and killed it."

"A Senior in black clothes? Male or female?" Lu Li frowned. Quite a few people in the Special Affairs Bureau liked to wear black.

"A male Senior."

"Hmm."

Lu Li nodded. Could it be Zhou Feipeng?

Thinking this, Lu Li led Jiang Qin to the side of the Disaster Beast's carcass and carefully examined the appearance of the remains.

After a close look, Lu Li's brow furrowed deeply.

Besides the Psionic Power fluctuation on Jiang Qin, there were no traces of any other ability or Psionic Power fluctuations here.

But the Disaster Beast's brain looked as if it had been directly hit by cannon fire.

However, since this Disaster Beast was an extra-dimensional creature, artillery fire inflicted minimal damage on it.

Something was wrong.

"Jiang Qin, how did the Senior you saw kill it?" Lu Li asked again.

"He killed it with two punches," Jiang Qin said, imitating Fang Xun's movements for Lu Li.

She raised her fist high and brought it down heavily.

"You said two punches?"

Lu Li asked with some caution.

Two could mean exactly two, or it could be a vague term.

Then Lu Li watched as Jiang Qin first threw an uppercut—this was the first punch Fang Xun officially threw after blocking the vicious claw.

Then Jiang Qin swung her fist down, making a smashing motion—this was Fang Xun's second punch.

Just as Fang Xun had muttered back then, it would have been great if he had learned the technique of fighting with both hands; two punches, bang bang, and the battle would be over.

"It was these two punches."

As Jiang Qin gestured, a hint of yearning involuntarily appeared in her eyes.

Although she had found it strange at first, after Fang Xun displayed that power, Jiang Qin's thoughts quietly shifted.

Was this the kind of battle a Magical Girl should have?

She felt that the Senior hadn't lied to her.

"Huh?"

Lu Li blinked. Was this right?

Although Lu Li didn't yet know who Jiang Qin was talking about, she was certain that it wasn't Zhou Feipeng.

In fact, this person probably wasn't even in the Special Affairs Bureau's System.

She probably didn't need to expect him to upload combat footage.

"Hmm?"

Thinking of this, Lu Li noticed the dress Jiang Qin was wearing.

"Were you also wearing the Spiritual Energy Armor just now?"

"Yep, yep."

Jiang Qin nodded.

"Think about it in your mind, project the image. Display the scene you just witnessed."

Lu Li took Jiang Qin's hand.

Mind projection was one of the countless functions of the Spiritual Energy Armor.

Although the Spiritual Energy Armor was man-made, no one yet dared claim to have fully mapped out all of its functions.

Feeling Lu Li's warm hand, Jiang Qin's mood calmed slightly.

In her thoughts, a scene projected out from the rhombic crystal on her chest.

That was the scene of Fang Xun initially meeting the Disaster Beast's vicious claw with his first punch to block it.

Immediately following that.

One punch, two punches.

The Disaster Beast fell.

"Huh?"